Gary Pettis
Gary George Pettis
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 3, 1958 in Oakland, CA
High School: Castlemont (Oakland, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1982
Final Game: September 10, 1992
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 CAL AL 24 OF 8 0 16.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -7.5 0.9 1.1 -0.2 -1 3.38 0.75 .983 2.48 2.15
1982 CAL AL 24 CF 6 0 15.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -8.0 0.9 1.1 -0.2 -1 3.60 1.00 .983 2.82 2.48
1982 CAL AL 24 LF 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 1.90
1983 CAL AL 25 OF 21 20 180.0 55 49 5 1 2 .982 -0.9 -6.0 -2.9 -0.7 -2.2 2 2.70 2.57 .982 2.50 2.16
1983 CAL AL 25 CF 20 19 172.0 52 46 5 1 2 .981 -0.8 -5.6 -2.8 -0.6 -2.2 2 2.67 2.55 .987 2.93 2.56
1983 CAL AL 25 RF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
1984 CAL AL 26 CF 135 98 950.0 356 338 12 6 4 .983 8.5 10.7 7.5 4.0 3.5 1 3.32 2.59 .986 3.01 2.62
1984 CAL AL 26 OF 134 98 950.0 354 337 11 6 4 .983 8.5 10.7 7.5 4.0 3.5 1 3.30 2.60 .983 2.51 2.17
1985 CAL AL 27 CF 122 118 1054.2 384 367 13 4 5 .990 12.1 13.8 10.1 6.6 3.5 2 3.24 3.11 .988 2.91 2.56 GG
1985 CAL AL 27 OF 122 118 1054.2 385 368 13 4 5 .990 12.1 13.8 10.1 6.6 3.5 2 3.25 3.12 .982 2.44 2.10 GG
1986 CAL AL 28 CF 153 150 1323.2 480 464 9 7 3 .985 21.8 19.8 23.8 4.2 19.6 -2 3.22 3.09 .986 2.83 2.47 GG
1986 CAL AL 28 OF 153 150 1323.2 478 462 9 7 3 .985 21.8 19.8 23.8 4.2 19.6 -2 3.20 3.08 .980 2.39 2.06 GG
1986 CAL AL 28 DH 1 GG
1987 CAL AL 29 CF 131 108 990.2 353 344 2 7 2 .980 15.2 18.4 16.2 3.2 13.1 -1 3.14 2.64 .986 2.70 2.34
1987 CAL AL 29 OF 131 108 990.2 353 344 2 7 2 .980 15.2 18.4 16.2 3.2 13.1 -1 3.14 2.64 .980 2.31 2.00
1988 DET AL 30 CF 126 115 1025.0 369 359 5 5 0 .986 10.1 11.8 10.1 9.1 1.0 0 3.20 2.89 .985 2.91 2.52 GG
1988 DET AL 30 OF 126 115 1025.0 371 361 5 5 0 .987 10.1 11.8 10.1 9.1 1.0 0 3.21 2.90 .979 2.47 2.14 GG
1988 DET AL 30 DH 2 GG
1989 DET AL 31 CF 119 116 1021.2 332 327 1 4 0 .988 0.3 0.4 0.3 -0.5 0.8 0 2.89 2.76 .984 2.78 2.46 GG
1989 DET AL 31 OF 119 116 1021.2 330 325 1 4 0 .988 0.3 0.4 0.3 -0.5 0.8 0 2.87 2.74 .980 2.42 2.12 GG
1990 TEX AL 32 CF 128 119 1031.0 294 282 10 2 4 .993 4.0 4.7 3.0 4.4 -1.4 1 2.55 2.28 .985 2.74 2.42 GG
1990 TEX AL 32 OF 128 119 1031.0 297 285 10 2 4 .993 4.0 4.7 3.0 4.4 -1.4 1 2.58 2.30 .981 2.39 2.04 GG
1990 TEX AL 32 DH 2 GG
1991 TEX AL 33 CF 126 73 782.0 257 247 4 6 1 .977 2.2 3.4 -1.8 -1.6 -0.2 4 2.89 1.99 .989 2.76 2.40
1991 TEX AL 33 OF 126 73 782.0 258 248 4 6 1 .977 2.2 3.4 -1.8 -1.6 -0.2 4 2.90 2.00 .983 2.37 2.03
1991 TEX AL 33 DH 3
1992 TOT MLB 34 OF 60 49 442.1 168 164 2 2 0 .988 7.1 19.3 8.1 3.0 5.1 -1 3.38 2.77 .983 2.45 2.12
1992 TOT MLB 34 CF 59 48 433.1 164 160 2 2 0 .988 6.2 17.2 7.2 3.0 4.2 -1 3.36 2.75 .986 2.89 2.56
1992 SDP NL 34 OF 14 4 53.0 21 20 0 1 0 .952 -1.2 -27.2 -0.2 -1.8 1.6 -1 3.40 1.43 .986 2.34 1.96
1992 SDP NL 34 CF 13 3 44.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 -2.1 -57.3 -1.1 -1.8 0.7 -1 3.27 1.23 .988 2.80 2.44
1992 SDP NL 34 RF 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 120.0 0.9 0.0 0.9 0 4.00 4.00 .975 2.10 1.70
1992 DET AL 34 CF 46 45 389.1 147 144 2 1 0 .993 8.3 25.6 8.3 4.8 3.5 0 3.38 3.17 .986 2.90 2.60
1992 DET AL 34 OF 46 45 389.1 147 144 2 1 0 .993 8.3 25.6 8.3 4.8 3.5 0 3.38 3.17 .983 2.47 2.17
