Al Gallagher

Alan Mitchell Edward George Patrick Henry Gallagher (Dirty Al)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 19, 1945 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Mission HS (San Francisco, CA)
Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1965 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1970
Teams (by GP): Giants/Angels 1970-1973

Final Game: September 27, 1973
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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
1965	19	SFG-min	AA,AAA	77	263	239	29	51	9	7	2	24	2	0	21	57	.213	.275	.335	.610		80		0	1	2			SPF,TAC · EL,PCL
1966	20	SFG-min	A,AAA	124	455	453	0	141	19	12	9	0	0	0	2	0	.311	.314	.466	.780		211		0	0	0			FRE,PHX · CALL,PCL
1967	21	CHC-min	AAA	54	217	200	17	46	11	0	1	14	1	3	16	30	.230	.286	.300	.586		60		0	0	1			TAC · PCL
1968	22	SFG-min	AA	106	410	366	48	101	16	5	3	50	2	3	44	59	.276	.354	.372	.725		136							AMA · TL
1969	23	SFG-min	AA,AAA	97	352	306	43	88	15	2	0	46	5	0	45	43	.288	.378	.350	.728		107		0	0	1			AMA,PHX · TL,PCL
1970	24	SFG	NL	109	318	282	31	75	15	2	4	28	2	1	30	37	.266	.335	.376	.711	92	106	9	0	5	1	4	5
1971	25	SFG	NL	136	479	429	47	119	18	5	5	57	2	1	40	57	.277	.340	.378	.717	104	162	15	2	4	3	10	*5
1972	26	SFG	NL	82	274	233	19	52	3	1	2	18	2	1	33	39	.223	.317	.270	.588	68	63	9	1	3	4	4	5
1973	27	TOT	MLB	115	362	320	17	87	6	1	0	27	1	3	35	31	.272	.343	.297	.640	89	95	10	2	1	4	3	5/46
1973	27	SFG	NL	5	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	45	2	1	1	0	0	0	/5
1973	27	CAL	AL	110	352	311	16	85	6	1	0	26	1	3	35	31	.273	.345	.299	.644	91	93	9	1	1	4	3	5/46
1974	28	ATL-ANA-min	AAA	121	394	335	34	85	14	0	6	47	1	0	49	37	.254	.352	.349	.701		117		3	5	2			RMD,SLC · IL,PCL
1975	29	ATL-min	AAA	78	248	219	23	57	7	0	1	16	0	1	24	26	.260	.339	.306	.645		67		2	3	0			RMD · IL
1977	31	TXC	A	49	192	165	33	58	13	1	3	29	2	2	24	4	.352	.435	.497	.932		82		1	1	1			TXC · LONE
1980	34	ATL-min	A	7	29	26	5	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	2	.346	.414	.385	.798		10		0	0	0			DHM · CARL
4 Yrs				442	1433	1264	114	333	42	9	11	130	7	6	138	164	.263	.335	.337	.672	91	426	43	5	13	12	21
162 Game Avg.				162	525	463	42	122	15	3	4	48	3	2	51	60	.263	.335	.337	.672	91	156	16	2	5	4	8

SFG (4 yrs)				332	1081	953	98	248	36	8	11	104	6	3	103	133	.260	.332	.349	.682	91	333	34	4	12	8	18
CAL (1 yr)				110	352	311	16	85	6	1	0	26	1	3	35	31	.273	.345	.299	.644	91	93	9	1	1	4	3

NL (4 yrs)				332	1081	953	98	248	36	8	11	104	6	3	103	133	.260	.332	.349	.682	91	333	34	4	12	8	18
AL (1 yr)				110	352	311	16	85	6	1	0	26	1	3	35	31	.273	.345	.299	.644	91	93	9	1	1	4	3

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
1970	24	SFG	NL	109	318	-1	-0	-0	-4	1	-4	-0.4	9	5	0.6	.496	.497	0.9	-0.2	9	$	5
1971	25	SFG	NL	136	479	3	-1	-1	1	2	4	0.6	14	18	2.0	.504	.503	1.8	0.5	17	$	*5
1972	26	SFG	NL	82	274	-11	0	-0	-4	1	-14	-1.5	8	-6	-0.8	.480	.490	-0.4	-0.2	-2	$	5
1973	27	SFG	NL	5	10	-1	0	-0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.458	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$	/5
1973	27	CAL	AL	110	352	-3	-3	-1	-0	2	-5	-0.4	11	6	0.6	.495	.496	0.6	0.3	6	$26,000	5/46
4 Seasons				442	1433	-13	-4	-2	-8	7	-21	-1.9	43	22	2.2	.495	.497	2.8	0.2	30	$26,000

