Tony Gwynn | Baseball Prospectus

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
20	10232	.338	.388	.459	.300	61.4

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1982	SDN	22	54	209	190	33	55	12	2	1	74	14	16	0	1	4	17	8	3	.289	.337	.389	.262	4.8	0.3	0.5
1983	SDN	23	86	334	304	34	94	12	2	1	113	23	21	0	3	4	37	7	4	.309	.355	.372	.264	10.3	-2.6	0.8
1984	SDN	24	158	675	606	88	213	21	10	5	269	59	23	2	2	6	71	33	18	.351	.410	.444	.310	48.9	3.8	5.6
1985	SDN	25	154	671	622	90	197	29	5	6	254	45	33	2	1	1	46	14	11	.317	.364	.408	.283	34.8	8.0	4.5
1986	SDN	26	160	701	642	107	211	33	7	14	300	52	35	3	2	2	59	37	9	.329	.381	.467	.297	42.4	10.9	5.6
1987	SDN	27	157	680	589	119	218	36	13	7	301	82	35	3	4	2	54	56	12	.370	.447	.511	.330	74.1	4.2	7.8
1988	SDN	28	133	578	521	64	163	22	5	7	216	51	40	0	2	4	70	26	11	.313	.373	.415	.298	33.3	-4.0	3.2
1989	SDN	29	158	679	604	82	203	27	7	4	256	56	30	1	7	11	62	40	16	.336	.389	.424	.303	43.4	-2.9	4.4
1990	SDN	30	141	629	573	79	177	29	10	4	238	44	23	1	4	7	72	17	8	.309	.357	.415	.274	19.1	4.2	2.5
1991	SDN	31	134	569	530	69	168	27	11	4	229	34	19	0	5	0	62	8	8	.317	.355	.432	.285	18.8	3.8	2.4
1992	SDN	32	128	569	520	77	165	27	3	6	216	46	16	0	3	0	41	3	6	.317	.371	.415	.280	21.8	0.8	2.5
1993	SDN	33	122	534	489	70	175	41	3	7	243	36	19	1	7	1	59	14	1	.358	.398	.497	.320	45.0	-2.3	4.3
1994	SDN	34	110	475	419	79	165	35	1	12	238	48	19	2	5	1	64	5	0	.394	.454	.568	.348	53.2	-1.1	5.0
1995	SDN	35	135	577	535	82	197	33	1	9	259	35	15	1	6	0	90	17	5	.368	.404	.484	.305	36.3	2.5	3.8
1996	SDN	36	116	498	451	67	159	27	2	3	199	39	17	1	6	1	50	11	4	.353	.400	.441	.286	21.2	-7.0	1.3
1997	SDN	37	149	651	592	97	220	49	2	17	324	43	28	3	12	1	119	12	5	.372	.409	.547	.329	57.5	-23.5	3.4
1998	SDN	38	127	505	461	65	148	35	0	16	231	35	18	1	8	0	69	3	1	.321	.364	.501	.310	34.7	-14.7	2.0
1999	SDN	39	111	446	411	59	139	27	0	10	196	29	14	2	4	0	62	7	2	.338	.381	.477	.288	21.9	-11.6	1.0
2000	SDN	40	36	140	127	17	41	12	0	1	56	9	4	1	3	0	17	0	1	.323	.364	.441	.283	7.1	-2.6	0.4
2001	SDN	41	71	112	102	5	33	9	1	1	47	10	9	0	0	0	17	1	0	.324	.384	.461	.300	5.6	-1.4	0.4
Career			2440	10232	9288	1383	3141	543	85	135	4259	790	434	24	85	45	1138	319	125	.338	.388	.459	.300	634.1	-35.5	61.4

