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Gary Pettis
Gary George Pettis

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 165 lb.

Debut September 13, 1982
  vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 10, 1992
Born April 3, 1958 in Oakland, CA

Drafted by the California Angels in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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        A supreme defensive outfielder, amongst the best ever to play the game.

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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 24 CAL AL  10    5    5    1   0  0   1    1   0  0   0   2  .200  .200  .800  160    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1983 25 CAL AL  22   85   19   25   2  3   3    6   8  3   7  15  .294  .348  .494  131   42   1   0   0   0   1
 1984 26 CAL AL 140  397   63   90  11  6   2   29  48 17  60 115  .227  .332  .300   77  119   5   1   1   3   4
 1985 27 CAL AL 125  443   67  114  10  8   1   32  56  9  62 125  .257  .347  .323   86  143   9   2   0   0   5
 1986 28 CAL AL 154  539   93  139  23  4   5   58  50 13  69 132  .258  .339  .343   88  185  15   5   2   0   7
 1987 29 CAL AL 133  394   49   82  13  2   1   17  24  5  52 124  .208  .302  .259   53  102   1   0   0   1   8
 1988 30 DET AL 129  458   65   96  14  4   3   36  44 10  47  85  .210  .285  .277   61  127   6   0   0   1   3
 1989 31 DET AL 119  444   77  114   8  6   1   18  43 15  84 106  .257  .375  .309   97  137   8   0   0   0  14
 1990 32 TEX AL 136  423   66  101  16  8   3   31  38 15  57 118  .239  .333  .336   88  142  11   3   0   4   6
 1991 33 TEX AL 137  282   37   61   7  5   0   19  29 13  54  91  .216  .341  .277   75   78   6   1   0   0   4
 1992 34 TOT     78  159   27   32   5  3   1   12  14  4  29  45  .201  .323  .289   73   46   3   1   0   0   3
         SDP NL  30   30    0    6   1  0   0    0   1  0   2  11  .200  .250  .233   38    7   0   0   0   0   0
         DET AL  48  129   27   26   4  3   1   12  13  4  27  34  .202  .338  .302   81   39   3   1   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons         3629       855     49      259    104     958  .236  .332  .310   80       65  13   3   9  55
               1183       568      109     21      354    521                            1125
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        497   78  117  15  7   3   35  48 14  71 131  .236  .332  .310   80  154   9   2   0   1   8
 Career High    154  539   93  139  23  8   5   58  56 17  84 132  .258  .375  .343   97  185  15   5   2   4  14
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1982 24 CAL AL    5    4    1   6.7    98| .200  .264| .200  .328| .800  .402|1.000  .730| 160  .668   0.3   0.0   0%
 1983 25 CAL AL   93   65   15   6.2    97| .294  .264| .348  .326| .494  .399| .842  .725| 131  .637   2.9   0.3  72%
 1984 26 CAL AL  466  334   46   3.7    97| .227  .264| .332  .326| .300  .398| .632  .724|  77  .408 -11.1  -1.1  73%
 1985 27 CAL AL  516  354   61   4.6    99| .257  .261| .347  .327| .323  .406| .670  .733|  86  .502  -7.7  -0.8  86%
 1986 28 CAL AL  628  440   71   4.3    99| .258  .260| .339  .328| .343  .406| .682  .734|  88  .463  -7.0  -0.7  79%
 1987 29 CAL AL  448  326   35   2.9   103| .208  .262| .302  .329| .259  .420| .561  .749|  53  .267 -25.3  -2.4  82%
 1988 30 DET AL  512  381   42   3.0    92| .210  .256| .285  .320| .277  .385| .562  .706|  61  .324 -23.9  -2.4  81%
 1989 31 DET AL  536  367   58   4.2    92| .257  .258| .375  .323| .309  .380| .684  .703|  97  .488   2.1   0.2  74%
 1990 32 TEX AL  498  357   52   3.9    95| .239  .259| .333  .327| .336  .388| .669  .715|  88  .446  -5.8  -0.6  71%
 1991 33 TEX AL  343  245   32   3.5    95| .216  .258| .341  .326| .277  .391| .618  .718|  75  .385  -7.6  -0.8  69%
 1992 34 TOT     192  138   18   3.5    95| .201  .260| .323  .329| .289  .386| .612  .715|  73  .403  -5.2  -0.6  77%
         SDP NL   32   24    2   2.2    93| .200  .260| .250  .326| .233  .383| .483  .709|  38  .248  -2.5  -0.3 100%
         DET AL  160  114   16   3.8    95| .202  .260| .338  .330| .302  .387| .640  .716|  81  .430  -2.7  -0.3  76%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4237 3011  431   3.8    96| .236  .260| .332  .326| .310  .396| .642  .723|  80  .423 -88.4  -8.9  77%

