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Mike Gallego
Michael Anthony Gallego

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 160 lb.
School University of California, Los Angeles

Debut April 11, 1985
  vs. SEA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 23, 1997
Born October 31, 1960 in Whittier, CA

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1981. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1985 24 OAK AL  76   77   13   16   5  1   1    9   1  1  12  14  .208  .319  .338   87   26   2   1   0   1   2
 1986 25 OAK AL  20   37    2   10   2  0   0    4   0  2   1   6  .270  .289  .324   73   12   2   0   0   0   0
 1987 26 OAK AL  72  124   18   31   6  0   2   14   0  1  12  21  .250  .319  .347   83   43   5   1   0   1   5
 1988 27 OAK AL 129  277   38   58   8  0   2   20   2  3  34  53  .209  .298  .260   60   72   8   0   0   1   6
 1989 28 OAK AL 133  357   45   90  14  2   3   30   7  5  35  43  .252  .327  .328   88  117   8   3   0   6  10
 1990 29 OAK AL 140  389   36   80  13  2   3   34   5  5  35  50  .206  .277  .272   57  106  17   2   0   4  13
 1991 30 OAK AL 159  482   67  119  15  4  12   49   6  9  67  84  .247  .343  .369  103  178  10   3   3   5   8
 1992 31 NYY AL  53  173   24   44   7  1   3   14   0  1  20  22  .254  .343  .358   98   62   3   1   0   4   5
 1993 32 NYY AL 119  403   63  114  20  1  10   54   3  2  50  65  .283  .364  .412  112  166   3   5   0   4  16
 1994 33 NYY AL  89  306   39   73  17  1   6   41   0  1  38  46  .239  .327  .359   80  110   5   4   1   4   4
 1995 34 OAK AL  43  120   11   28   0  0   0    8   0  1   9  24  .233  .292  .233   45   28   2   0   0   1   3
 1996 35 STL NL  51  143   12   30   2  0   0    4   0  0  12  31  .210  .276  .224   34   32   3   0   1   1   0
 1997 36 STL NL  27   43    6    7   2  0   0    1   0  0   1   6  .163  .178  .209    2    9   1   1   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1111 2931  374  700 111 12  42  282  24 31 326 465  .239  .320  .328   81  961  69  21   5  32  72
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        427   55  102  16  2   6   41   3  5  48  68  .239  .320  .328   81  140  10   3   1   5  10
 Career High    159  482   67  119  20  4  12   54   7  9  67  84  .283  .364  .412  112  178  17   5   3   6  16
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1985 24 OAK AL   93   67    9   3.6    92| .208  .252| .319  .316| .338  .391| .657  .707|  87  .389  -0.7  -0.1  50%
 1986 25 OAK AL   40   31    3   2.6    93| .270  .252| .289  .319| .324  .393| .613  .712|  73  .254  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1987 26 OAK AL  143  105   13   3.3   100| .250  .257| .319  .324| .347  .412| .666  .736|  83  .321  -2.5  -0.2   0%
 1988 27 OAK AL  320  236   23   2.6    92| .209  .256| .298  .320| .260  .385| .558  .706|  60  .277 -13.8  -1.4  40%
 1989 28 OAK AL  409  293   39   3.6    91| .252  .257| .327  .322| .328  .379| .655  .700|  88  .411  -4.5  -0.5  58%