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1981	WAL	A-	42	202	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.324			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1981	AMA	AA	23	99	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.469			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982	SDN	MLB	54	209	.262	.259	.315	.373	.000	.310	98	0.5	5.6	-0.5	0.3	0.7	4.8	0.5	4.8	0.5
1982	HAW	AAA	93	393	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.330			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1983	SDN	MLB	86	334	.264	.251	.315	.365	.000	.326	99	1.5	9.1	-2.8	-2.6	1.8	10.3	0.8	10.3	0.8
1983	LVG	AAA	17	80	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.368			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1984	SDN	MLB	158	675	.310	.255	.315	.368	.000	.359	96	33.2	18.1	-6.7	3.8	1.7	48.9	5.6	48.9	5.6
1985	SDN	MLB	154	671	.283	.246	.309	.363	.000	.327	94	15.7	18.3	-6.8	8.0	5.9	34.8	4.5	34.8	4.5
1986	SDN	MLB	160	701	.297	.247	.308	.371	.000	.331	101	26.8	19.4	-7.2	10.9	3.8	42.4	5.6	42.4	5.6
1987	SDN	MLB	157	680	.330	.256	.319	.398	.000	.383	97	51.2	20.0	-7.4	4.2	8.0	74.1	7.8	74.1	7.8
1988	SDN	MLB	133	578	.298	.245	.300	.356	.000	.328	98	20.7	15.1	-3.9	-4.0	0.9	33.3	3.2	33.3	3.2
1989	SDN	MLB	158	679	.303	.244	.303	.364	.000	.345	99	28.1	17.7	-2.1	-2.9	0.8	43.4	4.4	43.4	4.4
1990	SDN	MLB	141	629	.274	.254	.312	.379	.000	.315	100	8.5	16.9	-6.3	4.2	-3.1	19.1	2.5	19.1	2.5
1991	SDN	MLB	134	569	.285	.248	.309	.365	.000	.320	102	13.9	15.4	-5.7	3.8	-0.7	18.8	2.4	18.8	2.4
1992	SDN	MLB	128	569	.280	.249	.305	.364	.000	.317	103	10.9	14.8	-5.5	0.8	0.7	21.8	2.5	21.8	2.5
1993	SDN	MLB	122	534	.320	.262	.319	.396	.000	.357	95	34.6	15.3	-5.6	-2.3	0.2	45.0	4.3	45.0	4.3
1994	SDN	MLB	110	475	.348	.266	.322	.407	.000	.389	97	46.8	14.4	-5.2	-1.1	-0.5	53.2	5.0	53.2	5.0
1995	SDN	MLB	135	577	.305	.263	.323	.407	.000	.364	97	29.1	17.3	-6.4	2.5	-1.3	36.3	3.8	36.3	3.8
1996	SDN	MLB	116	498	.286	.261	.322	.406	.000	.357	97	15.1	15.4	-5.6	-7.0	-2.7	21.2	1.3	21.2	1.3
1997	SDN	MLB	149	651	.329	.257	.319	.399	.000	.363	99	49.1	17.3	-7.2	-23.5	-1.4	57.5	3.4	57.5	3.4
1998	SDN	MLB	127	505	.310	.265	.326	.416	.000	.303	91	27.7	13.1	-5.6	-14.7	2.2	34.7	2.0	34.7	2.0
1999	SDN	MLB	111	446	.288	.265	.329	.421	.000	.330	94	14.8	12.1	-5.2	-11.6	0.6	21.9	1.0	21.9	1.0
2000	SDN	MLB	36	140	.283	.272	.335	.441	.000	.320	94	3.8	3.9	-1.8	-2.6	1.3	7.1	0.4	7.1	0.4
2001	SDN	MLB	71	112	.300	.258	.320	.402	.000	.348	99	4.8	3.0	-0.7	-1.4	-1.0	5.6	0.4	5.6	0.4
Career		MLB		10232	.300	.255	.315	.385	.252	.341	98	436.8	282.2	-98.2	-35.5	18.0	634.1	61.4	634.1	61.4

