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Gary Gaetti played 20 major-league seasons (1981-2000) as a 3B (2,282), 1B (138), SS (14), OF (14), P (3). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 20 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 23 | MIN | 9 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .192 | .615 | 74 |
| 1982 | 24 | MIN | 145 | 508 | 59 | 117 | 25 | 84 | 0 | 37 | 107 | .230 | .723 | 95 |
| 1983 | 25 | MIN | 157 | 584 | 81 | 143 | 21 | 78 | 7 | 54 | 121 | .245 | .724 | 98 |
| 1984 | 26 | MIN | 162 | 588 | 55 | 154 | 5 | 65 | 11 | 44 | 81 | .262 | .665 | 85 |
| 1985 | 27 | MIN | 160 | 560 | 71 | 138 | 20 | 63 | 13 | 37 | 89 | .246 | .710 | 93 |
| 1986 | 28 | MIN | 157 | 596 | 91 | 171 | 34 | 108 | 14 | 52 | 108 | .287 | .865 | 132 |
| 1987 | 29 | MIN | 154 | 584 | 95 | 150 | 31 | 109 | 10 | 37 | 92 | .257 | .788 | 105 |
| 1988 | 30 | MIN | 133 | 468 | 66 | 141 | 28 | 88 | 7 | 36 | 85 | .301 | .905 | 150 |
| 1989 | 31 | MIN | 130 | 498 | 63 | 125 | 19 | 75 | 6 | 25 | 87 | .251 | .690 | 93 |
| 1990 | 32 | MIN | 154 | 577 | 61 | 132 | 16 | 85 | 6 | 36 | 101 | .229 | .650 | 81 |
| 1991 | 33 | CAL | 152 | 586 | 58 | 144 | 18 | 66 | 5 | 33 | 104 | .246 | .672 | 85 |
| 1992 | 34 | CAL | 130 | 456 | 41 | 103 | 12 | 48 | 3 | 21 | 79 | .226 | .610 | 70 |
| 1993 | 35 | CAL|KCA | 102 | 331 | 40 | 81 | 14 | 50 | 1 | 21 | 87 | .245 | .738 | 96 |
| 1994 | 36 | KCA | 90 | 327 | 53 | 94 | 12 | 57 | 0 | 19 | 63 | .287 | .789 | 101 |
| 1995 | 37 | KCA | 137 | 514 | 76 | 134 | 35 | 96 | 3 | 47 | 91 | .261 | .846 | 117 |
| 1996 | 38 | SLN | 141 | 522 | 71 | 143 | 23 | 80 | 2 | 35 | 97 | .274 | .799 | 115 |
| 1997 | 39 | SLN | 148 | 502 | 63 | 126 | 17 | 69 | 7 | 36 | 88 | .251 | .710 | 90 |
| 1998 | 40 | SLN|CHN | 128 | 434 | 60 | 122 | 19 | 70 | 1 | 43 | 62 | .281 | .852 | 128 |
| 1999 | 41 | CHN | 113 | 280 | 22 | 57 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 21 | 51 | .204 | .599 | 55 |
| 2000 | 42 | BOS | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 39 | SLN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| 1998 | 40 | SLN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| 1999 | 41 | CHN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18.00 | 25 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 3B | 8 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 1982 | 3B | 142 | 138 | 106 | 286 | 15 | 35 |
| 1982 | SS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 1983 | 3B | 154 | 154 | 131 | 360 | 17 | 46 |
| 1983 | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3B | 154 | 153 | 142 | 334 | 20 | 26 |
| 1984 | OF | 8 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | SS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1985 | 3B | 156 | 143 | 146 | 316 | 18 | 31 |
| 1985 | OF | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3B | 156 | 154 | 118 | 334 | 21 | 36 |
| 1986 | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | OF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3B | 150 | 149 | 134 | 261 | 11 | 28 |
| 1988 | 3B | 115 | 115 | 105 | 189 | 7 | 24 |
| 1988 | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3B | 125 | 123 | 104 | 251 | 10 | 23 |
| 1989 | 1B | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1990 | 3B | 151 | 150 | 102 | 318 | 18 | 36 |
| 1990 | 1B | 2 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3B | 152 | 151 | 111 | 353 | 17 | 39 |
| 1992 | 3B | 67 | 63 | 52 | 163 | 17 | 18 |
| 1992 | 1B | 44 | 40 | 371 | 33 | 5 | 35 |
| 1993 | 3B | 79 | 66 | 51 | 141 | 6 | 16 |
| 1993 | 1B | 24 | 15 | 134 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 1994 | 3B | 85 | 80 | 61 | 162 | 4 | 15 |
| 1994 | 1B | 9 | 5 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 1995 | 3B | 123 | 118 | 90 | 218 | 15 | 21 |
| 1995 | 1B | 11 | 10 | 92 | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| 1996 | 3B | 133 | 130 | 63 | 224 | 9 | 16 |
| 1996 | 1B | 14 | 9 | 85 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 1997 | 3B | 132 | 127 | 72 | 243 | 7 | 24 |
| 1997 | 1B | 20 | 4 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 1997 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3B | 119 | 112 | 71 | 221 | 5 | 17 |
| 1998 | 1B | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3B | 81 | 65 | 35 | 140 | 7 | 8 |
| 1999 | 1B | 8 | 5 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 1999 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Gary Gaetti won: Gold Glove 1986 (AL), ALCS MVP 1987 (AL), Gold Glove 1987 (AL), Gold Glove 1988 (AL), Gold Glove 1989 (AL), Silver Slugger 1995 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1995, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1982.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 5 | 4 / 140 | 0 |
| 1986 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 6 / 392 | 0 |
| 1987 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 47 / 392 | 0 |
| 1988 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 22 | 3 / 392 | 0 |
| 1995 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 45 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.