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Gerald Laird

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 230lb (185cm, 104kg)

Born: November 13, 1979 in Garden Grove, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from La Quinta HS (Westminster, CA).

High Schools: La Quinta HS (Westminster, CA), Westlake HS (Westlake Village, CA)

School: Cypress College (Cypress, CA)

Debut: April 30, 2003 (Age 23-168d, 18,253rd in major league history)
vs. TOR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 8, 2015 (Age 35-146d)
vs. SFG 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: Boras Corporation • Previously: Alan Meersand

National Team: us USA (Pro,18U)

Full Name: Gerald Lee Laird

Nicknames: G-Money

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Relatives: Brother of Brandon Laird

2011 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.5

2452

597

.244

314

RBI

238

OBP

.305

SLG

.353

OPS

.658

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	DET	@	TOR	L,5-12	CG	44	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	DET	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	35	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 8	DET	@	TOR	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 10	DET		TEX	W,15-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
5	6	Apr 11	DET		TEX	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
6	7	Apr 12	DET		TEX	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	9 (1)	Apr 15	DET		CHW	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
8	10	Apr 17	DET	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
9	11	Apr 18	DET	@	SEA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
10	13 (1)	Apr 21	DET	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
11	14	Apr 22	DET	@	LAA	W,12-10	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	15	Apr 23	DET	@	LAA	L,5-10	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
13	16	Apr 24	DET	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	17	Apr 25	DET	@	KCR	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
15	19 (1)	Apr 27	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
16	20	Apr 28	DET		NYY	L,0-11	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
17	21	Apr 29	DET		NYY	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	22	May 1	DET		CLE	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	23	May 2	DET		CLE	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
20	25 (1)	May 4	DET		MIN	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
21	26	May 5	DET		MIN	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	27	May 7	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	29 (1)	May 9	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
24	30	May 10	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
25	31	May 12	DET	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
26	32	May 13	DET	@	MIN	L,10-14	GF	18	3.2	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
27	33	May 14	DET	@	MIN	L,5-6	GF	8	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
28	34	May 15	DET		OAK	W,14-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
29	35	May 16	DET		OAK	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	36	May 17	DET		OAK	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	37	May 19	DET		TEX	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
32	38	May 20	DET		TEX	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
33	40 (1)	May 22	DET		COL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
34	41	May 23	DET		COL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	42	May 24	DET		COL	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
36	43	May 25	DET	@	KCR	W,13-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
37	44	May 26	DET	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
38	45	May 27	DET	@	KCR	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
39	46	May 28	DET	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
40	47	May 29	DET	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	48	May 30	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
42	49	May 31	DET	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	50	Jun 2	DET		BOS	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	51	Jun 3	DET		BOS	L,5-10	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	52	Jun 4	DET		BOS	L,3-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
46	53	Jun 5	DET		LAA	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
47	54	Jun 6	DET		LAA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
48	55	Jun 7	DET		LAA	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
49	57 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	58	Jun 9	DET	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
51	60 (1)	Jun 11	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
52	61	Jun 12	DET	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
53	62	Jun 13	DET	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
54	63	Jun 14	DET	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	64	Jun 16	DET	@	STL	L,2-11	GS	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C 1B
56	65	Jun 17	DET	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
57	66	Jun 18	DET	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
58	68 (1)	Jun 20	DET		MIL	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
59	69	Jun 21	DET		MIL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
60	70	Jun 23	DET		CHC	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
61	71	Jun 24	DET		CHC	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
62	73 (1)	Jun 26	DET	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
63	74	Jun 27	DET	@	HOU	L,1-8	GS	3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
64	75	Jun 28	DET	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	76	Jun 29	DET	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	78 (1)	Jul 1	DET	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
67	79	Jul 3	DET	@	MIN	W,11-9	CG	69	16.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
68	81 (1)	Jul 5	DET	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
69	82	Jul 6	DET		KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
70	83	Jul 7	DET		KCR	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	15	1	1	17	1	C
71	84	Jul 8	DET		KCR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
72	85	Jul 10	DET		CLE	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
73	86	Jul 11	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
74	87	Jul 12	DET		CLE	W,10-1	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
75	88	Jul 17	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
76	89	Jul 18	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
77	90	Jul 19	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
78	91	Jul 21	DET		SEA	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
79	92	Jul 22	DET		SEA	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	93	Jul 23	DET		SEA	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
81	94	Jul 24 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
82	96 (1)	Jul 25	DET		CHW	W,4-3	GS	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
83	97	Jul 26	DET		CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
84	98	Jul 27	DET	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
85	100 (1)	Jul 29	DET	@	TEX	W,13-5	CG	37	9.0	18	0	0	18	0	C
86	101	Jul 31	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	59	12.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	102	Aug 1	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
88	103	Aug 2	DET	@	CLE	L,1-11	GS	38	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	104	Aug 3	DET		BAL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
90	105	Aug 4	DET		BAL	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	106	Aug 5	DET		BAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
92	109 (2)	Aug 8	DET		MIN	L,0-11	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
93	110	Aug 9	DET		MIN	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
94	111	Aug 10	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
95	114 (2)	Aug 13	DET	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
96	115	Aug 14	DET		KCR	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
97	117 (1)	Aug 16	DET		KCR	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
98	119 (1)	Aug 19	DET		SEA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
99	120	Aug 20	DET		SEA	W,7-6	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
100	121	Aug 21	DET	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
101	124 (2)	Aug 24	DET	@	LAA	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	C
102	126 (1)	Aug 26	DET	@	LAA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
103	127	Aug 28	DET		TBR	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
104	128	Aug 29	DET		TBR	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
105	129	Aug 30	DET		TBR	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	131 (1)	Sep 1	DET		CLE	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
107	132	Sep 2	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
108	133	Sep 3	DET		CLE	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
109	134	Sep 4	DET	@	TBR	W,4-3	GS	27	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
110	135	Sep 5	DET	@	TBR	W,8-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
111	136	Sep 6	DET	@	TBR	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
112	137	Sep 8	DET	@	KCR	L,5-7	GS	33	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
113	138	Sep 9	DET	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
114	139	Sep 10	DET	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
115	140	Sep 11	DET		TOR	L,4-6	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
116	141	Sep 12	DET		TOR	L,6-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
117	142	Sep 13	DET		TOR	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
118	143	Sep 14	DET		TOR	W,6-5	GS	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
119	145 (1)	Sep 16	DET		KCR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
120	147 (1)	Sep 18	DET	@	MIN	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
121	148	Sep 19	DET	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
122	149	Sep 20	DET	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
123	150	Sep 22	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
124	151	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	W,11-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
125	152	Sep 24	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
126	154 (1)	Sep 26	DET	@	CHW	W,12-5	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
127	155	Sep 27	DET	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
128	156	Sep 29 (1)	DET		MIN	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
129	157	Sep 29 (2)	DET		MIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
130	158	Sep 30	DET		MIN	W,7-2	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
131	159	Oct 1	DET		MIN	L,3-8	GS	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
132	160	Oct 2	DET		CHW	L,0-8	GS	29	6.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
133	161	Oct 3	DET		CHW	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
134	162	Oct 4	DET		CHW	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
135	163	Oct 6	DET	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	52	11.1	11	1	0	12	1	C
							136gm		1091.1	845	78	3	926	8