Brent Gates
Brent Robert Gates
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 14, 1970 in Grand Rapids, MI
High School: Grandville (Grandville, MI)
School: University of Minnesota
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
Final Game: October 3, 1999
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1993 OAK AL 23 2B 139 135 1211.0 726 281 431 14 88 .981 -3.8 -3.8 -4.8 -3.3 -1.5 1 5.29 5.12 .981 5.15 4.54 RoY-6
1994 OAK AL 24 2B 63 59 515.1 272 106 159 7 28 .974 -1.3 -3.0 -2.3 -3.5 1.2 1 4.63 4.21 .981 5.10 4.48
1994 OAK AL 24 1B 1 1 7.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0.6 -102.9 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 9.00 7.00 .988 9.51 8.50
1995 OAK AL 25 2B 132 128 1129.0 669 233 424 12 81 .982 10.6 11.3 9.6 4.9 4.7 1 5.24 4.98 .981 5.11 4.34
1995 OAK AL 25 DH 3
1995 OAK AL 25 1B 1 1 8.0 12 8 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 13.50 12.00 .992 9.56 8.30
1996 OAK AL 26 2B 63 63 547.2 332 140 183 9 48 .973 -4.3 -9.4 -4.3 -3.4 -0.9 0 5.31 5.13 .980 5.05 4.33
1997 SEA AL 27 3B 32 25 224.1 61 10 47 4 4 .934 -1.8 -9.6 -1.8 -1.9 0.1 0 2.29 1.78 .954 2.67 2.32
1997 SEA AL 27 2B 21 5 93.0 44 13 30 1 4 .977 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0 4.16 2.05 .980 4.93 4.33
1997 SEA AL 27 SS 5 1 19.1 7 2 5 0 2 1.000 -1.0 -62.1 -1.0 -0.2 -0.8 0 3.26 1.40 .971 4.56 4.04
1997 SEA AL 27 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.00 8.00
1997 SEA AL 27 DH 1
1997 SEA AL 27 LF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.70
1997 SEA AL 27 OF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.00
1998 MIN AL 28 3B 77 66 607.1 179 59 113 7 5 .961 -4.7 -9.3 -3.7 -1.1 -2.6 -1 2.55 2.23 .947 2.55 2.23
1998 MIN AL 28 2B 21 13 131.0 68 23 43 2 8 .971 0.8 7.3 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 4.53 3.14 .978 4.85 4.14
1998 MIN AL 28 DH 2
1998 MIN AL 28 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.00 8.30
1998 MIN AL 28 SS 1 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 .950 4.80 4.30
1999 MIN AL 29 3B 61 41 379.0 109 27 79 3 10 .972 5.0 15.8 5.0 0.0 5.0 0 2.52 1.74 .949 2.58 2.21
1999 MIN AL 29 2B 47 26 263.0 139 44 95 0 19 1.000 5.3 24.2 4.3 1.6 2.7 1 4.76 2.96 .981 5.13 4.44
1999 MIN AL 29 1B 5 3 27.0 27 27 0 0 2 1.000 -0.1 -4.4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 9.00 5.40 .993 9.50 8.32
1999 MIN AL 29 DH 1
1999 MIN AL 29 SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.20
7 Seasons 2B 486 429 3890.0 2250 840 1365 45 276 .980 7.3 2.3 3.3 -4.0 7.3 4 5.10 4.54 .981 5.10 4.41
3 Seasons 3B 170 132 1210.2 349 96 239 14 19 .960 -1.5 -1.5 -0.5 -3.0 2.5 -1 2.49 1.97 .949 2.58 2.24
5 Seasons 1B 9 5 44.0 49 44 4 1 4 .980 -0.7 -19.1 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 9.82 5.33 .992 9.49 8.30
4 Seasons DH 7
3 Seasons SS 7 1 24.1 9 3 6 0 2 1.000 -1.0 -49.3 -1.0 -0.2 -0.8 0 3.33 1.29 .967 4.62 4.10
1 Season LF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.70
1 Season OF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.00
7 Seasons TOT 673 567 5171.0 2658 984 1614 60 301 .977 4.2 1.0 1.2 -7.1 8.3 0 3 4.52 3.86 .954 4.54 3.91
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1993 OAK AL 23 139 135 139 139 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1994 OAK AL 24 64 60 64 63 0 0 1 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1995 OAK AL 25 136 132 136 133 0 0 1 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1
