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Mr. Padre Tony Gwynn Dead at 54

Gwynn's .338 career batting average over 20 seasons -- all of them with the Padres -- is the highest since Ted Williams retired from the Red Sox in 1960 with a .344 average.

(SAN DIEGO, Calif. ) - Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, the greatest Padres player and arguably the best Major League hitter of the latter part of the 20th century, passed away early Monday morning at Pomerado Hospital in Poway, Calif., surrounded by his family.

Gwynn, who was 54, had been battling salivary gland cancer.