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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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1975 SFG NL 22 C 2 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -150.0 -1 2.25 1.00 1.000 6.08 5.25 0 0 4 0 0%
1976 SFG NL 23 C 23 22 197.0 112 92 16 4 0 .964 -6.0 -36.5 -6 4.93 4.70 .987 5.96 5.16 3 9 30 6 17%
1977 SFG NL 24 C 33 30 268.1 188 174 8 6 0 .968 -10.0 -44.7 -10 6.10 5.52 .985 6.49 5.54 2 13 46 7 13%
1977 SFG NL 24 OF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1977 SFG NL 24 RF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 .950 2.14 1.80
1978 TOT AL 25 DH 70
1978 TOT AL 25 C 67 62 536.0 345 305 34 6 3 .983 -3.0 -6.7 -3 5.69 5.06 .983 5.53 4.86 6 26 45 27 38%
1978 OAK AL 25 DH 45
1978 OAK AL 25 OF 6 6 40.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 36.0 1.2 0.2 1.1 0 3.60 2.67 .981 2.48 2.13
1978 OAK AL 25 LF 3 3 22.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 87.3 1.6 0.6 1.0 0 4.91 4.00 .975 2.21 1.77
1978 OAK AL 25 RF 3 3 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -26.7 -0.4 -0.4 0.1 0 2.00 1.33 .975 2.25 1.87
1978 OAK AL 25 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.80
1978 OAK AL 25 C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.90 0 0 0 0
1978 CLE AL 25 C 66 62 535.0 345 305 34 6 3 .983 -3.0 -6.7 -3 5.70 5.14 .983 5.53 4.86 6 26 45 27 38%
1978 CLE AL 25 DH 25
1979 CLE AL 26 C 91 86 765.2 462 404 40 18 5 .961 -13.0 -20.4 -13 5.22 4.88 .982 5.46 4.69 13 23 80 25 24%
1979 CLE AL 26 DH 13
1979 CLE AL 26 OF 2 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.48 2.15
1979 CLE AL 26 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1979 CLE AL 26 RF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.31 1.90
1980 CLE AL 27 DH 40
1980 CLE AL 27 C 13 4 52.0 34 31 2 1 0 .971 -2.0 -46.2 -2 5.71 2.54 .985 5.49 4.60 0 4 7 2 22%
1980 CLE AL 27 OF 2 1 10.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -22.5 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 0 2.53 1.50 .967 2.45 2.15
1980 CLE AL 27 LF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -93.3 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.40 1.90
1980 CLE AL 27 RF 1 0 1.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 360.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 10.80 2.00 .950 2.16 1.80
1981 PIT NL 28 1B 9 6 49.0 56 52 2 2 4 .964 -0.8 -19.6 -0.8 -0.7 -0.1 0 9.92 6.00 .993 10.21 8.68
1981 PIT NL 28 OF 8 7 50.0 17 12 4 1 0 .941 1.3 31.2 0.3 0.8 -0.5 1 2.88 2.00 .982 2.32 2.02
1981 PIT NL 28 LF 7 7 47.0 15 10 4 1 0 .933 0.9 23.0 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 1 2.68 2.00 .973 2.13 1.79
1981 PIT NL 28 RF 2 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 160.0 0.4 0.6 -0.2 0 6.00 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.65
6 Seasons C 229 205 1827.0 1143 1008 100 35 8 .969 -35.0 -23.0 -35 5.46 4.84 .984 5.69 4.91 24 75 212 67 24%
3 Seasons DH 123
5 Seasons OF 19 16 116.2 36 31 4 1 0 .972 2.2 22.6 1.2 1.5 -0.2 1 2.70 1.84 .981 2.39 2.08
4 Seasons LF 12 11 79.0 28 23 4 1 0 .964 1.8 27.3 0.8 0.8 0.0 1 3.08 2.25 .975 2.18 1.79
2 Seasons 1B 10 6 50.0 56 52 2 2 4 .964 -0.9 -21.6 -0.9 -0.8 -0.1 0 9.72 5.40 .993 10.21 8.69
5 Seasons RF 8 5 37.2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 12.7 0.4 0.7 -0.2 0 2.39 1.25 .970 2.22 1.80
7 Seasons TOT 258 227 1993.2 1235 1091 106 38 12 .969 -33.7 -20.3 0.3 0.7 -0.3 1 0 -35 5.40 4.64 .953 5.61 4.85 24 75 212 67 24%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1975 SFG NL 22 3 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1976 SFG NL 23 23 22 23 23 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 SFG NL 24 51 31 51 34 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 19 0
