It means Tony Gwynn would have had to go 0-for-his-next-1,183 to get his average to fall under .300 (and even then, it would have "plummeted" to a mere .29997). We kid you not. OK, got all that ...

Tony Gwynn died Monday. In honor of his memory, let's take a look back at his 1994 season, when he hit .394 and appeared headed for .400 before the strike.

Tony Gwynn's career was defined by remarkable statistical snapshots – eight batting titles, seven hits championships, 10 times the most difficult man in the league to strike out.

Gwynn said, after I stepped into the clubhouse, and then he led me to his science lab of hitting and spoke for 30 minutes -- honestly, plainly, in his distinct high-pitched voice. Tony got mad at ...

Tony Gwynn, the greatest player in San Diego Padres history and a Hall of Famer who studied the art of hitting with Ted Williams, died Monday morning after an extended battle with cancer. He was 54.

Gwynn may have been the finest hitter of his generation - with a career .338 batting average, including three seasons of .370 or higher - but there were peanut vendors at the old Jack Murphy ...

Tony Gwynn: Gwynn was a batting champion eight times in his career. That’s tied with Honus Wagner for second-most all time, trailing only Ty Cobb with 11.

Clutch hitting is a myth. Tony Gwynn was a clutch hitter. Long live clutch hitting. That's the article, in three short sentences, so consider everything that follows a part of the footnotes.

So when Gwynn gave him advice, Bonds knew he had to take it. "Tony sat there and told me one time, he said, 'Barry, chase the batting title. Everything else will come if you chase the batting title.' ...

Kapler chose Johnson to start Game 1 and Roberts chose to drop Tony Gwynn — yes, that Tony Gwynn — to the eighth spot in his batting order. Advertisement And, as always when managers make any ...

In addition to this double in 1993, Tony Gwynn had 3,140 other hits in his 20-year career. AP Photo/John Swart • No hitter born after 1900 reached 3,000 hits in fewer games (2,284) or at-bats ...