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Brent Gates
Brent Robert Gates

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.
School University of Minnesota

Debut May 5, 1993
  vs. BOS 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 3, 1999
Born March 14, 1970 in Grand Rapids, MI

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (26th pick) of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 1991. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1993 23 OAK AL 139  535   64  155  29  2   7   69   7  3  56  75  .290  .357  .391  107  209   6   8   4   4  17 RoY-6
 1994 24 OAK AL  64  233   29   66  11  1   2   24   3  0  21  32  .283  .337  .365   89   85   3   6   1   1   8
 1995 25 OAK AL 136  524   60  133  24  4   5   56   3  3  46  84  .254  .308  .344   77  180   4  11   2   0  15
 1996 26 OAK AL  64  247   26   65  19  2   2   30   1  1  18  35  .263  .316  .381   75   94   5   2   0   2   9
 1997 27 SEA AL  65  151   18   36   8  0   3   20   0  0  14  21  .238  .298  .351   71   53   2   3   0   0   6
 1998 28 MIN AL 107  333   31   83  15  0   3   42   3  3  36  46  .249  .324  .321   69  107   3   3   0   2   6
 1999 29 MIN AL 110  306   40   78  13  2   3   38   1  3  34  56  .255  .328  .340   70  104   2   3   1   1  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      685 2329  268  616 119 11  25  279  18 13 225 349  .264  .327  .357   82  832  25  36   8  10  72
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        551   63  146  28  3   6   66   4  3  53  83  .264  .327  .357   82  197   6   9   2   2  17
 Career High    139  535   64  155  29  4   7   69   7  3  56  84  .290  .357  .391  107  209   6  11   4   4  17
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1993 23 OAK AL  609  414   75   4.8    97| .290  .259| .357  .329| .391  .397| .748  .726| 107  .502   8.0   0.8  70%
 1994 24 OAK AL  264  184   29   4.2   103| .283  .262| .337  .332| .365  .416| .702  .748|  89  .393  -1.9  -0.2 100%
 1995 25 OAK AL  585  424   55   3.5   101| .254  .259| .308  .332| .344  .410| .652  .741|  77  .320 -15.0  -1.4  50%
 1996 26 OAK AL  274  199   28   3.8   117| .263  .278| .316  .352| .381  .447| .697  .799|  75  .328  -9.6  -0.9  50%
 1997 27 SEA AL  170  126   15   3.2   107| .238  .269| .298  .338| .351  .425| .649  .763|  71  .293  -6.3  -0.6   0%
 1998 28 MIN AL  377  265   36   3.6   111| .249  .273| .324  .342| .321  .434| .645  .776|  69  .341 -14.9  -1.4  50%
 1999 29 MIN AL  346  247   33   3.6   116| .255  .279| .328  .352| .340  .446| .668  .798|  70  .318 -14.2  -1.3  25%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2625 1859  271   3.9   106| .264  .267| .327  .338| .357  .421| .684  .758|  82  .371 -53.9  -5.0  58%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / 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 ------+
1993 23 OAK AL 2B 139 281 431 14 88 .981 .981 5.12 4.54 5.29 5.15 135 1211.0 1994 24 OAK AL 2B 63 106 159 7 28 .974 .981 4.21 4.48 4.63 5.10 59 515.3 1B 1 7 0 1 0 .875 .986 7.00 8.50 9.00 9.51 1 7.0 1995 25 OAK AL 2B 132 233 424 12 81 .982 .981 4.98 4.34 5.24 5.11 128 1129.0 DH 3 1B 1 8 4 0 1 1.000 .992 12.00 8.30 13.50 9.56 1 8.0 1996 26 OAK AL 2B 63 140 183 9 48 .973 .980 5.13 4.33 5.31 5.05 63 547.7 1997 27 SEA AL 3B 32 10 47 4 4 .934 .953 1.78 2.32 2.29 2.67 25 224.3 2B 21 13 30 1 4 .977 .979 2.05 4.33 4.16 4.93 5 93.0 SS 5 2 5 0 2 1.000 .972 1.40 4.04 3.26 4.57 1 19.3 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.00 0.00 9.00 0 1.0 DH 1 1998 28 MIN AL 3B 77 59 113 7 5 .961 .948 2.23 2.23 2.55 2.55 66 607.3 2B 21 23 43 2 8 .971 .978 3.14 4.14 4.53 4.85 13 131.0 DH 2 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.30 18.00 9.00 0 1.0 SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.30 6.00 4.80 0 3.0 1999 29 MIN AL 3B 61 27 79 3 10 .972 .950 1.74 2.21 2.52 2.58 41 379.0 2B 47 44 95 0 19 1.000 .981 2.96 4.44 4.76 5.13 26 263.0 1B 5 27 0 0 2 1.000 .993 5.40 8.32 9.00 9.50 3 27.