Gus Polidor

Gustavo Adolfo (Gonzalez) Polidor

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 26, 1961 in Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent in 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1985
Teams (by GP): Angels/Brewers/Marlins 1985-1993

Final Game: July 22, 1993
Died: April 28, 1995 in Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
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Standard Batting

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
1981	19	ANA-min	AA	130	521	479	46	119	17	3	2	47	5	4	31	62	.248	.297	.309	.606		148		3	6	2	0		HLY · EL
1982	20	ANA-min	AA	56	217	208	17	47	7	0	2	23	2	5	5	23	.226	.247	.288	.535		60		1	2	1	0		HLY · EL
1983	21	ANA-min	AA	105	356	329	32	69	7	2	0	21	4	6	17	32	.210	.250	.243	.493		80		1	8	1	2		NAS · EL
1984	22	ANA-min	AA	119	431	394	42	88	11	1	1	32	3	7	25	32	.223	.271	.264	.535		104		1	10	1	1		WBY · EL
1985	23	ANA-min	AAA	132	511	460	56	131	18	7	2	51	5	6	37	53	.285	.337	.367	.705		169		1	10	3	0		EDM · PCL
1985	23	CAL	AL	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	452	1	0	0	0	0	0	/96
1986	24	ANA-min	AAA	119	518	476	72	143	27	5	5	61	7	9	29	41	.300	.340	.410	.750		195		1	9	3	1		EDM · PCL
1986	24	CAL	AL	6	20	19	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.263	.300	.316	.616	69	6	2	0	0	0	0	/456
1987	25	CAL	AL	63	141	137	12	36	3	0	2	15	0	0	2	15	.263	.277	.328	.605	62	45	3	1	0	1	0	65/4
1988	26	ANA-min	AAA	11	37	33	6	12	4	0	0	7	0	0	3	3	.364	.405	.485	.890		16		0	0	1	0		EDM · PCL
1988	26	CAL	AL	54	87	81	4	12	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	11	.148	.179	.185	.364	4	15	2	0	3	0	0	65/4D
1989	27	MIL	AL	79	186	175	15	34	7	0	0	14	3	0	6	18	.194	.230	.234	.464	32	41	6	2	3	0	0	546/D
1990	28	MIL-min	AAA	46	176	165	17	50	8	0	1	16	3	3	4	19	.303	.327	.370	.697		61		2	5	0	0		DEN · AA
1990	28	MIL	AL	18	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.067	.067	.067	.133	-62	1	0	0	0	0	0	5/46

1991	29	OAK-MIL-min	AAA	83	320	285	30	82	10	5	0	19	0	3	16	23	.288	.328	.358	.686		102	13	2	15	2	1		TAC,DEN · PCL,AA
1992	30	OAK-min	AAA	99	393	363	23	101	16	0	1	43	4	4	22	24	.278	.319	.331	.649		120	13	1	4	3	0		TAC · PCL
1993	31	FLA-min	AAA	72	274	249	26	71	16	2	3	40	1	1	17	17	.285	.335	.402	.736		100	11	2	5	1	3		EDM · PCL
1993	31	FLA	NL	7	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.333	.500	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	/45
7 Yrs				229	456	434	33	90	15	0	2	35	3	0	12	47	.207	.233	.256	.489	36	111	13	3	6	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	323	307	23	64	11	0	1	25	2	0	8	33	.207	.233	.256	.489	36	79	9	2	4	1	0

CAL (4 yrs)				125	249	238	18	54	7	0	2	20	0	0	6	26	.227	.248	.282	.529	45	67	7	1	3	1	0
MIL (2 yrs)				97	201	190	15	35	7	0	0	15	3	0	6	19	.184	.217	.221	.438	25	42	6	2	3	0	0
FLA (1 yr)				7	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.333	.500	28	2	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				222	450	428	33	89	14	0	2	35	3	0	12	45	.208	.234	.255	.489	36	109	13	3	6	1	0
NL (1 yr)				7	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.333	.500	28	2	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1985	23	CAL	AL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.551	.501	0.1	0.1	0	$	/96
1986	24	CAL	AL	6	20	-1	-0	-0	1	0	-0	0.0	1	0	0.1	.498	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	/456
1987	25	CAL	AL	63	141	-6	-0	-0	-1	2	-5	-0.5	4	-1	-0.1	.492	.497	0.0	0.2	0	$67,000	65/4
1988	26	CAL	AL	54	87	-9	-1	0	-3	2	-12	-1.3	3	-10	-1.0	.476	.492	-0.7	-0.1	-6	$97,000	65/4D
1989	27	MIL	AL	79	186	-14	2	0	-0	2	-11	-1.1	6	-5	-0.5	.485	.493	-0.5	0.3	-5	$130,000	546/D
1990	28	MIL	AL	18	15	-3	0	0	2	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.3	0.2	-2	$185,000	5/46

