From the NY Post: (Tony Gwynn was AWESOME) and other tidpits!

[TATUMUS]

Saw this in the NY Post. Several interesting bits of information here, but the one that stands out to me is that Tony Gwynn averaged 29 strikeouts PER SEASON!!!

Kobe slur at ref didn’t get the Thom treatment

• New York Post
• 23 Aug 2020

SO AFTER 25 years of honorable service to Fox Sports, Thom
Brennaman has been past-tensed for one off-air, live-microphone slip — a slur word for homosexuals. Inexcusable yet forgivable, no?
Compare that to Kobe Bryant, who in 2011 directed a loud, oncourt homophobic slur toward a black NBA ref. Bryant was fined by the league but never lost a day of Lakers’ pay or play. The NBA, fans and media quickly forgave him — if they even cared — and his multimillion dollar benefactors at socially conscious Nike played dumb.
And within the thousands of public tributes issued following Bryant’s tragic death, fewer than few noted that episode. No one onair with Fox mentioned it.
Bryant and Brennaman apologized, but only one was forgiven — and so quickly it became quickly forgotten.
➤ Stats? You like stats? Try these: Reader Richard T. Monahan notes Tony Gwynn averaged 29 strikeouts per season, and current No. 1 superstar Mike Trout averages 152 per.
Thursday, in 14 innings — two seven-inning games — the Phillies struck out 20 times against nine Blue Jays pitchers.
Jonathan Villar, this year employed by the Marlins as their leadoff batter — he has thus far struck out three times in each of two games — last year struck out 176 times in 162 games for the Orioles as their leadoff man. Last week, in the game in which

DJ LeMahieu was hurt, he made an out, leading ESPN to reduce the Yankees’ “win probability” from 73.7 percent to 71.7 percent. Nurse!

[Terrapin Station]

Gwynnn was one of the best hitters of all time. Mr. Padre.

[Buckandadime]

I knew he was a great hitter and IMO highly underrated even for a perennial All-Star but had no idea he was THAT good..

[dxp]

he was a super nice guy as well. i used to go down to the stadium to get autographs as a kid once in a while. the pads were in town and he came through the main visitor area (instead of sneaking in.) he had us all get in an orderly line and made sure to give everyone a signature. probably been close to 30 years, but i think i still have it somewhere on an index card.

[DrunkHorseplayer]

Maybe the best hitter of all time; he's No. 1 in lifetime BA among players who played after 1960 and I don't think it's close.

[Clutchut12]

If he had more power no doubt would go down as the best hitter of all time. I just think lack of power cost him that title but he was awesome!

[JAKEPEAVY21]

I watched almost all of Gwynn's career. He was an amazing hitter and great guy.

[Sam Odom]

A pure Hitter

RIP

[Runeblade]

One of the greatest ever. Goodluck trying to K that man.....R.I.P.

[lakerboy]

Tony Gwynn was a tremendous hitter. Almost impossible to strike him out

[MinnesotaFats]

Maybe the best hitter of all time; he's No. 1 in lifetime BA among players who played after 1960 and I don't think it's close.

A great batsman for sure but not the best of all time. Slugging and obp are surpassed by others including Boggs. From 82-91 there was noone better than Boggs.

91-00 Gwynn was still a phenomenal player, but different batters of that era. I'd take Puckett 91-95 and Garciaparra 96-00.

But a wonderful batsman, tough out, great player. Just need more slugging.

[DrunkHorseplayer]

Boggs for sure during the 80's but career-wise, I'd give it to Gwynn. Given that his body type didn't change at all during the 90's, you have to wonder what he would have done if he had juiced up along with everybody else.

[stevenash]

I watched almost all of Gwynn's career. He was an amazing hitter and great guy.

I grew up watching two of the greatest machines of my lifetime.

Wade Boggs and Tony Gwynn.
Look at the OBA's Boggs had his first seven years.
Look at Gwynn's batting averages.

