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Danny Cater

Danny Anderson Cater

Positions: First Baseman, Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 25, 1940 in Austin, TX
High School: Travis (Austin, TX)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1964
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees/RedSox/WhiteSox/Phillies/... 1964-1975

Final Game: June 11, 1975
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:02AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1381. Frankie Gustine… #1382. Freddy Leach… #1383. Aaron Robinson… #1384. DANNY CATER… #1385. Bill Hinchman… #1386. Luke Scott… #1387. Whitey Witt… 

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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 Awards
1964 24 PHI NL 60 160 152 13 45 9 1 1 13 1 0 7 15 .296 .325 .388 .713 101 59 6 0 0 1 1 /35
1965 25 CHW AL 142 555 514 74 139 18 4 14 55 3 3 33 65 .270 .316 .403 .719 110 207 18 3 2 3 0 *5/3
1966 26 TOT AL 137 524 485 50 135 17 4 7 56 4 5 28 47 .278 .317 .373 .691 101 181 12 2 4 5 2 357/9
1966 26 CHW AL 21 65 60 3 11 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 10 .183 .194 .233 .427 26 14 1 1 3 1 0 7/9
1966 26 KCA AL 116 459 425 47 124 16 3 7 52 1 4 28 37 .292 .334 .393 .727 111 167 11 1 1 4 2 357/9
1967 27 KCA AL 142 573 529 55 143 17 4 4 46 4 5 34 56 .270 .317 .340 .657 97 180 14 4 2 4 9 53
1968 28 OAK AL 147 550 504 53 146 28 3 6 62 8 7 35 43 .290 .336 .393 .729 127 198 21 2 5 4 3 *3/4 MVP-19
1969 29 OAK AL 152 620 584 64 153 24 2 10 76 1 4 28 40 .262 .296 .361 .657 87 211 25 2 1 5 3 *3/4
1970 30 NYY AL 155 621 582 64 175 26 5 6 76 4 2 34 44 .301 .340 .393 .734 107 229 19 2 1 2 6 *35/
1971 31 NYY AL 121 456 428 39 118 16 5 4 50 0 3 19 25 .276 .308 .364 .672 95 156 18 2 4 3 4 35
1972 32 BOS AL 92 342 317 32 75 17 1 8 39 0 1 15 33 .237 .270 .372 .642 85 118 16 2 1 7 2 3
1973 33 BOS AL 63 208 195 30 61 12 0 1 24 0 0 10 22 .313 .348 .390 .738 103 76 6 1 1 1 1 35
1974 34 BOS AL 56 140 126 14 31 5 0 5 20 1 0 10 13 .246 .309 .405 .714 98 51 5 2 1 1 1 3
1975 35 STL NL 22 36 35 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .229 .250 .286 .536 46 10 0 0 0 0 1 3
12 Seasons 1289 4785 4451 491 1229 191 29 66 519 26 30 254 406 .276 .316 .377 .693 101 1676 160 22 22 36 33
162 Game Avg. 162 601 559 62 154 24 4 8 65 3 4 32 51 .276 .316 .377 .693 101 211 20 3 3 5 4
OAK (4 yrs) 557 2202 2042 219 566 85 12 27 236 14 20 125 176 .277 .319 .370 .689 104 756 71 9 9 17 17
BOS (3 yrs) 211 690 638 76 167 34 1 14 83 1 1 35 68 .262 .301 .384 .685 94 245 27 5 3 9 4
NYY (2 yrs) 276 1077 1010 103 293 42 10 10 126 4 5 53 69 .290 .326 .381 .708 102 385 37 4 5 5 10
CHW (2 yrs) 163 620 574 77 150 19 5 14 59 6 4 33 75 .261 .304 .385 .689 101 221 19 4 5 4 0
PHI (1 yr) 60 160 152 13 45 9 1 1 13 1 0 7 15 .296 .325 .388 .713 101 59 6 0 0 1 1
STL (1 yr) 22 36 35 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .229 .250 .286 .536 46 10 0 0 0 0 1
AL (10 yrs) 1207 4589 4264 475 1176 180 28 65 504 25 30 246 388 .276 .316 .377 .693 102 1607 154 22 22 35 31
NL (2 yrs) 82 196 187 16 53 11 1 1 15 1 0 8 18 .283 .311 .369 .680 91 69 6 0 0 1 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1964 24 PHI NL 160 1 0 -1 -1 3 -2 6 5 0.5 3 0.3 0.2 $6,000 /35
1965 25 CHW AL 555 9 1 0 -2 2 -7 16 19 2.0 17 1.8 0.2 $8,500 *5/3
1966 26 CHW AL 65 -6 0 0 0 -2 -1 2 -8 -0.9 -5 -0.5 -0.4 $ 7/9
1966 26 KCA AL 459 8 -1 -1 -1 -2 -3 13 12 1.3 15 1.6 -0.3 $12,000 357/9
1967 27 KCA AL 573 -3 2 -2 -1 -0 -4 16 7 0.7 8 0.9 -0.2 $17,000 53
1968 28 OAK AL 550 14 -3 0 -2 0 -8 16 17 1.9 17 1.9 0.0 $ *3/4 MVP-19
1969 29 OAK AL 620 -9 0 1 -3 5 -9 18 3 0.1 -2 -0.2 0.3 $29,000 *3/4
1970 30 NYY AL 621 7 0 0 -1 1 -6 21 23 2.3 21 2.2 0.1 $32,500 *35/
1971 31 NYY AL 456 -4 -2 0 -3 3 -3 15 6 0.5 3 0.3 0.2 $ 35
1972 32 BOS AL 343 -5 1 4 -3 5 -5 11 8 0.8 3 0.3 0.5 $43,250 3
