C Gasper Copeland #5
Age: 30 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Great
10/23/1972
C GASPER COPELAND #5 - AGE: 30 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
115 356 73 6 1 12 49 45 75 .205 .293 .329 1 1.6
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 50 45 45
Gap 40 45 40 40
Power 55 55 55 55
Eye 50 55 50 50
Avoid K's 45 45 45 45
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 30 35
Errors: - 40 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: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/22/1972 @ DEN Loss, 5-13 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 0
10/20/1972 DEN Win, 3-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10/19/1972 DEN Loss, 2-6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/18/1972 DEN Loss, 4-5 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
10/16/1972 @ DEN Win, 10-5 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
10/15/1972 @ DEN Loss, 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10/10/1972 SFS Win, 9-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
10/09/1972 SFS Win, 4-2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
10/08/1972 SFS Win, 1-0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/06/1972 @ SFS Win, 4-0 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Gasper maintains a clean-cut lifestyle.
Birthday:08/21/1942
Born in:Hicksville, NY
Nationality:American
Height:5' 9"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$71,045
Signed Through:1972 Season
Major Service:5 Years, 31 Days
Service This Yr:175 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Eligible, but possibly free agent after season!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1965, 8th Pick in Round 3
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1972 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 115 356 73 6 1 12 49 40 45 75 .205 .293 .329 .622 .290 .124 89
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 93 409 2 2 0 15 0 6 117 19 1 1 50.0 33.7 2.98 1.6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   188 36 5 1 7 22 23 30 44 2 0 1 .191 .303 .340 .644
Versus Right   168 37 1 0 5 27 17 15 31 4 0 1 .220 .282 .315 .597
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   18 3 0 0 1 4 2 2 3 0 0 0 .167 .250 .333 .583
April   30 4 0 0 1 5 3 5 4 2 0 0 .133 .243 .233 .477
May   56 15 2 0 3 7 8 8 14 0 0 0 .268 .359 .464 .824
June   56 13 2 0 4 10 7 10 14 0 0 1 .232 .358 .482 .840
July   72 17 1 1 2 8 7 5 12 0 0 1 .236 .295 .361 .656
August   76 12 1 0 2 13 12 15 15 3 0 0 .158 .287 .250 .537
September   66 12 0 0 0 6 3 2 16 1 0 0 .182 .203 .182 .385
Spring Training   34 8 0 1 0 2 2 4 8 0 0 0 .235 .316 .294 .610
Postseason   59 12 2 1 1 10 4 6 11 0 0 0 .203 .277 .322 .599
Last Year   251 54 5 1 7 26 29 32 44 1 2 4 .215 .312 .327 .639
2 Years Ago   281 67 11 3 9 42 44 39 44 4 0 2 .238 .331 .395 .726
Career   1381 295 30 10 43 177 167 178 245 18 2 8 .214 .303 .343 .647
Home   164 38 2 0 7 27 19 21 34 2 0 1 .232 .319 .372 .691
Road   192 35 4 1 5 22 21 24 41 4 0 1 .182 .271 .292 .563
Grass   356 73 6 1 12 49 40 45 75 6 0 2 .205 .293 .329 .622
Day   220 45 5 1 7 36 25 30 44 5 0 1 .205 .297 .332 .629
Night   136 28 1 0 5 13 15 15 31 1 0 1 .206 .288 .324 .611
As Starter   338 69 6 1 11 45 39 43 70 5 0 1 .204 .292 .325 .617
