While Sheffield led Florida to a World Championship in 1997, Hoffman would be the next franchise player behind Dave Winfield and Tony Gwynn.

When voted into the San Diego Sports Hall of Fame in 1998, Dryer joined athletes such as Ted Williams, Dan Fouts, Dave Winfield, and Tony Gwynn in receiving the preeminent recognition for a San Diego athlete.

The Padres were the winners of the Western Division with Steve Garvey, Tony Gwynn, Eric Show, Goose Gossage and Alan Wiggins.

They would field eight All-Stars ( manager Dick Williams, Tony Gwynn, Graig Nettles, Rich Gossage, Terry Kennedy, Garry Templeton, Steve Garvey, and La Marr Hoyt ) at the 1985 All-Star Game in Minnesota.

Notable American baseball players in history include Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Cy Young, Walter Johnson, Honus Wagner, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Hank Greenberg, Sandy Koufax, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Warren Spahn, Al Kaline, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Ernie Banks, Pete Rose, Carl Yastrzemski, Steve Carlton, Tom Seaver, Jim Palmer, Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling, Nolan Ryan, Mike Schmidt, George Brett, Harmon Killebrew, Cal Ripken, Roger Clemens, Rickey Henderson, Barry Bonds, Tony Gwynn, and Jackie Robinson, who was instrumental in dissolving the color line and allowing African-Americans into the major leagues.

It has been claimed, by commentators citing the 1920s folklorist Gwenith Gwynn ( a. k. a. W. Rhys Jones ), that " broom-stick weddings " were first known in Wales, originating either among the Welsh people themselves or among Romani living in Wales.

* Gwynn Parry Jones

The scholar T. Gwynn Jones suggested that a possible origin of the term " Berwyn " was " Bryn ( iau ) Gwyn ( ap Nudd )", where the Middle Welsh word " bre " ( hill ) had mutated to Ber + Gwyn, Gwyn ap Nudd being the mythological King of the Tylwyth teg ( Fair Folk, or fairies ).

* Gwynn Jones Primary School

* T. Gwynn Jones ( 1871 – 1949 ), Welsh poet

The Welsh critic Bobi Jones says in the introduction to this anthology, " Nicholas Williams, the well-known scholar, is also the T. Gwynn Jones of Cornwall -- polished, classical, rather conservative, soundly rooted in medieval romanticism.

* Madog, a poem by T. Gwynn Jones

The team was managed by Dick Williams, and it had an offense that featured the veterans Steve Garvey, Garry Templeton, Graig Nettles, Alan Wiggins, plus the new, young star Tony Gwynn, who won his first of eight National League batting championships that year ( he won in 1987, 88, and 89 and from 1994 through 97 ).

Gwynn is an eight-time National League batting champion, leading the league in 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997, which ties him with the Pittsburgh Pirates ' Honus Wagner for the league record — the all-time Major League batting titles leader is Ty Cobb, who won 12 American League batting titles.

: 8 Tony Gwynn ( 1984, 1987 – 1989, 1994 – 1997 )

: 7 Tony Gwynn ( 1984, 1986 – 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1997 )

The Padres tied the game in the fifth when Tony Gwynn, appearing in his first NLCS since 1984, hit an RBI single.

Gwynn played for the United States national baseball team in the 1984 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.

In 1984 Davis finished third in NL batting average (. 315 ), behind Tony Gwynn (. 351 ) and Lee Lacy (. 321 ).

* 1960 – Tony Gwynn, American baseball player

* 1982 – Tony Gwynn Jr., American baseball player

Managed by Bruce Bochy and aided by the talents of players such as Tony Gwynn, Ken Caminiti, Wally Joyner, Steve Finley, pitcher Andy Ashby and premier closer Trevor Hoffman ( 4 – 2, 1. 48 ERA and 53 saves ) – who tied the then-National League record for saves in a single season and finished second in the Cy Young voting that year – the Padres had their best year in history, finishing 98 – 64 and winning the NL West division crown.

One of the few bright spots of the series for the Padres was a home run by Tony Gwynn, in Game 1 that hit the facing of the right-field upper deck at Yankee Stadium and put the Padres ahead briefly, 5 – 2.

* May 9 – Tony Gwynn, American baseball player

* February 28 – John Gwynn, English architect and engineer ( b. 1713 )

Anthony Keith " Tony " Gwynn, Sr. ( born May 9, 1960 ), nicknamed Mr. Padre and Captain Video, is a retired American professional baseball player who played 20 seasons ( 1982 – 2001 ) in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the San Diego Padres.

Gwynn became the first NL player to win three consecutive batting titles since Musial in 1950 – 52.

Elway also excelled as a baseball player playing right field and pitcher, finishing his senior year hitting. 361 with nine home runs and 50 RBIs in 49 games and a 5 – 4 record with a 4. 51 ERA. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the second round of the 1981 MLB draft ( 52nd overall, six spots ahead of future Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn ).

* Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans ( 1670 – 1726 ) ( elder illegitimate son of Charles II and Nell Gwynn )

: Tony Gwynn, 4 ( 1994 – 1997 )

: Tony Gwynn, 3 ( 1987 – 1989 )

* Stephen Gwynn ( 1864 – 1950 ), journalist, biographer, author, poet and Nationalist politician.

Eleanor " Nell " Gwyn ( or Gwynn or Gwynne ) ( 2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687 ) was a long-time mistress of King Charles II of England.

John Gwynn ( Shrewsbury 1713 – Shrewsbury 28 February 1786 ) was an English architect and civil engineer, who became one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768.

Gwynn was a key figure in the introduction of the Building Act 1774 which improved standards of materials and workmanship – Bedford Square was one of the first areas of London to benefit.

In the Padres home opener in 1987, Marvell Wynne, Gwynn, and John Kruk hit back-to-back-to-back homers to start the game for San Diego, the first time an MLB team had led off a game with three consecutive home runs.

Gwynn had two five-hit games in 1987, the first of eight in his career.

" In 1992, Gwynn sympathized with Clark, who filed for bankruptcy after bad loans by his agent ; Gwynn experienced the same financial problems in 1987.

On April 13, 1987, Marvell Wynne, Tony Gwynn, and Kruk became the first players in major league history to open a game with three consecutive solo home runs in a 13-6 win over the San Francisco Giants.

At the turn of the 20th century, a 1904 analysis of great poetry by Stephen Gwynn claimed, " above and before all Keats's poems are the three odes, To a Nightingale, On a Grecian Urn, and To Autumn.

Ty Cobb, Pete Rose, Tony Gwynn, and Ichiro Suzuki are examples of contact hitters ; of these, Rose and Suzuki might be called slap hitters.