Despite the injury, Dietz asked him back for the summer, and Winfield hit. After that, Winfield was magnificent. He won 13 straight, posted a 2. Along the way, he pitched a nine-inning shutout with 14 strikeouts against Oklahoma. Thorough eight innings, Winfield limited a Trojan team that included Roy Smalley and Fred Lynn to just one hit, and struck out Leading , but after nearly pitches, Winfield ran out of gas and surrendered a pair of runs in the ninth.
With one out, he left the mound and moved to left field. USC rallied and won After the season, four different teams in four different leagues in three different sports drafted Winfield. San Diego made him the fourth pick of the major-league baseball draft on June 5.
The Atlanta Hawks picked him in the fifth round of the National Basketball Association draft, the Utah Stars drafted him in the fourth round of the American Basketball Association draft, and — even though he never played high school or college football — the Minnesota Vikings selected Winfield in the 17th round of the National Football League draft.
He commenced his assault on big-league pitchers with a single and a stolen base in four at-bats against the Houston Astros on June 19, , then collected hits in each of his next five games. Used most often in left field and against lefthanders by manager Don Zimmer , the St. Paul slugger collected 39 hits, with four doubles, a triple, and three home runs, batted.
He also began to buy blocks of tickets to Padres games for families who otherwise could not afford to attend. Over the next three seasons, the youngster continued to provide tickets to poor families and power and speed to the Padre lineup.
Between and , he slugged 64 doubles, 10 triples, and 38 homers, despite playing his home games in cavernous Jack Murphy Stadium.
He also stole 64 bases, with a career-high 26 in the bicentennial year. John McNamara , who replaced Zimmer at the start of the season, used Winfield in left and center, but most often penciled in the youngster into right field. Play well and the job is yours. Winfield was unhappy with the contract the Padres offered in , and elected to play out his option at a 10 percent pay cut. Winfield Foundation for Underprivileged Youth, an official c 3 organization, was established.
Winfield signed the contract in early July, in the midst of his breakout season. Just 25, he batted. The Dave Winfield Foundation drew support from a number of corporations, formed a relationship with the Scripps Foundation to provide free medical checkups to needy families, and delivered an anti-drug message and provided holiday dinners and scholarships to those who otherwise could not get them.
On local radio, the slugger from St. When they responded by showing up in droves, major-league baseball opened practice sessions for the first time, starting a tradition that continues to the present day. A year later, San Diego slid back to 25 games under. The year old batted. He drew a career-high 85 walks, and led the league in intentional passes with Winfield grew less patient with the Padres, and there were suggestions that he was not a team player.
When the season ended, so did his tenure as a Padre. Not everyone was sad to see him go. It seemed like a match made in heaven; it would begin a decade of pure hell between the two men. From the start, there were problems. In his first season in pinstripes, Winfield hit. After his lone hit, a single, Winfield, perhaps in jest, asked for the ball, which made the Boss even madder.
The Yankees never returned to the postseason with Winfield in the lineup, though he was one of the top players in baseball over the next seven years. In , the year-old slugger clubbed 37 home runs and drove in runs, batted. A year later, Winfield batted. When he tipped his cap in a mock salute to the bird, the hometown crowd reacted by hurling obscenities and objects at him. Winfield homered 19 times, drove in runs, and batted. The two walked off the field together with clasped hands after the finale, but Winfield was clearly hurt that many of his teammates — and the Yankee ownership — had openly rooted for Mattingly, who was white, over Winfield, a black man.
Here we both were, two guys on the same team, fighting one another for the same thing against a background of manipulative media and the perceptions of hundreds of thousands of fans that were created by that media. There was a vast difference in the amount of encouragement each of us got from the press and the public. He was a young player who had a lot of support.
I just know what I experienced the entire year. It was much different than my teammate did at the same time. October Reggie Jackson and got Mr. May Winfield. I always rejected it. Sign Up For Free. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. Choice is:. Powered by. Postseason Batting Postseason Game Log. Standard Fielding. Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors. Hall of Fame Statistics.
Similarity Scores Explanation of Similarity Scores. More Winfield Pages. Full Site Menu Return to Top. Louis Cardinals. We're Social Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Dave then returned to his native Minnesota and reached the 3,th hit milestone with the Twins.
He retired after the season with the American League champion Cleveland Indians. In over two decades of high-powered success on the baseball diamond, Dave was considered a complete baseball player. One of only 5 players to collect over 3, hits and slam over home runs, this time All-Star and winner of 7 Gold Glove and 6 Silver Slugger Awards was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in , his first time appearing on the ballot.
This aspect of Winfield's career influenced many of MLB's players as much as his on-field play. Derek Jeter , who grew up idolizing Winfield, credits him for his own philanthropic endeavors. His own Turn2 Foundation has honored Winfield [3] , and Winfield continues to help raise funds and awareness for Jeter's Foundation and for many other groups and causes throughout the country.
Baseball Wiki Explore. Top Content. Recent blog posts. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Dave Winfield. History Talk 0. A photo of Dave Winfield. Universal Conquest Wiki. Things have changed. Preceded by: Jack Clark. National League Player of the Month June Succeeded by: Pete Rose. Preceded by: George Foster.
Succeeded by: Mike Schmidt. Preceded by: Bert Blyleven. AL Comeback Player of the Year Preceded by: Jack Morris. Babe Ruth Award Succeeded by: Paul Molitor. Branch Rickey Award
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