 1990 29 OAK AL  447  346   29   2.2    91| .206  .254| .277  .322| .272  .381| .549  .703|  57  .227 -21.7  -2.2  50%
 1991 30 OAK AL  567  393   63   4.3    92| .247  .253| .343  .321| .369  .384| .712  .705| 103  .476   4.0   0.4  40%
 1992 31 NYY AL  201  139   22   4.2    94| .254  .259| .343  .328| .358  .385| .701  .713|  98  .485  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1993 32 NYY AL  465  315   60   5.1   100| .283  .263| .364  .333| .412  .402| .776  .735| 112  .525   8.4   0.8  60%
 1994 33 NYY AL  357  247   39   4.2   109| .239  .269| .327  .341| .359  .428| .686  .769|  80  .394  -8.0  -0.7   0%
 1995 34 OAK AL  132   98    8   2.2   101| .233  .259| .292  .332| .233  .410| .525  .741|  45  .168  -9.2  -0.9   0%
 1996 35 STL NL  159  116   10   2.3   107| .210  .270| .276  .339| .224  .422| .500  .761|  34  .205 -13.8  -1.3   0%
 1997 36 STL NL   46   38    2   1.4   107| .163  .269| .178  .341| .209  .423| .387  .764|   2  .094  -6.2  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     3379 2424  320   3.5    96| .239  .259| .320  .327| .328  .395| .648  .722|  81  .376 -69.5  -6.8  43%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1985 24 OAK AL 2B 42 46 66 1 22 .991 .982 2.67 4.48 4.93 5.29 25 204.3 SS 21 8 17 0 2 1.000 .965 1.19 3.93 4.33 4.64 0 52.0 3B 12 3 11 0 1 1.000 .952 1.17 2.38 3.82 2.84 2 33.0 1986 25 OAK AL 2B 19 23 50 1 6 .986 .981 3.84 4.34 6.03 5.10 12 109.0 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.35 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 3.90 4.50 4.50 0 2.0 1987 26 OAK AL 2B 31 49 73 4 22 .968 .980 3.94 4.48 5.89 5.12 19 186.3 3B 24 5 24 0 1 1.000 .951 1.21 2.31 3.08 2.77 5 84.7 SS 17 21 25 4 6 .920 .970 2.71 4.02 4.25 4.59 9 97.3 1988 27 OAK AL 2B 83 119 166 2 33 .993 .982 3.43 4.40 4.86 5.12 56 527.7 SS 42 34 72 6 14 .946 .971 2.52 4.14 4.17 4.69 21 228.7 3B 16 2 16 0 2 1.000 .952 1.12 2.36 2.57 2.71 7 63.0 1989 28 OAK AL SS 94 152 255 14 68 .967 .971 4.33 4.11 5.02 4.79 85 730.3 2B 41 58 106 5 18 .970 .981 4.00 4.51 5.18 5.24 32 284.7 3B 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.00 2.33 3.00 2.70 1 9.0 DH 1 1990 29 OAK AL 2B 83 153 258 4 48 .990 .984 4.95 4.53 5.59 5.23 73 661.3 SS 38 43 86 3 26 .977 .973 3.39 4.00 4.09 4.74 33 284.0 3B 27 10 35 6 4 .882 .943 1.67 2.32 2.44 2.75 17 166.0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 DH 1 1991 30 OAK AL 2B 135 243 370 7 69 .989 .981 4.54 4.44 5.14 5.19 126 1073.3 SS 55 40 76 5 21 .959 .971 2.11 3.95 3.84 4.67 26 272.0 1992 31 NYY AL 2B 40 86 112 2 27 .990 .983 4.95 4.60 5.39 5.25 37 330.7 SS 14 26 41 4 10 .944 .970 4.79 4.13 5.07 4.71 13 119.0 1993 32 NYY AL SS 55 68 172 6 35 .976 .973 4.36 4.13 5.39 4.69 46 400.7 2B 52 83 143 5 36 .978 .981 4.35 4.54 5.58 5.15 41 364.7 3B 27 18 53 2 5 .973 .950 2.63 2.31 2.98 2.69 24 214.7 DH 1 1994 33 NYY AL SS 72 108 245 11 53 .970 .969 4.90 4.22 5.21 4.64 69 610.0 2B 26 35 66 0 16 1.000 .981 3.88 4.48 5.28 5.10 19 172.3 1995 34 OAK AL 2B 18 25 47 3 9 .960 .981 4.00 4.34 5.18 5.11 14 125.0 SS 14 16 32 0 6 1.000 .974 3.43 4.16 4.55 4.71 11 95.0 3B 12 5 10 2 1 .882 .949 1.25 2.19 1.88 2.61 8 71.7 1996 35 STL NL 2B 43 84 118 3 31 .985 .981 4.70 4.40 5.05 5.09 41 359.7 3B 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 .946 1.00 2.21 3.94 2.70 1 16.0 SS 1 3 4 0 1 1.000 .972 7.00 4.00 5.73 4.58 1 11.0 1997 36 STL NL 2B 11 9 16 1 3 .962 .980 2.27 4.31 5.23 5.07 6 43.0 SS 10 5 18 0 3 1.000 .975 2.30 3.85 6.47 4.58 2 32.0 3B 7 1 7 0 0 1.000 .941 1.14 2.19 2.23 2.65 3 32.