Mike Gazella

Michael Gazella

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 13, 1895 in Olyphant, PA
Schools: Mansfield University of Pennsylvania (Mansfield, PA), Lafayette College (Easton, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1923
Team: Yankees 1923-1928

Final Game: September 30, 1928
Died: September 11, 1978 in Odessa, TX
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Culver City, CA
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Fine Details · Last Updated May 25, 2012, 6:25PM

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Lou Gehrig… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Willie Mays… #6. Hank Aaron… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Lou Gehrig… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Willie Mays… #6. Hank Aaron… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1923	27	NYY	AL	8	15	13	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.077	.200	.077	.277	-26	1	0	0	/645

1924	28	MNE	AA	151	512	512		139	29	11	12						.271	.271	.441	.713		226				MNE · AA
1925	29	ATA	A	137	465	465		142	27	13	7						.305	.305	.465	.770		216				ATA · SOUA
1926	30	NYY	AL	66	204	168	21	39	6	0	0	20	2	2	25	24	.232	.335	.268	.603	59	45	1	10	56
1927	31	NYY	AL	54	147	115	17	32	8	4	0	9	4	1	23	16	.278	.403	.417	.820	115	48	1	9	5/6
1928	32	NYY	AL	32	64	56	11	13	0	0	0	2	2	1	6	7	.232	.317	.232	.550	48	13	1	1	5/46
1930	34	HOL	AA	171	650	650		197	44	2	11						.303	.303	.428	.731		278				HOL · PCL
1931	35	HOL	AA	174	653	653		205	47	2	6						.314	.314	.420	.734		274				HOL · PCL
1932	36	HOL	AA	129	474	474		110	23	2	5						.232	.232	.321	.553		152				HOL · PCL
1933	37	CHC-min	AA	83	235	235		62	7	1	7						.264	.264	.391	.655		92				LOS · PCL
1934	38	CHC-min	AA	51	116	116		22	4	1	1						.190	.190	.267	.457		31				LOS · PCL
1935	39	CHC-min	C	28	61	61		20	4	0	0						.328	.328	.393	.721		24				PCY · WA
1937	41	CHC-min	B																							MOL · IIIL
1939	43	CHC-min	B																							MOL · IIIL
4 Yrs				160	430	352	51	85	14	4	0	32	8	4	56	50	.241	.350	.304	.654	73	107	3	20
162 Game Avg.				162	435	356	52	86	14	4	0	32	8	4	57	51	.241	.350	.304	.654	73	108	3	20

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
1923	27	NYY	AL	8	15	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.475	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/645

1926	30	NYY	AL	66	204	-10	-0	0	-3	2	-10	-1.0	6	-4	-0.4	.484	.494	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	56
1927	31	NYY	AL	54	147	3	1	0	-1	2	4	0.4	5	9	0.9	.508	.503	1.0	0.1	10	$	5/6
1928	32	NYY	AL	32	64	-4	0	0	0	1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.491	.498	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	5/46
4 Seasons				160	430	-13	1	0	-4	5	-11	-1.1	14	2	0.2	.493	.498	0.6	0.1	6	$

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
1926	30	NYY	AL	WS	STL	L	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			0	0	1	0	0	0
1 WS							1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			0	0	1	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1923	NYY	AL	27	SS	4	0	0	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.50	.947	5.03
1923	NYY	AL	27	2B	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.965	5.70
1923	NYY	AL	27	3B	2	1	1	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	2.50	.944	3.45
1926	NYY	AL	30	3B	45	33	32	126	37	78	11	5	.913	2.56	.951	3.37
1926	NYY	AL	30	SS	11	8	8	52	22	25	5	4	.904	4.27	.944	5.01
1927	NYY	AL	31	3B	44	31	30	103	40	59	4	6	.961	2.25	.952	3.33
1927	NYY	AL	31	SS	6	0	0	4	1	2	1	0	.750	0.50	.945	5.28
1928	NYY	AL	32	3B	16	10	7	32	10	21	1	1	.969	1.94	.951	3.27
1928	NYY	AL	32	2B	4	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	.667	0.50	.963	5.68
1928	NYY	AL	32	SS	3	2	2	11	2	8	1	0	.909	3.33	.938	5.10
	4 Seasons			3B	107	75	70	266	88	162	16	12	.940	2.34	.951	3.34
	4 Seasons			SS	24	10	10	73	26	40	7	4	.904	2.75	.943	5.09
	2 Seasons			2B	6	0	0	5	2	2	1	0	.800	0.67	.964	5.68
	4 Seasons			TOT	137	85	80	344	116	204	24	16	.930	2.34	.950	3.75

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
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Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
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