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{{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.

==Early life==
David Mark Winfield was born on October 3, 1951, in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]], and grew up in the city's [[Rondo neighborhood]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Melo |first=Frederick |date=2015-11-07 |title=St. Paul: Signs to mark former Rondo Avenue proposed |work=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]] |url=https://www.twincities.com/2013/02/06/st-paul-signs-to-mark-former-rondo-avenue-proposed-2/ |access-date=2023-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fitzgerald |first=Larry |date=2012-05-16 |title=It all started with Dave Winfield |work=[[Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder]] |url=https://spokesman-recorder.com/2012/05/16/it-all-started-with-dave-winfield/ |access-date=2023-05-10}}</ref> His parents divorced when he was three years old, leaving him and his older brother Stephen to be raised by their mother, Arline, and a large extended family of aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins.<ref name="autogenerated1">''Winfield: A Player's Life'' autobiography</ref> The Winfield brothers honed their athletic skills in Saint Paul's [[Stacy Robinson#Death and legacy|Oxford Field]], where coach Bill Peterson was one of the first to notice Winfield. Winfield did not reach his full height of {{Height|ft=6|in=6}} until his senior year at [[Saint Paul Central High School]].<ref name="autogenerated1" />

==College career==
Winfield earned a full baseball scholarship to the [[University of Minnesota]] in 1969, where he starred in [[baseball]] and [[basketball]] for the [[Minnesota Golden Gophers]]. Winfield's 1971–72 Minnesota team won a [[Big Ten Conference]] basketball championship, the school's first outright championship in 53 years. During the 1972–73 basketball season, he was [[Luke Witte#Brawl in Minnesota|involved in a brawl]] when Ohio State played at Minnesota.<ref>{{cite web |first=Rob |last=Oller |url=http://dispatch.com/bball/bball.php?story=dispatch/2007/01/25/20070125-C1-02.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110523060846/http://dispatch.com/bball/bball.php?story=dispatch/2007/01/25/20070125-C1-02.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 23, 2011 |title=Brawl of 35 years ago serves as a warning today |work=The Columbus Dispatch |date=January 25, 2007 |access-date=August 21, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Oller |first=Rob |date=2022-01-23 |title=Violence erupted 50 years ago when Ohio State played Minnesota in basketball |work=[[Columbus Dispatch]] |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/2022/01/23/1972-ohio-state-basketball-brawl-minnesota-dave-winfield-luke-witte/6553737001/ |access-date=2023-05-10}}</ref> Winfield also played college summer baseball for the [[Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks]] for two seasons (1971–72) and was the MVP in 1972. In 1973, he was named All-American and voted MVP of the [[1973 College World Series|College World Series]]—as a pitcher.

Following college, Winfield was drafted by four teams in three different sports. The San Diego Padres selected him as a pitcher with the fourth overall pick in the MLB draft. Winfield was also drafted by the [[Atlanta Hawks]] in the 5th round of the [[1973 NBA draft]] and by the [[Utah Stars]] in the 6th round of the [[ABA Draft|1973 ABA Draft]].<ref>''Jet'', February 2001, Vol. 99, No. 8, p.46</ref><ref>''Baseball Digest'', August 1975, Vol. 34, No. 8, p.56-57</ref> Though he never played [[college football]], the [[Minnesota Vikings]] selected Winfield in the 17th round of the [[1973 NFL draft]]. He is one of five players ever to be drafted by three professional sports (the others being [[George Carter (basketball)|George Carter]], [[Noel Jenke]], [[Mickey McCarty]] and [[Dave Logan (American football)|Dave Logan]]) and one of three athletes, along with Carter and McCarty, to be drafted by four leagues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldpanners.com/ |title=The Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks Baseball Club – "Home of Midnight Sun Baseball" |publisher=Goldpanners.com |access-date=August 21, 2010}}</ref>

==Professional career==
===Draft and San Diego Padres (1973–1980)===
[[File:Dave Winfield - San Diego Padres.jpg|thumb|Winfield with the [[San Diego Padres]], {{c.|1977}}]]
Winfield chose baseball; the [[San Diego Padres]] selected him in the first round, with the fourth overall selection, of the [[1973 Major League Baseball draft|1973 MLB draft]]. Winfield signed with the Padres, who promoted him directly to the major leagues. Although he was a pitcher, the Padres wanted his powerful bat in the lineup and put him in right field, where he could still use his powerful arm. He [[batting average (baseball)|batted]] .277 in 56 games for his first season.

