C Gasper Copeland #5
Detroit Wolverines MLB
Age: 32 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
09/16/1974
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C GASPER COPELAND #5 - AGE: 32 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
53 132 35 5 0 1 9 20 16 .265 .362 .326 0 0.5
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 45 45 45
Gap 40 45 40 40
Power 50 50 50 50
Eye 55 60 55 55
Avoid K's 45 45 45 45
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 30 30
Errors: - 35 25
Arm: 70 65 55
Turn DP: - 30 -
Framing: 50 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 50 Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 40
Stealing Aggressiveness: 25
Stealing Ability: 60
Baserunning Inst.: 40
Sacrifice Bunt: 40
Bunt for Hit: 30
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/13/1974 SEA Win, 3-0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/08/1974 @ BOS Win, 8-1 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0
09/08/1974 @ BOS Win, 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/03/1974 @ BAL Loss, 3-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/02/1974 @ BAL Loss, 0-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/01/1974 @ TCN Loss, 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/31/1974 @ TCN Loss, 4-7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/29/1974 BOS Win, 4-3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/27/1974 BOS Loss, 10-14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/25/1974 BAL Loss, 5-6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Celebrates every win.
Birthday:08/21/1942
Born in:Hicksville, NY
Nationality:American
Height:5' 9"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$226,000
Signed Through:1977 Season
Major Service:7 Years, 31 Days
Service This Yr:160 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1965, 8th Pick in Round 3
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1974 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 53 132 35 5 0 1 9 15 20 16 .265 .362 .326 .688 .313 .061 105
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 34 155 0 2 0 3 3 0 43 6 0 2 0.0 15.9 4.08 .5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   56 17 3 0 0 3 4 8 9 0 3 0 .304 .391 .357 .748
Versus Right   76 18 2 0 1 6 11 12 7 0 0 0 .237 .341 .303 .644
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
April   9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 .222 .364 .222 .586
May   23 5 1 0 0 1 2 4 5 0 0 0 .217 .333 .261 .594
June   23 4 1 0 0 0 4 5 2 0 0 0 .174 .321 .217 .539
July   29 8 0 0 1 5 4 6 3 0 1 0 .276 .400 .379 .779
August   36 13 2 0 0 1 5 0 4 0 1 0 .361 .361 .417 .778
September   12 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 .333 .733
Spring Training   40 9 0 0 1 6 2 5 4 2 0 0 .225 .298 .300 .598
Last Year   402 99 12 4 9 50 53 51 62 6 3 2 .246 .330 .363 .693
2 Years Ago   356 73 6 1 12 49 40 45 75 6 0 2 .205 .293 .329 .622
Career   1915 429 47 14 53 236 235 249 323 24 8 10 .224 .313 .346 .659
Home   73 19 3 0 1 4 12 10 7 0 2 0 .260 .349 .342 .692
Road   59 16 2 0 0 5 3 10 9 0 1 0 .271 .377 .305 .682
Grass   132 35 5 0 1 9 15 20 16 0 3 0 .265 .362 .326 .688
Day   81 24 4 0 0 7 9 9 9 0 2 0 .296 .367 .346 .712
Night   51 11 1 0 1 2 6 11 7 0 1 0 .216 .355 .294 .649
As Starter   116 30 4 0 1 9 13 20 15 0 3 0 .259 .368 .319 .687
As Reliever / Substitution   16 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .312 .312 .375 .688
Pinch Hitting   12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Close/Late   42 11 3 0 0 3 4 3 4 0 1 0 .262 .311 .333 .644
Inning 1-3   32 9 0 0 0 1 3 6 5 0 1 0 .281 .395 .281 .676
Inning 4-6   42 9 2 0 0 2 6 11 6 0 1 0 .214 .377 .262 .639
Inning 7-9   53 14 2 0 1 6 5 3 5 0 1 0 .264 .304 .358 .662
Extra Innings   5 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .800 1.400
0 Outs   47 16 3 0 1 2 10 6 6 0 3 0 .340 .415 .468 .883
1 Outs   43 8 2 0 0 3 4 7 1 0 0 0 .186 .300 .233 .533
2 Outs   42 11 0 0 0 4 1 7 9 0 0 0 .262 .367 .262 .629
Scoring Position   31 8 2 0 0 8 2 6 8 0 3 0 .258 .378 .323 .701
Bases Empty   72 20 2 0 1 1 10 9 5 0 0 0 .278 .358 .347 .705
Runner on 1st   29 7 1 0 0 0 3 5 3 0 0 0 .241 .353 .276 .629
Runner on 2nd   9 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 4 0 2 0 .222 .364 .333 .697
Runner on 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Runner on 1st & 2nd   9 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 .444 .500 .444 .944
Runner on 1st & 3rd   4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Bases Loaded   4 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 .250 .400 .500 .900
Two Strikes   66 15 2 0 0 2 4 3 16 0 0 0 .227 .261 .258 .518
First Pitch   25 8 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 .320 .346 .480 .826
Count 0-1   8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Count 0-2   12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
Count 1-0   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Count 1-1   14 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .357 .357 .429 .786
Count 1-2   17 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 .353 .353 .412 .765
Count 2-0   3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Count 2-1   9 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .556 1.000
Count 2-2   18 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 .167 .167 .222 .389
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 .500 .875 .500 1.375
Full Count   19 5 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 .263 .364 .263 .627