* 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  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1982 24 CAL AL OF 8 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 0.75 2.15 3.38 2.48 0 16.0 CF 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.00 2.48 3.60 2.82 0 15.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1983 25 CAL AL OF 21 49 5 1 2 .982 .982 2.57 2.16 2.70 2.50 20 180.0 CF 20 46 5 1 2 .981 .986 2.55 2.56 2.67 2.93 19 172.0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.12 2.25 1 8.0 1984 26 CAL AL CF 135 338 12 6 4 .983 .986 2.59 2.62 3.32 3.01 98 950.0 1985 27 CAL AL CF 122 367 13 4 5 .990 .988 3.11 2.56 3.24 2.91 118 1054.7 GG 1986 28 CAL AL CF 153 464 9 7 3 .985 .986 3.09 2.47 3.22 2.83 150 1323.7 GG DH 1 1987 29 CAL AL CF 131 344 2 7 2 .980 .986 2.64 2.34 3.14 2.70 108 990.7 1988 30 DET AL CF 126 359 5 5 0 .986 .985 2.89 2.52 3.20 2.91 115 1025.0 GG DH 2 1989 31 DET AL CF 119 327 1 4 0 .988 .984 2.76 2.46 2.89 2.78 116 1021.7 GG 1990 32 TEX AL CF 128 282 10 2 4 .993 .985 2.28 2.42 2.55 2.74 119 1031.0 GG DH 2 1991 33 TEX AL CF 126 247 4 6 1 .977 .989 1.99 2.40 2.89 2.76 73 782.0 DH 3 1992 34 TOT OF 60 164 2 2 0 .988 .983 2.77 2.12 3.38 2.45 49 442.3 TOT CF 59 160 2 2 0 .988 .986 2.75 2.56 3.36 2.89 48 433.3 SDP NL OF 14 20 0 1 0 .952 .985 1.43 1.96 3.40 2.34 4 53.0 CF 13 16 0 1 0 .941 .988 1.23 2.44 3.27 2.80 3 44.0 RF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 1.70 4.00 2.10 1 9.0 DET AL CF 46 144 2 1 0 .993 .986 3.17 2.60 3.38 2.90 45 389.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 24 CAL AL CF 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.00 2.48 3.60 2.82 0 15.0 1983 25 CAL AL CF 20 46 5 1 2 .981 .986 2.55 2.56 2.67 2.93 19 172.0 1984 26 CAL AL CF 135 338 12 6 4 .983 .986 2.59 2.62 3.32 3.01 98 950.0 1985 27 CAL AL CF 122 367 13 4 5 .990 .988 3.11 2.56 3.24 2.91 118 1054.7 1986 28 CAL AL CF 153 464 9 7 3 .985 .986 3.09 2.47 3.22 2.83 150 1323.7 1987 29 CAL AL CF 131 344 2 7 2 .980 .986 2.64 2.34 3.14 2.70 108 990.7 1988 30 DET AL CF 126 359 5 5 0 .986 .985 2.89 2.52 3.20 2.91 115 1025.0 1989 31 DET AL CF 119 327 1 4 0 .988 .984 2.76 2.46 2.89 2.78 116 1021.7 1990 32 TEX AL CF 128 282 10 2 4 .993 .985 2.28 2.42 2.55 2.74 119 1031.0 1991 33 TEX AL CF 126 247 4 6 1 .977 .989 1.99 2.40 2.89 2.76 73 782.0 1992 34 TOT CF 59 160 2 2 0 .988 .986 2.75 2.56 3.36 2.89 48 433.3 SDP NL CF 13 16 0 1 0 .941 .988 1.23 2.44 3.27 2.80 3 44.0 DET AL CF 46 144 2 1 0 .993 .986 3.17 2.60 3.38 2.90 45 389.3 1986 28 CAL AL DH 1 1988 30 DET AL DH 2 1990 32 TEX AL DH 2 1991 33 TEX AL DH 3 1982 24 CAL AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1982 24 CAL AL OF 8 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 0.75 2.15 3.38 2.48 0 16.0 1983 25 CAL AL OF 21 49 5 1 2 .982 .982 2.57 2.16 2.70 2.50 20 180.0 1984 26 CAL AL OF 134 337 11 6 4 .983 .983 2.60 2.17 3.30 2.51 98 950.0 1985 27 CAL AL OF 122 368 13 4 5 .990 .982 3.12 2.10 3.25 2.44 118 1054.7 1986 28 CAL AL OF 153 462 9 7 3 .985 .980 3.08 2.06 3.20 2.39 150 1323.7 1987 29 CAL AL OF 131 344 2 7 2 .980 .980 2.64 2.00 3.14 2.31 108 990.7 1988 30 DET AL OF 126 361 5 5 0 .987 .979 2.90 2.14 3.21 2.47 115 1025.0 1989 31 DET AL OF 119 325 1 4 0 .988 .980 2.74 2.12 2.87 2.42 116 1021.7 1990 32 TEX AL OF 128 285 10 2 4 .993 .981 2.30 2.04 2.58 2.39 119 1031.0 1991 33 TEX AL OF 126 248 4 6 1 .977 .983 2.00 2.03 2.90 2.37 73 782.0 1992 34 TOT OF 60 164 2 2 0 .988 .983 2.77 2.12 3.38 2.45 49 442.3 SDP NL OF 14 20 0 1 0 .952 .985 1.43 1.96 3.40 2.34 4 53.0 DET AL OF 46 144 2 1 0 .993 .983 3.17 2.17 3.38 2.47 45 389.3 1983 25 CAL AL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.12 2.25 1 8.0 1992 34 SDP NL RF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 1.70 4.00 2.10 1 9.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1128 2948 63 44 21 .986 .981 2.67 2.09 3.07 2.42 966 8817.0 1 1125 2# CF*1125 2940 63 44 21 .986 .986 2.67 2.48 3.07 2.84 964 8799.0 DH 8 Games not counted in Overall Total below RF* 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.75 2.65 2.17 2 17.0 LF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1128 2948 63 44 21 .986 .981 2.67 2.09 3.07 2.42 966 8817
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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  CAL BOS     L   7  26   4   9  1  0  1   4   3   5  .346  .414  .500   0  2   2   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.

