Gary Gaetti

Full Name: Gary Joseph Gaetti	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: September 20, 1981
Birthdate: August 19, 1958	Final Game: April 12, 2000
Birthplace: Centralia, Illinois	MLB Experience: 20 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Gary Gaetti (Gary Joseph Gaetti) was born on August 19, 1958 in Centralia, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on September 20, 1981 for the Minnesota Twins. In 1982, his rookie year, he hit .230 with 25 home runs and 84 RBI. Gaetti played for the Minnesota Twins, California Angels, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 20 year career.

Most people believe that Gary Gaetti's best season was 1986, when he slugged 34 home runs, hit for a .287 average and knocked in 108 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
1981	MIN	A	9	26	4	5	2	3	.192	.192	.423	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1
1982	MIN	A	145	508	59	117	25	84	.230	.280	.443	25	4	37	107	3	4	0	2	16
1983	MIN	A	157	584	81	143	21	78	.245	.309	.414	30	3	54	121	4	0	7	2	18
1984	MIN	A	162	588	55	154	5	65	.262	.315	.350	29	4	44	81	4	3	11	1	9
1985	MIN	A	160	560	71	138	20	63	.246	.301	.409	31	0	37	89	7	3	13	3	15
1986	MIN	A	157	596	91	171	34	108	.287	.347	.518	34	1	52	108	6	1	14	4	18
1987	MIN	A	154	584	95	150	31	109	.257	.303	.485	36	2	37	92	3	1	10	7	25
1988	MIN	A	133	468	66	141	28	88	.301	.353	.551	29	2	36	85	5	1	7	5	10
1989	MIN	A	130	498	63	125	19	75	.251	.286	.404	11	4	25	87	3	1	6	5	12
1990	MIN	A	154	577	61	132	16	85	.229	.274	.376	27	5	36	101	3	1	6	1	22
1991	CAL	A	152	586	58	144	18	66	.246	.293	.379	22	1	33	104	8	2	5	3	13
1992	CAL	A	130	456	41	103	12	48	.226	.267	.342	13	2	21	79	6	0	3	4	9
1993	KC	A	82	281	37	72	14	46	.256	.309	.477	18	1	16	75	8	2	0	0	2
1993	CAL	A	20	50	3	9	0	4	.180	.250	.220	2	0	5	12	0	0	1	0	3
1993	TOT	A	102	331	40	81	14	50	.245	.300	.438	20	1	21	87	8	2	1	0	5
1994	KC	A	90	327	53	94	12	57	.287	.328	.462	15	3	19	63	2	1	0	3	9
1995	KC	A	137	514	76	134	35	96	.261	.329	.518	27	0	47	91	8	3	3	6	7
1996	STL	N	141	522	71	143	23	80	.274	.326	.473	27	4	35	97	8	4	2	6	10
1997	STL	N	148	502	63	126	17	69	.251	.305	.404	24	1	36	88	6	4	7	3	20
1998	STL	N	91	306	39	81	11	43	.265	.339	.454	23	1	31	39	5	0	1	1	10
1998	CHI	N	37	128	21	41	8	27	.320	.397	.594	11	0	12	23	5	1	0	1	2
1998	TOT	N	128	434	60	122	19	70	.281	.356	.495	34	1	43	62	10	1	1	2	12
1999	CHI	N	113	280	22	57	9	46	.204	.260	.339	9	1	21	51	2	0	0	0	5
2000	BOS	A	5	10	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		530	1738	216	448	68	265	.258	.317	.437	94	7	135	298	26	9	10	11	47
Total	AL		1977	7213	914	1832	292	1076	.254	.305	.433	349	32	499	1304	70	23	86	46	189
Total			2507	8951	1130	2280	360	1341	.255	.308	.434	443	39	634	1602	96	32	96	57	236

