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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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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
1980 20 BOS AL 9 24 24 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .208 .208 .208 .417 12 5 1 0 0 0 0 /D2
1981 21 BOS AL 62 219 205 22 59 15 0 5 26 0 0 9 31 .288 .317 .434 .751 109 89 9 1 1 3 1 2 RoY-2
1982 22 BOS AL 92 305 289 30 72 17 2 4 26 0 1 10 37 .249 .279 .363 .642 70 105 13 2 4 0 2 2
1983 23 BOS AL 81 223 204 21 60 16 1 2 18 0 1 15 37 .294 .345 .412 .757 102 84 4 1 3 0 6 2
1984 24 BOS AL 133 486 449 54 121 26 4 24 72 0 0 29 72 .269 .312 .506 .818 118 227 5 1 2 5 8 *2
1985 25 BOS AL 144 556 498 66 147 30 5 18 80 2 0 50 79 .295 .362 .484 .846 126 241 12 3 3 2 11 *2 AS,MVP-25
1986 26 BOS AL 135 509 462 49 119 29 0 16 65 1 0 37 61 .258 .315 .424 .739 99 196 15 4 1 5 13 *2 AS
1987 27 BOS AL 52 165 151 11 31 8 0 1 13 0 0 10 24 .205 .250 .278 .528 39 42 2 0 1 3 2 2
1988 28 BOS AL 95 332 299 33 69 14 0 9 39 0 0 18 49 .231 .279 .368 .647 76 110 6 3 9 3 2 2/D
1989 29 BOS AL 93 289 260 24 55 9 0 4 16 0 1 23 47 .212 .273 .292 .565 55 76 8 0 3 3 1 2
1990 30 TOT MLB 50 143 119 7 24 7 0 1 10 0 0 20 30 .202 .319 .286 .605 70 34 3 1 2 1 6 2
1990 30 BOS AL 10 21 15 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 .200 .429 .200 .629 79 3 1 1 0 0 0 /2
1990 30 HOU NL 40 122 104 4 21 7 0 1 10 0 0 15 24 .202 .300 .298 .598 68 31 2 0 2 1 6 2
1991 31 STL NL 46 100 94 7 10 1 0 3 8 0 1 4 15 .106 .140 .213 .353 -2 20 2 0 0 2 0 2
1992 32 STL NL 41 117 105 5 23 4 0 1 8 0 0 11 22 .219 .291 .286 .576 67 30 0 0 0 1 1 2
13 Seasons 1033 3468 3159 331 795 176 12 88 382 3 4 236 509 .252 .304 .399 .703 90 1259 80 16 29 28 53
162 Game Avg. 162 544 495 52 125 28 2 14 60 0 1 37 80 .252 .304 .399 .703 90 197 13 3 5 4 8
BOS (11 yrs) 906 3129 2856 315 741 164 12 83 356 3 3 206 448 .259 .310 .412 .723 95 1178 76 16 27 24 46
STL (2 yrs) 87 217 199 12 33 5 0 4 16 0 1 15 37 .166 .221 .251 .472 34 50 2 0 0 3 1
HOU (1 yr) 40 122 104 4 21 7 0 1 10 0 0 15 24 .202 .300 .298 .598 68 31 2 0 2 1 6
AL (11 yrs) 906 3129 2856 315 741 164 12 83 356 3 3 206 448 .259 .310 .412 .723 95 1178 76 16 27 24 46
NL (3 yrs) 127 339 303 16 54 12 0 5 26 0 1 30 61 .178 .249 .267 .517 46 81 4 0 2 4 7

Postseason Batting

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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
1986 26 BOS AL ALCS CAL W 7 29 28 4 10 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 4 .357 .379 .500 .879 14 0 1 0 0 0
1986 26 BOS AL WS NYM L 7 30 30 1 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 .200 .200 .333 .533 10 1 0 0 0 0
1988 28 BOS AL ALCS OAK L 4 16 14 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 .357 .438 .571 1.009 8 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 18 75 72 6 21 2 0 3 8 0 0 2 15 .292 .320 .444 .764 32 1 1 0 0 0
2 ALCS 11 45 42 5 15 1 0 2 7 0 0 2 5 .357 .400 .524 .924 22 0 1 0 0 0
1 WS 7 30 30 1 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 .200 .200 .333 .533 10 1 0 0 0 0

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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 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 (1684th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1985 AL  11 (9th)
1986 AL  13 (3rd)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 13 (1009), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Ramon Hernandez (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Sherm Lollar (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

August 5, 1977: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

May 2, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

June 8, 1990: Sent to the Houston Astros by the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

February 15, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 27, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

January 29, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Boston Red Sox$477,500
1986Boston Red Sox$650,000
1988Boston Red Sox$952,727
1989Boston Red Sox$1,150,000
1990Boston Red Sox$920,000
1991St. Louis Cardinals$150,000
1992St. Louis Cardinals$200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,500,227
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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