The next three seasons saw gradual improvement: he had his first 20-HR season in 1974 while batting .265 in 145 games that had him play mostly in left field. The following year saw him shifted to right field, where he would play most of the next six seasons. By the time of his fourth season being over, his best average in the majors was .283 (1976). Over the next several years, he developed into an All-Star player in San Diego, gradually increasing his ability to hit for both power and average. In 1977, he had his first All-Star season, doing so while batting .275 in 157 games with 25 home runs. He would be an All-Star every year until 1988. In 1978, he was named team captain. That year, he finished 10th in MVP voting and had his first .300 season with a .308 year in 158 games. He had his first 100-RBI season the following year while batting .308 with a league-leading 118 RBIs to go with 24 intentional walks; he had his first season with more walks (85) than strikeouts (71). He won a Gold Glove and finished 3rd in the MVP voting. In his final season with the Padres in 1980, he played in all 162 games for the only time and batted .276 to go with 20 home runs and a Gold Glove victory.

===New York Yankees (1981–1990)===
In December 1980, [[New York Yankees]] owner [[George Steinbrenner]] made Winfield the game's highest-paid player by signing him to a ten-year, $23 million contract (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|23|1980|r=1}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|US}}). Steinbrenner mistakenly thought he was signing Winfield for $16 million, unaware of the meaning of a cost-of-living clause in the contract,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/28/sports/baseball/28anderson.html| work=The New York Times | title=Steinbrenner's Rule: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Blame an Agent | first=Dave | last=Anderson | date=February 28, 2005}}</ref> a misunderstanding that led to an infamous public feud.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/newyork/photos/gallery/_/id/9592789/image/7/steinbrenner-vs-dave-winfield-13-greatest-yankees-feuds |title=Steinbrenner vs. Dave Winfield – The 13 Greatest Yankees Feuds |publisher=ESPN |access-date=March 26, 2014}}</ref> The $2.3 million annual average value of the contract [[List of highest-paid Major League Baseball players#Salary progression|set a record]]. He more than doubled the previous record set when [[Nolan Ryan]] signed with the [[Houston Astros]] in 1979.

Winfield was among the highest-rated players in the game throughout his Yankee contract. He was a key factor in leading the Yankees to the 1981 American League pennant. In the [[1981 American League Division Series]], Winfield batted .350 with two doubles and a triple and made some important defensive plays helping the Yankees to victory over the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]. Unfortunately, Winfield had a sub-par [[1981 World Series|World Series]], which the Yankees lost to the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] in six games. After getting his only series hit, Winfield jokingly asked for the ball.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=E.M. |last=Swift |url=http://si.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1067190/index.htm |title=Bringing their feud to a head, George Steinbrenner sought – 04.11.88 – SI Vault |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=April 11, 1988 |access-date=March 26, 2014}}</ref> Steinbrenner did not find this humorous, and criticized Winfield at the end of the series. Many commentators have since noted that Winfield's postseason doldrums were somewhat overstated when compared to those of his teammates. Four of his seven hits came in games won by the Yankees. The team's offense for the most part was inconsistent, and they were also set back by key injuries to [[Reggie Jackson]] and [[Graig Nettles]], who each only played three games with one combined RBI (the same as Winfield).

[[Image:winfieldspring.jpg|thumb|left|Winfield with the [[New York Yankees]] in 1983]]
Winfield did not let Steinbrenner's comments affect his play. He hit 37 home runs during the {{baseball year|1982}} season.

On August 4, {{baseball year|1983}}, Winfield killed a seagull by throwing a ball while warming up before the fifth inning of a game at Toronto's [[Exhibition Stadium]].<ref name="bluejayhunter.com">{{cite web|last=Hunter |first=Ian |url=http://www.bluejayhunter.com/2011/09/acid-flashback-friday-dave-winfield.html |title=Acid Flashback Friday: Dave Winfield Hits a Seagull |publisher=The Blue Jay Hunter |date=September 9, 2011 |access-date=March 26, 2014}}</ref> Fans responded by hurling obscenities and objects onto the field. After the game, he was brought to a nearby [[Toronto Police Service|Metropolitan Toronto Police]] station and charged with cruelty to animals. He was released after posting a [[Canadian dollar|$]]500 bond. Yankee manager [[Billy Martin]] quipped, "It's the first time he's hit the cutoff man all season."<ref name="bluejayhunter.com"/> Charges were dropped the following day.<ref>{{cite news|last = Gross | first = Jane | title = Winfield charges will be dropped | newspaper = The New York Times | page = 1.29 | date = August 6, 1983 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/06/sports/winfield-charges-will-be-dropped.html}}</ref> As Winfield missed the Yankees team bus to [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] that night to catch their flight home, he was driven to Hamilton personally by Blue Jays general manager [[Pat Gillick]].<ref name="bluejayhunter.com"/> In the offseason, Winfield returned to Toronto and donated two paintings for an [[Easter Seals (Canada)|Easter Seals]] auction, which raised over $60,000.<ref name="autogenerated1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/1538/BackCat/BC50_59/winfield.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023055058/http://geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/1538/BackCat/BC50_59/winfield.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2009|title=PROFILES: Dave Winfield|work=The Diamond Angle Archive|via=webcitation.org|access-date=December 15, 2018}}</ref> For years afterward, Winfield's appearances in Toronto were greeted by fans standing and flapping their arms.

