Gaylen Pitts MLB, Minor League Baseball Statistics

High Level

MLB

Years

1974-1977 (1974-1975)

Proper Name

Gaylen Richard Pitts

Positions

3B (75) ... 2B (41) ... SS (7) ... 1B (1)

Positions

3B - 2B - SS - 1B

Height / Weight

6-1 / 175

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

June 6,1946

Death Date

October 10,2024 Age: 78.126

Place

Wichita, Kansas

High School

Mountain Home (Mountain Home,AR)

Drafted/Signed

UDFA: 1964-St. Louis Cardinals

Signing Bonus

$ 8,000

MLB Debut

May 12,1974

MLBAM ID

120608

Retrosheet#

pittg101

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Batting Statistics

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	iw	dp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so_bb	ab_hr
1974	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	OAK	23	28	3B-2B	18	41	4	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	5	4	0	1	0	0	1	13	47	3	7	.244	.326	.317	.643	.195	.073	.270	10.64	8.51	0.80	0.00
1975	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	OAK	23	29	3B	10	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	.333	.334	.333	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1976	Tucson Toros	PCL	AAA	OAK	-	30	3B-2B	106	310	56	81	14	0	12	50	15	5	66	65	1	1	3	0	0	131	381	26	55	.261	.389	.423	.812	.406	.162	.292	17.32	17.06	0.98	25.83
1977	San Jose Missions	PCL	AAA	OAK	-	31	3B-2B	92	304	42	72	13	1	8	36	4	1	58	51	1	2	5	0	0	111	370	22	50	.237	.356	.365	.721	.329	.128	.256	15.68	13.78	0.88	38.00
1977	Wichita Aeros	Amer	AAA	CHN	-	31	3B-2B	5	12	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	15	1	1	.167	.333	.333	.666	.333	.166	.250	20.00	26.67	1.33	0.00
1974	MLB	Total	--	OAK	--	--	--	18	41	4	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	5	4	0	1	0	0	1	13	47	3	7	.244	.326	.317	.643	.195	.073	.270	10.64	8.51	0.80		AL	1974
1975	MLB	Total	--	OAK	--	--	--	10	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	.333	.333	.333	0.00	0.00			AL	1975
1976	AAA	Total	--	OAK	--	--	--	106	310	56	81	14	0	12	50	15	5	66	65	1	1	3	0	0	131	381	26	55	.261	.389	.423	.812	.406	.161	.292	17.32	17.06	0.98	25.83	PCL	1976
1977	AAA	Total	--	CHN,OAK	--	--	--	97	316	43	74	13	2	8	38	4	2	61	55	1	2	5	0	0	115	385	23	51	.234	.355	.364	.719	.329	.130	.256	15.84	14.29	0.90	39.50	Amer	1977
Tot:	MLB (2 yrs)		MLB					28	44	5	11	4	0	0	4	0	0	5	4	0	1	0	0	2	15	50	4	7	.250	.327	.341	.667	.205	.091	.275	10.00	8.00	0.80
Tot:	AL (2 yrs)		AL					28	44	5	11	4	0	0	4	0	0	5	4	0	1	0	0	2	15	50	4	7	.250	.327	.341	.667	.205	.091	.275	10.00	8.00	0.80
Tot:	Minors (2 yrs)		Minors					203	626	99	155	27	2	20	88	19	7	127	120	2	3	8	0	0	246	766	49	106	.248	.372	.393	.765	.367	.145	.273	16.58	15.67	0.94	31.30
Tot:	AAA (2 yrs)		AAA					203	626	99	155	27	2	20	88	19	7	127	120	2	3	8	0	0	246	766	49	106	.248	.372	.393	.765	.367	.145	.273	16.58	15.67	0.94	31.30

Fielding Statistics

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year	team	league	level	age	pos	g	gs	inn	po	a	e	dp	tc	tsc	sb	cs	sb%	fpct	rfg	rfi	rf9i	tm share	pl share	tm rank
1974	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	28	3B	11	-	77.0	10	20	3	1	33	30	0	0		.909	2.7	0.39	3.51	6.8	61.1	4
1974	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	28	2B	6	-	33.0	11	8	1	2	20	19	0	0		.950	3.2	0.58	5.22	3.7	33.3	6
1974	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	28	1B	1	-	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		1.000	1.0	1.00	9.00	0.6	5.6	7
1975	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	29	3B	6	-	9.0	1	3	1	0	5	4	0	0		.800	0.7	0.44	3.96	3.7	60.0	4
1975	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	29	SS	2	-	3.0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0		1.000	1.0	0.67	6.03	1.2	20.0	5
1975	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	29	2B	1	-	4.0	2	2	0	0	4	4	0	0		1.000	4.0	1.00	9.00	0.6	10.0	8
1976	Tucson Toros	PCL	AAA	30	3B	58	-	-	47	106	13	8	166	153	0	0		.922	2.6	0.00	0.00	40.8	54.7	2
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Yearly Summary

