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Danny Cater
Danny Anderson Cater
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 180 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
Final Game: June 11, 1975
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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 7/3895
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 *75/38
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 9 573
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 *37/94 MVP-19
1969 29 OAK AL 152 620 584 64 153 24 2 10 76 1 4 28 40 .262 .296 .361 .657 88 211 25 2 1 5 3 *37/49
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 *35/9
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 86 118 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/D
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 3D
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

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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 PHI NL 24 OF 39 30 258.0 53 48 4 1 2 .981 2.6 12.1 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 3 1.81 1.33 .974 1.99 1.72
1964 PHI NL 24 LF 35 27 232.0 50 45 4 1 1 .980 3.4 17.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 3 1.90 1.40 .964 1.71 1.34
1964 PHI NL 24 1B 7 6 51.0 67 62 3 2 5 .970 0.3 7.1 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0 11.47 9.29 .990 10.02 8.83
1964 PHI NL 24 CF 2 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -36.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 2.34 2.10
1964 PHI NL 24 RF 2 2 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -37.5 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 1.12 1.00 .950 1.91 1.60
1964 PHI NL 24 3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.00 2.60
1965 CHW AL 25 OF 127 109 1033.1 184 174 6 4 2 .978 2.5 2.9 0.5 -0.7 1.2 2 1.57 1.42 .978 2.04 1.78
1965 CHW AL 25 LF 126 109 1029.1 182 173 5 4 2 .978 2.7 3.1 0.7 -0.7 1.4 2 1.56 1.41 .979 1.87 1.49
1965 CHW AL 25 3B 11 8 65.0 17 1 15 1 1 .941 -1.5 -27.7 -1.5 -1.5 0.0 0 2.22 1.45 .959 3.13 2.87
1965 CHW AL 25 1B 3 2 9.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 0.6 80.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 14.00 4.67 .993 9.60 7.87
1965 CHW AL 25 CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.00 0.00 2.48 2.00
1966 TOT AL 26 OF 40 36 313.1 64 60 1 3 1 .953 -3.4 -13.0 -2.4 -1.9 -0.4 -1 1.75 1.53 .981 2.10 1.82
1966 TOT AL 26 LF 37 33 284.1 56 54 1 1 1 .982 -2.8 -11.8 -1.8 -2.0 0.3 -1 1.74 1.49 .980 1.83 1.45
1966 TOT AL 26 RF 4 3 29.0 8 6 0 2 0 .750 -0.6 -24.8 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 0 1.86 1.50 .988 1.92 1.70
1966 CHW AL 26 OF 18 15 136.1 22 20 0 2 0 .909 -2.4 -21.1 -2.4 -1.0 -1.4 0 1.32 1.11 .982 2.10 1.82
1966 CHW AL 26 LF 16 13 114.1 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -17.8 -1.7 -1.0 -0.7 0 1.26 1.00 .981 1.83 1.45
1966 CHW AL 26 RF 3 2 22.0 7 5 0 2 0 .714 -0.7 -38.2 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 2.05 1.67 .986 1.92 1.70
1966 KCA AL 26 1B 53 49 447.1 498 459 36 3 48 .994 -1.5 -4.0 -1.5 -1.5 0.0 0 9.96 9.34 .991 9.59 8.18
1966 KCA AL 26 3B 42 39 340.0 118 46 67 5 6 .958 0.4 1.4 0.4 2.0 -1.7 0 2.99 2.69 .954 3.03 2.80
1966 KCA AL 26 OF 22 21 177.0 42 40 1 1 1 .976 -1.0 -6.8 0.0 -0.9 1.0 -1 2.08 1.86 .981 2.10 1.82
1966 KCA AL 26 LF 21 20 170.0 40 38 1 1 1 .975 -1.1 -7.8 -0.1 -1.0 1.0 -1 2.06 1.86 .980 1.83 1.45
1966 KCA AL 26 RF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 1.93 1.70
1967 KCA AL 27 3B 56 51 437.0 131 43 77 11 3 .916 -3.7 -10.2 -3.7 -5.3 1.6 0 2.47 2.14 .956 3.13 2.72
1967 KCA AL 27 LF 55 54 421.2 87 83 3 1 0 .989 -1.8 -5.1 -2.8 1.2 -4.0 1 1.84 1.56 .976 1.87 1.40
1967 KCA AL 27 OF 55 54 421.2 87 84 2 1 0 .989 -1.8 -5.1 -2.8 1.2 -4.0 1 1.84 1.56 .979 2.05 1.76
1967 KCA AL 27 1B 44 33 320.0 328 297 30 1 32 .997 5.3 19.9 4.3 0.8 3.5 1 9.20 7.43 .991 9.53 8.32
1968 OAK AL 28 1B 121 114 1008.2 1058 985 68 5 89 .995 1.4 1.7 1.4 2.9 -1.5 0 9.40 8.70 .989 8.92 8.26 MVP-19
1968 OAK AL 28 OF 20 14 120.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -7.0 -0.7 -1.2 0.5 0 1.58 1.05 .981 2.08 1.80 MVP-19
1968 OAK AL 28 LF 19 14 118.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -6.1 -0.6 -1.2 0.6 0 1.45 1.00 .979 1.85 1.45 MVP-19
