Dan Gakeler

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 215lb (198cm, 97kg)

Born: May 1, 1964 in Mount Holly, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 31st round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mercer County Community College (West Windsor, NJ) and the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1984 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Mercer County Community College (West Windsor, NJ).

High School: Rancocas Valley Regional HS (Mount Holly, NJ)

School: Mercer County Community College (West Windsor, NJ)

Debut: June 9, 1991 (Age 27-039d, 15,948th in major league history)
vs. CAL 3.0 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: October 5, 1991 (Age 27-157d)
vs. BAL 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

Full Name: Daniel Michael Gakeler

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.3

ERA

5.74

73.2

WHIP

1.520

Summary of 5 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 1 go ahead

1 Tm
DET	5

Platoon
vs RHB	3
vs LHB	2

Home/Road
Away	3
Home	2

Outs
1	3
0	1
2	1

4 Opps
KCR	2
BAL	1
BOS	1
OAK	1

5 Batters
Brian McRae	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Phil Plantier	1
Mike Macfarlane	1
José Canseco	1

4 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1

Where Hit
7	3
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
5	2
1	1
4	1
3	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	3
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	2
123	1
1--	1
1-3	1

11 Runs
RISP	2
0 on	2
1 on	1
2 on	1
3 on	1
Any on	3

Inning
1	1
6	1
8	3

1-3	1
4-6	1
7-end	3

RelScore
+4..	2
Tied	1
-1	1
-4..	1

Ahead	2
Tied	1
Behind	2

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-2	2
0-0	1
2-0	1
1-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	1
C	1
RF	1
LF	1
SS	1

OrderPos
3rd	2
1st	1
5th	1
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	2
Low Lev	3

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1991-07-01	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1-3	4,(1-2) CBCX	3	3	6	14%	81%	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); B. Anderson Scores; J. Orsulak Scores; C. Ripken Scores
2	2	2	1	1991-07-14	Mike Macfarlane	KCR	@	DET	ahead 11-2	t 6	1	1--	5,(2-2) CBFBX	2	6	2	0%	100%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Thurman Scores; M. Macfarlane Scores
3	3	3	2	1991-07-14	Brian McRae	KCR	@	DET	ahead 14-4	t 8	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	1	8	0%	100%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); T. Benzinger Scores; T. Shumpert Scores; D. Howard Scores; B. McRae Scores
4	4	4	1	1991-08-30	José Canseco	OAK		DET	behind 2-3	b 8	1	---	5,(2-2) SBBSX	1	3	9	33%	56%	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); J. Canseco Scores
5	5	5	1	1991-10-03	Phil Plantier	BOS		DET	behind 3-10	b 8	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	7	0%	0%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); P. Plantier Scores