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year	team	league	level	mlb-class	age	w	l	rank	rpi	gp	manager	salary	service time	playoffs	awards
1974	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	OAK	28	90	72	1	-	18	Alvin Dark			Won World Series (Dodgers)
1975	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	OAK	29	98	64	1	-	10	Alvin Dark			Lost ALCS (Red Sox)
1976	Tucson Toros	PCL	AAA	OAK	30	54	88	4	-	106	Lee Stange	-	-	dnq
1977	San Jose Missions	PCL	AAA	OAK	31	64	80	4	-	92	Rene Lachemann	-	-	dnq
1977	Wichita Aeros	Amer	AAA	CHN	31	68	64	2	-	5	Harry Dunlop	-	-	dnq
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Baseball Jobs

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year	team name	league	level	category	mlb org	job	w	l	wpct	rank	gbl	Playoffs
1978	Modesto	Calif	A+	Minor	OAK	Manager	61	79	.436	4	24.0	dnq
1979	Modesto	Calif	A+	Minor	OAK	Manager	66	74	.471	4	7.5	dnq
1981	Arkansas	Tex	AA	Minor	SLN	Manager	27	41	.397	0	0.0	dnq
1982	Louisville	Amer	AAA	Minor	SLN	Hitting Coach	73	62	.541	3	1.5	dnq
1982	Arkansas	Tex	AA	Minor	SLN	Manager	68	68	.500	2	2.0	dnq
1985	Savannah	SAL	A	Minor	SLN	Manager	57	78	.422	4	24.0	dnq
1986	Springfield	Midw	A	Minor	SLN	Manager	87	53	.621	1	0.0	Lost in Semi-Finals
1987	Springfield	Midw	A	Minor	SLN	Manager	94	46	.671	1	0.0	Lost in Finals
1988	Johnson City	App	Rk	Minor	SLN	Bench Coach	41	31	.569	3	5.5	dnq
1988	Arkansas	Tex	AA	Minor	SLN	Manager	67	69	.493	3	7.0	dnq
1988	Johnson City	App	Rk	Minor	SLN	Manager	41	31	.569	3	5.5	dnq
1989	Arkansas	Tex	AA	Minor	SLN	Manager	79	56	.585	1	0.0	League Champions
1990	Louisville	Amer	AAA	Minor	SLN	Manager	74	72	.507	0	0.0	dnq
1991	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	MLB	SLN	Assistant Coach	84	78	.519	2	14.0	dnq
1992	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	MLB	SLN	Bullpen Coach	83	79	.512	3	13.0	dnq
1993	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	MLB	SLN	Bullpen Coach	87	75	.537	3	10.0	dnq
1994	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	MLB	SLN	Bullpen Coach	53	61	.465	3	13.0	dnq
1995	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	MLB	SLN	Bullpen Coach	62	81	.434	4	22.5	dnq
1997	Louisville	Amer	AAA	Minor	SLN	Manager	58	85	.406	4	28.5	dnq
1998	Memphis	PCL	AAA	Minor	SLN	Manager	74	70	.514	2	3.0	dnq
1999	Memphis	PCL	AAA	Minor	SLN	Manager	74	64	.536	3	7.0	dnq
2000	Memphis	PCL	AAA	Minor	SLN	Manager	83	61	.576	1	0.0	League Champions
2001	Memphis	PCL	AAA	Minor	SLN	Manager	62	81	.434	4	22.0	dnq
2002	Memphis	PCL	AAA	Minor	SLN	Manager	71	71	.500	4	3.0	dnq
2003	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	Minor	MIL	Hitting Coach	64	78	.451	4	14.5	dnq
2006	Staten Island	NYPL	A-	Minor	NYA	Manager	45	29	.608	1	0.0	League Champions
2007	Palm Beach	FSL	A+	Minor	SLN	Manager	71	69	.507	2	5.0	dnq
2008	Palm Beach	FSL	A+	Minor	SLN	Manager	75	62	.547	1	0.0	Lost in Semi-Finals
2014	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	MLB	SLN	Special Assistant	90	72	.556	1	0.0	Lost in NLCS (Giants)
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date	transaction description	team	minor team	40-man	status
1977-03-15	Traded from Oakland Athletics to Chicago Cubs for Jim Tyrone	Chicago Cubs		No	Hist
1971-07-20	Traded from St. Louis Cardinals to Oakland Athletics for Dennis Higgins	Oakland Athletics		No	Hist
1964-01-01	Signed as undrafted free agent (Kansas HS)	St. Louis Cardinals		No	Hist
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[Career Highlights]

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[1964] Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in Round #0 (#0) out of Mountain Home (Mountain Home,AR) ... Signing Scout: Fred Hahn

[1974] Played for Oakland Athletics (MLB)

[1975] Played for Oakland Athletics (MLB)

[1976] Played for Tucson Toros (AAA) ... Finished top 10 in PCL in Secondary Average, Walks Percentage

[1977] Played for San Jose Missions (AAA) ... Played for Wichita Aeros (AAA)

[1978] Manager for Modesto

[1979] Manager for Modesto

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