C Gasper Copeland #5
Detroit Wolverines MLB
Age: 32 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
01/13/1975
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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
55 141 39 5 0 1 9 20 18 .277 .366 .333 0 0.6
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: 65 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
09/27/1974 @ ATL Loss, 3-4 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
09/21/1974 NYE Loss, 4-9 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
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
PERSONALITY
Celebrates every win.
Birthday:08/21/1942
Born in:Hicksville, NY
Nationality:American
Height:5' 9"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$226,000
Signed Through:1977 Season
Major Service:7 Years, 31 Days
Service This Yr:174 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:9 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 55 141 39 5 0 1 9 16 20 18 .277 .366 .333 .700 .318 .057 109
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 36 164 0 2 0 3 3 0 47 6 0 2 0.0 17.5 4.30 .6  
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   85 22 2 0 1 6 12 12 9 0 0 0 .259 .351 .318 .668
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
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   21 7 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 .333 .417 .381 .798
Spring Training   40 9 0 0 1 6 2 5 4 2 0 0 .225 .298 .300 .598
Last Year   141 39 5 0 1 9 16 20 18 0 3 0 .277 .366 .333 .700
2 Years Ago   402 99 12 4 9 50 53 51 62 6 3 2 .246 .330 .363 .693
Career   1924 433 47 14 53 236 236 249 325 24 8 10 .225 .314 .347 .660
Home   77 20 3 0 1 4 12 10 9 0 2 0 .260 .345 .338 .682
Road   64 19 2 0 0 5 4 10 9 0 1 0 .297 .392 .328 .720
Grass   141 39 5 0 1 9 16 20 18 0 3 0 .277 .366 .333 .700
Day   85 25 4 0 0 7 9 9 11 0 2 0 .294 .362 .341 .703
Night   56 14 1 0 1 2 7 11 7 0 1 0 .250 .373 .321 .695
As Starter   125 34 4 0 1 9 14 20 17 0 3 0 .272 .372 .328 .700
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   44 12 3 0 0 3 4 3 4 0 1 0 .273 .319 .341 .660
Inning 1-3   34 10 0 0 0 1 3 6 6 0 1 0 .294 .400 .294 .694
Inning 4-6   45 10 2 0 0 2 7 11 6 0 1 0 .222 .375 .267 .642
Inning 7-9   56 16 2 0 1 6 5 3 6 0 1 0 .286 .322 .375 .697
Extra Innings   6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .667 1.167
0 Outs   50 18 3 0 1 2 11 6 6 0 3 0 .360 .429 .480 .909
1 Outs   45 9 2 0 0 3 4 7 1 0 0 0 .200 .308 .244 .552
2 Outs   46 12 0 0 0 4 1 7 11 0 0 0 .261 .358 .261 .619
Scoring Position   33 8 2 0 0 8 2 6 9 0 3 0 .242 .359 .303 .662
Bases Empty   76 21 2 0 1 1 11 9 6 0 0 0 .276 .353 .342 .695
Runner on 1st   32 10 1 0 0 0 3 5 3 0 0 0 .312 .405 .344 .749
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   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Bases Loaded   4 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 .250 .400 .500 .900
Two Strikes   72 17 2 0 0 2 4 3 18 0 0 0 .236 .267 .264 .531
First Pitch   27 9 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 .333 .357 .481 .839
Count 0-1   8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Count 0-2   14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 .071 .071 .071 .143
Count 1-0   6 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
Count 1-1   14 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .357 .357 .429 .786
Count 1-2   18 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 .333 .333 .389 .722
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   21 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 .238 .238 .286 .524
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   40 8 1 0 0 2 1 0 11 0 0 0 .200 .200 .225 .425
Ahead in Count   20 7 1 0 0 1 9 16 0 0 1 0 .350 .639 .400 1.039
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   19 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 .316 .316 .368 .684
Batting 7th   66 19 2 0 1 5 5 13 9 0 2 0 .288 .405 .364 .769
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   50 14 0 0 1 5 5 8 6 0 0 0 .280 .379 .340 .719
Medium Leverage   61 18 3 0 0 3 8 10 7 0 3 0 .295 .394 .344 .739
High Leverage   29 7 2 0 0 1 3 2 5 0 0 0 .241 .290 .310 .601
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 55 141 39 5 0 1 9 16 20 0 0 18 0 2 .277 .366 .333 .700 101 109 0.6
Total MLB 634 1924 433 47 14 53 236 236 249 10 24 325 6 7 .225 .314 .347 .660 96 96 8.2
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 42 36 202 30 2 233 1 .996 329.0 6.35 +1.9 1.256 4 34 16 47.1
TOTAL C 556 518 2975 359 36 3352 18 .995 4631.1 6.48 -6.8 .851 51 351 149 42.5
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).
01/01/1975 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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