baseball

Inducted in 1976, Bob Skinner was a hard hitting major league outfielder from 1951-1966 and played on two World Series champion teams: the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates and the 1964 St. Louis Cardinals. A La Jolla High School graduate, he was a National League All-Star in 1958, 1960 and 1962. He […]

Inducted in 1991, Graig Nettles who played baseball and basketball at San Diego High and San Diego State, combined power and outstanding defense in a twenty-two year career as a third baseman for six major league teams. A New York Yankee in 1973-1983, he was only the sixth captain in […]

Inducted in 2007, Buzzie Bavasi helped bring Major League Baseball to San Diego when the National League awarded the city a franchise in the 1969 season with Bavasi the president and part-owner. He served the Padres as president from 1969 to 1977 and remained a San Diego resident with a […]

Inducted in 2002, Tony Gwynn was drafted out of SDSU by the San Diego Padres and the, then, San Diego Clippers. During his 20-year career with the Padres, he batted over .300 for 19 consecutive seasons, winning eight batting titles. Won five Gold Glove awards and was a 16-time All-Star. […]

Inducted in 1960, Earle Brucker was the catcher for the San Diego High School team that won the mythical National Championship in 1921, hailed as the city’s first national title of any kind. He hit a home run to lead the 10-0 victory over Cleveland West Tech before 13,000 fans […]

Inducted in 1998, Alan Trammell, a baseball and basketball star at Kearny High School, played twenty years at shortstop for the Detroit Tigers. A superb all around player, he batted over .300 six times and won four Gold Gloves. He was Most Valuable Player of the 1984 World Series, hitting […]