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

Born: October 5, 1958 in Fort Wayne, IN
High School: Churubusco (Churubusco, IN)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 6th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1982
Final Game: September 30, 1984
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1982 23 NYM NL 0 3 .000 4.55 7 5 1 0 0 0 31.2 41 22 16 3 10 0 14 1 0 2 142 80 1.611 11.7 0.9 2.8 4.0 1.40
1983 24 NYM NL 1 0 1.000 6.10 4 0 2 0 0 0 10.1 18 9 7 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 53 60 1.839 15.7 0.0 0.9 3.5 4.00
1984 25 NYM NL 3 2 .600 3.63 47 0 18 0 0 1 84.1 77 39 34 4 36 11 42 1 2 5 358 98 1.340 8.2 0.4 3.8 4.5 1.17
3 Seasons 4 5 .444 4.06 58 5 21 0 0 1 126.1 136 70 57 7 47 12 60 2 2 8 553 88 1.449 9.7 0.5 3.3 4.3 1.28
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .444 4.06 63 5 23 0 0 1 136 147 76 62 8 51 13 65 2 2 9 597 88 1.449 9.7 0.5 3.3 4.3 1.28

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 23 NYM NL 7 142 127 22 41 6 1 3 2 3 10 14 .323 .374 .457 .831 .342 58 1 1 3 1 0
1983 24 NYM NL 4 53 50 9 18 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .360 .365 .440 .805 .383 22 1 0 1 1 1
1984 25 NYM NL 47 358 312 39 77 8 2 4 10 3 36 42 .247 .320 .324 .644 .267 101 11 1 2 7 11
3 Seasons 58 553 489 70 136 18 3 7 12 6 47 60 .278 .338 .370 .708 .299 181 13 2 6 9 12
162 Game Avg. 63 597 528 76 147 19 3 8 13 6 51 65 .278 .338 .370 .708 .299 195 14 2 6 10 13
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1982 23 NYM NL 7 5 0 3 2 0 1 0 5 .000 1 1 0 0 1 20% 41 61 28 3 0 0 4 3.2 2.1 5.2
1 Season 7 5 0 3 2 0 1 0 5 .000 1 1 0 0 1 20% 41 61 28 3 0 0 4 3.2 2.1 5.2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1982 23 NYM NL 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0.947 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.5
1983 24 NYM NL 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 2 0.637 0 0 4 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 7.8
1984 25 NYM NL 47 47 18 3 2 1 1 0 100% 4 2 18 7 39% 6 0.689 5 16 26 5 4 38 9 38 30 3 31 13 5.4
3 Seasons 58 53 21 4 2 1 1 0 100% 4 2 22 11 50% 0.750 5 16 32 6 4 43 11 42 35 3 36 13 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1982 23 NYM NL 142 62% 2.1% 9.9% 7.0% 7.0% 24% 1.24 78% 28 1 4%
1983 24 NYM NL 53 43% 0.0% 7.6% 1.9% 7.6% 22% 2.00 89% 20 1 5%
1984 25 NYM NL 358 43% 1.1% 11.7% 10.1% 3.9% 18% 1.51 76% 62 11 18%
3 Seasons 553 48% 1.3% 10.9% 8.5% 5.1% 21% 1.48 78% 110 13 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1982 23 NYM NL 142 41 3 0 2 0 3 2 1 11 8 0 73% 2 2 0 56 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 5 0
1983 24 NYM NL 53 18 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 9 5 2 56% 4 1 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1984 25 NYM NL 358 77 4 1 16 4 0 3 1 35 18 4 51% 8 5 2 127 10 3 77% 9 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 24 0
3 Seasons 553 136 7 1 24 4 3 5 2 55 31 6 56% 14 8 2 208 12 6 67% 11 5 1 1 0 0 5 0 31 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1982 23 0 3 .000 4.55 7 5 1 0 0 0 31.2 41 22 16 3 10 0 14 1 0 2 142 80 1.611 11.7 0.9 2.8 4.0 1.40 80
1983 24 1 3 .250 4.93 11 5 3 0 0 0 42.0 59 31 23 3 11 1 18 1 0 3 195 74 1.667 12.6 0.6 2.4 3.9 1.64 74
1984 25 4 5 .444 4.06 58 5 21 0 0 1 126.1 136 70 57 7 47 12 60 2 2 8 553 88 1.449 9.7 0.5 3.3 4.3 1.28 88

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1982 23 1 2 .333 5.28 29.0 43 19 17 3 10 13 1 1.828 13.3 3.1 4.0 1.30 0.9 7
1983 24 0 1 .000 5.73 11.0 19 8 7 0 1 4 0 1.818 15.5 0.8 3.3 4.00 0.0 4
1984 25 4 4 .500 4.16 80.0 80 41 37 4 37 40 1 1.463 9.0 4.2 4.5 1.08 0.5 47
3 Seasons 5 7 .417 4.58 120.0 142 68 61 7 48 57 2 1.583 10.7 4.3 1.19 0.5 58

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