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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
2003 TEX AL 23 C 16 12 111.0 74 65 8 1 2 .986 1.0 10.8 1 5.92 4.56 .991 6.79 5.88 1 4 4 3 43%
2004 TEX AL 24 C 49 46 397.0 299 275 19 5 6 .983 3.0 9.1 3 6.66 6.00 .992 7.12 6.19 6 11 17 14 45%
2005 TEX AL 25 C 13 11 99.0 69 61 5 3 2 .957 -1.0 -12.1 -1 6.00 5.08 .993 6.80 5.96 1 3 8 3 27%
2005 TEX AL 25 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
2005 TEX AL 25 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
2006 TEX AL 26 C 71 65 578.1 428 392 30 6 5 .986 6.0 12.4 6 6.57 5.94 .992 7.09 6.32 5 15 25 21 46%
2006 TEX AL 26 DH 1
2006 TEX AL 26 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -420.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00
2006 TEX AL 26 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -420.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
2007 TEX AL 27 C 119 114 987.1 762 675 75 12 13 .984 9.0 10.9 9 6.84 6.30 .991 7.28 6.41 9 33 59 39 40%
2007 TEX AL 27 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
2007 TEX AL 27 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
2008 TEX AL 28 C 88 86 753.0 566 523 35 8 7 .986 -1.0 -1.6 -1 6.67 6.34 .991 7.26 6.47 6 30 53 21 28%
2008 TEX AL 28 DH 4
2008 TEX AL 28 3B 2 1 10.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.2 24.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 2.70 1.50 .967 2.70 2.35
2009 DET AL 29 C 135 123 1090.1 925 844 78 3 7 .997 14.0 15.4 14 7.61 6.83 .992 7.48 6.63 9 59 42 42%
2009 DET AL 29 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.00 8.10 0 0 0
7 Seasons C 491 457 4016.0 3123 2835 250 38 42 .988 31.0 9.3 31 6.91 6.28 .992 7.26 6.42 37 96 225 143 39%
2 Seasons DH 5
3 Seasons OF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 -240.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.48 2.00
1 Season 3B 2 1 10.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.2 24.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 2.70 1.50 .967 2.70 2.35
2 Seasons RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 -320.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.00 8.10 0 0 0
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
7 Seasons TOT 497 458 4031.0 3127 2836 253 38 43 .988 30.4 9.0 -0.6 -0.8 0.2 0 0 31 6.90 6.22 .979 7.25 6.38 37 96 225 143 39%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2003 TEX AL 23 19 12 19 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
2004 TEX AL 24 49 46 49 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 TEX AL 25 13 11 13 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
2006 TEX AL 26 78 65 78 72 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 8
2007 TEX AL 27 120 114 120 119 0 119 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
2008 TEX AL 28 95 91 95 90 0 88 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1
2009 DET AL 29 135 123 135 135 0 135 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
7 Seasons 509 462 509 494 0 491 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 3 5 12 12
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
2003 TEX AL 23 495 5.76 6.00 2 100% 0 0 65 1 0 2 62 8 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
2004 TEX AL 24 1798 4.40 4.85 17 100% 2 0 275 11 3 6 254 19 6 0 0 1 5 0 2 3 0 6 0 1 1 2 100%
2005 TEX AL 25 451 5.00 5.82 3 100% 1 0 61 2 0 3 56 5 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
2006 TEX AL 26 2547 4.39 4.70 17 88% 0 0 392 11 1 7 373 30 4 0 0 4 6 0 1 5 0 5 0 1 1 4 75%
2007 TEX AL 27 4527 4.78 5.33 39 95% 1 0 675 20 3 12 640 75 13 2 1 14 12 0 3 9 1 13 0 0 1 8 88%
2008 TEX AL 28 3479 5.21 5.90 24 100% 2 0 523 18 2 10 493 35 5 0 0 7 8 0 2 6 0 7 0 0 0 2 100%
2009 DET AL 29 4842 4.18 4.53 29 93% 1 1 844 13 7 19 805 78 14 0 0 18 3 0 1 2 1 7 0 1 2 9 89%
7 Seasons 18139 4.63 5.11 131 95% 7 1 2835 76 16 59 2683 250 44 2 1 49 38 0 11 27 2 42 0 3 5 27 89%
MLB Averages 4.39 4.77 92% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
2003 TEX AL 23 1 4 167 4 3 3 43% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0.77 1.34
2004 TEX AL 24 6 11 679 17 14 12 45% 16 12 1 2 0 0 1 1 45 18 0.96 1.33
2005 TEX AL 25 1 3 165 8 3 3 27% 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 3 1.11 1.15
2006 TEX AL 26 5 15 930 25 21 19 46% 21 19 4 2 0 0 0 0 60 23 0.99 1.36
2007 TEX AL 27 9 33 1707 59 39 39 40% 53 34 6 5 0 0 1 0 129 44 1.08 1.25
2008 TEX AL 28 6 30 1307 53 21 20 28% 47 18 5 1 1 2 0 0 113 24 1.18 0.97
2009 DET AL 29 9 36 1726 59 42 40 42% 53 37 6 4 0 1 2 0 128 48 1.07 1.23
7 Seasons 37 132 6681 225 143 136 39% 200 126 24 14 1 3 4 1 501 163 1.08 1.23
MLB Averages 28% 1.27 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2005 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75% 100% 75% 1 0%
2006 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 100% 67% 33% 1 0%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 90% 80% 50% 2 0%
MLB Averages 48.7% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2008 TEX AL 28 58 31% 83% 29% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 58 31% 83% 29% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 88% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2007 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75% 25% 25% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75% 25% 25% 0
MLB Averages 62.5% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2009 DET AL 29 3 33% 67% 67% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3 33% 67% 67% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 94% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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