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Danny Cater
Danny Anderson Cater

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 14, 1964
  vs. NYM 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 11, 1975
Born February 25, 1940 in Austin, TX

Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1964 24 PHI NL  60  152   13   45   9  1   1   13   1  0   7  15  .296  .325  .388  101   59   0   1   1   0   6
 1965 25 CHW AL 142  514   74  139  18  4  14   55   3  3  33  65  .270  .316  .403  110  207   2   3   0   3  18
 1966 26 TOT AL 137  485   50  135  17  4   7   56   4  5  28  47  .278  .317  .373  101  181   4   5   2   2  12
         CHW AL  21   60    3   11   1  1   0    4   3  1   0  10  .183  .194  .233   26   14   3   1   0   1   1
         KCA AL 116  425   47  124  16  3   7   52   1  4  28  37  .292  .334  .393  111  167   1   4   2   1  11
 1967 27 KCA AL 142  529   55  143  17  4   4   46   4  5  34  56  .270  .317  .340   97  180   2   4   9   4  14
 1968 28 OAK AL 147  504   53  146  28  3   6   62   8  7  35  43  .290  .336  .393  127  198   5   4   3   2  21 MVP-19
 1969 29 OAK AL 152  584   64  153  24  2  10   76   1  4  28  40  .262  .296  .361   88  211   1   5   3   2  25
 1970 30 NYY AL 155  582   64  175  26  5   6   76   4  2  34  44  .301  .340  .393  107  229   1   2   6   2  19
 1971 31 NYY AL 121  428   39  118  16  5   4   50   0  3  19  25  .276  .308  .364   95  156   4   3   4   2  18
 1972 32 BOS AL  92  317   32   75  17  1   8   39   0  1  15  33  .237  .270  .372   86  118   1   7   2   2  16
 1973 33 BOS AL  63  195   30   61  12  0   1   24   0  0  10  22  .313  .348  .390  103   76   1   1   1   1   6
 1974 34 BOS AL  56  126   14   31   5  0   5   20   1  0  10  13  .246  .309  .405   98   51   1   1   1   2   5
 1975 35 STL NL  22   35    3    8   2  0   0    2   0  0   1   3  .229  .250  .286   46   10   0   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1289 4451  491 1229 191 29  66  519  26 30 254 406  .276  .316  .377  101 1676  22  36  33  22 160
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        559   62  154  24  4   8   65   3  4  32  51  .276  .316  .377  101  211   3   5   4   3  20
 Career High    155  584   74  175  28  5  14   76   8  7  35  65  .301  .340  .403  127  229   5   7   9   4  25
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1964 24 PHI NL  160  114   18   4.2    93| .296  .262| .325  .320| .388  .389| .713  .709| 101  .516   0.2   0.0 100%
 1965 25 CHW AL  555  401   61   4.1    86| .270  .243| .316  .311| .403  .372| .719  .683| 110  .507   5.4   0.6  50%
 1966 26 TOT AL  524  376   56   4.0    87| .278  .244| .317  .310| .373  .377| .690  .687| 101  .513   0.4   0.0  44%
         CHW AL   65   55    3   1.5    84| .183  .240| .194  .306| .233  .370| .427  .676|  26  .143  -5.7  -0.6  75%
         KCA AL  459  321   53   4.4    87| .292  .245| .334  .311| .393  .378| .727  .689| 111  .559   6.0   0.6  20%
 1967 27 KCA AL  573  411   54   3.6    82| .270  .240| .317  .309| .340  .360| .657  .668|  97  .476  -2.1  -0.2  44%
 1968 28 OAK AL  550  395   61   4.2    75| .290  .231| .336  .300| .393  .342| .729  .642| 127  .576  16.0   1.8  53%