1993	31	FLA	NL	7	6	-1	-0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.479	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/45
7 Seasons				229	456	-34	-0	0	-2	6	-30	-3.0	14	-16	-1.6	.486	.497	-1.5	0.7	-14	$479,000

CAL (4 yrs)				125	249	-16	-2	-0	-3	4	-17	-1.6	8	-9	-0.9	.486	.497	-0.6	0.2	-6	$164,000
MIL (2 yrs)				97	201	-18	2	0	1	2	-12	-1.2	6	-6	-0.6	.487	.496	-0.8	0.5	-7	$315,000
FLA (1 yr)				7	6	-1	-0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.479	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

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
1985	23	CAL	AL	1	0	1		99	1.000	1.000	.261	1.000	.327	1.000	.406	2.000	.733	452	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
1986	24	CAL	AL	20	16	1	1.7	99	.263	.263	.260	.300	.328	.316	.406	.616	.734	69	.132	-0.8	-0.1	.438	.105	.053
1987	25	CAL	AL	141	105	12	3.0	103	.281	.263	.262	.277	.329	.328	.420	.605	.749	62	.290	-7.7	-0.7	.462	.080	.066	.0
1988	26	CAL	AL	87	74	3	1.1	92	.171	.148	.256	.179	.320	.185	.385	.364	.706	4	.072	-10.4	-1.1	.254	.074	.037
1989	27	MIL	AL	186	150	9	1.6	92	.217	.194	.260	.230	.324	.234	.382	.464	.706	32	.139	-16.0	-1.6	.354	.091	.040	.0
1990	28	MIL	AL	15	14	0	0.0	94	.071	.067	.258	.067	.326	.067	.386	.133	.712	-62	.000	-3.3	-0.3	.071	.000	.000

1993	31	FLA	NL	6	5	0	0.0	107	.250	.167	.276	.167	.342	.333	.420	.500	.762	28	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.167	.167
7 Yrs				456	364	26	1.9	96	.228	.207	.260	.233	.326	.256	.396	.489	.722	36	.168	-38.4	-3.8	.361	.083	.048	2.4
162 Game Avg.				323	258	18	1.9	96	.228	.207	.260	.233	.326	.256	.396	.489	.722	36	.168	-38.4	-3.8	.361	.083	.048	2

CAL (4 yrs)				249	195	17	2.3	99	.246	.227	.259	.248	.326	.282	.407	.529	.733	45	.213	-18.5	-1.8	.387	.080	.055	.0
MIL (2 yrs)				201	164	9	1.5	92	.205	.184	.259	.217	.325	.221	.382	.438	.707	25	.121	-19.3	-2.0	.329	.084	.037	.0
FLA (1 yr)				6	5	0	0.0	107	.250	.167	.276	.167	.342	.333	.420	.500	.762	28	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.167	.167

AL (6 yrs)				450	359	26	1.9	96	.228	.208	.259	.234	.325	.255	.396	.489	.722	36	.172	-37.8	-3.8	.361	.082	.047	2.4
NL (1 yr)				6	5	0	0.0	107	.250	.167	.276	.167	.342	.333	.420	.500	.762	28	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.167	.167

Ratio Batting*

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
1985	23	CAL	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%							100%
1986	24	CAL	AL	20	0.0%	0.0%	5.0%	5.0%	20%	0.00			19.0		1.67	95%
1987	25	CAL	AL	141	1.4%	10.6%	1.4%	3.6%	14%	7.50	9.1	68.5	9.1		1.02	86%
1988	26	CAL	AL	87	0.0%	12.6%	3.5%	3.5%	25%	3.67	7.4		20.3	0.89	1.03	80%	15%	0.0%	54%
1989	27	MIL	AL	186	0.0%	9.7%	3.2%	3.8%	21%	3.00	9.7		12.5	0.93	1.23	84%	18%	0.0%	21%
1990	28	MIL	AL	15	0.0%	6.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		15.0		15.0	1.33	1.17	93%	7%	0.0%	67%

1993	31	FLA	NL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	16.7%	100%		3.0			0.00	0.00	67%	0%	0.0%	25%
7 Yrs				456	0.4%	10.3%	2.6%	3.7%	19%	3.92	9.2	217.0	12.4	0.91	1.12	85%	16%	0.0%	33%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.9%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.73	6.0	40.7	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.3%	21%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1985	23	CAL	AL	0.5	0.0	1	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.79	0.0	-0.0	0.3	0.0	0.61	0.4		0
1986	24	CAL	AL	-0.8	-0.1	20	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.57	-0.1	-0.1	-2.7	-0.3	1.06	-1.3		0
1987	25	CAL	AL	-7.7	-0.7	144	0.0	2.2	-2.2	.90	-0.4	0.4	-2.7	-0.3	0.96	-5.3	2.69	3
1988	26	CAL	AL	-10.4	-1.1	88	-0.9	0.3	-1.2	.63	-1.0	-0.5	-10.4	-1.1	0.93	-11.0	0.63	8
1989	27	MIL	AL	-16.0	-1.6	189	-0.7	2.3	-2.9	.87	-1.4	0.6	-12.6	-1.3	0.95	-15.6	0.86	3
1990	28	MIL	AL	-3.3	-0.3	15	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.45	-0.2	-0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.88	-3.0		0

