Gary Gaetti
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Gaetti with Sugar Land (2014)
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| Third baseman | |||
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Born: August 19, 1958 Centralia, Illinois |
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| 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 | ||
| Home runs | 360 | ||
| Runs batted in | 1,341 | ||
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Gary Joseph Gaetti (/ˈɡaɪ.ɛti/; born August 19, 1958), nicknamed "G-Man", "Rat", or "Zorn", 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 is the current manager of the independent league Sugar Land Skeeters.
Gary Gaetti played collegiate baseball for Lake Land College in Mattoon, Illinois and Northwest Missouri State University. Legend has it that Gaetti holds the record for the longest distance home run in NWMSU baseball history, an estimated 505 foot home run. Gaetti was drafted three times before finally signing with the Twins: first by the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth round of the 1978 Major League Baseball draft (then held annually in January) and again in 1978 by the Chicago White Sox in the third round of the June secondary draft before he was drafted by the Twins in the first round of the June secondary portion of the 1979 draft. Gaetti signed on June 21, 1979.
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