Gerald Laird
Gerald Lee Laird
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 13, 1979 in Westminster, CA
High School: Westlake (Westlake Village, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 1, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 2003
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Standard Batting

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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
2003 23 TEX AL 19 50 44 9 12 2 1 1 4 0 0 5 11 .273 .360 .432 .792 100 19 2 1 0 0 0 2
2004 24 TEX AL 49 168 147 20 33 6 0 1 16 0 1 12 35 .224 .287 .286 .572 46 42 5 2 4 3 0 2
2005 25 TEX AL 13 42 40 7 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 7 .225 .262 .350 .612 58 14 1 0 0 0 0 2/9
2006 26 TEX AL 78 260 243 46 72 20 1 7 22 3 1 12 54 .296 .332 .473 .805 105 115 7 2 1 2 0 2/D9
2007 27 TEX AL 120 448 407 48 91 18 3 9 47 6 2 30 103 .224 .278 .349 .627 64 142 3 2 5 4 1 *2/7
2008 28 TEX AL 95 381 344 54 95 24 0 6 41 2 4 23 63 .276 .329 .398 .727 91 137 5 6 4 4 2 2/D5
2009 29 DET AL 135 477 413 49 93 23 2 4 33 5 0 40 68 .225 .306 .320 .626 64 132 11 10 10 4 0 *2/3
7 Seasons 509 1826 1638 233 405 95 7 29 167 16 8 124 341 .247 .306 .367 .673 75 601 34 23 24 17 3
162 Game Avg. 162 581 521 74 129 30 2 9 53 5 3 39 109 .247 .306 .367 .673 75 191 11 7 8 5 1
TEX (6 yrs) 374 1349 1225 184 312 72 5 25 134 11 8 84 273 .255 .306 .383 .689 78 469 23 13 14 13 3
DET (1 yr) 135 477 413 49 93 23 2 4 33 5 0 40 68 .225 .306 .320 .626 64 132 11 10 10 4 0

Advanced Batting

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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
2003 23 TEX AL 50 34 7 5.5 116 .344 .273 .280 .360 .348 .432 .448 .792 .796 100 .541 -0.1 -0.0 .735 .273 .159 .0
2004 24 TEX AL 168 127 12 2.5 116 .281 .224 .280 .287 .349 .286 .449 .572 .798 46 .212 -12.2 -1.1 .458 .136 .061 .0
2005 25 TEX AL 42 32 3 2.5 110 .250 .225 .275 .262 .339 .350 .436 .612 .775 58 .226 -2.6 -0.2 .500 .175 .125 .0
2006 26 TEX AL 260 182 37 5.4 112 .353 .296 .277 .332 .341 .473 .440 .805 .781 105 .517 1.5 0.1 .732 .235 .177 4.2
2007 27 TEX AL 448 330 42 3.4 108 .274 .224 .272 .278 .340 .349 .425 .627 .765 64 .326 -22.8 -2.2 .555 .209 .125 7.2
2008 28 TEX AL 381 266 45 4.5 107 .319 .276 .270 .329 .339 .398 .425 .727 .763 91 .459 -4.2 -0.4 .636 .183 .122 3.0
2009 29 DET AL 477 345 43 3.3 110 .258 .225 .271 .306 .340 .320 .435 .626 .775 64 .316 -21.8 -2.1 .565 .203 .094 4.4
7 Seasons 1826 1316 189 3.8 110 .293 .247 .273 .306 .341 .367 .433 .673 .774 75 .374 -62.3 -5.9 .593 .200 .120 20.6
162 Game Avg. 581 419 60 3.8 110 .293 .247 .273 .306 .341 .367 .433 .673 .774 75 .374 -62.3 -5.9 .593 .200 .120 7
TEX (6 yrs) 1349 971 146 4.0 110 .305 .255 .274 .306 .341 .383 .432 .689 .773 78 .395 -40.4 -3.8 .603 .199 .128 15.3
DET (1 yr) 477 345 43 3.3 110 .258 .225 .271 .306 .340 .320 .435 .626 .775 64 .317 -21.8 -2.1 .565 .203 .094 4.4

