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A news item involving Tony Gwynn was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 16 June 2014.

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A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on June 16, 2017 and June 16, 2024.

The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:

Tony Gwynn: The Baseball Life of Mr. Padre published by McFarland
Baseball's All-Time Best Hitters: How Statistics Can Level the Playing Field published by Princeton University Press

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Cancer

Here is a good article on his cancer, and relationship with his son, Tony Gwynn Jr.. It's kind of hard to integrate right now, but will eventually, I surmise, be a decent source. Go Phightins! 20:08, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Your notice was eerily too timely.—Bagumba (talk) 17:43, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - I know; I feel rather horrible, actually. Go Phightins! 17:48, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Final Base Hit

Resolved

His final base hit of his career was a double. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.34.211 (talk) 21:56, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, it's been fixed.—Bagumba (talk) 23:40, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox highlights order

FYI

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Baseball#Infobox_highlights_order to help reach a consensus on the first highlight to list in Gwynn's infobox. Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 01:51, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Archived at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Baseball/Archive_41#Infobox_highlights_order.—Bagumba (talk) 04:21, 12 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]