Gary Gaetti | |
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![]() Gaetti with the Sugar Land Skeeters in 2014 | |
Third baseman | |
Born: Centralia, Illinois, U.S. | August 19, 1958|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 20, 1981, for the Minnesota Twins | |
Last MLB appearance | |
April 12, 2000, for the Boston Red Sox | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .255 |
Hits | 2,280 |
Home runs | 360 |
Runs batted in | 1,341 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Gary Joseph Gaetti (/ˈɡaɪ.ɛtɪ/, GY-eh-tee; born August 19, 1958), is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins (1981–1990), California Angels (1991–1993), Kansas City Royals (1993–1995), St. Louis Cardinals (1996–1998), Chicago Cubs (1998–1999) and Boston Red Sox (2000).
Gaetti won a World Series with Minnesota in 1987 and was the MVP of that year's American League Championship Series against the Detroit Tigers. In 1987, Gaetti became the first player ever to hit home runs in his first two postseason plate appearances. Gaetti also managed the independent league Sugar Land Skeeters from 2012 to 2017.[1]