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1981	WAL	A-	202	46	59	12	1	12	37	23	21	17	3	.331	.408	.612	.281	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1981	AMA	AA	99	22	42	8	2	4	19	5	7	5	1	.462	.490	.725	.264	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982	SDN	MLB	209	33	55	12	2	1	17	14	16	8	3	.289	.337	.389	.100	.262	4.8	0.3	0.5
1982	HAW	AAA	393	65	120	23	2	5	46	18	18	14	5	.328	.356	.443	.115	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1983	SDN	MLB	334	34	94	12	2	1	37	23	21	7	4	.309	.355	.372	.062	.264	10.3	-2.6	0.8
1983	LVG	AAA	80	15	25	6	0	0	7	6	5	3	1	.342	.392	.425	.082	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1984	SDN	MLB	675	88	213	21	10	5	71	59	23	33	18	.351	.410	.444	.092	.310	48.9	3.8	5.6
1985	SDN	MLB	671	90	197	29	5	6	46	45	33	14	11	.317	.364	.408	.092	.283	34.8	8.0	4.5
1986	SDN	MLB	701	107	211	33	7	14	59	52	35	37	9	.329	.381	.467	.139	.297	42.4	10.9	5.6
1987	SDN	MLB	680	119	218	36	13	7	54	82	35	56	12	.370	.447	.511	.141	.330	74.1	4.2	7.8
1988	SDN	MLB	578	64	163	22	5	7	70	51	40	26	11	.313	.373	.415	.102	.298	33.3	-4.0	3.2
1989	SDN	MLB	679	82	203	27	7	4	62	56	30	40	16	.336	.389	.424	.088	.303	43.4	-2.9	4.4
1990	SDN	MLB	629	79	177	29	10	4	72	44	23	17	8	.309	.357	.415	.106	.274	19.1	4.2	2.5
1991	SDN	MLB	569	69	168	27	11	4	62	34	19	8	8	.317	.355	.432	.115	.285	18.8	3.8	2.4
1992	SDN	MLB	569	77	165	27	3	6	41	46	16	3	6	.317	.371	.415	.098	.280	21.8	0.8	2.5
1993	SDN	MLB	534	70	175	41	3	7	59	36	19	14	1	.358	.398	.497	.139	.320	45.0	-2.3	4.3
1994	SDN	MLB	475	79	165	35	1	12	64	48	19	5	0	.394	.454	.568	.174	.348	53.2	-1.1	5.0
1995	SDN	MLB	577	82	197	33	1	9	90	35	15	17	5	.368	.404	.484	.116	.305	36.3	2.5	3.8
1996	SDN	MLB	498	67	159	27	2	3	50	39	17	11	4	.353	.400	.441	.089	.286	21.2	-7.0	1.3
1997	SDN	MLB	651	97	220	49	2	17	119	43	28	12	5	.372	.409	.547	.176	.329	57.5	-23.5	3.4
1998	SDN	MLB	505	65	148	35	0	16	69	35	18	3	1	.321	.364	.501	.180	.310	34.7	-14.7	2.0
1999	SDN	MLB	446	59	139	27	0	10	62	29	14	7	2	.338	.381	.477	.139	.288	21.9	-11.6	1.0
2000	SDN	MLB	140	17	41	12	0	1	17	9	4	0	1	.323	.364	.441	.118	.283	7.1	-2.6	0.4
2001	SDN	MLB	112	5	33	9	1	1	17	10	9	1	0	.324	.384	.461	.137	.300	5.6	-1.4	0.4

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2001-05-10	2001-07-03	15-DL	54	49	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2001-04-21	2001-05-08	15-DL	17	15	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
2000-06-24	2000-10-02	60-DL	100	91	Left	Knee	Surgery	Loose Bodies and Cartilage	2000-06-27	-
2000-04-29	2000-05-16	15-DL	17	14	Left	Knee	Inflammation		-	-
1999-06-20	1999-07-19	15-DL	29	25	Left	Lower Leg	Strain	Calf	-
1999-05-22	1999-06-12	15-DL	21	19	Left	Lower Leg	Strain	Calf	-	-
1998-08-13	1998-09-01	15-DL	19	18	Right	Lower Leg	Inflammation	Achilles	-	-
1996-10-23	1996-10-23	Off	0	0	Right	Lower Leg	Surgery	Fraying of Achilles and Bursa	1996-10-23	-
1996-07-02	1996-08-06	15-DL	35	31	Right	Lower Leg	Inflammation	Fraying of Achilles	-	-
1996-04-17	1996-04-26	DTD	9	8	Right	Foot	Inflammation	Bursitis	-	-
1988-05-07	1988-05-28		21	20	-	-			-	-
1988-03-11	1988-03-25	Camp	14	0	Right	Hand	Surgery	Easier Tendon Movement	1988-03-11	-
1983-04-05	1983-06-21		77	65	-	Wrist	Fracture		-	-
1982-08-26	1982-09-13		18	15	Left	Wrist	Fracture	Diving for Ball	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2001	SDN	$2,000,000
2000	SDN	$6,300,000

Years	Description	Salary
2 yr	Previous	$8,300,000
2 yr	Total	$8,300,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status

