Editing Dave Winfield (section)

==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>