 1969 29 OAK AL  620  466   55   3.2    91| .262  .248| .296  .324| .361  .375| .657  .699|  88  .373 -11.1  -1.1  20%
 1970 30 NYY AL  621  431   74   4.6    93| .301  .252| .340  .325| .393  .385| .733  .710| 107  .533   4.5   0.5  66%
 1971 31 NYY AL  456  338   42   3.3    87| .276  .248| .308  .319| .364  .368| .672  .687|  95  .416  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1972 32 BOS AL  342  267   28   2.8    88| .237  .253| .270  .323| .372  .365| .642  .688|  86  .386  -6.4  -0.7   0%
 1973 33 BOS AL  208  142   25   4.7    98| .313  .266| .348  .336| .390  .391| .738  .727| 103  .539   0.8   0.1   0%
 1974 34 BOS AL  140  102   15   4.0    95| .246  .267| .309  .333| .405  .384| .714  .717|  98  .480  -0.6  -0.1 100%
 1975 35 STL NL   36   27    3   3.0    99| .229  .270| .250  .342| .286  .390| .536  .732|  46  .338  -2.7  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4785 3470  492   3.8    87| .276  .247| .316  .317| .377  .371| .693  .688| 101  .482   0.4   0.2  46%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1964 24 PHI NL OF 39 48 4 1 2 .981 .974 1.33 1.72 1.81 1.99 30 258.0 LF 35 45 4 1 1 .980 .965 1.40 1.34 1.90 1.71 27 232.0 1B 7 62 3 2 5 .970 .989 9.29 8.83 11.47 10.02 6 51.0 CF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 1.80 2.34 1 10.0 RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.60 1.12 1.91 2 16.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.00 0 3.0 1965 25 CHW AL OF 127 174 6 4 2 .978 .978 1.42 1.78 1.57 2.04 109 1033.3 LF 126 173 5 4 2 .978 .979 1.41 1.49 1.56 1.87 109 1029.3 3B 11 1 15 1 1 .941 .958 1.45 2.87 2.22 3.13 8 65.0 1B 3 14 0 1 0 .933 .993 4.67 7.87 14.00 9.60 2 9.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.48 0 4.0 1966 26 TOT AL OF 40 60 1 3 1 .953 .981 1.52 1.82 1.75 2.10 36 313.3 TOT AL LF 37 54 1 1 1 .982 .980 1.49 1.45 1.74 1.83 33 284.3 TOT AL RF 4 6 0 2 0 .750 .984 1.50 1.70 1.86 1.92 3 29.0 CHW AL OF 18 20 0 2 0 .909 .980 1.11 1.82 1.32 2.10 15 136.3 LF 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.00 1.45 1.26 1.83 13 114.3 RF 3 5 0 2 0 .714 .980 1.67 1.70 2.05 1.92 2 22.0 KCA AL 1B 53 459 36 3 48 .994 .991 9.34 8.18 9.96 9.59 49 447.3 3B 42 46 67 5 6 .958 .954 2.69 2.80 2.99 3.03 39 340.0 OF 22 40 1 1 1 .976 .981 1.86 1.82 2.08 2.10 21 177.0 LF 21 38 1 1 1 .975 .980 1.86 1.45 2.06 1.83 20 170.0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.29 1.93 1 7.0 1967 27 KCA AL 3B 56 43 77 11 3 .916 .955 2.14 2.72 2.47 3.13 51 437.0 LF 55 83 3 1 0 .989 .976 1.56 1.40 1.84 1.87 54 421.7 1B 44 297 30 1 32 .997 .991 7.43 8.32 9.20 9.53 33 320.0 1968 28 OAK AL 1B 121 985 68 5 89 .995 .989 8.70 8.26 9.40 8.92 114 1008.7 OF 20 21 0 0 0 1.000 .981 1.05 1.80 1.57 2.08 14 120.0 LF 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.00 1.45 1.45 1.85 14 118.0 RF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.55 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.30 9.00 4.95 0 2.0 1969 29 OAK AL 1B 132 1087 97 9 112 .992 .992 8.97 7.58 9.85 8.32 120 1081.3 OF 20 30 2 0 0 1.000 .979 1.60 1.84 1.82 2.13 17 158.3 LF 19 29 2 0 0 1.000 .978 1.63 1.60 1.84 1.99 17 151.3 2B 4 8 9 0 1 1.000 .977 4.25 4.58 4.25 5.20 2 36.