June 16, 201412 yr This is absolutely terrible news. My thoughts and prayers to his family and friends. "Heroes get remembered but legends never die," and Tony is most definitely a legend. RIP.
June 16, 201412 yr Favorite pitcher to hit off of...Greg Maddux. How many people would say that? .429 average. Just ridiculous.
June 16, 201412 yr Author Favorite pitcher to hit off of...Greg Maddux. How many people would say that? .429 average. Just ridiculous. Maddux never struck him out either. 107 at bats.
June 16, 201412 yr I thought Rod Carew was the purest hitter I ever saw, until Tony. Sad day for baseball indeed.
June 16, 201412 yr 20 years and only 434 Strike Outs and NEVER struck out over 40 times in any season...WOW!!! In his first all-star season in 1984, in 606 at-bats, he had just 23 strikeouts. Amazing. He won the batting title that year by hitting .351. Just an absolute master at the plate.
June 16, 201412 yr Favorite pitcher to hit off of...Greg Maddux. How many people would say that? .429 average. Just ridiculous. Maddux never struck him out either. 107 at bats. That's just plain Crazy...Mr Gwynn could rake!
June 16, 201412 yr 20 years and only 434 Strike Outs and NEVER struck out over 40 times in any season...WOW!!! 9200 ABs. K% of 4%. Average for MLB during his time was anywhere from 12% to 16%.
June 16, 201412 yr 20 years and only 434 Strike Outs and NEVER struck out over 40 times in any season...WOW!!! My buddy just sent me the same stats. Absolutely nuts.
June 16, 201412 yr When I saw this, I became sick to my stomach. What a terrible day for baseball. He was a legend. And entirely too young...echo the sentiment that cancer sucks. RIP.
June 16, 201412 yr Never hit more than 17 home runs in a season, which he did in 1997. Probably the unfortunate reason he never finished higher than third in MVP voting. In that 1997 season by the way, he led the league in average at .372, sacrifice flies at 12, and total hits with 220. Finished sixth in MVP voting.
June 16, 201412 yr My DVR will be full of TG tributes. They'll start throwing his stats out here like we are and people will realize how ridiculously good he was.
June 16, 201412 yr Man, I didn't even know he had been sick. He was absolutely one of my childhood favorites. I used to trade for his baseball cards all the time.
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