Brad Gulden

Bradley Lee Gulden

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 10, 1956 in New Ulm, MN
High School: Chaska HS (Chaska, MN)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1978
Teams (by GP): Reds/Yankees/Giants/Mariners/Expos/... 1978-1986

Final Game: September 28, 1986
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Standard Batting

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
1975	19	LAD-min	A-	66	203	203		33	4	0	2						.163	.163	.212	.374		43							BLH · NORW
1976	20	LAD-min	A	103	334	334		95	20	2	3						.284	.284	.383	.668		128							DNV · MIDW
1977	21	LAD-min	A	118	484	423	76	127	23	2	15	86	6	6	49	49	.300	.378	.470	.848		199		6	2	4			LOD · CALL
1978	22	LAD-min	AAA	125	504	436	69	128	21	4	8	72	12	9	59	52	.294	.378	.415	.793		181		3	1	5			ABQ · PCL
1978	22	LAD	NL	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1979	23	NYY-min	AAA	80	278	230	28	57	10	0	6	34	6	4	42	31	.248	.359	.370	.728		85		0	2	4			CLB · IL
1979	23	NYY	AL	40	105	92	10	15	4	0	0	6	0	1	9	16	.163	.238	.207	.444	23	19	3	0	4	0	0	2
1980	24	NYY-min	AA,AAA	99	410	346	40	78	15	6	8	56	3	7	56	52	.225	.333	.373	.705		129		2	1	5			NVL,CLB · SOUL,IL
1980	24	NYY	AL	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	338	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1981	25	NYY-SEA-min	AAA	88	323	288	46	84	18	4	19	51	2	4	29	46	.292	.357	.580	.937		167		2	1	3	4		CLB,SPO · IL,PCL
1981	25	SEA	AL	8	16	16	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.188	.188	.313	.500	40	5	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1982	26	WSN-min	AAA	64	238	212	37	61	16	2	7	35	1	1	21	25	.288	.350	.481	.831		102		1	1	3	3		WCH · AA
1982	26	MON	NL	5	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	-57	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1983	27	NYY-min	AAA	94	315	275	45	87	16	1	9	47	0	2	35	39	.316	.394	.480	.874		132		2	0	3	1		CLB · IL
1984	28	CIN	NL	107	332	292	31	66	8	2	4	33	2	2	33	35	.226	.307	.308	.615	71	90	7	2	3	2	2	2

1985	29	HOU-CIN-min	AAA	92	329	296	40	76	17	2	7	37	4	2	27	38	.257	.313	.399	.712		118		0	0	6	2		TUC,DEN · PCL,AA
1986	30	SFG-min	AAA	20	53	46	3	12	3	0	0	9	0	0	7	4	.261	.358	.326	.685		15		0	0	0	0		PHX · PCL
1986	30	SFG	NL	17	24	22	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.091	.167	.091	.258	-25	2	1	0	0	0	2	2
7 Yrs				182	491	435	45	87	14	2	5	43	2	3	45	61	.200	.277	.276	.553	54	120	11	2	7	2	4
162 Game Avg.				162	437	387	40	77	12	2	4	38	2	3	40	54	.200	.277	.276	.553	54	107	10	2	6	2	4

NYY (2 yrs)				42	108	95	11	16	4	0	1	8	0	1	9	16	.168	.240	.242	.482	32	23	3	0	4	0	0
SFG (1 yr)				17	24	22	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.091	.167	.091	.258	-25	2	1	0	0	0	2
LAD (1 yr)				3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				107	332	292	31	66	8	2	4	33	2	2	33	35	.226	.307	.308	.615	71	90	7	2	3	2	2
MON (1 yr)				5	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	-57	0	0	0	0	0	0
SEA (1 yr)				8	16	16	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.188	.188	.313	.500	40	5	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				132	367	324	34	68	8	2	4	34	2	2	36	43	.210	.291	.284	.575	60	92	8	2	3	2	4
AL (3 yrs)				50	124	111	11	19	6	0	1	9	0	1	9	18	.171	.233	.252	.486	33	28	3	0	4	0	0

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
1978	22	LAD	NL	3	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.465	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1979	23	NYY	AL	40	105	-9	-1	-0	3	2	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.487	.497	-0.5	0.5	-5	$	2
1980	24	NYY	AL	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.545	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2
1981	25	SEA	AL	8	16	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1982	26	MON	NL	5	7	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.471	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	/2

