Cito Gaston
Clarence Edwin Gaston
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 17, 1944 in San Antonio, TX
High School: Holy Cross (Corpus Christi, TX)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1967
Final Game: October 1, 1978
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Standard Batting

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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
1967 23 ATL NL 9 27 25 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 .120 .120 .200 .320 -9 5 2 0 2 0 0 /89
1969 25 SDP NL 129 419 391 20 90 11 7 2 28 4 4 24 117 .230 .275 .309 .585 67 121 10 1 1 2 0 *8
1970 26 SDP NL 146 629 584 92 186 26 9 29 93 4 1 41 142 .318 .364 .543 .907 144 317 16 2 0 2 2 *8/7 AS,MVP-24
1971 27 SDP NL 141 547 518 57 118 13 9 17 61 1 0 24 121 .228 .264 .386 .650 88 200 10 2 2 1 1 *8/79
1972 28 SDP NL 111 403 379 30 102 14 0 7 44 0 2 22 76 .269 .313 .361 .674 99 137 13 2 0 0 2 97/8
1973 29 SDP NL 133 500 476 51 119 18 4 16 57 0 0 20 88 .250 .281 .405 .686 96 193 10 1 1 2 3 *9/7
1974 30 SDP NL 106 289 267 19 57 11 0 6 33 0 0 16 51 .213 .259 .322 .581 66 86 6 1 3 2 2 97
1975 31 ATL NL 64 159 141 17 34 4 0 6 15 1 0 17 33 .241 .321 .397 .718 97 56 5 0 0 1 3 98/73
1976 32 ATL NL 69 147 134 15 39 4 0 4 25 1 0 13 21 .291 .354 .410 .764 112 55 6 0 0 0 1 7/93
1977 33 ATL NL 56 93 85 6 23 4 0 3 21 1 0 5 19 .271 .301 .424 .725 84 36 3 0 0 3 0 /739
1978 34 TOT NL 62 126 120 6 28 1 0 1 9 0 0 3 20 .233 .248 .267 .515 38 32 4 0 1 2 0 97/38
1978 34 ATL NL 60 124 118 5 27 1 0 1 9 0 0 3 20 .229 .244 .263 .507 36 31 4 0 1 2 0 97/38
1978 34 PIT NL 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 176 1 0 0 0 0 0 /7
11 Seasons 1026 3339 3120 314 799 106 30 91 387 13 7 185 693 .256 .298 .397 .695 96 1238 85 9 10 15 14
162 Game Avg. 162 527 493 50 126 17 5 14 61 2 1 29 109 .256 .298 .397 .695 96 195 13 1 2 2 2
SDP (6 yrs) 766 2787 2615 269 672 93 29 77 316 9 7 147 595 .257 .298 .403 .701 99 1054 65 9 7 9 10
ATL (5 yrs) 258 550 503 44 126 13 1 14 71 4 0 38 98 .250 .300 .364 .664 79 183 20 0 3 6 4
PIT (1 yr) 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 176 1 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1967 23 ATL NL 27 26 0 0.0 90 .150 .120 .257 .120 .319 .200 .377 .320 .696 -9 .000 -3.7 -0.4 .250 .120 .080 .0
1969 25 SDP NL 419 318 32 2.7 91 .321 .230 .255 .275 .324 .309 .377 .585 .702 67 .311 -18.3 -1.9 .463 .141 .079 2.7
1970 26 SDP NL 629 417 111 7.2 100 .378 .318 .262 .364 .334 .543 .400 .907 .735 144 .688 33.0 3.2 .875 .300 .224 7.0
1971 27 SDP NL 547 413 51 3.3 87 .265 .228 .252 .264 .316 .386 .368 .650 .685 88 .408 -11.2 -1.2 .554 .207 .158 1.9
1972 28 SDP NL 403 292 39 3.6 85 .321 .269 .247 .313 .314 .361 .365 .674 .679 99 .447 -1.3 -0.1 .545 .145 .092 .0
1973 29 SDP NL 500 370 52 3.8 89 .275 .250 .252 .281 .319 .405 .374 .686 .694 96 .444 -4.8 -0.5 .583 .197 .155 .0
1974 30 SDP NL 289 221 22 2.7 90 .241 .213 .256 .259 .328 .322 .371 .581 .698 66 .301 -12.8 -1.3 .477 .169 .109 .0
1975 31 ATL NL 159 113 18 4.3 99 .272 .241 .269 .321 .340 .397 .388 .718 .728 97 .497 -1.0 -0.1 .661 .284 .156 1.7
1976 32 ATL NL 147 101 18 4.8 97 .321 .291 .269 .354 .337 .410 .384 .764 .721 112 .573 1.9 0.2 .683 .224 .119 1.6
1977 33 ATL NL 93 68 11 4.4 113 .303 .271 .283 .301 .352 .424 .431 .725 .783 84 .474 -2.1 -0.2 .646 .224 .153 1.5