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0.00 4.95 0 2.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1994 24 OAK AL 1B 1 7 0 1 0 .875 .986 7.00 8.50 9.00 9.51 1 7.0 1995 25 OAK AL 1B 1 8 4 0 1 1.000 .992 12.00 8.30 13.50 9.56 1 8.0 1997 27 SEA AL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.00 0.00 9.00 0 1.0 1998 28 MIN AL 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.30 18.00 9.00 0 1.0 1999 29 MIN AL 1B 5 27 0 0 2 1.000 .993 5.40 8.32 9.00 9.50 3 27.0 1993 23 OAK AL 2B 139 281 431 14 88 .981 .981 5.12 4.54 5.29 5.15 135 1211.0 1994 24 OAK AL 2B 63 106 159 7 28 .974 .981 4.21 4.48 4.63 5.10 59 515.3 1995 25 OAK AL 2B 132 233 424 12 81 .982 .981 4.98 4.34 5.24 5.11 128 1129.0 1996 26 OAK AL 2B 63 140 183 9 48 .973 .980 5.13 4.33 5.31 5.05 63 547.7 1997 27 SEA AL 2B 21 13 30 1 4 .977 .979 2.05 4.33 4.16 4.93 5 93.0 1998 28 MIN AL 2B 21 23 43 2 8 .971 .978 3.14 4.14 4.53 4.85 13 131.0 1999 29 MIN AL 2B 47 44 95 0 19 1.000 .981 2.96 4.44 4.76 5.13 26 263.0 1997 27 SEA AL 3B 32 10 47 4 4 .934 .953 1.78 2.32 2.29 2.67 25 224.3 1998 28 MIN AL 3B 77 59 113 7 5 .961 .948 2.23 2.23 2.55 2.55 66 607.3 1999 29 MIN AL 3B 61 27 79 3 10 .972 .950 1.74 2.21 2.52 2.58 41 379.0 1995 25 OAK AL DH 3 1997 27 SEA AL DH 1 1998 28 MIN AL DH 2 1999 29 MIN AL DH 1 1997 27 SEA AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 1997 27 SEA AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 1997 27 SEA AL SS 5 2 5 0 2 1.000 .972 1.40 4.04 3.26 4.57 1 19.3 1998 28 MIN AL SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.30 6.00 4.80 0 3.0 1999 29 MIN AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0.00 4.95 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 486 840 1365 45 276 .980 .981 4.54 4.41 5.10 5.10 429 3890.0 3B* 170 96 239 14 19 .960 .950 1.97 2.24 2.49 2.58 132 1210.7 1B* 9 44 4 1 4 .980 .992 5.33 8.30 9.82 9.49 5 44.0 SS* 7 3 6 0 2 1.000 .968 1.29 4.10 3.33 4.63 1 24.3 DH 7 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 673 984 1614 60 301 .977 .977 3.86 3.91 4.52 4.54 567 5171
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1997   ALDS  SEA BAL     L   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Sac. Flies
1993 AL-8-10
1994 AL-6-10
1995 AL-11-2

Outs
1995 AL-424-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2744) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (26th pick) of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 1991.

March 11, 1997: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

March 16, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

December 15, 1997: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

December 23, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

September 30, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

October 6, 1999: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1993Oakland Athletics$109,000
1994Oakland Athletics$190,000
1995Oakland Athletics$190,000
1996Oakland Athletics$290,000
1997Seattle Mariners$300,000
1998Minnesota Twins$350,000
1999Minnesota Twins$425,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,854,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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