![]() 'Congratulations' was enough, but the 'Don't catch me in one night' thing really stuck. ![]() Don't catch me in one night.' I remember it like it was yesterday. Pete came over, shook my hand and said, 'Congratulations. They flash on the board, TONY GWYNN'S FIRST BIG LEAGUE HIT. My first big league game and I got a hit. I got to second base and I felt pretty good. He dove, and it just went under his glove to the wall for a double. 338 batting average, the seventeenth highest in Major League history, the highest by a San Diego Padres player, and if you review the Top 1,000 you'll notice it's the highest by any player who began his career after World War II.ġ - Tony Gwynn is the all-time (#1) San Diego Padres leader in games played (2,440), at-bats (9,288), runs scored (1,383), hits (3,141), doubles (543), triples (85), RBI (1,138), walks (790), stolen bases (319), and batting average (.338)!Ĥ - Tony Gwynn, in his fourth at-bat, collected his first hit and shared this recollection, "Fourth time I came up I got a fastball out over the plate and lined it into left center. 338 - Tony Gwynn finished his career with a. Tony Gwynn Miscellaneous Items of Interest
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