From 1981 through {{baseball year|1984}}, Winfield was the most effective run producer in MLB.<ref>{{cite web |first=Murray |last=Chass |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1985-01-21/sports/8501020661_1_run-production-dave-winfield-majors |title=Winfield Really Does Produce |work=Sun Sentinel |date=January 21, 1985 |access-date=March 26, 2014 |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222035611/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1985-01-21/sports/8501020661_1_run-production-dave-winfield-majors |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1984, he and teammate [[Don Mattingly]] were in a race for the batting title<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Steve |last=Wulf |url=http://si.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1122556/index.htm |title=Teammates Dave Winfield and Don Mattingly are in a tight – 09.10.84 – SI Vault |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=September 10, 1984 |access-date=March 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222000925/http://si.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1122556/index.htm |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in which Mattingly won out by .003 points on the last day of the season; Winfield finished with a .340 average. In the last few weeks of the race, it became obvious to most observers that the fans were partial to Mattingly.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/in-new-york-wearing-a-dodgers-uniform-he-is-still-donnie-baseball-1.5521989 |title=Don Mattingly remains a fan favorite at Yankee Stadium |newspaper=Newsday |date=June 19, 2013 |access-date=March 26, 2014}}</ref> Winfield took this in stride, noting that a similar thing happened in 1961 when [[Mickey Mantle|Mantle]] and [[Roger Maris|Maris]] competed for the single season home run record.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats12b.shtml |title=Roger Maris 1961 Home Run Season |publisher=[[Baseball Almanac]] |access-date=August 21, 2010}}</ref>

In 1985, Steinbrenner derided Winfield by saying to ''[[The New York Times]]'' writer [[Murray Chass]], "Where is Reggie Jackson? We need a Mr. October or a Mr. September. Winfield is Mr. May."<ref name="murraychass.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.murraychass.com/?p=14 |title=Murray Chass On Baseball {{!}} Sorry, Harvey |publisher=[[Murray Chass]] |date=July 19, 2008 |access-date=August 21, 2010}}</ref> This criticism has become somewhat of an [[anachronism]] as many cite the statement to Steinbrenner after the 1981 World Series. Winfield was struggling while the Yankees eventually lost the division title to Toronto on the second to last day of the season.<ref name="murraychass.com"/> The "Mr. May" [[sobriquet]] lived with Winfield until he won the [[1992 World Series]] with Toronto.<ref name="sabr.org"/>

Throughout the late 1980s, Steinbrenner regularly leaked derogatory and fictitious stories about Winfield to the press.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hammill |first=Stephen |url=http://cltampa.com/dailyloaf/archives/2010/07/13/a-new-york-native-and-tampa-resident-remembers-the-george-steinbrenner-soap-opera#.UvL__P-A11s |title=A New York native and Tampa resident remembers the George Steinbrenner soap opera |work=Creative Loafing Tampa |date=July 13, 2010 |access-date=March 27, 2014}}</ref> He also forced Yankee managers to move him down in the batting order and bench him. Steinbrenner frequently tried to trade him, but Winfield's status as a 10-and-5 player (10 years in the majors, five years with a single team) meant he could not be traded without his consent. Winfield continued to put up excellent numbers with the Yankees, driving in 744 runs between 1982 and {{baseball year|1988}}, and was selected to play in the [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] every season. Winfield won five (of his seven) [[Gold Glove Award]]s for his stellar outfield play as a Yankee.

