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Rod Gilbreath

Rodney Joe Gilbreath

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 24, 1952 in Laurel, MS
High School: Watkins HS (Laurel, MS)
School: Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1972 (Age 19)
Team: Braves 1972-1978

Final Game: October 1, 1978 (Age 26)
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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
1972 19 ATL NL 18 41 38 2 9 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 10 .237 .293 .263 .556 54 10 1 1 0 0 0 /45
1973 20 ATL NL 29 82 74 10 21 2 1 0 2 2 1 6 10 .284 .341 .338 .679 84 25 2 1 0 1 1 5
1974 21 ATL NL 3 9 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 134 2 0 0 1 0 0 /4
1975 22 ATL NL 90 237 202 24 49 3 1 2 16 5 5 24 26 .243 .323 .297 .620 71 60 2 1 8 2 0 45/6
1976 23 ATL NL 116 452 383 57 96 11 8 1 32 7 7 42 36 .251 .329 .329 .658 83 126 9 4 20 3 1 4/56
1977 24 ATL NL 128 463 407 47 99 15 2 8 43 3 9 45 79 .243 .320 .349 .669 72 142 10 2 7 2 6 *4/5
1978 25 ATL NL 116 356 326 22 80 13 3 3 31 7 6 26 51 .245 .300 .331 .632 69 108 6 0 3 1 3 54
7 Yrs 500 1640 1436 164 356 45 15 14 125 25 29 147 212 .248 .320 .329 .649 74 473 30 9 39 9 11
162 Game Avg. 162 531 465 53 115 15 5 5 41 8 9 48 69 .248 .320 .329 .649 74 153 10 3 13 3 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
1972 19 ATL NL 18 41 -2 0 -0 3 0 2 0.3 1 3 0.4 .514 .502 -0.0 0.4 0 /45
1973 20 ATL NL 29 82 -0 1 0 -1 0 -0 -0.1 3 2 0.2 .498 .500 0.3 -0.1 4 5
1974 21 ATL NL 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .532 .501 0.1 0.0 1 /4
1975 22 ATL NL 90 237 -4 -1 2 -5 2 -6 -0.7 8 2 0.1 .493 .496 0.5 -0.3 6 45/6
1976 23 ATL NL 116 452 -5 -1 1 -10 4 -11 -1.2 15 4 0.2 .490 .493 1.2 -0.8 14 4/56
1977 24 ATL NL 128 463 -16 -2 -0 -12 4 -28 -3.0 15 -13 -1.5 .477 .482 -0.3 -0.9 -0 $35,000 *4/5
1978 25 ATL NL 116 356 -15 -4 -0 -4 3 -20 -2.3 11 -8 -1.1 .481 .486 -0.8 -0.1 -5 $60,000 54
7 Seasons 500 1640 -42 -7 3 -28 13 -61 -6.9 53 -8 -1.7 .486 .490 1.1 -1.7 20 $95,000

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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 Awards
1972 ATL NL 19 2B 7 6 3 46.1 26 13 13 0 3 1.000 1 26 5.05 3.71 .978 5.36 5.39
1972 ATL NL 19 3B 4 4 4 36.0 17 3 13 1 1 .941 2 80 4.00 4.00 .945 2.88 2.88
1973 ATL NL 20 3B 22 17 14 155.0 50 16 32 2 4 .960 -1 -11 2.79 2.18 .946 2.88 2.88
1974 ATL NL 21 2B 2 2 2 18.0 11 5 6 0 1 1.000 0 13 5.50 5.50 .973 5.45 5.45
1975 ATL NL 22 2B 52 38 33 366.2 251 121 125 5 29 .980 -4 -14 6.04 4.73 .975 5.54 5.54
1975 ATL NL 22 3B 10 8 4 62.0 21 5 15 1 0 .952 -0 -6 2.90 2.00 .945 2.98 2.97
1975 ATL NL 22 SS 1 1 0 6.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -20 3.00 2.00 .965 4.95 5.00
1976 ATL NL 23 2B 104 100 92 865.2 564 239 311 14 76 .975 -6 -9 5.72 5.29 .975 5.48 5.47
1976 ATL NL 23 3B 7 3 2 39.2 12 6 3 3 1 .750 -4 -112 2.04 1.29 .952 2.93 2.91
1976 ATL NL 23 SS 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -40 0.00 0.00 5.10 5.00
1977 ATL NL 24 2B 122 112 101 997.1 595 277 305 13 61 .978 -13 -15 5.25 4.77 .977 5.24 5.24
1977 ATL NL 24 3B 1 1 1 9.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1 80 3.00 3.00 .957 3.00 3.00
1978 ATL NL 25 3B 62 52 45 469.0 156 34 117 5 9 .968 1 2 2.90 2.44 .952 3.00 2.97
1978 ATL NL 25 2B 39 35 31 311.1 165 74 87 4 13 .976 -4 -17 4.65 4.13 .977 5.30 5.25
6 Seasons 2B 326 293 262 2605.1 1612 729 847 36 183 .978 -26 -12 5.44 4.83 .976 5.37 5.37
6 Seasons 3B 106 85 70 770.2 259 64 183 12 15 .954 -2 -3 2.88 2.33 .950 2.96 2.94
2 Seasons SS 2 1 0 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -27 2.00 1.00 .965 5.00 5.00
7 Seasons TOT 434 379 332 3385.0 1873 794 1031 48 198 .974 -28 -10 4.85 4.21 .972 4.82 4.77
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1976 NL  8 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1976 NL  20 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1976 NL  5.72 (4th)
1977 NL  5.25 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1976 NL  5.29 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1972 NL  2 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1972 NL  born 1952-09-24 (2nd)
1973 NL  born 1952-09-24 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2416), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2766), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (1115th), -1.7 career WAR/-1.7 7yr-peak WAR/-1.7 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.6 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  8. Rusty Peters (958)
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  2. Chuck Schilling (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
197724Atlanta Braves$35,0004/23/77 TSN survey
197825Atlanta Braves$60,000Tom Timmerman databasePlayer win; $50,000 offered
Career to date (may be incomplete)$95,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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