Ty Gainey

Telmanch Gainey

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 25, 1960 in Cheraw, SC
High School: Cheraw HS (Cheraw, SC)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1985
Team: Astros 1985-1987

Final Game: October 3, 1987
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Sponsor this page for $10 and help Baseball-Reference.com provide this service. Your message will replace this ad.

Standard Batting

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
1979	18	HOU-min	Rk	21	61	61		14	1	1	0						.230	.230	.279	.508		17							AST · GULF
1980	19	HOU-min	Rk,A	52	219	179	44	48	4	2	2	26	18	5	35	42	.268	.394	.346	.740		62		2	3	0			ASO,DYB · GULF,FLOR
1981	20	HOU-min	A	114	390	347	40	86	11	8	6	38	41	7	35	111	.248	.320	.378	.698		131		3	3	2	2		DYB · FLOR
1982	21	HOU-min	A,AA	122	535	483	101	162	25	11	11	63	48	18	44	83	.335	.397	.501	.898		242		6	1	1	7		DYB,CBS · FLOR,SOUL
1983	22	HOU-min	AA	110	445	397	65	107	15	1	9	43	24	19	40	83	.270	.338	.380	.718		151		2	4	2	2		CBS · SOUL
1984	23	HOU-min	AA	133	537	467	85	129	28	2	13	78	39	12	59	83	.276	.359	.428	.787		200		4	2	5	2		CBS · SOUL
1985	24	HOU-min	AAA	68	272	232	42	78	14	2	5	46	10	5	37	48	.336	.423	.478	.901		111		0	0	3	4		TUC · PCL
1985	24	HOU	NL	13	42	37	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.162	.244	.162	.406	18	6	0	2	1	0	0	/89
1986	25	HOU-min	AAA	104	415	359	72	126	22	11	17	63	19	8	55	81	.351	.437	.616	1.053		221		0	1	0	5		TUC · PCL
1986	25	HOU	NL	26	56	50	6	15	3	1	1	6	3	1	6	19	.300	.375	.460	.835	133	23	0	0	0	0	0	8/79
1987	26	HOU-min	AAA	123	508	421	83	122	28	6	13	72	8	8	82	92	.290	.402	.477	.879		201		0	0	5	6		TUC · PCL
1987	26	HOU	NL	18	26	24	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	9	.125	.192	.125	.317	-12	3	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1988	27	HOU-min	AAA	5	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650		1		0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
1989	28	CLE-min	AAA	101	389	341	59	94	13	3	11	50	8	6	48	87	.276	.365	.428	.793		146		0	0	0	4		CSP · PCL
1990	29	CLE-PIT-min	AAA	31	84	72	10	23	4	0	2	11	1	0	10	15	.319	.405	.458	.863		33		1	0	1	3		CSP,BFL,MXD · PCL,AA,MEX
1991	30	PIT-min	AAA,Rk	12	27	22	5	9	1	0	0	2	5	0	5	4	.409	.519	.455	.973		10	0	0	0	0	1		BFL,PRA,MXD · AA,GULF,MEX
1992	31	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1993	32	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
1994	33	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
1995	34	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1996	35	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1997	36	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1999	38	SLT	AAA																										SLT · MEX
2000	39	YUC	AAA	66	269	212	31	62	17	0	3	40	0	1	54	47	.292	.435	.415	.850		88	6	1	0	2	6		YUC · MEX
3 Yrs				57	124	111	12	24	3	1	1	7	4	1	10	37	.216	.293	.288	.581	63	32	0	2	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	352	315	34	68	9	3	3	20	11	3	28	105	.216	.293	.288	.581	63	91	0	6	3	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1985	24	HOU	NL	13	42	-3	0	1	-2	0	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.3	.464	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$	/89
1986	25	HOU	NL	26	56	2	-0	0	1	-0	2	0.2	2	4	0.4	.508	.501	0.3	0.0	3	$	8/79
1987	26	HOU	NL	18	26	-4	0	0	2	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.3	0.1	-3	$	/7
3 Seasons				57	124	-5	0	1	1	-1	-4	-0.5	4	-0	-0.0	.492	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

