Rich Gedman
Richard Leo Gedman Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 26, 1959 in Worcester, MA
High School: Worcester (Worcester, MA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1980
Final Game: October 4, 1992
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1980 BOS AL 20 DH 4
1980 BOS AL 20 C 2 2 18.0 15 13 0 2 0 .867 -1.0 -66.7 -1 6.50 6.50 .987 5.50 4.60 0 0 2 0 0%
1981 BOS AL 21 C 59 56 498.1 308 275 30 3 1 .990 -3.0 -7.2 -3 5.51 5.17 .987 5.51 4.76 3 15 49 22 31% RoY-2
1982 BOS AL 22 C 86 74 671.2 436 397 29 10 5 .977 -5.0 -8.9 -5 5.71 4.95 .988 5.69 4.90 10 12 60 22 27%
1983 BOS AL 23 C 68 53 474.1 306 274 26 6 5 .980 -10.0 -25.3 -10 5.69 4.41 .986 5.70 4.76 5 16 63 12 16%
1984 BOS AL 24 C 125 115 1030.0 769 693 58 18 5 .977 5.0 5.8 5 6.56 6.01 .987 5.96 5.05 8 27 76 53 41%
1985 BOS AL 25 C 139 129 1156.0 861 768 78 15 13 .983 11.0 11.4 11 6.59 6.09 .987 6.05 5.03 11 27 69 53 43% AS,MVP-25
1986 BOS AL 26 C 134 124 1106.2 937 866 65 6 10 .994 13.0 14.1 13 7.57 6.95 .989 6.62 5.44 14 40 55 54 50% AS
1987 BOS AL 27 C 51 41 383.2 328 306 14 8 1 .976 1.0 3.1 1 7.51 6.27 .988 6.74 5.49 8 11 23 14 38%
1988 BOS AL 28 C 93 85 737.0 615 570 40 5 4 .992 6.0 9.8 6 7.45 6.56 .989 6.22 5.28 6 18 48 30 38%
1988 BOS AL 28 DH 1
1989 BOS AL 29 C 91 72 660.1 532 486 36 10 6 .981 -2.0 -3.6 -2 7.11 5.74 .989 6.24 5.20 6 11 73 24 25%
1990 TOT MLB 30 C 48 39 333.0 238 207 30 1 6 .996 -2.0 -7.2 -2 6.41 4.94 .987 6.61 5.42 8 12 48 17 26%
1990 BOS AL 30 C 9 6 51.1 33 27 5 1 1 .970 0.0 0.0 0 5.61 3.56 .991 6.42 5.36 0 3 9 4 31%
1990 HOU NL 30 C 39 33 281.2 205 180 25 0 5 1.000 -2.0 -8.5 -2 6.55 5.26 .987 6.65 5.44 8 9 39 13 25%
1991 STL NL 31 C 43 27 251.0 210 192 13 5 4 .976 -1.0 -4.8 -1 7.35 4.77 .988 6.78 5.59 3 3 30 10 25%
1992 STL NL 32 C 40 31 291.0 242 227 12 3 2 .988 -6.0 -24.7 -6 7.39 5.98 .991 6.67 5.68 2 7 37 3 8%
13 Seasons C 979 848 7611.0 5797 5274 431 92 62 .984 6.0 0.9 6 6.75 5.83 .988 6.17 5.18 84 199 633 314 33%
2 Seasons DH 5
13 Seasons TOT 979 848 7611.0 5797 5274 431 92 62 .984 6.0 0.9 6 6.75 5.83 .972 6.17 5.18 84 199 633 314 33%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% 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
1980 BOS AL 20 9 4 9 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 3 107 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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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 66 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 2177 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 3050 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 2199 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 4651 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 5165 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 4880 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 1726 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 3246 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 2922 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 1262 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 30 239 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 1085 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 1249 3.31 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 33917 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*

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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 0.99
1981 BOS AL 21 3 15 733 49 22 20 31% 46 21 3 0 0 1 0 0 78 24 1.34 1.19
1982 BOS AL 22 10 12 1115 60 22 18 27% 48 17 12 5 0 0 1 0 97 24 1.25 1.32
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 1.24
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 1.10 1.33
1987 BOS AL 27 8 11 672 23 14 10 38% 17 13 5 0 1 1 0 0 60 14 1.19 1.42
1988 BOS AL 28 6 18 1169 48 30 28 38% 43 29 4 1 1 0 1 0 86 35 1.25 1.30
1989 BOS AL 29 6 11 1035 73 24 24 25% 59 20 13 3 1 1 1 1 108 25 1.39 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 1.27
1990 BOS AL 30 0 3 90 9 4 4 31% 7 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 15 5 1.22 1.00
1991 STL NL 31 3 3 355 30 10 10 25% 27 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 46 10 1.55 1.45
1992 STL NL 32 2 7 420 37 3 2 8% 33 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 56 4 1.61 1.24
13 Seasons 87 199 12192 633 314 268 33% 552 274 76 27 5 13 14 2 1142 370 1.26 1.26
MLB Averages 32% 1.30 1.28

* 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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