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Tony Gwynn was 54 years old when he died on June 16, 2014. (birthdate: May 9, 1960)
They were brothers. Tony Gwynn, who died of cancer on June 16, 2014 at the age of 54, played his entire Hall of Fame career with the San Diego Padres (1982 to 2001). Chris Gwynn played for three teams during his career -- the Los Angeles Dodgers (1987 to 1991, 1994 to 1995), the Kansas City Royals (1992 to 1993) and the Padres, where he played alongside his older brother in 1996. Tony Gwynn's son Tony Jr. now plays for the Philadelphia Phillies.
On January 9, 2007, Gwynn was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, being selected on 532 out of 545 ballots (97.61%), seventh highest percentage in Hall of Fame voting history, and just thirteen votes short of a unanimous selection. Gwynn was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame alongside Cal Ripken, Jr. on July 29, 2007. Both were elected in their first year of eligibility. At the time of his induction, Gwynn was the only member of the Baseball Hall of Fame who was never a teammate of another Baseball Hall-of-Famer. This changed in the following year's election, when Goose Gossage, Tony's teammate from 1984 to 1987, was elected. Another of Gwynn's teammates, Rickey Henderson was elected to the hall in 2009.
I read that he passed away at the age of 60 in 2011
115mph Aroldis Chapman a left handed reliever for the Cincinnati Reds has the fastest pitch as verified by MLB at 105.1 MPH. It occurred September 24, 2010 in San Diego. It was a ball. He threw the pitch to Tony Gwynn Jr.