SFG (4 yrs)				332	1081	-10	-1	-1	-8	5	-15	-1.5	31	16	1.6	.495	.497	2.2	-0.1	24	$
CAL (1 yr)				110	352	-3	-3	-1	-0	2	-5	-0.4	11	6	0.6	.495	.496	0.6	0.3	6	$26,000

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
1970	24	SFG	NL	318	223	35	4.2	103	.293	.266	.266	.335	.338	.376	.406	.711	.745	92	.456	-3.0	-0.3	.631	.220	.110	2.7
1971	25	SFG	NL	479	333	53	4.3	92	.308	.277	.259	.340	.325	.378	.379	.717	.703	104	.523	2.8	0.3	.629	.196	.100	2.9
1972	26	SFG	NL	274	198	21	2.9	93	.255	.223	.259	.317	.327	.270	.382	.588	.710	68	.345	-9.0	-1.0	.513	.193	.047	2.0
1973	27	TOT	MLB	362	251	32	3.4	86	.297	.272	.249	.343	.317	.297	.367	.640	.683	89	.393	-2.2	-0.2	.528	.128	.025	.0
1973	27	SFG	NL	10	8	0	0.0	100	.222	.222	.267	.300	.337	.222	.397	.522	.734	45	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.375	.000	.000
1973	27	CAL	AL	352	243	32	3.5	86	.299	.273	.249	.345	.316	.299	.366	.644	.682	91	.408	-1.5	-0.2	.534	.132	.026	.0
4 Yrs				1433	1005	141	3.8	93	.292	.263	.258	.335	.326	.337	.382	.672	.709	91	.444	-11.4	-1.2	.582	.184	.074	8.6
162 Game Avg.				525	368	52	3.8	93	.292	.263	.258	.335	.326	.337	.382	.672	.709	91	.444	-11.4	-1.2	.582	.184	.074	3

SFG (4 yrs)				1081	762	109	3.9	95	.290	.260	.261	.332	.329	.349	.388	.682	.717	91	.456	-9.9	-1.0	.597	.200	.089	7.8
CAL (1 yr)				352	243	32	3.5	86	.299	.273	.249	.345	.316	.299	.366	.644	.682	91	.407	-1.5	-0.2	.534	.132	.026	.0

NL (4 yrs)				1081	762	109	3.9	95	.290	.260	.261	.332	.329	.349	.388	.682	.717	91	.456	-9.9	-1.0	.597	.200	.089	7.8
AL (1 yr)				352	243	32	3.5	86	.299	.273	.249	.345	.316	.299	.366	.644	.682	91	.407	-1.5	-0.2	.534	.132	.026	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1971	25	SFG	NL	NLCS	PIT	L	4	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	0	1	0	0	0
1 NLCS							4	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	0	1	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1970	24	SFG	NL	318	1.3%	11.6%	9.4%	6.6%	28%	1.23	7.6	70.5	10.1	1.84	76%
1971	25	SFG	NL	479	1.0%	11.9%	8.4%	5.9%	24%	1.43	7.5	85.8	7.5	2.13	77%
1972	26	SFG	NL	274	0.7%	14.2%	12.0%	2.2%	12%	1.18	6.0	116.5	12.9	2.31	72%
1973	27	TOT	MLB	362	0.0%	8.6%	9.7%	1.9%	8%	0.89	10.3		11.9	1.71	81%
1973	27	SFG	NL	10	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				9.0	3.00	90%
1973	27	CAL	AL	352	0.0%	8.8%	9.9%	2.0%	8%	0.89	10.0		12.0	1.68	81%
4 Yrs				1433	0.8%	11.4%	9.6%	4.3%	19%	1.19	7.7	114.9	9.7	1.97	77%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.4%	8.7%	6.0%	27%	1.65	6.2	43.6	9.0	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1970	24	SFG	NL	-3.4	-0.3	330	0.7	6.1	-5.4	1.01	-0.0	0.7	-3.6	-0.4	1.01	-2.9	1.84	19
1971	25	SFG	NL	2.8	0.3	484	1.4	9.5	-8.1	1.09	1.0	0.3	12.6	1.3	1.03	11.2	1.16	9
1972	26	SFG	NL	-9.0	-1.0	281	-1.8	2.9	-4.7	.97	-1.3	-0.6	-13.2	-1.4	0.94	-11.6	1.55	12
1973	27	TOT	MLB	-2.7	-0.3	367	-0.9	5.3	-6.2	1.00	-0.8	-0.1	-4.1	-0.4	0.95	-8.1	1.93	9
1973	27	SFG	NL	-0.7	-0.1	10	0.1	0.2	-0.1	1.14	-0.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.92	-0.8		0
1973	27	CAL	AL	-2.0	-0.2	357	-1.0	5.1	-6.1	.99	-0.7	-0.3	-4.0	-0.4	0.95	-7.2	1.93	9
4 Yrs				-12.3	-1.3	1462	-0.7	23.7	-24.4	1.02	-1.1	0.5	-8.3	-0.9	0.99	-11.3	1.66	49