1996 OAK AL 26 64 63 64 64 0 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1997 SEA AL 27 65 31 65 57 0 0 1 21 32 5 1 0 0 1 0 17 0
1998 MIN AL 28 107 79 107 98 0 0 1 21 77 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1999 MIN AL 29 110 71 110 98 0 0 5 47 61 1 0 0 0 0 1 31 0
7 Seasons 685 571 685 652 0 0 9 487 170 7 1 0 0 1 4 74 1
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 -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1993 OAK AL 23 5577 51% 76% 30% 521 94% 5 285 110 127 49 433 367 54 4 5 14 1 6 7 8 88 29 17 28 6 81 34 46 4 2 1
1994 OAK AL 24 2350 46% 72% 29% 197 93% 1 103 41 44 18 160 141 16 0 4 7 0 4 3 5 29 7 7 11 1 26 12 14 2 2 0
1995 OAK AL 25 5138 44% 74% 31% 498 92% 11 236 85 97 54 423 358 47 2 3 12 1 9 2 10 81 30 11 24 1 72 26 43 7 5 2
1996 OAK AL 26 2544 57% 76% 30% 219 87% 1 141 38 74 29 183 142 33 0 12 9 0 6 3 6 48 12 11 17 2 42 19 23 6 3 3
1997 SEA AL 27 424 53% 71% 27% 37 89% 1 13 7 4 2 32 26 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0
1998 MIN AL 28 566 49% 75% 27% 53 87% 1 22 7 13 2 43 36 6 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 8 1 2 4 1 8 5 3 0 0 0
1999 MIN AL 29 1140 57% 77% 31% 101 99% 0 44 18 22 4 95 81 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 5 5 7 1 18 8 10 1 1 0
7 Seasons 17739 50% 75% 30% 1626 92% 20 844 306 381 158 1369 1151 171 6 28 45 2 28 15 31 277 85 55 91 12 251 104 142 20 13 6
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1997 SEA AL 27 1058 62% 75% 34% 73 81% 1 11 7 1 3 52 40 9 2 1 4 0 2 2 3 4 2 1 4 0 0 0 3 67%
1998 MIN AL 28 2740 54% 77% 30% 192 83% 3 60 49 3 8 112 93 14 2 8 7 0 7 0 5 5 4 0 4 1 0 1 5 40%
1999 MIN AL 29 1767 56% 79% 31% 112 88% 0 27 20 3 4 79 59 16 1 3 3 0 3 0 2 10 7 0 7 3 0 2 7 29%
3 Seasons 5565 56% 77% 31% 377 84% 4 98 76 7 15 243 192 39 5 12 14 0 12 2 10 19 13 1 15 4 0 3 15 40%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 85% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1994 OAK AL 24 34 50% 76% 35% 2 100% 0 7 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 OAK AL 25 47 55% 70% 28% 4 100% 0 8 1 6 1 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1997 SEA AL 27 3 33% 67% 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
1998 MIN AL 28 3 33% 67% 67% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1999 MIN AL 29 121 60% 74% 27% 2 100% 0 27 1 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 208 56% 74% 29% 8 100% 0 44 3 40 1 3 4 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 92% 84%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1997 SEA AL 27 95 67% 77% 34% 5 80% 0 2 0 1 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1998 MIN AL 28 15 33% 73% 33% 3 67% 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 MIN AL 29 8 50% 75% 13% 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
3 Seasons 118 62% 76% 32% 8 75% 0 3 1 1 1 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 88%

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%
1997 SEA AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 9 44% 78% 44% 2 50%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 9 44% 78% 44% 2 50%
MLB Averages 59.9% 2.5% 56% 75% 38% 47%

* 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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