1978 34 TOT NL 126 99 8 2.2 104 .267 .233 .275 .248 .345 .267 .405 .515 .750 38 .230 -10.8 -1.1 .365 .058 .033 .0
1978 34 ATL NL 124 98 7 1.9 104 .263 .229 .275 .244 .345 .263 .405 .507 .750 36 .193 -11.0 -1.2 .358 .059 .034 .0
1978 34 PIT NL 2 1 1 26.8 99 .500 .500 .268 .500 .336 .500 .394 1.000 .730 176 .968 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
11 Seasons 3339 2438 362 4.0 93 .301 .256 .257 .298 .326 .397 .381 .695 .707 96 .470 -31.2 -3.5 .596 .202 .141 22.8
162 Game Avg. 527 385 57 4.0 93 .301 .256 .257 .298 .326 .397 .381 .695 .707 96 .470 -31.2 -3.5 .596 .202 .141 4
SDP (6 yrs) 2787 2031 307 4.1 91 .305 .257 .254 .298 .323 .403 .378 .701 .701 99 .478 -15.3 -1.8 .601 .203 .146 16.1
ATL (5 yrs) 550 406 54 3.6 101 .282 .250 .272 .300 .341 .364 .398 .664 .739 79 .421 -16.0 -1.7 .567 .197 .113 6.2
PIT (1 yr) 2 1 1 26.8 99 .500 .500 .268 .500 .336 .500 .394 1.000 .730 176 .968 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1970 SDP NL 26 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1967 23 ATL NL 27 0.0% 18.5% 0.0% 3.7% 33% 5.0 25.0 1.33 74%
1969 25 SDP NL 419 0.5% 27.9% 5.7% 4.8% 22% 4.88 3.3 195.5 14.0 1.73 65%
1970 26 SDP NL 629 4.6% 22.6% 6.5% 10.2% 34% 3.46 4.1 20.1 6.3 1.41 66%
1971 27 SDP NL 547 3.1% 22.1% 4.4% 7.1% 33% 5.04 4.3 30.5 8.5 1.65 70%
1972 28 SDP NL 403 1.7% 18.9% 5.5% 5.2% 21% 3.45 5.0 54.1 8.6 1.92 73%
1973 29 SDP NL 500 3.2% 17.6% 4.0% 7.6% 32% 4.40 5.4 29.8 8.4 1.37 75%
1974 30 SDP NL 289 2.1% 17.7% 5.5% 5.9% 30% 3.19 5.2 44.5 8.1 1.60 73%
1975 31 ATL NL 159 3.8% 20.8% 10.7% 6.3% 29% 1.94 4.3 23.5 9.4 0.95 65%
1976 32 ATL NL 147 2.7% 14.3% 8.8% 5.4% 21% 1.62 6.4 33.5 5.4 1.52 74%
1977 33 ATL NL 93 3.2% 20.4% 5.4% 7.5% 30% 3.80 4.5 28.3 4.0 1.35 71%
1978 34 TOT NL 126 0.8% 15.9% 2.4% 1.6% 7% 6.67 6.0 120.0 13.3 1.36 80%
1978 34 ATL NL 124 0.8% 16.1% 2.4% 1.6% 7% 6.67 5.9 118.0 13.1 1.41 80%
1978 34 PIT NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 100%
11 Seasons 3339 2.7% 20.8% 5.5% 6.8% 28% 3.75 4.5 34.3 8.1 1.52 70%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1967 23 ATL NL 0 0 33% 6 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 25 SDP NL 7 0 16% 145 4 4 50% 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 21% 15 14 1 4 2 2 10 7 3
1970 26 SDP NL 6 0 32% 245 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 15 32% 35 31 4 6 4 2 24 7 15
1971 27 SDP NL 11 0 32% 179 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 31% 25 23 2 5 3 2 15 5 10
1972 28 SDP NL 6 0 19% 146 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 7 26% 17 14 2 5 4 1 9 3 5
1973 29 SDP NL 4 0 28% 182 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 5 34% 24 18 6 7 4 3 19 10 8
1974 30 SDP NL 5 0 19% 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 23% 16 13 2 5 3 2 5 3 2
1975 31 ATL NL 1 0 24% 53 1 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 39% 7 4 3 2 1 1 4 2 1
1976 32 ATL NL 2 0 23% 76 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18% 13 13 0 0 0 0 4 1 3
1977 33 ATL NL 2 0 12% 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1978 34 TOT NL 1 0 17% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 10 8 2 0 0 0 5 1 3
1978 34 ATL NL 1 0 14% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 36% 9 7 2 0 0 0 5 1 3
