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Joe
Gaines		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: November 22, 1936 in Usa, TX, BRYAN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1963   
Gold Glove 1973   
All-Star Selections 1971    1973   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 23 MON NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1961 24 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1962 25 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1963 26 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1964 27 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1965 28 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1966 29 NYA AL $ 964,286   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1967 30 NYA AL $ 2,179,286   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1968 31 NYA AL $ 2,179,286   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1969 32 NYA AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1970 33 SDP NL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1971 34 MIN AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1972 35 MIN AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1973 36 MIN AL $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
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
1960 23 AA   137 566 76 144 15 4 30 63 18 5 60 156 .254 .326 .454 .780 87.2  
1961 24 MON NL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0
    AAA   133 463 86 133 21 4 23 60 17 4 59 120 .287 .368 .499 .867 85.1  
1962 25 MON NL 22 5 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .167 .200 .367 0.5 0.0
    AAA   54 222 25 61 8 0 8 28 8 3 27 59 .275 .353 .419 .772 34.0  
1963 26 MON NL 86 158 23 35 8 0 3 18 5 0 10 38 .222 .271 .329 .600 14.7 1.6
1964 27 MON NL 110 287 36 80 13 2 7 28 10 1 28 79 .279 .344 .411 .755 38.5 7.6
1965 28 MON NL 96 211 27 44 7 0 4 15 2 1 21 70 .209 .278 .299 .576 19.2 2.1
1966 29 MON NL 41 67 10 15 1 0 4 13 1 1 2 22 .224 .243 .418 .661 7.2 1.0
  NYA AL 78 249 42 72 15 4 10 50 5 2 29 62 .289 .365 .502 .867 44.5 10.0
  TOT   119 316 52 87 16 4 14 63 6 3 31 84 .275 .341 .484 .825 51.7 11.0
1967 30 NYA AL 117 341 52 81 8 1 16 48 14 6 36 85 .238 .308 .408 .716 45.2 6.8
    AAA   2 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .667 .833 1.0  
1968 31 NYA AL 150 481 58 117 19 1 15 65 14 10 49 107 .243 .315 .380 .695 57.8 7.2
1969 32 NYA AL 151 560 80 131 18 5 22 69 20 9 60 146 .234 .308 .402 .709 72.2 11.0
1970 33 SDP NL 152 557 67 143 18 3 20 67 10 6 48 106 .257 .318 .408 .726 70.6 11.2
1971 34 MIN AL 156 586 98 157 21 6 22 100 25 9 46 99 .268 .320 .437 .757 80.4 13.0
1972 35 MIN AL 122 467 67 126 23 1 18 64 16 8 32 101 .270 .316 .439 .755 64.2 12.0
1973 36 MIN AL 154 586 62 158 30 3 17 73 20 8 31 129 .270 .309 .418 .727 71.4 7.8
13 Years Sim 1441 4556 628 1160 181 26 158 611 143 61 392 1046 .255 .314 .410 .724 586.3 91.3
3 Years AAA 189 691 112 195 29 4 32 90 25 7 86 182 .282 .361 .475 .836 120.0  
1 Years AA 137 566 76 144 15 4 30 63 18 5 60 156 .254 .328 .454 .782 87.2  
4 Years Minors 326 1257 188 339 44 8 62 153 43 12 146 338 .270 .347 .465 .812 207.2  
162 Game Average 512 70 130 20 2 17 68 16 6 44 117 .255 .314 .410 .724 65.9  
Career Highs 156 586 98 158 30 6 22 100 25 10 60 146 .279 .344 .484 .825 80.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2901 409 742 120 18 102 395 92 41 251 683 .256 .316 .415 .731 384.5
vs LH   1655 219 418 61 8 56 216 51 20 141 363 .253 .311 .401 .711 211.3
Home 719 2213 328 557 85 14 80 286 72 28 195 508 .252 .313 .411 .724 291.3
Away 719 2343 299 603 96 12 78 325 70 33 197 538 .257 .315 .408 .724 304.4
RISP   1111 0 290 41 6 43 431 0 0 106 245 .261 .318 .425 .743 154.9
Pinch Hitting   121 14 31 3 0 2 15 1 1 6 23 .256 .305 .331 .636 11.3
Close/Late   556 109 156 25 1 20 66 0 0 50 125 .281 .341 .437 .778 81.4
Mar/Apr 243 793 121 206 26 2 28 111 37 15 65 171 .260 .317 .404 .720 103.7
May 249 845 115 222 31 5 29 90 27 9 65 201 .263 .318 .414 .732 112.1
June 235 742 88 176 28 4 24 96 20 8 59 175 .237 .293 .383 .676 85.6
July 245 758 115 191 31 2 25 103 25 11 71 171 .252 .315 .397 .712 97.6
August 235 694 90 177 32 7 29 111 14 11 72 155 .255 .324 .447 .771 100.4
Sep/Oct 224 724 98 188 33 6 23 100 20 7 60 173 .260 .318 .417 .735 96.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1961 24 MON NL 1B 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1962 25 MON NL LF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.1
    2B 5 0 5.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.0
    CF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 26 MON NL RF 20 17 149.0 23 0 2 0 .920 1.39   0.4
    2B 33 12 133.0 25 56 3 8 .964 5.48   0.7
    CF 10 5 44.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    1B 6 4 37.7 57 3 0 2 1.000 14.34   0.1
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1964 27 MON NL RF 56 55 461.3 72 2 7 0 .914 1.44   1.6
    2B 19 10 95.0 26 44 2 9 .972 6.63   0.7
    CF 13 10 82.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.52    
    LF 9 2 27.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.65    
    1B 4 2 21.0 20 3 0 2 1.000 9.86   0.0
1965 28 MON NL 1B 44 43 354.0 413 23 4 27 .991 11.08   0.6
    2B 19 2 58.3 20 22 0 7 1.000 6.48   0.4
    LF 7 6 43.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.26   0.2
    CF 5 1 17.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 5.61    