1978 CLE AL 25 90 86 90 66 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 4 0
1978 OAK AL 25 58 51 58 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 45 7 0
1979 CLE AL 26 110 99 110 93 0 91 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12 9 0
1980 CLE AL 27 76 41 76 15 0 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 36 29 1
1981 PIT NL 28 21 13 21 16 0 0 9 0 0 0 7 0 2 8 0 6 1
7 Seasons 432 344 432 257 0 229 10 0 0 0 12 0 8 19 117 75 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1975 SFG NL 22 47 6.75 7.88 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 SFG NL 23 862 2.47 3.34 10 90% 0 0 92 2 1 1 88 17 7 0 0 1 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1977 SFG NL 24 1227 3.59 4.33 14 93% 0 0 174 12 0 4 158 8 1 0 0 2 6 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1978 CLE AL 25 2436 3.82 4.41 20 100% 0 0 306 12 1 7 286 31 5 0 0 4 6 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 8 100%
1978 OAK AL 25 12 63.00 63.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CLE AL 26 3509 4.88 5.31 45 91% 0 0 403 25 0 11 367 39 12 0 0 5 18 0 3 15 1 5 0 0 0 8 100%
1980 CLE AL 27 229 4.15 4.33 2 100% 0 0 31 2 0 0 29 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 8322 4.14 4.70 91 93% 0 0 1008 53 2 23 930 97 25 0 0 13 35 0 5 30 2 8 0 0 0 21 95%
MLB Averages 3.77 4.25 96% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1975 SFG NL 22 0 0 15 4 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.70
1976 SFG NL 23 3 9 290 30 6 6 17% 26 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 49 9 1.18 1.08
1977 SFG NL 24 2 13 410 46 7 5 13% 37 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 78 8 1.17 1.37
1978 CLE AL 25 6 26 932 45 27 18 38% 41 23 4 3 0 1 1 0 99 29 1.43 1.21
1978 OAK AL 25 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CLE AL 26 12 23 1271 80 25 20 24% 75 23 4 1 1 1 0 0 152 31 1.20 1.22
1980 CLE AL 27 0 4 67 7 2 1 22% 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 1.31 0.87
6 Seasons 23 75 2992 212 67 50 24% 189 61 20 4 3 2 1 0 395 79 1.23 1.21
MLB Averages 35% 1.30 1.27

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1978 OAK AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 100 25% 78% 32% 18 67%
1979 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 67% 0% 0
1980 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 54 46% 76% 15% 3 33%
1981 PIT NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 4 4 0 5 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 42.9% 7 1 7.1% 3 216 59% 81% 31% 31 45%
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 7 7 0 5 0 1 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 19 11 57.9% 7 1 5.3% 3 373 48% 79% 28% 52 52%
MLB Averages 57.6% 2.8% 58% 79% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1978 OAK AL 25 4 25% 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 PIT NL 28 207 58% 84% 31% 7 71% 0 52 2 49 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 50%
2 Seasons 211 57% 83% 31% 7 71% 0 52 2 49 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 50%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1977 SFG NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 47 40% 74% 17% 5 40%
1978 OAK AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 83 63% 77% 28% 8 50%
1979 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 37% 60% 23% 0
1980 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 36% 73% 27% 2 100%
1981 PIT NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 64% 71% 21% 2 100%
5 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 185 51% 73% 24% 17 59%
MLB Averages 42.7% 3.0% 58% 79% 26% 52%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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