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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1958)}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Gary Gaetti
|image= Gary Gaetti Sugar Land Skeeters July 2014.jpg
|caption= Gaetti with the [[Sugar Land Skeeters]] in 2014
|position=[[Third baseman]]
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1958|8|19}}
|birth_place=[[Centralia, Illinois]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 20
|debutyear=1981
|debutteam=Minnesota Twins
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=April 12
|finalyear=2000
|finalteam=Boston Red Sox
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.255
|stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
|stat2value=2,280
|stat3label=[[Home run]]s
|stat3value=360
|stat4label=[[Runs batted in]]
|stat4value=1,341
|teams=
* [[Minnesota Twins]] ({{Baseball year|1981}}–{{Baseball year|1990}})
* [[California Angels]] ({{Baseball year|1991}}–{{Baseball year|1993}})
* [[Kansas City Royals]] ({{Baseball year|1993}}–{{Baseball year|1995}})
* [[St. Louis Cardinals]] ({{Baseball year|1996}}–{{Baseball year|1998}})
* [[Chicago Cubs]] ({{Baseball year|1998}}–{{Baseball year|1999}})
* [[Boston Red Sox]] ({{Baseball year|2000}})
|highlights=
* 2× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1988]], [[1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1989]])
* [[World Series]] champion ({{wsy|1987}})
* [[ALCS MVP]] ([[1987 ALCS|1987]])
* 4× [[Gold Glove Award]] (1986–1989)
* [[Silver Slugger Award]] (1995)
* [[Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame]]
}}
'''Gary Joseph Gaetti''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|aɪ|.|ɛ|t|I}}, {{respell|GY-eh-tee}}; born August 19, 1958), is an American former [[third baseman]] in [[Major League Baseball]] for the [[Minnesota Twins]] (1981–1990), [[California Angels]] (1991–1993), [[Kansas City Royals]] (1993–1995), [[St. Louis Cardinals]] (1996–1998), [[Chicago Cubs]] (1998–1999) and [[Boston Red Sox]] (2000).

Gaetti won a [[World Series]] with Minnesota in [[1987 World Series|1987]] and was the MVP of that year's [[American League Championship Series]] against the [[Detroit Tigers]]. In 1987, Gaetti became the first player ever to hit home runs in his first two postseason plate appearances. Gaetti also managed the independent league [[Sugar Land Skeeters]] from 2012 to 2017.<ref name="blog.chron.com">{{cite web|url=http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2011/08/08/sugar-land-skeeters-choose-former-astros-hitting-coach-20-year-veteran-gary-gaetti-as-first-manager/|title=Sugar Land Skeeters choose former Astros hitting coach, 20-year veteran Gary Gaetti as first manager|date=8 August 2011}}</ref>

==Playing career==
Gaetti played collegiate baseball for [[Lake Land College]] in [[Mattoon, Illinois]], and [[Northwest Missouri State University]]. Gaetti was drafted three times before finally signing with the [[Minnesota Twins|Twins]] — first by the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] in the fourth round of the [[1978 Major League Baseball draft]] (then held annually in January) and again in 1978 by the [[Chicago White Sox]] in the third round of the June secondary draft before he was drafted by the Twins in the first round of the June secondary portion of the [[1979 Major League Baseball draft|1979 draft]]. Gaetti signed on June 21, 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gaettga01.shtml |title=Gary Gaetti Statistics and History |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=2011-03-28}}</ref>

Gaetti then spent the next three years in the Twins' minor league system, playing for the rookie level [[Elizabethton Twins]] in the [[Appalachian League]] in 1979, the A-level [[Wisconsin Rapids Twins]] in the [[Midwest League]] in 1980, and the AA-level [[Orlando Twins]] in the [[Southern League (1964–2020)|Southern League]] in 1981. Gaetti then made his major league debut in nine September games and he hit a home run off of [[Charlie Hough]] in his first major league at-bat. In 1982, Gaetti would become a permanent fixture at third base for the Twins and would man third base in Minnesota for the next nine seasons.

[[File:Garyga.jpg|thumb|right|Gaetti with St. Louis]]
In 1986, Gaetti batted .287 with 34 home runs and 108 runs batted in. Gaetti won four consecutive [[Gold Glove Award]]s for fielding excellence from 1986 through 1989. Gaetti helped propel the Twins to the {{Baseball year|1987}} post-season and their first World Series championship, hitting .257 with 31 home runs and 109 RBI. He also hit himself into the record books, with home runs in his first two career postseason plate appearances<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1987/B10070MIN1987.htm|title=Retrosheet Boxscore: Minnesota Twins 8, Detroit Tigers 5|website=www.retrosheet.org}}</ref> in the [[American League Championship Series]] to help the Twins upset the [[Detroit Tigers]].

