SAN DIEGO, CA — Baseball Hall of Famer, Tony Gwynn, has been diagnosed with cancer in a salivary gland. Gwynn told San Diego Union-Tribune the cancer was discovered last month after a third round of surgery since 1997 to remove a tumor on the parotid gland.
Gwynn, 50, played for the San Diego Padres from 1982 to 2001, winning eight National League batting titles. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2007.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Saturday that the parotid cancer was discovered last month.
Gwynn, who is 50 years old, faces radiation and chemotherapy treatments. He says doctors have told him they feel they caught the cancer early and “there was not much of it there.”
Gwynn played for the San Diego Padres from 1982 to 2001, winning eight National League batting titles.
On January 9, 2007, Tony Gwynn was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, being selected on 532 out of 545 ballots (97.61%), seventh highest percentage in Hall of Fame voting history, and just thirteen votes short of a unanimous selection. Gwynn was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame alongside Cal Ripken, Jr. on July 29, 2007. Both were elected in their first year of eligibility.
Gwynn is San Diego State’s baseball coach and plans to return to his alma mater, which he has coached since 2003.
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