In 1989, Winfield missed the entire season due to a back injury.<ref name="Chicago Tribune">{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/05/17/winfield-agrees-to-join-angels/ |title=Winfield Agrees To Join Angels|work=Chicago Tribune |date=May 17, 1990 |access-date=March 26, 2014}}</ref> {{baseball year|1990}} was the last year of his contract with the Yankees, but the troubles with Steinbrenner in his feud with Winfield continued to escalate. He had a rusty spring training before being relegated from the field to being the designated hitter. Further troubles led to being just the DH against left-handed pitchers. On May 11, manager [[Bucky Dent]] and general manager [[Pete Peterson (baseball)|Pete Peterson]] met in a room with the intent of stating a trade of Winfield for [[Mike Witt]] of the [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]]. Winfield stepped in the room and stated his refusal to be traded; the argument over whether his 10-and-5 rights overrode his list of having the Angels on his trade list failed to meet at an impasse when Angels owner [[Gene Autry]] came in with a three-year extension. He proceeded to hit 19 home runs in 112 games for the Angels in the remainder of the 1990 season. As for Steinbrenner, he attempted to curry favor by stating to Winfield that he would welcome back Winfield openly if he had won the arbitration case; by this point in the month of May, he was already under investigation by commissioner [[Fay Vincent]] for his apparent connections to [[Howard Spira]], a known gambler with supposed [[American Mafia|Mafia]] connections, whom he had paid $40,000 for embarrassing information on Winfield. A month later, the team received a fine that required them to pay money to the league and the Angels for tampering and Steinbrenner soon received a life-time ban.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://static.espn.go.com/mlb/news/2000/0201/328408.html |title=MLB – Union challenges Rocker suspension with grievance |publisher=ESPN |date=February 1, 2000 |access-date=August 21, 2010}}</ref> However, the suspension lasted only two years.<ref name="Chicago Tribune"/>

===California Angels (1990–1991)===
Winfield was traded for [[Mike Witt]] during the 1990 season and won [[The Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award|''The Sporting News'' Comeback Player of the Year Award]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Plaschke |first=Bill |date=1990-10-20 |title=Offerman Cited and Promoted |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-offerman-cited-and/148872509/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |pages=C9}}</ref> He [[hit for the cycle]] in June 1991 against the Kansas City Royals, hitting 5-for-5 in the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/25/sports/baseball-winfield-hits-for-the-cycle.html|title=BASEBALL; Winfield Hits for the Cycle|agency=Associated Press|date=June 25, 1991|work=The New York Times}}</ref> He also recorded his 400th home run against the Twins in his hometown.<ref name="Los Angeles Times">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-08-15-sp-634-story.html|title=No Place Like This for Winfield's 400th : Angels: He becomes 23rd player to reach home run milestone, doing it in the area where he grew up.|first=Robyn|last=Norwood|date=August 15, 1991|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

===Toronto Blue Jays (1992)===
Winfield was still a productive hitter after his 40th birthday. On December 19, {{baseball year|1991}}, he signed with the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] as their designated hitter, and also made "Winfieldian" plays when he periodically took his familiar position in right field. He batted .290 with 26 home runs and 108 RBI during the {{baseball year|1992}} season.

Winfield proved to be a lightning rod for the Blue Jays, providing leadership and experience as well as his potent bat. Winfield was a fan favorite and also demanded fan participation. In August 1992, he made an impassioned plea to the reserved fans during an interview for more crowd noise. The phrase "Winfield Wants Noise" became a popular slogan for the rest of the season, appearing on T-shirts, dolls, buttons, and signs.

The Blue Jays won the pennant, giving Winfield a chance at redemption for his previous post-season futility. In Game 6 of the [[1992 World Series|World Series]], he became "Mr. Jay"<ref name="sabr.org"/> as he delivered the game-winning two-run double in the 11th inning off [[Atlanta Braves|Atlanta]]'s [[Charlie Leibrandt]] to win the [[World Series Trophy|World Series Championship]] for Toronto. At 41 years of age, Winfield became the third-oldest player to hit an extra base hit in the World Series, trailing only [[Pete Rose]] and [[Enos Slaughter]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures|year=2008|page=[https://archive.org/details/greatbaseballfea00davi/page/367 367]|first1=David|last1=Nemec|first2=Scott|last2=Flatow|publisher=Penguin Group|location=New York|isbn=978-0-451-22363-0|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/greatbaseballfea00davi/page/367}}</ref>

===Minnesota Twins (1993–1994)===
After the 1992 season, Winfield was granted free agency and signed with his hometown [[Minnesota Twins]]. In 1993, he batted .271 with 21 home runs, appearing in 143 games for the {{baseball year|1993}} Twins, mostly as their [[designated hitter]]. On September 16, 1993, at age 41, he collected his [[3,000 hit club|3,000th career hit]] with a single off [[Oakland Athletics]] [[closer (baseball)|closer]] [[Dennis Eckersley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/3000_hit_club/winfield_dave.htm |title=The 3,000 Hit Club: Dave Winfield |publisher=Baseball Hall of Fame |date=September 16, 1993 |access-date=August 21, 2010}}</ref>

