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Gary Pettis

Gary George Pettis

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 3, 1958 in Oakland, CA
High School: Castlemont HS (Oakland, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1982
Teams (by GP): Angels/Tigers/Rangers/Padres 1982-1992

Final Game: September 10, 1992
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 CAL AL 24 OF 8 0 0 16.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -8 3.38 0.75 .982 2.48 2.46
1982 CAL AL 24 CF 6 0 0 15.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -8 3.60 1.00 .985 2.82 2.83
1982 CAL AL 24 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1983 CAL AL 25 OF 21 20 19 180.0 55 49 5 1 2 .982 -1 -6 2.70 2.57 .981 2.50 2.48
1983 CAL AL 25 CF 20 19 18 172.0 52 46 5 1 2 .981 -1 -6 2.67 2.55 .987 2.93 2.91
1983 CAL AL 25 RF 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -15 1.12 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1984 CAL AL 26 CF 135 98 92 950.0 356 338 12 6 4 .983 8 11 3.32 2.59 .986 3.01 2.99
1984 CAL AL 26 OF 134 98 92 950.0 354 337 11 6 4 .983 8 11 3.30 2.60 .983 2.51 2.49
1984 CAL AL 26 DH 1 0
1985 CAL AL 27 CF 122 118 110 1054.2 384 367 13 4 5 .990 12 14 3.24 3.11 .988 2.91 2.88 GG
1985 CAL AL 27 OF 122 118 110 1054.2 385 368 13 4 5 .990 12 14 3.25 3.12 .982 2.44 2.42 GG
1986 CAL AL 28 CF 153 150 140 1323.2 480 464 9 7 3 .985 22 20 3.22 3.09 .986 2.83 2.80 GG
1986 CAL AL 28 OF 153 150 140 1323.2 478 462 9 7 3 .985 22 20 3.20 3.08 .980 2.39 2.37 GG
1986 CAL AL 28 DH 1 0 GG
1987 CAL AL 29 CF 131 108 95 990.2 353 344 2 7 2 .980 15 18 3.14 2.64 .986 2.70 2.68
1987 CAL AL 29 OF 131 108 95 990.2 353 344 2 7 2 .980 15 18 3.14 2.64 .980 2.31 2.29
1988 DET AL 30 CF 126 115 108 1025.0 369 359 5 5 0 .986 10 12 3.20 2.89 .985 2.91 2.89 GG
1988 DET AL 30 OF 126 115 108 1025.0 371 361 5 5 0 .987 10 12 3.21 2.90 .979 2.47 2.45 GG
1988 DET AL 30 DH 2 0 GG
1989 DET AL 31 CF 119 116 110 1021.2 332 327 1 4 0 .988 0 0 2.89 2.76 .984 2.78 2.75 GG
1989 DET AL 31 OF 119 116 110 1021.2 330 325 1 4 0 .988 0 0 2.87 2.74 .980 2.42 2.39 GG
1990 TEX AL 32 CF 128 119 95 1031.0 294 282 10 2 4 .993 4 5 2.55 2.28 .985 2.74 2.71 GG
1990 TEX AL 32 OF 128 119 95 1031.0 297 285 10 2 4 .993 4 5 2.58 2.30 .981 2.39 2.36 GG
1990 TEX AL 32 DH 2 0 GG
1991 TEX AL 33 CF 126 73 59 782.0 257 247 4 6 1 .977 2 3 2.89 1.99 .989 2.76 2.76
1991 TEX AL 33 OF 126 73 59 782.0 258 248 4 6 1 .977 2 3 2.90 2.00 .983 2.37 2.37
1991 TEX AL 33 DH 3 0
1992 TOT MLB 34 OF 60 49 44 442.1 168 164 2 2 0 .988 7 19 3.38 2.77 .983 2.45 2.43
1992 TOT MLB 34 CF 59 48 43 433.1 164 160 2 2 0 .988 6 17 3.36 2.75 .986 2.89 2.87
1992 SDP NL 34 OF 14 4 4 53.0 21 20 0 1 0 .952 -1 -27 3.40 1.43 .983 2.34 2.34
1992 SDP NL 34 CF 13 3 3 44.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 -2 -57 3.27 1.23 .989 2.80 2.80
1992 SDP NL 34 RF 1 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 120 4.00 4.00 .980 2.10 2.10
1992 DET AL 34 CF 46 45 40 389.1 147 144 2 1 0 .993 8 26 3.38 3.17 .986 2.90 2.89
1992 DET AL 34 OF 46 45 40 389.1 147 144 2 1 0 .993 8 26 3.38 3.17 .983 2.47 2.46
11 Seasons OF 1128 966 872 8817.0 3055 2948 63 44 21 .986 80 11 3.07 2.67 .981 2.42 2.40
11 Seasons CF 1125 964 870 8799.0 3047 2940 63 44 21 .986 79 11 3.07 2.67 .986 2.84 2.81
2 Seasons RF 2 2 2 17.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 56 2.65 2.50 .980 2.17 2.15
1 Season LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
11 Seasons TOT 1128 966 872 8817.0 3055 2948 63 44 21 .986 80 11 3.07 2.67 .981 2.42 2.40
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1982 CAL AL 24 CF -0 -8 1 -0 1 -1
1982 CAL AL 24 LF 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 25 CF -1 -6 -3 -2 -1 2
1983 CAL AL 25 RF -0 -15 -0 0 -0 0
1984 CAL AL 26 CF 8 11 8 4 4 1
1985 CAL AL 27 CF 12 14 10 4 7 2
1986 CAL AL 28 CF 22 20 24 20 4 -2
1987 CAL AL 29 CF 15 18 16 13 3 -1
1988 DET AL 30 CF 10 12 10 1 9 0
1989 DET AL 31 CF 0 0 0 1 -0 0
1990 TEX AL 32 CF 4 5 3 -1 4 1
1991 TEX AL 33 CF 2 3 -2 -0 -2 4
1992 SDP NL 34 CF -2 -57 -1 1 -2 -1
1992 SDP NL 34 RF 1 120 1 1 0 0
1992 DET AL 34 CF 8 26 8 4 5 0
11 Seasons CF 80 11 75 42 33 5
2 Seasons RF 1 56 1 1 -0 0
1 Season LF 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons TOT 80 11 75 43 33 5

