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Brent Gates

Brent Robert Gates

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 14, 1970 in Grand Rapids, MI
High School: Grandville HS (Grandville, MI)
School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (26th pick) of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 28, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1993
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Twins/Mariners 1993-1999

Final Game: October 3, 1999
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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
1993 23 OAK AL 139 609 535 64 155 29 2 7 69 7 3 56 75 .290 .357 .391 .747 107 209 17 4 6 8 4 *4 RoY-6
1994 24 OAK AL 64 264 233 29 66 11 1 2 24 3 0 21 32 .283 .337 .365 .702 89 85 8 1 3 6 1 4/3
1995 25 OAK AL 136 585 524 60 133 24 4 5 56 3 3 46 84 .254 .308 .344 .652 77 180 15 0 4 11 2 *4/D3
1996 26 OAK AL 64 274 247 26 65 19 2 2 30 1 1 18 35 .263 .316 .381 .697 75 94 9 2 5 2 0 4
1997 27 SEA AL 65 170 151 18 36 8 0 3 20 0 0 14 21 .238 .298 .351 .649 71 53 6 0 2 3 0 54/63D7
1998 28 MIN AL 107 377 333 31 83 15 0 3 42 3 3 36 46 .249 .324 .321 .645 69 107 6 2 3 3 0 54/D36
1999 29 MIN AL 110 346 306 40 78 13 2 3 38 1 3 34 56 .255 .328 .340 .668 70 104 11 1 2 3 1 54/3D6
7 Yrs 685 2625 2329 268 616 119 11 25 279 18 13 225 349 .264 .327 .357 .685 82 832 72 10 25 36 8
162 Game Avg. 162 621 551 63 146 28 3 6 66 4 3 53 83 .264 .327 .357 .685 82 197 17 2 6 9 2
OAK (4 yrs) 403 1732 1539 179 419 83 9 16 179 14 7 141 226 .272 .331 .369 .700 89 568 49 7 18 27 7
MIN (2 yrs) 217 723 639 71 161 28 2 6 80 4 6 70 102 .252 .326 .330 .656 69 211 17 3 5 6 1
SEA (1 yr) 65 170 151 18 36 8 0 3 20 0 0 14 21 .238 .298 .351 .649 71 53 6 0 2 3 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 Awards
1993 23 OAK AL 139 609 3 -2 -0 -4 3 0 0.1 20 20 1.9 .500 .500 2.5 -0.1 24 $109,000 *4 RoY-6
1994 24 OAK AL 64 264 -0 2 -1 -2 1 0 0.1 8 9 0.9 .501 .500 1.1 -0.0 11 $190,000 4/3
1995 25 OAK AL 136 585 -17 0 1 11 2 -3 -0.1 19 16 1.6 .498 .498 0.6 1.3 5 $190,000 *4/D3
1996 26 OAK AL 64 274 -10 0 0 -4 1 -13 -1.0 9 -4 -0.2 .482 .493 0.1 -0.2 0 $290,000 4
1997 27 SEA AL 65 170 -8 -1 -0 -3 1 -11 -1.0 6 -5 -0.4 .484 .494 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $300,000 54/63D7
1998 28 MIN AL 107 377 -14 -0 2 -4 1 -16 -1.4 12 -3 -0.2 .486 .491 0.2 -0.2 1 $350,000 54/D36
1999 29 MIN AL 110 346 -14 -1 0 10 1 -4 -0.3 11 7 0.8 .497 .498 -0.2 1.1 -3 $425,000 54/3D6
7 Seasons 685 2625 -60 -1 2 4 10 -45 -3.6 86 40 4.4 .494 .496 4.1 1.8 36 $1,854,000
OAK (4 yrs) 403 1732 -24 2 -1 1 7 -15 -0.9 56 41 4.2 .497 .498 4.3 1.0 40 $779,000
MIN (2 yrs) 217 723 -29 -1 2 6 2 -19 -1.7 24 4 0.6 .491 .494 0.0 0.9 -2 $775,000
SEA (1 yr) 65 170 -8 -1 -0 -3 1 -11 -1.0 6 -5 -0.4 .484 .494 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $300,000

