Pete Rose vs Tony Gwynn

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Pete Rose and Tony Gwynn compared on their MLB careers: Pete Rose played 24 seasons, 1963 to 1986, Tony Gwynn 20 seasons, 1982 to 2001. Pete Rose has .303 batting average to Tony Gwynn's .338. Pete Rose won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Tony Gwynn leads in 5 of the 9 lines, Pete Rose in 4. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Pete Rose and Tony Gwynn career totals

3,562	GP	2,440
14,053	AB	9,288
2,165, better	R	1,383
4,256, better	H	3,141
160, better	HR	135
1,314, better	RBI	1,138
198	SB	319, better
0.3	AVG	0.3, better
0.4	OBP	0.4, better
0.4	SLG	0.5, better
0.8	OPS	0.8, better

How do they compare in the postseason?

Pete Rose and Tony Gwynn postseason

67	GP	27
268	AB	108
30, better	R	11
86, better	H	33
5, better	HR	1
22, better	RBI	11
2	SB	2
0.3, better	AVG	0.3
0.4, better	OBP	0.3
0.4, better	SLG	0.4
0.8, better	OPS	0.7

Where each stands all time

Pete Rose and Tony Gwynn all-time places

1st (4,256), better	Hits	21st (3,141)
92nd (1,314), better	RBI	179th (1,138)
—	Stolen bases	151st (319), better

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Pete Rose and Tony Gwynn titles and awards

3, better	Championships	—
1, better	NL Rookie of the Year	—
2	NL Gold Glove	5, better
1, better	NL MVP	—
1, better	World Series MVP	—
1	NL Silver Slugger	7, better

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Pete Rose and Tony Gwynn season by season

1st	1963	.273	6, better	41, better	1982	.289, better	1	17
2nd	1964	.269	4, better	34	1983	.309, better	1	37, better
3rd	1965	.312	11, better	81, better	1984	.351, better	5	71
4th	1966	.313	16, better	70, better	1985	.317, better	6	46
5th	1967	.301	12	76, better	1986	.329, better	14, better	59
6th	1968	.335	10, better	49	1987	.370, better	7	54, better
7th	1969	.348, better	16, better	82, better	1988	.313	7	70
8th	1970	.316	15, better	52	1989	.336, better	4	62, better
9th	1971	.304	13, better	44	1990	.309, better	4	72, better
10th	1972	.307	6, better	57	1991	.317, better	4	62, better
11th	1973	.338, better	5	64, better	1992	.317	6, better	41
12th	1974	.284	3	51	1993	.358, better	7, better	59, better
13th	1975	.317	7	74, better	1994	.394, better	12, better	64
14th	1976	.323	10, better	63	1995	.368, better	9	90, better
15th	1977	.311	9, better	64, better	1996	.353, better	3	50
16th	1978	.302	7	52	1997	.372, better	17, better	119, better
17th	1979	.331, better	4	59	1998	.321	16, better	69, better
18th	1980	.282	1	64, better	1999	.338, better	10, better	62
19th	1981	.325, better	0	33, better	2000	.323	1, better	17
20th	1982	.271	3, better	54, better	2001	.324, better	1	17
21st	1983	.245	0	45	—	—	—	—
22nd	1984	.286	0	34	—	—	—	—
23rd	1985	.264	2	46	—	—	—	—
24th	1986	.219	0	25	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI