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Rich Gedman
Richard Leo Gedman Jr.

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 215 lb.

Debut September 7, 1980
  vs. SEA 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 4, 1992
Born September 26, 1959 in Worcester, MA

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1980 20 BOS AL   9   24    2    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .208  .208  .208   12    5   0   0   0   0   1
 1981 21 BOS AL  62  205   22   59  15  0   5   26   0  0   9  31  .288  .317  .434  109   89   1   3   1   1   9 RoY-2
 1982 22 BOS AL  92  289   30   72  17  2   4   26   0  1  10  37  .249  .279  .363   70  105   4   0   2   2  13
 1983 23 BOS AL  81  204   21   60  16  1   2   18   0  1  15  37  .294  .345  .412  102   84   3   0   6   1   4
 1984 24 BOS AL 133  449   54  121  26  4  24   72   0  0  29  72  .269  .312  .506  118  227   2   5   8   1   5
 1985 25 BOS AL 144  498   66  147  30  5  18   80   2  0  50  79  .295  .362  .484  126  241   3   2  11   3  12 MVP-25,AS
 1986 26 BOS AL 135  462   49  119  29  0  16   65   1  0  37  61  .258  .315  .424   99  196   1   5  13   4  15 AS
 1987 27 BOS AL  52  151   11   31   8  0   1   13   0  0  10  24  .205  .250  .278   39   42   1   3   2   0   2
 1988 28 BOS AL  95  299   33   69  14  0   9   39   0  0  18  49  .231  .279  .368   76  110   9   3   2   3   6
 1989 29 BOS AL  93  260   24   55   9  0   4   16   0  1  23  47  .212  .273  .292   55   76   3   3   1   0   8
 1990 30 TOT     50  119    7   24   7  0   1   10   0  0  20  30  .202  .319  .286   70   34   2   1   6   1   3
         BOS AL  10   15    3    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   5   6  .200  .429  .200   79    3   0   0   0   1   1
         HOU NL  40  104    4   21   7  0   1   10   0  0  15  24  .202  .300  .298   68   31   2   1   6   0   2
 1991 31 STL NL  46   94    7   10   1  0   3    8   0  1   4  15  .106  .140  .213   -2   20   0   2   0   0   2
 1992 32 STL NL  41  105    5   23   4  0   1    8   0  0  11  22  .219  .291  .286   67   30   0   1   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1033 3159  331  795 176 12  88  382   3  4 236 509  .252  .304  .399   90 1259  29  28  53  16  80
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        495   52  125  28  2  14   60   0  1  37  80  .252  .304  .399   90  197   5   4   8   3  13
 Career High    144  498   66  147  30  5  24   80   2  1  50  79  .295  .362  .506  126  241   9   5  13   4  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1980 20 BOS AL   24   20    1   1.4   104| .208  .276| .208  .339| .208  .409| .416  .749|  12  .096  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1981 21 BOS AL  219  159   26   4.4    94| .288  .264| .317  .330| .434  .384| .751  .714| 109  .532   2.2   0.2   0%
 1982 22 BOS AL  305  235   25   2.9   104| .249  .272| .279  .337| .363  .414| .642  .751|  70  .296 -13.0  -1.3   0%
 1983 23 BOS AL  223  152   28   4.9   104| .294  .273| .345  .336| .412  .413| .757  .749| 102  .538   0.7   0.1   0%
 1984 24 BOS AL  486  340   71   5.6   101| .269  .269| .312  .333| .506  .406| .818  .739| 118  .597   9.2   0.9   0%
 1985 25 BOS AL  556  368   86   6.2   102| .295  .266| .362  .332| .484  .413| .846  .745| 126  .638  17.9   1.8 100%
 1986 26 BOS AL  509  364   59   4.3   101| .258  .263| .315  .331| .424  .410| .739  .740|  99  .465  -0.9  -0.1 100%
 1987 27 BOS AL  165  126   11   2.3   108| .205  .269| .250  .337| .278  .431| .528  .769|  39  .199 -13.5  -1.3   0%
 1988 28 BOS AL  332  248   31   3.4    99| .231  .265| .279  .331| .368  .399| .647  .730|  76  .377 -10.5  -1.1   0%
 1989 29 BOS AL  289  220   20   2.4    99| .212  .269| .273  .335| .292  .395| .565  .730|  55  .258 -16.2  -1.7   0%
 1990 30 TOT     143  101   12   3.2    96| .202  .261| .319  .328| .286  .392| .605  .720|  70  .356  -3.9  -0.4   0%
         BOS AL   21   13    2   4.1    99| .200  .265| .429  .334| .200  .396| .629  .730|  79  .471   0.0   0.0   0%
         HOU NL  122   88   10   3.0    95| .202  .261| .300  .327| .298  .392| .598  .718|  68  .338  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1991 31 STL NL  100   89    2   0.6    94| .106  .258| .140  .325| .213  .386| .353  .711|  -2  .028 -13.2  -1.4   0%