1968 OAK AL 28 RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.55 MVP-19
1968 OAK AL 28 2B 1 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -240.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 4.95 4.30 MVP-19
1969 OAK AL 29 1B 132 120 1081.1 1193 1087 97 9 112 .992 6.2 6.9 6.2 2.9 3.3 0 9.85 8.97 .992 8.32 7.58
1969 OAK AL 29 OF 20 17 158.1 32 30 2 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -10.6 -1.4 0.4 -1.7 0 1.82 1.60 .978 2.13 1.84
1969 OAK AL 29 LF 19 17 151.1 31 29 2 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -10.3 -1.3 0.5 -1.7 0 1.84 1.63 .977 1.99 1.60
1969 OAK AL 29 2B 4 2 36.0 17 8 9 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -6.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 4.25 4.25 .976 5.20 4.58
1969 OAK AL 29 RF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.93 1.60
1970 NYY AL 30 1B 131 99 938.1 1059 981 70 8 79 .992 -1.3 -1.7 -2.3 -3.4 1.1 1 10.08 8.02 .991 9.59 7.63
1970 NYY AL 30 3B 42 42 337.0 115 24 83 8 10 .930 1.9 6.8 1.9 2.0 -0.1 0 2.86 2.55 .950 3.07 2.67
1970 NYY AL 30 OF 7 7 43.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 22.3 0.8 1.0 -0.2 0 2.30 1.57 .982 2.13 1.86
1970 NYY AL 30 RF 7 7 43.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 22.3 0.8 1.0 -0.2 0 2.51 1.71 .975 1.99 1.59
1971 NYY AL 31 1B 78 57 535.2 629 564 62 3 54 .995 6.7 15.0 6.7 3.3 3.4 0 10.52 8.03 .992 9.59 8.10
1971 NYY AL 31 3B 52 49 409.2 162 41 111 10 7 .938 -4.1 -12.0 -4.1 -3.8 -0.4 0 3.34 2.92 .957 3.04 2.74
1972 BOS AL 32 1B 90 83 727.2 722 656 61 5 65 .993 5.1 8.4 5.1 -1.0 6.0 0 8.87 7.97 .991 9.75 8.04
1973 BOS AL 33 1B 37 29 287.2 305 287 17 1 37 .997 -0.4 -1.7 0.6 0.0 0.6 -1 9.51 8.22 .992 9.86 8.27
1973 BOS AL 33 3B 21 16 144.2 60 16 39 5 8 .917 -0.5 -4.1 -0.5 -1.7 1.2 0 3.42 2.62 .952 3.00 2.68
1973 BOS AL 33 DH 3
1974 BOS AL 34 1B 23 17 145.1 136 126 10 0 9 1.000 2.0 16.5 2.0 2.1 0.0 0 8.42 5.91 .992 9.70 8.01
1974 BOS AL 34 DH 14
1975 STL NL 35 1B 12 7 52.1 54 49 4 1 4 .981 0.3 6.9 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.11 4.42 .991 9.96 8.52
12 Seasons 1B 731 616 5604.1 6064 5567 458 39 534 .994 24.7 5.3 23.7 7.5 16.2 1 9.68 8.24 .991 9.27 7.98
7 Seasons OF 308 267 2347.2 452 428 15 9 5 .980 -1.4 -0.7 -6.4 -1.2 -5.0 5 1.70 1.44 .979 2.05 1.78
6 Seasons LF 291 254 2236.2 425 403 15 7 4 .984 -0.4 -0.2 -5.4 -1.9 -3.3 5 1.68 1.44 .977 1.86 1.45
7 Seasons 3B 225 205 1736.1 603 171 392 40 35 .934 -7.5 -5.2 -7.5 -8.3 0.6 0 2.92 2.50 .954 3.07 2.73
2 Seasons DH 17
5 Seasons RF 16 12 97.0 22 20 0 2 0 .909 -0.5 -6.2 -0.5 1.0 -1.5 0 1.86 1.25 .977 1.95 1.61
2 Seasons 2B 5 2 38.0 19 9 10 0 1 1.000 -0.6 -18.9 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 4.50 3.80 .979 5.19 4.52
2 Seasons CF 3 1 14.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -42.9 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 1.29 0.67 1.000 2.38 2.07
12 Seasons TOT 1269 1090 9726.1 7138 6175 875 88 575 .988 15.2 1.9 9.2 -2.4 11.6 5 1 6.52 5.56 .975 6.40 5.53
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (1339th)

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 (211th)

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)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 17 (1087), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2318), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 8, 1958: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

December 1, 1964: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Lee Elia to the Chicago White Sox for Ray Herbert and Jeoff Long.

May 27, 1966: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Kansas City Athletics for Wayne Causey.

December 5, 1969: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Ossie Chavarria to the New York Yankees for Al Downing and Frank Fernandez.

March 22, 1972: Traded by the New York Yankees with a player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox for Sparky Lyle. The New York Yankees sent Mario Guerrero (June 30, 1972) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

March 29, 1975: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Danny Godby.

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