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b. August 19, 1958 · Minnesota Twins 1981–1990, California Angels 1991–1993, Kansas City Royals 1993–1995, St. Louis Cardinals 1996–1998, Chicago Cubs 1998–1999, Boston Red Sox 2000

Twenty seasons gave him 2,280 hits, 360 home runs, 1,341 runs batted in and a .255 average across 2,507 games, with four consecutive Gold Gloves at third base from 1986. He hit home runs in his first two postseason at-bats in 1987 and was the most valuable player of that Championship Series.

Minnesota had the first ten seasons, including the 1987 World Series it won, and five clubs shared the last ten. He hit 35 home runs for Kansas City in 1995, at thirty-six, which is the most he ever hit, and then had three seasons in St. Louis.

He played 2,282 games at third base, which is among the highest totals anyone has at the position. The writers gave him four votes of 520 in 2006.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	2	1988, 1989
Gold Glove	4	1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
Player of the Week	2	1989, 1995
ALCS MVP	1	1987
Silver Slugger	1	1995

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1981	MIN	9	26	4	5	0	0	2	3	0	6	0	.192
1982	MIN	145	508	59	117	25	4	25	84	37	107	0	.230
1983	MIN	157	584	81	143	30	3	21	78	54	121	7	.245
1984	MIN	162	588	55	154	29	4	5	65	44	81	11	.262
1985	MIN	160	560	71	138	31	0	20	63	37	89	13	.246
1986	MIN	157	596	91	171	34	1	34	108	52	108	14	.287
1987	MIN	154	584	95	150	36	2	31	109	37	92	10	.257
1988	MIN	133	468	66	141	29	2	28	88	36	85	7	.301
1989	MIN	130	498	63	125	11	4	19	75	25	87	6	.251
1990	MIN	154	577	61	132	27	5	16	85	36	101	6	.229
1991	CAL	152	586	58	144	22	1	18	66	33	104	5	.246
1992	CAL	130	456	41	103	13	2	12	48	21	79	3	.226
1993	CAL/KCR	102	331	40	81	20	1	14	50	21	87	1	.245
1994	KCR	90	327	53	94	15	3	12	57	19	63	0	.287
1995	KCR	137	514	76	134	27	0	35	96	47	91	3	.261
1996	STL	141	522	71	143	27	4	23	80	35	97	2	.274
1997	STL	148	502	63	126	24	1	17	69	36	88	7	.251
1998	CHC/STL	128	434	60	122	34	1	19	70	43	62	1	.281
1999	CHC	113	280	22	57	9	1	9	46	21	51	0	.204
2000	BOS	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	.000
Career	—	2507	8951	1130	2280	443	39	360	1341	634	1602	96	.255

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1997	STL	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0.00
1998	STL	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0.00
1999	CHC	1	1.0	2	2	1	1	18.00
Career	—	3	2.1	5	2	1	1	7.71

On this day & linked events

1958

Born August 19, 1958

Centralia, IL, USA

1981

Major-league debut: Gary Gaetti

Gary Gaetti made a major-league debut on September 20, 1981.

2000

Final major-league game: Gary Gaetti

Gary Gaetti played a final major-league game on April 12, 2000.

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