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.

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	STL	@	NYM	L,6-7	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 3	STL	@	NYM	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 4	STL	@	NYM	L,9-10	CG	48	8.2	1	3	1	5	0	3B
4	4	Apr 5	STL	@	ATL	W,5-4	GS	59	14.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B 3B
5	5	Apr 6	STL	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	49	12.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
6	7 (1)	Apr 8	STL		MON	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
7	8	Apr 10	STL		MON	W,4-1	GS	29	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
8	9	Apr 11	STL		PHI	W,2-1	GS	17	5.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
9	13 (3)	Apr 15	STL		PIT	W,6-4	GS	30	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
10	14	Apr 16	STL		PIT	L,3-13	CG	48	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
11	16 (1)	Apr 18	STL		PIT	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
12	17	Apr 19	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
13	18	Apr 20	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
14	19	Apr 21	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
15	20	Apr 22	STL	@	MON	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
16	21	Apr 23	STL	@	MON	L,11-12	GS	36	5.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
17	22	Apr 24	STL		NYM	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
18	23	Apr 25	STL		NYM	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
19	24	Apr 26	STL		ATL	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
20	25	Apr 27	STL		ATL	L,2-7	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	39 (13)	May 14	STL	@	FLA	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
22	40	May 15	STL	@	FLA	W,6-0	GS	28	7.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
23	41	May 17	STL	@	COL	L,11-12	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
24	42	May 18	STL	@	COL	L,8-9	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
25	43	May 19	STL	@	COL	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
26	44	May 20	STL	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
27	45	May 21	STL	@	HOU	W,8-2	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
28	46	May 22	STL	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
29	47	May 24	STL	@	FLA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	48	May 25	STL	@	FLA	W,5-0	GS	23	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
31	49	May 26	STL	@	FLA	L,2-8	GS	30	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
32	50	May 27	STL		COL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
33	51	May 28	STL		COL	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
34	52	May 29	STL		COL	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
35	53	May 31	STL		HOU	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	54	Jun 1	STL		HOU	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
37	55	Jun 2	STL		HOU	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
38	56	Jun 3	STL	@	SDP	W,3-0	GS	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	3B 1B
39	57	Jun 4	STL	@	SDP	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
40	58	Jun 5	STL	@	SDP	L,4-6	CG	39	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	3B
41	59	Jun 7	STL	@	SFG	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
42	60	Jun 8	STL	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
43	61	Jun 9	STL	@	SFG	L,0-9	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
44	62	Jun 10	STL	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B 1B
45	63	Jun 11	STL	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
46	64	Jun 13	STL		NYM	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
47	65	Jun 14	STL		NYM	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
48	66	Jun 15	STL		NYM	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
49	67	Jun 16	STL		NYM	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
50	68	Jun 18	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
51	69	Jun 19	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
52	70	Jun 20	STL	@	MON	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
53	71	Jun 21	STL	@	MON	L,3-4	GS	53	11.2	5	3	0	8	0	3B 1B
54	72	Jun 22	STL	@	MON	W,9-4	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
55	73	Jun 23	STL	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
56	74	Jun 24	STL	@	ATL	W,9-2	GS	34	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
57	75	Jun 25	STL	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
58	76	Jun 26	STL	@	ATL	W,11-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
59	78 (1)	Jun 28	STL		PIT	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	79	Jun 29	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
61	80	Jun 30	STL		PIT	W,10-3	GS	22	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	81	Jul 1	STL		CIN	L,5-8	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
63	82	Jul 2	STL		CIN	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	84 (1)	Jul 4	STL	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
65	85	Jul 5	STL	@	PIT	W,7-4	GS	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B 1B
66	86	Jul 6	STL	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
67	87	Jul 7	STL	@	PIT	L,2-8	GS	30	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
68	88	Jul 11	STL	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	89	Jul 12	STL	@	CHC	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
70	90	Jul 13	STL	@	CHC	W,10-5	GS	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
71	91	Jul 14	STL	@	CHC	W,7-6	GS	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
72	92	Jul 15	STL	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
73	93	Jul 16	STL	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B 3B
74	94	Jul 17	STL	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
75	95	Jul 18	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	96	Jul 19	STL		CHC	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
77	97	Jul 20	STL		CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
78	98	Jul 21	STL		CHC	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
79	99	Jul 22	STL		ATL	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
80	100	Jul 23	STL		ATL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
81	101	Jul 24	STL		ATL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
82	102	Jul 25	STL		MON	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
83	103	Jul 26	STL		MON	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
84	104	Jul 27	STL		MON	W,6-3	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
85	105	Jul 28	STL		MON	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
86	106	Jul 30	STL	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	47	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	107	Aug 1 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
88	108	Aug 1 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
89	109	Aug 2	STL	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
90	110	Aug 3	STL	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
91	111	Aug 4	STL	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
92	112	Aug 5	STL		SDP	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
93	113	Aug 6	STL		SDP	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
94	114	Aug 7	STL		SDP	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
95	115	Aug 8	STL		SFG	L,3-5	CG	45	10.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
96	116	Aug 9	STL		SFG	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
97	117	Aug 10	STL		SFG	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
98	118	Aug 11	STL		SFG	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
99	119	Aug 13	STL		LAD	L,4-8	GS	38	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
100	120	Aug 14	STL		LAD	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
101	121	Aug 15	STL		LAD	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
102	122	Aug 16	STL		FLA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
103	123	Aug 17	STL		FLA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
104	124	Aug 18	STL		FLA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
105	125	Aug 20	STL	@	COL	L,4-5	CG	50	12.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
106	126	Aug 21	STL	@	COL	L,2-10	GS	41	7.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
107	127	Aug 22	STL	@	COL	L,5-10	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
108	128	Aug 23	STL	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
109	129	Aug 24	STL	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	35	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
110	130	Aug 25	STL	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
111	131	Aug 26	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
112	132	Aug 27	STL		FLA	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
113	133	Aug 28	STL		FLA	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
114	134	Aug 29	STL		FLA	L,9-10	GS	25	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
115	135	Aug 30	STL		COL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
116	136	Aug 31	STL		COL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	137	Sep 1	STL		COL	W,15-6	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
118	138	Sep 2	STL		HOU	W,8-7	GS	43	9.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
119	139	Sep 3	STL		HOU	W,12-3	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
120	140	Sep 4	STL		HOU	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
121	141	Sep 6	STL		SDP	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
122	142	Sep 7	STL		SDP	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
123	143	Sep 8	STL		SDP	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
124	144	Sep 9	STL	@	SFG	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
125	145	Sep 10	STL	@	SFG	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
126	146	Sep 11	STL	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
127	147	Sep 12	STL	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
128	148	Sep 13	STL	@	LAD	W,2-0	GS	29	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
129	149	Sep 14	STL	@	LAD	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
130	150	Sep 15	STL	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
131	151	Sep 17	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
132	152	Sep 18	STL		CHC	W,5-3	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
133	153	Sep 19	STL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	53	13.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
134	154	Sep 20	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
135	155	Sep 22 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
136	156	Sep 22 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-6	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
137	157	Sep 23	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
138	158	Sep 24	STL	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
139	160 (1)	Sep 27	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	39	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
140	161	Sep 28	STL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
141	162	Sep 29	STL		CIN	L,3-6	GS	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							147gm		1190.1	148	231	10	389	22