Gary Gaetti Stats | Baseball Prospectus

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
22	9817	.255	.308	.434	100	43.2

MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
1981	MIN	22	9	26	5	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	.192	.192	.423	98	-0.1	0.0	1.3	0.2
1982	MIN	23	145	565	117	25	4	25	37	107	3	0	4	.230	.280	.443	87	-7.3	-3.6	6.8	1.4
1983	MIN	24	157	650	143	30	3	21	54	121	4	7	1	.245	.309	.414	97	-2.0	3.7	13.5	3.8
1984	MIN	25	162	644	154	29	4	5	44	81	4	11	5	.262	.315	.350	89	-6.2	-1.4	24.1	3.8
1985	MIN	26	160	608	138	31	0	20	37	89	7	13	5	.246	.301	.409	96	-0.9	0.2	11.5	3.1
1986	MIN	27	157	661	171	34	1	34	52	108	6	14	15	.287	.347	.518	128	22.6	-0.6	22.9	6.9
1987	MIN	28	154	628	150	36	2	31	37	92	3	10	7	.257	.303	.485	110	8.4	-0.4	-3.0	2.6
1988	MIN	29	133	516	141	29	2	28	36	85	5	7	4	.301	.353	.551	145	26.0	0.7	-4.5	4.1
1989	MIN	30	130	536	125	11	4	19	25	87	3	6	2	.251	.286	.404	99	0.4	-2.4	3.7	1.9
1990	MIN	31	154	625	132	27	5	16	36	101	3	6	1	.229	.274	.376	81	-12.7	-3.8	9.8	1.3
1991	CAL	32	152	634	144	22	1	18	33	104	8	5	5	.246	.293	.379	91	-4.9	1.9	6.4	2.4
1992	CAL	33	130	486	103	13	2	12	21	79	6	3	1	.226	.267	.342	71	-14.1	-0.6	8.5	0.4
1993	CAL	34	20	56	9	2	0	0	5	12	0	1	0	.180	.250	.220	87	-0.7	0.1	0.6	0.1
1993	KCA	34	82	313	72	18	1	14	16	75	8	0	3	.256	.309	.477	92	-2.1	-1.9	2.8	0.8
1994	KCA	35	90	352	94	15	3	12	19	63	2	0	2	.287	.328	.462	99	0.9	-0.6	5.9	1.7
1995	KCA	36	137	578	134	27	0	35	47	91	8	3	3	.261	.329	.518	126	21.4	-0.9	-2.3	3.6
1996	SLN	37	141	574	143	27	4	23	35	97	8	2	2	.274	.326	.473	103	5.1	-2.2	-9.2	1.2
1997	SLN	38	148	554	126	24	1	17	36	88	6	7	3	.251	.305	.404	89	-5.2	-4.4	6.3	1.3
1998	CHN	39	37	147	41	11	0	8	12	23	5	0	0	.320	.397	.594	118	3.8	-0.4	1.2	0.9
1998	SLN	39	91	345	81	23	1	11	31	39	5	1	1	.265	.339	.454	118	8.8	0.2	1.9	2.1
1999	CHN	40	113	308	57	9	1	9	21	51	2	0	1	.204	.260	.339	65	-13.1	-0.4	1.5	-0.3
2000	BOS	41	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	66	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career			2507	9817	2280	443	39	360	634	1602	96	96	65	.255	.308	.434	100	27.6	-16.8	110.0	43.2

