Rich Gedman
1980–1992 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals
1,033G
.252AVG
.304OBP
.399SLG
More career statistics
795H
88HR
382RBI
3SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,033 | 3,468 | 3,159 | 331 | 795 | 176 | 12 | 88 | 382 | 236 | 509 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 1,259 | .252 | .304 | .399 | .703 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1985-05-19 to 1985-06-07
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1986-04-23 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | The Cycle | 1985-09-18 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1986-05-18 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 523 | 1757 | 419 | 41 | 216 | 127 | 244 | .264 | .311 | .416 |
| Away | 510 | 1711 | 376 | 47 | 166 | 109 | 265 | .239 | .283 | .381 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 118 | 417 | 93 | 11 | 40 | 26 | 62 | .243 | .285 | .381 |
| May | 174 | 611 | 145 | 13 | 63 | 41 | 90 | .259 | .304 | .404 |
| June | 195 | 653 | 143 | 10 | 61 | 56 | 104 | .246 | .305 | .356 |
| July | 165 | 554 | 122 | 13 | 62 | 31 | 70 | .242 | .276 | .379 |
| August | 177 | 574 | 137 | 23 | 77 | 44 | 80 | .263 | .315 | .463 |
| September | 183 | 591 | 144 | 18 | 76 | 35 | 93 | .265 | .303 | .432 |
| October | 21 | 68 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | .169 | .206 | .200 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 86 | 307 | 73 | 10 | 39 | 21 | 47 | .261 | .306 | .429 |
| cleveland-guardians | 80 | 298 | 82 | 10 | 44 | 21 | 41 | .304 | .346 | .504 |
| seattle-mariners | 75 | 254 | 61 | 7 | 34 | 20 | 37 | .270 | .319 | .412 |
| athletics | 74 | 260 | 62 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 34 | .270 | .331 | .378 |
| toronto-blue-jays | 73 | 238 | 54 | 7 | 32 | 11 | 31 | .244 | .273 | .407 |
| california-angels | 73 | 251 | 55 | 9 | 36 | 8 | 39 | .232 | .251 | .397 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 70 | 240 | 59 | 7 | 32 | 17 | 31 | .274 | .317 | .437 |
| baltimore-orioles | 68 | 238 | 59 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 29 | .276 | .324 | .421 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 |  Boston Red Sox | 9 | 24 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .208 | – | – |
| 1981 | Boston Red Sox | 62 | 205 | 59 | 5 | 26 | – | .288 | – | – |
| 1982 | Boston Red Sox | 92 | 289 | 72 | 4 | 26 | – | .249 | – | – |
| 1983 | Boston Red Sox | 81 | 204 | 60 | 2 | 18 | – | .294 | – | – |
| 1984 | Boston Red Sox | 133 | 449 | 121 | 24 | 72 | – | .269 | – | – |
| 1985 | Boston Red Sox | 144 | 498 | 147 | 18 | 80 | 2 | .295 | – | – |
| 1986 | Boston Red Sox | 135 | 462 | 119 | 16 | 65 | 1 | .258 | – | – |
| 1987 | Boston Red Sox | 52 | 151 | 31 | 1 | 13 | – | .205 | – | – |
| 1988 | Boston Red Sox | 95 | 299 | 69 | 9 | 39 | – | .231 | – | – |
| 1989 | Boston Red Sox | 93 | 260 | 55 | 4 | 16 | – | .212 | – | – |
| 1990 | Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros | 50 | 119 | 24 | 1 | 10 | – | .202 | – | – |
| 1991 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 46 | 94 | 10 | 3 | 8 | – | .106 | – | – |
| 1992 | St. Louis Cardinals | 41 | 105 | 23 | 1 | 8 | – | .219 | – | – |