Brent Gates
[edit] Biography
Brent Gates (Brent Robert Gates) was born on March 14, 1970 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He made his Major League debut on May 5, 1993 for the Oakland Athletics. In 1993, his rookie year, he hit .290 with 7 home runs and 69 RBI. Gates played for the Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 7 year career.
Most people believe that Brent Gates's best season was 1993, when he hit for a .290 average and knocked in 69 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1993
| OAK
| A
| 139
| 535
| 64
| 155
| 7
| 69
| .290
| .357
| .391
| 29
| 2
| 56
| 75
| 4
| 6
| 7
| 4
| 17
|
| 1994
| OAK
| A
| 64
| 233
| 29
| 66
| 2
| 24
| .283
| .337
| .365
| 11
| 1
| 21
| 32
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 8
|
| 1995
| OAK
| A
| 136
| 524
| 60
| 133
| 5
| 56
| .254
| .308
| .344
| 24
| 4
| 46
| 84
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 2
| 15
|
| 1996
| OAK
| A
| 64
| 247
| 26
| 65
| 2
| 30
| .263
| .316
| .381
| 19
| 2
| 18
| 35
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 9
|
| 1997
| SEA
| A
| 65
| 151
| 18
| 36
| 3
| 20
| .238
| .298
| .351
| 8
| 0
| 14
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1998
| MIN
| A
| 107
| 333
| 31
| 83
| 3
| 42
| .249
| .324
| .321
| 15
| 0
| 36
| 46
| 2
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 6
|
| 1999
| MIN
| A
| 110
| 306
| 40
| 78
| 3
| 38
| .255
| .328
| .340
| 13
| 2
| 34
| 56
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 11
|
| Total
|
|
| 685
| 2329
| 268
| 616
| 25
| 279
| .264
| .327
| .357
| 119
| 11
| 225
| 349
| 10
| 25
| 18
| 8
| 72
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1993
| OAK
| A
| 2B
| 139
| 135
| 1211
| 281
| 431
| 14
| 88
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1994
| OAK
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 1
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1994
| OAK
| A
| 2B
| 63
| 59
| 515.1
| 106
| 159
| 7
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1995
| OAK
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| OAK
| A
| 2B
| 132
| 128
| 1129
| 233
| 424
| 12
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1995
| OAK
| A
| DH
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1996
| OAK
| A
| 2B
| 63
| 62
| 547.2
| 140
| 183
| 9
| 48
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1997
| SEA
| A
| DH
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1997
| SEA
| A
| LF
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1997
| SEA
| A
| 2B
| 21
| 5
| 93
| 13
| 30
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1997
| SEA
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1997
| SEA
| A
| SS
| 5
| 1
| 19.1
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1997
| SEA
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1997
| SEA
| A
| 3B
| 32
| 25
| 224.1
| 10
| 47
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .934
|
| 1998
| MIN
| A
| DH
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1998
| MIN
| A
| 3B
| 77
| 66
| 607.1
| 59
| 113
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1998
| MIN
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| MIN
| A
| 2B
| 21
| 13
| 131
| 23
| 43
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1998
| MIN
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1999
| MIN
| A
| 3B
| 61
| 41
| 379
| 27
| 79
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1999
| MIN
| A
| DH
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1999
| MIN
| A
| 2B
| 47
| 26
| 263
| 44
| 95
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1999
| MIN
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1999
| MIN
| A
| 1B
| 5
| 3
| 27
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 486
| 428
| 3890
| 840
| 1365
| 45
| 276
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 170
| 132
| 1210.2
| 96
| 239
| 14
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 9
| 5
| 44
| 44
| 4
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 7
| 1
| 24.1
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (26th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1991 - signed June 28, 1991).
- Released by Oakland Athletics (March 11, 1997).
- Signed by Seattle Mariners (March 16, 1997).
- Released by Seattle Mariners (December 15, 1997).
- Signed by Minnesota Twins (December 23, 1997).
- Granted free agency (September 30, 1998).
- Signed by Minnesota Twins (December 15, 1998).
- Granted free agency (October 6, 1999).
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