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Gary Alexander
Gary Wayne Alexander

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 27, 1953 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Locke (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1975
Final Game: September 28, 1981
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Gary Alexander
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1975	22	SFG	NL	3	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-27	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1976	23	SFG	NL	23	84	73	12	13	1	1	2	7	1	0	10	16	.178	.274	.301	.575	62	22	1	0	0	1	1	2
1977	24	SFG	NL	51	143	119	17	36	4	2	5	20	3	1	20	33	.303	.406	.496	.901	142	59	5	2	0	2	2	2/9
1978	25	TOT	AL	148	563	498	57	112	20	4	27	84	0	5	57	*166*	.225	.304	.444	.748	111	221	11	2	1	5	5	D2/793
1978	25	OAK	AL	58	199	174	18	36	6	1	10	22	0	3	22	66	.207	.298	.425	.723	107	74	9	1	1	1	2	D/7932
1978	25	CLE	AL	90	364	324	39	76	14	3	17	62	0	2	35	100	.235	.308	.454	.761	113	147	2	1	0	4	3	2D
1979	26	CLE	AL	110	415	358	54	82	9	2	15	54	4	2	46	100	.229	.313	.391	.704	89	140	7	1	3	7	3	2D/79
1980	27	CLE	AL	76	198	178	22	40	7	1	5	31	0	4	17	52	.225	.288	.360	.647	76	64	9	0	0	3	1	D2/79
1981	28	PIT	NL	21	51	47	6	10	4	1	1	6	0	0	3	12	.213	.255	.404	.659	82	19	1	0	0	1	0	/379
7 Seasons				432	1458	1276	169	293	45	11	55	202	8	12	154	381	.230	.311	.411	.722	99	525	34	5	4	19	12
162 Game Avg.				162	547	479	63	110	17	4	21	76	3	5	58	143	.230	.311	.411	.722	99	197	13	2	2	7	5

CLE (3 yrs)				276	977	860	115	198	30	6	37	147	4	8	98	252	.230	.306	.408	.714	95	351	18	2	3	14	7
SFG (3 yrs)				77	231	195	30	49	5	3	7	27	4	1	31	51	.251	.355	.415	.770	111	81	6	2	0	3	3
PIT (1 yr)				21	51	47	6	10	4	1	1	6	0	0	3	12	.213	.255	.404	.659	82	19	1	0	0	1	0
OAK (1 yr)				58	199	174	18	36	6	1	10	22	0	3	22	66	.207	.298	.425	.723	107	74	9	1	1	1	2

AL (3 yrs)				334	1176	1034	133	234	36	7	47	169	4	11	120	318	.226	.305	.411	.716	97	425	27	3	4	15	9
NL (4 yrs)				98	282	242	36	59	9	4	8	33	4	1	34	63	.244	.337	.413	.750	106	100	7	2	0	4	3

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1975	22	SFG	NL	4	3	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.270	.250	.342	.000	.390	.250	.732	-27	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.333	.333	.000
1976	23	SFG	NL	84	62	7	3.0	94	.196	.178	.266	.274	.333	.301	.379	.575	.712	62	.368	-3.9	-0.4	.541	.274	.123	1.3
1977	24	SFG	NL	143	91	24	7.1	102	.373	.303	.268	.406	.336	.496	.409	.901	.744	142	.688	8.0	0.8	.933	.378	.193	3.8
1978	25	TOT	AL	563	408	66	4.3	91	.274	.225	.258	.304	.323	.444	.380	.748	.703	111	.500	6.0	0.6	.684	.323	.219	.0
1978	25	OAK	AL	199	152	19	3.3	89	.263	.207	.254	.298	.318	.425	.374	.723	.693	107	.384	1.3	0.1	.627	.328	.218	.0
1978	25	CLE	AL	364	256	47	4.9	93	.280	.235	.260	.308	.325	.454	.383	.761	.708	113	.558	4.7	0.5	.718	.321	.219	.0
1979	26	CLE	AL	415	295	46	4.2	103	.268	.229	.271	.313	.336	.391	.410	.704	.746	89	.443	-5.9	-0.6	.663	.296	.162	6.3
1980	27	CLE	AL	198	154	15	2.6	100	.282	.225	.270	.288	.333	.360	.401	.647	.734	76	.263	-6.1	-0.6	.510	.208	.135	.0
1981	28	PIT	NL	51	39	5	3.5	95	.257	.213	.267	.255	.333	.404	.383	.659	.716	82	.422	-1.3	-0.1	.579	.255	.191	.0
7 Seasons				1458	1052	163	4.2	97	.277	.230	.265	.311	.330	.411	.394	.722	.724	99	.465	-3.7	-0.4	.661	.299	.182	14.0
162 Game Avg.				547	395	61	4.2	97	.277	.230	.265	.311	.330	.411	.394	.722	.724	99	.465	-3.7	-0.4	.661	.299	.182	5