1978 34 PIT NL 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 45 0 25% 1201 13 7 65% 14 5 0 1 0 1 5 0 27 61 30% 167 141 24 34 21 13 97 40 51
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1967 23 ATL NL 27 22% 3 1 0 0 0 2.38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 9 2 22% 5 2 40% 15 1 7% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1969 25 SDP NL 399 25% 90 16 1 0 0 1.63 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 80 10 13% 40 6 15% 241 26 11% 16 6 38% 19 4 21% 20
1970 26 SDP NL 614 21% 186 4 1 0 0 3.08 29 0 16 21 8 12 17 0 0 0 122 16 13% 48 11 23% 359 69 19% 31 15 48% 38 16 42% 15
1971 27 SDP NL 519 23% 118 9 1 0 0 1.84 17 0 8 10 7 7 10 0 2 2 100% 103 10 10% 43 10 23% 299 48 16% 27 14 52% 37 16 43% 28
1972 28 SDP NL 403 27% 102 18 4 1 1 1.79 7 1 10 5 2 2 5 0 0 0 70 13 19% 29 5 17% 246 39 16% 17 8 47% 17 7 41% 0
1973 29 SDP NL 491 33% 119 13 3 0 1 1.48 16 0 10 7 8 6 9 0 2 1 50% 84 10 12% 57 14 25% 317 41 13% 29 11 38% 35 13 37% 9
1974 30 SDP NL 289 58% 57 39 9 2 4 1.55 6 0 7 3 3 3 3 0 4 3 75% 69 6 9% 28 12 43% 216 31 14% 18 10 56% 16 7 44% 0
1975 31 ATL NL 159 79% 34 25 7 1 2 1.97 6 0 4 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 33 5 15% 16 1 6% 101 9 9% 9 2 22% 9 4 44% 0
1976 32 ATL NL 147 52% 39 41 12 1 5 1.39 4 0 5 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0% 38 6 16% 10 4 40% 120 22 18% 11 6 55% 9 4 44% 0
1977 33 ATL NL 93 59% 23 37 12 2 11 1.97 3 0 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 25 3 12% 6 4 67% 69 18 26% 10 8 80% 4 2 50% 0
1978 34 TOT NL 126 69% 28 28 9 0 3 2.11 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 34 4 12% 13 4 31% 97 8 8% 7 4 57% 11 7 64% 0
1978 34 ATL NL 124 69% 27 27 8 0 3 2.18 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 33 4 12% 13 4 31% 96 8 8% 7 4 57% 11 7 64% 0
1978 34 PIT NL 2 50% 1 1 1 0 0 0.22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 3267 35% 799 231 59 7 27 1.76 91 1 75 49 41 39 51 0 13 10 77% 667 85 13% 295 73 25% 2080 312 15% 177 84 47% 197 80 41% 72
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1967 23 9 27 25 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 .120 .120 .200 .320 -9 5 2 0 2 0 0
1968 24 9 27 25 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 .120 .120 .200 .320 -9 5 2 0 2 0 0
1969 25 138 446 416 21 93 11 8 2 29 5 4 24 122 .224 .266 .303 .569 62 126 12 1 3 2 0
1970 26 284 1075 1000 113 279 37 17 31 122 9 5 65 264 .279 .324 .443 .767 111 443 28 3 3 4 2
1971 27 425 1622 1518 170 397 50 26 48 183 10 5 89 385 .262 .304 .424 .727 104 643 38 5 5 5 3
1972 28 536 2025 1897 200 499 64 26 55 227 10 7 111 461 .263 .305 .411 .717 103 780 51 7 5 5 5
1973 29 669 2525 2373 251 618 82 30 71 284 10 7 131 549 .260 .301 .410 .711 102 973 61 8 6 7 8
1974 30 775 2814 2640 270 675 93 30 77 317 10 7 147 600 .256 .296 .401 .697 98 1059 67 9 9 9 10
1975 31 839 2973 2781 287 709 97 30 83 332 11 7 164 633 .255 .298 .401 .699 98 1115 72 9 9 10 13
1976 32 908 3120 2915 302 748 101 30 87 357 12 7 177 654 .257 .300 .401 .702 99 1170 78 9 9 10 14
1977 33 964 3213 3000 308 771 105 30 90 378 13 7 182 673 .257 .300 .402 .702 98 1206 81 9 9 13 14
1978 34 1026 3339 3120 314 799 106 30 91 387 13 7 185 693 .256 .298 .397 .695 96 1238 85 9 10 15 14