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1982 CAL AL 24 10 0 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 7 0 0 5
1983 CAL AL 25 22 20 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 21 0 0 1
1984 CAL AL 26 140 98 140 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 135 1 3 17
1985 CAL AL 27 125 118 125 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 0 122 0 0 5
1986 CAL AL 28 154 150 154 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 153 1 0 3
1987 CAL AL 29 133 108 133 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 0 131 0 0 11
1988 DET AL 30 129 115 129 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 0 126 2 2 5
1989 DET AL 31 119 116 119 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 0 119 0 1 1
1990 TEX AL 32 136 119 136 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 128 2 7 5
1991 TEX AL 33 137 73 137 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 0 126 3 10 15
1992 DET AL 34 48 45 48 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 46 0 1 2
1992 SDP NL 34 30 4 30 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 14 0 15 2
11 Seasons 1183 966 1183 1128 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1125 2 1128 9 39 72
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1982 CAL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0% 5 0 0.0% 0 61 62% 79% 30% 11 55%
1983 CAL AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 2 2 13 7 1 7 1 0 6 4 1 7 1 1 5 1 1 38 14 36.8% 20 4 10.5% 1 735 68% 86% 26% 99 49%
1984 CAL AL 26 6 0 4 2 1 12 1 2 0 9 4 1 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 23 4 3 40 24 0 73 29 39.7% 37 7 9.6% 5 4083 54% 82% 26% 352 97%
1985 CAL AL 27 4 0 4 0 2 13 0 3 2 6 6 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20 5 1 36 22 2 66 29 43.9% 34 3 4.5% 10 4452 53% 82% 28% 383 96%
1986 CAL AL 28 7 0 5 2 2 9 0 0 2 3 62 32 2 35 6 2 14 3 1 21 2 0 33 21 0 165 64 38.8% 96 5 3.0% 4 5498 50% 78% 31% 724 65%
1987 CAL AL 29 7 0 6 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 45 26 0 27 5 0 6 4 0 18 2 0 27 11 2 123 48 39.0% 73 2 1.6% 0 4220 55% 78% 32% 521 66%
1988 DET AL 30 5 0 4 1 1 5 0 1 2 2 56 28 1 39 7 2 11 5 0 14 2 0 41 26 0 161 68 42.2% 90 3 1.9% 2 4359 56% 80% 44% 618 59%
1989 DET AL 31 4 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 62 42 1 51 8 0 13 1 0 20 3 0 37 27 0 183 81 44.3% 101 1 0.5% 0 4554 59% 78% 41% 623 53%
1990 TEX AL 32 2 0 2 0 0 10 0 2 3 3 47 28 2 35 6 2 6 1 0 20 3 0 29 16 2 137 54 39.4% 77 6 4.4% 4 4374 61% 78% 39% 521 55%
1991 TEX AL 33 6 0 6 0 4 4 0 1 0 2 21 15 0 11 3 1 2 2 0 19 3 0 29 23 0 82 46 56.1% 35 1 1.2% 3 3360 60% 77% 41% 335 74%
1992 DET AL 34 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 10 9 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 11 2 0 12 6 0 41 18 43.9% 23 0 0.0% 2 1674 59% 86% 47% 185 78%
1992 SDP NL 34 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 0 12 3 25.0% 9 0 0.0% 0 187 71% 85% 47% 22 73%
11 Seasons 44 0 37 7 14 63 1 13 12 28 331 192 7 227 37 11 59 20 2 176 27 5 293 178 7 1086 454 41.8% 600 32 2.9% 31 37557 56% 80% 35% 4394 68%
MLB Averages 43.3% 2.1% 59% 81% 34% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
1983 CAL 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 37 54% 73% 19% 3 33%
1992 SDP NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 40 33% 88% 43% 6 67%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 77 43% 81% 31% 9 56%
MLB Averages 42.5% 2.9% 59% 81% 34% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1982 CAL AL 24 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 3 33% 100% 0% 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 3 33% 100% 0% 0
MLB Averages 60.8% 2.8% 59% 81% 34% 55%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Gold Gloves
1985 AL (OF)
1986 AL (OF)
1988 AL (OF)
1989 AL (OF)
1990 AL (OF)
All multiple winners

