Gary
Waggener
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 175
 
Born: April 17, 1979
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 2004   
Rookie of the Year 2004   
All-Star Selections 2004   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 22 OAK AL   2 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
2002 23 OAK AL   4 3 3 2 2 2 9 9 9 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4
2003 24 OAK AL   5 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 4 4 4 4 4
2004 25 OAK AL $ 300,000 5 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 5 4
2005 26 OAK AL $ 300,000 5 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 11 11 11 5 4 4 4 5 4
2006 27 OAK AL $ 300,000 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 11 11 11 5 4 4 4 5 4
2007 28 OAK AL $ 300,000 5 4 4 2 2 2 10 10 10 11 11 11 4 4 4 4 5 4
2008 29 SDG NL $ 4,000,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 11 11 11 10 10 10 4 4 4 3 4 4
2009 30 SDG NL $ 4,000,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10 8 8 8 4 4 4 3 4 4
2010 31 SDG NL $ 4,000,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10 8 8 8 4 4 4 3 4 4
2011 32 ANA AL $ 3,500,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 11 11 11 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4
2012 33 ANA AL $ 3,500,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 11 11 11 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4
2013 34 ANA AL $ 3,500,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 12 12 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4
2014 35 ANA AL $ 3,500,000 3 3 3 4 3 3 10 10 10 7 7 7 4 4 4 3 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 12 12 12 11 11 11 5 5 5 4 5 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 36 MON NL $ 500,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 7 6 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 500,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 7 6 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 500,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 7 6 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 22 AA   28 123 19 32 1 2 8 15 8 0 4 19 .260 .283 .496 .779 18.9  
    A   132 527 64 112 14 7 17 60 15 5 34 99 .213 .260 .362 .623 51.7  
2002 23 AAA   81 255 46 66 9 1 16 45 17 4 17 38 .259 .305 .490 .795 40.0  
    AA   25 94 12 24 2 3 3 12 3 2 9 19 .255 .320 .436 .757 13.1  
2003 24 AAA   161 605 108 165 12 6 39 103 33 7 73 115 .273 .351 .506 .857 111.3  
2004 25 OAK AL 162 648 112 168 13 10 42 145 37 18 63 137 .259 .340 .505 .844 111.5 15.7
2005 26 OAK AL 154 568 91 134 6 7 29 102 21 11 60 106 .236 .320 .424 .745 79.9 8.5
2006 27 OAK AL 157 587 75 121 7 4 34 96 16 5 48 102 .206 .275 .405 .681 68.5 6.3
2007 28 OAK AL 162 615 93 149 19 6 33 109 20 7 50 102 .242 .309 .454 .763 86.0 13.0
2008 29 SDG NL 145 394 58 83 8 6 24 67 18 8 34 91 .211 .276 .444 .720 51.7 6.9
2009 30 SDG NL 152 563 81 141 26 16 21 95 44 11 57 126 .250 .324 .465 .790 86.0 11.6
2010 31 SDG NL 153 501 61 108 20 3 22 66 23 10 50 138 .216 .294 .399 .693 61.8 7.0
2011 32 ANA AL 134 453 71 102 20 1 20 73 13 5 23 122 .225 .276 .406 .682 55.2 5.9
2012 33 ANA AL 128 454 72 105 17 4 20 61 9 8 34 115 .231 .295 .419 .714 58.5 7.1
2013 34 ANA AL 122 441 64 97 16 4 23 74 3 3 33 140 .220 .290 .431 .720 55.7 7.8
2014 35 ANA AL 77 206 32 46 10 1 7 25 3 3 13 57 .223 .271 .383 .655 21.0 1.5
2015 36 MON NL 49 119 20 30 8 0 8 20 1 0 6 31 .252 .308 .521 .829 19.6 3.0
12 Years Sim 1595 5549 830 1284 170 62 283 933 208 89 471 1267 .231 .302 .437 .739 755.2 94.1
2 Years AAA 242 860 154 231 21 7 55 148 50 11 90 153 .269 .344 .501 .845 151.3  
2 Years AA 53 217 31 56 3 5 11 27 11 2 13 38 .258 .308 .470 .778 32.0  
1 Years A 132 527 64 112 14 7 17 60 15 5 34 99 .213 .268 .362 .630 51.7  
5 Years Minors 427 1604 249 399 38 19 83 235 76 18 137 290 .249 .315 .451 .766 235.0  
162 Game Average 563 84 130 17 6 28 94 21 9 47 128 .231 .302 .437 .739 76.7  
Career Highs 162 648 112 168 26 16 42 145 44 18 63 140 .259 .340 .521 .844 111.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4025 572 927 120 47 205 678 144 72 317 882 .230 .296 .436 .732 521.2
vs LH   1524 258 357 50 15 78 255 55 17 154 385 .234 .316 .440 .756 215.7
Home 788 2666 394 614 85 24 140 462 90 41 227 614 .230 .300 .438 .737 353.5
Away 807 2883 436 670 85 38 143 471 109 48 244 653 .232 .303 .437 .740 383.4
RISP   1510 0 363 40 20 84 647 0 0 155 363 .240 .313 .460 .773 222.6
Pinch Hitting   90 18 22 5 1 7 19 3 3 12 24 .244 .333 .556 .889 16.4
