Danny Cater was born on Sunday, February 25, 1940, in Austin, Texas. Cater was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 14, 1964, with the Philadelphia Phillies. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Danny Cater baseball stats page.
"So many guys come and go here (in St. Louis) that if we won the pennant, our shares would be fifty dollars a piece." - Danny Cater in Baseball Digest (October 1975)
Danny Cater![]() Danny Cater Autograph on a 1974 Topps Baseball Card (#543 | Checklist) |
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Danny CaterDanny Cater Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| - | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
Danny CaterDanny Cater Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 1964 | 24 | Phillies | 60 | 152 | 13 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .296 | .325 | .388 |
| 1965 | 25 | White Sox | 142 | 514 | 74 | 139 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 55 | 33 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | .270 | .316 | .403 |
| 1966 | 26 | White Sox | 21 | 60 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .183 | .194 | .233 |
| 1966 | 26 | Athletics | 116 | 425 | 47 | 124 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 52 | 28 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | .292 | .334 | .393 |
| 1967 | 27 | Athletics | 142 | 529 | 55 | 143 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 34 | 9 | 56 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | .270 | .317 | .340 |
| 1968 | 28 | Athletics | 147 | 504 | 53 | 146 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 62 | 35 | 3 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | .290 | .336 | .393 |
| 1969 | 29 | Athletics | 152 | 584 | 64 | 153 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 76 | 28 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 25 | .262 | .296 | .361 |
| 1970 | 30 | Yankees | 155 | 582 | 64 | 175 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 76 | 34 | 6 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 | .301 | .340 | .393 |
| 1971 | 31 | Yankees | 121 | 428 | 39 | 118 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 19 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | .276 | .308 | .364 |
| 1972 | 32 | Red Sox | 92 | 317 | 32 | 75 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 16 | .237 | .270 | .372 |
| 1973 | 33 | Red Sox | 63 | 195 | 30 | 61 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .313 | .348 | .390 |
| 1974 | 34 | Red Sox | 56 | 126 | 14 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .246 | .309 | .405 |
| 1975 | 35 | Cardinals | 22 | 35 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .250 | .286 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 12 Years | 1,289 | 4,451 | 491 | 1,229 | 191 | 29 | 66 | 1 | 519 | 254 | 33 | 406 | 22 | 36 | 22 | 160 | .276 | .316 | .377 | ||
Danny CaterDanny Cater Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 1964 Phillies | 1B | 7 | 6 | 153 | 67 | 9.6 | 65 | 62 | 3 | 2 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .970 | 11.47 |
| 1964 Phillies | 3B | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1964 Phillies | CF | 2 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.80 |
| 1964 Phillies | LF | 35 | 27 | 696 | 50 | 1.4 | 49 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .980 | 1.90 |
| 1964 Phillies | RF | 2 | 2 | 48 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.13 |
| 1965 White Sox | 1B | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 5.0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .933 | 14.00 |
| 1965 White Sox | 3B | 11 | 8 | 195 | 17 | 1.5 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .941 | 2.22 |
| 1965 White Sox | CF | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1965 White Sox | LF | 126 | 109 | 3,087 | 182 | 1.4 | 178 | 173 | 5 | 4 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .978 | 1.56 |
| 1966 Athletics | LF | 21 | 20 | 510 | 40 | 1.9 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 2.06 |
| 1966 White Sox | LF | 16 | 13 | 342 | 16 | 1.0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.26 |
| 1966 White Sox | RF | 3 | 2 | 66 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .714 | 2.05 |
| 1966 Athletics | RF | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.29 |
| 1966 Athletics | 1B | 53 | 49 | 1,341 | 498 | 9.4 | 495 | 459 | 36 | 3 | 48 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .994 | 9.97 |
| 1966 Athletics | 3B | 42 | 39 | 1,020 | 118 | 2.8 | 113 | 46 | 67 | 5 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .958 | 2.99 |
| 1967 Athletics | 1B | 44 | 33 | 960 | 328 | 7.5 | 327 | 297 | 30 | 1 | 32 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .997 | 9.20 |
| 1967 Athletics | 3B | 56 | 51 | 1,311 | 131 | 2.3 | 120 | 43 | 77 | 11 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .916 | 2.47 |
| 1967 Athletics | LF | 55 | 54 | 1,263 | 87 | 1.6 | 86 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .989 | 1.84 |
| 1968 Athletics | 1B | 121 | 114 | 3,026 | 1,058 | 8.7 | 1,053 | 985 | 68 | 5 | 89 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .995 | 9.40 |
| 1968 Athletics | 2B | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.00 |