They were both not human.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1982	22	SDP	NL	54	209	190	33	55	12	2	1	17	8	3	14	16	0.289	0.337	0.389	0.726	107	74	5	0	4	1	0	879/H
1983	23	SDP	NL	86	334	304	34	94	12	2	1	37	7	4	23	21	0.309	0.355	0.372	0.726	105	113	9	0	4	3	5	97/H8
1984	24	SDP	NL	158	675	606	88	213	21	10	5	71	33	18	59	23	0.351	0.41	0.444	0.853	141	269	15	2	6	2	13	*9/H8	AS,MVP-3,SS
1985	25	SDP	NL	154	671	622	90	197	29	5	6	46	14	11	45	33	0.317	0.364	0.408	0.773	117	254	17	2	1	1	4	*9/H	AS,MVP-23
1986	26	SDP	NL	160	701	642	107	211	33	7	14	59	37	9	52	35	0.329	0.381	0.467	0.848	135	300	20	3	2	2	11	*9/H	AS,MVP-9,GG,SS
1987	27	SDP	NL	157	680	589	119	218	36	13	7	54	56	12	82	35	0.37	0.447	0.511	0.958	158	301	13	3	2	4	26	*9/H	AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
1988	28	SDP	NL	133	578	521	64	163	22	5	7	70	26	11	51	40	0.313	0.373	0.415	0.787	128	216	11	0	4	2	13	*98	MVP-11
1989	29	SDP	NL	158	679	604	82	203	27	7	4	62	40	16	56	30	0.336	0.389	0.424	0.813	132	256	12	1	11	7	16	*89	AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
1990	30	SDP	NL	141	629	573	79	177	29	10	4	72	17	8	44	23	0.309	0.357	0.415	0.772	112	238	13	1	7	4	20	*9	AS,GG
1991	31	SDP	NL	134	569	530	69	168	27	11	4	62	8	8	34	19	0.317	0.355	0.432	0.787	118	229	11	0	0	5	8	*9/H	AS,MVP-16,GG
1992	32	SDP	NL	128	569	520	77	165	27	3	6	41	3	6	46	16	0.317	0.371	0.415	0.786	121	216	12	0	0	3	12	*9/H	AS
1993	33	SDP	NL	122	534	489	70	175	41	3	7	59	14	1	36	19	0.358	0.398	0.497	0.895	138	243	18	1	1	7	11	*9/8H	AS,MVP-21
1994	34	SDP	NL	110	475	419	79	165	35	1	12	64	5	0	48	19	0.394	0.454	0.568	1.022	169	238	20	2	1	5	16	*9/H8	AS,MVP-7,SS
1995	35	SDP	NL	135	577	535	82	197	33	1	9	90	17	5	35	15	0.368	0.404	0.484	0.888	137	259	20	1	0	6	10	*9/H	AS,MVP-9,SS
1996	36	SDP	NL	116	498	451	67	159	27	2	3	50	11	4	39	17	0.353	0.4	0.441	0.842	128	199	17	1	1	6	12	*9/H	AS
1997	37	SDP	NL	149	651	592	97	220	49	2	17	119	12	5	43	28	0.372	0.409	0.547	0.957	156	324	12	3	1	12	12	*9/DH	AS,MVP-6,SS
1998	38	SDP	NL	127	505	461	65	148	35	0	16	69	3	1	35	18	0.321	0.364	0.501	0.865	133	231	14	1	0	8	6	*9/HD	AS,MVP-15
1999	39	SDP	NL	111	446	411	59	139	27	0	10	62	7	2	29	14	0.338	0.381	0.477	0.858	124	196	15	2	0	4	5	9/HD	AS
2000	40	SDP	NL	36	140	127	17	41	12	0	1	17	0	1	9	4	0.323	0.364	0.441	0.805	110	56	4	1	0	3	2	9/DH
2001	41	SDP	NL	71	112	102	5	33	9	1	1	17	1	0	10	9	0.324	0.384	0.461	0.845	127	47	1	0	0	0	1	H9/D
20 Yrs				2440	10232	9288	1383	3141	543	85	135	1138	319	125	790	434	0.338	0.388	0.459	0.847	132	4259	259	24	45	85	203
162 Game Avg.				162	679	617	92	209	36	6	9	76	21	8	52	29	0.338	0.388	0.459	0.847	132	283	17	2	3	6	13

