Tony Gwynn was the human made up Sportscenter fact

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

Going back and reading this whole thread and all the statistics about his hitting. Every single one of these statistics sounds entirely made up on some Paul Bunyan folklore type stories. Only striking out in 470 different games and never 10 times by the same pitcher

 

[KateFabersBoyfriend]

I was a kid growing up in San Diego when he was with the Padres, but I was dwelling in the south east.Nobody seemed to give a shyt about baseball.I only remember one Mexican dude in my 3rd grade class rocking a Padres hat.Ever....Other than that, it was all about the Lakers.To a smaller extent, the Chargers.San Diego is more of a transplant city.You were liable to see more Cowboy, Steeler, Raider fans than Charger fans.The city would rally around them during a playoff run, but outside of that;lukewarm interest.

My dad's side of the family all lived in southeast and I remember people being hype about world series and the local teams in general but maybe that was just my fam

Where I went to school folks always like chargers and padres. Now everyone is always wearing padres gear.

 

[jackswstd]

This man was a phenom. Just ridiculous what he could do with a baseball bat.

 

[Sauce Dab]

 

[Art Barr]

Harry Carey: HOLY COW!!!



ART BARR

 

[K-Apps]

 

[MikelArteta]

Harry Carey: HOLY COW!!!



ART BARR

its rare to even find a baseball player who strikes out less than 100 times a year

 

[Art Barr]

its rare to even find a baseball player who strikes out less than 100 times a year

SVENGHOUlIE : Berwyn!!



Art Barr

 

[Motife43]

It would've been interesting to see a guy like him in today's game with all the technological advances on both sides. How would he adjust as a hitter and how would pitchers/defensive alignment adjust for him?

 

[Jamal514]

 

[Remote]

I hope this is accurate because I don't pay for Stathead. I really miss when you could look up specific things on Baseball-Reference.com but a lot of it is behind a paywall and I understand they have to generate revenue somehow.

Anyway,

Tony Gwynn vs Greg Maddux:

103 plate appearances
.429/.485/.538
0 strikeouts

That's not a typo.
ZERO STRIKEOUTS.

Tony Gwynn Vs Greg Maddux | StatMuse

Tony Gwynn had a batting average of .429 with 9 RBIs in 103 plate appearances against Greg Maddux in his career.

www.statmuse.com

 

[MikelArteta]

I hope this is accurate because I don't pay for Stathead. I really miss when you could look up specific things on Baseball-Reference.com but a lot of it is behind a paywall and I understand they have to generate revenue somehow.

Anyway,

Tony Gwynn vs Greg Maddux:

103 plate appearances
.429/.485/.538
0 strikeouts

That's not a typo.
ZERO STRIKEOUTS.

Tony Gwynn Vs Greg Maddux | StatMuse

Tony Gwynn had a batting average of .429 with 9 RBIs in 103 plate appearances against Greg Maddux in his career.

www.statmuse.com

 

[BaRRyG]

Goat pure hitter

Video game ass stats

The knowledge was unreal

 

[MikelArteta]

Tony Gwynn only struck out 188 times in the 90s. The entire decade.

 

[Sauce Dab]

I hope this is accurate because I don't pay for Stathead. I really miss when you could look up specific things on Baseball-Reference.com but a lot of it is behind a paywall and I understand they have to generate revenue somehow.

Anyway,

Tony Gwynn vs Greg Maddux:

103 plate appearances
.429/.485/.538
0 strikeouts

That's not a typo.
ZERO STRIKEOUTS.

Tony Gwynn Vs Greg Maddux | StatMuse

Tony Gwynn had a batting average of .429 with 9 RBIs in 103 plate appearances against Greg Maddux in his career.

www.statmuse.com

Greg Maddux had an interviewer ask him is Tony Gwynn the “Greg Maddux” of hitting. And Greg said that was disrespectful to Tony