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
1993 23 OAK AL 609 414 75 4.8 97 .321 .290 .259 .357 .329 .391 .397 .747 .726 107 .503 7.9 0.8 .683 .213 .101 7.0
1994 24 OAK AL 264 184 29 4.2 103 .312 .283 .262 .337 .332 .365 .416 .702 .748 89 .393 -2.0 -0.2 .629 .185 .082 2.4
1995 25 OAK AL 585 424 55 3.5 101 .287 .254 .259 .308 .332 .344 .410 .652 .741 77 .320 -15.2 -1.4 .553 .177 .090 3.8
1996 26 OAK AL 274 199 28 3.8 117 .297 .263 .278 .316 .352 .381 .447 .697 .799 75 .328 -9.6 -0.9 .594 .190 .117 1.3
1997 27 SEA AL 170 126 15 3.2 107 .254 .238 .269 .298 .338 .351 .425 .649 .763 71 .293 -6.3 -0.6 .554 .205 .113 .0
1998 28 MIN AL 377 265 36 3.6 111 .279 .249 .273 .324 .342 .321 .434 .645 .776 69 .341 -14.9 -1.4 .560 .180 .072 3.0
1999 29 MIN AL 346 247 33 3.6 116 .300 .255 .279 .328 .352 .340 .446 .668 .798 70 .318 -14.2 -1.3 .566 .190 .085 1.5
7 Yrs 2625 1859 271 3.9 106 .297 .264 .267 .327 .338 .357 .421 .685 .758 82 .371 -54.2 -5.0 .596 .191 .093 20.9
162 Game Avg. 621 440 64 3.9 106 .297 .264 .267 .327 .338 .357 .421 .685 .758 82 .371 -54.2 -5.0 .596 .191 .093 5
OAK (4 yrs) 1732 1221 187 4.1 103 .304 .272 .263 .331 .334 .369 .412 .700 .746 89 .396 -18.8 -1.7 .615 .193 .097 14.9
MIN (2 yrs) 723 512 69 3.6 113 .289 .252 .276 .326 .347 .330 .440 .656 .786 69 .330 -29.1 -2.7 .563 .185 .078 4.8
SEA (1 yr) 170 126 15 3.2 107 .254 .238 .269 .298 .338 .351 .425 .649 .763 71 .293 -6.3 -0.6 .554 .205 .113 .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
1997 27 SEA AL ALDS BAL L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1993 23 OAK AL 609 1.2% 12.3% 9.2% 6.2% 25% 1.34 7.1 76.4 7.8 0.85 1.20 76% 26% 3.3% 15%
1994 24 OAK AL 264 0.8% 12.1% 8.0% 5.3% 21% 1.52 7.3 116.5 9.7 0.95 1.32 78% 20% 2.2% 12%
1995 25 OAK AL 585 0.9% 14.4% 7.9% 5.6% 25% 1.83 6.2 104.8 9.4 1.11 1.33 76% 22% 2.6% 11%
1996 26 OAK AL 274 0.7% 12.8% 6.6% 8.4% 35% 1.94 7.1 123.5 8.2 0.84 1.18 77% 25% 2.1% 17%
1997 27 SEA AL 170 1.8% 12.4% 8.2% 6.5% 31% 1.50 7.2 50.3 7.6 0.86 1.33 76% 22% 4.6% 8%
1998 28 MIN AL 377 0.8% 12.2% 9.6% 4.8% 22% 1.28 7.2 111.0 7.9 1.10 1.43 76% 16% 2.5% 12%
1999 29 MIN AL 346 0.9% 16.2% 9.8% 5.2% 23% 1.65 5.5 102.0 8.1 1.50 2.03 72% 15% 3.4% 12%
7 Yrs 2625 1.0% 13.3% 8.6% 5.9% 25% 1.55 6.7 93.2 8.3 1.02 1.36 76% 21% 2.9% 13%
MLB Averages 2.7% 16.3% 9.0% 7.7% 32% 1.82 5.4 33.2 7.5 0.82 1.09 70% 21% 8.0% 15%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1993 23 OAK AL 7.9 0.8 624 0.5 12.4 -11.8 1.14 0.3 0.2 -0.3 -0.0 1.00 1.5 3.28 3
1994 24 OAK AL -2.0 -0.2 276 -0.2 3.7 -3.9 .89 -0.3 0.0 -4.1 -0.4 0.94 -4.6 1.91 2
1995 25 OAK AL -15.2 -1.4 601 -2.7 8.4 -11.0 1.01 -1.9 -0.7 -21.0 -2.0 0.93 -21.6 2.41 1
1996 26 OAK AL -9.6 -0.9 280 -0.9 4.4 -5.2 1.02 -0.8 -0.1 -9.7 -0.9 0.93 -12.2 1.79 1
1997 27 SEA AL -6.3 -0.6 172 -0.6 2.5 -3.1 .92 -0.8 0.2 -10.9 -1.0 0.95 -11.9 1.46 14
1998 28 MIN AL -14.9 -1.4 388 0.0 6.8 -6.8 1.03 -0.8 0.8 -4.4 -0.4 0.95 -11.8 1.52 14
1999 29 MIN AL -14.2 -1.3 358 -1.6 5.7 -7.3 1.09 -1.4 -0.1 -10.5 -0.9 0.94 -15.0 1.59 25
7 Yrs -54.2 -5.0 2699 -5.4 43.9 -49.3 1.04 -5.6 0.4 -60.9 -5.7 0.95 -75.7 1.66 60