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1986 AL  22 (1st)
1987 AL  15 (5th)
Career  80 (71st)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1984 AL  135 (5th)
1986 AL  153 (4th)
Career  1,125 (66th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1986 AL  464 (1st)
1987 AL  344 (4th)
Career  2,940 (60th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1984 AL  12 (3rd)
1985 AL  13 (3rd)
1986 AL  9 (3rd)
1990 AL  10 (1st)
Career  63 (76th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1984 AL  6 (2nd)
1986 AL  7 (2nd)
1987 AL  7 (1st)
1988 AL  5 (5th)
1991 AL  6 (2nd)
Career  44 (75th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1986 AL  462 (1st)
1987 AL  344 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1985 AL  13 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1984 AL  9 (4th)
1985 AL  12 (2nd)
1986 AL  22 (1st)
1987 AL  15 (1st)
1988 AL  10 (2nd)
1992 AL  8 (4th)
Career  80 (14th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1984 AL  3.32 (3rd)
1985 AL  3.24 (2nd)
1986 AL  3.22 (1st)
1987 AL  3.14 (1st)
1988 AL  3.20 (2nd)
1989 AL  2.89 (3rd)
1991 AL  2.89 (5th)
Career  3.07 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1985 AL  3.11 (1st)
1986 AL  3.09 (1st)
1987 AL  2.64 (3rd)
1988 AL  2.89 (4th)
1989 AL  2.76 (3rd)
Career  2.67 (46th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1989 AL  .988 (5th)
1990 AL  .993 (3rd)
Career  .986 (99th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1985 AL  12 (3rd)
1986 AL  22 (1st)
1987 AL  15 (3rd)
Career  80 (28th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1984 AL  3.30 (3rd)
1985 AL  3.25 (2nd)
1986 AL  3.20 (1st)
1987 AL  3.14 (1st)
1988 AL  3.21 (2nd)
1989 AL  2.87 (4th)
1991 AL  2.90 (5th)
Career  3.07 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1985 AL  3.12 (2nd)
1986 AL  3.08 (1st)
1987 AL  2.64 (4th)
1988 AL  2.90 (3rd)
1989 AL  2.74 (3rd)
Career  2.67 (28th)

             

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