| 1968 Athletics | LF | 19 | 14 | 354 | 19 | 1.0 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.45 |
| 1968 Athletics | RF | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1969 Athletics | 1B | 132 | 120 | 3,244 | 1,193 | 9.0 | 1,184 | 1,087 | 97 | 9 | 112 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .992 | 9.85 |
| 1969 Athletics | 2B | 4 | 2 | 108 | 17 | 4.3 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.25 |
| 1969 Athletics | LF | 19 | 17 | 453 | 31 | 1.6 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.85 |
| 1969 Athletics | RF | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1970 Yankees | 1B | 131 | 99 | 2,815 | 1,059 | 8.1 | 1,051 | 981 | 70 | 8 | 79 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .992 | 10.08 |
| 1970 Yankees | 3B | 42 | 42 | 1,011 | 115 | 2.7 | 107 | 24 | 83 | 8 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .930 | 2.86 |
| 1970 Yankees | RF | 7 | 6 | 129 | 12 | 1.7 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.51 |
| 1971 Yankees | 1B | 78 | 57 | 1,607 | 629 | 8.1 | 626 | 564 | 62 | 3 | 54 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .995 | 10.52 |
| 1971 Yankees | 3B | 52 | 49 | 1,229 | 162 | 3.1 | 152 | 41 | 111 | 10 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .938 | 3.34 |
| 1972 Red Sox | 1B | 90 | 83 | 2,183 | 722 | 8.0 | 717 | 656 | 61 | 5 | 65 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .993 | 8.87 |
| 1973 Red Sox | 1B | 37 | 29 | 863 | 305 | 8.2 | 304 | 287 | 17 | 1 | 37 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .997 | 9.51 |
| 1973 Red Sox | 3B | 21 | 16 | 434 | 60 | 2.9 | 55 | 16 | 39 | 5 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .917 | 3.42 |
| 1974 Red Sox | 1B | 23 | 17 | 436 | 136 | 5.9 | 136 | 126 | 10 | 0 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 8.42 |
| 1975 Cardinals | 1B | 12 | 7 | 157 | 54 | 4.5 | 53 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .981 | 9.11 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 1B Totals | 731 | 616 | 16,812 | 6,064 | 8.3 | 6,025 | 5,567 | 458 | 39 | 534 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .994 | 9.68 | |
| LF Totals | 291 | 254 | 6,705 | 425 | 1.5 | 418 | 403 | 15 | 7 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .984 | 1.68 | |
| 3B Totals | 225 | 205 | 5,209 | 603 | 2.7 | 563 | 171 | 392 | 40 | 35 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .934 | 2.92 | |
| RF Totals | 16 | 11 | 291 | 22 | 1.4 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .909 | 1.86 | |
| 2B Totals | 5 | 2 | 114 | 19 | 3.8 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 | |
| CF Totals | 3 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.29 | |
| 12 Years | 1,271 | 1,089 | 29,173 | 7,135 | 5.6 | 7,047 | 6,172 | 875 | 88 | 574 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .988 | 6.52 | |
Danny CaterDanny Cater Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 1964 Phillies | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 21 | 0 | n/a | 152.0 | 10.1 | 11.7 | - | - | - |
| 1965 White Sox | 3 | 3 | .500 | 11 | 4 | n/a | 36.7 | 7.9 | 9.3 | - | - | - |
| 1966 White Sox | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 6.0 | 15.0 | - | - | - |
| 1966 Athletics | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7 | 0 | n/a | 60.7 | 11.5 | 8.2 | - | - | - |
| 1967 Athletics | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 132.3 | 9.4 | 11.5 | - | - | - |
| 1968 Athletics | 8 | 7 | .533 | 16 | 0 | n/a | 84.0 | 11.7 | 8.1 | - | - | - |
| 1969 Athletics | 1 | 4 | .200 | 10 | 1 | n/a | 58.4 | 14.6 | 7.7 | - | - | - |
| 1970 Yankees | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5 | 0 | n/a | 97.0 | 13.2 | 7.7 | - | - | - |
| 1971 Yankees | 0 | 3 | .000 | 11 | 0 | n/a | 107.0 | 17.1 | 8.6 | - | - | - |
| 1972 Red Sox | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 1 | n/a | 39.6 | 9.6 | 8.1 | - | - | - |
| 1973 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 195.0 | 8.9 | 8.1 | - | - | - |
| 1974 Red Sox | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 25.2 | 9.7 | 6.3 | - | - | - |
| 1975 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 14 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 11.7 | 17.5 | - | - | - |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 12 Years | 26 | 30 | .464 | 139 | 8 | 17 | 67.4 | 11.0 | 8.6 | - | - | - |
Danny CaterDanny Cater Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 1964 Philadelphia Phillies | 10 | $6,000.00 | - | - |
| 1965 Chicago White Sox | 9 | $8,500.00 | - | - |
| 1966 Chicago White Sox | 9 | $12,000.00 | - | - |
| 1966 Kansas City Athletics | 2 | " " | - | - |
| 1967 Kansas City Athletics | 2 | $17,000.00 | - | - |
| 1968 Oakland Athletics | 2 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1969 Oakland Athletics | 2 | $29,000.00 | - | - |
| 1970 New York Yankees | 10 | $32,500.00 | - | - |
| 1971 New York Yankees | 10 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1972 Boston Red Sox | 5 | $43,250.00 | - | - |
| 1973 Boston Red Sox | 5 | $43,250.00 | - | - |
| 1974 Boston Red Sox | 5 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1975 St. Louis Cardinals | 24 | Undetermined | - | - |
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