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.

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	3B
2	2	Apr 10	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-5	GS	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B SS
3	3	Apr 11	MIN	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 12	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	2	2	0	3B
5	5	Apr 13	MIN	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 14	MIN	@	CAL	L,5-7	CG	50	11.2	2	2	0	4	1	3B
7	7	Apr 15	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
8	8	Apr 16	MIN	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
9	9	Apr 17	MIN	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
10	10	Apr 18	MIN	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
11	11	Apr 20	MIN		CAL	W,13-1	GS	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
12	12	Apr 21	MIN		CAL	W,8-0	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 22	MIN		CAL	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
14	14	Apr 23	MIN		DET	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
15	15	Apr 24	MIN		DET	W,16-4	GS	25	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
16	16	Apr 25	MIN		DET	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
17	17	Apr 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	20 (2)	May 1	MIN	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
19	21	May 2	MIN	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
20	22	May 3	MIN	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	36	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
21	23	May 5	MIN	@	MIL	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
22	24	May 6	MIN	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
23	25	May 8	MIN		CLE	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
24	26	May 9	MIN		CLE	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
25	27	May 10	MIN		CLE	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
26	28	May 11	MIN		MIL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
27	29	May 12	MIN		MIL	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
28	30	May 13	MIN		MIL	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
29	31	May 14	MIN		OAK	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
30	32	May 15	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
31	33	May 17	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
32	34	May 18	MIN	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
33	35	May 19	MIN	@	BOS	L,1-13	GS	32	5.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
34	36	May 20	MIN	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
35	37	May 21	MIN	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
36	38	May 22	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-10	GS	31	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
37	39	May 23	MIN		NYY	L,0-12	GS	37	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
38	41 (1)	May 25	MIN		BOS	W,16-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
39	42	May 26	MIN		BOS	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	43	May 27	MIN		BOS	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
41	44	May 28	MIN		BAL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
42	45	May 29	MIN		BAL	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
43	46	May 30	MIN		BAL	W,12-3	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
44	47	May 31	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	48	Jun 1	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	1	1	1	3	0	3B
46	49	Jun 2	MIN	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
47	50	Jun 3	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
48	51	Jun 5	MIN	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
49	52	Jun 6	MIN	@	TOR	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
50	53	Jun 7	MIN	@	TOR	L,3-10	GS	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
51	54	Jun 8	MIN		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
52	55	Jun 9	MIN		CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
53	56	Jun 10	MIN		CHW	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	2	4	0	3B
54	57	Jun 12	MIN		TOR	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
55	58	Jun 13	MIN		TOR	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
56	59	Jun 14	MIN		TOR	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
57	60	Jun 15	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
58	61	Jun 16	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
59	62	Jun 17	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
60	64 (1)	Jun 19	MIN	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
61	65	Jun 20	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-8	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
62	66	Jun 21	MIN		KCR	L,4-14	CG	54	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
63	67	Jun 22	MIN		KCR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
64	68	Jun 23	MIN		KCR	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
65	69	Jun 24	MIN		KCR	L,2-11	CG	50	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
66	70	Jun 25	MIN		TEX	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
67	71	Jun 26	MIN		TEX	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
68	72	Jun 27	MIN		TEX	L,2-9	GS	35	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
69	73	Jun 28	MIN		TEX	L,6-8	GS	50	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B SS
70	74	Jun 29	MIN		BAL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
71	75	Jun 30	MIN		BAL	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	76	Jul 1	MIN		BAL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	77	Jul 3	MIN		BOS	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
74	78	Jul 4	MIN		BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
75	79	Jul 5	MIN		BOS	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
76	80	Jul 6 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	49	12.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
77	81	Jul 6 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
78	82	Jul 7	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	46	11.2	8	0	0	8	0	3B 1B
79	83	Jul 8	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
80	84	Jul 11	MIN		OAK	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
81	85	Jul 13 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
82	86	Jul 13 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
83	87	Jul 14	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	47	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
84	89 (1)	Jul 16	MIN	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
85	90	Jul 17	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
86	91	Jul 18	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
87	92	Jul 19	MIN		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
88	93	Jul 20	MIN		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
89	94	Jul 21	MIN		NYY	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
90	95	Jul 22	MIN		NYY	L,6-10	CG	40	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
91	96	Jul 24	MIN		SEA	L,2-8	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
92	97	Jul 25	MIN		SEA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
93	98	Jul 26	MIN		SEA	L,4-6	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
94	99	Jul 27	MIN		OAK	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
95	100	Jul 28 (1)	MIN		OAK	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
96	101	Jul 28 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
97	102	Jul 29	MIN		OAK	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
98	103	Jul 30	MIN		CAL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
99	104	Jul 31	MIN		CAL	L,2-13	GS	35	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	106 (1)	Aug 2	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-7	GS	38	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
101	107	Aug 3	MIN	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	54	13.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
102	108	Aug 4	MIN	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
103	109	Aug 5	MIN	@	SEA	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
104	110	Aug 6	MIN		MIL	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
105	111	Aug 7	MIN		MIL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
106	112	Aug 8	MIN		MIL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
107	113	Aug 10	MIN	@	TOR	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
108	114	Aug 11	MIN	@	TOR	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
109	115	Aug 12	MIN	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
110	116	Aug 14	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
111	117	Aug 15	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
112	119 (1)	Aug 17	MIN		TOR	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
113	120	Aug 18	MIN		TOR	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
114	122 (1)	Aug 20	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
115	123	Aug 21	MIN	@	KCR	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
116	124	Aug 22	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
117	125	Aug 24	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
118	126	Aug 25	MIN	@	TEX	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
119	127	Aug 26	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	34	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
120	128	Aug 27	MIN		CHW	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
121	129	Aug 28	MIN		CHW	W,12-6	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
122	130	Aug 29	MIN		CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
123	131	Aug 30	MIN		CHW	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
124	132	Aug 31	MIN		DET	L,6-12	CG	51	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	133	Sep 1	MIN		DET	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
126	135 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	MIN	@	MIL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
127	136	Sep 3 (2)	MIN	@	MIL	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
128	137	Sep 4	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-1	GS	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
129	138	Sep 5	MIN	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
130	139	Sep 7	MIN		CLE	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
131	140	Sep 8	MIN		CLE	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
132	142 (1)	Sep 10	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
133	143	Sep 11	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
134	144	Sep 12	MIN	@	CAL	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
135	145	Sep 13	MIN	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	42	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
136	146	Sep 14	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-9	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
137	147	Sep 15	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
138	148	Sep 16	MIN	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	44	10.2	0	1	0	1	1	3B
139	149	Sep 17	MIN		KCR	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
140	150	Sep 18	MIN		KCR	W,10-4	GS	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
141	151	Sep 19	MIN		KCR	W,1-0	CG	42	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
142	152	Sep 21	MIN		TEX	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
143	153	Sep 22	MIN		TEX	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
144	154	Sep 23	MIN		TEX	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
145	155	Sep 25	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
146	156	Sep 26	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
147	157	Sep 28	MIN	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
148	158	Sep 29	MIN	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
149	159	Sep 30	MIN	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
150	160	Oct 1	MIN		SEA	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
151	161	Oct 2	MIN		SEA	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
152	162	Oct 3	MIN		SEA	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	3B
							155gm		1309.2	125	319	18	462	36