Box Score of 3,000th Hit by Tony Gwynn

Tony Gwynn hit four singles on his mother's birthday to become the twenty-second member of the three-thousand hit club. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the boxscore from that historic occasion.

"Joining the three-thousand hit club as a member of one team and one team only, that has a nice ring to it as far as I'm concerned," Tony Gwynn
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3,000th Hit Box Score
August 6, 1999
Olympic Stadium

Name Pos AB R H RBI
Quilvio Veras 2b 5 4 3 0
Carlos Reyes p 0 0 0 0
Trevor Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Tony Gwynn rf 5 1 4 0
Ruben Rivera pr-cf 0 1 0 0
Reggie Sanders lf-rf 5 1 2 1
Phil Nevin 3b 5 2 2 4
Wally Joyner 1b 4 0 1 0
Eric Owens cf-lf 5 2 2 1
Ben Davis c 5 1 2 1
Damian Jackson ss 4 0 1 1
Sterling Hitchcock p 3 0 0 0
Will Cunnane p 0 0 0 0
a-John Vander Wal ph 1 0 0 0
Dan Miceli p 0 0 0 0
b-Dave Magadan ph 0 0 0 1
Ed Giovanola 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 12 17 9

Padre Hitting & Fielding Notes

a: Grounded out for Cunnane in 8th inning.
b: Sacrifice fly for Miceli in 9th inning.
Double Play(s): Jackson-Veras-Joyner, Nevin-Veras-Joyner.
Doubles: Nevin, Veras, Sanders, Davis.
Error: Veras, Nevin, Giovanola.
GIDP: Nevin, Owens.
Home Runs: Nevin.
Sacrifice Flys: Magadan.
Stolen Bases: Owens, Jackson, Sanders, Rivera.
Team LOB: 7.

Name Pos AB R H RBI
Manny Martinez cf 4 0 0 0
Guillermo Mota p 0 0 0 0
Anthony Telford p 0 0 0 0
c-Wilton Guerrero ph 1 0 1 2
Michael Barrett 3b 5 1 1 0
Rondell White lf 3 0 0 1
Vladimir Guerrero rf 4 2 2 1
Chris Widger c 4 2 2 1
Brad Fullmer 1b 2 0 0 0
Bobby Ayala p 0 0 0 0
a-James Mouton ph-cf 2 2 2 1
Orlando Cabrera ss 3 1 1 3
Mike Mordecai 2b 3 0 0 0
b-Orlando Merced ph 1 1 0 0
Dan Smith p 0 0 0 0
J.D. Smart p 1 0 0 0
Shane Andrews 1b 3 1 0 0
Totals 36 10 9 9

Hitting & Fielding Notes

a: Doubled for Ayala in 7th inning.
b: Fielder's choice for Mordecai in 9th inning.
c: Tripled for Telford in 9th inning.
Double Play(s): Barrett-Mordecai-Fullmer, Smart-Cabrera-Fullmer.
Doubles: Mouton.
Error: Smith, White, V. Guerrero.
GIDP: Mordecai, V. Guerrero.
Home Runs: V. Guerrero, Widger, Cabrera.
Sacrifice Flys: White.
Team LOB: 1.
Triples: Barrett, W. Guerrero.

Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Diego 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 12 17 3
Montreal 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 10 9 3

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Sterling Hitchcock (W) 6 6 6 6 0 5
Will Cunnane 1 1 1 1 0 1
Dan Miceli 1 0 0 0 0 0
Carlos Reyes .2 1 3 0 1 0
Trevor Hoffman (S) .1 1 0 0 0 0

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Dan Smith (L) .2 5 4 4 1 0
J.D. Smart 3.1 6 3 3 1 1
Bobby Ayala 3 2 1 0 0 3
Guillermo Mota 1.2 4 4 4 1 3
Anthony Telford .1 0 0 0 0 0

Pitching Notes

Balk: Mota.

Game Notes

Attendance: 13,540.
Umpires
HP - Bob Davidson
1B - Kerwin Danley
2B - Ed Montague
3B - Mike Winters
Length of game: 3:18.
Weather: Indoors.



< Ty Cobb, with two-thousand one-hundred thirty-five games, and Nap Lajoie, with two-thousand two-hundred twenty-four games, are the only two members of the 3,000 Hits Club to reach the plateau before Tony Gwynn who did it during game number two-thousand two-hundred eighty-four!

First base umpire Kerwin Danley personally congratulated Tony Gwynn after the hit. Why? They were teammates at San Diego State!

Tony Gwynn was an eight time batting champion entering the season. Do you know if anyone else has led the league as many times?