Tony Gwynn Highlights | Friar Throwbacks
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- Respected as a gifted hitter and beloved by contemporaries, 20 Hall of Fame seasons in San Diego earned Tony Gwynn the nickname "Mr. Padre." The 15-time All-Star had a career .338 average, 19th all-time and the highest by any Major Leaguer since Ted Williams, as well as 3,141 hits. With a National League-record eight batting titles, the annual NL award now bears his name. Gwynn's unwavering loyalty to the Padres and his undying devotion to the San Diego community further cemented his standing as Mr. Padre and one of the greatest ambassadors the game of baseball has ever known.
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Dude hit .394 in '94 with over 400 plate appearances and only struck out 19 times! Best contact hitter of all time imo!
don't forget those 8 batting titles too.
Gwynn was the Ty Cobb of the "Live Ball Era" in my estimation.⚾🇺🇸
@@user-uf3rh8kf9sGreat hitter, and true gentleman.
I love watching Luis Arraez play- very similar plate approach as TG
I love watching Luis Arraez play- very similar plate approach as TG
I was born in San Diego 1979 , this man is the reason most of us are Padres Fans! Thank you Mr. Padre....#19 Anthony “Tony” Gwynn!
I was born in 1978 also die hard Padres fan!! Mr. Padre great memories..
Try hunting lol
Tony Gwynn faced Greg Maddux, Pedro Martinez and Tom Galvine a total of 323 times and only struck out 3 times.. let that sink in for a bit
But he never struck out against maddux
Not only a fantastic player, but you couldn't find a nicer, down to earth guy.
When you look up the definition of baseball ambassador, there's a picture of Tony Gwynn.
Tony and Kirby were the best pure hitters in that generation. Both gone WAY too soon. RIP
Being a Cubs fan I loved watching Tony Gwynn as a kid growing up. Don't get me wrong I love watching guys hitting home runs but I do miss guys like Tony Gwynn hitting for average.
As a Cubs fan, my sentiments exactly. Never showed up his competition. I don't have a bad thing to say about him. Sweetest swing I have ever seen. Best pure hitter ever.
I was born and raised in San Diego and Tony Gwynn was my idol. I met him once at an autograph signing and he was so welcoming and humble. RIP to an absolute legend, “Mr San Diego”.
Tony Gwynn,
I remember my dad taking me to the Murph not knowing I was witnessing greatness.
I love this city & I'm sure the fans do as well,
I am hopeful that the Padres will get SD a ring one day
& when we do im sure you'll be w/ us celebrating!
Thanks for the memories Mr. Padre! #GOAT
An all time great. I was gutted when he passed away. The world needs more Tony Gwynns.
One of the sweetest swings in baseball. 😀
O.K. For Ted Williams to say "Tony Gwynn" -That says it all !!!
Thank you Mr. padre for giving padres fans hope to win a World Series one day. While we lost in 1984 and 1998 now we have a great team and can finally win a championship is SD. Thank you #19 Anthony Gwynn. 🤎💛🤎💛
I've never called him anything other than "The Great Tony Gwynn"
Tony Gwynn R.I.P. ! He was a good ⚾ -Player! I ❤️SD Padres Peter from 🇨🇭
A Great man one of the nicest person anybody could Meet. Played for the love of the game
I often send a prayer to the sky often thanking Tony Gwynn for blessing us with his talents and his pro-social dedication to the youth of San Diego. Happy Birthday, "Mr. Padre", Anthony Keith Gwynn.
The Padres GOAT!
Baseball is all about getting on base and getting other people on base to home plate. This man knew this and did this exceptionally.
Forever our Tony... Forever Mr. Padre... Forever Mr. San Diego🏝...
I'm proud to say my daughter was born on the 19 of the month... Born and raised in America's fines city 😉 San Diego CA!
From a Cubs fan, thank you, Mr. Tony Gwynn. Best pure hitter I have ever seen. Total class act. 💙
Just a magical time in Padres baseball. I'll never forget!
They said you were more likely to see Tony get four hits than strikeout twice. I was a Padres season tickets holder from 1998-2001. Never saw him strikeout twice.
Thank you for turning me into a padre fan even in 2021, mr padre you are simply my hero for being such a fantastic person. Your contributions to san diego from what i hear are still felt today. We love you forever tony reast easy bud. You are simply the best friar to ever put on a uniform undisputed we will try and carry on your legacy forever.
In a nearly two decade period of a tainted game, this man and Griffey rose above the tide to eternal greatness.
The ump that hugged Tony on his 3000th hit, Kerwin Danley, was his former teammate at SDSU.
Wow thanks for that awesome
What's crazy is if you're not in San diego, the radio announcer, his son Tony Jr, looks and sounds *exactly* like him. It's freaky listening to his voice.