1984	28	CIN	NL	107	332	-10	-0	0	-2	4	-7	-0.7	10	3	0.3	.492	.495	0.4	0.4	5	$	2

1986	30	SFG	NL	17	24	-5	0	-0	0	0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.470	.497	-0.4	0.0	-4	$	2
7 Seasons				182	491	-26	-1	-0	0	7	-19	-2.0	15	-4	-0.5	.488	.498	-0.6	0.9	-4	$

NYY (2 yrs)				42	108	-8	-1	-0	3	2	-4	-0.4	4	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.4	0.5	-4	$
SFG (1 yr)				17	24	-5	0	-0	0	0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.470	.497	-0.4	0.0	-4	$
LAD (1 yr)				3	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.465	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
CIN (1 yr)				107	332	-10	-0	0	-2	4	-7	-0.7	10	3	0.3	.492	.495	0.4	0.4	5	$
MON (1 yr)				5	7	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.471	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$
SEA (1 yr)				8	16	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1978	22	LAD	NL	4	4	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.261	.000	.328	.000	.384	.000	.712	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1979	23	NYY	AL	105	85	4	1.2	100	.197	.163	.267	.238	.332	.207	.405	.444	.736	23	.081	-9.9	-1.0	.333	.130	.043
1980	24	NYY	AL	3	2	1	13.5	97	.000	.333	.267	.333	.329	1.333	.396	1.667	.724	338	.877	0.9	0.1	2.000	1.000	1.000	.0
1981	25	SEA	AL	16	13	1	2.1	92	.214	.188	.261	.188	.326	.313	.379	.500	.705	40	.223	-1.2	-0.1	.385	.125	.125
1982	26	MON	NL	7	6	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.268	.143	.331	.000	.389	.143	.721	-57	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.167	.167	.000

1984	28	CIN	NL	332	240	28	3.1	97	.243	.226	.268	.307	.334	.308	.390	.615	.723	71	.372	-11.4	-1.2	.532	.195	.082	2.7

1986	30	SFG	NL	24	21	0	0.0	93	.118	.091	.256	.167	.325	.091	.385	.258	.710	-25	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.190	.091	.000
7 Yrs				491	371	34	2.5	97	.221	.200	.267	.277	.332	.276	.392	.553	.725	54	.265	-27.8	-2.8	.459	.177	.076	2.9
162 Game Avg.				437	330	30	2.5	97	.221	.200	.267	.277	.332	.276	.392	.553	.725	54	.265	-27.8	-2.8	.459	.177	.076	3

NYY (2 yrs)				108	87	5	1.5	100	.192	.168	.267	.240	.332	.242	.405	.482	.736	32	.114	-9.1	-0.9	.373	.158	.074	.0
SFG (1 yr)				24	21	0	0.0	93	.118	.091	.256	.167	.325	.091	.385	.258	.710	-25	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.190	.091	.000
LAD (1 yr)				4	4	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.261	.000	.328	.000	.384	.000	.712	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
CIN (1 yr)				332	240	28	3.1	97	.243	.226	.268	.307	.334	.308	.390	.615	.723	71	.372	-11.4	-1.2	.532	.195	.082	2.7
MON (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.268	.143	.331	.000	.389	.143	.721	-57	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.167	.167	.000
SEA (1 yr)				16	13	1	2.1	92	.214	.188	.261	.188	.326	.313	.379	.500	.705	40	.223	-1.2	-0.1	.385	.125	.125

NL (4 yrs)				367	271	28	2.8	97	.229	.210	.267	.291	.333	.284	.389	.575	.722	60	.321	-17.5	-1.8	.489	.185	.074	2.7
AL (3 yrs)				124	100	6	1.6	99	.196	.171	.266	.233	.331	.252	.401	.486	.732	33	.125	-10.3	-1.0	.375	.153	.081	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1978	22	LAD	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			1.00	50%
1979	23	NYY	AL	105	0.0%	15.2%	8.6%	3.8%	27%	1.78	5.8		15.3	1.13	72%
1980	24	NYY	AL	3	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	100%			3.0	1.5	1.00	67%
1981	25	SEA	AL	16	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	12.5%	67%		8.0		16.0	0.09	88%
1982	26	MON	NL	7	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	0.0%		1.00	6.0			0.33	71%

