Tony Gwynn

ited him to 39 home runs and 116 RBIs in 110 games.  He hit .368 but lost the batting title to Tony Gwynn, whose .394 average is the highest since Ted Williams’s .406 in 1941.  His .750 Slugging Percentage not only led the majors, but is also the 11th highest in big league history.  Only five players topped Bagwell’s Slugging Percentage; two have been linked to steroids, and the other three (Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Rogers Hornsby) are already in the Hall of Fame.

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idates, despite the fact they could both start the season in the minors.  Strasburg played for Tony Gwynn at San Diego State before the Nationals chose him with the first overall pick in the 2009 draft and signed him to a record contract worth $15.1 million.  His college resume includes a 23-strikeout game, a no-hitter, and a 1.32 Earned Run Average in his final (junior) season.  Chapman, a southpaw, defected from Cuba just before signing a huge $30.25 million, six-year deal with the Reds.  He played on the Cuban team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

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ch, I think of former players who were the purest hitters of their time; guys like Paul Molitor and Tony Gwynn come to mind.  I don’t mean to take away from Mark McGwire’s acco

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