Rich Gedman

C · L/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1980–1992 BORN: WORCESTER, USA
All-Star ×2
Career
795 H · 88 HR · 382 RBI · 3 SB
.252 AVG · .703 OPS · 1033 G
1992 Season
.219 AVG · 1 HR · 8 RBI · 0 SB
.291 OBP · .286 SLG · .576 OPS
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Rich Gedman was a catcher in MLB. Across 1033 career games, with a .252 batting average and 88 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

Deep Data

Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1980 BOS 9 24 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .208 .208 .208 .417
1981 BOS 62 205 22 59 15 0 5 26 0 9 31 .288 .317 .434 .751
1982 BOS 92 289 30 72 17 2 4 26 0 10 37 .249 .279 .363 .642
1983 BOS 81 204 21 60 16 1 2 18 0 15 37 .294 .345 .412 .757
1984 BOS 133 449 54 121 26 4 24 72 0 29 72 .269 .312 .506 .818
1985 BOS 144 498 66 147 30 5 18 80 2 50 79 .295 .362 .484 .846
1986 BOS 135 462 49 119 29 0 16 65 1 37 61 .258 .315 .424 .739
1987 BOS 52 151 11 31 8 0 1 13 0 10 24 .205 .250 .278 .528
1988 BOS 95 299 33 69 14 0 9 39 0 18 49 .231 .279 .368 .647
1989 BOS 93 260 24 55 9 0 4 16 0 23 47 .212 .273 .292 .565
1990 BOS 10 15 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 .200 .429 .200 .629
1990 HOU 40 104 4 21 7 0 1 10 0 15 24 .202 .300 .298 .598
1991 STL 46 94 7 10 1 0 3 8 0 4 15 .106 .140 .213 .353
1992 STL 41 105 5 23 4 0 1 8 0 11 22 .219 .291 .286 .576
Career Totals 1033 3159 331 795 176 12 88 382 3 236 509 .252 .304 .399 .703
Awards & Achievements
  • TSN All-Star (1): 1986
  • TSN Rookie Player of the Year (1): 1981
All-Star Selections

1985, 1986

Salary & Contract
Year Salary
1985$477,500
1986$650,000
1988$952,727
1989$1,150,000
1990$920,000
1991$150,000
1992$200,000

Career Total: $4,500,227 (7 seasons)

Average: $642,890

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.