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Cito
Gaston		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 210
 
Born: March 17, 1944 in Usa, TX, SAN ANTONIO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1972   
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
1967 23 NYA AL     5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 5
1968 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 6 5 6
1969 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 2 6 5 5
1970 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 3 5 4 5
1971 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 3 5 4 4
1972 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 6 5 5
1973 29 NYA AL $ 414,286   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 4 3 2 3 6 5 5
1974 30 NYA AL $ 1,343,571   7 7 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 2 2 6 5 5
1975 31 NYA AL $ 1,937,143   7 7 7 6 6 6 4 3 4 3 2 2 6 5 5
1976 32 NYA AL $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 4 3 4 3 2 2 6 5 5
1977 33 NYA AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 4 3 4 3 2 2 6 5 5
1978 34 NYA AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 4 3 4 3 2 2 6 5 5
1979 35 NYA AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 4 3 4 3 2 2 6 5 5
1980 36 IND AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 4 3 4 3 2 2 6 5 5
1981 37 IND AL $ 400,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 4 3 4 3 2 2 6 5 5
1982 38 IND AL $ 400,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 4 3 4 3 2 3 6 5 5
1983 39 IND AL $ 400,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 2 3 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 6 5 5 4 3 4 3 2 2 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 6 5 6
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
1967 23 AAA   137 540 71 130 15 4 23 78 3 6 40 125 .241 .293 .411 .704 64.9  
1968 24 NYA AL 30 39 3 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 .256 .268 .308 .576 3.2 0.1
    AAA   83 319 43 99 15 3 15 58 5 4 32 57 .310 .373 .517 .890 57.9  
1969 25 NYA AL 11 41 7 15 2 1 1 7 0 0 2 5 .366 .395 .537 .932 7.4 1.8
1970 26 NYA AL 155 590 64 163 25 3 16 56 3 1 25 130 .276 .305 .410 .715 66.9 11.5
1971 27 NYA AL 142 520 45 121 18 4 8 60 0 3 28 124 .233 .271 .329 .600 41.3 3.1
1972 28 NYA AL 152 501 59 130 18 3 11 68 5 2 19 112 .259 .285 .373 .658 50.5 5.7
1973 29 NYA AL 114 358 43 108 14 1 9 56 2 2 16 61 .302 .329 .422 .751 46.8 8.1
1974 30 NYA AL 106 305 39 96 20 2 8 37 2 0 16 42 .315 .352 .472 .824 45.5 7.2
1975 31 NYA AL 127 500 67 155 9 1 15 78 4 0 15 78 .310 .326 .422 .748 63.8 10.1
1976 32 NYA AL 115 359 42 101 8 2 8 46 2 2 12 62 .281 .302 .382 .684 39.9 5.5
1977 33 NYA AL 144 508 82 153 14 1 15 62 2 1 27 83 .301 .336 .421 .757 66.6 11.7
1978 34 NYA AL 102 321 41 84 7 1 10 40 2 0 20 58 .262 .307 .383 .690 37.6 5.1
1979 35 NYA AL 95 310 36 88 3 5 3 30 2 1 17 54 .284 .318 .355 .673 32.4 5.2
1980 36 IND AL 101 306 35 86 6 3 7 44 1 1 7 53 .281 .297 .389 .686 32.7 4.6
1981 37 IND AL 80 215 30 54 4 1 4 23 2 2 16 41 .251 .305 .335 .640 22.2 2.9
1982 38 IND AL 84 203 30 60 3 2 9 32 1 0 9 30 .296 .327 .463 .790 28.4 6.0
1983 39 IND AL 77 221 29 64 9 2 5 27 2 1 5 37 .290 .304 .416 .720 26.3 4.9
16 Years Sim 1635 5297 652 1488 162 32 129 670 30 16 235 974 .281 .311 .397 .707 611.6 93.4
2 Years AAA 220 859 114 229 30 7 38 136 8 10 72 182 .267 .319 .451 .770 122.8  
162 Game Average 524 64 147 16 3 12 66 2 1 23 96 .281 .311 .397 .707 60.6  
Career Highs 155 590 82 163 25 5 16 78 5 3 28 130 .366 .395 .537 .932 66.9  
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   3187 378 842 90 20 74 391 18 12 118 681 .264 .290 .375 .664 335.6
vs LH   2110 274 646 72 12 55 279 12 4 117 293 .306 .342 .430 .772 297.1
Home 813 2614 306 731 87 15 57 312 10 9 125 495 .280 .313 .390 .703 307.0