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1981	MIN	A	3B	8	7	58.2	5	17	0	1	0	1.000
1981	MIN	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	MIN	A	SS	2	2	18	0	5	2	1	0	.714
1982	MIN	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	MIN	A	3B	142	138	1223	106	286	15	35	1	.963
1983	MIN	A	SS	3	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1983	MIN	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1983	MIN	A	3B	154	154	1356	131	360	17	46	1	.967
1984	MIN	A	LF	8	8	67	19	0	0	0	0	1.000
1984	MIN	A	OF	8	8	67	19	0	0	0	0	1.000
1984	MIN	A	3B	154	153	1359.2	142	334	20	26	1	.960
1984	MIN	A	SS	2	0	4	2	1	1	1	0	.750
1985	MIN	A	3B	156	143	1276.1	146	316	18	31	0	.962
1985	MIN	A	1B	1	1	6	6	0	0	0	0	1.000
1985	MIN	A	LF	4	4	29	10	0	0	0	0	1.000
1985	MIN	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1985	MIN	A	OF	4	4	29	10	0	0	0	0	1.000
1986	MIN	A	SS	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1986	MIN	A	LF	1	1	8	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1986	MIN	A	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1986	MIN	A	3B	156	154	1352.2	118	334	21	36	0	.956
1986	MIN	A	OF	1	1	8	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1987	MIN	A	3B	150	149	1293.1	134	261	11	28	0	.973
1987	MIN	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1988	MIN	A	SS	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
1988	MIN	A	3B	115	115	975.1	105	189	7	24	1	.977
1988	MIN	A	DH	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	MIN	A	1B	2	2	14	11	2	0	1	0	1.000
1989	MIN	A	3B	125	123	1056.1	104	251	10	23	0	.973
1989	MIN	A	DH	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1990	MIN	A	1B	2	1	15.2	23	0	0	0	0	1.000
1990	MIN	A	3B	151	150	1292	102	318	18	36	2	.959
1990	MIN	A	SS	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1991	CAL	A	3B	152	151	1339.2	111	353	17	39	0	.965
1992	CAL	A	1B	44	40	368.2	371	33	5	35	0	.988
1992	CAL	A	DH	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1992	CAL	A	3B	67	63	563.1	52	163	17	18	0	.927
1993	KC	A	1B	18	10	100.1	97	10	1	11	0	.991
1993	KC	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1993	KC	A	3B	72	65	576.2	50	136	5	15	0	.974
1993	CAL	A	1B	6	5	39	37	2	0	2	0	1.000
1993	CAL	A	DH	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1993	CAL	A	3B	7	1	23	1	5	1	1	0	.857
1993	TOT	A	DH	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1993	TOT	A	1B	24	15	139.1	134	12	1	13	0	.993
1993	TOT	A	3B	79	66	599.2	51	141	6	16	0	.970
1994	KC	A	1B	9	5	48	38	4	0	5	0	1.000
1994	KC	A	3B	85	80	708.1	61	162	4	15	1	.982
1995	KC	A	DH	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1995	KC	A	3B	123	118	1047.2	90	218	15	21	0	.954
1995	KC	A	1B	11	10	75.1	92	10	1	10	0	.990
1996	STL	N	3B	133	130	1104	63	224	9	16	0	.970
1996	STL	N	1B	14	9	86.1	85	7	1	6	0	.989
1997	STL	N	3B	132	127	1075.1	72	243	7	24	0	.978
1997	STL	N	1B	20	4	68	61	6	0	8	0	1.000
1997	STL	N	P	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	STL	N	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	STL	N	3B	83	78	676	47	153	3	15	0	.985
1998	STL	N	2B	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	STL	N	1B	3	1	9	15	0	0	2	0	1.000
1998	STL	N	OF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	STL	N	RF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	CHI	N	3B	36	34	295.1	24	68	2	2	0	.979
1998	TOT	N	3B	119	112	971.1	71	221	5	17	0	.983
1999	CHI	N	1B	8	5	43	39	6	2	6	0	.957
1999	CHI	N	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	CHI	N	3B	81	65	574.2	35	140	7	8	0	.962
1999	CHI	N	SS	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
2000	BOS	A	DH	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			3B	2282	2198	19227.1	1699	4531	224	460	7	.965
Total			OF	14	13	106	31	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	14	2	37	2	12	3	2	0	.824
Total			1B	138	93	873.1	875	80	10	86	0	.990
Total			DH	48	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	3	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			LF	13	13	104	31	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			RF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	ERA	K	R	ER	IP	H	HR	BB	HBP
1997	STL	N	1	.00	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	1
1998	STL	N	1	.00	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0
1999	CHI	N	1	18.00	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	0
Total			3	7.71	1	2	2	2.1	5	1	1	1

[edit] Transactions

Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (January 10, 1978).
Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1978).
Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (11th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 5, 1979 - signed June 21, 1979).
Granted free agency (November 9, 1987).
Signed by Minnesota Twins (January 7, 1988).
Granted free agency (November 7, 1990).
Signed by California Angels (January 23, 1991).
Released by California Angels (June 3, 1993).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (June 19, 1993).
Granted free agency (October 25, 1993).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 16, 1993).
Granted free agency (October 28, 1994).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 20, 1994).
Granted free agency (November 3, 1995).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 18, 1995).
Granted free agency (October 27, 1997).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 6, 1997).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (August 14, 1998).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (August 19, 1998).
Granted free agency (October 23, 1998).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (December 7, 1998).
Released by Chicago Cubs (October 15, 1999).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (April 2, 2000).

[edit] Trivia

Gaetti homered in his first Major League at-bat. He is currently the all-time home run king of players that homered in their first Major League at bat.
Gaetti became the first player in Major League history to hit a home run in his first two career postseason at-bats.

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