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
1985	24	HOU	NL	42	32	2	1.7	92	.214	.162	.256	.244	.324	.162	.382	.406	.706	18	.158	-4.0	-0.4	.323	.054	.000
1986	25	HOU	NL	56	36	9	6.8	95	.467	.300	.258	.375	.328	.460	.389	.835	.716	133	.694	2.2	0.2	.861	.320	.160	1.5
1987	26	HOU	NL	26	21	1	1.3	102	.200	.125	.264	.192	.333	.125	.412	.317	.745	-12	.083	-3.9	-0.4	.286	.125	.000	.0
3 Yrs				124	89	12	3.6	96	.315	.216	.259	.293	.327	.288	.392	.581	.719	63	.417	-5.7	-0.6	.534	.189	.072	1.6
162 Game Avg.				352	253	34	3.6	96	.315	.216	.259	.293	.327	.288	.392	.581	.719	63	.417	-5.7	-0.6	.534	.189	.072	5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1985	24	HOU	NL	42	0.0%	21.4%	4.8%	0.0%	0%	4.50	4.1			3.40	67%
1986	25	HOU	NL	56	1.8%	33.9%	10.7%	8.9%	33%	3.17	2.6	50.0	8.3	1.67	54%
1987	26	HOU	NL	26	0.0%	34.6%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	4.50	2.7		24.0	1.40	58%
3 Yrs				124	0.8%	29.8%	8.1%	4.0%	21%	3.70	3.0	111.0	15.9	2.13	59%
MLB Averages					2.5%	15.0%	8.8%	7.1%	31%	1.70	6.0	36.2	8.1	1.09	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1985	24	HOU	NL	-4.0	-0.4	42	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.00	-0.3	-0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.96	-3.1	1.57	2
1986	25	HOU	NL	2.2	0.2	61	0.3	1.3	-1.0	1.08	0.1	0.2	1.4	0.1	0.95	1.3	1.10	6
1987	26	HOU	NL	-3.9	-0.4	27	-0.3	0.2	-0.4	.80	-0.3	-0.0	-3.2	-0.3	0.89	-3.3	1.12	11
3 Yrs				-5.7	-0.6	130	-0.4	1.8	-2.2	1.00	-0.5	0.2	-4.4	-0.5	0.94	-5.2	1.16	19

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1985	24	HOU	NL	1	50%	14	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	100%	0	0	1	1	1	1
1986	25	HOU	NL	0	25%	24	3	1	75%	3	1	1	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0
1987	26	HOU	NL	0	20%	9	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	1	1
3 Yrs				1	31%	47	4	1	80%	4	1	1	2	1	75%	1	1	1	1	2	2

Situational Hitting*

						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
1985	24	HOU	NL	42	67%	6			2	0	0	0	1.57	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	11	0	0%	5	3	60%	25	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
1986	25	HOU	NL	56	88%	15			6	2	1	1	1.10	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		5	0	0%	3	1	33%	32	5	16%	3	2	67%	3	2	67%	0
1987	26	HOU	NL	26	81%	3			11	0	0	0	1.12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	4	0	0%	10	1	10%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				124	79%	24			19	2	1	1	1.16	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	20	0	0%	12	4	33%	67	6	9%	3	2	67%	5	3	60%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			75%			11%			34%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1985	24	13	42	37	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.162	.244	.162	.406	18	6	2	1
1986	25	39	98	87	11	21	3	1	1	6	3	1	8	28	.241	.320	.333	.653	84	29	2	1
1987	26	57	124	111	12	24	3	1	1	7	4	1	10	37	.216	.293	.288	.581	63	32	2	1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1985	24	13	41	36	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.139	.225	.139	.364	1	13
1986	25	26	56	50	6	15	3	1	1	6	3	6	19	.300	.375	.460	.835	9	26
1987	26	18	28	25	2	4	0	0	0	2	1	3	9	.160	.250	.160	.410	1	18
3 Yrs		57	125	111	12	24	3	1	1	8	4	11	37	.216	.298	.288	.587	11	57
162 Game Avg.		162	355	315	34	68	9	3	3	23	11	31	105	.216	.298	.288	.587	31	57

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Ty Gainey

Viewed 3,928 times through May 30, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Telmanch Ty tyrus Gainey

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.