The graduate of San Diego State University - where he besides played basketball and set the school record for assists, Gwynn broke in by having San Diego as a a share-half-time outfielder in 1982, appearing in 54 games & batting .289. It would become a go period he would hit beneath .300 in the major leagues. Gwynn's breakthrough year was inside 1984, when he hit .351, won a number one of his eight batting titles (ligature him by owning Honus Wagner for the National League record), and processed a foremost of his Fifteen All-Star appearances.

Nicknamed "Captain Video" because of the extensive collection of videotapes he saved, Gwynn constantly exposed his swing to improve his hit.

Gwynn was besides practiced using the glove for virtually all of his career, winning 5 sequentially Gold Glove Awards (1986-91). Primarily the correct fielder, around 1989 Gwynn split time between best & center field. Inside 1994 Gwynn batted .394; the greatest batting norm in the National League since Bill Terry hit .401 in 1930 and the greatest in the majors since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941. Experienced a year non been shortened by a strike, Gwynn may own turn into a number 1 batter to occultation the .400 mark within other than Fifty years.

Gwynn retired around 2001 with the amount of 3,141 hits & a lifespan batting norm of .338. He played his entire career by having the Padres, a rarity in the Eighties & Nineties, & is considered by numbers of to become the better streaming video player to ever have on a Padres jersey. Gwynn becomes eligible for induction into a Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007. His jersey total Nineteen was retired by San Diego inside 2004.

Since his retirement, Gwynn has worked as a color commentator for the ESPN network and when head baseball coach at his alma mater, San Diego State. SDSU's baseball stadium, which was largely funded out of his own pocket, is named after him. Gwynn's brother, Chris, was an outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Royals, and San Diego Padres (1987-96) [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gwynnch01.shtml].

Gwynn is the father of R&B artist Anisha Nicole and minor league outfielder Anthony Gwynn.

Career statistics
Red actual cost imply league leader status

YEAR	TEAM	LG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
1982	SD	N	54	190	33	55	12	2	One	17	14	16	8	3	.289
1983	SD	N	86	304	34	94	12	2	One	37	23	21	7	4	.309
1984	SD	N	158	606	88	213	21	10	Five	71	59	23	33	18	.351
1985	SD	N	154	622	90	197	29	5	6	46	45	33	14	11	.317
1986	SD	N	160	642	107	211	33	7	14	59	52	35	37	9	.329
1987	SD	N	157	589	119	218	36	13	7	54	82	35	56	12	.370
1988	SD	N	133	521	64	163	22	5	7	70	51	40	26	11	.313
1989	SD	N	158	604	82	203	27	7	Four	62	56	30	40	16	.336
1990	SD	N	141	573	79	177	29	10	Four	72	44	23	17	8	.309
1991	SD	N	134	530	69	168	27	11	Four	62	34	19	8	8	.317
1992	SD	N	128	520	77	165	27	3	6	41	46	16	3	6	.317
1993	SD	N	122	489	70	175	41	3	7	59	36	19	14	1	.358
1994	SD	N	110	419	79	165	35	1	12	64	48	19	5	0	.394
1995	SD	N	135	535	82	197	33	1	9	90	35	15	17	5	.368
1996	SD	N	116	451	67	159	27	2	Three	50	39	17	11	4	.353
1997	SD	N	149	592	97	220	49	2	17	119	43	28	12	5	.372
1998	SD	N	127	461	65	148	35	0	16	69	35	18	3	1	.321
1999	SD	N	111	411	59	139	27	0	10	62	29	14	7	2	.338
2000	SD	N	36	127	17	41	12	0	One	17	9	4	0	1	.323
2001	SD	N	71	102	Five	33	9	1	One	17	10	9	1	0	.324
			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
Xx Seasons			2440	9288	1383	3141	543	85	135	1138	790	434	319	125	.338

Related links
List of major league players with 2,000 hits List of NL Gold Glove Winners at Outfield List of NL Silver Slugger Winners at Outfield Major League Baseball titles leaders Major League Baseball titles streaks