During the [[1994 baseball strike]], which began on August 12, Winfield was traded to the [[Cleveland Guardians|Cleveland Indians]] at the trade waiver deadline on August 31 for a [[player to be named later]]. The 1994 season had been halted two weeks earlier (it was eventually canceled a month later on September 14), so Winfield did not get to play for the Indians that year and no player was ever named in exchange. To settle the trade, Cleveland and Minnesota executives went to dinner, with the Indians picking up the tab. This makes Winfield the only player in major league history to be "traded" for a dinner (although official sources list the transaction as Winfield having been sold by the Twins to the Indians).<ref>{{cite news | last = Keegan | first = Tom | author-link = Tom Keegan | title = Owners try on global thinking cap | newspaper = [[The Baltimore Sun]] | page = 2C | date = September 11, 1994}}</ref>

===Cleveland Indians (1995)===
Winfield, who was the oldest player in MLB at the time, was again granted free agency in October but re-signed with the Indians as spring training began in April {{baseball year|1995}}. A [[rotator cuff]] injury kept him on the disabled list for most of the season, thus he played in only 46 games and hit .191 for [[1995 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland's first pennant winner in 41 years]]. He did not participate in the Indians' postseason.

===Honors and awards===
[[File:DaveWinfieldbyMarioCasciano.jpg|thumb|Winfield at his Hall of Fame induction in 2001]]
Winfield retired in {{baseball year|1996}} and, in his first year of eligibility, was inducted into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in {{baseball year|2001}} as a San Diego Padre, the first Padre to be so honored. The move reportedly irked Yankees' owner [[George Steinbrenner]], however Winfield sounded a conciliatory note toward him, saying, "He's said he regrets a lot of things that happened. We're fine now. Things have changed."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/classic/s/2001/0805/1235646.html|title=ESPN Classic – Detente? Winfield gives thanks to the Boss|publisher=ESPN|access-date=August 29, 2015}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114121104/http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/media/player/mp_tpl.jsp?w=http%3A//mfile.akamai.com/31386/wmv/mlb.download.akamai.com/31386/open/members/winfield_d/hof_induction_speech_winfield_400.wmv&type=v_free&_mp=1 Media Player], Baseball Hall of Fame</ref>

In 1998, Winfield was inducted by the [[San Diego Hall of Champions]] into the Breitbard Hall of Fame, honoring San Diego's finest athletes both on and off the playing surface.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sdhoc.com/awards/hall-of-fame/baseball/dave-winfield/ |title=Dave Winfield |publisher=San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum |access-date=August 21, 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002174547/http://www.sdhoc.com/awards/hall-of-fame/baseball/dave-winfield/ |archive-date=October 2, 2009 }}</ref>
[[File:San Diego Padres retired 31.jpg|thumb|Winfield's No. 31, [[San Diego Padres retired numbers|retired by the Padres]], displayed at [[Petco Park]]]]
In {{baseball year|1999}}, Winfield ranked number 94 on ''The Sporting News list of Baseball's Greatest Players'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/lisn100.shtml |title=100 Greatest Baseball Players by The Sporting News : A Legendary List by Baseball Almanac |publisher=Baseball-almanac.com |access-date=March 26, 2014}}</ref> and was a nominee for the [[Major League Baseball All-Century Team]].

He was inducted into the [[San Diego Padres Hall of Fame]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Padres Hall of Fame |publisher=Major League Baseball |url=http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/sd/history/sd_padres_hof.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816175529/http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/sd/history/sd_padres_hof.jsp |archive-date=August 16, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[San Diego Padres retired numbers|Padres retired]] Winfield's No. 31 on April 14, 2001.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/77004570.html?dids=77004570:77004570&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+03%2C+2001&author=Mel+Antonen&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=How+to+cap+career+is+hard+call+Winfield+picks+the+Padres+for+his+plaque+in+Cooperstown&pqatl=google | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713001130/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/77004570.html?dids=77004570:77004570&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+03,+2001&author=Mel+Antonen&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=How+to+cap+career+is+hard+call+Winfield+picks+the+Padres+for+his+plaque+in+Cooperstown&pqatl=google | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 13, 2012 | work=USA Today | first=Mel | last=Antonen | title=How to cap career is hard call Winfield picks the Padres for his plaque in Cooperstown | date=August 3, 2001 }}</ref>

On July 4, {{baseball year|2006}}, Winfield was inducted into the [[College Baseball Hall of Fame]] in its inaugural class.