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
1979	ELZ	Rk	APL	66	278	.000	.000	.000	.251			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1980	WIS	A	MDW	138	583	.000	.000	.000	.309			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1981	MIN	MLB	AL	9	26	.238	.305	.338	.167	97	-1	0.7	0.1	98	46	1.3	0.0	-0.1	0.2
1981	ORL	AA	SOU	137	561	.000	.000	.000	.296			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982	MIN	MLB	AL	145	565	.266	.324	.403	.237	105	-2.7	15.2	2.1	87	10	6.8	-3.6	-7.3	1.4
1983	MIN	MLB	AL	157	650	.263	.322	.396	.271	106	-3.9	17.7	2.4	97	11	13.5	3.7	-2.0	3.8
1984	MIN	MLB	AL	162	644	.264	.323	.398	.294	99	-8.3	17.3	2	89	8	24.1	-1.4	-6.2	3.8
1985	MIN	MLB	AL	160	608	.263	.327	.410	.261	101	-6.2	16.6	2.1	96	11	11.5	0.2	-0.9	3.1
1986	MIN	MLB	AL	157	661	.258	.324	.401	.298	107	26.2	18.3	2.5	128	11	22.9	-0.6	22.6	6.9
1987	MIN	MLB	AL	154	628	.265	.330	.424	.256	104	-5	18.5	2.3	110	11	-3.0	-0.4	8.4	2.6
1988	MIN	MLB	AL	133	516	.263	.324	.395	.313	105	30.2	13.5	1.4	145	10	-4.5	0.7	26.0	4.1
1989	MIN	MLB	AL	130	536	.262	.324	.384	.264	105	-1.8	14.0	1.7	99	11	3.7	-2.4	0.4	1.9
1990	MIN	MLB	AL	154	625	.258	.325	.382	.248	103	-14.3	16.8	2.2	81	11	9.8	-3.8	-12.7	1.3
1991	CAL	MLB	AL	152	634	.258	.325	.392	.269	96	-1.3	17.2	2.4	91	7	6.4	1.9	-4.9	2.4
1992	CAL	MLB	AL	130	486	.260	.327	.390	.247	98	-14.5	12.6	-2.9	71	8	8.5	-0.6	-14.1	0.4
1993	CAL	MLB	AL	20	56	.257	.330	.388	.231	98	-4.4	1.6	-0.7	87	12	0.6	0.1	-0.7	0.1
1993	KCA	MLB	AL	82	313	.265	.331	.408	.293	100	5.9	9.0	0.2	92	11	2.8	-1.9	-2.1	0.8
1994	KCA	MLB	AL	90	352	.273	.344	.439	.322	99	5.2	10.7	0.9	99	12	5.9	-0.6	0.9	1.7
1995	KCA	MLB	AL	137	578	.272	.344	.432	.251	97	19.7	17.3	1.1	126	9	-2.3	-0.9	21.4	3.6
1996	SLN	MLB	NL	141	574	.266	.330	.412	.295	98	11	17.7	1.5	103	8	-9.2	-2.2	5.1	1.2
1997	SLN	MLB	NL	148	554	.260	.328	.408	.270	95	-8.7	14.7	1.7	89	11	6.3	-4.4	-5.2	1.3
1998	CHN	MLB	NL	37	147	.258	.324	.412	.337	104	12.1	3.8	0.6	118	10	1.2	-0.4	3.8	0.9
1998	SLN	MLB	NL	91	345	.267	.334	.420	.270	100	3.2	9.0	1.3	118	10	1.9	0.2	8.8	2.1
1999	CHN	MLB	NL	113	308	.261	.334	.421	.213	101	-17.8	8.4	0.9	65	7	1.5	-0.4	-13.1	-0.3
2000	BOS	MLB	AL	5	11	.268	.345	.419	.000	80	-3.2	0.3	-0.2	66	10	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
1979	ELZ	Rk	APL	278	230	50	59	15	2	14	120	42	43	40	6	2	.257	.374	.522	.265	3	3
1980	WIS	A	MDW	583	503	77	134	27	3	22	233	82	67	120	24	8	.266	.359	.463	.197	2	2
1981	MIN	MLB	AL	26	26	4	5	0	0	2	11	3	0	6	0	0	.192	.192	.423	.231	0	0
1981	ORL	AA	SOU	561	495	92	137	19	2	30	250	93	58	105	15	9	.277	.355	.505	.228	1	1
1982	MIN	MLB	AL	565	508	59	117	25	4	25	225	84	37	107	0	4	.230	.280	.443	.213	13	4
1983	MIN	MLB	AL	650	584	81	143	30	3	21	242	78	54	121	7	1	.245	.309	.414	.170	8	0
1984	MIN	MLB	AL	644	588	55	154	29	4	5	206	65	44	81	11	5	.262	.315	.350	.088	5	3
1985	MIN	MLB	AL	608	560	71	138	31	0	20	229	63	37	89	13	5	.246	.301	.409	.163	1	3
1986	MIN	MLB	AL	661	596	91	171	34	1	34	309	108	52	108	14	15	.287	.347	.518	.232	6	1
1987	MIN	MLB	AL	628	584	95	150	36	2	31	283	109	37	92	10	7	.257	.303	.485	.228	3	1
1988	MIN	MLB	AL	516	468	66	141	29	2	28	258	88	36	85	7	4	.301	.353	.551	.250	6	1
1989	MIN	MLB	AL	536	498	63	125	11	4	19	201	75	25	87	6	2	.251	.286	.404	.153	9	1
1990	MIN	MLB	AL	625	577	61	132	27	5	16	217	85	36	101	6	1	.229	.274	.376	.147	8	1
1991	CAL	MLB	AL	634	586	58	144	22	1	18	222	66	33	104	5	5	.246	.293	.379	.133	5	2
1992	CAL	MLB	AL	486	456	41	103	13	2	12	156	48	21	79	3	1	.226	.267	.342	.116	3	0
1993	CAL	MLB	AL	56	50	3	9	2	0	0	11	4	5	12	1	0	.180	.250	.220	.040	1	0
1993	KCA	MLB	AL	313	281	37	72	18	1	14	134	46	16	75	0	3	.256	.309	.477	.221	6	2
1994	KCA	MLB	AL	352	327	53	94	15	3	12	151	57	19	63	0	2	.287	.328	.462	.174	3	1
1995	KCA	MLB	AL	578	514	76	134	27	0	35	266	96	47	91	3	3	.261	.329	.518	.257	6	3
1996	SLN	MLB	NL	574	522	71	143	27	4	23	247	80	35	97	2	2	.274	.326	.473	.199	5	4
1997	SLN	MLB	NL	554	502	63	126	24	1	17	203	69	36	88	7	3	.251	.305	.404	.153	6	4
1998	CHN	MLB	NL	147	128	21	41	11	0	8	76	27	12	23	0	0	.320	.397	.594	.273	1	1
1998	SLN	MLB	NL	345	306	39	81	23	1	11	139	43	31	39	1	1	.265	.339	.454	.190	3	0
1999	CHN	MLB	NL	308	280	22	57	9	1	9	95	46	21	51	0	1	.204	.260	.339	.136	5	0
2000	BOS	MLB	AL	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1996-04-28	1996-05-14	15-DL	16	13	-		Fracture	Dropped Grate on Foot At Home	-	-
1994-07-05	1994-07-20	15-DL	15	13	-	Low Back	Strain		-	-
1989-08-26	1989-09-19	15-DL	24	23	-	Abdomen	Strain	Lower Abdomen	-	-
1988-08-21	1988-09-07	15-DL	17	16	Left	Knee	Surgery	Cartilage	1988-08-21	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2000	BOS	$350,000

