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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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
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	65/4
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

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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1985	23	CAL	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$	/96
1986	24	CAL	AL	20	-1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	/456
1987	25	CAL	AL	141	-8	0	1	0	-1	2	4	-3	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$67,000	65/4
1988	26	CAL	AL	87	-11	-2	1	1	-3	1	3	-11	-1.2	-7	-0.7	-0.5	$97,000	65/4
1989	27	MIL	AL	186	-16	1	0	0	-0	1	6	-8	-0.9	-8	-0.8	-0.1	$130,000	546/D
1990	28	MIL	AL	15	-3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$185,000	5/46

1993	31	FLA	NL	6	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	/45
7 Seasons				456	-39	-1	2	1	-2	4	15	-21	-2.3	-18	-1.8	-0.5	$479,000

CAL (4 yrs)				249	-19	-2	2	1	-3	3	8	-11	-1.1	-7	-0.7	-0.4	$164,000
MIL (2 yrs)				201	-19	1	0	0	1	1	7	-8	-1.0	-10	-1.0	0.0	$315,000
FLA (1 yr)				6	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$

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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
1985	CAL	AL	23	OF	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0.00			2.40
1985	CAL	AL	23	RF	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0.00			2.20
1985	CAL	AL	23	SS	1	0	0	3.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0	200	6.00	2.00	.965	4.50	4.60
1986	CAL	AL	24	2B	4	4	2	33.0	16	8	8	0	2	1.000	0	0	4.36	4.00	.981	5.10	5.05
1986	CAL	AL	24	3B	1	1	0	13.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.38	2.00	.950	2.77	2.70
1986	CAL	AL	24	SS	1	1	0	8.0	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	1	150	5.62	5.00	.968	4.50	4.50
1987	CAL	AL	25	SS	46	31	24	285.0	121	42	77	2	11	.983	-1	-3	3.76	2.59	.970	4.59	4.54
1987	CAL	AL	25	3B	11	4	2	42.2	8	1	7	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.69	0.73	.952	2.76	2.74
1987	CAL	AL	25	2B	3	3	2	22.0	11	3	8	0	3	1.000	-0	-27	4.50	3.67	.980	5.11	5.07
1988	CAL	AL	26	SS	25	8	7	100.0	62	25	36	1	5	.984	-0	-6	5.49	2.44	.971	4.69	4.65
1988	CAL	AL	26	3B	22	10	4	88.0	19	5	14	0	3	1.000	-2	-29	1.94	0.86	.954	2.71	2.69
1988	CAL	AL	26	2B	3	2	0	16.0	5	1	4	0	1	1.000	-1	-60	2.81	1.67	.982	5.12	5.07
1989	MIL	AL	27	3B	30	14	14	147.2	52	14	34	4	3	.923	3	22	2.93	1.60	.943	2.73	2.70
1989	MIL	AL	27	2B	29	16	10	156.2	83	34	46	3	5	.964	0	2	4.60	2.76	.981	5.24	5.18
1989	MIL	AL	27	SS	21	14	7	128.2	78	30	43	5	12	.936	-3	-29	5.11	3.48	.971	4.79	4.74
1989	MIL	AL	27	DH	2	2
1990	MIL	AL	28	3B	14	0	0	41.2	11	1	10	0	0	1.000	1	26	2.38	0.79	.944	2.74	2.73
1990	MIL	AL	28	2B	2	0	0	7.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1	120	3.86	1.50	.983	5.27	5.20
1990	MIL	AL	28	SS	2	0	0	3.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	3.00	0.50	.970	4.80	4.70
1993	FLA	NL	31	2B	1	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		5.40	5.10
1993	FLA	NL	31	3B	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	4.50	1.00	.940	2.70	2.70
	6 Seasons			SS	96	54	38	527.2	269	98	163	8	28	.970	-3	-6	4.45	2.72	.970	4.66	4.62
	6 Seasons			3B	79	29	20	335.0	93	23	66	4	6	.957	2	5	2.39	1.13	.946	2.73	2.71
	6 Seasons			2B	42	25	14	236.1	118	47	68	3	11	.975	-1	-5	4.38	2.74	.981	5.20	5.15
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0.00			2.20
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0.00			2.40
	7 Seasons			TOT	218	108	72	1099.0	480	168	297	15	45	.969	-2	-2	3.81	2.13	.968	4.19	4.02
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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Transactions

January 5, 1981: Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent.
December 7, 1988: Traded by the California Angels to the Milwaukee Brewers for Bill Schroeder.
December 6, 1990: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
January 10, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
April 1, 1991: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
May 1, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
June 10, 1991: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for Trent Weaver (minors).
October 15, 1991: Granted Free Agency.
December 12, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
October 15, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
December 2, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
October 15, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1987	25	California Angels	$67,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	26	California Angels	$97,000	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	27	Milwaukee Brewers	$130,000*
1990	28	Milwaukee Brewers	$185,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$479,000

Disputed Salaries
*1989 - $125,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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