1984	28	CIN	NL	332	1.2%	10.5%	9.9%	4.2%	21%	1.06	8.3	73.0	8.8	0.79	77%

1986	30	SFG	NL	24	0.0%	20.8%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	2.50	4.4		22.0	0.42	71%
7 Yrs				491	1.0%	12.4%	9.2%	4.3%	24%	1.36	7.1	87.0	10.1	0.77	76%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.4%	8.5%	6.6%	29%	1.59	6.7	43.4	8.5	1.08	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	22	LAD	NL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.90	-0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	1.22	-1.1		0
1979	23	NYY	AL	-9.9	-1.0	107	-1.1	0.9	-2.0	.90	-1.0	-0.3	-7.2	-0.7	0.93	-10.7		0
1980	24	NYY	AL	0.9	0.1	3	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.50	0.0	-0.0	1.3	0.1	0.84	1.9		0
1981	25	SEA	AL	-1.3	-0.1	16	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.95	-0.2	-0.1	-2.3	-0.2	0.97	-2.2	1.29	4
1982	26	MON	NL	-1.3	-0.1	7	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.57	-0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.74	-0.4	0.45	3

1984	28	CIN	NL	-11.4	-1.2	343	0.2	7.0	-6.8	1.14	-0.6	0.8	-7.6	-0.8	0.96	-7.3	2.20	20

1986	30	SFG	NL	-3.8	-0.4	24	-0.6	0.5	-1.1	2.14	-0.3	0.1	-4.8	-0.5	1.22	-4.1	2.36	9
7 Yrs				-27.8	-2.8	504	-1.9	8.6	-10.5	1.13	-2.2	0.5	-21.9	-2.3	0.96	-23.8	1.99	36

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1978	22	LAD	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	23	NYY	AL	2	0	42%	29	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33%	8	6	2	2	1	1	2	1	1
1980	24	NYY	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	25	SEA	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	26	MON	NL	1	0	100%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

1984	28	CIN	NL	5	0	28%	135	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	12	50%	12	8	4	7	3	4	7	2	5

1986	30	SFG	NL	0	0	50%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				8	0	31%	168	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	12	44%	20	14	6	10	5	5	9	3	6

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1978	22	LAD	NL	4	75%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1979	23	NYY	AL	105	59%	15			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	24	3	13%	13	5	38%	63	7	11%	5	2	40%	5	4	80%	0
1980	24	NYY	AL	3	67%	1			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1981	25	SEA	AL	16	100%	3			4	0	0	0	1.29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	10	1	10%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1982	26	MON	NL	7	100%	0			3	0	0	0	0.45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1984	28	CIN	NL	332	92%	66			20	3	0	2	2.20	4	0	7	4	0	2	2	0	4	3	75%	56	7	13%	31	11	35%	197	32	16%	20	8	40%	8	5	63%	0

1986	30	SFG	NL	24	92%	2			9	0	0	0	2.36	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	2	0	0%	26	1	4%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
7 Yrs				491	85%	87			36	3	0	2	1.99	5	0	11	5	0	3	2	0	9	7	78%	92	11	12%	48	16	33%	305	42	14%	28	11	39%	15	9	60%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			81%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1978	22	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	23	43	109	96	10	15	4	0	0	6	0	1	9	18	.156	.229	.198	.426	18	19	3	0	4	0	0
1980	24	45	112	99	11	16	4	0	1	8	0	1	9	18	.162	.231	.232	.464	27	23	3	0	4	0	0
1981	25	53	128	115	11	19	6	0	1	9	0	1	9	20	.165	.226	.243	.469	29	28	3	0	4	0	0
1982	26	58	135	121	12	19	6	0	1	9	0	1	10	21	.157	.221	.231	.453	25	28	3	0	4	0	0
1983	27	58	135	121	12	19	6	0	1	9	0	1	10	21	.157	.221	.231	.453	25	28	3	0	4	0	0
1984	28	165	467	413	43	85	14	2	5	42	2	3	43	56	.206	.283	.286	.568	58	118	10	2	7	2	2
1985	29	165	467	413	43	85	14	2	5	42	2	3	43	56	.206	.283	.286	.568	58	118	10	2	7	2	2
1986	30	182	491	435	45	87	14	2	5	43	2	3	45	61	.200	.277	.276	.553	54	120	11	2	7	2	4

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1978	22	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1979	23	40	107	93	11	16	4	0	0	7	0	10	16	.172	.252	.215	.467	5	40
1980	24	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	1	2
1981	25	12	25	25	0	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	3	.200	.200	.320	.520	2	8
1982	26	5	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	5

1984	28	107	335	294	33	68	8	2	4	35	2	34	35	.231	.313	.313	.626	29	107

1986	30	17	24	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	17
7 Yrs		186	505	447	46	90	15	2	5	46	2	47	62	.201	.279	.277	.557	37	182
162 Game Avg.		162	440	389	40	78	13	2	4	40	2	41	54	.201	.279	.277	.557	32	182

* 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.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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