11 Seasons OF 1128 966 8817.0 3055 2948 63 44 21 .986 80.3 10.9 75.3 32.8 42.6 5 3.07 2.67 .981 2.42 2.09
11 Seasons CF 1125 964 8799.0 3047 2940 63 44 21 .986 79.5 10.8 74.5 32.9 41.7 5 3.07 2.67 .986 2.84 2.48
4 Seasons DH 8
2 Seasons RF 2 2 17.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 56.5 0.8 -0.1 0.9 0 2.65 2.50 .980 2.17 1.75
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 2.70 1.90
11 Seasons TOT 1128 966 8817.0 3055 2948 63 44 21 .986 80.3 10.9 75.3 32.8 42.6 5 3.07 2.67 .967 2.42 2.09
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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
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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 7 5
1991 TEX AL 33 137 73 137 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 0 126 0 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 0 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1982 CAL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 61 62% 79% 30% 11 55%
1983 CAL AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 2 2 11 6 1 7 1 0 6 4 1 7 1 1 3 0 1 34 12 35.3% 18 4 11.8% 1 762 65% 83% 25% 99 49%
1984 CAL AL 26 6 0 4 2 1 12 1 2 0 9 1 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 23 4 3 30 17 0 60 21 35.0% 32 7 11.7% 5 4193 53% 80% 26% 352 97%
1985 CAL AL 27 4 0 4 0 2 13 0 3 2 6 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20 5 1 30 20 2 58 26 44.8% 29 3 5.2% 10 4571 52% 79% 27% 384 96%
1986 CAL AL 28 7 0 5 2 2 9 0 0 2 3 48 25 1 35 6 2 14 3 1 21 2 0 26 19 0 144 55 38.2% 85 4 2.8% 5 5646 49% 76% 30% 724 65%
1987 CAL AL 29 7 0 6 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 35 20 0 27 5 0 6 4 0 18 2 0 19 7 2 105 38 36.2% 65 2 1.9% 0 4356 54% 76% 31% 521 66%
1988 DET AL 30 5 0 4 1 1 5 0 1 2 2 41 23 0 39 7 2 11 5 0 14 2 0 35 24 0 140 61 43.6% 77 2 1.4% 3 4528 54% 77% 42% 618 59%
1989 DET AL 31 4 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 41 29 1 51 8 0 13 1 0 20 3 0 31 25 0 156 66 42.3% 89 1 0.6% 0 4713 57% 76% 40% 623 53%
1990 TEX AL 32 2 0 2 0 0 10 0 2 3 3 32 20 1 35 6 2 6 1 0 20 3 0 19 11 1 112 41 36.6% 67 4 3.6% 6 4578 58% 74% 37% 521 55%
1991 TEX AL 33 6 0 6 0 4 4 0 1 0 2 16 11 0 11 3 1 2 2 0 19 3 0 21 18 0 69 37 53.6% 31 1 1.4% 3 3495 57% 74% 39% 335 74%
1992 DET AL 34 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 8 8 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 11 2 0 8 4 0 35 15 42.9% 20 0 0.0% 2 1740 56% 83% 46% 185 78%
1992 SDP NL 34 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 194 69% 82% 45% 22 73%
11 Seasons 44 0 37 7 14 63 1 13 12 28 240 145 4 227 37 11 59 20 2 176 27 5 225 146 6 927 375 40.5% 524 28 3.0% 35 38837 54% 77% 34% 4395 68%
MLB Averages 42.1% 2.0% 56% 77% 33% 64%

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%
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 38 53% 71% 18% 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 41 32% 85% 41% 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 79 42% 78% 30% 9 56%
MLB Averages 43.9% 2.8% 56% 77% 33% 59%

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%
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 59.5% 2.6% 56% 77% 33% 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 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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