Padres history (Aug. 5): Dave Winfield’s HOF induction

On this date in 2001, Dave Winfield became the first Padres to enter the Hall of Fame

Dave Winfield played nine of his 22 years in the majors in New York, one season longer than his stay in San Diego. The Padres, though, gave Winfield his start in baseball when they were one of four professional teams to draft the hulking 6-foot-6, 220-pound Winfield.

So on this date — Aug. 5 — in 2001, Winfield went into the Hall of Fame as a Padre, a first for the franchise.

There were rumors the Padres paid Winfield for the privilege, but he always denied them. “You dance with the one who brought you,” Winfield told the Union-Tribune earlier this summer.

Winfield earned the first four of his 12 All-Star…