In 2010, Winfield was selected as one of 28 members of the NCAA Men's College World Series Legends Team.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 6, 2010 |title=NCAA And CWS, INC., Announce College World Series Legends Team |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/PressArchive/2010/20100506+legends+team+release.htm |access-date=August 21, 2010 |publisher=NCAA}}</ref>

The [[Big Ten Network]] named Winfield its #15 ranked Big Ten Conference "Icon" in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://btn.com/2010/10/19/big-ten-icons-dave-winfield/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318214441/http://btn.com/2010/10/19/big-ten-icons-dave-winfield/|title=Big Ten Icons: Dave Winfield|archive-date=March 18, 2015|work=Big Ten Network|date=October 19, 2010|access-date=August 29, 2015}}</ref>

The [[2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2016 MLB All-Star Game]], played at [[Petco Park]] in San Diego, was dedicated to Winfield. He had represented the Padres at the [[1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|first All-Star Game to be played in San Diego]].

On June 21, 2024, Winfield returned to [[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]] for the unveiling of a bronze statue near [[Growden Memorial Park|Growden Park]], where he had played for the [[Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks]]. Winfield also threw out the ceremonial [[Ceremonial first pitch|first pitch]] for the annual [[Midnight Sun Game]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-21 |title=Hall-of-Famer David Winfield in Fairbanks to see his statue unveiled Friday |url=https://fm.kuac.org/sports/2024-06-21/hall-of-famer-david-winfield-in-fairbanks-to-see-his-statue-unveiled-friday |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=KUAC.org |language=en}}</ref>

==Post-playing career and appearances==
In 1996, Winfield joined the new [[Major League Baseball on Fox]] program as studio analyst for their Saturday MLB coverage.

From 2001 to 2013, Winfield served as executive vice president/senior advisor of the San Diego Padres.
[[File:Hall of Famer Dave Winfield takes part in the Edward Jones -ChattingCage at All-Star -FanFest. (28089240912).jpg|thumb|Dave Winfield at [[Petco Park]] in 2016]]
In 2006, Winfield teamed up with conductor [[Bob Thompson (musician)|Bob Thompson]] to create The Baseball Music Project, a series of concerts that celebrate the history of baseball, with Winfield serving as host and narrator.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseballmusicproject.com/|title=BMP Health Network|website=BMP Health Network|access-date=December 15, 2018|archive-date=May 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526144101/http://baseballmusicproject.com/|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

In 2008, Winfield participated in both the final [[Old Timers' Day]] ceremony and final game ceremony at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/sports/baseball/03oldtimers.html|title=Yankee Greats, and Not-So-Greats, Celebrate the End of Many Eras|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Billy|last=Altman|date=August 3, 2008|access-date=November 25, 2011}}</ref>

On June 5, {{baseball year|2008}}, [[Major League Baseball]] held a special draft of the surviving [[Negro league]] players to acknowledge and rectify their exclusion from the major leagues on the basis of race. The idea of the special draft was conceived by Winfield. Each major league team drafted one player from the Negro leagues.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brown |first=Tim |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ti-winfield060408&prov=yhoo&type=lgns |title=Winfield's brainchild thrills Negro Leaguers – MLB |date=June 4, 2008 |publisher=Yahoo! Sports |access-date=August 21, 2010}}</ref>

On March 31, 2009, Winfield joined [[ESPN]] as an analyst on their ''[[Baseball Tonight (MLB)|Baseball Tonight]]'' program.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090331/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_winfield_espn;_ylt=As4Ayo.4P9jZ0d.YIWQwj8g_z7QF|title=Winfield Joining ESPN As Analyst|publisher=Yahoo! Sports|date=March 31, 2009|access-date=March 31, 2009}}</ref>

On December 5, 2013, Winfield was named special assistant to Executive Director [[Tony Clark]] at the [[Major League Baseball Players Association]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Simon|first=Andrew|title=Winfield joins MLBPA staff as special assistant|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/dave-winfield-joins-mlbpa-staff-as-special-assistant?ymd=20131205&content_id=64415164&vkey=news_mlb|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=May 1, 2014|date=December 5, 2013}}</ref>

On July 14, 2014, Winfield returned to Minnesota to throw out the first pitch at the [[2014 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby|2014 Home Run Derby]] along with fellow St. Paul natives [[Joe Mauer]], [[Paul Molitor]], and [[Jack Morris]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140712&content_id=84567446&vkey=pr_min&c_id=min|title=Twins Legends to throw 2014 All-Star Game and Home Run Derby first pitches|publisher=Minnesota Twins|access-date=August 29, 2015|archive-date=July 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719023036/http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140712&content_id=84567446&vkey=pr_min&c_id=min|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In March 2016, Winfield helped represent Major League Baseball in [[Cuba]] during [[Barack Obama|President Obama]]'s trip to the island in an attempt to help normalize [[Cuba–United States relations|relations]]. On March 21 he gave a press conference with [[Joe Torre]], [[Derek Jeter]], and [[Luis Tiant]] in [[Havana]] and attended the baseball game between the [[Tampa Bay Rays]] and the [[Cuba national baseball team|Cuba National Team]] the next day.