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.93 0 7.0 1970 30 NYY AL 1B 131 981 70 8 79 .992 .991 8.02 7.63 10.08 9.59 99 938.3 3B 42 24 83 8 10 .930 .949 2.55 2.67 2.86 3.07 42 337.0 RF 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.71 1.59 2.51 1.99 7 43.0 1971 31 NYY AL 1B 78 564 62 3 54 .995 .992 8.03 8.10 10.52 9.59 57 535.7 3B 52 41 111 10 7 .938 .956 2.92 2.74 3.34 3.04 49 409.7 1972 32 BOS AL 1B 90 656 61 5 65 .993 .991 7.97 8.04 8.87 9.75 83 727.7 1973 33 BOS AL 1B 37 287 17 1 37 .997 .992 8.22 8.27 9.51 9.86 29 287.7 3B 21 16 39 5 8 .917 .950 2.62 2.68 3.42 3.00 16 144.7 DH 3 1974 34 BOS AL 1B 23 126 10 0 9 1.000 .992 5.91 8.01 8.42 9.70 17 145.3 DH 14 1975 35 STL NL 1B 12 49 4 1 4 .981 .991 4.42 8.52 9.12 9.96 7 52.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1964 24 PHI NL 1B 7 62 3 2 5 .970 .989 9.29 8.83 11.47 10.02 6 51.0 1965 25 CHW AL 1B 3 14 0 1 0 .933 .993 4.67 7.87 14.00 9.60 2 9.0 1966 26 KCA AL 1B 53 459 36 3 48 .994 .991 9.34 8.18 9.96 9.59 49 447.3 1967 27 KCA AL 1B 44 297 30 1 32 .997 .991 7.43 8.32 9.20 9.53 33 320.0 1968 28 OAK AL 1B 121 985 68 5 89 .995 .989 8.70 8.26 9.40 8.92 114 1008.7 1969 29 OAK AL 1B 132 1087 97 9 112 .992 .992 8.97 7.58 9.85 8.32 120 1081.3 1970 30 NYY AL 1B 131 981 70 8 79 .992 .991 8.02 7.63 10.08 9.59 99 938.3 1971 31 NYY AL 1B 78 564 62 3 54 .995 .992 8.03 8.10 10.52 9.59 57 535.7 1972 32 BOS AL 1B 90 656 61 5 65 .993 .991 7.97 8.04 8.87 9.75 83 727.7 1973 33 BOS AL 1B 37 287 17 1 37 .997 .992 8.22 8.27 9.51 9.86 29 287.7 1974 34 BOS AL 1B 23 126 10 0 9 1.000 .992 5.91 8.01 8.42 9.70 17 145.3 1975 35 STL NL 1B 12 49 4 1 4 .981 .991 4.42 8.52 9.12 9.96 7 52.3 1968 28 OAK AL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.30 9.00 4.95 0 2.0 1969 29 OAK AL 2B 4 8 9 0 1 1.000 .977 4.25 4.58 4.25 5.20 2 36.0 1964 24 PHI NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.00 0 3.0 1965 25 CHW AL 3B 11 1 15 1 1 .941 .958 1.45 2.87 2.22 3.13 8 65.0 1966 26 KCA AL 3B 42 46 67 5 6 .958 .954 2.69 2.80 2.99 3.03 39 340.0 1967 27 KCA AL 3B 56 43 77 11 3 .916 .955 2.14 2.72 2.47 3.13 51 437.0 1970 30 NYY AL 3B 42 24 83 8 10 .930 .949 2.55 2.67 2.86 3.07 42 337.0 1971 31 NYY AL 3B 52 41 111 10 7 .938 .956 2.92 2.74 3.34 3.04 49 409.7 1973 33 BOS AL 3B 21 16 39 5 8 .917 .950 2.62 2.68 3.42 3.00 16 144.7 1964 24 PHI NL CF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 1.80 2.34 1 10.0 1965 25 CHW AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.48 0 4.0 1973 33 BOS AL DH 3 1974 34 BOS AL DH 14 1964 24 PHI NL LF 35 45 4 1 1 .980 .965 1.40 1.34 1.90 1.71 27 232.0 1965 25 CHW AL LF 126 173 5 4 2 .978 .979 1.41 1.49 1.56 1.87 109 1029.3 1966 26 TOT AL LF 37 54 1 1 1 .982 .980 1.49 1.45 1.74 1.83 33 284.3 CHW AL LF 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.00 1.45 1.26 1.83 13 114.3 KCA AL LF 21 38 1 1 1 .975 .980 1.86 1.45 2.06 1.83 20 170.0 1967 27 KCA AL LF 55 83 3 1 0 .989 .976 1.56 1.40 1.84 1.87 54 421.7 1968 28 OAK AL LF 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.00 1.45 1.45 1.85 14 118.0 1969 29 OAK AL LF 19 29 2 0 0 1.000 .978 1.63 1.60 1.84 1.99 17 151.3 1964 24 PHI NL OF 39 48 4 1 2 .981 .974 1.33 1.72 1.81 1.99 30 258.0 1965 25 CHW AL OF 127 174 6 4 2 .978 .978 1.42 1.78 1.57 2.04 109 1033.3 1966 26 TOT AL OF 40 60 1 3 1 .953 .981 1.52 1.82 1.75 2.10 36 313.3 CHW AL OF 18 20 0 2 0 .909 .980 1.11 1.82 1.32 2.10 15 136.3 