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Ron Gant

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Full Name: Ronald Edwin Gant Primary Position: OF,LF
First Game: September 6, 1987 Birthdate: March 2, 1965
Final Game: May 25, 2003 Birthplace: Victoria, Texas
MLB Experience: 16 years Bat/Throw: Right/Right
College: N/A
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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
    • 7.1 Recent Ron Gant ArmchairGM Stories
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Ron Gant (Ronald Edwin Gant) was born on March 2, 1965 in Victoria, Texas. He made his Major League debut on September 6, 1987 for the Atlanta Braves. In 1988, his rookie year, he hit .259 with 19 home runs and 60 RBI. Gant played for the Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Anaheim Angels, Oakland Athletics, Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres over the course of his 16 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Ron Gant's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1993, when he slugged 36 home runs, stole 26 bases and knocked in 117 runs. However, others believe that it was 1991, when he slugged 32 home runs, stole 34 bases and knocked in 105 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1987 ATL N 21 83 9 22 2 9 .265 .271 .386 4 0 1 11 0 1 4 0 3
1988 ATL N 146 563 85 146 19 60 .259 .317 .439 28 8 46 118 3 2 19 4 7
1989 ATL N 75 260 26 46 9 25 .177 .237 .335 8 3 20 63 1 2 9 0 0
1990 ATL N 152 575 107 174 32 84 .303 .357 .539 34 3 50 86 1 1 33 0 8
1991 ATL N 154 561 101 141 32 105 .251 .338 .496 35 3 71 104 5 0 34 8 6
1992 ATL N 153 544 74 141 17 80 .259 .321 .415 22 6 45 101 7 0 32 5 10
1993 ATL N 157 606 113 166 36 117 .274 .345 .510 27 4 67 117 2 0 26 2 14
1995 CIN N 119 410 79 113 29 88 .276 .386 .554 19 4 74 108 3 1 23 5 11
1996 STL N 122 419 74 103 30 82 .246 .359 .504 14 2 73 98 3 1 13 5 9
1997 STL N 139 502 68 115 17 62 .229 .310 .388 21 4 58 162 1 0 14 3 2
1998 STL N 121 383 60 92 26 67 .240 .331 .493 17 1 51 92 2 0 8 2 6
1999 PHI N 138 516 107 134 17 77 .260 .364 .430 27 5 85 112 1 0 13 0 6
2000 PHI N 89 343 54 87 20 38 .254 .324 .487 16 2 36 73 1 1 5 1 7
2000 ANA A 34 82 15 19 6 16 .232 .379 .512 3 1 20 18 0 0 1 0 0
2000 Total 123 425 69 106 26 54 .249 .335 .492 19 3 56 91 1 1 6 1 7
2001 OAK A 34 81 15 21 2 13 .259 .344 .420 5 1 11 24 0 0 2 0 0
2001 COL N 59 171 31 44 8 22 .257 .345 .468 8 2 24 56 0 2 3 2 0
2001 Total 93 252 46 65 10 35 .258 .345 .452 13 3 35 80 0 2 5 2 0
2002 SDP N 102 309 58 81 18 59 .262 .338 .489 14 1 36 59 2 1 4 1 8
2003 OAK A 17 41 4 6 1 4 .146 .182 .220 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 1
Total NL 1747 6245 1046 1605 312 975 .257 .336 .469 294 48 737 1360 32 12 240 38 97
Total AL 85 204 34 46 9 33 .225 .329 .417 8 2 33 51 0 0 3 0 1
Total 1832 6449 1080 1651 321 1008 .256 .336 .468 302 50 770 1411 32 12 243 38 98

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1987 ATL N 2B 20 19 166 45 59 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1988 ATL N 2B 122 120 1067 295 378 26 82 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1988 ATL N 3B 22 22 199.2 21 39 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1989 ATL N 3B 53 51 449 23 103 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 .887
1989 ATL N LF 2 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1989 ATL N CF 14 11 112 40 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1989 ATL N OF 14 13 119 47 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1990 ATL N LF 38 34 289.2 76 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1990 ATL N OF 146 139 1244.2 357 7 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1990 ATL N RF 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1990 ATL N CF 113 105 950 278 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1991 ATL N CF 148 145 1293.1 338 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1991 ATL N OF 148 145 1293.1 338 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1992 ATL N CF 23 17 141.1 41 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1992 ATL N OF 147 137 1238.1 277 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1992 ATL N LF 138 120 1097 236 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1993 ATL N OF 155 155 1384.1 271 5 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1993 ATL N LF 155 155 1384.1 270 5 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1995 CIN N OF 117 117 930.1 191 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1995 CIN N LF 117 117 930.1 187 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1996 STL N LF 116 116 991.2 215 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1996 STL N OF 116 116 991.2 216 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1997 STL N DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1997 STL N OF 128 125 1084.1 247 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1997 STL N LF 128 125 1084.1 248 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1998 STL N LF 104 101 819 164 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1998 STL N OF 104 101 819 162 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1999 PHI N DH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1999 PHI N OF 133 131 1118.2 260 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1999 PHI N LF 133 131 1118.2 259 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .993
2000 PHI N OF 84 84 726.1 175 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .968
2000 PHI N LF 84 84 726.1 175 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .968
2000 ANA A OF 21 14 132.1 42 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .977
2000 ANA A LF 21 14 132.1 42 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .977
2000 ANA A DH 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2000 Total LF 105 98 858.2 217 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .969
2000 Total OF 105 98 858.2 217 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .969
2001 OAK A LF 11 8 73 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2001 OAK A OF 11 8 73 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2001 OAK A DH 21 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2001 COL N OF 51 48 388 81 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .965
2001 COL N LF 51 48 388 81 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .965
2001 Total LF 62 56 461 85 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .967
2001 Total OF 62 56 461 85 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .967
2002 SDP N LF 78 70 599.1 139 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .980
2002 SDP N CF 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2002 SDP N RF 5 3 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2002 SDP N OF 80 73 626.1 143 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .980
2002 SDP N DH 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2003 OAK A DH 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2003 OAK A OF 9 5 50 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2003 OAK A RF 1 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2003 OAK A LF 8 4 42 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 75 73 648.2 44 142 21 14 0 0 0 0 0 .899
Total LF 1184 1129 9683 2109 48 52 7 0 0 0 0 0 .976
Total CF 299 278 2498.2 698 15 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 .983
Total OF 1464 1411 12219.2 2820 63 64 11 0 0 0 0 0 .978
Total 2B 142 139 1233 340 437 29 99 0 0 0 0 0 .964
Total DH 46 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 8 4 38 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1983 - signed June 14, 1983).
  • Released by Atlanta Braves (March 15, 1994).
  • Signed by Cincinnati Reds (June 21, 1994).
  • Granted free agency (October 30, 1995).
  • Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 23, 1995).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Jeff Brantley and Cliff Politte to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Ricky Bottalico and Garrett Stephenson (November 19, 1998).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Anaheim Angels in exchange for Kent Bottenfield (July 29, 2000).
  • Granted free agency (October 30, 2000).
  • Signed by Colorado Rockies (December 10, 2000).
  • Traded by Colorado Rockies to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Robin Jennings (July 3, 2001).
  • Granted free agency (November 5, 2001).
  • Signed by San Diego Padres (January 18, 2002).
  • Granted free agency (October 28, 2002).
  • Signed by Oakland Athletics (February 21, 2003).
  • Released by Oakland Athletics (June 4, 2003).

[edit] Trivia

  • Gant is one of three players that Hall of Famer Rich Gossage has admitted to intentionally hit with a pitch; the other two were Andres Galarraga and Al Bumbry.

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