Gwynn, Winfield, Fingers, Gossage, Randy Jones, and Graig Nettles ( 3B, 1984 – 1987 ) are also members of the San Diego Hall of Champions, which is open to athletes native to the San Diego area ( such as Gwynn and Nettles ) as well as to those who played for San Diego teams.

Nell Gwynne, actress and mistress of King Charles II, is said to have been born in Hereford in 1650 ( although other towns and cities, notably Oxford, also claim her as their own ); Gwynn Street is named after her.

Brett's 1980 batting average of. 390 is second only to Tony Gwynn's average of. 394 ( Gwynn played in 110 games and had 419 at-bats in the strike-shortened season, compared to Brett's 449 at bats in 1980 ) for the highest single season batting average since 1941.

Gwyn ap Nudd (, sometimes found with the antiquated spelling Gwynn ap Nudd ) is a Welsh mythological figure, the king of the Tylwyth Teg or " fair folk " and ruler of the Welsh Otherworld, Annwn.

In addition, “ he is often mentioned by writers like Montaigne and Lessing ... but he made no major contribution to intellectual history, and by the nineteenth century he seemed to be ... rather little read and rarely edited ” ( Gwynn, 140-1 ).

Lochearn is bordered on the east by the Baltimore City line, on the south by Gwynn Oak Avenue, Woodlawn Drive, and Dogwood Road, on the west by the Baltimore Beltway, and on the northeast by the Baltimore Metro transit line, including the Milford Mill station.

Jason is taken to Mount Olympus by the god Hermes ( Michael Gwynn ) to speak with Zeus and Hera.

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.

Joe Carter, who played for the Padres in 1990, said, " It just involved one great guy, and that's Tony Gwynn, and anything they want to say about Tony Gwynn is going to be news.

The fountain depicts Venus, and on the basin section of the fountain is a relief which depicts King Charles II and Nell Gwynn by the Thames, which was used in relation to a house located close by that Nell Gwynn had used.

Rickard also highlights amongst the key early Fortean Times advocates and supporters: Ion Alexis Will, who discovered The News in 1974 and became a " constant of valuable clippings, books, postcards and entertaining letters "; Janet and Colin Bord, later authors of Mysterious Britain ( Janet also wrote for Flying Saucer Review and Lionel Beer's Spacelink, while it was Colin's Fortean article in Gandalf's Garden that is particularly cited by Rickard as bringing him / them to his attention ); Phil Ledger, a " peripatetic marine biologist ", and The News < nowiki >'</ nowiki > " first enthusiastic fan "; Ken Campbell, Fortean playwright ; John Michell ; Richard Adams and Dick Gwynn, who both helped with the evolving layout and typesetting of later issues ; Chris Squire, who helped organise the first subscription database ; Canadian " Mr. X "; Mike Dash and cartoonist Hunt Emerson.

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.

The official address of Petco Park is 19 Tony Gwynn Way, in honor of the eight-time National League batting champion who wore that uniform number during his entire major league career with the Padres.

The Quarterly Review noted in 1826 that No part of his ingenious design, however, was adopted: the publication does not appear to have produced any public interest at the time ; and Mr. Gwynn has been so little thought of since that his designs lately brought forward as original conceptions .</ blockquote /> However proposals similar to many of Gwynn's were eventually implemented ; in the twentieth century, John Summerson wrote that " the amazing thing about this plan is its complete grip on reality ", his only impractical belief being that the growth of London could be stopped at Hyde Park in the west and at the Marylebone Road in the north.

2010: San Diego Padres HOFer Tony Gwynn is diagnosed with cancer of a salivary gland which he says is due to him still using chaw.

Christopher Karlton " Chris " Gwynn ( born October 13, 1964 in Los Angeles, California ) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder.

Lucius Gwynn suggested that what may have happened is an earlier King of Tara known as Lugaid Réoderg may have become confused with a separate and minor character from the Ulster Cycle associated with Cúchulainn.

There was one in Bagnigge Vale, London, the summer home of Nell Gwynn ( 1650 – 87 ), and Henry Winstanley ( 1644 – 1703 ), the designer of the Eddystone Lighthouse, is thought to have built one at his home in Saffron Walden, Essex.

Rickey Henderson collected his 3000th major league base hit here on October 7, 2001 as a Padre, in what was also the last major league game for Tony Gwynn, the eight-time National League batting champion and Hall of Famer who played his entire career with San Diego.

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 ).

The ' 96 team featured Gwynn, who won his seventh National League batting championship, National League MVP Ken Caminiti, premier leadoff hitter Rickey Henderson, pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, first baseman Wally Joyner and outfielder Steve Finley.