CLE (3 yrs)				977	705	108	4.1	98	.275	.230	.267	.306	.331	.408	.398	.714	.729	95	.453	-7.3	-0.7	.650	.287	.178	7.2
SFG (3 yrs)				231	156	31	5.4	99	.300	.251	.267	.355	.335	.415	.397	.770	.732	111	.587	3.6	0.3	.765	.338	.164	5.1
PIT (1 yr)				51	39	5	3.5	95	.257	.213	.267	.255	.333	.404	.383	.659	.716	82	.423	-1.3	-0.1	.579	.255	.191	.0
OAK (1 yr)				199	152	19	3.3	89	.263	.207	.254	.298	.318	.425	.374	.723	.693	107	.385	1.3	0.1	.627	.328	.218	.0

AL (3 yrs)				1176	857	127	4.0	97	.273	.226	.265	.305	.329	.411	.394	.716	.723	97	.442	-6.0	-0.6	.646	.294	.185	7.4
NL (4 yrs)				282	195	36	5.0	98	.291	.244	.267	.337	.334	.413	.394	.750	.729	106	.560	2.3	0.2	.728	.322	.169	5.3

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1975	22	SFG	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	25.0%	0.0%		2.00	1.5			0.00	25%
1976	23	SFG	NL	84	2.4%	19.1%	11.9%	4.8%	31%	1.60	4.6	36.5	10.4	0.76	67%
1977	24	SFG	NL	143	3.5%	23.1%	14.0%	7.7%	31%	1.65	3.6	23.8	6.0	1.29	58%
1978	25	TOT	AL	563	4.8%	29.5%	10.1%	9.1%	46%	2.91	3.0	18.4	5.9	0.78	55%
1978	25	OAK	AL	199	5.0%	33.2%	11.1%	8.5%	47%	3.00	2.6	17.4	7.9	1.00	50%
1978	25	CLE	AL	364	4.7%	27.5%	9.6%	9.3%	45%	2.86	3.2	19.1	5.2	0.68	58%
1979	26	CLE	AL	415	3.6%	24.1%	11.1%	6.3%	32%	2.17	3.6	23.9	6.6	0.95	60%
1980	27	CLE	AL	198	2.5%	26.3%	8.6%	6.6%	33%	3.06	3.4	35.6	5.7	1.07	63%
1981	28	PIT	NL	51	2.0%	23.5%	5.9%	11.8%	60%	4.00	3.9	47.0	7.8	1.50	69%
7 Seasons				1458	3.8%	26.1%	10.6%	7.6%	38%	2.47	3.4	23.2	6.3	0.92	59%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1975	22	SFG	NL	0	0	100%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	23	SFG	NL	2	0	48%	25	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	44%	6	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	3
1977	24	SFG	NL	3	0	23%	68	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	56%	5	3	2	0	0	0	4	1	3
1978	25	TOT	AL	3	1	21%	148	0	5	0%	0	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	5	6	39%	26	17	9	3	2	1	10	3	5
1978	25	OAK	AL	2	0	16%	37	0	3	0%	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	67%	5	2	3	0	0	0	4	0	3
1978	25	CLE	AL	1	1	23%	111	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	30%	21	15	6	3	2	1	6	3	2
1979	26	CLE	AL	4	0	34%	125	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	10	55%	22	11	10	4	2	2	12	3	9
1980	27	CLE	AL	3	0	33%	34	0	4	0%	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	50%	8	5	3	5	3	2	3	0	3
1981	28	PIT	NL	2	0	42%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
7 Seasons				17	1	29%	416	8	12	40%	8	11	0	1	0	0	5	2	12	28	46%	70	43	26	12	7	5	35	10	23
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1975	22	SFG	NL	4	25%	0			0	0	0	0	1.27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1976	23	SFG	NL	84	35%	13			0	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		17	1	6%	11	4	36%	47	5	11%	3	3	100%	5	1	20%	0
1977	24	SFG	NL	143	34%	36			17	7	2	4	1.59	5	0	6	4	1	4	1	0	0	0		25	5	20%	13	3	23%	91	15	16%	10	4	40%	11	2	18%	0
