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.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	MIN	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
2	2	Apr 9	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
3	3	Apr 10	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 11	MIN		SEA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
5	5	Apr 12	MIN		SEA	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 13	MIN		SEA	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 14	MIN		OAK	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
8	8	Apr 15	MIN		OAK	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
9	9	Apr 16	MIN		OAK	W,7-5	CG	45	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
10	10	Apr 17	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
12	12	Apr 19	MIN	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	30	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
13	13	Apr 20	MIN	@	CAL	L,5-8	CG	40	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
14	14	Apr 21	MIN	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
15	15	Apr 22	MIN	@	SEA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
16	16	Apr 23	MIN	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	43	9.1	3	1	1	5	0	3B
17	17	Apr 25	MIN		CAL	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
18	18	Apr 26	MIN		CAL	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
19	19	Apr 27	MIN		CAL	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
20	21 (1)	Apr 30	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	22	May 1	MIN	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
22	23	May 2	MIN	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
23	24	May 3	MIN	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
24	25	May 4	MIN	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
25	26	May 6	MIN		BAL	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
26	27	May 7	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
27	28	May 9	MIN		DET	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
28	29	May 10	MIN		DET	W,12-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
29	30	May 11	MIN		DET	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
30	31	May 12	MIN		NYY	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
31	32	May 13	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
32	33	May 14	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
33	34	May 15	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
34	35	May 16	MIN	@	MIL	L,6-7	CG	50	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
35	36	May 17	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
36	37	May 18	MIN	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
37	38	May 19	MIN	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	1	3	0	4	1	3B
38	39	May 20	MIN	@	BOS	L,7-17	CG	51	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
39	40	May 21	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	7	0	8	1	3B
40	41	May 23	MIN		MIL	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
41	42	May 24	MIN		MIL	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
42	43	May 25	MIN		MIL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
43	44	May 26	MIN		TOR	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
44	45	May 27	MIN		TOR	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
45	46	May 28	MIN		TOR	L,8-14	CG	46	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
46	47	May 30	MIN		BOS	W,13-5	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
47	48	May 31	MIN		BOS	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	49	Jun 1	MIN		BOS	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
49	50	Jun 2	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
50	51	Jun 3	MIN	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
51	52	Jun 4	MIN	@	TOR	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
52	53	Jun 5	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
53	54	Jun 6	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
54	55	Jun 7	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
55	56	Jun 8	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	57	Jun 9	MIN		TEX	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
57	58	Jun 10	MIN		TEX	L,10-14	CG	48	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
58	59	Jun 11	MIN		TEX	L,2-6	CG	66	16.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
59	60	Jun 13	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
60	61	Jun 14	MIN	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
61	62	Jun 15	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
62	63	Jun 17	MIN		CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
63	64	Jun 18	MIN		CHW	W,10-9	GS	50	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B SS
64	65	Jun 19	MIN		CHW	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
65	66	Jun 20	MIN		CLE	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
66	67	Jun 21	MIN		CLE	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	2	4	0	3B
67	68	Jun 22	MIN		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
68	69	Jun 23	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
69	70	Jun 24	MIN	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
70	71	Jun 25	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
71	73 (1)	Jun 28	MIN		KCR	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
72	74	Jun 29	MIN		KCR	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
73	75	Jun 30	MIN	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	76	Jul 1	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
75	77	Jul 2	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	78	Jul 3	MIN		BAL	W,11-7	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
77	79	Jul 4	MIN		BAL	L,7-12	CG	50	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
78	80	Jul 5	MIN		BAL	W,7-6	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 3B
79	81	Jul 6	MIN		BAL	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	6	1	8	2	3B
80	82	Jul 7	MIN		DET	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
81	83	Jul 8	MIN		DET	L,1-5	GS	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B SS
