Gerald Laird

Full Name: Gerald Lee Laird	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/190	First Game: April 30, 2003
Birthdate: November 13, 1979	MLB Experience: 5 years
Birthplace: Westminster, California	College: Cypress (CA) JC
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
- 3.1 Batting Stats
- 3.2 Fielding Stats
4 Transactions
5 Trivia
6 Video Gallery
7 Picture Gallery
8 See Also
- 8.1 Recent Gerald Laird ArmchairGM Stories
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[edit] Biography

Gerald Laird (Gerald Lee Laird) was born on November 13, 1979 in Westminster, California. He made his Major League debut on April 30, 2003 for the Texas Rangers. In 2004, his rookie year, he hit .224 with 1 home run and 16 RBI. Laird played for the Texas Rangers for his entire 5 year career.

Most people believe that Gerald Laird's best season was 2006, when he hit for a .296 average.

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2003	TEX	19	44	9	12	2	1	1	4	5	11	0	0	.273	.360	.432	.792
2004	TEX	49	147	20	33	6	0	1	16	12	35	0	1	.224	.287	.286	.572
2005	TEX	13	40	7	9	2	0	1	4	2	7	0	0	.225	.262	.350	.612
2006	TEX	78	243	46	72	20	1	7	22	12	54	3	1	.296	.332	.473	.805
2007	TEX	120	407	48	91	18	3	9	47	30	103	6	2	.224	.278	.349	.627
Career		279	881	130	217	48	5	19	93	61	210	9	4	.246	.297	.377	.674

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team	POS	G	GS	INN	PO	TC	A	E	DP	FPCT
2003	TEX	C	16	12	111	65	74	8	1	2	.986
2004	TEX	C	49	46	397	275	299	19	5	6	.983
2005	TEX	RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	TEX	C	13	11	99	61	69	5	3	2	.957
2006	TEX	RF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	TEX	C	71	65	578	392	428	30	6	5	.986
2007	TEX	LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	TEX	C	119	114	987	675	762	75	12	13	.984
Total			272	248	2176	1468	1632	137	27	28	.983

[edit] Transactions

Selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1998 - signed June 1, 1999).
Traded by the Oakland Athletics along with Jason Hart, Ryan Ludwick, and Mario Ramos to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Carlos Pena and Mike Venafro (January 14, 2002).