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Keller Stargell League
7-29-2029
Gladiator McDavid Second Base
Retired (2001, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .277 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .779 Status Deceased (2023) Option Years 0  
H 1022 Age at Death 60 Date of Birth 04-03-1963
HR 148 Drafted Round 1, Pick 8
(1985)
Majors Svc Time 13 years
(33 games)
RBI 532
SB 125
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF B+ (73.8%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 2
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
Notes: 3HR: 6/27/98. 2HR: 5/3/97; 7/6/98; 4/3/99. WO HR: 6/26, 8/12/98; 5/13/99. Lifetime postseason: 1 for 1, an RBI 2B. He played all 8 fielding positions in OAK, with 9 games at C, 141 at 1st, 143 at 2B, 2 at 3B, 22 at SS, 74 at LF, 7 at CF, 4 at RF.
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1987 2B BAL 118 118 1048.0 597 257 322 18 72 -13 4.97 .970
1988 2B BAL 110 110 964.0 504 226 262 16 51 -8 4.56 .968
1989 2B BAL 53 50 444.1 233 110 122 1 21 -2 4.70 .996
3B BAL 4 4 33.0 11 3 7 1 1 -1 2.73 .909
SS BAL 2 2 17.0 7 4 1 2 0 0 2.65 .714
1990 LF LAA 17 17 142.2 31 29 1 1 0 -1 1.89 .968
2B LAA 3 3 27.0 13 7 6 0 1 0 4.33 1.000
CF LAA 2 2 17.0 4 3 1 0 0 0 2.12 1.000
1991 2B LAA 19 19 168.1 80 29 51 0 5 -5 4.28 1.000
LF LAA 12 12 108.0 26 25 1 0 0 0 2.17 1.000
1B LAA 10 10 87.0 86 83 3 0 4 -1 8.90 1.000
CF LAA 6 6 47.0 21 21 0 0 0 0 4.02 1.000
SS LAA 5 5 43.2 14 5 8 1 0 -1 2.68 .929
RF LAA 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1992 SS LAA 12 12 96.0 53 13 38 2 5 -2 4.78 .962
2B LAA 5 5 47.0 31 14 16 1 4 -1 5.74 .968
1B LAA 3 3 25.2 36 34 2 0 0 -1 12.63 1.000
1993 1B STL 37 37 324.0 353 341 11 1 17 -1 9.78 .997
2B STL 4 0 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1994 1B STL 13 13 120.0 130 128 2 0 9 +1 9.75 1.000
1995 1B STL 10 9 81.0 94 91 2 1 5 -2 10.33 .989
RF STL 2 2 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 -1 1.59 1.000
2B STL 2 1 11.0 6 1 4 1 2 +2 4.09 .833
1996 1B STL 30 28 257.0 259 249 6 4 19 -2 8.93 .985
2B STL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1997 LF OAK 71 71 618.0 140 136 2 2 0 -2 2.01 .986
CF OAK 3 3 29.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 2.48 1.000
1B OAK 2 2 17.0 18 17 1 0 3 -1 9.53 1.000
1998 2B OAK 104 104 904.1 516 198 302 16 49 -23 4.98 .969
SS OAK 14 14 128.2 70 19 45 6 6 -3 4.48 .914
1B OAK 2 2 18.0 20 19 1 0 0 -1 10.00 1.000
1999 1B OAK 93 93 844.0 864 829 29 6 56 -4 9.15 .993
2B OAK 28 28 239.0 121 53 64 4 15 -8 4.41 .967
SS OAK 8 8 72.0 27 10 16 1 2 0 3.25 .963
3B OAK 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
2000 1B OAK 42 34 307.2 328 319 8 1 26 -4 9.57 .997
2B OAK 9 7 59.0 36 17 18 1 2 +1 5.34 .972
RF OAK 4 4 31.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1.45 1.000
CF OAK 3 3 22.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.64 1.000
C OAK 7 0 20.0 17 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 7.65 1.000
LF OAK 2 0 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.64 1.000
3B OAK 1 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.60 1.000
2001 1B OAK 3 2 17.1 15 15 0 0 0 0 7.79 1.000
2B OAK 2 1 10.0 5 2 3 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
CF OAK 1 1 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 5.00 1.000
C OAK 2 0 5.1 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 6.75 1.000
LF OAK 1 1 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 6.75 1.000
Pos Total 2B 458 446 3929.0 2144 914 1172 58 222 -57 4.78 .973
1B 245 233 2098.2 2203 2125 65 13 139 -16 9.39 .994
LF 103 101 883.2 202 195 4 3 0 -3 2.03 .985
SS 41 41 357.1 171 51 108 12 13 -6 4.00 .930
CF 15 15 124.0 42 41 1 0 0 0 3.05 1.000
RF 7 7 56.0 8 8 0 0 0 -1 1.29 1.000
3B 6 5 46.0 13 4 8 1 1 -1 2.35 .923
C 9 0 25.1 21 21 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 7.46 1.000
Total 884 848 7520.0 4804 3359 1358 87 375 0 2 0 0.0% -84 5.65 .982
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2001-11-01Gladiator McDavid has retired from the Free Agency Pool
2001-04-25The Oakland Turtles have waived Gladiator McDavid.
