Gary Gaetti

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: August 19, 1958 in Centralia, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1978 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Lake Land College (Mattoon, IL), the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1978 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Lake Land College (Mattoon, IL) and the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (11th) of the 1979 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville, MO).

High School: Centralia HS (Centralia, IL)

Schools: Lake Land College (Mattoon, IL), Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville, MO)

Debut: September 20, 1981 (Age 23-032d, 14,546th in major league history)
vs. TEX 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 12, 2000 (Age 41-237d)
vs. MIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Gary Joseph Gaetti

Nicknames: The Rat or G-Man

Pronunciation: \guy-ETT-ee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.1

8951

2280

360

.255

1130

RBI

1341

OBP

.308

SLG

.434

OPS

.741

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	MIN		SEA	L,7-11	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
2	2	Apr 7	MIN		SEA	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 8	MIN		SEA	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
4	4	Apr 9	MIN		CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
5	5	Apr 10	MIN		CAL	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 11	MIN		CAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
7	7	Apr 13	MIN		OAK	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 14	MIN		OAK	L,5-7	CG	50	12.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
9	9	Apr 15	MIN		OAK	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
10	10	Apr 16	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.2	0	5	0	5	0	3B
11	11	Apr 17	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
12	12	Apr 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
13	13	Apr 19	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
14	14	Apr 20	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	GF	30	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
15	15	Apr 21	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
16	16	Apr 22	MIN	@	SEA	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
17	17	Apr 23	MIN	@	SEA	W,12-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
18	18	Apr 24	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
19	21 (2)	Apr 28	MIN		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
20	22	Apr 30	MIN		MIL	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	23	May 1	MIN		MIL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	3B
22	24	May 2	MIN		MIL	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
23	25	May 3	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
24	26	May 4	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
25	27	May 5	MIN	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
26	28	May 6	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
27	29	May 7	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
28	30	May 8	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-12	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
29	31	May 9	MIN	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	3B
30	33 (1)	May 11	MIN		BOS	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
31	34	May 12	MIN		BOS	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
32	42 (7)	May 21	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-12	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
33	43	May 22	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
34	44	May 23	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
35	45	May 24	MIN		CLE	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
36	46	May 25	MIN		CLE	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
37	47	May 26	MIN		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
38	48	May 28	MIN		NYY	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
39	49	May 29	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
40	50	May 30	MIN		NYY	L,6-8	CG	50	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	54 (3)	Jun 4	MIN		BAL	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
42	55	Jun 5	MIN		BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
43	56	Jun 6	MIN		BAL	L,5-7	CG	53	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
44	57	Jun 7	MIN		KCR	L,4-5	GS	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
45	58	Jun 8	MIN		KCR	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
46	59	Jun 9	MIN		KCR	L,5-8	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
47	60	Jun 10	MIN		KCR	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
48	61	Jun 12	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
49	62	Jun 13	MIN	@	TEX	L,4-10	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	3B
50	63	Jun 14	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
51	64	Jun 15	MIN	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
52	65	Jun 16	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
53	66	Jun 18	MIN		TEX	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
54	67	Jun 19	MIN		TEX	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
55	68	Jun 20	MIN		TEX	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
56	69	Jun 21	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	14	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
57	70	Jun 22	MIN	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
58	71	Jun 23	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
59	72	Jun 26	MIN	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
60	74 (1)	Jun 28	MIN		CHW	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
61	75	Jun 29	MIN		CHW	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	3B
62	76	Jun 30	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	77	Jul 1	MIN		CHW	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
64	78	Jul 2	MIN		TOR	L,4-9	CG	40	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
65	79	Jul 3	MIN		TOR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	80	Jul 4	MIN		TOR	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
67	81	Jul 5	MIN	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
68	82	Jul 6	MIN	@	DET	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
69	83	Jul 7	MIN	@	MIL	W,11-8	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
70	84	Jul 8	MIN	@	MIL	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
71	85	Jul 9	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
72	86	Jul 10	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
73	87	Jul 11	MIN	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
74	88	Jul 15	MIN		DET	L,2-18	CG	53	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
75	89	Jul 16	MIN		DET	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
76	90	Jul 17	MIN		DET	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
77	91	Jul 18	MIN		DET	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
78	92	Jul 19	MIN		MIL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
79	93	Jul 20	MIN		MIL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
80	94	Jul 21	MIN		MIL	L,4-10	CG	50	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
81	95	Jul 23	MIN		BOS	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
82	96	Jul 24	MIN		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
83	97	Jul 25	MIN		BOS	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
84	98	Jul 26	MIN	@	SEA	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
85	99	Jul 27	MIN	@	SEA	L,7-9	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
86	100	Jul 28	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
87	101	Jul 29	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
88	102	Jul 30	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	2	4	0	6	1	3B
89	103	Jul 31	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	104	Aug 1	MIN	@	OAK	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
91	105	Aug 2	MIN	@	CAL	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
92	106	Aug 3	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
93	107	Aug 4	MIN	@	CAL	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
94	108	Aug 5	MIN	@	CAL	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
95	109	Aug 6	MIN		OAK	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
96	110	Aug 7	MIN		OAK	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
97	111	Aug 8	MIN		OAK	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
98	112	Aug 10	MIN		CAL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
99	113	Aug 11	MIN		CAL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
100	114	Aug 12	MIN		CAL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
101	115	Aug 13	MIN		SEA	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
102	116	Aug 14	MIN		SEA	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
103	117	Aug 15	MIN		SEA	L,2-10	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
104	118	Aug 17	MIN		BAL	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	2	3B
105	119	Aug 18	MIN		BAL	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
106	120	Aug 19	MIN		BAL	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
107	121	Aug 20	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
108	122	Aug 21	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
109	123	Aug 22	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	3	3	0	6	0	3B
110	124	Aug 24	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
111	125	Aug 25	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
112	126	Aug 26	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
113	127	Aug 27	MIN		CLE	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
114	128	Aug 28	MIN		CLE	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
115	129	Aug 29	MIN		CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
116	130	Aug 30	MIN		NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
117	131	Aug 31	MIN		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	132	Sep 1	MIN		NYY	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
119	133	Sep 3	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
120	134	Sep 4	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
121	135	Sep 5	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
122	136	Sep 6 (1)	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
123	137	Sep 6 (2)	MIN	@	TEX	L,7-11	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
124	138	Sep 7	MIN	@	TEX	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
125	140 (1)	Sep 10	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
126	141	Sep 11	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
127	142	Sep 12	MIN	@	KCR	L,7-18	CG	51	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
128	143	Sep 13	MIN		TEX	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
129	144	Sep 14	MIN		TEX	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
130	145	Sep 15	MIN		TEX	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
131	147 (1)	Sep 17	MIN		KCR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
132	148	Sep 18	MIN		KCR	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
133	149	Sep 19	MIN		KCR	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
134	150	Sep 20	MIN		TOR	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
135	153 (2)	Sep 24	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	55	12.2	1	2	1	4	0	3B
136	154	Sep 25	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-13	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
137	155	Sep 26	MIN	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
138	156	Sep 28 (1)	MIN	@	TOR	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
139	157	Sep 28 (2)	MIN	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	0	3	0	3	0	3B
140	158	Sep 29	MIN	@	TOR	W,8-0	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
141	159	Sep 30	MIN	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
142	160	Oct 1	MIN		CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
143	161	Oct 2	MIN		CHW	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
144	162	Oct 3	MIN		CHW	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
							144gm		1241.0	106	291	17	414	36