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.

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	STL	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	34	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 2	STL	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
3	3	Apr 3	STL	@	MON	L,4-9	GS	30	5.1	0	0	1	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 4	STL	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
5	5	Apr 5	STL	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
6	7 (1)	Apr 8	STL		MON	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
7	8	Apr 11	STL		HOU	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
8	9	Apr 12	STL		HOU	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
9	10	Apr 13	STL		HOU	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
10	11	Apr 14	STL		HOU	L,2-4	CG	45	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
11	12	Apr 15	STL	@	FLA	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
12	13	Apr 16	STL	@	FLA	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
13	14	Apr 17	STL	@	FLA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
14	15	Apr 19 (1)	STL	@	SDP	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
15	17 (1)	Apr 20	STL	@	SDP	L,2-8	GS	22	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
16	18	Apr 22	STL	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
17	19	Apr 23	STL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
18	20	Apr 25	STL		COL	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
19	21	Apr 26	STL		COL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
20	22	Apr 27	STL		COL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
21	23	Apr 28	STL		SFG	W,5-2	GS	25	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	28 (4)	May 3	STL	@	NYM	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
23	29	May 4	STL	@	NYM	W,8-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
24	30	May 5	STL		ATL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
25	31	May 6	STL		ATL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
26	32	May 7	STL		PHI	W,14-7	CG	45	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
27	33	May 8	STL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
28	34	May 9	STL		NYM	L,3-10	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
29	35	May 10	STL		NYM	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
30	36	May 11	STL		NYM	L,4-6	GS	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B 1B
31	37	May 13	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
32	38	May 14	STL	@	PHI	W,12-3	GF	19	5.0	4	0	0	4	2	PH 1B
33	39	May 16	STL	@	ATL	L,0-1	GS	50	12.2	3	0	1	4	0	3B 1B
34	40	May 17	STL	@	ATL	L,6-11	GS	34	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
35	43 (2)	May 20	STL		PIT	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B
36	44	May 21	STL		PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
37	45	May 23	STL	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
38	46	May 24	STL	@	SFG	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
39	48 (1)	May 26	STL	@	COL	L,7-9	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
40	49	May 27	STL	@	COL	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
41	50	May 29	STL		LAD	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
42	51	May 30	STL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
43	52	May 31	STL		LAD	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	53	Jun 1	STL		LAD	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
45	54	Jun 2	STL		COL	L,7-11	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	55	Jun 3	STL		COL	W,15-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
47	56	Jun 4	STL	@	PIT	W,10-0	GS	27	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
48	57	Jun 5	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
49	58	Jun 6	STL	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
50	59	Jun 7	STL	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
51	64 (4)	Jun 14 (1)	STL		CLE	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
52	65	Jun 14 (2)	STL		CLE	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
53	66	Jun 15	STL		CLE	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
54	67	Jun 16	STL	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
55	68	Jun 17	STL	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
56	69	Jun 18	STL	@	MIL	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
57	70	Jun 20	STL		CIN	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
58	71	Jun 21	STL		CIN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
59	73 (1)	Jun 23	STL		CHC	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
60	74	Jun 24	STL		CHC	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
61	75	Jun 25	STL		CHC	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
62	76	Jun 26	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	GS	27	6.1	2	0	0	2	0	3B
63	77	Jun 27	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
64	78	Jun 28	STL	@	CIN	W,12-6	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
65	79	Jun 29	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
66	80	Jun 30	STL		MIN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	81	Jul 1	STL		MIN	W,2-0	GS	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B 1B
68	82	Jul 2	STL		MIN	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	83	Jul 3	STL		PIT	L,4-6	GS	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B 1B
70	84	Jul 4	STL		PIT	L,5-7	CG	43	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
71	85	Jul 5	STL		PIT	L,3-4	GS	29	6.2	1	2	0	3	1	3B
