Gwynn particularly enjoyed hitting with a runner on first base because it meant the second baseman or shortstop had to play closer to second base to prepare for a double play or stolen base attempt, thereby opening a larger gap between infielders that Gwynn was more easily able to exploit.^[1]

Sportswriter Joe Posnanski called Gwynn's 1987 season "otherworldly" while opining that "he probably should have won the MVP award".^[2]

Gwynn's death also inspired California Assembly Bill 768, initiated by Tony Thurmond, which proposed the outright banning of smokeless tobacco across all five major league ballparks in California.^[3][4]

"He pioneered the use of videotape"

Early history of Gwynn's tobacco usage