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Phil Niekro League
10-26-2088
Gar Estes First Base
Retired (1968, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .265 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .772 Status Deceased (2005) Option Years 0  
H 1271 Age at Death 73 Date of Birth 02-18-1932
HR 197 Drafted Round 1, Pick 3
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(122 games)
RBI 733
SB 23
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R A  Power vs. L A  Velocity C+   Mentor vR A+
Speed B  Bunt B- Control D+   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A+ WS Rings 4
1B A+ (100%) LF C+ (49.0%) Arm C  WS Appearances 5
2B F  (3.9%) CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 11
3B --- RF D- (4.2%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 2
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1956 CLE
39
102
9
22
4
0
4
9
9
 18 1 1
0
 0 1
.656
.283
.373
.157
.216
1957 CLE
4
13
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
 4 1 0
0
 0 0
.497
.267
.231
.077
.154
1958 CLE
88
260
38
63
13
2
11
47
17
 54 2 1
0
 0 5
.727
.293
.435
.192
.242
1959 CLE
140
500
79
139
20
3
21
78
36
 79 1 7
0
 0 12
.780
.324
.456
.178
.278
1960 CLE
117
351
49
88
20
2
12
57
38
 70 0 2
0
 0 5
.744
.322
.422
.171
.251
1961 CLE
115
366
70
102
18
0
27
57
40
 69 1 1
0
 0 2
.900
.350
.549
.270
.279
1962 CLE
144
530
62
134
16
6
16
88
49
 119 1 7
3
 2 6
.710
.313
.396
.143
.253
1963 CLE
146
563
93
163
33
2
23
80
58
 94 1 2
4
 2 6
.834
.356
.478
.188
.290
1964 CLE
146
547
74
137
15
9
21
86
51
 103 3 2
3
 1 6
.743
.317
.426
.176
.250
1965 CLE
146
513
73
137
19
3
17
79
54
 108 2 4
7
 3 1
.752
.337
.415
.148
.267
1966 CLE
146
524
85
152
18
5
22
76
57
 116 0 6
6
 3 5
.826
.356
.469
.179
.290
1967 CLE
128
414
52
106
13
4
20
57
38
 83 0 6
0
 0 0
.766
.314
.452
.196
.256
1968 CLE
54
106
15
26
1
1
3
19
6
 20 0 1
0
 0 3
.642
.283
.358
.113
.245
Total
1413
4789
700
1271
191
37
197
733
454
 937 13 40
23
 11 52
.772
.328
.444
.179
.265
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1968-11-01Gar Estes has retired from the Cleveland Cyanide
1961-07-02Gar Estes of the Cleveland Cyanide is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1961-04-04Gar Estes of the Cleveland Cyanide is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1958-09-17Gar Estes of the Cleveland Cyanide is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1957-09-28The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Dave Straker to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Gar Estes to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Clarence Bowers to the major league team.
1956-06-09The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Gar Estes to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have designated Del Fluhrer for assignment.
1956-04-03The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Gar Estes to the major league team.
1950-04-01The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Barney Castro to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Glenn Rhodes to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Vern Castillo to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Duke Frazier to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Ron Mohardt to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Jimmy Aaron to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Luis Skaggs to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Delos Redman to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Art Bradford to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Broadway Rose to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Mackey Hovlik to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have promoted Rafael Kruk to the major league team. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Ben Gill to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Gar Estes to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Mike Eagan to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Dave Straker to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Charlie Caskey to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Harry Schreiber to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Sandy Rohwer to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Craig Bathe to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Rick Capel to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Denver Davis to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Al Holloway to the minors. The Cleveland Cyanide have sent Harry Skidmore to the minors.