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2003 23 TEX AL 50 2.0% 22.0% 10.0% 8.0% 33% 2.20 4.0 44.0 11.0 0.76 0.91 64% 15% 7.7% 24%
2004 24 TEX AL 168 0.6% 20.8% 7.1% 4.2% 21% 2.92 4.2 147.0 9.2 0.95 1.17 68% 14% 2.0% 14%
2005 25 TEX AL 42 2.4% 16.7% 4.8% 7.1% 33% 3.50 5.7 40.0 10.0 0.60 0.64 76% 12% 5.9% 15%
2006 26 TEX AL 260 2.7% 20.8% 4.6% 10.8% 39% 4.50 4.5 34.7 11.0 0.51 0.75 71% 21% 7.0% 17%
2007 27 TEX AL 448 2.0% 23.0% 6.7% 6.7% 33% 3.43 4.0 45.2 8.7 0.50 0.56 67% 14% 5.9% 21%
2008 28 TEX AL 381 1.6% 16.5% 6.0% 7.9% 32% 2.74 5.5 57.3 8.4 0.58 0.79 73% 22% 3.9% 10%
2009 29 DET AL 477 0.8% 14.3% 8.4% 6.1% 31% 1.70 6.1 103.3 12.5 0.74 0.88 72% 16% 2.7% 24%
7 Seasons 1826 1.6% 18.7% 6.8% 7.2% 32% 2.75 4.8 56.5 9.8 0.62 0.78 70% 17% 4.6% 18%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2003 23 TEX AL 2 0 47% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 7 6 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
2004 24 TEX AL 2 0 41% 60 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 50% 9 6 3 5 1 4 6 3 3
2005 25 TEX AL 2 0 60% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 2
2006 26 TEX AL 3 0 49% 117 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 9 39% 14 10 3 7 5 2 10 3 7
2007 27 TEX AL 7 0 34% 126 6 2 75% 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 54% 15 8 7 2 0 2 7 3 4
2008 28 TEX AL 5 0 41% 121 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 9 8 56% 19 7 12 8 4 3 16 6 9
2009 29 DET AL 6 0 32% 180 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 15 50% 26 15 11 4 3 1 16 5 11
7 Seasons 27 0 39% 650 16 8 67% 15 7 1 1 0 0 6 4 19 44 48% 91 53 37 29 15 13 60 22 37
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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
2003 23 TEX AL 50 36% 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 0.82 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 2 25% 5 1 20% 28 3 11% 1 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
2004 24 TEX AL 168 31% 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 80% 30 5 17% 21 10 48% 118 16 14% 10 9 90% 12 4 33% 0
2005 25 TEX AL 42 21% 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1 11% 5 0 0% 23 3 13% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
2006 26 TEX AL 260 34% 72 14 7 1 0 0 0 5.72 7 0 10 4 3 3 4 0 4 1 25% 50 7 14% 25 5 20% 166 16 10% 11 4 36% 17 4 24% 0
2007 27 TEX AL 448 27% 91 20 10 2 1 0 0 2.28 9 1 13 5 4 6 3 0 14 5 36% 84 3 4% 40 13 33% 283 41 14% 20 11 55% 27 10 37% 0
2008 28 TEX AL 381 28% 95 12 6 2 0 0 0 3.59 6 0 9 4 2 3 3 0 8 4 50% 71 5 7% 43 16 37% 269 36 13% 26 14 54% 30 11 37% 0
2009 29 DET AL 477 26% 93 17 7 4 0 0 1 2.23 4 0 9 2 2 1 3 0 15 10 67% 98 11 11% 41 17 41% 283 31 11% 25 14 56% 24 11 46% 0