Away 822 2683 346 757 75 17 72 358 20 7 110 479 .282 .308 .403 .712 325.7
RISP   1263 0 357 45 9 24 503 0 0 72 228 .283 .315 .390 .705 153.3
Pinch Hitting   155 18 36 1 0 6 26 0 0 4 24 .232 .256 .355 .611 13.8
Close/Late   574 58 176 14 8 11 67 0 0 26 106 .307 .338 .416 .755 76.4
Mar/Apr 295 936 122 261 25 4 22 121 8 2 43 180 .279 .309 .385 .694 109.5
May 296 960 120 263 29 4 22 128 4 2 46 193 .274 .306 .381 .688 109.5
June 236 777 89 238 26 7 15 90 5 3 38 129 .306 .337 .416 .753 103.7
July 258 841 96 222 25 4 21 102 2 1 29 149 .264 .290 .378 .668 88.9
August 285 900 108 247 31 6 21 114 6 5 41 168 .274 .306 .392 .698 104.0
Sep/Oct 265 883 117 257 26 7 28 115 5 3 38 155 .291 .318 .431 .749 117.1
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
1968 24 NYA AL RF 4 4 33.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.91   0.2
    LF 3 1 15.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.70    
    1B 1 1 8.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1969 25 NYA AL LF 11 11 92.0 20 2 0 0 1.000 2.15   0.1
1970 26 NYA AL CF 110 108 949.7 269 3 13 2 .954 2.58   2.5
    1B 40 40 332.7 381 29 7 34 .983 11.09   0.7
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1971 27 NYA AL LF 50 49 414.3 87 2 0 2 1.000 1.93   1.4
    CF 49 48 406.3 101 2 2 0 .981 2.28    
    3B 40 38 329.3 25 89 3 14 .974 3.12   1.2
    RF 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
1972 28 NYA AL CF 150 148 1257.3 409 6 11 2 .974 2.97   4.2
    LF 2 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1973 29 NYA AL RF 56 52 433.7 108 2 1 0 .991 2.28   3.2
    CF 44 38 330.0 98 1 4 0 .961 2.70    
    LF 4 1 16.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56    
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    1B 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1974 30 NYA AL CF 59 48 427.3 122 3 0 1 1.000 2.63   2.4
    3B 11 8 72.7 6 24 0 2 1.000 3.72   0.5
    LF 10 7 62.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.60    
    1B 6 6 45.0 48 5 1 2 .981 10.60   0.1
    RF 8 2 25.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.10    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1975 31 NYA AL CF 126 124 1044.0 327 1 6 0 .982 2.83   4.8
    LF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1976 32 NYA AL CF 61 58 474.7 143 2 5 0 .967 2.75   2.6
    RF 17 14 128.0 30 1 0 0 1.000 2.18    
    LF 20 13 124.0 23 1 0 1 1.000 1.74    
    1B 2 0 4.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1977 33 NYA AL RF 137 135 1162.0 291 4 4 2 .987 2.28   3.7
    3B 4 0 8.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1978 34 NYA AL LF 37 37 328.0 73 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   1.1
    CF 19 11 112.0 40 1 0 0 1.000 3.29    
    3B 12 10 84.0 4 15 1 1 .950 2.04   0.1
    RF 10 6 65.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.22    
    1B 9 6 61.0 57 6 0 8 1.000 9.30   0.2
1979 35 NYA AL CF 56 53 451.0 152 2 3 0 .981 3.07   1.8
    RF 17 13 118.0 44 0 0 0 1.000 3.36    
    LF 10 7 65.0 12 1 0 1 1.000 1.80    
    3B 8 3 41.3 1 14 0 1 1.000 3.27   0.1
    1B 6 3 29.7 36 2 0 4 1.000 11.53   0.1
1980 36 IND AL LF 88 85 707.0 175 6 0 1 1.000 2.30   2.3
    CF 9 2 30.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.40    
    1B 4 1 14.0 14 1 0 1 1.000 9.64   0.0
    3B 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1981 37 IND AL LF 45 43 364.0 99 2 0 1 1.000 2.50   2.3
    CF 26 12 125.7 45 0 2 0 .957 3.22    
    RF 7 4 38.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.61    
    1B 2 1 10.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 12.60   0.0
    3B 3 0 8.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.1
1982 38 IND AL RF 41 27 255.3 53 3 3 2 .949 1.97   1.1
    CF 8 6 66.3 23 0 1 0 .958 3.12    
    3B 10 7 60.0 2 24 1 3 .963 3.90   0.4
