Editing Dave Winfield (section)

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1951)}}
{{about|the American baseball player|the English footballer|Dave Winfield (footballer)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Dave Winfield
|image=Dave Winfield - San Diego Padres - 1978.jpg
|caption=Winfield with the San Diego Padres in 1978
|position=[[Right fielder]]
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1951|10|3}}
|birth_place=[[Saint Paul, Minnesota]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=June 19
|debutyear=1973
|debutteam=San Diego Padres
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 1
|finalyear=1995
|finalteam=Cleveland Indians
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.283
|stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hit]]s
|stat2value=3,110
|stat3label=[[Home run]]s
|stat3value=465
|stat4label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat4value=1,833
|teams=
*[[San Diego Padres]] ({{mlby|1973}}–{{mlby|1980}})
*[[New York Yankees]] ({{mlby|1981}}–{{mlby|1988}}, {{mlby|1990}})
*[[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]] ({{mlby|1990}}–{{mlby|1991}})
*[[Toronto Blue Jays]] ({{mlby|1992}})
*[[Minnesota Twins]] ({{mlby|1993}}–{{mlby|1994}})
*[[Cleveland Guardians|Cleveland Indians]] ({{mlby|1995}})
|highlights=
*12× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1977]]–[[1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1988]])
*[[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1992}})
*7× [[Gold Glove Award]] (1979, 1980, 1982–1985, 1987)
*6× [[Silver Slugger Award]] (1981–1985, 1992)
*[[Roberto Clemente Award]] (1994)
*[[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders|NL RBI leader]] (1979)
*[[San Diego Padres retired numbers|San Diego Padres No. 31]] retired
*[[San Diego Padres Hall of Fame]]
|hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|hoftype = National
|hofdate = [[2001 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|2001]]
|hofvote = 84.5% (first ballot)
}}
'''David Mark Winfield''' (born October 3, 1951) is an American former [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) [[right fielder]]. He is the special assistant to the executive director of the [[Major League Baseball Players Association]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/10083927/david-winfield-joins-mlbpa-special-assistant-clark |title=David Winfield joins MLBPA as special assistant to Clark |publisher=ESPN |date=December 5, 2013 |access-date=March 26, 2014}}</ref> Over his 22-year career, he played for six teams: the [[San Diego Padres]], [[New York Yankees]], [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]], [[Toronto Blue Jays]], [[Minnesota Twins]], and [[Cleveland Indians]]. He had the winning hit in the [[1992 World Series]] with the Blue Jays over the [[Atlanta Braves]].

Winfield is a 12-time [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|MLB All-Star]], a seven-time [[Gold Glove Award]] winner, and a six-time [[Silver Slugger Award]] winner. The Padres [[retired number|retired]] Winfield's No. 31 in his honor. He also wore No. 31 while playing for the Yankees and Indians and wore No. 32 with the Angels, Blue Jays and Twins. In 2004, [[ESPN]] named him the third-best all-around [[Sportsperson|athlete]] of all time in any sport.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=degree/list_allaroundathletes
|title=The best all-around athletes
|date=April 26, 2004
|access-date=January 13, 2011
|publisher=ESPN
|last=Merron
|first=Jeff}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] in [[2001 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|2001]] in his first year of eligibility, and was an inaugural inductee into the [[College Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 2006.