In July 2022, Winfield delivered [[Bud Fowler]]'s [[Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] speech in [[Cooperstown, New York|Cooperstown]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Randhawa |first1=Manny |title=Bud Fowler takes his place among baseball's immortals |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/bud-fowler-baseball-hall-of-fame-enshrinement |website=mlb.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media, LP. |access-date=April 15, 2023}}</ref>

==In popular media==
On [[Thanksgiving Day]] 1981, Winfield sang "[[Manhattan (song)|I'll Take Manhattan]]" atop the Big Apple Float at the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]].<ref name="z103">{{cite web | last=Berkow | first=Ira | title=WINFIELD LOOKS BACK ON SATISFYING SEASON | website=The New York Times | date=1981-11-30 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/30/sports/winfield-looks-back-on-satisfying-season.html | access-date=2025-01-25}}</ref>

In 1985, the [[video game]] ''Dave Winfield's Batter Up!'' was released on computers by Avant-Garde, a producer of interactive [[educational software]].<ref name="murray" /> The game featured a 55-page manual co-authored by Winfield<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lindstrom |first1=Robert |title=PC disk steps up to plate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-pc-disk-steps-up-to-plate/164606569/ |access-date=3 February 2025 |work=[[The Oregonian]] |date=11 July 1985 |pages=20}}</ref> and was marketed as an educational tool aimed to teach players about batting. The game was conceived after Winfield was seated next to an Avant-Garde investor on a cross-country flight.<ref name="murray">{{cite news |last1=Murray |first1=William D. |title=Sports Instruction Enters Computer Age |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/11/02/Sports-Instruction-Enters-Computer-Age/3948499755600/ |access-date=3 February 2025 |agency=[[UPI]] |date=November 2, 1985 |language=en}}</ref>

During the [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|1994–95 MLB strike]], Winfield and a handful of other striking players appeared as themselves in the November 27, 1994, episode of ''[[Married With Children]]'' (Season 9, Episode 11).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0642206/characters/nm0934889 |title='Married... with Children' A Man for No Seasons (TV Episode 1994) - Dave Winfield as Dave Winfield |publisher=IMDb}}</ref>

In 1995, he made a guest appearance in season 1, episode 10 of The Drew Carey Show.

==Activism==
===Philanthropy===
Well known for his philanthropic work, Winfield was the first active athlete to create a philanthropic foundation, The David M. Winfield Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/dave-winfield/|title = Dave Winfield – Society for American Baseball Research}}</ref> He began giving back to the communities in which he played from 1973, his first year with the Padres, when he began buying blocks of tickets to Padres games for families who could not afford to go to games, in a program known as "pavilions." Winfield then added health clinics to the equation, by partnering with San Diego's [[Scripps Health|Scripps Clinic]] who had a mobile clinic which was brought into the stadium parking lot.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web|url=http://davewinfieldhof.com/|title=Dave Winfield Hall of Fame - The Official Website of Dave Winfield|website=davewinfieldhof.com}}</ref> When Winfield joined the Toronto Blue Jays, he learned teammate [[David Wells]] was one of the "Winfield kids" who attended Padres games.<ref name="ReferenceA">Winfield Foundation: The First 20 Years publication</ref>

In his hometown of St. Paul, he began a scholarship program (which continues to this day). In 1977, he organized his efforts into an official [[501(c)(3) charitable organization]] known as the David M. Winfield Foundation for Underprivileged Youth.<ref name="autogenerated2" /> As his salary increased, Foundation programs expanded to include holiday dinner giveaways and national scholarships. In 1978, San Diego hosted the All-Star game, and Winfield bought his usual block of pavilion tickets. Winfield then went on a local radio station and inadvertently invited "all the kids of San Diego" to attend. To accommodate the unexpected crowd, the Foundation brought the kids into batting practice. The All-Star open-practice has since been adopted by [[Major League Baseball]] and continues to this day.<ref name="autogenerated1" />

