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Alex Gaston

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 170lb (175cm, 77kg)

Born: March 12, 1893 in New York, NY us

Died: February 8, 1979 in Marina Del Rey, CA

Buried: Cremated

Debut: September 26, 1920 (Age 27-198d, 5,127th in major league history)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1929 (Age 36-200d)
vs. PHA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1923 season

Full Name: Alexander Nathaniel Gaston

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Relatives: Brother of Milt Gaston

2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.8

514

112

.218

RBI

OBP

.266

SLG

.284

OPS

.550

OPS+

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

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 20	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	5 (1)	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	L,3-9	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	8 (2)	Apr 28	BOS		PHA	L,3-7	GS	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	10 (1)	May 1	BOS		PHA	L,6-24	CG	60	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
5	14 (3)	May 6	BOS	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	15	May 7	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	0	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	17 (1)	May 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
8	33 (15)	May 25 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-8	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	34	May 26	BOS		NYY	L,4-15	GF	22	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	49 (14)	Jun 13	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	GF	25	6.2	1	1	0	2	0
11	50	Jun 14	BOS		SLB	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	54 (3)	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
13	56 (1)	Jun 18 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-4	GS	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	57	Jun 19	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-13	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	1
15	61 (3)	Jun 22 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	62	Jun 23	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	63	Jun 24	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
18	64	Jun 25 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-7	GS	30	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	68 (3)	Jun 28	BOS		WSH	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	70 (1)	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	71	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
22	75 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-8	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	78 (2)	Jul 8	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
24	83 (4)	Jul 15	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-10	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	85 (1)	Jul 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	92 (6)	Jul 26	BOS		DET	L,1-4	GF	0	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	95 (2)	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,4-11	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	96	Jul 31 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	99 (2)	Aug 2	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	102 (2)	Aug 7	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	1
31	104 (1)	Aug 10	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-7	GS	26	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
32	106 (1)	Aug 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	111 (4)	Aug 17	BOS	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	117 (5)	Aug 23	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
35	120 (2)	Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	122 (1)	Aug 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	58	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	128 (5)	Sep 2 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	134 (5)	Sep 8 (2)	BOS		SLB	T,0-0	CG	38	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
39	135	Sep 9	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
40	136	Sep 10 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	140 (3)	Sep 14	BOS		DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
42	141	Sep 15 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
43	145 (3)	Sep 19	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
44	146	Sep 20	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	GS	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
45	147	Sep 21	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	148	Sep 22	BOS		CLE	L,4-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	149	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	GS	24	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
48	150	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	L,10-11	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	152 (1)	Sep 28	BOS		PHA	L,3-6	GS	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
							49gm		308.0	116	25	2	143	6