    RF 3 0 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38    
1966 29 MON NL RF 25 24 121.2 21 1 2 1 .917 1.63   0.4
    LF 5 4 20.4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.76   0.0
    2B 5 0 5.5 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.91   0.0
    1B 1 0 3.4 3 0 0 0 1.000 7.94   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  NYA AL RF 48 47 489.8 83 4 9 2 .906 1.60   1.5
    LF 9 7 82.6 15 0 1 0 .938 1.63   0.0
    2B 10 0 22.2 9 6 0 2 1.000 6.08   0.2
    1B 2 1 13.6 12 0 1 0 .923 7.94   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 73 71 611.0 104 5 11 3 .908 1.61   1.9
      LF 14 11 103.0 19 0 1 0 .950 1.66   0.0
      2B 15 0 27.7 11 7 0 2 1.000 5.85   0.2
      1B 3 1 17.0 15 0 1 0 .938 7.94   0.0
      CF 1 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1967 30 NYA AL 2B 92 77 686.0 155 291 8 53 .982 5.85   4.5
    CF 7 7 62.0 14 1 0 1 1.000 2.18   0.3
    1B 8 3 39.3 47 3 1 6 .980 11.44   0.1
    RF 4 4 37.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.73    
    LF 2 2 20.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.45    
1968 31 NYA AL 2B 76 70 612.0 115 257 7 43 .982 5.47   2.5
    1B 56 55 471.0 544 40 2 43 .997 11.16   1.4
    CF 4 3 38.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.66   0.2
    LF 5 2 25.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.32    
    RF 2 2 18.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50    
1969 32 NYA AL 2B 98 93 818.3 164 324 7 63 .986 5.37   2.4
    RF 28 27 243.0 45 2 3 0 .940 1.74   0.4
    LF 22 20 172.7 28 2 1 0 .968 1.56    
    CF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1970 33 SDP NL 1B 149 144 1270.7 1524 113 13 146 .992 11.59   3.2
    CF 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1971 34 MIN AL 1B 126 121 1088.7 1186 89 10 100 .992 10.54   2.4
    CF 1 0 7.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1972 35 MIN AL 1B 118 114 1007.7 1175 107 9 133 .993 11.45   2.4
    RF 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
    2B 2 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1973 36 MIN AL 1B 148 147 1283.7 1562 136 7 171 .996 11.91   2.0
    CF 2 1 11.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.91   0.1
    LF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    RF 3 0 5.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 667 634 5597.6 6549 517 47 630 .993 11.36   12.3
  2B 361 264 2443.4 517 1006 27 186 .983 5.61   11.4
  RF 194 177 1551.0 254 9 23 3 .920 1.53   4.2
  LF 71 43 414.3 73 2 2 0 .974 1.63   0.3
  CF 51 28 284.6 79 2 0 1 1.000 2.56   0.7
Career Totals   1344 1146 10290.9 7472 1536 99 820 .989 7.88   29.0
Career Highs   157 148 1308.3 1571 328 13 171 1.000 11.74    
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
1962 25 MON NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1963 26 MON NL 6 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .200 .333 .600 .933
1965 28 MON NL 9 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
1966 29 NYA AL 5 17 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .118 .211 .118 .328
1967 30 NYA AL 8 17 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .176 .222 .235 .458
Career Post-Season Batting 29 47 8 9 1 1 0 3 0 0 4 13 .191 .255 .255 .510
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1971-3-156
 At-Bats
1973-7-586
 Runs
1971-6-98
 Triples
1969-8-5
1971-10-6
 Homeruns
1969-10-22
 RBIs
1971-7-100
Strikeouts
1969-8-146
1973-7-129
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 15    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Andre Thornton (950)
  2. Floyd Robinson (920)
  3. Leon Durham (917)
  4. Roman Mejias (915)
  5. Stan Palys (914)
  6. Kent Hrbek (911)
  7. Johnny Callison (911)
  8. Mike Epstein (909)
  9. Willie Upshaw (908)
  10. Don Lenhardt (907)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Montreal in 1960
Injured on 8/10/1961 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 8/9/1962, off Raul Sanchez (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/27/1963, off Johnny Antonelli (NYG)
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $964,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to New York (A) on 7/1/1966 (Going to MON: CF Don Bosch. Going to NYA: RF Joe Gaines)
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,179,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,179,286 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 4/6/1968
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1968, hitting .667 with 3 HR, 14 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1968, hitting .351 with 5 HR, 23 RBI
7/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1969, hitting .433 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 9/11/1969 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Traded from New York (A) to San Diego on 2/7/1970 (Going to SDP: P Dennis Bennett, P Ralph Lumenti, CF Joe Gaines. Going to NYA: P Earl Francis, P Clyde Wright)
Traded from San Diego to Minnesota on 3/3/1971 (Going to MIN: CF Joe Gaines, CF Jimmie Hall. Going to SDP: LF Rod Gaspar)
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1971, hitting .320 with 5 HR, 27 RBI
Injured on 7/26/1972 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 6 weeks
10/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $3,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1973
 
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