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Rod Gilbreath
Rodney Joe Gilbreath

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

Debut June 17, 1972
  vs. MON 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 1978
Born September 24, 1952 in Laurel, MS

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1972 19 ATL NL  18   38    2    9   1  0   0    1   1  1   2  10  .237  .293  .263   54   10   0   0   0   1   1
 1973 20 ATL NL  29   74   10   21   2  1   0    2   2  1   6  10  .284  .341  .338   84   25   0   1   1   1   2
 1974 21 ATL NL   3    6    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   0  .333  .500  .333  134    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1975 22 ATL NL  90  202   24   49   3  1   2   16   5  5  24  26  .243  .323  .297   71   60   8   2   0   1   2
 1976 23 ATL NL 116  383   57   96  11  8   1   32   7  7  42  36  .251  .329  .329   83  126  20   3   1   4   9
 1977 24 ATL NL 128  407   47   99  15  2   8   43   3  9  45  79  .243  .320  .349   72  142   7   2   6   2  10
 1978 25 ATL NL 116  326   22   80  13  3   3   31   7  6  26  51  .245  .300  .331   69  108   3   1   3   0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      500 1436  164  356  45 15  14  125  25 29 147 212  .248  .320  .329   75  473  39   9  11   9  30
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        465   53  115  15  5   5   41   8  9  48  69  .248  .320  .329   75  153  13   3   4   3  10
 Career High    128  407   57   99  15  8   8   43   7  9  45  79  .251  .329  .349   83  142  20   3   6   4  10
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1972 19 ATL NL   41   31    3   2.6    99| .237  .266| .293  .336| .263  .394| .556  .730|  54  .309  -2.4  -0.3  50%
 1973 20 ATL NL   82   57    9   4.3   103| .284  .272| .341  .342| .338  .404| .679  .746|  84  .497  -1.6  -0.2  66%
 1974 21 ATL NL    9    5    1   5.4    98| .333  .267| .500  .340| .333  .386| .833  .725| 134  .607   0.5   0.0   0%
 1975 22 ATL NL  237  170   21   3.3    99| .243  .269| .323  .340| .297  .388| .620  .729|  71  .383  -7.7  -0.8  50%
 1976 23 ATL NL  452  326   43   3.6    97| .251  .269| .329  .337| .329  .384| .658  .721|  83  .436  -8.7  -0.9  50%
 1977 24 ATL NL  463  336   44   3.5   113| .243  .283| .320  .352| .349  .431| .669  .783|  72  .380 -17.5  -1.7  25%
 1978 25 ATL NL  356  262   32   3.3   104| .245  .275| .300  .345| .331  .405| .631  .750|  69  .390 -15.1  -1.6  53%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1640 1187  153   3.5   104| .248  .275| .320  .344| .329  .404| .649  .748|  75  .402 -52.6  -5.5  46%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1972 19 ATL NL 2B 7 13 13 0 3 1.000 .977 3.71 4.89 5.05 5.37 6 46.3 3B 4 3 13 1 1 .941 .947 4.00 2.55 4.00 2.88 4 36.0 1973 20 ATL NL 3B 22 16 32 2 4 .960 .947 2.18 2.49 2.79 2.88 17 155.0 1974 21 ATL NL 2B 2 5 6 0 1 1.000 .973 5.50 4.65 5.50 5.45 2 18.0 1975 22 ATL NL 2B 52 121 125 5 29 .980 .975 4.73 4.92 6.04 5.54 38 366.7 3B 10 5 15 1 0 .952 .943 2.00 2.58 2.90 2.98 8 62.0 SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.20 3.00 4.95 1 6.0 1976 23 ATL NL 2B 104 239 311 14 76 .975 .975 5.29 4.93 5.72 5.48 100 865.7 3B 7 6 3 3 1 .750 .947 1.29 2.61 2.04 2.92 3 39.7 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0.00 5.10 0 3.0 1977 24 ATL NL 2B 122 277 305 13 61 .978 .977 4.77 4.47 5.25 5.24 112 997.3 3B 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.50 3.00 3.00 1 9.0 1978 25 ATL NL 3B 62 34 117 5 9 .968 .952 2.44 2.53 2.90 3.00 52 469.0 2B 39 74 87 4 13 .976 .977 4.13 4.34 4.65 5.30 35 311.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1972 19 ATL NL 2B 7 13 13 0 3 1.000 .977 3.71 4.89 5.05 5.37 6 46.3 1974 21 ATL NL 2B 2 5 6 0 1 1.000 .973 5.50 4.65 5.50 5.45 2 18.0 1975 22 ATL NL 2B 52 121 125 5 29 .980 .975 4.73 4.92 6.04 5.54 38 366.7 1976 23 ATL NL 2B 104 239 311 14 76 .975 .975 5.29 4.93 5.72 5.48 100 865.7 1977 24 ATL NL 2B 122 277 305 13 61 .978 .977 4.77 4.47 5.25 5.24 112 997.3 1978 25 ATL NL 2B 39 74 87 4 13 .976 .977 4.13 4.34 4.65 5.30 35 311.3 1972 19 ATL NL 3B 4 3 13 1 1 .941 .947 4.00 2.55 4.00 2.88 4 36.0 1973 20 ATL NL 3B 22 16 32 2 4 .960 .947 2.18 2.49 2.79 2.88 17 155.0 1975 22 ATL NL 3B 10 5 15 1 0 .952 .943 2.00 2.58 2.90 2.98 8 62.0 1976 23 ATL NL 3B 7 6 3 3 1 .750 .947 1.29 2.61 2.04 2.92 3 39.7 1977 24 ATL NL 3B 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.50 3.00 3.00 1 9.0 1978 25 ATL NL 3B 62 34 117 5 9 .968 .952 2.44 2.53 2.90 3.00 52 469.0 1975 22 ATL NL SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.20 3.00 4.95 1 6.0 1976 23 ATL NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0.00 5.10 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 326 729 847 36 183 .978 .976 4.83 4.68 5.44 5.37 293 2605.3 3B* 106 64 183 12 15 .954 .950 2.33 2.53 2.88 2.96 85 770.7 SS* 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 4.35 2.00 5.00 1 9.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 434 794 1031 48 198 .974 .972 4.21 4.16 4.85 4.82 379 3385
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.

Triples
1976 NL-8-10

Sac. Hits
1976 NL-20-1

Youngest Player
1972 NL-19-2
1973 NL-20-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2320) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3449) (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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Transactions 

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft.

March 30, 1979: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

April 9, 1979: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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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