Just read that former hitting great Tony Gwynn died of cancer at age 54. What a great player and too young to be gone.
Probably the best hitter I have seen in my life time along with George Brett.
.338 career avg. over 20 years of pro ball with the same club. the stat that really got me other than the career batting avg. was Gwynn only had 434 strike outs his entire career. Only good stories about this guy off the field too.
Baseball has truly lost one of its greats.
http://mlb.si.com/2014/06/16/tony-gwynn-dies-at-age-54/ In hearing some of the tributes to Gwynn yesterday, these jumped out at me:
1) Gwynn had one game in his MLB career in which he struck out 3 times in a game. Hacks like Mark Reynolds sometimes do that twice in the same week.
2) Gwynn was hitting .394 in 1994 when MLB cancelled the season due to the players strike. He was the closest to hitting .400 since George Brett in the early 1980s. It's a shame the strike hit because Gwynn had a real chance to break .400.