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1985 24 OAK AL 2B 42 46 66 1 22 .991 .982 2.67 4.48 4.93 5.29 25 204.3 1986 25 OAK AL 2B 19 23 50 1 6 .986 .981 3.84 4.34 6.03 5.10 12 109.0 1987 26 OAK AL 2B 31 49 73 4 22 .968 .980 3.94 4.48 5.89 5.12 19 186.3 1988 27 OAK AL 2B 83 119 166 2 33 .993 .982 3.43 4.40 4.86 5.12 56 527.7 1989 28 OAK AL 2B 41 58 106 5 18 .970 .981 4.00 4.51 5.18 5.24 32 284.7 1990 29 OAK AL 2B 83 153 258 4 48 .990 .984 4.95 4.53 5.59 5.23 73 661.3 1991 30 OAK AL 2B 135 243 370 7 69 .989 .981 4.54 4.44 5.14 5.19 126 1073.3 1992 31 NYY AL 2B 40 86 112 2 27 .990 .983 4.95 4.60 5.39 5.25 37 330.7 1993 32 NYY AL 2B 52 83 143 5 36 .978 .981 4.35 4.54 5.58 5.15 41 364.7 1994 33 NYY AL 2B 26 35 66 0 16 1.000 .981 3.88 4.48 5.28 5.10 19 172.3 1995 34 OAK AL 2B 18 25 47 3 9 .960 .981 4.00 4.34 5.18 5.11 14 125.0 1996 35 STL NL 2B 43 84 118 3 31 .985 .981 4.70 4.40 5.05 5.09 41 359.7 1997 36 STL NL 2B 11 9 16 1 3 .962 .980 2.27 4.31 5.23 5.07 6 43.0 1985 24 OAK AL 3B 12 3 11 0 1 1.000 .952 1.17 2.38 3.82 2.84 2 33.0 1986 25 OAK AL 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.35 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 1987 26 OAK AL 3B 24 5 24 0 1 1.000 .951 1.21 2.31 3.08 2.77 5 84.7 1988 27 OAK AL 3B 16 2 16 0 2 1.000 .952 1.12 2.36 2.57 2.71 7 63.0 1989 28 OAK AL 3B 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.00 2.33 3.00 2.70 1 9.0 1990 29 OAK AL 3B 27 10 35 6 4 .882 .943 1.67 2.32 2.44 2.75 17 166.0 1993 32 NYY AL 3B 27 18 53 2 5 .973 .950 2.63 2.31 2.98 2.69 24 214.7 1995 34 OAK AL 3B 12 5 10 2 1 .882 .949 1.25 2.19 1.88 2.61 8 71.7 1996 35 STL NL 3B 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 .946 1.00 2.21 3.94 2.70 1 16.0 1997 36 STL NL 3B 7 1 7 0 0 1.000 .941 1.14 2.19 2.23 2.65 3 32.3 1989 28 OAK AL DH 1 1990 29 OAK AL DH 1 1993 32 NYY AL DH 1 1990 29 OAK AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1990 29 OAK AL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1985 24 OAK AL SS 21 8 17 0 2 1.000 .965 1.19 3.93 4.33 4.64 0 52.0 1986 25 OAK AL SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 3.90 4.50 4.50 0 2.0 1987 26 OAK AL SS 17 21 25 4 6 .920 .970 2.71 4.02 4.25 4.59 9 97.3 1988 27 OAK AL SS 42 34 72 6 14 .946 .971 2.52 4.14 4.17 4.69 21 228.7 1989 28 OAK AL SS 94 152 255 14 68 .967 .971 4.33 4.11 5.02 4.79 85 730.3 1990 29 OAK AL SS 38 43 86 3 26 .977 .973 3.39 4.00 4.09 4.74 33 284.0 1991 30 OAK AL SS 55 40 76 5 21 .959 .971 2.11 3.95 3.84 4.67 26 272.0 1992 31 NYY AL SS 14 26 41 4 10 .944 .970 4.79 4.13 5.07 4.71 13 119.0 1993 32 NYY AL SS 55 68 172 6 35 .976 .973 4.36 4.13 5.39 4.69 46 400.7 1994 33 NYY AL SS 72 108 245 11 53 .970 .969 4.90 4.22 5.21 4.64 69 610.0 1995 34 OAK AL SS 14 16 32 0 6 1.000 .974 3.43 4.16 4.55 4.71 11 95.0 1996 35 STL NL SS 1 3 4 0 1 1.000 .972 7.00 4.00 5.73 4.58 1 11.0 1997 36 STL NL SS 10 5 18 0 3 1.000 .975 2.30 3.85 6.47 4.58 2 32.