Gary
Alexander
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: March 27, 1953 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 22 TAM AL     4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
1976 23 TAM AL     4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
1977 24 IND AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1978 25 IND AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
1979 26 IND AL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1980 27 IND AL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1981 28 IND AL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1982 29 IND AL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1983 30 IND AL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1984 31 IND AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4
1985 32 IND AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4
1986 33 IND AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4
1987 34 IND AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
1988 35 IND AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
1989 36 IND AL     3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1975 22 AA   83 320 59 103 9 2 27 83 8 4 48 77 .322 .410 .616 1.026 75.6  
    A   54 202 36 49 9 0 12 24 3 4 41 57 .243 .370 .465 .836 36.3  
1976 23 AA   137 518 88 136 26 2 34 104 8 10 69 128 .263 .349 .517 .867 91.8  
1977 24 IND AL 108 365 47 78 14 3 7 37 2 3 39 91 .214 .291 .326 .617 32.4 1.1
1978 25 IND AL 135 436 47 108 16 3 12 51 1 3 41 97 .248 .316 .381 .697 50.5 6.1
1979 26 AAA   137 557 78 137 18 4 37 84 7 11 67 128 .246 .327 .492 .819 89.6  
1980 27 AAA   137 581 92 173 25 3 31 76 11 13 70 119 .298 .373 .511 .884 105.2  
1981 28 AAA   137 574 84 141 24 2 31 84 9 7 71 140 .246 .329 .456 .785 88.0  
1982 29 AAA   136 537 81 141 26 2 29 73 7 6 81 114 .263 .359 .480 .840 93.4  
1983 30 AAA   137 561 80 155 27 1 35 80 5 4 58 137 .276 .344 .515 .859 97.2  
1984 31 IND AL 12 37 8 7 1 0 2 9 0 0 8 10 .189 .326 .378 .704 5.6 0.8
    AAA   104 403 49 94 15 1 13 44 3 2 54 89 .233 .324 .372 .696 51.7  
1985 32 IND AL 129 409 48 78 18 0 9 33 0 2 49 113 .191 .277 .301 .578 34.7 1.6
1986 33 IND AL 42 92 12 19 4 0 1 8 0 0 10 17 .207 .298 .283 .581 7.7 0.3
1987 34 IND AL 16 22 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .227 .261 .273 .534 1.5 0.1
1988 35 IND AL 97 154 13 30 8 1 3 20 0 0 17 33 .195 .272 .318 .590 12.6 0.2
1989 36 AAA   112 435 58 99 6 1 23 54 1 1 63 127 .228 .325 .405 .730 62.0  
    AA   25 84 16 19 6 0 4 17 0 0 16 20 .226 .350 .440 .790 13.8  
7 Years Sim 539 1515 176 325 62 7 34 158 3 8 165 371 .215 .293 .332 .625 144.9 10.3
7 Years AAA 900 3648 522 940 141 14 199 495 43 44 464 854 .258 .342 .468 .809 587.1  
3 Years AA 245 922 163 258 41 4 65 204 16 14 133 225 .280 .370 .544 .915 181.2  
1 Years A 54 202 36 49 9 0 12 24 3 4 41 57 .243 .369 .465 .834 36.3  
11 Years Minors 1199 4772 721 1247 191 18 276 723 62 62 638 1136 .261 .348 .482 .831 804.5  
162 Game Average 455 52 97 18 2 10 47 0 2 49 111 .215 .293 .332 .625 43.6  
Career Highs 135 436 48 108 18 3 12 51 2 3 49 113 .248 .326 .381 .704 50.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1102 119 225 43 4 24 110 2 4 104 284 .204 .275 .316 .591 96.9
vs LH   413 57 100 19 3 10 48 1 4 61 87 .242 .340 .375 .716 54.8
Home 271 753 88 178 34 5 21 81 1 5 88 179 .236 .320 .378 .698 92.2
Away 268 762 88 147 28 2 13 77 2 3 77 192 .193 .267 .286 .553 59.5
RISP   366 0 82 12 1 7 108 0 0 40 89 .224 .296 .320 .615 37.1
Pinch Hitting   84 11 19 4 0 1 16 0 0 14 18 .226 .330 .310 .640 9.8
Close/Late   199 25 45 9 4 2 22 0 0 21 41 .226 .297 .342 .639 20.9
Mar/Apr 83 230 26 44 8 0 6 21 0 2 26 42 .191 .277 .304 .581 19.7
May 79 218 22 44 10 0 3 10 0 1 18 50 .202 .266 .289 .555 16.1
June 82 209 30 41 7 1 6 28 0 0 22 53 .196 .275 .325 .600 19.6
July 85 242 34 63 13 3 8 36 3 0 24 65 .260 .327 .438 .765 35.0
August 104 323 32 70 14 1 3 28 0 2 37 81 .217 .299 .294 .594 29.1
Sep/Oct 105 293 32 63 10 2 8 35 0 3 38 80 .215 .305 .345 .650 32.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 24 IND AL C 43 39 356.0 174 21 2 0 .990 4.93 31 16 .516 0 2.1
1978 25 IND AL C 124 122 992.0 400 59 6 1 .987 4.16 97 39 .402 4 7.9
    RF 2 0 5.3 1 0 1 0 .500 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 31 IND AL C 12 11 97.0 46 4 0 1 1.000 4.64 6 3 .500 0 0.6
1985 32 IND AL C 128 126 1104.3 443 53 7 1 .986 4.04 125 42 .336 1 4.8
    CF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 33 IND AL C 33 25 223.7 79 19 2 0 .980 3.94 26 16 .615 0 1.5
1987 34 IND AL C 9 4 41.3 22 3 0 0 1.000 5.44 3 3 1.000 0 0.3
1988 35 IND AL C 27 26 208.3 85 5 1 0 .989 3.89 16 3 .188 0 0.8
  C 376 353 3022.7 1249 164 18 3 .987 4.21 304 122 .401 5 17.9
  RF 2 0 5.3 1 0 1 0 .500 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   381 353 3036.0 1251 164 19 3 .987 4.19 304 122 .401 5 18.0
Career Highs   129 126 1109.3 444 59 7 1 1.000 5.44 125 42 1.000 4  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1985 32 IND AL 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .250 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .250 .500 .500 1.000
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  6. Jim Pagliaroni (953)
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  8. Gail Harris (953)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 17th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1975
Injured on 4/3/1976 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 4/11/1977, off Ed Halicki (KCR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/17/1977, off Alan Foster (SDP)
Injured on 8/23/1981 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/2/1982 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 10/4/1985 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for full season
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 4/3/1989 to a minor league deal