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Gary Gaetti

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: August 19, 1958 in Centralia, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1978 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Lake Land College (Mattoon, IL), the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1978 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Lake Land College (Mattoon, IL) and the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (11th) of the 1979 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville, MO).

High School: Centralia HS (Centralia, IL)

Schools: Lake Land College (Mattoon, IL), Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville, MO)

Debut: September 20, 1981 (Age 23-032d, 14,546th in major league history)
vs. TEX 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 12, 2000 (Age 41-237d)
vs. MIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Gary Joseph Gaetti

Nicknames: The Rat or G-Man

Pronunciation: \guy-ETT-ee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.1

8951

2280

360

.255

1130

RBI

1341

OBP

.308

SLG

.434

OPS

.741

OPS+

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

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
2	2	Apr 6	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
3	3	Apr 8	MIN		TOR	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 9	MIN		TOR	L,0-10	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
5	5	Apr 10	MIN		TOR	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 12	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 13	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
8	8	Apr 14	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
9	9	Apr 16	MIN	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
10	10	Apr 17	MIN	@	TOR	L,0-2	GS	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B SS
11	11	Apr 18	MIN		NYY	L,5-18	GS	44	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
12	12	Apr 19	MIN		NYY	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
13	13	Apr 20	MIN		NYY	L,6-7	CG	43	10.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
14	14	Apr 22	MIN		CLE	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
15	15	Apr 23	MIN		CLE	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
16	16	Apr 24	MIN		CLE	W,13-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
17	17	Apr 26	MIN		BAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
18	18	Apr 27	MIN		BAL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
19	19	Apr 28	MIN		BAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	20	Apr 29	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	51	9.1	2	2	1	5	0	3B
21	21	Apr 30	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	MIN	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
23	23	May 2	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
24	24	May 3	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
25	25	May 4	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	41	10.2	1	1	0	2	1	3B
26	26	May 6	MIN		BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
27	27	May 7	MIN		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
28	28	May 8	MIN		BOS	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
29	29	May 9	MIN		MIL	L,6-9	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
30	30	May 10	MIN		MIL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
31	31	May 11	MIN		MIL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
32	32	May 13	MIN	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
33	33	May 14	MIN	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
34	34	May 15	MIN	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
35	35	May 17	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	3B
36	36	May 18	MIN		KCR	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
37	37	May 19	MIN		KCR	L,1-14	GS	34	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
38	38	May 21	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
39	39	May 22 (1)	MIN	@	TEX	W,15-5	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
40	40	May 22 (2)	MIN	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
41	41	May 23	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
42	42	May 24	MIN	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
43	43	May 25	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
44	44	May 27	MIN		DET	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
45	45	May 28	MIN		DET	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
46	46	May 29	MIN		DET	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
47	47	May 30	MIN		TEX	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
48	48	May 31	MIN		TEX	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	49	Jun 1	MIN		TEX	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
50	50	Jun 3	MIN		OAK	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
51	51	Jun 4	MIN		OAK	L,4-6	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
52	52	Jun 5	MIN		OAK	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
53	53	Jun 6	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
54	54	Jun 7	MIN	@	CHW	L,8-10	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	55	Jun 8	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
56	56	Jun 9	MIN	@	SEA	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
57	57	Jun 10	MIN	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
58	58	Jun 11	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
59	59	Jun 12	MIN	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
60	60	Jun 13	MIN		CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
61	61	Jun 14	MIN		CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	62	Jun 15	MIN		CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
63	63	Jun 17	MIN		SEA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
64	64	Jun 18	MIN		SEA	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
65	65	Jun 19	MIN		SEA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
66	66	Jun 20	MIN		CAL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
67	67	Jun 21	MIN		CAL	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
68	68	Jun 22	MIN		CAL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
69	69	Jun 24	MIN	@	OAK	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
70	70	Jun 25	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
71	71	Jun 26 (1)	MIN	@	OAK	W,11-0	GS	32	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
72	72	Jun 26 (2)	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	73	Jun 27	MIN	@	CAL	L,7-16	GS	40	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
74	74	Jun 28	MIN	@	CAL	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
75	75	Jun 29	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	76	Jul 1	MIN	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
77	77	Jul 2	MIN	@	MIL	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
78	78	Jul 3	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	79	Jul 4	MIN	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
80	80	Jul 5	MIN		BOS	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
81	81	Jul 6	MIN		BOS	W,8-1	GS	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
82	82	Jul 7	MIN		BOS	L,3-4	GS	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B SS
83	83	Jul 8	MIN		MIL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
84	86 (2)	Jul 14 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-7	GS	30	6.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
85	88 (1)	Jul 15	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
86	89	Jul 16	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
87	91 (1)	Jul 18	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
88	92	Jul 19	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
89	93	Jul 20	MIN	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	44	9.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
90	94	Jul 22	MIN		BAL	W,6-1	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
91	95	Jul 23	MIN		BAL	L,8-11	CG	50	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
92	96	Jul 24	MIN		BAL	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
93	97	Jul 25	MIN		TOR	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
94	98	Jul 26	MIN		TOR	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
95	99	Jul 27	MIN		TOR	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
96	100	Jul 29	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
97	101	Jul 30	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
98	102	Jul 31	MIN	@	CLE	W,12-4	GS	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	103	Aug 1	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
100	104	Aug 2	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	105	Aug 3	MIN	@	TOR	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
102	106	Aug 4	MIN	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
103	107	Aug 5 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
104	108	Aug 5 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,11-2	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
105	109	Aug 6	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
106	110	Aug 7	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
107	111	Aug 8	MIN		CLE	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
108	112	Aug 9	MIN		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
109	113	Aug 10	MIN		CLE	W,10-4	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
110	114	Aug 12	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
111	115	Aug 13	MIN		NYY	W,12-2	GS	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
112	116	Aug 14	MIN		NYY	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
113	117	Aug 15	MIN	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	22	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	144 (26)	Sep 13	MIN	@	SEA	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
115	145	Sep 14	MIN	@	SEA	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
							117gm		977.1	105	191	7	303	24