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 624 1013 1591 38 340 .986 .982 4.17 4.47 5.28 5.18 501 4442.0 SS* 434 525 1043 53 245 .967 .971 3.61 4.09 4.81 4.70 316 2934.0 3B* 137 48 163 10 14 .955 .948 1.54 2.30 2.74 2.71 68 692.3 DH 3 Games not counted in Overall Total below RF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1196 1587 2797 101 599 .977 .976 3.67 4.08 4.89 4.79 885 8069
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1988   ALCS  OAK BOS     W   4  12   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   3  .083  .083  .083   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    OAK LAD     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1989   ALCS  OAK TOR     W   4  11   3   3  1  0  0   1   0   2  .273  .273  .364   0  0   2   0   0 
        WS    OAK SFG     W   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1990   ALCS  OAK BOS     W   4  10   1   4  1  0  0   2   1   1  .400  .500  .500   0  1   0   0   1 
        WS    OAK CIN     L   4  11   0   1  0  0  0   1   1   3  .091  .167  .091   1  0   0   0   0 
 1996   NLDS  STL SDP     W   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  STL ATL     L   7  14   1   2  0  0  0   0   1   3  .143  .200  .143   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Champ Series     3-1  19  47   6  10  2  0  0   3   2   9  .213  .260  .255   0  1   2   0   1 
  3 World Series        1-2   7  12   0   1  0  0  0   1   1   3  .083  .154  .083   1  0   0   0   0 
  8 Postseason Series   5-3  28  60   6  11  2  0  0   4   3  13  .183  .234  .217   1  1   2   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1991 AL-159-7

Hit By Pitch
1989 AL-6-9

Sac. Hits
1990 AL-17-1

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.9 (1408) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 12.0 (1028) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1981.

October 28, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

January 9, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 24, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 12, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

November 1, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

January 11, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

July 29, 1997: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1988Oakland Athletics$100,000
1989Oakland Athletics$207,500
1990Oakland Athletics$500,000
1991Oakland Athletics$565,000
1992New York Yankees$1,950,000
1993New York Yankees$1,575,000
1994New York Yankees$1,575,000
1995Oakland Athletics$300,000
1996St. Louis Cardinals$300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$7,072,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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