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Rich Gedman

Richard Leo Gedman

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 26, 1959 in Worcester, MA
High School: Worcester HS (Worcester, MA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1980
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Cardinals/Astros 1980-1992
Agents: Jack Sands [*]
Final Game: October 4, 1992
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1980 BOS AL 20 DH 4 2
1980 BOS AL 20 C 2 2 2 18.0 15 13 0 2 0 .867 -1 -67 6.50 6.50 .986 5.50 5.45 0 0 2 0 0% 35% 0
1981 BOS AL 21 C 59 56 47 498.1 308 275 30 3 1 .990 -3 -7 5.51 5.17 .987 5.51 5.49 3 15 49 22 31% 38% 0 RoY-2
1982 BOS AL 22 C 86 74 65 671.2 436 397 29 10 5 .977 -5 -9 5.71 4.95 .988 5.69 5.66 10 12 60 22 27% 36% 1
1983 BOS AL 23 C 68 53 40 474.1 306 274 26 6 5 .980 -10 -25 5.69 4.41 .986 5.70 5.66 5 16 63 12 16% 33% 2
1984 BOS AL 24 C 125 115 102 1030.0 769 693 58 18 5 .977 5 6 6.56 6.01 .987 5.96 5.92 8 27 76 53 41% 36% 4
1985 BOS AL 25 C 139 129 118 1156.0 861 768 78 15 13 .983 11 11 6.59 6.09 .987 6.05 5.99 11 27 69 53 43% 33% 5 AS,MVP-25
1986 BOS AL 26 C 134 124 118 1106.2 937 866 65 6 10 .994 13 14 7.57 6.95 .989 6.62 6.56 14 40 55 54 50% 34% 0 AS
1987 BOS AL 27 C 51 41 38 383.2 328 306 14 8 1 .976 1 3 7.51 6.27 .988 6.74 6.67 8 11 23 14 38% 31% 0
1988 BOS AL 28 C 93 85 71 737.0 615 570 40 5 4 .992 6 10 7.45 6.56 .989 6.22 6.16 6 18 48 30 38% 31% 1
1988 BOS AL 28 DH 1 1
1989 BOS AL 29 C 91 72 60 660.1 532 486 36 10 6 .981 -2 -4 7.11 5.74 .989 6.24 6.17 6 11 73 24 25% 31% 1
1990 TOT MLB 30 C 48 39 21 333.0 238 207 30 1 6 .996 -2 -7 6.41 4.94 .988 6.61 6.56 8 12 48 17 26% 30% 0
1990 BOS AL 30 C 9 6 1 51.1 33 27 5 1 1 .970 0 0 5.61 3.56 .991 6.42 6.36 0 3 9 4 31% 34% 0
1990 HOU NL 30 C 39 33 20 281.2 205 180 25 0 5 1.000 -2 -9 6.55 5.26 .987 6.65 6.61 8 9 39 13 25% 29% 0
1991 STL NL 31 C 43 27 19 251.0 210 192 13 5 4 .976 -1 -5 7.35 4.77 .988 6.78 6.75 3 3 30 10 25% 33% 0
1992 STL NL 32 C 40 31 24 291.0 242 227 12 3 2 .988 -6 -25 7.39 5.98 .991 6.67 6.67 2 7 37 3 8% 32% 0
13 Seasons C 979 848 725 7611.0 5797 5274 431 92 62 .984 6 1 6.75 5.83 .988 6.17 6.13 84 199 633 314 33% 34% 14
13 Seasons TOT 979 848 725 7611.0 5797 5274 431 92 62 .984 6 1 6.75 5.83 .988 6.17 6.13 84 199 633 314 33% 34% 14
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
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-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.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1980 BOS AL 20 C -1 -67 -1
1981 BOS AL 21 C -3 -7 -3
1982 BOS AL 22 C -5 -9 -5
1983 BOS AL 23 C -10 -25 -10
1984 BOS AL 24 C 5 6 5
1985 BOS AL 25 C 11 11 11
1986 BOS AL 26 C 13 14 13
1987 BOS AL 27 C 1 3 1
1988 BOS AL 28 C 6 10 6
1989 BOS AL 29 C -2 -4 -2
1990 BOS AL 30 C 0 0 0
1990 HOU NL 30 C -2 -9 -2
1991 STL NL 31 C -1 -5 -1
1992 STL NL 32 C -6 -25 -6
13 Seasons C 6 1 6
13 Seasons TOT 6 1 6

