San Diego Padres : 2001

October 7, 2001 San Diego, Ca  - -  Qualcomm Stadium

Colorado Rockies 14 – 5 San Diego Padres

COL RBI: Juan Uribe 5 (HR); Juan Pierre 3 (HR); Jacob Cruz 2 (HR); Jeff Cirillo; Todd Helton; Terry Shumpert (HR)

SDP RBI: Brian Lawrence; Damian Jackson; Bubba Trammell; D'Angelo Jimenez (HR); Phil Nevin

COL Pitching : John Thomson (W 7-innings – 12 strikeouts)

SDP Pitching: Brian Lawrence (L 3.2-innings)

Tony Gwynn Retires - San Diego Padres (1982-2001)

MLB statistics : Batting average .338 : Hits 3,141

Home runs 135 : Runs batted in 1,138

Rickey Henderson goes 1-1 to earn his 3,000 hit

Henderson played from 1979-2003 (9-teams), gaining a total of 3,055 hits

 

Tony Gwynn - San Diego Padres

August 6, 1999 San Diego, Ca - CEO Sports

Tony Gwynn becomes the 22nd player in Major League Baseball to achieve 3,000 hits

October 6, 2001 San Diego, Ca
Final Game

Tony Gwynn spent 20 years in Major League Baseball, all with the San Diego Padres , 1982-2001. Gwynn attended San Diego State playing baseball and basketball, where he earned All-American honors in baseball.

Gwynn finished his career with a .338 batting average; 3,141 hits; 1,138 RBI

• 8-time NL batting champion (1984, 1987-1989, 1994-1997)
• 15-time All-Star selection (1984-1987, 1989-1999)
• 5-time Gold Glove Award (1986-1987, 1989-1991)
• 7-time Silver Slugger Award (1984, 1986-1987, 1989, 1994-1995, 1997)
• Roberto Clemente Award (1999)
• San Diego Padres retire #19 - 2004
• San Diego Padres Hall of Fame - 2016

Hall of Fame - 2007 - Cal Ripken Jr, Tony Gwynn

Tony Gwynn - H&M Bevil cachets

Armstrong cachet

Oriole Advocates Charitable Foundation
Cal Ripken Signature postmark - Baltimore, Md

Oriole Advocate Charitable Foundation

with standard Cooperstown circular date stamp postmark

Uncle Sam Stamp Club - Troy NY

There were three pictorial postmarks available for this day at Cooperstown. The Hall of Fame Induction postmark with a batter decorative bunting. There were also two additional designs that were similar, honoring the Class of 2007 and a baseball. Legends Station honored both Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn, while the Iron Man Station honored Cal Ripken