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On October 7, 2001, in a post-game ceremony at Qualcomm Stadium, Tony Gwynn made an emotional farewell to the team that had been his only major-league home.

In the game played that day, Rickey Henderson, who in the meantime had rejoined the Padres, collected his 3, 000th major-league base hit, a double.

Gwynn struck his final major-league hit, also a double, in the previous game.

He is presently head coach of the San Diego State University Aztecs, his alma mater.

He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 29, 2007.