Gerald Laird
Gerald Lee Laird
Born: November 13, 1979
Garden Grove, CA USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, 1B, 3B, RF, LF, OF, DH, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 230
College: Cypress College
Career: 2003-2015
Draft: Round 2 (1998 June Amateur Draft, Oakland Athletics)
School: La Quinta HS (Garden Grove, CA)
Minor League Statistics
Gerald Laird compiled a career batting average of .243 with 38 home runs and 238 RBI in his 799-game career with the Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves and Arizona Diamondbacks. He began playing during the 2003 season and last took the field during the 2015 campaign.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | AL | Texas Rangers | 19 | 50 | 44 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .273 | .360 | .432 | .792 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | AL | Texas Rangers | 49 | 168 | 147 | 20 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 35 | .224 | .287 | .286 | .572 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 2005 | AL | Texas Rangers | 13 | 42 | 40 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .225 | .262 | .350 | .612 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | AL | Texas Rangers | 78 | 260 | 243 | 46 | 72 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 54 | .296 | .332 | .473 | .805 | 115 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | AL | Texas Rangers | 120 | 448 | 407 | 48 | 91 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 103 | .224 | .278 | .349 | .627 | 142 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2008 | AL | Texas Rangers | 95 | 381 | 344 | 54 | 95 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 63 | .276 | .329 | .398 | .727 | 137 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 2009 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 135 | 477 | 413 | 49 | 93 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 68 | .225 | .306 | .320 | .626 | 132 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 2010 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 89 | 299 | 270 | 22 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 57 | .207 | .263 | .304 | .567 | 82 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 37 | 108 | 95 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 19 | .232 | .302 | .358 | .660 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 63 | 191 | 174 | 24 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | .282 | .337 | .374 | .710 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 47 | 141 | 121 | 12 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 23 | .281 | .367 | .372 | .739 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 53 | 167 | 152 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 33 | .204 | .275 | .257 | .532 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | NL | Arizona Diamondbacks | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 799 | 2734 | 2452 | 314 | 597 | 137 | 9 | 38 | 238 | 21 | 11 | 193 | 494 | .243 | .305 | .353 | .658 | 866 | 58 | 32 | 35 | 22 | 8 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | AL | Texas Rangers | C | 16 | 12 | 111.0 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .986 | 5.919 | 4.563 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 42.9 |
| 2004 | AL | Texas Rangers | C | 49 | 46 | 397.0 | 275 | 19 | 5 | 6 | .983 | 6.665 | 6.000 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 45.2 |
| 2005 | AL | Texas Rangers | C | 13 | 11 | 99.0 | 61 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .957 | 6.000 | 5.077 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 27.3 |
| 2005 | AL | Texas Rangers | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | AL | Texas Rangers | C | 71 | 65 | 578.3 | 392 | 30 | 6 | 5 | .986 | 6.567 | 5.944 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 21 | 45.7 |
| 2006 | AL | Texas Rangers | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | AL | Texas Rangers | C | 119 | 114 | 987.3 | 675 | 75 | 12 | 13 | .984 | 6.837 | 6.303 | 9 | 0 | 59 | 39 | 39.8 |
| 2007 | AL | Texas Rangers | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | AL | Texas Rangers | C | 88 | 86 | 753.0 | 523 | 35 | 8 | 7 | .986 | 6.669 | 6.341 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 21 | 28.4 |
| 2008 | AL | Texas Rangers | 3B | 2 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.700 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 | AL | Detroit Tigers | C | 135 | 123 | 1090.3 | 844 | 78 | 3 | 7 | .997 | 7.611 | 6.830 | 9 | 0 | 59 | 42 | 41.6 |
| 2009 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 | AL | Detroit Tigers | C | 87 | 76 | 670.7 | 516 | 52 | 5 | 5 | .991 | 7.622 | 6.529 | 5 | 0 | 58 | 30 | 34.1 |
| 2011 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 31 | 22 | 213.0 | 182 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .985 | 8.197 | 6.258 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 20.0 |
| 2011 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 | AL | Detroit Tigers | C | 56 | 49 | 429.0 | 393 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .990 | 8.706 | 7.411 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 19.2 |
| 2013 | NL | Atlanta Braves | C | 40 | 33 | 294.3 | 241 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 7.858 | 6.425 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 36.0 |
| 2014 | NL | Atlanta Braves | C | 48 | 41 | 377.7 | 339 | 28 | 2 | 4 | .995 | 8.746 | 7.646 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 26.8 |
| 2015 | NL | Arizona Diamondbacks | C | 1 | 1 | 4.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.231 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 761 | 680 | 6021.0 | 4511 | 383 | 52 | 61 | .989 | 7.315 | 6.431 | 55 | 0 | 387 | 207 | 34.8 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLDS1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2011 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2012 | AL | Detroit Tigers | ALDS2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | AL | Detroit Tigers | ALCS | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | AL | Detroit Tigers | WS | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 11 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .045 | .087 | .045 | .132 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | C | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2012 | AL | Detroit Tigers | ALDS2 | C | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.438 | 7.500 |
| 2012 | AL | Detroit Tigers | ALCS | C | 2 | 2 | 19.0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.947 | 1.500 |
| 2012 | AL | Detroit Tigers | WS | C | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| 2013 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS2 | C | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 22.500 | 5.000 |
| Totals | 8 | 6 | 56.0 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.804 | 7.625 |
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