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Gary Alexander

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Full Name: Gary Wayne Alexander Primary Position: C,DH
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/195 First Game: September 12, 1975
Birthdate: March 27, 1953 Final Game: September 28, 1981
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Gary Alexander (Gary Wayne Alexander) was born on March 27, 1953 in Los Angeles, California. He made his Major League debut on September 12, 1975 for the San Francisco Giants. In 1978, his rookie year, he hit .225 with 27 home runs and 84 RBI. Alexander played for the San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Gary Alexander's best season was 1978, when he slugged 27 home runs and knocked in 84 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1975 SF N 3 3 1 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
1976 SF N 23 73 12 13 2 7 .178 .274 .301 1 1 10 16 0 0 1 1 1
1977 SF N 51 119 17 36 5 20 .303 .406 .496 4 2 20 33 2 0 3 2 5
1978 OAK A 58 174 18 36 10 22 .207 .298 .425 6 1 22 66 1 1 0 2 9
1978 CLE A 90 324 39 76 17 62 .235 .308 .454 14 3 35 100 1 0 0 3 2
1978 TOT A 148 498 57 112 27 84 .225 .304 .444 20 4 57 166 2 1 0 5 11
1979 CLE A 110 358 54 82 15 54 .229 .313 .391 9 2 46 100 1 3 4 3 7
1980 CLE A 76 178 22 40 5 31 .225 .288 .360 7 1 17 52 0 0 0 1 9
1981 PIT N 21 47 6 10 1 6 .213 .255 .404 4 1 3 12 0 0 0 0 1
Total NL 98 242 36 59 8 33 .244 .337 .413 9 4 34 63 2 0 4 3 7
Total AL 334 1034 133 234 47 169 .226 .305 .411 36 7 120 318 3 4 4 9 27
Total 432 1276 169 293 55 202 .230 .311 .411 45 11 154 381 5 4 8 12 34

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1975 SF N C 2 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1.000
1976 SF N C 23 22 197 92 16 4 0 0 3 30 6 0 .964
1977 SF N C 33 30 268.1 174 8 6 0 0 2 46 7 0 .968
1977 SF N RF 1 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 SF N OF 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 OAK A DH 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 OAK A LF 3 3 22 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 OAK A OF 6 6 40 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 OAK A 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 OAK A RF 3 3 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 OAK A C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 CLE A C 66 62 535 305 34 6 3 0 6 45 27 1 .983
1978 CLE A DH 25 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 TOT A DH 70 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 TOT A C 67 62 536 305 34 6 3 0 6 45 27 1 .983
1979 CLE A DH 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 CLE A RF 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 CLE A OF 2 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 CLE A C 91 86 765.2 404 40 18 5 0 13 80 25 0 .961
1979 CLE A LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 CLE A RF 1 0 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 CLE A OF 2 1 10.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 CLE A DH 40 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 CLE A LF 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 CLE A C 13 4 52 31 2 1 0 0 0 7 2 0 .971
1981 PIT N LF 7 7 47 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1981 PIT N 1B 9 6 49 52 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1981 PIT N RF 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 PIT N OF 8 7 50 12 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .941
Total C 229 205 1827 1008 100 35 8 0 24 212 67 1 .969
Total OF 19 16 116.2 31 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .972
Total DH 123 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 8 5 37.2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 10 6 50 52 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .964
Total LF 12 11 79 23 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .964

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Montreal Expos in the 23rd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1971).
  • Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 12, 1972).
  • Traded by San Francisco Giants with Gary Thomasson, Dave Heaverlo, Alan Wirth, John Henry Johnson, Phil Huffman, $300000 and a player to be named later to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Vida Blue (March 15, 1978); Oakland Athletics received Mario Guerrero (April 7, 1978).
  • Traded by Oakland Athletics to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Joe Wallis (June 15, 1978).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians with Victor Cruz, Rafael Vasquez and Bob Owchinko to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Bert Blyleven and Manny Sanguillen (December 9, 1980).
  • Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (April 2, 1982).

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