 1992 32 STL NL  117   83   10   3.2    90| .219  .256| .291  .321| .286  .376| .577  .697|  67  .392  -4.4  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     3468 2505  382   4.1   100| .252  .266| .304  .332| .399  .405| .703  .737|  90  .456 -48.6  -5.1  42%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / 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    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1980 20 BOS AL DH 4 C 2 13 0 2 0 .867 .985 6.50 4.60 6.50 5.50 2 18.0 0 0 2 0 1981 21 BOS AL C 59 275 30 3 1 .990 .987 5.17 4.76 5.51 5.51 56 498.3 3 15 49 22 1982 22 BOS AL C 86 397 29 10 5 .977 .988 4.95 4.90 5.71 5.69 74 671.7 10 12 60 22 1983 23 BOS AL C 68 274 26 6 5 .980 .986 4.41 4.76 5.69 5.70 53 474.3 5 16 63 12 1984 24 BOS AL C 125 693 58 18 5 .977 .987 6.01 5.05 6.56 5.96 115 1030.0 8 27 76 53 1985 25 BOS AL C 139 768 78 15 13 .983 .987 6.09 5.03 6.59 6.05 129 1156.0 11 27 69 53 AS 1986 26 BOS AL C 134 866 65 6 10 .994 .989 6.95 5.44 7.57 6.62 124 1106.7 14 40 55 54 AS 1987 27 BOS AL C 51 306 14 8 1 .976 .988 6.27 5.49 7.51 6.74 41 383.7 8 11 23 14 1988 28 BOS AL C 93 570 40 5 4 .992 .989 6.56 5.28 7.45 6.22 85 737.0 6 18 48 30 DH 1 1989 29 BOS AL C 91 486 36 10 6 .981 .989 5.74 5.20 7.11 6.24 72 660.3 6 11 73 24 1990 30 TOT C 48 207 30 1 6 .996 .988 4.94 5.42 6.41 6.61 39 333.0 8 12 48 17 BOS AL C 9 27 5 1 1 .970 .991 3.56 5.36 5.61 6.42 6 51.3 0 3 9 4 HOU NL C 39 180 25 0 5 1.000 .987 5.26 5.44 6.55 6.65 33 281.7 8 9 39 13 1991 31 STL NL C 43 192 13 5 4 .976 .988 4.77 5.59 7.35 6.78 27 251.0 3 3 30 10 1992 32 STL NL C 40 227 12 3 2 .988 .991 5.97 5.68 7.39 6.67 31 291.0 2 7 37 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1980 20 BOS AL C 2 13 0 2 0 .867 .985 6.50 4.60 6.50 5.50 2 18.0 0 0 2 0 1981 21 BOS AL C 59 275 30 3 1 .990 .987 5.17 4.76 5.51 5.51 56 498.3 3 15 49 22 1982 22 BOS AL C 86 397 29 10 5 .977 .988 4.95 4.90 5.71 5.69 74 671.7 10 12 60 22 1983 23 BOS AL C 68 274 26 6 5 .980 .986 4.41 4.76 5.69 5.70 53 474.3 5 16 63 12 1984 24 BOS AL C 125 693 58 18 5 .977 .987 6.01 5.05 6.56 5.96 115 1030.0 8 27 76 53 1985 25 BOS AL C 139 768 78 15 13 .983 .987 6.09 5.03 6.59 6.05 129 1156.0 11 27 69 53 1986 26 BOS AL C 134 866 65 6 10 .994 .989 6.95 5.44 7.57 6.62 124 1106.7 14 40 55 54 1987 27 BOS AL C 51 306 14 8 1 .976 .988 6.27 5.49 7.51 6.74 41 383.7 8 11 23 14 1988 28 BOS AL C 93 570 40 5 4 .992 .989 6.56 5.28 7.45 6.22 85 737.0 6 18 48 30 1989 29 BOS AL C 91 486 36 10 6 .981 .989 5.74 5.20 7.11 6.24 72 660.3 6 11 73 24 1990 30 TOT C 48 207 30 1 6 .996 .988 4.94 5.42 6.41 6.61 39 333.0 8 12 48 17 BOS AL C 9 27 5 1 1 .970 .991 3.56 5.36 5.61 6.42 6 51.3 0 3 9 4 HOU NL C 39 180 25 0 5 1.000 .987 5.26 5.44 6.55 6.65 33 281.7 8 9 39 13 1991 31 STL NL C 43 192 13 5 4 .976 .988 4.77 5.59 7.35 6.78 27 251.0 3 3 30 10 1992 32 STL NL C 40 227 12 3 2 .988 .991 5.97 5.68 7.39 6.67 31 291.0 2 7 37 3 1980 20 BOS AL DH 4 1988 28 BOS AL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 979 5274 431 92 62 .984 .988 5.83 5.18 6.75 6.17 848 7611.0 84 199 633 314 DH 5 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 979 5274 431 92 62 .984 .988 5.83 5.18 6.75 6.17 848 7611
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1986   ALCS  BOS CAL     W   7  28   4  10  1  0  1   6   0   4  .357  .379  .500   0  0   0   0   1 
        WS    BOS NYM     L   7  30   1   6  1  0  1   1   0  10  .200  .200  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
 1988   ALCS  BOS OAK     L   4  14   1   5  0  0  1   1   2   1  .357  .438  .571   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1  11  42   5  15  1  0  2   7   2   5  .357  .400  .524   0  0   0   0   1 
  3 Postseason Series   1-2  18  72   6  21  2  0  3   8   2  15  .292  .320  .444   0  0   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1985   BOS AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1986   BOS AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1985 *
1986 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1985-AL-25-0.00

Intentional Walks
1985 AL-11-9
1986 AL-13-3

Youngest Player
1980 AL-20-6

HOF Standards: Batting - 13.9 (1123) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 13.0 (994) (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 

August 5, 1977: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

May 2, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

June 8, 1990: Sent to the Houston Astros by the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

February 15, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 27, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

January 29, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Boston Red Sox$477,500
1986Boston Red Sox$650,000
1988Boston Red Sox$952,727
1989Boston Red Sox$1,150,000
1990Boston Red Sox$920,000
1991St. Louis Cardinals$150,000
1992St. Louis Cardinals$200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,500,227

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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