I once saw Tony at the old Tower Records in the college area around 1990. I was browsing the vinyl records and he came up next to me and grabbed a record. The cashier asked for an autograph and he kindly obliged. I watched him leave to see what kind of car he was driving, and saw him drive away in a small Dodge/Chrysler. He was a humble guy. I later learned that he was thrown out of that day’s game, for arguing a call with the umpire. He must’ve stopped at the record store on his way home. I can’t recall Tony being ejected from a game other than that one. Tony was always respectful, so I’m sure whatever the call was, it must’ve been a bad one.
Another player to be mentioned on all time greatest list. Rest in peace kind sir!!! I enjoyed watching you play!!! Always enjoyed hearing your interviews as well as commentary.
This man had arguably the best year of his career in 1997 at 37 years old. .372 BA, 220 hits, 49 doubles and 119 RBIs. Legend
T Bone, one and only, we miss you brother. The game will never see such a beautiful swing or pure substance ever again. If we do, God bless him. Mr Padre. What a pleasure to grow up watching you and my Padres play. Amen.
Feliz cumpleaños Mr. Padre, dónde quiera que estés! 👑👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Mr Padre forever #19
San Diego sports fans really haven’t had a lot to be proud of over the years but Gwynn is the exception. That was our dude and we’d take him over anyone else in the game. He means so much to our city and he is greatly missed. Once a year on his birthday the local sports radio station here devotes pretty much the entire day to listeners who can call in and share their Tony Gwynn stories. I shit you not, everyone who listens in will tear up and cry at some point. He was that special to us and we’re lucky to have his son as part of the team radio broadcast.
Hope you win today Padres on Mother’s Day! 💛🤎
God bless you Tony, I wish you were a Cub bro.
The best ever Mr Padre Mr San Diego it was an honor crossing the border to see him play,I am always talking to my kids about his batting tittles;gold gloves and role model he was and still is to mlb,thank you always Mr Padre Tony Gwynn #19
for Gwynn👍👍👍👍RIP brother.
Everybody lived in the moment no picture was needed tony a real legend #19
He made the game look soo easy with his effortless swing. RIP MR PADRE
Loved TG! I miss going to jack Murphy. I mean Qualcomm to watch tony play! It's not the same without him!
MORE PLEASE!!!!! More historic nuggets for the long time Padres fans, and those of this new Bring Back The Brown generation. How about some Complete Padres' Classic games? The continuous background music can be ditched on these highlight videos.
I could watch this man for the rest of my life. Mr Padre
Rip to Mr san diego....papa padre
Ya Mr padre God bless you Tony.
He could hit all over the field. Left, right, up the middle. You can’t do a shift with a hitter like that.
Gwynn rules the baseball game
Played in two World Series though never got a chance to get a ring, one of the greatest hitters to ever step on the baseball fields, one heck of nice guy too, RIP Tony Gwynn
So nostalgic
I worked at the Murph in high school back in the 80's. Used to finish my duties in record time just to watch Tony taking batting practice hours before warm-ups even started.
"2000 hits, congrats man, you know we gotta pick you off now" 1st baseman I hope.
Tony Gwynn. Ted Williams. Put hitting into science
Mr. PADRES
He was gone wayyyyy to soon 😔
Best hitter
1st game at Yankees Stadium, hits one off the face of the upper deck.
New Yorkers: "Holy shit! We knew he was a legend, batting well over .300 every year, but God Damn! Can we have him? We'll trade you someone else's farm system."
Mr. Padre
Throwback Thursday on a Sunday
We love that😂😂😂
Tonys 3000th hit or McGuires Home run ball.....Which means more to us baseball fans
Bases loaded 2 outs full count who would you want in that box? No thought needed
I wasn't a Padres fan I was a tony gwynn fan
Now they’re all swinging for the fences.
Right place, wrong time. Got .400 stolen from him in 1994, then World Series robbed in 1998 against one of the best rosters any sport has ever seen. Imagine Tony on today’s San Diego team - you get a plot for a superhero comic
Or the best time. Every cities fan’s circled their calendars when the Padres were coming into town because of him. He hit everything.
Favorite all time players Will Clark, Tony Gwynn and Eddie Murray. I wish baseball was still as exciting as it was watching them play.
Cancer robbed the game of a great hitting mind. Imagine what kind of hitters he could have coached through the years if he could have had the chance to impart the subtleties of being a great hitter: the film study, the work ethic, studying pitchers. The rest is natural abilities, but he worked himself into being great as much or more than any of his contemporaries.
Only Joe DiMaggio had a better swing.
I was born in Washington and I never heard of this guy
He repressed our city with pride and dignity never receiving the respect he deserved because he decided to be a Padre for life. I still remember calling his name from the right field stands at Jack Murphy stadium. We would stare in aw as he took the field. We now have a great team and I hope they play with the same pride and dignity and stay humble and we will win a championship.
Win for Gwynn
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RIP Mr. Padre
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Hitting was an art form to this dude......he used his bat like a tennis racket and would just serve the ball all over the yard