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Gary Alexander
Gary Wayne Alexander

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 12, 1975
  vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 28, 1981
Born March 27, 1953 in Los Angeles, CA

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1975 22 SFG NL   3    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .250  .000  -27    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1976 23 SFG NL  23   73   12   13   1  1   2    7   1  0  10  16  .178  .274  .301   62   22   0   1   1   0   1
 1977 24 SFG NL  51  119   17   36   4  2   5   20   3  1  20  33  .303  .406  .496  142   59   0   2   2   2   5
 1978 25 TOT AL 148  498   57  112  20  4  27   84   0  5  57 166  .225  .304  .444  111  221   1   5   5   2  11
         OAK AL  58  174   18   36   6  1  10   22   0  3  22  66  .207  .298  .425  107   74   1   1   2   1   9
         CLE AL  90  324   39   76  14  3  17   62   0  2  35 100  .235  .308  .454  113  147   0   4   3   1   2
 1979 26 CLE AL 110  358   54   82   9  2  15   54   4  2  46 100  .229  .313  .391   89  140   3   7   3   1   7
 1980 27 CLE AL  76  178   22   40   7  1   5   31   0  4  17  52  .225  .288  .360   76   64   0   3   1   0   9
 1981 28 PIT NL  21   47    6   10   4  1   1    6   0  0   3  12  .213  .255  .404   82   19   0   1   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      432 1276  169  293  45 11  55  202   8 12 154 381  .230  .311  .411   99  525   4  19  12   5  34
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        479   63  110  17  4  21   76   3  5  58 143  .230  .311  .411   99  197   2   7   5   2  13
 Career High    148  498   57  112  20  4  27   84   4  5  57 166  .229  .313  .444  111  221   3   7   5   2  11
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1975 22 SFG NL    4    3    0   0.0    99| .000  .270| .250  .342| .000  .390| .250  .732| -27  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1976 23 SFG NL   84   62    7   3.0    94| .178  .266| .274  .333| .301  .379| .575  .712|  62  .368  -3.9  -0.4 100%
 1977 24 SFG NL  143   91   24   7.1   102| .303  .268| .406  .336| .496  .409| .902  .744| 142  .688   8.0   0.8  75%
 1978 25 TOT AL  563  408   66   4.3    91| .225  .258| .304  .323| .444  .380| .748  .703| 111  .500   6.0   0.6   0%
         OAK AL  199  152   19   3.3    89| .207  .254| .298  .318| .425  .374| .723  .693| 107  .384   1.3   0.1   0%
         CLE AL  364  256   47   4.9    93| .235  .260| .308  .325| .454  .383| .762  .708| 113  .558   4.7   0.5   0%
 1979 26 CLE AL  415  295   46   4.2   103| .229  .271| .313  .336| .391  .410| .704  .746|  89  .443  -5.9  -0.6  66%
 1980 27 CLE AL  198  154   15   2.6   100| .225  .270| .288  .333| .360  .401| .648  .734|  76  .263  -6.1  -0.6   0%
 1981 28 PIT NL   51   39    5   3.5    95| .213  .267| .255  .333| .404  .383| .659  .716|  82  .422  -1.3  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1458 1052  163   4.2    97| .230  .265| .311  .330| .411  .394| .722  .724|  99  .465  -3.6  -0.4  40%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1975 22 SFG NL C 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.25 2.25 6.08 1 8.0 0 0 4 0 1976 23 SFG NL C 23 92 16 4 0 .964 .986 4.70 5.16 4.93 5.96 22 197.0 3 9 30 6 1977 24 SFG NL C 33 174 8 6 0 .968 .985 5.52 5.54 6.11 6.49 30 268.3 2 13 46 7 RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.80 2.25 2.14 1 8.0 1978 25 TOT AL DH 70 TOT AL C 67 305 34 6 3 .983 .983 5.06 4.86 5.69 5.53 62 536.0 6 26 45 27 OAK AL DH 45 OF 6 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 2.67 2.13 3.60 2.48 6 40.0 LF 3 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 1.77 4.91 2.21 3 22.0 RF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.87 2.00 2.25 3 18.0 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.80 0.00 9.90 0 1.0 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 CLE AL C 66 305 34 6 3 .983 .983 5.14 4.86 5.70 5.53 62 535.0 6 26 45 27 DH 25 1979 26 CLE AL C 91 404 40 18 5 .961 .982 4.88 4.69 5.22 5.46 86 765.7 13 23 80 25 DH 13 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.15 0.00 2.48 1 8.