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Alex Gaston

Alexander Nathaniel Gaston

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 12, 1893 in New York, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1920
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Giants 1920-1929

Final Game: September 28, 1929
Died: February 8, 1979 in Marina Del Rey, CA
Cremated
Relatives: Brother of Milt Gaston
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 7:47AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1920 27 NYG NL 4 12 10 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 -18 1 0 1 /2
1921 28 NYG NL 20 23 22 1 5 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 9 .227 .261 .364 .625 62 8 0 0 2
1922 29 NYG NL 16 26 26 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 .192 .192 .192 .385 -1 5 0 0 2
1923 30 NYG NL 22 40 39 3 8 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 6 .205 .225 .333 .558 46 13 1 0 2
1926 33 BOS AL 98 337 301 37 67 5 3 0 21 3 0 21 28 .223 .282 .259 .541 44 78 4 11 2
1929 36 BOS AL 55 127 116 14 26 5 2 2 9 1 0 6 8 .224 .262 .353 .616 59 41 0 5 2
6 Seasons 215 565 514 58 112 13 6 3 40 5 0 29 56 .218 .266 .284 .550 45 146 5 17
162 Game Avg. 162 426 387 44 84 10 5 2 30 4 0 22 42 .218 .266 .284 .550 45 110 4 13
NYG (4 yrs) 62 101 97 7 19 3 1 1 10 1 0 2 20 .196 .220 .278 .498 31 27 1 1
BOS (2 yrs) 153 464 417 51 93 10 5 2 30 4 0 27 36 .223 .277 .285 .562 49 119 4 16
NL (4 yrs) 62 101 97 7 19 3 1 1 10 1 0 2 20 .196 .220 .278 .498 31 27 1 1
AL (2 yrs) 153 464 417 51 93 10 5 2 30 4 0 27 36 .223 .277 .285 .562 49 119 4 16

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1920 27 NYG NL 12 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2
1921 28 NYG NL 23 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 2
1922 29 NYG NL 26 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 2
1923 30 NYG NL 40 -3 0 0 0 -1 1 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 2
1926 33 BOS AL 337 -26 2 0 0 0 3 11 -10 -1.0 -10 -1.0 0.0 $ 2
1929 36 BOS AL 127 -8 1 0 0 2 2 4 1 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $ 2
6 Seasons 565 -44 3 0 0 1 6 18 -16 -1.6 -17 -1.7 0.1 $
NYG (4 yrs) 101 -10 0 0 0 -1 1 3 -7 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $
BOS (2 yrs) 464 -34 3 0 0 2 5 15 -9 -0.9 -11 -1.1 0.2 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1920 NYG NL 27 C 3 3 3 12 10 1 1 0 .917 3.67 .968 5.30 0 2 0 0%
1921 NYG NL 28 C 11 1 1 20 19 0 1 0 .950 1.73 .971 4.87 1 0 0
1922 NYG NL 29 C 13 2 1 27 24 3 0 0 1.000 2.08 .974 4.63 0 2 1 33%
1923 NYG NL 30 C 21 7 6 47 34 11 2 0 .957 2.14 .976 4.66 1 1 4 80%
1926 BOS AL 33 C 98 92 77 360 284 69 7 5 .981 3.60 .979 4.66 7 81 33 29%
1929 BOS AL 36 C 49 33 23 143 116 25 2 6 .986 2.88 .976 4.69 0 11 18 62%
6 Seasons C 195 138 111 609 487 109 13 11 .979 3.06 .977 4.69 9 97 56 37%
6 Seasons TOT 195 138 111 609 487 109 13 11 .979 3.06 .977 4.69 9 97 56 37%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1926 AL  98 (5th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1926 AL  284 (5th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1926 AL  7 (2nd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1926 AL  81 (1st)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1929 AL  50.0 (5th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1926 AL  .981 (3rd)

                           

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