Gus Triandos

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: July 30, 1930 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: March 28, 2013 in San Jose, CA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Mission HS (San Francisco, CA)

School: Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)

Debut: August 3, 1953 (Age 23-004d, 11,054th in major league history)
vs. SLB 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 15, 1965 (Age 35-016d)
vs. NYM 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Gus Triandos

Nicknames: Tremendous Triandos or Golden Greek

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.1

3907

954

167

.244

389

RBI

608

OBP

.322

SLG

.413

OPS

.735

OPS+

103

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1948	17	NYY-min	C	92	336	297	42	96	14	0	18	85	0		37	54	.323	.402	.552	.954		164		2	0				TWF · PION
1949	18	NYY-min	B,C	114	456	387	79	119	18	2	26	100	4		67	54	.307	.412	.566	.978		219		2	0				NFK,TWF · PIED,PION
1950	19	NYY-min	C,A	82	294	294		100	15	4	11						.340	.340	.531	.871		156							AMS,BNG · CAML,EL
1951	20	NYY-min	AAA,AA	3	7	7		3	0	0	1						.429	.429	.857	1.286		6							KCY,BMT · AA,TL
1952			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1953	22	NYY-min	AA	97	415	367	70	135	26	3	19	75	4		43	38	.368	.441	.610	1.051		224		5	0				BIR · SOUA
1953	22	NYY	AL	18	55	51	5	8	2	0	1	6	0	0	3	9	.157	.204	.255	.459	25	13	0	0	1		0	3/2H
1954	23	NYY-min	AAA	131	492	423	68	125	15	4	18	65	1		57	63	.296	.378	.478	.855		202	14	3	2	7			KCY · AA
1954	23	NYY	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2H
1955	24	BAL	AL	140	529	481	47	133	17	3	12	65	0	0	40	55	.277	.333	.399	.732	104	192	9	2	3	3	4	*32H/5	MVP-24
1956	25	BAL	AL	131	509	452	47	126	18	1	21	88	0	0	48	73	.279	.348	.462	.810	122	209	21	2	3	4	4	23/H	MVP-26
1957	26	BAL	AL	129	467	418	44	106	21	1	19	72	0	0	38	73	.254	.317	.445	.762	113	186	12	3	4	4	7	*2H	AS
1958	27	BAL	AL	137	544	474	59	116	10	0	30	79	1	0	60	65	.245	.327	.456	.782	119	216	22	1	2	7	4	*2/H	AS,MVP-11
1959	28	BAL	AL	126	468	393	43	85	7	1	25	73	0	0	65	56	.216	.330	.430	.760	110	169	12	3	4	3	6	*2/H	AS,AS,MVP-20
1960	29	BAL	AL	109	413	364	36	98	18	0	12	54	0	0	41	62	.269	.343	.418	.761	106	152	11	1	5	2	5	*2/H
1961	30	BAL	AL	115	445	397	35	97	21	0	17	63	0	0	44	60	.244	.320	.426	.746	101	169	13	1	1	2	7	*2/H
1962	31	BAL	AL	66	237	207	20	33	7	0	6	23	0	0	29	43	.159	.262	.280	.542	50	58	6	0	0	1	2	2/H
1963	32	DET	AL	106	369	327	28	78	13	0	14	41	0	0	32	67	.239	.315	.407	.722	99	133	10	6	1	3	4	2H
1964	33	PHI	NL	73	220	188	17	47	9	0	8	33	0	0	26	41	.250	.339	.426	.765	115	80	7	1	2	3	5	2H/3
1965	34	TOT	NL	54	169	154	8	27	4	0	2	11	0	0	14	31	.175	.249	.240	.489	42	37	5	1	0	0	1	2/H
1965	34	PHI	NL	30	91	82	3	14	2	0	0	4	0	0	9	17	.171	.253	.195	.448	30	16	3	0	0	0	1	2/H
1965	34	HOU	NL	24	78	72	5	13	2	0	2	7	0	0	5	14	.181	.244	.292	.535	56	21	2	1	0	0	0	2/H
13 Yrs				1206	4426	3907	389	954	147	6	167	608	1	0	440	636	.244	.322	.413	.735	103	1614	128	21	26	32	49
162 Game Avg.				162	595	525	52	128	20	1	22	82	0	0	59	85	.244	.322	.413	.735	103	217	17	3	3		7

BAL (8 yrs)				953	3612	3186	331	794	119	6	142	517	1	0	365	487	.249	.326	.424	.751	107	1351	106	13	22	26	39
PHI (2 yrs)				103	311	270	20	61	11	0	8	37	0	0	35	58	.226	.314	.356	.669	90	96	10	1	2	3	6
NYY (2 yrs)				20	56	52	5	8	2	0	1	6	0	0	3	10	.154	.200	.250	.450	23	13	0	0	1	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				24	78	72	5	13	2	0	2	7	0	0	5	14	.181	.244	.292	.535	56	21	2	1	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				106	369	327	28	78	13	0	14	41	0	0	32	67	.239	.315	.407	.722	99	133	10	6	1	3	4

AL (11 yrs)				1079	4037	3565	364	880	134	6	157	564	1	0	400	564	.247	.324	.420	.744	105	1497	116	19	24	29	43
NL (2 yrs)				127	389	342	25	74	13	0	10	44	0	0	40	72	.216	.300	.342	.642	83	117	12	2	2	3	6

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