Ty Gainey
Telmanch Gainey
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 25, 1960 in Cheraw, SC
High School: Cheraw (Cheraw, SC)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1985
Final Game: October 3, 1987
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1985 HOU NL 24 OF 9 7 79.0 23 21 0 2 0 .913 -1.7 -25.8 -1.7 -0.1 -1.6 0 2.39 2.33 .978 2.20 1.88
1985 HOU NL 24 CF 8 6 71.0 22 20 0 2 0 .909 -1.6 -27.0 -1.6 0.0 -1.6 0 2.54 2.50 .982 2.66 2.26
1985 HOU NL 24 RF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
1986 HOU NL 25 OF 19 12 106.2 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 9.0 0.8 1.7 -0.8 0 2.53 1.58 .980 2.19 1.82
1986 HOU NL 25 CF 14 11 83.1 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -7.2 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 0 2.27 1.50 .986 2.59 2.05
1986 HOU NL 25 LF 7 0 12.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 68.1 0.7 0.6 0.1 0 2.92 0.57 .975 1.97 1.44
1986 HOU NL 25 RF 3 1 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 65.5 0.6 0.8 -0.1 0 3.27 1.33 .975 1.96 1.63
1987 HOU NL 26 LF 6 3 33.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 54.5 1.5 0.8 0.7 0 2.73 1.67 .980 2.05 1.58
1987 HOU NL 26 OF 6 3 33.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 54.5 1.5 0.8 0.7 0 2.73 1.67 .980 2.18 1.83
3 Seasons OF 34 22 218.2 63 61 0 2 0 .968 0.6 3.3 0.6 2.4 -1.7 0 2.51 1.79 .979 2.19 1.84
2 Seasons CF 22 17 154.1 43 41 0 2 0 .953 -2.1 -16.3 -2.1 0.3 -2.4 0 2.39 1.86 .984 2.62 2.13
2 Seasons LF 13 3 45.1 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.2 58.2 2.2 1.4 0.8 0 2.78 1.08 .979 2.02 1.51
2 Seasons RF 4 2 19.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 31.6 0.5 0.7 -0.1 0 2.37 1.25 .980 1.99 1.65
3 Seasons TOT 34 22 218.2 63 61 0 2 0 .968 0.6 3.3 0.6 2.4 -1.7 0 2.51 1.79 .948 2.19 1.84

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
1985 HOU NL 24 13 7 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 9 0 3 2
1986 HOU NL 25 26 12 26 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 3 19 0 8 0
1987 HOU NL 26 18 3 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 13 1
3 Seasons 57 22 57 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 22 4 34 0 24 3
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 -- CF*

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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%
1985 HOU NL 24 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 313 57% 77% 22% 21 95%
1986 HOU NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 343 52% 71% 27% 29 72%
2 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 656 55% 74% 25% 50 82%
MLB Averages 41.0% 2.1% 56% 77% 28% 68%

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%
1986 HOU NL 25 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 56 52% 75% 30% 4 100%
1987 HOU NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 145 51% 76% 34% 14 71%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 201 51% 76% 33% 18 78%
MLB Averages 58.3% 2.8% 56% 77% 28% 61%

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%
1985 HOU NL 24 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 35 63% 86% 26% 1 100%
1986 HOU NL 25 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 49 59% 76% 29% 5 80%
2 Seasons 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 84 61% 80% 27% 6 83%
MLB Averages 43.8% 3.2% 56% 77% 28% 63%

* 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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