Gary Pettis

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-1, 165lb (185cm, 74kg)

Born: April 3, 1958 in Oakland, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 6th round of the 1979 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Laney College (Oakland, CA).

High School: Castlemont HS (Oakland, CA)

School: Laney College (Oakland, CA)

Debut: September 13, 1982 (Age 24-163d, 14,678th in major league history)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 10, 1992 (Age 34-160d)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Full Name: Gary George Pettis

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5x Gold Glove

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.1

3629

855

.236

568

RBI

259

354

OBP

.332

SLG

.310

OPS

.642

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 21 Home Runs

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

3 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 5 go ahead

3 Tms
CAL	13
DET	5
TEX	3

Platoon
vs RHP	18
vs LHP	3

Home/Road
Home	12
Away	9

Outs
1	9
2	7
0	5

12 Opps
TEX	3
TOR	3
OAK	2
BOS	2
SEA	2
DET	2
CHW	2
KCR	1
MIN	1
CLE	1
CAL	1
BAL	1

19 Pitchers
Mike Mason	2
Dan Petry	2
Richard Dotson	1
Michael Jackson	1
Willie Fraser	1
Dave Schmidt	1
Roy Smith	1
Dave Beard	1
Mike Boddicker	1
John Farrell	1
Luis Leal	1
Jerry Reed	1
Oil Can Boyd	1
Dave Stieb	1
Danny Darwin	1
Joaquín Andújar	1
Doyle Alexander	1
LaMarr Hoyt	1
Curt Young	1

8 Parks
Angel Stad (ANA)	8
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
Arlington St (ARL)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
9	9
89	3
7	3
8	1

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	13
3	3
4	2
2	2
1	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	21

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	13
12-	2
-23	2
1--	2
123	1
-2-	1

35 RBI
RISP	6
0 on	13
1 on	3
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	8

Inning
1	3
2	3
3	2
4	3
5	3
6	1
7	2
8	2
9	2

1-3	8
4-6	7
7-end	6

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	2
+2	1
+1	2
Tied	5
-1	2
-2	2
-4..	3

Ahead	9
Tied	5
Behind	7

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	13
2-1	2
0-1	2
0-0	1
1-1	1
0-2	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	21

OrderPos
1st	17
9th	3
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	8
Low Lev	8

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1982-10-03	CAL		TEX	Danny Darwin	tied 6-6	b 9	1	---		1	3	8	0.420	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1983-09-25	CAL		CHW	LaMarr Hoyt	behind 0-2	b 3	2	1--		2	1	8	0.220	51%		Home Run; D. Schofield Scores
3	3	2	1	1983-09-26	CAL		TOR	Doyle Alexander	behind 1-2	b 8	1	---		1	1	8	0.321	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	3	1	1983-09-27	CAL		TOR	Luis Leal	ahead 4-0	b 2	1	---		1	1	8	0.043	92%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1984-04-28	CAL		SEA	Dave Beard	ahead 6-1	b 7	2	123		4	1	8	0.012	100%		Home Run; B. Boone Scores/unER; D. Schofield Scores/unER; R. Picciolo Scores/unER; G. Pettis Scores/unER
6	6	2	1	1984-06-07	CAL	@	CHW	Richard Dotson	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.096	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1985-06-01	CAL	@	DET	Dan Petry	ahead 3-0	t 4	2	12-		3	1	8	0.133	95%		Home Run; D. Schofield Scores; J. Howell Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1986-05-06	CAL	@	BOS	Oil Can Boyd	tied 0-0	t 3	2	-2-		2	1	8	0.200	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Narron Scores/unER; G. Pettis Scores/unER
9	9	2	1	1986-05-16	CAL	@	DET	Dan Petry	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	12-		3	1	8	0.194	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Schofield Scores; B. Boone Scores
10	10	3	1	1986-07-28	CAL	@	OAK	Joaquín Andújar	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.102	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	4	1	1986-09-26	CAL		TEX	Mike Mason	behind 0-2	b 6	1	---		1	1	8	0.132	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	5	1	1986-10-02	CAL	@	TEX	Mike Mason	tied 4-4	t 4	2	-23		3	1	8	0.277	79%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Burleson Scores; D. Schofield Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1987-04-22	CAL		OAK	Curt Young	behind 2-7	b 5	0	---		1	1	8	0.048	13%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1988-05-06	DET	@	SEA	Michael Jackson	ahead 7-4	t 9	1	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	1	8	0.021	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	2	1	1988-06-25	DET	@	TOR	Dave Stieb	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	-23	3,(2-0) BBX	3	9	8	0.152	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Nokes Scores; R. Knight Scores
16	16	3	1	1988-07-16	DET	@	CAL	Willie Fraser	ahead 3-1	t 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	8	0.135	90%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF); R. Knight Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1989-06-01	DET		BAL	Dave Schmidt	behind 0-6	b 1	0	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	1	8	0.041	13%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1990-05-13	TEX		CLE	John Farrell	behind 0-4	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	1	8	0.022	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
19	19	2	1	1990-05-28	TEX		BOS	Jerry Reed	behind 1-2	b 7	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	8	0.233	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	3	1	1990-06-18	TEX		MIN	Roy Smith	ahead 5-1	b 4	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	1	8	0.035	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1992-08-29	DET		KCR	Mike Boddicker	ahead 11-1	b 5	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	8	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); G. Pettis Scores