Gary Gaetti

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: August 19, 1958 in Centralia, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1978 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Lake Land College (Mattoon, IL), the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1978 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Lake Land College (Mattoon, IL) and the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (11th) of the 1979 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville, MO).

High School: Centralia HS (Centralia, IL)

Schools: Lake Land College (Mattoon, IL), Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville, MO)

Debut: September 20, 1981 (Age 23-032d, 14,546th in major league history)
vs. TEX 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 12, 2000 (Age 41-237d)
vs. MIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Gary Joseph Gaetti

Nicknames: The Rat or G-Man

Pronunciation: \guy-ETT-ee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.1

8951

2280

360

.255

1130

RBI

1341

OBP

.308

SLG

.434

OPS

.741

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1993 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1993 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 10	CAL		DET	L,2-5	GS	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B 3B
2	19 (14)	Apr 30	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	29 (9)	May 10	CAL		MIN	L,3-13	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
4	30	May 11	CAL		MIN	W,5-3	GF	16	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	PH 1B
5	31	May 12	CAL		MIN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
6	36 (4)	May 18	CAL	@	CHW	L,4-7	GS	25	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
7	38 (1)	May 21	CAL	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	40	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
8	39	May 22	CAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	GF	11	2.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
9	41 (1)	May 24	CAL	@	SEA	L,3-4	GF	28	5.1	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
10	43 (1)	May 26	CAL	@	SEA	L,0-2	GS	30	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
11	47 (3)	May 30	CAL		BAL	W,7-5	GS	28	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	50 (2)	Jun 2	CAL		TOR	L,6-7	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
				Player went from California Angels to Kansas City Royals
13	67	Jun 21	KCR		CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
14	68	Jun 22	KCR		CAL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
15	70 (1)	Jun 24	KCR		CAL	W,7-1	GS	26	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
16	72 (1)	Jun 26	KCR	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
17	73	Jun 27	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
18	74	Jun 28	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
19	75	Jun 29	KCR	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	77 (1)	Jul 2	KCR		TOR	W,3-2	GF	18	5.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
21	78	Jul 3	KCR		TOR	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B 3B
22	79	Jul 4	KCR		TOR	W,3-1	GS	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B 3B
23	80	Jul 5	KCR		BAL	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
24	81	Jul 6	KCR		BAL	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
25	82	Jul 7	KCR		BAL	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
26	83	Jul 8	KCR		DET	W,6-5	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
27	85 (1)	Jul 10	KCR		DET	L,8-9	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
28	86	Jul 11	KCR		DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
29	87	Jul 15	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
30	88	Jul 16	KCR	@	TOR	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
31	89	Jul 17	KCR	@	TOR	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
32	90	Jul 18	KCR	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
33	91	Jul 19	KCR	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
34	92	Jul 20	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
35	93	Jul 21	KCR	@	BAL	W,8-6	GF	18	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
36	94	Jul 22	KCR	@	DET	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
37	95	Jul 23	KCR	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
38	96	Jul 24	KCR	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
39	97	Jul 25	KCR	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
40	98	Jul 26 (1)	KCR		TEX	W,12-3	GS	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B 1B
41	99	Jul 26 (2)	KCR		TEX	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
42	100	Jul 27	KCR		TEX	L,0-1	CG	28	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
43	101	Jul 28	KCR		TEX	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
44	104 (2)	Jul 31	KCR		CLE	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	105	Aug 1	KCR		CLE	L,5-9	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
46	106	Aug 3	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
47	107	Aug 4	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
48	110 (2)	Aug 7	KCR		OAK	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
49	111	Aug 8	KCR		OAK	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	3B
50	112	Aug 9	KCR		SEA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
51	114 (1)	Aug 11	KCR		SEA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
52	115	Aug 12	KCR	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
53	116	Aug 13	KCR	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
54	117	Aug 14	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
55	119 (1)	Aug 17	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
56	120	Aug 18	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
57	121	Aug 19	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
58	122	Aug 20	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
59	124 (1)	Aug 22	KCR	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
60	125	Aug 23	KCR		MIN	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
61	126	Aug 24	KCR		MIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
62	127	Aug 25	KCR		MIN	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
63	130 (2)	Aug 28	KCR		BOS	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
64	131	Aug 29	KCR		BOS	W,5-4	CG	48	12.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
65	132	Aug 30	KCR	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	133	Aug 31	KCR	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	135 (1)	Sep 3	KCR	@	BOS	W,5-1	GS	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B 1B
68	136	Sep 4	KCR	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
69	137	Sep 5	KCR	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
70	138	Sep 6	KCR		MIL	L,2-3	GS	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B 1B
71	139	Sep 8	KCR		MIL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
72	140	Sep 10	KCR		NYY	W,6-5	GS	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B 3B
73	141	Sep 11	KCR		NYY	L,5-12	CG	47	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
74	142	Sep 12	KCR		NYY	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
75	143	Sep 13	KCR		CHW	W,9-0	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
76	144	Sep 14	KCR		CHW	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
77	145	Sep 15	KCR		CHW	L,6-10	GS	56	11.0	7	2	2	11	0	3B 1B
78	146	Sep 16	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-14	GS	45	7.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
79	147	Sep 17	KCR	@	SEA	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
80	149 (1)	Sep 19	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
81	150	Sep 20	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
82	151	Sep 21	KCR	@	OAK	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
83	152	Sep 22	KCR	@	OAK	W,3-2	GS	41	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B 1B
84	153	Sep 23	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
85	154	Sep 24	KCR		CAL	W,7-2	CG	25	5.1	6	2	0	8	1	1B
86	155	Sep 25	KCR		CAL	L,2-6	GF	16	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
87	156	Sep 26	KCR		CAL	W,9-8	GS	49	10.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B 1B
88	157	Sep 27	KCR		CLE	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
89	158	Sep 28	KCR		CLE	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	3B
90	159	Sep 29	KCR		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
91	160	Oct 1	KCR	@	TEX	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
92	161	Oct 2	KCR	@	TEX	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
93	162	Oct 3	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
							103gm		739.0	185	153	7	345	29