    LF 9 3 41.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.63    
    1B 11 0 30.3 34 4 0 4 1.000 11.28   0.1
1983 39 IND AL CF 44 40 369.3 98 1 0 0 1.000 2.41   1.0
    LF 10 6 55.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.79    
    RF 8 2 30.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.10    
    3B 5 2 22.7 4 4 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.1
    1B 2 1 7.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 10.29   0.0
  CF 763 696 6045.6 1837 22 47 5 .975 2.77   19.3
  RF 310 260 2303.7 575 10 8 4 .987 2.29   8.3
  LF 301 263 2292.3 533 14 0 6 1.000 2.15   7.2
  3B 99 68 639.0 46 176 5 22 .978 3.13   2.6
  1B 85 59 545.7 605 47 8 54 .988 10.75   1.2
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1560 1346 11828.2 3596 270 68 91 .983 2.94   38.6
Career Highs   153 148 1287.3 651 93 20 36 1.000 4.78    
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
1973 29 NYA AL 6 19 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .053 .143 .053 .195
1974 30 NYA AL 19 61 8 24 1 1 1 8 0 0 3 9 .393 .422 .492 .914
1975 31 NYA AL 4 15 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .267 .467
1976 32 NYA AL 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500
1977 33 NYA AL 5 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .059 .059 .059 .118
1981 37 IND AL 6 15 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .133 .188 .333 .521
1982 38 IND AL 3 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .286 .536
1983 39 IND AL 8 31 3 10 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 5 .323 .323 .419 .742
Career Post-Season Batting 52 167 13 43 3 1 4 24 0 0 7 29 .257 .287 .359 .647
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.
Batting Average
1977-10-.301
 Games
1970-7-155
 At-Bats
1970-6-590
 Hits
1970-10-163
 Singles
1970-9-119
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Ken Singleton (929)
  5. Jim Busby (928)
  6. Ken Henderson (927)
  7. Terry Crowley (927)
  8. Felipe Alou (927)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 37th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1967
Had first career hit on 4/5/1968, off Chris Zachary (TOR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1969, off Fred Beene (DET)
Injured on 4/13/1969 with a Torn Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for full season
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1971, hitting .550 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Injured on 8/2/1971 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 7/21/1972
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1972
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $414,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,343,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,937,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/13/1975 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 7/22/1975
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Kansas City on 9/8/1975
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1975, hitting .452 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
9/22/1975: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $2,500,000 per year, for 4 years
3/4/1979: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
Had 6 hits with 1 RBI against Oakland on 7/12/1979
Traded from New York (A) to Indianapolis on 2/4/1980 (Going to IND: RF John Milner, P Bill Slayback, SS Rudy Meoli, CF Cito Gaston. Going to NYA: 1B Ossie Blanco, P Rod Scurry)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1980, hitting .353 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
10/31/1980: Signed a contract extension with Indianapolis, $400,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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