Years	Description	Salary
1 yr	Previous	$350,000
1 yr	Total	$350,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

Comparable Players (Similarity Index )

Rank	Score	Name	Year	DRC+	Trend

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2010-03-10 18:00:00 (link to chat)	How easy is it for you to run queries? For instance, on how players who saw a dramatic drop in HRs after 3 good years fared in Year 5, and how young players who saw a dramatic drop in HRs after 2 years fared in Year 4? (Richie from Washington)	Running an actual query takes no effort as it's a simple Ctrl+Enter or click of the Execute button, but deriving them can be time-consuming and frustrating. Then again, I'm self taught and haven't been an SQLer my entire life. As far as your question regarding other similar drops comparable to what was discussed in my David Wright article, look for a blog post this weekend from me that deals with this very subject. But, to get it out of the way here and now, no, I do not consider Gary Gaetti's TWO years and dropoff to be similar to Wright. A commenter brought up Bobby Murcer, which is a good comp, but the issue with that one is that Murcer fell to -0.11 SDs from the mean in his 5th year whereas Wright was -0.60 SDs; the raw tallies are similar but with context they are far apart. (Eric Seidman)
2010-01-19 15:30:00 (link to chat)	Is there a historical precedent for D.Wright's HRs falling off like they did last year? HOF-type talent at age 26? Is it significant in predicting where he goes from here? (AJ from PA)	The guy I always think of is Gary Gaetti, Twins third baseman, in 1984. In his rookie year of '82, Gaetti hit 25 home runs. In 1983 he hit 21. In year three, at age 25, he hit five and in doing so probably cost the Twins a division title in a year in which the Royals scraped into the postseason with just 84 wins. The next year he was back up to 20 and of course hit 360 in his career. He wasn't as good a player as Wright, being a badly impatient hitter, but there seems to be a similar arc there in that it wasn't park changes that did him in (the HHH was the HHH was the HHH) but some kind of mechanical failure. Wright DID change parks, but given his road performance was less than Ruthian, it seems mechanical issues are to blame here as well. As far as predictions, I would think he'd get over it, and if you see him blasting away at the fences in spring training you can bet that he has.. (Steven Goldman)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2008-10-02 11:00:00	Thursday Playoff Games	Correction! My MLB.com-padre now says they've determined that Gary Gaetti did it first in '87, so Longoria's not even the first right-handed-hitting, slick-fielding third baseman to do so. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-10-02 11:00:00	Thursday Playoff Games	Any thoughts on where Upton left his home runs this year? Did the parasite that sucked Gary Gaetti dry in 1984 get them? (Steven Goldman)

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