2001-04-18The Oakland Turtles have promoted Sunny Hackman to the major league team. The Oakland Turtles have designated Gladiator McDavid for assignment.
2000-05-08Gladiator McDavid of the Oakland Turtles is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1998-08-25Gladiator McDavid of the Oakland Turtles is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1997-09-28Gladiator McDavid of the Oakland Turtles is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1997-08-11Gladiator McDavid of the Oakland Turtles is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1997-07-09Gladiator McDavid of the Oakland Turtles is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1997-03-11The Oakland Turtles have renamed Sluggo McDavid to Gladiator McDavid.
1997-03-11The Oakland Turtles have renamed Sluggo Bench to Sluggo McDavid.
1997-03-11Trade #1627293 has been completed between the St. Louis Browns and the Oakland Turtles. The Oakland Turtles receive Howie Paciorek, Sluggo Bench, Johnny Lovelace, Freddie Pole from the St. Louis Browns in exchange for Foggy McNamara, Fastcat Patterson.
1995-03-07The St. Louis Browns have placed Sluggo Bench on the trade block.
1994-09-30Sluggo Bench of the St. Louis Browns is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1993-03-07The St. Louis Browns have renamed Wayne McDavid to Sluggo Bench.
1993-03-07Trade #1592451 has been completed between the St. Louis Browns and the Los Angeles Megalodons. The Los Angeles Megalodons receive Larry Dean, Joe Pepitone, Draft Pick 1994 Round 3 STL (Junior Baldwin), Draft Pick - 1993 Round 2 (NYA) from the St. Louis Browns in exchange for Wayne McDavid.
1993-03-07Wayne McDavid has been reverted to his original name.
1992-04-02Cal Ripken Jr of the Los Angeles Mega Quakes is injured and is expected to be out 4 days.
1990-04-02Cal Ripken Jr of the Los Angeles Mega Quakes is injured and is expected to be out 41 days.
1989-03-07The Baltimore Dirty Soxs have renamed Wayne McDavid to Cal Ripken Jr.
1988-05-16Wayne McDavid of the Baltimore Crushers is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1987-04-29Wayne McDavid of the Baltimore Gladiators is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1987-03-07The Baltimore Gladiators have promoted Wayne McDavid to the major league team. The Baltimore Gladiators have designated Chris Lankford for assignment.
1986-03-01The Boston Gladiators have sent Wayne McDavid to the minors.
1986-03-01The Boston Lionhearts have designated Flash Gordon for assignment. The Boston Lionhearts have designated Gene Carter for assignment. The Boston Lionhearts have sent Carlos Grapenthin to the minors. The Boston Lionhearts have designated Big Papi for assignment. The Boston Lionhearts have designated Morgan Hays for assignment. The Boston Lionhearts have designated Frankie Walker for assignment. The Boston Lionhearts have designated Chris Lankford for assignment. The Boston Lionhearts have sent Gary Magoon to the minors. The Boston Lionhearts have sent Merv Rand to the minors. The Boston Lionhearts have sent Johnny Gonzalez to the minors. The Boston Lionhearts have promoted Cal Allietta to the major league team. The Boston Lionhearts have promoted Dave Rader to the major league team. The Boston Lionhearts have promoted Phil Meyerle to the major league team. The Boston Lionhearts have promoted Milt Toporcer to the major league team. The Boston Lionhearts have promoted Wayne McDavid to the major league team. The Boston Lionhearts have promoted Joe Harris to the major league team. The Boston Lionhearts have promoted Joe Anderson to the major league team. The Boston Lionhearts have promoted Lorenzo Cain to the major league team. The Boston Lionhearts have promoted George McHale to the major league team. The Boston Lionhearts have promoted Clarence Tellmann to the major league team. The Boston Lionhearts have promoted Pete Manlove to the major league team. The Boston Lionhearts have promoted Ody Smalley to the major league team. The Boston Lionhearts have promoted Sixty-six Lansing Boulevard to the major league team. The Boston Lionhearts have promoted Tony Nahem to the major league team. The Boston Lionhearts have promoted Bobby Doscher to the major league team. The Boston Lionhearts have promoted Hank Burpo to the major league team.