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.31 1 7.0 1980 27 CLE AL DH 40 C 13 31 2 1 0 .971 .985 2.54 4.60 5.71 5.49 4 52.0 0 4 7 2 OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.15 2.52 2.44 1 10.7 RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.80 10.59 2.12 0 1.7 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 1.00 2.40 1 9.0 1981 28 PIT NL 1B 9 52 2 2 4 .964 .993 6.00 8.68 9.92 10.21 6 49.0 OF 8 12 4 1 0 .941 .982 2.00 2.02 2.88 2.32 7 50.0 LF 7 10 4 1 0 .933 .972 2.00 1.79 2.68 2.13 7 47.0 RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.65 6.00 2.10 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1978 25 OAK AL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.80 0.00 9.90 0 1.0 1981 28 PIT NL 1B 9 52 2 2 4 .964 .993 6.00 8.68 9.92 10.21 6 49.0 1975 22 SFG NL C 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.25 2.25 6.08 1 8.0 0 0 4 0 1976 23 SFG NL C 23 92 16 4 0 .964 .986 4.70 5.16 4.93 5.96 22 197.0 3 9 30 6 1977 24 SFG NL C 33 174 8 6 0 .968 .985 5.52 5.54 6.11 6.49 30 268.3 2 13 46 7 1978 25 TOT AL C 67 305 34 6 3 .983 .983 5.06 4.86 5.69 5.53 62 536.0 6 26 45 27 OAK AL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 CLE AL C 66 305 34 6 3 .983 .983 5.14 4.86 5.70 5.53 62 535.0 6 26 45 27 1979 26 CLE AL C 91 404 40 18 5 .961 .982 4.88 4.69 5.22 5.46 86 765.7 13 23 80 25 1980 27 CLE AL C 13 31 2 1 0 .971 .985 2.54 4.60 5.71 5.49 4 52.0 0 4 7 2 1978 25 TOT AL DH 70 OAK AL DH 45 CLE AL DH 25 1979 26 CLE AL DH 13 1980 27 CLE AL DH 40 1978 25 OAK AL LF 3 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 1.77 4.91 2.21 3 22.0 1979 26 CLE AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1980 27 CLE AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 1.00 2.40 1 9.0 1981 28 PIT NL LF 7 10 4 1 0 .933 .972 2.00 1.79 2.68 2.13 7 47.0 1977 24 SFG NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.25 1 8.0 1978 25 OAK AL OF 6 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 2.67 2.13 3.60 2.48 6 40.0 1979 26 CLE AL OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.15 0.00 2.48 1 8.0 1980 27 CLE AL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.15 2.52 2.44 1 10.7 1981 28 PIT NL OF 8 12 4 1 0 .941 .982 2.00 2.02 2.88 2.32 7 50.0 1977 24 SFG NL RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.80 2.25 2.14 1 8.0 1978 25 OAK AL RF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.87 2.00 2.25 3 18.0 1979 26 CLE AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.31 1 7.0 1980 27 CLE AL RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.80 10.59 2.12 0 1.7 1981 28 PIT NL RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.65 6.00 2.10 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 229 1008 100 35 8 .969 .983 4.84 4.91 5.46 5.69 205 1827.0 24 75 212 67 DH 123 Games not counted in Overall Total below OF* 19 31 4 1 0 .972 .980 1.84 2.08 2.70 2.39 16 116.7 12 0 8# LF* 12 23 4 1 0 .964 .975 2.25 1.79 3.08 2.18 11 79.0 1B* 10 52 2 2 4 .964 .993 5.40 8.69 9.72 10.21 6 50.0 RF* 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 .971 1.25 1.80 2.39 2.22 5 37.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 258 1091 106 38 12 .969 .984 4.64 4.85 5.40 5.61 227 1994
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Home Runs
1978 AL-27-9

Strikeouts
1978 AL-166-1
1979 AL-100-8

At Bats per Home Run
1978 AL-18.4-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2291) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 23rd round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 12, 1972: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

March 15, 1978: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with a player to be named later, Dave Heaverlo, Phil Huffman, John Henry Johnson, Gary Thomasson, Alan Wirth, and $300,000 to the Oakland Athletics for Vida Blue. The San Francisco Giants sent Mario Guerrero (April 7, 1978) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

June 15, 1978: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Joe Wallis.

December 9, 1980: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Victor Cruz, Bob Owchinko, and Rafael Vasquez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bert Blyleven and Manny Sanguillen.

April 2, 1982: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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