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1993 23 OAK AL 2 0 27% 265 7 3 70% 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 12 39% 37 24 13 9 6 3 20 10 10
1994 24 OAK AL 6 0 31% 99 3 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 54% 16 7 8 3 1 2 5 1 3
1995 25 OAK AL 6 0 32% 247 3 3 50% 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 13 51% 32 17 15 7 4 3 12 4 8
1996 26 OAK AL 2 0 29% 116 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 50% 14 10 4 2 1 1 8 1 7
1997 27 SEA AL 0 0 32% 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 43% 7 3 4 3 2 1 4 3 1
1998 28 MIN AL 4 0 24% 136 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 32% 21 15 4 4 1 3 6 1 3
1999 29 MIN AL 3 0 34% 136 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 15 31% 23 14 8 7 6 1 6 4 2
7 Yrs 23 0 29% 1056 18 13 58% 15 11 3 2 0 0 7 1 30 67 42% 150 90 56 35 21 14 61 24 34

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
1993 23 OAK AL 609 100% 155 15 0 3 1 0 1 3.28 7 0 22 5 2 4 3 0 7 6 86% 138 17 12% 72 25 35% 432 62 14% 34 17 50% 35 20 57% 0
1994 24 OAK AL 264 100% 66 10 0 2 1 0 1 1.91 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 100% 52 8 15% 28 12 43% 182 23 13% 14 11 79% 17 10 59% 0
1995 25 OAK AL 585 100% 133 10 0 1 0 0 0 2.41 5 0 17 3 2 3 2 0 4 4 100% 112 15 13% 61 29 48% 356 54 15% 32 24 75% 27 18 67% 0
1996 26 OAK AL 274 100% 65 8 1 1 0 0 0 1.79 2 0 11 2 0 1 1 0 6 5 83% 63 9 14% 39 15 38% 171 29 17% 16 9 56% 7 4 57% 0
1997 27 SEA AL 170 100% 36 3 0 14 3 1 1 1.46 3 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 100% 35 6 17% 20 8 40% 114 18 16% 14 7 50% 7 3 43% 0
1998 28 MIN AL 377 100% 83 27 1 14 4 0 0 1.52 3 1 12 3 0 1 2 0 4 3 75% 74 6 8% 42 16 38% 248 40 16% 19 12 63% 15 10 67% 0
1999 29 MIN AL 346 100% 78 10 0 25 5 0 3 1.59 3 0 12 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 100% 71 11 15% 38 18 47% 220 38 17% 24 15 63% 14 11 79% 0
7 Yrs 2625 100% 616 83 2 60 14 1 6 1.66 25 1 79 19 6 12 13 0 28 25 89% 545 72 13% 300 123 41% 1723 264 15% 153 95 62% 122 76 62% 0
MLB Averages 56% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1993 23 OAK AL 576 2185 3.79 1334 61% 31% 9% 26% 34% 68% 2% 42% 87% 17% 6% 37 2 18% 102 27 10% 56 22 28% 33 0 2
1994 24 OAK AL 254 1002 3.94 626 63% 34% 6% 27% 32% 66% 0% 41% 90% 14% 5% 13 1 15% 37 10 9% 22 9 47% 10 3 1
1995 25 OAK AL 550 2118 3.85 1303 62% 33% 9% 25% 33% 67% 1% 41% 86% 19% 6% 34 1 17% 96 26 9% 48 21 38% 35 0 0