72	86	Jul 6	STL		PIT	L,3-6	GS	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B 1B
73	87	Jul 10	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
74	88	Jul 11	STL	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
75	89	Jul 12	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
76	90	Jul 13	STL	@	CHC	W,11-5	GS	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B 1B
77	91	Jul 14	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
78	92	Jul 15	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
79	93	Jul 16	STL		SDP	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
80	94	Jul 17	STL		SDP	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
81	95	Jul 18	STL		SFG	W,6-5	GS	40	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	3B 1B
82	96	Jul 19	STL		SFG	W,8-7	GS	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B 1B
83	97	Jul 20	STL		SFG	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
84	98	Jul 21	STL		SFG	W,7-2	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
85	99	Jul 22	STL		HOU	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
86	100	Jul 23	STL		HOU	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
87	101	Jul 25	STL		FLA	L,4-5	GS	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B 1B
88	102	Jul 26	STL		FLA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
89	103	Jul 27	STL		FLA	W,6-4	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
90	104	Jul 28	STL	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B 1B
91	105	Jul 29	STL	@	HOU	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
92	106	Jul 30	STL	@	HOU	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
93	107	Jul 31	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	42	9.2	0	4	0	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	108	Aug 1	STL	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
95	109	Aug 2	STL	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
96	110	Aug 3	STL	@	PHI	L,1-10	GS	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
97	111	Aug 4	STL	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
98	112	Aug 5	STL	@	NYM	L,4-5	GS	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
99	113	Aug 6	STL	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
100	114	Aug 7	STL	@	ATL	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	115	Aug 8	STL		PHI	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
102	116	Aug 9	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
103	118 (1)	Aug 12	STL		NYM	W,5-2	GS	29	6.1	1	0	0	1	0	3B
104	119	Aug 13	STL		NYM	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
105	120	Aug 14	STL		NYM	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
106	121	Aug 15	STL		ATL	W,3-2	CG	45	12.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
107	122	Aug 16	STL		ATL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
108	124 (1)	Aug 19	STL	@	MON	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
109	125	Aug 20	STL	@	MON	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
110	126	Aug 21	STL	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
111	127	Aug 22	STL	@	FLA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
112	128	Aug 23	STL	@	FLA	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
113	129	Aug 24	STL	@	FLA	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
114	130	Aug 25	STL		MON	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
115	132 (1)	Aug 27	STL		MON	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
116	133	Aug 28	STL		MON	W,11-5	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	PR 1B
117	134	Aug 29	STL	@	KCR	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
118	135	Aug 30	STL	@	KCR	L,5-16	CG	45	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
119	136	Aug 31	STL	@	KCR	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B 1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	137	Sep 1	STL		CHW	L,4-5	GS	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B 3B
121	139 (1)	Sep 3	STL		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
122	140	Sep 5	STL	@	COL	L,4-11	CG	45	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
123	142 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	COL	L,6-7	CG	42	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
124	144 (1)	Sep 9	STL	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
125	145	Sep 10	STL	@	SFG	L,6-7	GS	28	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
126	146	Sep 12	STL		SDP	W,4-2	GS	28	6.2	2	3	0	5	2	3B
127	147	Sep 13	STL		SDP	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
128	148	Sep 14	STL		SDP	W,10-4	GS	32	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
129	149	Sep 15	STL		LAD	L,6-7	GS	42	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
130	151 (1)	Sep 17	STL	@	CHC	W,12-9	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
131	152	Sep 18	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
132	154 (1)	Sep 20	STL	@	PIT	L,1-10	GS	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B 1B P
133	155	Sep 21	STL	@	PIT	L,2-14	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
134	156	Sep 22	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
135	157	Sep 23	STL		CIN	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
136	158	Sep 24	STL		CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
137	159	Sep 25	STL		CIN	L,3-4	GF	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
138	160	Sep 26	STL		CHC	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
139	162 (1)	Sep 28	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
							153gm		1143.2	133	249	7	389	32