Behind in Count   37 8 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 0 0 0 .216 .216 .243 .459
Ahead in Count   19 6 1 0 0 1 8 16 0 0 1 0 .316 .629 .368 .997
Batting 2nd   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 4th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
Batting 6th   15 5 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .400 .733
Batting 7th   61 16 2 0 1 5 4 13 9 0 2 0 .262 .392 .344 .736
Batting 8th   32 9 1 0 0 3 5 7 5 0 0 0 .281 .410 .312 .723
Batting 9th   11 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .273 .273 .364 .636
Low Leverage   49 14 0 0 1 5 5 8 5 0 0 0 .286 .386 .347 .733
Medium Leverage   55 15 3 0 0 3 7 10 6 0 3 0 .273 .385 .327 .712
High Leverage   27 6 2 0 0 1 3 2 5 0 0 0 .222 .276 .296 .572
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 Detroit - MLB 24 7 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -21 -35 -0.2
1968 Detroit - MLB 25 67 219 49 5 2 5 28 22 25 0 4 37 0 1 .224 .298 .333 .632 98 92 0.8
1969 Detroit - MLB 26 88 258 50 3 3 10 32 32 37 0 3 43 2 0 .194 .292 .345 .637 86 81 0.8
1970 Detroit - MLB 27 105 281 67 11 3 9 42 44 39 2 4 44 1 0 .238 .331 .395 .726 108 108 1.2
1971 Detroit - MLB 28 78 251 54 5 1 7 26 29 32 4 1 44 0 0 .215 .312 .327 .639 89 94 1.0
1972 Detroit - MLB 29 115 356 73 6 1 12 49 40 45 2 6 75 1 1 .205 .293 .329 .622 96 99 2.1
1973 Detroit - MLB 30 119 402 99 12 4 9 50 53 51 2 6 62 2 3 .246 .330 .363 .693 99 98 2.1
1974 Detroit - MLB 31 53 132 35 5 0 1 9 15 20 0 0 16 0 2 .265 .362 .326 .688 98 105 0.5
Total MLB 632 1915 429 47 14 53 236 235 249 10 24 323 6 7 .224 .313 .346 .659 96 96 8.1
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1965 Total - 22 46 205 58 8 0 6 35 52 20 2 1 24 11 2 .283 .351 .410 .761 100 100 0.8
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1968 Detroit - MLB 25 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 .000 .100 .000 .100 -67 -62 0.1
1969 Detroit - MLB 26 8 18 5 1 0 0 2 2 3 1 1 2 0 0 .278 .391 .333 .725 114 124 0.5
1970 Detroit - MLB 27 5 9 2 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 4 0 0 .222 .417 .556 .972 178 186 0.4
1971 Detroit - MLB 28 6 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .235 .000 .235 -26 -2 -0.1
1972 Detroit - MLB 29 16 59 12 2 1 1 10 4 6 0 0 11 0 0 .203 .277 .322 .599 88 84 0.4
1973 Detroit - MLB 30 11 36 9 0 0 1 4 2 5 1 0 4 1 0 .250 .357 .333 .690 100 103 0.5
Total MLB 50 144 28 3 1 3 18 9 22 2 1 29 1 0 .194 .308 .292 .599 80 84
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1967 Detroit - MLB C 6 4 29 3 0 33 1 .970 37.2 7.65 -0.2 .490 0 1 1 100.0
1967 Detroit - MLB 1B 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 .500 2.0 4.50 -0.6 .523
1968 Detroit - MLB C 64 62 416 38 4 456 2 .996 570.2 7.16 +0.0 .772 2 51 21 41.2
1968 Detroit - MLB 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Detroit - MLB C 77 71 426 54 4 484 4 .992 634.1 6.81 -1.7 .821 10 48 20 41.7
1969 Detroit - MLB 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 2.0 0.00 -0.6 .000
1970 Detroit - MLB C 82 74 407 35 6 445 3 .993 657.0 6.05 -1.6 .785 10 41 16 39.0
1971 Detroit - MLB C 73 66 389 53 4 444 2 .995 606.2 6.56 -2.0 .848 7 40 17 42.5
1972 Detroit - MLB C 99 93 536 70 8 609 3 .995 824.2 6.61 -1.2 .879 6 65 26 40.0
1973 Detroit - MLB C 113 112 570 76 8 648 2 .997 971.1 5.99 -2.0 .815 12 71 32 45.1
1974 Detroit - MLB C 40 34 189 28 1 218 1 .995 310.2 6.29 +1.6 1.271 4 33 15 45.5
TOTAL C 554 516 2962 357 35 3337 18 .995 4613.0 6.48 -7.1 .849 51 350 148 42.3
TOTAL 1B 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 .500 2.0 4.50 -0.6 .523
TOTAL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 4.0 0.00 -0.6 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
12/13/1965 Drafted in the 1965 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 8, 64th overall pick) by the Detroit Wolverines, out of college Rhode Island
01/01/1966 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 35 (45); Eye: 40 (50).
11/08/1966 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $19,800.
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 35 (45); Eye: 45 (50).
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 50 (50).
06/05/1968 Injured (sinus infection),day-to-day for 3 days.
11/19/1968 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $22,200.
12/24/1968 Successfully completed training to improve his defense at catcher at the Detroit Wolverines development complex.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 50 (50).
10/28/1969 Wins the 1969 World Series with the Detroit Wolverines.
11/17/1969 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $23,400.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 50 (55).
11/15/1970 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $39,000.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 50 (60).
08/20/1971 Injured (flu-like symptoms),day-to-day for 1 day.
11/11/1971 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $71,045.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 50 (60).
11/10/1972 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $119,680.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 50 (50).
07/27/1973 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $904,000 with the Detroit Wolverines organization.
08/14/1973 Injured (bruised wrist),day-to-day for 4 days.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 55 (55).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year IBB Rank
1969 7 8
Year SF Rank
1972 6 9
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