1993	31	FLA	NL	-0.6	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.46	-0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.58	-0.6	0.47	5
7 Yrs				-38.4	-3.8	463	-2.1	5.1	-7.2	.85	-3.2	0.7	-30.0	-3.1	0.95	-36.5	0.95	19

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1985	23	CAL	AL	0	0	100%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	24	CAL	AL	0	0	17%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
1987	25	CAL	AL	3	0	27%	55	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	8%	5	4	1	4	4	0	3	3	0
1988	26	CAL	AL	2	0	27%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	20%	5	4	1	1	1	0	4	3	1
1989	27	MIL	AL	3	0	36%	55	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	64%	6	3	3	2	1	1	3	0	3
1990	28	MIL	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1993	31	FLA	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				8	0	30%	152	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	12	30%	18	13	5	8	6	2	11	7	4

Situational Hitting*

						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
1985	23	CAL	AL	1	100%	1			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
1986	24	CAL	AL	20	80%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	2	50%	1	0	0%	14	1	7%	0	0		0	0		0
1987	25	CAL	AL	141	43%	36			3	1	0	0	2.69	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		25	3	12%	11	3	27%	94	17	18%	9	5	56%	6	3	50%	0
1988	26	CAL	AL	87	52%	12	0	0	8	2	0	1	0.63	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	17	2	12%	11	7	64%	49	4	8%	4	1	25%	6	5	83%	0
1989	27	MIL	AL	186	50%	34	2	0	3	0	0	0	0.86	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	35	6	17%	16	6	38%	114	14	12%	11	6	55%	8	6	75%	0
1990	28	MIL	AL	15	27%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		5	1	20%	0	0		0	0		0

1993	31	FLA	NL	6	33%	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				456	48%	90	2	0	19	4	0	1	0.95	2	0	11	1	1	0	2	0	7	6	86%	82	13	16%	39	16	41%	276	37	13%	24	12	50%	20	14	70%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			73%			11%			35%			15%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
1988	26	CAL	AL	87	289	3.32	199	69%	24%	15%	25%	37%	76%	0%	52%	81%	32%	3%	3	0	11%	10	4	3%	3	1	18%	0	1	0
1989	27	MIL	AL	173	578	3.34	393	68%	24%	12%	25%	38%	75%	0%	51%	83%	36%	6%	10	1	14%	24	8	5%	9	8	20%	13	0	1
1990	28	MIL	AL	14	36	2.57	27	75%	26%	7%	19%	48%	74%	0%	56%	90%	36%	0%	0	0	7%	1	1	0%	0	0	100%	1	0	0

1993	31	FLA	NL	6	23	3.83	16	70%	38%	25%	13%	25%	63%	0%	43%	60%	17%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				280	926	3.31	635	69%	25%	13%	24%	38%	75%	0%	52%	82%	34%	5%	13	1	13%	35	13	4%	12	9	21%	14	1	1
MLB Averages						3.63		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1985	23	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	452	1	0	0	0	0
1986	24	8	21	20	2	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	.300	.333	.350	.683	88	7	2	0	0	0
1987	25	71	162	157	14	42	4	2	16	0	3	15	.268	.284	.331	.615	65	52	5	1	0	1
1988	26	125	249	238	18	54	7	2	20	0	6	26	.227	.248	.282	.529	45	67	7	1	3	1
1989	27	204	435	413	33	88	14	2	34	3	12	44	.213	.240	.262	.502	40	108	13	3	6	1
1990	28	222	450	428	33	89	14	2	35	3	12	45	.208	.234	.255	.489	36	109	13	3	6	1
1991	29	222	450	428	33	89	14	2	35	3	12	45	.208	.234	.255	.489	36	109	13	3	6	1
1992	30	222	450	428	33	89	14	2	35	3	12	45	.208	.234	.255	.489	36	109	13	3	6	1
1993	31	229	456	434	33	90	15	2	35	3	12	47	.207	.233	.256	.489	36	111	13	3	6	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1985	23	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	2
1986	24	6	20	19	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	.263	.300	.316	.616	2	6
1987	25	63	140	136	12	35	3	0	2	15	0	2	15	.257	.271	.324	.595	12	63
1988	26	54	88	82	4	13	3	0	0	4	0	3	11	.159	.188	.195	.383	3	54
1989	27	79	188	177	17	36	7	0	0	15	3	6	18	.203	.238	.243	.481	10	79
1990	28	18	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	18

1993	31	7	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
7 Yrs		229	458	436	35	90	14	0	2	35	3	12	47	.206	.232	.252	.485	28	229
162 Game Avg.		162	324	308	25	64	10	0	1	25	2	8	33	.206	.232	.252	.485	20	229

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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