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Petco Park's official address is 19 Tony Gwynn Way, in honor of the eight-time National League batting champion who wore that uniform number during his major league career. A 10-foot (3.0 m) statue of Gwynn was unveiled July 21, 2007, on the stadium grounds.
The bronze statue is 9.5 feet tall. An inscription on the front of the statue's base reads, "Tony Gwynn, Mr. Padre". The reverse side of the base has an inscription by Gwynn's father: "If you work hard, good things will happen." [1]
View history; Tools. Tools. move to ... A statue of Jerry Coleman was installed at San Diego's Petco Park, ... Jerry Coleman Statue Unveiled at Petco Park - San Diego ...
Statue of Orlando Cepeda (created 2008) [5] Statue of Gaylord Perry (created 2016) [6] He also created the statue of Tom Seaver at Citi Field, [7] the statue of Tony Gwynn at Petco Park, [8] the statues of Hank Aaron and Buck O'Neil at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, [9] and a statue of Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson in MCU ...
The Padres named their press box at Petco Park "The Jerry Coleman Broadcast Center" in Coleman's honor. Coleman was known as the "Master of the Malaprop" for making sometimes embarrassing mistakes on the microphone, [24] but he was nonetheless popular.
First no-hitter thrown in San Diego's Petco Park; Most baserunners allowed in a Giants no-hitter [22] 16 June 25, 2014: Tim Lincecum (2) 4 –0 1 San Diego Padres: Héctor Sánchez: Adam Hamari: Bruce Bochy (4) Shortest interval between no-hitters in franchise history; Second pitcher to no-hit the same team twice [23] 17 June 9, 2015: Chris ...
A statue of former Arlington, Texas mayor Tom Vandergriff is located at Vandergriff Plaza at Globe Life Park alongside those of former Texas Rangers Nolan Ryan and Iván Rodríguez, both of whom had their numbers retired. Vandergriff was responsible for bringing Major League Baseball to the Dallas–Fort Worth area.
Winfield's No. 31, retired by the Padres, displayed at Petco Park. In 1999, Winfield ranked number 94 on The Sporting News list of Baseball's Greatest Players, [35] and was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. He was inducted into the San Diego Padres Hall of Fame in 2000. [36] The Padres retired Winfield's No. 31 on April ...