1996 26 OAK AL 248 949 3.83 583 61% 32% 9% 26% 33% 68% 0% 42% 87% 13% 6% 14 1 20% 49 14 11% 28 18 27% 26 0 0
1997 27 SEA AL 169 610 3.61 390 64% 34% 7% 24% 35% 66% 0% 42% 89% 18% 4% 7 0 14% 24 6 8% 13 2 35% 1 0 0
1998 28 MIN AL 379 1516 4.00 916 60% 36% 7% 25% 32% 64% 0% 39% 89% 13% 6% 22 3 16% 59 10 13% 51 24 43% -2 0 0
1999 29 MIN AL 348 1362 3.91 822 60% 35% 9% 24% 31% 65% 1% 39% 86% 13% 7% 26 2 20% 69 13 12% 42 19 29% -2 0 0
7 Yrs 2524 9742 3.86 5974 61% 33% 8% 25% 33% 66% 1% 41% 87% 16% 6% 153 10 17% 436 106 10% 260 115 35% 101 3 3
MLB Averages 3.70 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 30% 6% 16% 9% 28%

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
1993 23 139 609 535 64 155 29 2 7 69 7 3 56 75 .290 .357 .391 .747 107 209 17 4 6 8 4
1994 24 203 873 768 93 221 40 3 9 93 10 3 77 107 .288 .351 .383 .734 101 294 25 5 9 14 5
1995 25 339 1458 1292 153 354 64 7 14 149 13 6 123 191 .274 .334 .367 .700 91 474 40 5 13 25 7
1996 26 403 1732 1539 179 419 83 9 16 179 14 7 141 226 .272 .331 .369 .700 89 568 49 7 18 27 7
1997 27 468 1902 1690 197 455 91 9 19 199 14 7 155 247 .269 .328 .367 .695 87 621 55 7 20 30 7
1998 28 575 2279 2023 228 538 106 9 22 241 17 10 191 293 .266 .327 .360 .687 84 728 61 9 23 33 7
1999 29 685 2625 2329 268 616 119 11 25 279 18 13 225 349 .264 .327 .357 .685 82 832 72 10 25 36 8

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies 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
1993 23 139 619 542 69 162 30 2 7 74 7 59 75 .299 .367 .400 .767 80 139
1994 24 91 375 331 41 94 16 1 3 34 4 30 45 .284 .337 .366 .702 41 64
1995 25 153 661 592 69 152 27 5 6 65 3 53 94 .257 .312 .350 .662 65 136
1996 26 64 268 242 23 60 18 2 2 26 1 17 35 .248 .300 .364 .664 26 64
1997 27 65 170 151 18 36 8 0 3 20 0 14 21 .238 .298 .351 .649 16 65
1998 28 107 371 329 29 79 14 0 3 39 3 34 46 .240 .313 .310 .623 32 107
1999 29 110 337 300 35 72 12 2 3 33 1 31 56 .240 .310 .323 .634 30 110
7 Yrs 729 2801 2487 284 655 125 12 27 291 19 238 372 .263 .325 .356 .681 290 685
162 Game Avg. 162 622 553 63 146 28 3 6 65 4 53 83 .263 .325 .356 .681 64 685

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1993 AL  8 (10th)
1994 AL  6 (10th)
1995 AL  11 (2nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1995 AL  424 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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