7 Seasons 1826 28% 405 74 33 9 1 0 1 2.93 29 1 48 18 11 14 15 0 46 24 52% 350 34 10% 180 62 34% 1170 146 12% 94 52 55% 117 42 36% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2003 23 TEX AL 50 186 3.72 115 62% 37% 14% 21% 29% 63% 0% 39% 78% 36% 4% 2 0 8% 4 1 4% 2 0 55% 0 0 0
2004 24 TEX AL 168 646 3.85 403 62% 28% 16% 26% 30% 72% 0% 45% 77% 29% 2% 4 0 12% 20 11 9% 15 11 34% 0 0 0
2005 25 TEX AL 42 141 3.36 101 72% 27% 18% 23% 33% 73% 0% 52% 76% 40% 2% 1 0 7% 3 2 0% 0 0 29% 0 0 0
2006 26 TEX AL 260 941 3.62 637 68% 27% 14% 29% 30% 73% 0% 50% 80% 32% 4% 11 2 11% 29 13 5% 13 9 31% 0 0 0
2007 27 TEX AL 448 1770 3.95 1124 64% 28% 16% 28% 28% 72% 1% 46% 77% 23% 4% 19 0 12% 55 22 7% 32 20 24% 0 0 0
2008 28 TEX AL 381 1406 3.69 882 63% 30% 13% 24% 33% 70% 1% 44% 82% 29% 3% 13 0 13% 49 23 11% 41 22 35% 0 0 0
2009 29 DET AL 477 1692 3.55 1040 61% 26% 12% 28% 35% 74% 0% 46% 84% 29% 4% 21 1 14% 66 27 7% 35 18 34% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1826 6782 3.71 4302 63% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 0% 46% 80% 28% 4% 71 3 12% 226 99 8% 138 80 31% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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
2003 23 19 50 44 9 12 2 1 1 4 0 0 5 11 .273 .360 .432 .792 100 19 2 1 0 0 0
2004 24 68 218 191 29 45 8 1 2 20 0 1 17 46 .236 .304 .319 .623 58 61 7 3 4 3 0
2005 25 81 260 231 36 54 10 1 3 24 0 1 19 53 .234 .297 .325 .622 58 75 8 3 4 3 0
2006 26 159 520 474 82 126 30 2 10 46 3 2 31 107 .266 .315 .401 .715 82 190 15 5 5 5 0
2007 27 279 968 881 130 217 48 5 19 93 9 4 61 210 .246 .297 .377 .674 74 332 18 7 10 9 1
2008 28 374 1349 1225 184 312 72 5 25 134 11 8 84 273 .255 .306 .383 .689 78 469 23 13 14 13 3
2009 29 509 1826 1638 233 405 95 7 29 167 16 8 124 341 .247 .306 .367 .673 75 601 34 23 24 17 3

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2003 23 19 49 43 8 11 2 1 1 4 0 5 11 .256 .347 .419 .766 6 19
2004 24 49 160 144 17 30 5 0 1 13 0 11 35 .208 .269 .264 .533 10 49
2005 25 13 41 39 6 8 2 0 1 3 0 2 7 .205 .244 .333 .577 3 13
2006 26 78 254 239 43 68 19 1 7 20 3 11 54 .285 .319 .460 .779 34 78
2007 27 120 444 408 46 92 18 3 9 45 6 30 103 .225 .279 .350 .630 40 120
2008 28 95 377 344 53 95 24 0 6 40 2 23 63 .276 .329 .398 .727 44 95
2009 29 135 471 416 47 96 24 2 4 32 5 41 68 .231 .312 .327 .639 41 135
7 Seasons 509 1796 1633 220 400 94 7 29 157 16 123 341 .245 .304 .364 .668 178 509
162 Game Avg. 162 572 520 70 127 30 2 9 50 5 39 109 .245 .304 .364 .668 57 509

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 AL  10 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  10 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Mike Matheny (949)
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