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.

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	MIN		OAK	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 8	MIN		OAK	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 9	MIN		OAK	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 10	MIN	@	SEA	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
5	5	Apr 11	MIN	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	1	3	0	4	1	3B
6	6	Apr 12	MIN	@	SEA	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
7	7	Apr 13	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
8	8	Apr 14	MIN	@	OAK	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
9	9	Apr 15	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
10	10	Apr 17	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 19	MIN	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
13	13	Apr 20	MIN		SEA	W,13-5	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
14	14	Apr 21	MIN		SEA	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
15	15	Apr 22	MIN		SEA	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
16	16	Apr 23	MIN		CAL	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
17	17	Apr 24	MIN		CAL	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
18	18	Apr 25	MIN		CAL	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
19	19	Apr 26	MIN		CAL	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
20	20	Apr 28	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
21	21	Apr 29	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	MIN		NYY	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
23	23	May 2	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
24	24	May 3	MIN		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
25	25	May 5	MIN		BAL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
26	26	May 6	MIN		BAL	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
27	27	May 7	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
28	28	May 8	MIN	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	43	8.2	0	2	0	2	1	3B
29	29	May 9	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B
30	30	May 10	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
31	31	May 11	MIN	@	BAL	W,10-4	GS	31	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
32	32	May 12	MIN	@	BAL	L,7-10	CG	37	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
33	33	May 13	MIN		TOR	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
34	34	May 14	MIN		TOR	L,4-16	GS	33	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
35	35	May 15	MIN		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
36	36	May 16	MIN		BOS	L,1-6	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
37	37	May 17	MIN		BOS	W,10-8	CG	46	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
38	38	May 19	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
39	39	May 20	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
40	40	May 21	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
41	41	May 22	MIN		DET	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
42	42	May 23	MIN		DET	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
43	43	May 24	MIN		DET	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
44	44	May 26	MIN		MIL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
45	45	May 27	MIN		MIL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
46	46	May 28	MIN		MIL	W,13-1	GS	21	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
47	47	May 29	MIN	@	DET	L,7-15	CG	46	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
48	48	May 31 (1)	MIN	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
49	49	May 31 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	50	Jun 1	MIN	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
51	51	Jun 2	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
52	53 (1)	Jun 5	MIN		TEX	L,9-15	GS	35	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
53	54	Jun 6	MIN		TEX	W,3-2	CG	57	13.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
54	55	Jun 7	MIN		TEX	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
55	56	Jun 8	MIN		KCR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
56	57	Jun 9	MIN		KCR	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
57	58	Jun 10	MIN		KCR	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
58	59	Jun 12 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
59	60	Jun 12 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
60	61	Jun 13	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
61	62	Jun 14	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
62	63	Jun 15	MIN	@	MIL	W,5-0	GS	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	69 (5)	Jun 23	MIN		CLE	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
64	70	Jun 24	MIN		CLE	W,14-8	GS	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
65	71	Jun 25	MIN		CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	72	Jun 26	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	3B
67	73	Jun 27 (1)	MIN	@	TEX	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
68	77 (3)	Jun 30	MIN	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	78	Jul 1	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	0	1	1	2	0	3B
70	80 (1)	Jul 3	MIN		BAL	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
71	81	Jul 4	MIN		BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
72	82	Jul 5	MIN		BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
73	83	Jul 6	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
74	84	Jul 7	MIN	@	NYY	L,7-12	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
75	85	Jul 8	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-13	GS	39	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	86	Jul 9	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
77	87	Jul 10	MIN	@	BAL	L,12-13	CG	44	8.2	3	3	0	6	0	3B
78	88	Jul 11	MIN	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	89	Jul 12	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
80	90	Jul 16	MIN		TOR	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
81	91	Jul 17	MIN		TOR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
82	92	Jul 18	MIN		TOR	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
83	93	Jul 19	MIN		TOR	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
84	94	Jul 20	MIN		NYY	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
85	95	Jul 21	MIN		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
86	96	Jul 22	MIN		NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
87	97	Jul 23	MIN	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	0	4	0	4	0	3B
88	98	Jul 24	MIN	@	TOR	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
89	99	Jul 25	MIN	@	TOR	W,13-9	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
90	100	Jul 26	MIN	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
91	101	Jul 27	MIN	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
92	102	Jul 28	MIN	@	SEA	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
93	103	Jul 29	MIN	@	SEA	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
94	104	Jul 31	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	105	Aug 1	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
96	106	Aug 2	MIN	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	48	10.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
97	107	Aug 3	MIN	@	CAL	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
98	108	Aug 4	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-12	CG	46	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
99	109	Aug 5	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
100	110	Aug 6	MIN		OAK	W,9-4	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
101	111	Aug 7	MIN		OAK	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
102	112	Aug 8	MIN		OAK	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
103	113	Aug 9	MIN		OAK	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
104	114	Aug 11	MIN		CAL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
105	115	Aug 12	MIN		CAL	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
106	116	Aug 13	MIN		CAL	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
107	117	Aug 14	MIN		SEA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
108	118	Aug 15	MIN		SEA	W,14-4	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
109	119	Aug 16	MIN		SEA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
110	120	Aug 17	MIN		SEA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
111	121	Aug 18	MIN	@	DET	L,2-11	GS	33	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
112	122	Aug 19	MIN	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
113	123	Aug 20	MIN	@	DET	L,0-8	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
114	124	Aug 21	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
115	125	Aug 22	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
116	126	Aug 23	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
117	127	Aug 24	MIN		DET	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
118	128	Aug 25	MIN		DET	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
119	129	Aug 26	MIN		DET	L,8-10	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	1	3B
120	130	Aug 28	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
121	131	Aug 29	MIN	@	MIL	W,12-3	GS	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
122	132	Aug 30	MIN	@	MIL	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	133	Sep 1	MIN		BOS	L,0-9	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
124	134	Sep 2	MIN		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
125	135	Sep 3	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
126	136	Sep 4	MIN		MIL	W,2-1	CG	49	12.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
127	137	Sep 5	MIN		MIL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
128	138	Sep 6	MIN		MIL	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
129	139	Sep 7	MIN		CHW	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
130	140	Sep 8	MIN		CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
131	141	Sep 9	MIN		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
132	142	Sep 11	MIN	@	CLE	W,13-10	CG	50	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
133	143	Sep 12	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	34	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
134	144	Sep 13	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	41	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
135	145	Sep 14	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
136	146	Sep 15	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
137	147	Sep 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,10-13	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
138	148	Sep 18	MIN		CLE	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
139	149	Sep 19	MIN		CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
140	150	Sep 20	MIN		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
141	151	Sep 22	MIN		TEX	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
142	152	Sep 23	MIN		TEX	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
143	153	Sep 24	MIN		TEX	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
144	154	Sep 25	MIN		KCR	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
145	155	Sep 26	MIN		KCR	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
146	156	Sep 27	MIN		KCR	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
147	157	Sep 28	MIN	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
148	158	Sep 29	MIN	@	TEX	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
149	160 (1)	Oct 2	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
150	162 (1)	Oct 4	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							150gm		1293.1	134	261	11	406	28