Dave Winfield

Dave Winfield is the template for the complete athlete. A two-sport college star who became a 22-year MLB stalwart across six teams, with Gold Gloves and Silver Sluggers to show for it, he was excellence made durable. But what elevates him for me is the Roberto Clemente and Branch Rickey Awards, honors for character and community rather than statistics. Plenty of players hit and field; far fewer build something beyond themselves. Winfield did both, and that combination is precisely why a Hall of Fame plaque feels less like a reward than a fact. I find his career genuinely admirable.

Name (English)

Dave Winfield

Name (Japanese)

デーブ・ウィンフィールド

Reading

でーぶ・うぃんふぃーるど

Born

October 3, 1951 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rabbit

Origin

Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Occupation

basketball player / baseball player

High school

St. Paul Central High School

University

University of Minnesota

Awards & achievements

• Rawlings Gold Glove Award
• 1993 Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award
• Silver Slugger Award
• 1994 Roberto Clemente Award
• 1992 Branch Rickey Award

• Official sitehttps://www.davewinfieldhof.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/davewinfieldhof/
• Xhttps://x.com/DaveWinfieldHOF
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave%20Winfield
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1173396

Tags

• Minnesota
• basketball player
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-17

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