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Gary Rajsich

Gary Louis Rajsich

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 28, 1954 in Youngstown, OH
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 11th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1982
Teams (by GP): Mets/Giants/Cardinals 1982-1985

Final Game: July 1, 1985
Relatives: Brother of Dave Rajsich
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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 NYM NL 27 OF 35 34 19 286.0 60 60 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -12 1.89 1.71 .978 2.25 2.26
1982 NYM NL 27 RF 26 25 14 205.0 40 40 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -16 1.76 1.54 .978 2.01 2.02
1982 NYM NL 27 LF 10 9 5 81.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 2.22 2.00 .973 2.08 2.08
1982 NYM NL 27 1B 2 0 0 7.0 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 14.14 5.50 .992 10.29 10.25
1983 NYM NL 28 1B 10 10 10 86.0 100 94 6 0 9 1.000 -1 -14 10.47 10.00 .992 9.96 9.92
1984 STL NL 29 1B 3 1 1 14.0 13 13 0 0 2 1.000 -0 -26 8.36 4.33 .992 9.84 9.83
1985 SFG NL 30 1B 23 19 13 172.0 198 185 11 2 17 .990 0 0 10.26 8.52 .993 10.06 10.05
4 Seasons 1B 38 30 24 279.0 322 302 18 2 29 .994 -1 -6 10.32 8.42 .993 10.03 10.01
1 Season OF 35 34 19 286.0 60 60 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -12 1.89 1.71 .978 2.25 2.26
1 Season RF 26 25 14 205.0 40 40 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -16 1.76 1.54 .978 2.01 2.02
1 Season LF 10 9 5 81.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 2.22 2.00 .973 2.08 2.08
4 Seasons TOT 73 64 43 565.0 382 362 18 2 29 .995 -4 -9 6.05 5.21 .990 6.09 6.29
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 NYM NL 27 RF -3 -16 -3 -1 -2 0
1982 NYM NL 27 LF -0 -1 -0 2 -2 0
1982 NYM NL 27 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYM NL 28 1B -1 -14 -1 -1 -0 0
1984 STL NL 29 1B -0 -26 -0 0 -0 0
1985 SFG NL 30 1B 0 0 0 1 -1 0
4 Seasons 1B -1 -6 -1 1 -2 0
1 Season RF -3 -16 -3 -1 -2 0
1 Season LF -0 -1 -0 2 -2 0
4 Seasons TOT -4 -9 -4 1 -5 0 0

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1982 NYM NL 27 80 34 80 37 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 26 36 0 43 0
1983 NYM NL 28 11 10 11 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 STL NL 29 7 1 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1985 SFG NL 30 51 19 51 23 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
4 Seasons 149 64 149 73 0 0 38 0 0 0 10 0 26 36 0 79 0
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 -- 1B*

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%
1982 NYM NL 27 26 46% 92% 27% 2 100% 0 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYM NL 28 370 51% 84% 25% 20 100% 0 92 6 84 2 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 5 0 4 2 2 1 100%
1984 STL NL 29 55 64% 69% 24% 1 100% 0 13 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1985 SFG NL 30 703 70% 78% 28% 40 95% 0 182 15 166 1 12 11 10 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 16 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 1 100%
4 Seasons 1154 63% 80% 27% 63 97% 0 295 23 269 3 22 16 14 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 28 0 0 0 24 0 4 2 2 2 100%
MLB Averages 59% 82% 27% 96% 94%

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%
1982 NYM NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 4 0 19 10 52.6% 9 0 0.0% 0 859 58% 83% 25% 67 60%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 4 0 19 10 52.6% 9 0 0.0% 0 859 58% 83% 25% 67 60%
MLB Averages 42.1% 3.3% 59% 82% 26% 66%

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 NYM NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 13 10 76.9% 3 0 0.0% 0 348 58% 82% 26% 44 45%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 13 10 76.9% 3 0 0.0% 0 348 58% 82% 26% 44 45%
MLB Averages 60.2% 3.3% 59% 82% 26% 62%

* 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.

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