82	84	Jul 9	MIN		DET	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
83	85	Jul 10	MIN		NYY	L,1-11	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
84	86	Jul 11	MIN		NYY	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
85	87	Jul 12	MIN		NYY	L,0-8	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
86	88	Jul 13	MIN		NYY	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
87	89	Jul 17	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
88	90	Jul 18	MIN	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
89	91	Jul 19	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
90	92	Jul 20	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
91	93	Jul 21	MIN	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
92	94	Jul 22	MIN	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
93	95	Jul 23	MIN	@	DET	L,2-12	CG	41	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
94	96	Jul 25	MIN	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
95	97	Jul 26	MIN	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
96	98	Jul 27	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
97	99	Jul 28	MIN		SEA	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
98	100	Jul 29	MIN		SEA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
99	101	Jul 30	MIN		SEA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	102	Aug 1	MIN		OAK	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
101	103	Aug 2	MIN		OAK	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
102	104	Aug 3	MIN		OAK	L,4-5	CG	49	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
103	105	Aug 4	MIN		CAL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
104	106	Aug 5	MIN		CAL	L,1-13	CG	57	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
105	107	Aug 6	MIN		CAL	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
106	108	Aug 8	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
107	109	Aug 9	MIN	@	OAK	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
108	110	Aug 10 (1)	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
109	111	Aug 10 (2)	MIN	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
110	112	Aug 11	MIN	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
111	113	Aug 12	MIN	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	50	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
112	114	Aug 13	MIN	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
113	115	Aug 14	MIN	@	SEA	W,14-1	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
114	116	Aug 15	MIN	@	SEA	L,0-1	CG	32	8.1	0	5	0	5	0	3B
115	117	Aug 16	MIN	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	3B
116	118	Aug 17	MIN	@	SEA	L,1-11	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
117	119	Aug 18	MIN		BOS	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
118	120	Aug 19	MIN		BOS	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
119	121	Aug 20	MIN		BOS	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
120	122	Aug 22	MIN		TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
121	123	Aug 23	MIN		TOR	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
122	124	Aug 24	MIN		TOR	L,5-7	GS	48	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B 2B
123	125	Aug 26	MIN	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	46	9.1	0	5	0	5	0	3B
124	126	Aug 27	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
125	127	Aug 28	MIN	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
126	128	Aug 29	MIN	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	41	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	3B
127	129	Aug 30	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
128	130	Aug 31	MIN	@	TOR	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	131	Sep 1	MIN		MIL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
130	132	Sep 2	MIN		MIL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
131	133	Sep 3	MIN		MIL	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
132	134	Sep 5	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-12	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
133	135	Sep 6	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	2	5	1	8	1	3B
134	136	Sep 7	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
135	137	Sep 8	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
136	138	Sep 9	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
137	139	Sep 11	MIN		TEX	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
138	140	Sep 12	MIN		TEX	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
139	141	Sep 13	MIN		TEX	L,1-14	GS	36	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
140	142	Sep 14	MIN		TEX	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
141	143	Sep 15	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
142	144	Sep 16	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
143	145	Sep 17	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
144	146	Sep 19	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
145	147	Sep 20	MIN	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
146	149 (1)	Sep 22	MIN		KCR	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
147	150	Sep 23	MIN		KCR	W,9-2	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
148	151	Sep 24	MIN		KCR	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
149	152	Sep 25	MIN		KCR	L,1-8	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
150	153	Sep 27 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
151	154	Sep 27 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	1	4	0	5	1	3B
152	155	Sep 28	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
153	156	Sep 29	MIN		CLE	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
154	157	Sep 30	MIN		CLE	W,10-9	CG	50	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
155	158	Oct 1	MIN		CLE	L,3-12	GS	31	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
156	159	Oct 2	MIN		CHW	L,4-8	CG	40	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
							160gm		1364.2	120	335	21	476	36

1986 Fielding Game Log (as 2B)

1986 Fielding Game Log (as 3B)

1986 Fielding Game Log (as SS)

1986 Fielding Game Log (as LF)

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