Details

2 years/$10.6M (1999-2000), plus $6M 2001 club option. Signed extension 4/97 (picked up 98 option at same time). 99:$4.3M, 00:$4.3M, 01:$6M club option ($2M buyout). Additional $3.7M with 600 PAs. Club declined 2001 option 11/00.
2 years/$8.5M (1996-97), plus $4M 1998 club option. 96:$4M, 97:$4M, 98:$4M ($0.5M buyout). Additional $0.5M/year for 500 plate appearances. Club exercised $4M 1998 option 4/97.
3 years/$12.25M (1993-95). Signed extension 2/91. $1.15M signing bonus. 93:$3.6M, 94:$3.25M, 95:$4.25M.
1 year/$2M (1991), plus 1992 club option. Signed extension 12/88. 91:$2M, 92:$2M club option ($0.2M buyout). Club must make decision on 1992 option by end of 1990 season.
5 years (1985-89), plus 1990 club option. Signed 11/84, replacing final year of previous deal, which was to pay $0.18M for 1985. Six-figure signing bonus. Total value of $4.5M if option is exercised. 85:$0.5M, 88:$1M, 89:$1M, 90:club option. Club added award bonuses 3/87. Club added $0.5M 2/88.
1 year/$0.1M (1984).
Drafted by San Diego 1981 (3-58). $25,000 signing bonus. Also drafted by San Diego Clippers in 10th round of 1981 NBA Draft.

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Title	Author	Date
Schrodinger's Bat: Baseball's Trifecta	Dan Fox	2006-09-28
Future Shock: Monday Morning Ten Pack, 5/8	Kevin Goldstein	2006-05-08
Prospectus Notebook: Reds, Indians, Marlins	Baseball Prospectus	2006-05-05
2006--Setting the Stage: Overdue	Dan Fox	2006-03-31
Prospectus Today: The Election	Joe Sheehan	2006-01-11
Prospectus Matchups: Shopping List	Jim Baker	2005-11-15
A Modest Proposal: What MLB Can Learn From the Little League World Series	John Erhardt	2005-08-25
An Objective Hall of Fame: Part Four, 1944-1946	Clay Davenport	2005-08-18
Prospectus Roundtable: Top 50 Prospects - Outfielders	Baseball Prospectus	2005-02-16
You Could Look It Up: Backlash	Steven Goldman	2004-04-05
Prospectus Roundtable: Top 50 Prospects, Part IV	Baseball Prospectus	2004-02-24
Prospectus Triple Play: Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics	Baseball Prospectus	2004-02-23
Prospectus Roundtable: Top 50 Prospects, Part II	Baseball Prospectus	2004-02-22
You Could Look It Up: 1984 Part III: Ghostbusters	Steven Goldman	2004-02-19
You Could Look It Up: Welcome	Steven Goldman	2004-02-13
The Class of 2004: Analyzing the Hitters	Jay Jaffe	2004-01-06
Prospectus Q&A: Kevin Towers, Part II	Jonah Keri	2003-10-10
Under The Knife: Rockin' in the Free World	Will Carroll	2003-09-22
Prospectus Q&A: Dave Van Horne, Part II	Jonah Keri	2003-07-30
Lies, Damned Lies: Leading Off	Nate Silver	2003-07-30
Under The Knife: Under The Needle	Will Carroll	2003-06-18
Prospectus Triple Play: Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics	Baseball Prospectus	2003-06-09
Prospectus Triple Play: Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates	Baseball Prospectus	2003-05-19
Under The Knife: Soapbox Derby	Will Carroll	2003-04-23
The Great Slide Backwards: Which Teams Will Lose 20 More Games this Season?	Mark Armour	2003-04-09
Under The Knife: The Pitch Count Debate, Continued	Will Carroll	2003-03-21
The Daily Prospectus: All-Stars (and Mariners, too)	Joe Sheehan	2001-06-11
Doctoring Ichiro: More on the Mariners' Sensation	Rany Jazayerli	2001-05-18
The Daily Prospectus: Around the NL	Joe Sheehan	2001-05-09
The Daily Prospectus: Around the AL	Joe Sheehan	2001-05-07
Hall Of Fame Roundtable: Commentary on this year's candidates	Christina Kahrl	2000-11-30
Hall Of Fame Roundtable: Commentary on this year's candidates	Gary Huckabay	2000-11-30

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