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1967 23 9 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
1969 25 129 423 395 23 94 11 7 2 32 4 25 117 .238 .284 .316 .600 36 129
1970 26 146 628 583 94 185 26 9 29 95 4 41 142 .317 .363 .542 .905 114 146
1971 27 141 559 530 69 130 14 10 19 74 1 26 121 .245 .283 .417 .700 62 141
1972 28 116 432 405 38 115 16 0 8 56 0 25 79 .284 .329 .383 .711 50 111
1973 29 133 510 485 60 128 19 4 17 67 0 22 88 .264 .296 .425 .721 61 133
1974 30 106 290 270 21 60 12 0 6 36 0 17 51 .222 .269 .333 .602 24 106
1975 31 64 159 141 17 34 4 0 6 15 1 17 33 .241 .321 .397 .718 18 64
1976 32 69 146 133 16 38 4 0 4 26 1 13 21 .286 .349 .406 .755 19 69
1977 33 56 89 82 5 20 3 0 3 18 1 4 19 .244 .270 .390 .660 9 56
1978 34 62 123 118 6 26 1 0 1 8 0 3 20 .220 .236 .254 .490 7 62
11 Seasons 1031 3384 3167 349 830 110 30 95 427 13 193 696 .262 .305 .406 .711 400 1026
162 Game Avg. 162 532 498 55 130 17 5 15 67 2 30 109 .262 .305 .406 .711 63 1026

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1970 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1970-NL-24-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1970 NL--.318--6th

Slugging % s c a p y
1970 NL--.543--10th

Hits s c a p y
1970 NL--186--8th

Total Bases s c a p y
1970 NL--317--5th

Triples s c a p y
1969 NL--7--9th
1970 NL--9--5th
1971 NL--9--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1969 NL--117--10th
1970 NL--142--5th
1971 NL--121--6th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1970 NL--144--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1970 NL--64--10th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1970 NL--16--10th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 13 (1233), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1448), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1941), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Bob Oliver (957)
  2. Chris James (955)
  3. Darrin Jackson (954)
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  5. Dick Williams (950) *
  6. Pete Ward (947)
  7. Lee Thomas (946)
  8. Mike Shannon (944)
  9. Mike Davis (943)
  10. Harry Simpson (940)
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  5. Mike Devereaux (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Oliver (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Oliver (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jerry Martin (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jerry Martin (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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