Danny Cater

Positions: First Baseman, Leftfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: February 25, 1940 in Austin, TX us

High School: W. B. Travis HS (Austin, TX)

Debut: April 14, 1964 (Age 24-049d, 9,814th in MLB history)
vs. NYM 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 11, 1975 (Age 35-106d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Danny Anderson Cater

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.6

AB

4451

H

1229

HR

BA

.276

R

491

RBI

519

SB

OBP

.316

SLG

.377

OPS

.693

OPS+

101

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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
1958	18	PHI-min	D-	68	305	261	70	90	13	4	14	68	5		27	28	.345	.405	.586	.992		153		3	9	5			JOH · APPY
1959	19	PHI-min	C	141	650	594	103	183	38	7	11	99	9		50	75	.308	.364	.451	.815		268	19	3	1	2			BAK · CALL
1960	20	PHI-min	A	138	581	542	76	144	33	3	12	69	4		29	89	.266	.303	.404	.707		219		2	3	5	1		WPT · EL
1961	21	PHI-min	A	137	614	562	114	193	28	9	16	80	1		37	55	.343	.382	.511	.893		287		2	7	6	1		WPT · EL
1962	22	PHI-min	AAA	139	557	524	72	151	21	7	12	67	3	5	25	91	.288	.320	.424	.744		222		1	4	3			BFL · IL
1963	23	PHI-min	AAA	135	498	471	73	137	23	5	14	58	0	3	22	50	.291	.324	.450	.774		212		2	1	2			ARK · IL
1964	24	PHI	NL	60	160	152	13	45	9	1	1	13	1	0	7	15	.296	.325	.388	.713	101	59	6	0	0	1	1	7H/3895
1965	25	CHW	AL	142	555	514	74	139	18	4	14	55	3	3	33	65	.270	.316	.403	.719	110	207	18	3	2	3	0	*7H5/38
1966	26	TOT	AL	137	524	485	50	135	17	4	7	56	4	5	28	47	.278	.317	.373	.691	101	181	12	2	4	5	2	357H/9
1966	26	CHW	AL	21	65	60	3	11	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	10	.183	.194	.233	.427	26	14	1	1	3	1	0	7/H9
1966	26	KCA	AL	116	459	425	47	124	16	3	7	52	1	4	28	37	.292	.334	.393	.727	111	167	11	1	1	4	2	357/H9
1967	27	KCA	AL	142	573	529	55	143	17	4	4	46	4	5	34	56	.270	.317	.340	.657	96	180	14	4	2	4	9	573/H
1968	28	OAK	AL	147	550	504	53	146	28	3	6	62	8	7	35	43	.290	.336	.393	.729	127	198	21	2	5	4	3	*37H/94	MVP-19
1969	29	OAK	AL	152	620	584	64	153	24	2	10	76	1	4	28	40	.262	.296	.361	.657	88	211	25	2	1	5	3	*37H/49
1970	30	NYY	AL	155	621	582	64	175	26	5	6	76	4	2	34	44	.301	.340	.393	.734	107	229	19	2	1	2	6	*35/9H
1971	31	NYY	AL	121	456	428	39	118	16	5	4	50	0	3	19	25	.276	.308	.364	.672	95	156	18	2	4	3	4	35H
1972	32	BOS	AL	92	343	317	32	75	17	1	8	39	0	1	15	33	.237	.270	.372	.642	86	118	16	2	1	7	2	3/H
1973	33	BOS	AL	63	208	195	30	61	12	0	1	24	0	0	10	22	.313	.348	.390	.738	103	76	6	1	1	1	1	35/HD
1974	34	BOS	AL	56	140	126	14	31	5	0	5	20	1	0	10	13	.246	.309	.405	.714	98	51	5	2	1	1	1	H3D
1975	35	STL-min	AAA	5	14	14	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.214	.214	.286	.500		4		0	0	0			TUL · AA
1975	35	STL	NL	22	36	35	3	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.229	.250	.286	.536	46	10	0	0	0	0	1	H3
12 Yrs				1289	4786	4451	491	1229	191	29	66	519	26	30	254	406	.276	.316	.377	.693	101	1676	160	22	22	36	33
162 Game Avg.				162	601	559	62	154	24	4	8	65	3	4	32	51	.276	.316	.377	.693	101	211	20	3	3	5	4

OAK (4 yrs)				557	2202	2042	219	566	85	12	27	236	14	20	125	176	.277	.319	.370	.689	104	756	71	9	9	17	17
BOS (3 yrs)				211	691	638	76	167	34	1	14	83	1	1	35	68	.262	.301	.384	.685	94	245	27	5	3	9	4
NYY (2 yrs)				276	1077	1010	103	293	42	10	10	126	4	5	53	69	.290	.326	.381	.708	102	385	37	4	5	5	10
CHW (2 yrs)				163	620	574	77	150	19	5	14	59	6	4	33	75	.261	.304	.385	.689	101	221	19	4	5	4	0
PHI (1 yr)				60	160	152	13	45	9	1	1	13	1	0	7	15	.296	.325	.388	.713	101	59	6	0	0	1	1
STL (1 yr)				22	36	35	3	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.229	.250	.286	.536	46	10	0	0	0	0	1

AL (10 yrs)				1207	4590	4264	475	1176	180	28	65	504	25	30	246	388	.276	.316	.377	.693	102	1607	154	22	22	35	31
NL (2 yrs)				82	196	187	16	53	11	1	1	15	1	0	8	18	.283	.311	.369	.680	91	69	6	0	0	1	2

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