Gold Gloves
1985-AL--OF
1986-AL--OF
1988-AL--OF
1989-AL--OF
1990-AL--OF
All Multiple Winners

Triples
1985 AL-8-7
1990 AL-8-6

Bases on Balls
1989 AL-84-9

Strikeouts
1984 AL-115-10
1985 AL-125-8
1986 AL-132-10

Stolen Bases
1984 AL-48-4
1985 AL-56-2
1986 AL-50-2
1988 AL-44-2
1989 AL-43-4
1990 AL-38-5
1991 AL-29-10
Car-354-97

Sac. Hits
1986 AL-15-3
1990 AL-11-9

Caught Stealing
1984 AL-17-3
1986 AL-13-8
1988 AL-10-6
1989 AL-15-6
1990 AL-15-7
1991 AL-13-6
Car-104-99

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 18 (1047) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.5 (1455) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1327) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January 9, 1979: Drafted by the California Angels in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

December 5, 1987: Traded by the California Angels to the Detroit Tigers for Dan Petry.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

November 24, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

April 6, 1992: Released by the Texas Rangers.

April 14, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

June 21, 1992: Released by the San Diego Padres.

July 4, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

October 28, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 10, 1992: 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
1985California Angels$125,000
1986California Angels$300,000
1987California Angels$400,000
1988Detroit Tigers$400,000
1989Detroit Tigers$440,000
1990Texas Rangers$703,333
1991Texas Rangers$903,333
1992Texas Rangers$1,053,334
1993Oakland Athletics$300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,625,000

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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