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1980 BOS AL 20 9 4 9 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0
1981 BOS AL 21 62 56 62 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1982 BOS AL 22 92 74 92 86 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1983 BOS AL 23 81 53 81 69 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1984 BOS AL 24 133 115 133 125 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1985 BOS AL 25 144 129 144 139 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1986 BOS AL 26 135 124 135 134 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1987 BOS AL 27 52 41 52 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1988 BOS AL 28 95 86 95 92 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
1989 BOS AL 29 93 72 93 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1990 HOU NL 30 40 33 40 39 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1990 BOS AL 30 10 6 10 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1991 STL NL 31 46 27 46 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1992 STL NL 32 41 31 41 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 Seasons 1033 851 1033 979 0 979 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 107 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1980 BOS AL 20 64 2.50 2.50 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 BOS AL 21 2088 3.40 3.94 13 92% 0 0 275 6 2 8 259 30 4 0 0 4 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1982 BOS AL 22 2941 4.53 4.86 27 96% 0 0 396 14 7 16 359 29 7 1 0 1 9 0 4 5 1 3 0 2 2 5 80%
1983 BOS AL 23 2097 4.50 5.10 20 90% 0 0 276 10 3 10 252 23 7 0 0 1 7 0 4 3 2 5 0 2 3 4 75%
1984 BOS AL 24 4471 4.09 4.73 30 90% 0 0 694 17 2 9 666 57 8 0 0 5 17 0 4 13 2 5 0 1 1 3 67%
1985 BOS AL 25 4979 3.97 4.34 43 95% 0 0 771 23 6 24 718 74 12 0 1 8 15 2 3 10 0 12 0 2 2 2 100%
1986 BOS AL 26 4712 3.87 4.34 36 97% 0 0 867 21 2 18 825 65 11 0 1 3 6 0 1 5 0 10 0 0 1 3 100%
1987 BOS AL 27 1672 4.95 5.25 9 100% 2 0 304 8 0 4 292 15 1 0 0 2 8 1 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0
1988 BOS AL 28 3131 3.86 4.27 15 93% 0 0 572 9 1 8 554 39 1 1 1 6 5 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 1 3 67%
1989 BOS AL 29 2801 3.68 4.12 18 83% 0 0 485 12 1 5 466 35 3 0 0 5 10 0 1 9 1 6 0 0 1 3 33%
1990 HOU NL 30 1196 3.61 4.03 11 82% 0 0 179 4 4 5 166 25 8 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 2 2 50%
1990 BOS AL 30 225 3.86 4.38 1 100% 0 0 29 0 0 1 28 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1991 STL NL 31 1042 3.33 3.76 16 88% 0 0 192 13 0 3 176 13 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 1 3 67%
1992 STL NL 32 1202 3.46 3.62 23 100% 0 0 227 17 2 7 201 12 7 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 100%
13 Seasons 32621 3.97 4.42 262 93% 3 0 5280 154 30 118 4975 422 71 3 3 40 91 4 20 67 7 60 0 10 15 34 76%
MLB Averages 3.85 4.30 95% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1980 BOS AL 20 0 0 8 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.98
1981 BOS AL 21 3 15 733 49 22 20 31% 46 21 3 0 0 1 0 0 78 24 1.33 1.22
1982 BOS AL 22 10 12 1115 60 22 18 27% 48 17 12 5 0 0 1 0 97 24 1.24 1.33
1983 BOS AL 23 5 16 816 63 12 11 16% 53 10 10 2 0 0 2 0 98 19 1.22 1.34
1984 BOS AL 24 9 27 1745 76 53 38 41% 66 43 9 7 1 3 4 1 150 65 1.20 1.25
1985 BOS AL 25 13 27 1867 69 53 46 43% 64 49 5 2 0 2 5 0 141 70 1.11 1.19
1986 BOS AL 26 14 40 1743 55 54 44 50% 50 49 5 4 0 1 0 0 135 61 1.09 1.34
1987 BOS AL 27 8 11 672 23 14 10 38% 17 13 5 0 1 1 0 0 60 14 1.19 1.43
1988 BOS AL 28 6 18 1168 48 30 28 38% 43 29 4 1 1 0 1 0 86 35 1.25 1.29
1989 BOS AL 29 6 11 1035 73 24 24 25% 59 20 13 3 1 1 1 1 108 25 1.40 1.13
1990 HOU NL 30 8 9 424 39 13 13 25% 37 11 2 1 0 1 0 0 69 14 1.08 1.28
1990 BOS AL 30 0 3 90 9 4 4 31% 7 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 15 5 1.24 0.98
1991 STL NL 31 3 3 355 30 10 10 25% 27 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 46 10 1.59 1.47
1992 STL NL 32 2 7 420 37 3 2 8% 33 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 56 4 1.56 1.17
13 Seasons 87 199 12191 633 314 268 33% 552 274 76 27 5 13 14 2 1142 370 1.25 1.27
MLB Averages 32% 1.30 1.29

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1985 *
1986 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1985 AL (25, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1984 AL  125 (5th)
1985 AL  139 (2nd)
1986 AL  134 (2nd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1984 AL  693 (4th)
1985 AL  768 (2nd)
1986 AL  866 (1st)
1988 AL  570 (5th)
Career  5,274 (95th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1984 AL  58 (5th)
1985 AL  78 (1st)
1986 AL  65 (2nd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1982 AL  10 (3rd)
1984 AL  18 (1st)
1985 AL  15 (1st)
1987 AL  8 (4th)
1989 AL  10 (2nd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1982 AL  10 (4th)
1984 AL  8 (5th)
1985 AL  11 (3rd)
1986 AL  14 (1st)
1990 NL  8 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1981 AL  49 (2nd)
1984 AL  76 (1st)
1985 AL  69 (4th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1984 AL  53 (1st)
1985 AL  53 (1st)
1986 AL  54 (1st)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1985 AL  43.4 (2nd)
1986 AL  49.5 (3rd)
1987 AL  37.8 (5th)
1988 AL  38.5 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1984 AL  5 (4th)
1985 AL  11 (2nd)
1986 AL  13 (2nd)
1988 AL  6 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1984 AL  6.56 (5th)
1985 AL  6.59 (2nd)
1986 AL  7.57 (1st)
1988 AL  7.45 (1st)
1989 AL  7.11 (3rd)
Career  6.75 (79th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1984 AL  6.01 (4th)
1985 AL  6.09 (3rd)
1986 AL  6.95 (1st)
1988 AL  6.56 (2nd)
1989 AL  5.74 (5th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1986 AL  .994 (2nd)
1988 AL  .992 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1980 AL  born 1959-09-26 (6th)

             

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