KCA AL OF 22 40 1 1 1 .976 .981 1.86 1.82 2.08 2.10 21 177.0 1967 27 KCA AL OF 55 84 2 1 0 .989 .979 1.56 1.76 1.84 2.05 54 421.7 1968 28 OAK AL OF 20 21 0 0 0 1.000 .981 1.05 1.80 1.57 2.08 14 120.0 1969 29 OAK AL OF 20 30 2 0 0 1.000 .979 1.60 1.84 1.82 2.13 17 158.3 1970 30 NYY AL OF 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.57 1.86 2.30 2.13 7 43.0 1964 24 PHI NL RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.60 1.12 1.91 2 16.0 1966 26 TOT AL RF 4 6 0 2 0 .750 .984 1.50 1.70 1.86 1.92 3 29.0 CHW AL RF 3 5 0 2 0 .714 .980 1.67 1.70 2.05 1.92 2 22.0 KCA AL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.29 1.93 1 7.0 1968 28 OAK AL RF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.55 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1969 29 OAK AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.93 0 7.0 1970 30 NYY AL RF 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.71 1.59 2.51 1.99 7 43.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 731 5567 458 39 534 .994 .991 8.24 7.98 9.68 9.27 616 5604.3 OF* 308 428 15 9 5 .980 .979 1.44 1.78 1.70 2.05 267 2347.7 291 3 16# LF* 291 403 15 7 4 .984 .977 1.44 1.45 1.68 1.86 254 2236.7 3B* 225 171 392 40 35 .934 .953 2.50 2.73 2.92 3.07 205 1736.3 DH 17 Games not counted in Overall Total below RF* 16 20 0 2 0 .909 .976 1.25 1.61 1.86 1.95 12 97.0 2B* 5 9 10 0 1 1.000 .979 3.80 4.52 4.50 5.19 2 38.0 CF* 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 2.07 1.29 2.38 1 14.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1269 6175 875 88 575 .988 .987 5.56 5.53 6.52 6.40 1090 9726
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1968-AL-19-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Batting Average
1966 AL-.278-8
1968 AL-.290-2
1970 AL-.301-10

Hits
1970 AL-175-9

Doubles
1968 AL-28-7

Singles
1967 AL-118-5
1970 AL-138-5

Sac. Flies
1972 AL-7-3

Grounded into Double Plays
1965 AL-18-6
1968 AL-21-2
1969 AL-25-2
1970 AL-19-6
1971 AL-18-8
1972 AL-16-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1966 AL-10.3-6
1967 AL-9.4-8
1968 AL-11.7-4
1969 AL-14.6-3
1970 AL-13.2-6

Outs
1969 AL-466-10

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 17 (1078) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.8 (2269) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1808) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 8, 1958: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

December 1, 1964: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Lee Elia to the Chicago White Sox for Ray Herbert and Jeoff Long.

May 27, 1966: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Kansas City Athletics for Wayne Causey.

December 5, 1969: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Ossie Chavarria to the New York Yankees for Al Downing and Frank Fernandez.

March 22, 1972: Traded by the New York Yankees with a player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox for Sparky Lyle. The New York Yankees sent Mario Guerrero (June 30, 1972) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

March 29, 1975: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Danny Godby.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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