Rich Gedman
Richard Leo Gedman
Born: September 26, 1959
Worcester, MA USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, DH, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 210
Career: 1980-1992
Minor League Statistics
Rich Gedman compiled a career batting average of .252 with 88 home runs and 382 RBI in his 1033-game career with the Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals. He began playing during the 1980 season and last took the field during the 1992 campaign.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 9 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .208 | .208 | .208 | .417 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 62 | 219 | 205 | 22 | 59 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 31 | .288 | .317 | .434 | .751 | 89 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 1982 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 92 | 305 | 289 | 30 | 72 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 37 | .249 | .279 | .363 | .642 | 105 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 1983 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 81 | 223 | 204 | 21 | 60 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 37 | .294 | .345 | .412 | .757 | 84 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1984 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 133 | 486 | 449 | 54 | 121 | 26 | 4 | 24 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 72 | .269 | .312 | .506 | .818 | 227 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 1985 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 144 | 556 | 498 | 66 | 147 | 30 | 5 | 18 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 79 | .295 | .362 | .484 | .846 | 241 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 1986 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 135 | 509 | 462 | 49 | 119 | 29 | 0 | 16 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 61 | .258 | .315 | .424 | .739 | 196 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 1987 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 52 | 165 | 151 | 11 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 | .205 | .250 | .278 | .528 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 1988 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 95 | 332 | 299 | 33 | 69 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 49 | .231 | .279 | .368 | .647 | 110 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| 1989 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 93 | 289 | 260 | 24 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 47 | .212 | .273 | .292 | .565 | 76 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1990 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 10 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | NL | Houston Astros | 40 | 122 | 104 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 24 | .202 | .300 | .298 | .598 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 1991 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 46 | 100 | 94 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | .106 | .140 | .213 | .353 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 41 | 117 | 105 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 22 | .219 | .291 | .286 | .576 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 1033 | 3468 | 3159 | 331 | 795 | 176 | 12 | 88 | 382 | 3 | 4 | 236 | 509 | .252 | .304 | .399 | .703 | 1259 | 80 | 16 | 29 | 28 | 53 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 6.500 | 6.500 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1981 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 59 | 56 | 498.3 | 275 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .990 | 5.508 | 5.169 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 22 | 31.0 |
| 1982 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 86 | 74 | 671.7 | 397 | 29 | 10 | 5 | .977 | 5.708 | 4.953 | 10 | 0 | 60 | 22 | 26.8 |
| 1983 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 68 | 53 | 474.3 | 274 | 26 | 6 | 5 | .980 | 5.692 | 4.412 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 12 | 16.0 |
| 1984 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 125 | 115 | 1030.0 | 693 | 58 | 18 | 5 | .977 | 6.562 | 6.008 | 8 | 0 | 76 | 53 | 41.1 |
| 1985 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 139 | 129 | 1156.0 | 768 | 78 | 15 | 13 | .983 | 6.587 | 6.086 | 11 | 0 | 69 | 53 | 43.4 |
| 1986 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 134 | 124 | 1106.7 | 866 | 65 | 6 | 10 | .994 | 7.571 | 6.948 | 14 | 0 | 55 | 54 | 49.5 |
| 1987 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 51 | 41 | 383.7 | 306 | 14 | 8 | 1 | .976 | 7.507 | 6.275 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 37.8 |
| 1988 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 93 | 85 | 737.0 | 570 | 40 | 5 | 4 | .992 | 7.449 | 6.559 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 30 | 38.5 |
| 1989 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 91 | 72 | 660.3 | 486 | 36 | 10 | 6 | .981 | 7.115 | 5.736 | 6 | 0 | 73 | 24 | 24.7 |
| 1990 | NL | Houston Astros | C | 39 | 33 | 281.7 | 180 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 6.550 | 5.256 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 13 | 25.0 |
| 1990 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 9 | 6 | 51.3 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 5.610 | 3.556 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 30.8 |
| 1991 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 43 | 27 | 251.0 | 192 | 13 | 5 | 4 | .976 | 7.351 | 4.767 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 25.0 |
| 1992 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 40 | 31 | 291.0 | 227 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .988 | 7.392 | 5.975 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 7.5 |
| Totals | 979 | 848 | 7611.0 | 5274 | 431 | 92 | 62 | .984 | 6.746 | 5.827 | 84 | 0 | 633 | 314 | 33.2 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | 7 | 29 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .357 | .379 | .500 | .879 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 7 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .200 | .200 | .333 | .533 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | 4 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .357 | .438 | .571 | 1.009 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18 | 75 | 72 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .292 | .320 | .444 | .764 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | C | 7 | 7 | 65.3 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1986 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | C | 7 | 7 | 62.7 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .961 | 7.037 | 7.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1988 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | C | 4 | 4 | 34.0 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.324 | 9.750 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 18 | 18 | 162.0 | 125 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .986 | 7.611 | 7.611 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Awards
1986 - AL TSN All-Star C
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