1973 33 BOS AL 208 1 1 0 -1 -1 -2 7 5 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $43,250 35
1974 34 BOS AL 140 0 1 -1 -1 2 -2 5 4 0.4 2 0.2 0.2 $ 3
1975 35 STL NL 36 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 3
12 Seasons 4786 10 0 0 -19 15 -52 147 99 9.9 86 9.2 0.7 $191,500
OAK (4 yrs) 2202 10 -2 -2 -7 3 -24 63 39 4.0 38 4.2 -0.2 $58,000
BOS (3 yrs) 691 -4 3 3 -5 6 -9 23 17 1.7 11 1.1 0.6 $86,500
NYY (2 yrs) 1077 3 -2 0 -4 4 -9 36 29 2.8 24 2.5 0.3 $32,500
CHW (2 yrs) 620 3 1 0 -2 -1 -8 18 11 1.1 12 1.3 -0.2 $8,500
PHI (1 yr) 160 1 0 -1 -1 3 -2 6 5 0.5 3 0.3 0.2 $6,000
STL (1 yr) 36 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 PHI NL 24 OF 39 53 48 4 1 2 .981 3 1.33 .973 1.98
1964 PHI NL 24 1B 7 67 62 3 2 5 .970 0 9.29 .990 9.94
1964 PHI NL 24 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
1964 PHI NL 24 LF 35 27 22 232.0 50 45 4 1 1 .980 3 18 1.90 1.40 .965 1.70 1.69
1964 PHI NL 24 CF 2 1 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -36 1.80 1.00 .975 2.34 2.35
1964 PHI NL 24 RF 2 2 0 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -38 1.12 1.00 .975 1.91 1.85
1965 CHW AL 25 OF 127 184 174 6 4 2 .978 2 1.42 .978 2.03
1965 CHW AL 25 3B 11 17 1 15 1 1 .941 -2 1.45 .960 3.12
1965 CHW AL 25 1B 3 15 14 0 1 0 .933 1 4.67 .991 9.53
1965 CHW AL 25 LF 126 109 97 1029.1 182 173 5 4 2 .978 3 3 1.56 1.41 .979 1.87 1.86
1965 CHW AL 25 CF 1 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 2.48 2.40
1966 TOT AL 26 OF 40 36 27 313.1 64 60 1 3 1 .953 -3 -13 1.75 1.53 .982 25.68 2.10
1966 TOT AL 26 LF 37 33 25 284.1 56 54 1 1 1 .982 -3 -12 1.74 1.49 .980 1.83 1.82
1966 TOT AL 26 RF 4 3 2 29.0 8 6 0 2 0 .750 -1 -25 1.86 1.50 .979 1.92 1.92
1966 CHW AL 26 OF 18 15 11 136.1 22 20 0 2 0 .909 -2 -21 1.32 1.11 .982 25.67 2.10
1966 CHW AL 26 LF 16 13 9 114.1 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -18 1.26 1.00 .980 1.83 1.82
1966 CHW AL 26 RF 3 2 2 22.0 7 5 0 2 0 .714 -1 -38 2.05 1.67 .979 1.92 1.93
1966 KCA AL 26 1B 53 49 45 447.1 498 459 36 3 48 .994 -2 -4 9.96 9.34 .991 69.47 9.58
1966 KCA AL 26 3B 42 39 31 340.0 118 46 67 5 6 .958 0 1 2.99 2.69 .954 0.00 3.03
1966 KCA AL 26 OF 22 21 16 177.0 42 40 1 1 1 .976 -1 -7 2.08 1.86 .982 25.68 2.10
1966 KCA AL 26 LF 21 20 16 170.0 40 38 1 1 1 .975 -1 -8 2.06 1.86 .980 1.83 1.82
1966 KCA AL 26 RF 1 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 17 1.29 1.00 .980 1.93 1.90
1967 KCA AL 27 3B 56 131 43 77 11 3 .916 -4 2.14 .955 3.14
1967 KCA AL 27 OF 55 87 84 2 1 0 .989 -2 1.56 .980 2.06
1967 KCA AL 27 1B 44 328 297 30 1 32 .997 5 7.43 .991 9.55
1967 KCA AL 27 LF 55 54 32 421.2 87 83 3 1 0 .989 -2 -5 1.84 1.56 .976 1.87 1.87
1968 OAK AL 28 1B 121 1058 985 68 5 89 .995 1 8.70 .989 9.54 MVP-19
1968 OAK AL 28 OF 20 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -1 1.05 .981 2.07 MVP-19
1968 OAK AL 28 2B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 2.00 .975 5.10 MVP-19
1968 OAK AL 28 LF 19 14 8 118.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -6 1.45 1.00 .978 1.85 1.84 MVP-19
1968 OAK AL 28 RF 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.85 MVP-19
1969 OAK AL 29 1B 132 1193 1087 97 9 112 .992 6 8.97 .992 9.62
1969 OAK AL 29 OF 20 32 30 2 0 0 1.000 -1 1.60 .978 2.13
1969 OAK AL 29 2B 4 17 8 9 0 1 1.000 -0 4.25 .976 5.20
1969 OAK AL 29 LF 19 17 10 151.1 31 29 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -10 1.84 1.63 .978 1.99 1.99
1969 OAK AL 29 RF 1 0 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -17 0.00 0.00 1.93 1.90
1970 NYY AL 30 1B 131 1059 981 70 8 79 .992 -1 8.02 .991 9.56
1970 NYY AL 30 3B 42 115 24 83 8 10 .930 2 2.55 .949 3.06
1970 NYY AL 30 OF 7 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1 1.57 .980 2.13
1970 NYY AL 30 RF 7 7 1 43.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1 22 2.51 1.71 .975 1.99 1.97
