In the midst of getting ready of the insanely popular Greater Michigan APBA Baseball Tournament, Pastor Rich Zawadzki found the time to send me this week’s Monster Card.
Rich writes:
How Good was Tony Gwynn?
Uhh…REALLY GOOD!
Can you name all 12 players to have hit .370 or better from 1939-2019?
Can you name the 1 player to have hit .370 or better twice from 1939-2019?
Can you name the 1 player to have hit .370 or better three times from 1939-2019?
All without any electronic help?
I’ll put the answers below. Meanwhile, here are Gwynn’s 1997 stats. Pretty nasty.
| Split | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 Totals | 157 | 680 | 589 | 119 | 218 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 54 | 56 | 82 | 35 | .370 | .447 | .511 |
Three 11s, three 31s, and just one 13. That should placate you Baez-haters out there (still a little sore about that… just kidding!).
For a contact hitter, Gwynn manages four 14s. Pretty amazing! And despite, three 11s, he still has two 7s.
Here’s Rich’s answer:
- 1939 – Joe DiMaggio – .381
- 1941 – Ted Williams -.406 (1)
- 1948 – Stan Musial – .376
- 1957 – Ted Williams – .388 (2)
- 1977 – Rod Carew – .388
- 1980 – George Brett – .390
- 1987 – Tony Gwynn – .370 (1)
- 1993 – Andres Galarraga – .370
- 1994 – Tony Gwynn – .394 (2)
- 1997 – Tony Gwynn – .372 (3)
- 1999 – Larry Walker – .379
- 2000 – Nomar Garciaparra – .372
- 2000 – Todd Helton – .372
- 2002 – Barry Bonds – .370
- 2004 – Ichiro Suzuki – .372
Thanks Rich!!
Nice Column Tom! You usually point out things other than just the hitting numbers, but didn’t say much about this card. A Fast OF-3 is also a good stat. As is the J-0.
Great card.
Hello everyone,
This card came out when I was not playing the game. Has anyone finished a season for Gwynn and hit .400?