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1982	24	BOS	AL	104	381	338	51	118	14	1	5	44	1	0	35	21	0.349	0.406	0.441	0.847	128	149	9	0	4	4	4	35H/D7	RoY-3
1983	25	BOS	AL	153	685	582	100	210	44	7	5	74	3	3	92	36	0.361	0.444	0.486	0.931	150	283	15	1	3	7	2	*5	MVP-12,SS
1984	26	BOS	AL	158	726	625	109	203	31	4	6	55	3	2	89	44	0.325	0.407	0.416	0.823	125	260	13	0	8	4	6	*5/DH
1985	27	BOS	AL	161	758	653	107	240	42	3	8	78	2	1	96	61	0.368	0.45	0.478	0.928	151	312	20	4	3	2	5	*5/H	AS,MVP-4
1986	28	BOS	AL	149	693	580	107	207	47	2	8	71	0	4	105	44	0.357	0.453	0.486	0.939	157	282	11	0	4	4	14	*5/H	AS,MVP-7,SS
1987	29	BOS	AL	147	667	551	108	200	40	6	24	89	1	3	105	48	0.363	0.461	0.588	1.049	174	324	13	2	1	8	19	*5/3DH	AS,MVP-9,SS
1988	30	BOS	AL	155	719	584	128	214	45	6	5	58	2	3	125	34	0.366	0.476	0.49	0.965	168	286	23	3	0	7	18	*5/DH	AS,MVP-6,SS
1989	31	BOS	AL	156	742	621	113	205	51	7	3	54	2	6	107	51	0.33	0.43	0.449	0.879	142	279	19	7	0	7	19	*5/DH	AS,MVP-21,SS
1990	32	BOS	AL	155	713	619	89	187	44	5	6	63	0	0	87	68	0.302	0.386	0.418	0.804	122	259	14	1	0	6	19	*5/D	AS,MVP-22
1991	33	BOS	AL	144	641	546	93	181	42	2	8	51	1	2	89	32	0.332	0.421	0.46	0.881	140	251	16	0	0	6	25	*5/H	AS,SS
1992	34	BOS	AL	143	598	514	62	133	22	4	7	50	1	3	74	31	0.259	0.353	0.358	0.711	96	184	10	4	0	6	19	*5D/H	AS
1993	35	NYY	AL	143	644	560	83	169	26	1	2	59	0	1	74	49	0.302	0.378	0.363	0.74	104	203	10	0	1	9	4	*5/DH	AS,SS
1994	36	NYY	AL	97	434	366	61	125	19	1	11	55	2	1	61	29	0.342	0.433	0.489	0.922	142	179	10	1	2	4	3	*5/H3	AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1995	37	NYY	AL	126	541	460	76	149	22	4	5	63	1	1	74	50	0.324	0.412	0.422	0.834	119	194	13	0	0	7	5	*5H/3	AS,MVP-17,GG
1996	38	NYY	AL	132	574	501	80	156	29	2	2	41	1	2	67	32	0.311	0.389	0.389	0.778	98	195	10	0	1	5	7	*5/HD	AS
1997	39	NYY	AL	103	407	353	55	103	23	1	4	28	0	1	48	38	0.292	0.373	0.397	0.769	102	140	3	0	2	4	3	5DH/1
1998	40	TBD	AL	123	483	435	51	122	23	4	7	52	3	2	46	54	0.28	0.348	0.4	0.748	94	174	13	0	0	2	6	5DH
1999	41	TBD	AL	90	334	292	40	88	14	1	2	29	1	0	38	23	0.301	0.377	0.377	0.754	94	110	14	0	0	4	2	5/DH31
18 Yrs				2439	10740	9180	1513	3010	578	61	118	1014	24	35	1412	745	0.328	0.415	0.443	0.858	131	4064	236	23	29	96	180
162 Game Avg.				162	713	610	100	200	38	4	8	67	2	2	94	49	0.328	0.415	0.443	0.858	131	270	16	2	2	6	12
BOS (11 yrs)				1625	7323	6213	1067	2098	422	47	85	687	16	27	1004	470	0.338	0.428	0.462	0.89	142	2869	163	22	23	61	150
NYY (5 yrs)				601	2600	2240	355	702	119	9	24	246	4	6	324	198	0.313	0.396	0.407	0.803	112	911	46	1	6	29	22
TBD (2 yrs)				213	817	727	91	210	37	5	9	81	4	2	84	77	0.289	0.36	0.391	0.75	94	284	27	0	0	6	8

[DrunkHorseplayer]

What sucks is if a player had those numbers today he'd probably hit sixth or seventh only because steroid-fueled power has taken over the game.

[nyplayer33]

Great great hitter