1971 NYY AL 31 1B 78 629 564 62 3 54 .995 7 8.03 .992 9.53
1971 NYY AL 31 3B 52 162 41 111 10 7 .938 -4 2.92 .956 3.03
1972 BOS AL 32 1B 90 722 656 61 5 65 .993 5 7.97 .991 9.71
1973 BOS AL 33 1B 37 305 287 17 1 37 .997 -0 8.22 .992 9.80
1973 BOS AL 33 3B 21 60 16 39 5 8 .917 -0 2.62 .950 2.98
1973 BOS AL 33 DH 3 1
1974 BOS AL 34 1B 23 136 126 10 0 9 1.000 2 5.91 .992 9.66
1974 BOS AL 34 DH 11 11
1975 STL NL 35 1B 12 54 49 4 1 4 .981 0 4.42 .990 9.96
12 Seasons 1B 731 49 45 447.1 6064 5567 458 39 534 .994 25 66 9.96 8.24 .991 69.47 9.61
7 Seasons OF 308 36 27 313.1 452 428 15 9 5 .980 -1 -5 1.75 1.44 .979 25.68 2.05
6 Seasons LF 291 254 194 2236.2 425 403 15 7 4 .984 -0 -0 1.68 1.44 .977 1.85 1.84
7 Seasons 3B 225 39 31 340.0 603 171 392 40 35 .934 -7 -26 2.99 2.50 .954 0.00 3.06
5 Seasons RF 16 12 3 97.0 22 20 0 2 0 .909 -1 -6 1.86 1.25 .976 1.95 1.92
2 Seasons 2B 5 19 9 10 0 1 1.000 -1 3.80 .976 5.18
2 Seasons CF 3 1 1 14.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -43 1.29 0.67 .975 2.38 2.37
12 Seasons TOT 1269 124 103 1100.2 7138 6175 875 88 575 .988 15 17 5.47 5.56 .987 35.54 6.60
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1968 AL (19, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1362nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1966 AL  .278 (8th)
1968 AL  .290 (2nd)
1970 AL  .301 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1970 AL  175 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1968 AL  28 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1967 AL  118 (5th)
1970 AL  138 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1972 AL  7 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1965 AL  18 (6th)
1968 AL  21 (2nd)
1969 AL  25 (2nd)
1970 AL  19 (6th)
1971 AL  18 (8th)
1972 AL  16 (9th)
Career  160 (221st)

AB per SO s c a p y
1966 AL  10.3 (6th)
1967 AL  9.4 (8th)
1968 AL  11.7 (4th)
1969 AL  14.6 (3rd)
1970 AL  13.2 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1969 AL  466 (10th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1968 AL  1,007 (5th)
1969 AL  1,125 (4th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1968 AL  121 (5th)
1969 AL  132 (4th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1968 AL  985 (4th)
1969 AL  1,087 (4th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1969 AL  97 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1969 AL  9 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1967 AL  5 (5th)
1969 AL  6 (2nd)
1971 AL  7 (2nd)
1972 AL  5 (4th)
Career  25 (35th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1970 AL  10.08 (2nd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1968 AL  .995 (1st)
1970 AL  .992 (5th)
1972 AL  .993 (5th)
Career  .994 (59th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 17 (1105), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2052), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Pat Tabler (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Lou Piniella (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196424Philadelphia Phillies$6,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196525Chicago White Sox$8,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196626Kansas City Athletics$12,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196727Kansas City Athletics$17,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196929Oakland Athletics$29,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197030New York Yankees$32,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197232Boston Red Sox$43,250Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197333Boston Red Sox$43,250Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$191,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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