Close/Late   652 103 143 20 6 31 94 0 0 64 143 .219 .298 .411 .709 81.2
Mar/Apr 217 739 104 163 16 11 35 114 27 17 65 174 .221 .292 .414 .706 90.1
May 274 934 147 233 40 12 54 181 25 18 75 193 .249 .316 .491 .807 139.5
June 287 924 148 226 27 11 50 148 36 12 82 197 .245 .318 .460 .778 135.4
July 249 892 128 201 29 9 41 143 37 13 90 216 .225 .304 .416 .720 117.0
August 279 1019 159 229 27 6 58 188 41 16 74 237 .225 .287 .434 .721 129.8
Sep/Oct 289 1041 144 232 31 13 45 159 33 13 85 250 .223 .293 .407 .700 125.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2004 25 OAK AL RF 149 149 1343.7 294 6 4 2 .987 2.01   4.3
2005 26 OAK AL RF 152 149 1335.3 328 9 13 2 .963 2.27   4.1
2006 27 OAK AL RF 157 155 1396.0 315 9 7 3 .979 2.09   4.8
2007 28 OAK AL LF 162 162 1446.0 353 8 10 1 .973 2.25   2.1
2008 29 SDG NL RF 97 58 597.0 142 5 1 3 .993 2.22   2.2
    LF 36 33 278.0 49 1 4 0 .926 1.62    
2009 30 SDG NL LF 116 114 1020.0 220 6 9 1 .962 1.99   3.2
    RF 37 36 312.7 94 5 4 1 .961 2.85    
    1B 1 1 8.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.56   0.0
2010 31 SDG NL LF 79 66 611.0 147 7 12 2 .928 2.27   2.6
    RF 70 63 570.0 148 5 4 1 .975 2.42    
2011 32 ANA AL LF 26 24 216.3 45 3 2 0 .960 2.00   0.7
    RF 6 1 14.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.26    
2012 33 ANA AL RF 72 68 597.3 148 5 10 1 .939 2.31   1.5
    LF 11 10 90.3 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.89    
    CF 1 1 9.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
2013 34 ANA AL RF 9 6 55.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.11   0.1
    LF 8 6 55.0 10 0 2 0 .833 1.64    
    1B 3 2 25.0 24 3 0 4 1.000 9.72   0.1
    SS 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2014 35 ANA AL LF 56 40 375.3 87 4 3 0 .968 2.18   1.1
    RF 13 13 104.0 28 1 1 1 .967 2.51    
2015 36 MON NL LF 14 13 110.7 25 2 2 1 .931 2.20   0.3
    1B 9 9 74.0 67 6 0 9 1.000 8.88   0.2
    CF 2 2 17.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.76    
    RF 4 2 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12    
  RF 766 700 6342.6 1516 45 44 14 .973 2.22   17.0
  LF 508 468 4202.7 954 32 44 5 .957 2.11   9.9
  1B 13 12 107.3 98 9 0 13 1.000 8.97   0.3
  CF 3 3 26.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 5.19    
  SS 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1291 1183 10681.0 2583 86 88 32 .968 2.25   27.2
Career Highs   162 162 1446.0 353 12 16 10 .987 4.65    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series Most Valuable Player.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2005 26 OAK AL 15 55 13 15 1 0 2 7 3 0 7 11 .273 .379 .400 .779
2006 27 OAK AL 5 20 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .050 .095 .200 .295
2007 28 OAK AL 9 33 3 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 11 .152 .263 .182 .445
Career Post-Season Batting 29 108 17 21 2 0 3 9 5 0 12 25 .194 .296 .296 .592
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
2004-3-162
2007-2-162
Total Bases
2004-9-327
Triples
2004-3-10
2009-1-16
CAR-27-62
Homeruns
2004-3-42
2006-7-34
2007-10-33
RBIs
2004-2-145
Stolen Bases
2009-10-44
Strikeouts
2010-4-138
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 20)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 113)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 54)
 
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  1. Joseph Seigler (922)
  2. Joseph Miguel (888)
  3. Scott Rolen (880)
  4. Walter Walker (870)
  5. Charlie Etheridge (868)
  6. Richie Sexson (853)
  7. Norman Giunta (853)
  8. Juan Encarnacion (849)
  9. Daryle Ward (846)
  10. Earl Johnson (846)
History
Won World Series with Oakland in 2004
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 9/18/2005
Hit for the cycle against Texas on 5/12/2007
Hit 3 homeruns against Minnesota, driving in 6 runs on 8/8/2007
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 8/23/2007
Released by Oakland on 10/27/2007
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/4/2008 to a 3-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 6/13/2009, hitting .391 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Anaheim on 7/17/2009
Hit for the cycle against Houston on 9/26/2009
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Houston on 9/26/2009
Signed as a free agent by Anaheim on 2/12/2011 to a 4-year deal worth $3,500,000 per year
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston, driving in 4 runs on 9/7/2011