Gerald Laird

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 230lb (185cm, 104kg)

Born: November 13, 1979 in Garden Grove, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from La Quinta HS (Westminster, CA).

High Schools: La Quinta HS (Westminster, CA), Westlake HS (Westlake Village, CA)

School: Cypress College (Cypress, CA)

Debut: April 30, 2003 (Age 23-168d, 18,253rd in major league history)
vs. TOR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 8, 2015 (Age 35-146d)
vs. SFG 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: Boras Corporation • Previously: Alan Meersand

National Team: us USA (Pro,18U)

Full Name: Gerald Lee Laird

Nicknames: G-Money

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Relatives: Brother of Brandon Laird

2011 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.5

2452

597

.244

314

RBI

238

OBP

.305

SLG

.353

OPS

.658

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
2	2	Apr 1	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 2	TEX	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
4	4	Apr 4	TEX	@	LAA	W,11-6	GS	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	6 (1)	Apr 6	TEX	@	LAA	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
6	7	Apr 8	TEX		BAL	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	8	Apr 10 (1)	TEX		BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
8	9	Apr 10 (2)	TEX		BAL	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
9	10	Apr 11	TEX		TOR	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	10	1	2	13	0	C
10	11	Apr 12	TEX		TOR	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
11	12	Apr 13	TEX		TOR	L,4-5	CG	45	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	13	Apr 14	TEX		LAA	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
13	15 (1)	Apr 16	TEX	@	TOR	W,7-5	CG	61	14.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	16	Apr 17	TEX	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	17	Apr 18	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	19 (1)	Apr 20	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	44	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
17	20	Apr 21	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	45	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
18	21	Apr 22	TEX	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
19	22	Apr 23	TEX	@	DET	L,6-19	CG	51	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	24 (1)	Apr 25	TEX		MIN	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
21	26 (1)	Apr 27	TEX		MIN	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	28 (1)	Apr 30	TEX		KCR	W,11-9	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	30 (1)	May 2	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	32 (1)	May 4	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	33	May 5	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
26	36 (2)	May 8	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	38 (1)	May 10	TEX		OAK	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	40 (1)	May 12	TEX		SEA	W,13-12	CG	47	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	41	May 13	TEX		SEA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	44 (2)	May 17	TEX		HOU	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
31	45	May 18	TEX		HOU	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
32	48 (2)	May 21	TEX	@	MIN	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
33	49	May 22	TEX	@	MIN	W,8-7	CG	48	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
34	51 (1)	May 24	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	53 (1)	May 26	TEX	@	TBR	L,3-7	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
36	56 (2)	May 30	TEX		OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
37	57	May 31	TEX		OAK	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	58	Jun 1	TEX		OAK	L,8-13	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
39	61 (2)	Jun 4	TEX		CLE	L,9-15	CG	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	62	Jun 5	TEX		CLE	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
41	63	Jun 6	TEX		TBR	L,4-12	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
42	64	Jun 7	TEX		TBR	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
43	65	Jun 8	TEX		TBR	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	C
44	66	Jun 10	TEX	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
45	67	Jun 11	TEX	@	KCR	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
46	70 (2)	Jun 15 (1)	TEX	@	NYM	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
47	72 (1)	Jun 17	TEX		ATL	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	73	Jun 18	TEX		ATL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
49	75 (1)	Jun 20	TEX	@	WSN	L,3-4	GS	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	105 (29)	Jul 27	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
51	106	Jul 28	TEX		SEA	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	107	Jul 29	TEX		SEA	W,11-10	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
53	109 (1)	Jul 31	TEX		SEA	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	110	Aug 1	TEX		TOR	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	C
55	111	Aug 2	TEX		TOR	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
56	112	Aug 3	TEX		TOR	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	114 (1)	Aug 5	TEX		NYY	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	115	Aug 6	TEX		NYY	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
59	116	Aug 7	TEX		NYY	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	117	Aug 8	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-9	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	119 (1)	Aug 10	TEX	@	BAL	W,15-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	120	Aug 12	TEX	@	BOS	L,17-19	CG	50	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
63	123 (2)	Aug 15	TEX		TBR	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
64	124	Aug 16	TEX		TBR	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
65	125	Aug 17	TEX		TBR	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
66	126	Aug 18	TEX		DET	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	C
67	127	Aug 19	TEX		DET	L,3-11	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
68	128	Aug 20	TEX		DET	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	130 (1)	Aug 23	TEX		CLE	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
70	131	Aug 24	TEX		CLE	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
71	132	Aug 25	TEX	@	KCR	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
72	133	Aug 26	TEX	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
73	136 (2)	Aug 29	TEX	@	LAA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
74	137	Aug 30	TEX	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
75	138	Aug 31	TEX	@	LAA	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	140 (1)	Sep 2	TEX		SEA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
77	142 (1)	Sep 5	TEX		BOS	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
78	143	Sep 6	TEX		BOS	W,15-8	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
79	147 (3)	Sep 11	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
80	148	Sep 12	TEX	@	OAK	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
81	149	Sep 13	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	152 (2)	Sep 16	TEX		DET	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
83	153	Sep 17	TEX		DET	L,4-17	GS	41	6.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
84	154	Sep 19	TEX		LAA	L,13-15	CG	49	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
85	155	Sep 20	TEX		LAA	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
86	157 (1)	Sep 22	TEX		OAK	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
87	158	Sep 23	TEX		OAK	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	159	Sep 24	TEX		OAK	W,14-4	GS	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
89	160	Sep 26	TEX	@	LAA	W,12-1	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
90	162 (1)	Sep 28	TEX	@	LAA	L,0-7	GS	27	6.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
							90gm		763.0	523	38	8	569	7