When Winfield joined the New York Yankees, he set aside $3 million of his contracted salary for the Winfield Foundation. The foundation created a partnership with the [[Hackensack University Medical Center]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The David M. Winfield Foundation, headed by the New... |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/09/26/The-David-M-Winfield-Foundation-headed-by-the-New/7764433396800/ |website=UPI |access-date=October 24, 2021 |language=en |date=September 26, 1983}}</ref> including founding The Dave Winfield Nutrition Center,<ref name="Eliason">{{cite web |last1=Eliason |first1=Todd |title=Making a Difference: MLB Hall of Famer Dave Winfield |url=https://www.success.com/making-a-difference-mlb-hall-of-famer-dave-winfield/ |website=SUCCESS |access-date=October 24, 2021 |date=August 18, 2011}}</ref> near his [[Teaneck, New Jersey]], home. The Foundation also partnered with [[Merck & Co.|Merck]] Pharmaceuticals and created an internationally acclaimed bilingual substance abuse prevention program called "Turn it Around".<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

[[File:Derek Jeter and Dave Winfield.jpg|thumb|190px|right|Winfield with [[Derek Jeter]] at [[Dodger Stadium]] in 2010]]
The Winfield Foundation also became a bone of contention in Steinbrenner's public feud with Winfield. Steinbrenner alleged that the foundation was mishandling funds and often held back payments to the organization, which resulted in long, costly court battles. It also created the appearance that Steinbrenner was contributing to the foundation, when in actuality, Steinbrenner was holding back a portion of Winfield's salary. Ultimately, the foundation received all of its funding and the alleged improprieties proved unfounded.

Winfield's philanthropic endeavors had as much influence on many of MLB's players as his on-field play. Yankee [[Derek Jeter]], who grew up idolizing Winfield for both his athleticism and humanitarianism, credits Winfield as the inspiration for his own [[Turn 2 Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlb.com/players/jeter_derek/news/article.jsp?story=06302006_news |title=DerekJeter.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |date=June 29, 2006 |access-date=August 21, 2010 |archive-date=June 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617133244/http://www.mlb.com/players/jeter_derek/news/article.jsp?story=06302006_news |url-status=dead }}</ref> In turn, Winfield continues to help raise funds and awareness for Jeter's Foundation and for many other groups and causes throughout the country.

==Personal life==
Winfield resides in California with his wife Tonya, and three children, Shanel and twins David II and Arielle.

==Quotes==
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*''Now it's on to May, and you know about me and May.''<ref name="sabr.org">{{cite web|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/98b82e8f |title=Dave Winfield |publisher=SABR |access-date=March 26, 2014}}</ref> —after setting an American League record for RBI in April 1988.
*''I am truly sorry that a fowl of Canada is no longer with us.''<ref name="sabr.org"/> —to the press after being released following the 1983 bird-killing incident.
*''These days baseball is different. You come to spring training, you get your legs ready, your arms loose, your agents ready, your lawyer lined up.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/quowinf.shtml |title=Dave Winfield Quotes |publisher=Baseball-almanac.com |access-date=March 26, 2014}}</ref>—at spring training, 1988, in response to his on-going feud with Steinbrenner.
*''I have no problem with [[Bruce Springsteen]].''—when asked by the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' why he has such a problematic relationship with "the Boss" (a [[nickname]] shared by both Springsteen and Steinbrenner).
*''"Three-ninety-nine sounds like something you'd purchase at a discount store. Four hundred sounds so much better.''<ref name="Los Angeles Times"/>—upon hitting his 400th home run after 10 days mired at 399.

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Baseball}}
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*[[3,000 hit club]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball home run records]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball retired numbers]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders]]
*[[List of baseball players who went directly to Major League Baseball]]
*[[List of athletes on Wheaties boxes]]
*[[List of multi-sport athletes]]
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==References==
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'''Further reading'''
*{{cite book |title=Dave Winfield : The 23 Million Dollar Man |first=Gene |last=Schoor |publisher=[[Stein and Day]] |date=1982 |isbn=0812828410 }}
*{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/98b82e8f |title=Dave Winfield |first=Doug |last=Skipper |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research|SABR]]}}
*{{cite book |title=Winfield: A Player's Life |first=Dave |last=Winfield |others=with Tom Parker |publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]] |date=1988 |isbn=0393024679 }}
*{{cite book |title=Dropping the Ball: Baseball's Troubles and How We Can and Must Solve Them |first=Dave |last=Winfield |others=with Michael Levin |publisher=[[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner]] |date=2007 |isbn=978-1416534488 |url=https://archive.org/details/droppingballbase00winf |url-access=registration }}

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