In a cruel piece of irony, on September 29, 2007, the Padres were within one out and one strike of clinching the National League Wild Card berth, but Tony Gwynn, Jr., son of the longtime Padres legend, tripled against Hoffman to tie the game.

Palmeiro was the runner up to National League batting champion Tony Gwynn in 1988 with a. 307 batting average, only six points below Gwynn's.

The same day the Padres drafted him, Gwynn was also selected by the San Diego Clippers in the 10th round of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) draft, but he elected to play baseball instead.

Gwynn batted. 368 in the National League Championship Series, and his one-out single in the bottom of the ninth in Game 4 set up Steve Garvey's game-winning homer ..

In 1994 Gwynn batted. 394, his career high and the highest in the National League since Bill Terry hit. 401 in 1930.

His career paralleled that of Tony Gwynn, who also debuted in the National League in 1982.

* John Gwynn ( 1713 – 1786 ), Architect portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, London

No player would come close to 100 RBIs ( Garvey, 86 ) or have over 30 doubles in the season, although stalwart thumper Tony Gwynn would lead the National League in hitting for the first time with a. 351 average and 213 hits.

On September 29, 1996, in the final game of the season, Gwynn hit what would prove to be the game-winning, two-run, pinch-hit double in the top of the 11th inning against Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Chan Ho Park to complete a three-game sweep of the Dodgers and clinch the Padres ' second National League Western division championship in team history.

On the outbreak of World War I in August 1914 Gwynn strongly supported Redmond ’ s encouragement of Irish nationalists and the Irish National Volunteers to support the Allied and British war effort by enlisting in Irish regiments of the Irish Divisions, especially as a means to ensure the implementation of the suspended Home Rule Act at the end of an expectedly short war.

Since 1970, only Tony Gwynn has won more National League batting titles ( eight ).

His. 335 average ranked him third in the National League batting race behind Barry Bonds (. 362 ) and Todd Helton (. 347 ), and he also joined Tony Gwynn as the only San Diego players to have 200 hits in a regular season.

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.

With Gwynn having 3, 141 hits, it was just the second time in Major League history that a pair of teammates each had 3, 000 career hits ; Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker had previously played many games together for the 1928 A's.

** Chris Gwynn, former Major League Baseball player

The San Diego Padres selected Gwynn in the third round of the 1981 Major League Baseball Draft with the 58th overall pick.

Prince Fielder, the son of former American League home run champion Cecil Fielder and Tony Gwynn, Jr., son of Tony Gwynn.

The California Angels drafted Gwynn in the fifth round of the 1982 Major League Baseball Draft.

Gwynn was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round ( tenth overall ) of the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft.

Walker came very close to winning the Triple Crown that year, leading the league in home runs but finishing second to Tony Gwynn in batting average and third in RBI ( teammate Galarraga led the league.

Tony Gwynn continued to win batting titles ( including batting. 394 in 1994 ).

In 1992, the Padres lineup featured the " Four Tops ," who as the name implies occupied the top four slots in the Padres batting order most of the time: Tony Fernández, Tony Gwynn, Gary Sheffield, and Fred McGriff.

He won seven batting titles in total, a feat tied or exceeded by only five players ( Cobb ( 11 or 12, depending on the source ), Tony Gwynn ( 8 ), Honus Wagner ( 8 ), Rod Carew ( 7 ), and Stan Musial ( 7 )).

Wagner won eight batting titles, tied for the most in NL history with Tony Gwynn.

Even though Gwynn was batting. 360 at the time, he felt that larger bats were hampering him because he had to choke up so far.

Gwynn elected to start in his first All-Star Game, and he won his first batting title with a. 351 average along with 71 runs batted in ( RBI ), and 33 stolen bases ( SB ); he had only 23 strikeouts in 606 at-bats.

Gwynn hit second in the Padres batting order, and benefited from the higher number of fastballs opposing pitchers threw in response to the speedy Alan Wiggins ( 70 SB ) being on base.

Gwynn won his second batting title that season after hitting. 370.

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

Widely respect by his peers and known as one the most dedicated players in baseball, Gwynn in 1990 was accused by some teammates of being selfish and caring more about his batting average than winning.

First baseman Jack Clark, most notably, stated that Gwynn should be swinging with runners in scoring position instead of bunting and protecting his batting average.

" No one bothers Tony Gwynn because he wins batting titles, but the Padres finish fourth or fifth every year ," said Clark, who also stirred controversy on his prior teams.

" Gwynn finished the season batting. 309, ranking sixth in the league but the lowest average of any full season in his career ; his 72 RBI were a then-career high.

" Today, I'm just Chris Gwynn's anonymous brother ," said Gwynn, who also won his seventh batting title that day.

Gwynn finished the season with a. 324 average, his 19th consecutive season batting. 300.