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1970	24	SFG	NL	7	0	27%	128	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	3	10	32%	20	16	4	3	1	2	11	5	5
1971	25	SFG	NL	8	1	27%	203	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	4	6	38%	27	18	8	2	0	2	13	6	6
1972	26	SFG	NL	1	0	20%	99	2	1	67%	2	1	0	1	1	4	27%	12	7	5	5	5	0	5	4	1
1973	27	TOT	MLB	4	0	14%	148	1	3	25%	1	2	1	0	9	6	27%	25	19	5	3	3	0	9	4	5
1973	27	SFG	NL	0	0	33%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1973	27	CAL	AL	4	0	13%	145	1	3	25%	1	2	1	0	9	5	28%	25	19	5	3	3	0	8	3	5
4 Yrs				20	1	22%	578	7	6	54%	7	5	1	1	17	26	32%	84	60	22	13	9	4	38	19	17

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
1970	24	SFG	NL	318	25%	75			19	7	1	3	1.84	4	0	13	3	1	3	1	0	7	5	71%	69	9	13%	33	10	30%	234	24	10%	16	7	44%	21	9	43%	0
1971	25	SFG	NL	479	25%	119			9	3	0	1	1.16	5	0	17	4	1	2	3	1	5	4	80%	89	15	17%	44	15	34%	336	54	16%	24	13	54%	20	12	60%	0
1972	26	SFG	NL	274	30%	52			12	3	0	1	1.55	2	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	5	3	60%	46	9	20%	32	16	50%	162	16	10%	19	9	47%	13	11	85%	0
1973	27	TOT	MLB	362	37%	87			9	0	0	0	1.93	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	71	10	14%	29	9	31%	222	27	12%	22	12	55%	7	2	29%	0
1973	27	SFG	NL	10	80%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		5	1	20%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1973	27	CAL	AL	352	36%	85			9	0	0	0	1.93	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	69	9	13%	29	9	31%	217	26	12%	21	11	52%	7	2	29%	0
4 Yrs				1433	29%	333			49	13	1	5	1.66	11	0	43	9	2	6	5	1	18	13	72%	275	43	16%	138	50	36%	954	121	13%	81	41	51%	61	34	56%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			31%			14%			47%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1970	24	109	318	282	31	75	15	2	4	28	2	1	30	37	.266	.335	.376	.711	92	106	9	0	5	1	4
1971	25	245	797	711	78	194	33	7	9	85	4	2	70	94	.273	.338	.377	.715	99	268	24	2	9	4	14
1972	26	327	1071	944	97	246	36	8	11	103	6	3	103	133	.261	.333	.351	.683	91	331	33	3	12	8	18
1973	27	442	1433	1264	114	333	42	9	11	130	7	6	138	164	.263	.335	.337	.672	91	426	43	5	13	12	21

Neutralized Batting

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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
1970	24	109	317	281	30	74	15	2	4	27	2	30	37	.263	.333	.374	.707	35	109
1971	25	136	491	439	54	129	20	5	5	65	2	43	57	.294	.357	.396	.754	63	136
1972	26	86	290	246	22	57	3	1	2	21	2	36	41	.232	.328	.276	.604	23	82
1973	27	115	376	330	20	97	7	1	0	32	1	39	31	.294	.368	.321	.689	39	115
4 Yrs		446	1474	1296	126	357	45	9	11	145	7	148	166	.275	.349	.350	.699	160	442
162 Game Avg.		162	535	471	46	130	16	3	4	53	3	54	60	.275	.349	.350	.699	58	442

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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