Gaetti was selected as an [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] in 1988 and 1989. Playing against the [[Boston Red Sox]] on July 17, 1990, Gaetti helped the Twins become the only team in baseball history to turn two triple plays in the same game. Despite their defensive heroics, the Twins lost the game 1–0.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tripleplays.sabr.org/tp_trivia.htm |title=Baseball's Triple Plays – Trivia & Miscellanea |publisher=Tripleplays.sabr.org |access-date=2011-03-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221031109/http://tripleplays.sabr.org/tp_trivia.htm |archive-date=2011-02-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1990/B07170BOS1990.htm |title=Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 1, Minnesota Twins 0 |publisher=Retrosheet.org |date=1990-07-17 |access-date=2011-03-28}}</ref>

His production at the plate would decline<ref name="baseball-reference.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gaettga01.shtml|title=Gary Gaetti Stats - Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> and after hitting only .229 in {{Baseball year|1990}}, Gaetti left the Twins for the Angels as a [[free agent]]. His production continued to drop off with the Angels and midway through the third year of his four-year contract, he was released, in June {{Baseball year|1993}}. He was almost immediately signed by the Royals, who had lost their projected regular third baseman, [[Keith Miller]], to injury and had been playing rookie [[Phil Hiatt]] at third. Gaetti hit 26 home runs for the Royals in 665 at-bats between 1993 and 1994, splitting time at third with Miller, [[David Howard (baseball)|David Howard]], and [[Terry Shumpert]]. In {{Baseball year|1995}}, Gaetti played in 137 games and at the age of 36, he hit .261 with 35 home runs and 96 RBI, winning his only Silver Slugger,<ref name="baseball-reference.com"/> setting a career high in home runs and missing the Royals' team record for most home runs in a season by one.

Following the 1995 season, Gaetti signed as a free agent with the Cardinals, where he enjoyed two more productive seasons before being released again in August {{Baseball year|1998}} after the Cardinals' acquisition of [[Fernando Tatís]]. Gaetti immediately signed with the Cubs, where he hit .320/8/27 as the Cubs won the National League wild card. The following season, Gaetti played only semi-regularly and was released at the end of the season after hitting .204 with nine home runs. He wound up his career the following season in Boston, appearing in five games in April {{Baseball year|2000}} at the age of 41.

[[Bill James]] noted Gaetti's baseball-related aging process as being unusual for two reasons. Unlike most other league veterans, his walk rate never improved and his rate of productivity decline was "exceptionally" slow.<ref name="james">{{JamesAbstract|pages=562}}</ref> Gaetti was used as an emergency relief pitcher by both the Cardinals and the Cubs, retiring with an ERA of 7.71 and one strikeout in three appearances.

Gaetti finished in the top 25 voting for American League Most Valuable Player four times in his career, three times with the Minnesota Twins (1986–1988), and once with the Kansas City Royals (1995). He finished fifth in American League Rookie of the Year voting (1982). He was a four-time Golden Glove Award winner (1986-1989).<ref name="baseball-reference.com"/> His 2,280 total base hits rank him 161st in the history of Major League Baseball.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/H_career.shtml|title=Career Leaders & Records for Hits|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=January 2, 2024}}</ref>

==Retirement==
Gaetti was inducted into the NWMSU athletic hall of fame, the "M-Club", in October 2003. He coached in the [[Houston Astros]] minor league system as a hitting coach with the AAA [[New Orleans Zephyrs]] from 2002 to 2004.{{cn|date=June 2022}} Gaetti was promoted to hitting coach for the Astros on July 14, 2004, when the team dismissed manager [[Jimy Williams]], hitting coach [[Harry Spilman]], and pitching coach [[Burt Hooton]]. Gaetti remained in this position until July 12, {{Baseball year|2006}}, when he was fired by the Astros. Following the season, he was hired as the hitting coach for [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays|Tampa Bay]]'s AAA affiliate, the [[Durham Bulls]] — a position he would hold through the 2008 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fbindependent.com/gary-gaetti-to-manage-sugar-land-team-p3980-1.htm|title=Gary Gaetti to manage Sugar Land team|website=fbindependent.com}}</ref> After working at Baseball USA in [[Houston, Texas]], in 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballusa.com/index.php?page=instructors/instruction-gary-gaetti |title=Baseball USA |publisher=Baseball USA |access-date=2011-03-28}}</ref> Gaetti was named the first manager of the Sugar Land Skeeters.<ref name="blog.chron.com"/> The independent team began play in 2012. During his six seasons as manager, he led them to a 448-391 overall record. In 2013, his team set the ALPB record in games won (95) and winning percentage (.679) in a season. He took them to two championship series (2014 and 2016) winning Sugar Land's first championship in 2016. The Skeeters retired his number on August 21, 2021.

On August 19, {{Baseball year|2007}}, Gaetti's 49th birthday, the Minnesota Twins inducted him into the team's Hall of Fame, while the club simultaneously released a commemorative bobblehead in his honor.

Gaetti's son Joe played collegiate baseball for [[North Carolina State]] and played in the minor leagues in five different farm systems, including two separate stints with the Twins AA-level club, the [[New Britain Rock Cats]]. After failing to advance beyond the AAA level in the minor leagues, Joe ended his career in 2010 playing for the [[Lancaster Barnstormers]] of the independent [[Atlantic League of Professional Baseball|Atlantic League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/profile.asp?P=Joe-Gaetti|title=Joe Gaetti - The Baseball Cube|website=www.thebaseballcube.com}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Gaetti became a [[born-again Christian]] while recovering from season-ending knee surgery he underwent late in the 1988 season.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hersch |first1=Hank |title=The Gospel and GAETTI |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1989/08/21/the-gospel-and-gaetti-gary-gaetti-a-two-time-all-star-went-from-banshee-ballplayer-to-born-again-christian-in-1988-and-now-the-minnesota-twins-are-a-different-kind-of-team |access-date=16 April 2022 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=August 21, 1989 |language=en-us}}</ref>

In 2020, Gaetti opened the Gaetti Sports Academy to support practice and instruction for softball and baseball for area youth.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ridge |first=Castle |title=About {{!}} Gaetti Sports Academy |url=https://gaettisports.com/about/ |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=gaettisports.com}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Baseball}}
* [[List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[http://garygaetti.com/ GaryGaetti.com]
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