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.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 14)

1994 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1994 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 6	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 8	KCR		CLE	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 10	KCR		CLE	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
5	5	Apr 11	KCR		BOS	L,5-8	CG	45	10.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
6	6	Apr 12	KCR		BOS	L,11-22	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
7	7	Apr 13	KCR		BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
8	8	Apr 15	KCR	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 16	KCR	@	CLE	W,12-9	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
10	10	Apr 17	KCR	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
11	11	Apr 18	KCR	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
12	12	Apr 19	KCR	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
13	13	Apr 20	KCR	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
14	14	Apr 22	KCR	@	MIL	L,8-9	CG	41	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
15	15	Apr 23	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
16	16	Apr 24	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
17	17	Apr 25	KCR		TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
18	18	Apr 26	KCR		TOR	L,6-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
19	19	Apr 28	KCR		DET	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	20	Apr 30	KCR		MIL	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1 (1)	KCR		MIL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
22	22	May 1 (2)	KCR		MIL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
23	23	May 3	KCR	@	TOR	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
24	24	May 4	KCR	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	42	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
25	26 (1)	May 6	KCR	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
26	27	May 7	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
27	28	May 8	KCR	@	CHW	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
28	29	May 9	KCR		MIN	L,5-9	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
29	30	May 10	KCR		MIN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
30	31	May 11	KCR		MIN	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
31	32	May 13	KCR		OAK	W,16-6	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
32	33	May 14	KCR		OAK	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
33	34	May 15	KCR		OAK	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
34	36 (1)	May 17	KCR	@	SEA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
35	37	May 18	KCR	@	SEA	W,7-6	CG	47	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
36	38	May 19	KCR	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
37	39	May 20	KCR	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	1	1	0	2	1	3B
38	40	May 21	KCR	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
39	42 (1)	May 24	KCR		TEX	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	43	May 25	KCR		TEX	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
41	44	May 26	KCR		TEX	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	45	May 27	KCR		NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
43	47 (1)	May 29	KCR		NYY	W,10-6	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
44	48	May 30	KCR	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	44	9.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
45	49	May 31	KCR	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	50	Jun 1	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B 1B
47	51	Jun 3	KCR	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
48	52	Jun 4	KCR	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
49	53	Jun 5	KCR	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
50	55 (1)	Jun 7	KCR		BAL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
51	56	Jun 8	KCR		BAL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
52	57	Jun 9	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
53	58	Jun 10	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
54	59	Jun 11	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
55	60	Jun 12	KCR	@	TEX	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
56	61	Jun 13	KCR		CAL	W,12-7	GS	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B 3B
57	62	Jun 14	KCR		CAL	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
58	63	Jun 15	KCR		CAL	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B 3B
59	64	Jun 16	KCR		SEA	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
60	65	Jun 17	KCR		SEA	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
61	66	Jun 18	KCR		SEA	L,1-3	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
62	67	Jun 19	KCR		SEA	W,12-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
63	68	Jun 21	KCR	@	OAK	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
64	69	Jun 22	KCR	@	OAK	W,10-1	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
65	70	Jun 23	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
66	71	Jun 24	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
67	73 (1)	Jun 26	KCR	@	MIN	L,4-11	CG	46	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
68	74	Jun 27	KCR	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
69	75	Jun 28	KCR	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B 1B
70	76	Jun 29	KCR	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	38	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
71	77	Jun 30	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	81 (3)	Jul 4	KCR		TOR	L,4-9	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
73	95 (13)	Jul 20	KCR	@	MIL	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
74	96	Jul 22	KCR	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
75	97	Jul 23	KCR	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
76	98	Jul 24	KCR	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	3B
77	99	Jul 25	KCR		CHW	W,6-4	CG	48	12.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
78	100	Jul 26	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
79	101	Jul 27	KCR		CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
80	103 (1)	Jul 29	KCR		MIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
81	104	Jul 30	KCR		MIN	W,5-4	GS	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
82	105	Jul 31	KCR		MIN	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	106	Aug 1	KCR		OAK	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
84	107	Aug 2	KCR		OAK	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
85	109 (1)	Aug 4	KCR		OAK	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
86	110	Aug 5	KCR		SEA	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
87	111	Aug 6	KCR		SEA	L,2-11	GS	34	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
88	112	Aug 7	KCR		SEA	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
89	114 (1)	Aug 9	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	42	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
90	115	Aug 10	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							94gm		756.1	99	166	4	269	20