1978	25	TOT	AL	564	32%	112			9	1	0	1	1.79	27	1	13	21	6	15	12	0	1	1	100%	103	11	11%	61	9	15%	371	59	16%	28	7	25%	27	7	26%	0
1978	25	OAK	AL	199	45%	36			6	1	0	1	2.08	10	0	2	8	2	7	3	0	1	1	100%	34	9	26%	22	3	14%	120	12	10%	9	2	22%	11	3	27%	0
1978	25	CLE	AL	365	25%	76			3	0	0	0	1.21	17	1	11	13	4	8	9	0	0	0		69	2	3%	39	6	15%	251	47	19%	19	5	26%	16	4	25%	0
1979	26	CLE	AL	415	33%	82			6	2	1	2	2.09	15	0	14	6	9	11	4	0	4	3	75%	83	7	8%	37	12	32%	285	39	14%	28	13	46%	29	11	38%	0
1980	27	CLE	AL	198	48%	40			21	6	2	7	1.84	5	0	8	3	2	3	2	0	0	0		55	9	16%	23	6	26%	163	27	17%	16	9	56%	10	5	50%	0
1981	28	PIT	NL	51	78%	10			5	0	0	0	2.06	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		8	1	13%	3	1	33%	27	6	22%	4	2	50%	3	0	0%	0
7 Seasons				1459	37%	293			58	16	5	14	1.80	55	1	41	35	20	34	21	0	5	4	80%	292	34	12%	148	35	24%	985	151	15%	89	38	43%	85	26	31%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1975	22	3	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-27	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	23	26	88	76	13	13	1	1	2	7	1	0	11	18	.171	.273	.289	.562	58	22	1	0	0	1	1
1977	24	77	231	195	30	49	5	3	7	27	4	1	31	51	.251	.355	.415	.770	111	81	6	2	0	3	3
1978	25	225	794	693	87	161	25	7	34	111	4	6	88	217	.232	.319	.436	.755	111	302	17	4	1	8	8
1979	26	335	1209	1051	141	243	34	9	49	165	8	8	134	317	.231	.317	.421	.738	103	442	24	5	4	15	11
1980	27	411	1407	1229	163	283	41	10	54	196	8	12	151	369	.230	.313	.412	.725	99	506	33	5	4	18	12
1981	28	432	1458	1276	169	293	45	11	55	202	8	12	154	381	.230	.311	.411	.722	99	525	34	5	4	19	12

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1975	22	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	3
1976	23	23	86	74	13	14	1	1	2	7	1	11	16	.189	.291	.311	.602	7	23
1977	24	51	145	120	17	37	4	2	5	21	3	21	33	.308	.414	.500	.914	25	51
1978	25	148	574	506	66	120	21	4	29	97	0	61	166	.237	.319	.466	.785	76	148
1979	26	111	417	362	54	84	9	2	15	54	4	47	101	.232	.317	.392	.709	46	110
1980	27	76	194	175	23	37	6	1	5	32	0	16	52	.211	.273	.343	.616	16	76
1981	28	32	77	71	10	15	6	2	2	10	0	4	18	.211	.247	.437	.683	8	21
7 Seasons		444	1497	1311	183	307	47	12	58	221	8	161	388	.234	.316	.421	.737	178	432
162 Game Avg.		162	546	478	67	112	17	4	21	81	3	59	142	.234	.316	.421	.737	65	432

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1978 AL--27--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1978 AL--166--1st
1979 AL--100--8th

AB per HR s c a p y
1978 AL--18.444--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 4 (1716), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 6 (2348), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Chris Snyder (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Duke Sims (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1716), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 6 (2348), Average HOFer ≈ 50