As Reliever / Substitution   18 4 0 0 1 4 1 2 5 1 0 1 .222 .318 .389 .707
Pinch Hitting   14 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 .214 .312 .214 .527
Close/Late   88 15 0 0 2 10 9 15 22 2 0 1 .170 .292 .239 .531
Inning 1-3   107 23 4 1 1 16 9 8 25 2 0 0 .215 .265 .299 .564
Inning 4-6   122 31 2 0 9 21 19 14 19 1 0 1 .254 .333 .492 .825
Inning 7-9   120 19 0 0 2 12 12 21 26 3 0 1 .158 .283 .208 .491
Extra Innings   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 .000 .222 .000 .222
0 Outs   108 22 2 0 6 14 17 9 20 2 0 0 .204 .261 .389 .649
1 Outs   130 27 3 1 2 19 15 17 29 4 0 1 .208 .296 .292 .588
2 Outs   118 24 1 0 4 16 8 19 26 0 0 1 .203 .319 .314 .632
Scoring Position   106 23 3 0 4 39 19 21 25 6 0 0 .217 .331 .358 .689
Bases Empty   181 33 3 1 6 6 16 18 35 0 0 2 .182 .264 .309 .573
Runner on 1st   69 17 0 0 2 4 5 6 15 0 0 0 .246 .307 .333 .640
Runner on 2nd   26 4 1 0 1 4 3 6 6 0 0 0 .154 .312 .308 .620
Runner on 3rd   11 2 0 0 0 5 2 1 3 2 0 0 .182 .214 .182 .396
Runner on 1st & 2nd   32 8 0 0 3 11 9 4 7 0 0 0 .250 .333 .531 .865
Runner on 1st & 3rd   9 4 0 0 0 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 .444 .500 .444 .944
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   12 2 1 0 0 4 2 6 2 1 0 0 .167 .421 .250 .671
Bases Loaded   16 3 1 0 0 10 3 2 4 2 0 0 .188 .250 .250 .500
Two Strikes   172 22 1 0 6 17 11 18 75 2 0 1 .128 .212 .238 .451
First Pitch   45 12 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .267 .289 .556
Count 0-1   21 6 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 .286 .280 .381 .661
Count 0-2   24 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 14 0 0 0 .083 .083 .208 .292
Count 1-0   44 11 1 0 1 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .267 .341 .608
Count 1-1   32 8 3 0 2 9 6 1 0 1 0 0 .250 .265 .531 .796
Count 1-2   53 7 1 0 1 4 2 0 22 0 0 0 .132 .132 .208 .340
Count 2-0   5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Count 2-1   28 10 0 0 3 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 .357 .357 .679 1.036
Count 2-2   66 9 0 0 3 9 5 0 30 2 0 1 .136 .145 .273 .418
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   9 2 0 0 0 1 2 13 0 0 0 0 .222 .682 .222 .904
Full Count   29 4 0 0 1 3 3 18 9 0 0 0 .138 .468 .241 .709
Behind in Count   98 15 1 1 2 10 4 0 36 3 0 1 .153 .157 .245 .402
Ahead in Count   86 25 1 0 4 16 18 26 0 0 0 0 .291 .455 .442 .897
Batting Leadoff   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Batting 5th   21 7 0 0 1 4 3 4 1 1 0 0 .333 .423 .476 .899
Batting 6th   309 60 6 1 10 38 35 36 68 2 0 1 .194 .279 .317 .596
Batting 7th   12 3 0 0 0 3 1 3 1 2 0 0 .250 .353 .250 .603
Batting 8th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   9 2 0 0 1 4 1 2 3 1 0 1 .222 .385 .556 .940
Low Leverage   147 30 3 1 3 11 14 19 23 2 0 0 .204 .292 .299 .591
Medium Leverage   130 32 2 0 8 22 18 13 25 1 0 2 .246 .322 .446 .768
High Leverage   77 11 1 0 1 16 8 13 26 3 0 0 .143 .258 .195 .453
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 -22 -37 -0.2
1968 Detroit - MLB 25 67 219 49 5 2 5 28 22 25 0 4 37 0 1 .224 .298 .333 .632 97 87 0.6
1969 Detroit - MLB 26 88 258 50 3 3 10 32 32 37 0 3 43 2 0 .194 .292 .345 .637 85 77 0.6
1970 Detroit - MLB 27 105 281 67 11 3 9 42 44 39 2 4 44 1 0 .238 .331 .395 .726 105 103 1.1
1971 Detroit - MLB 28 78 251 54 5 1 7 26 29 32 4 1 44 0 0 .215 .312 .327 .639 88 91 0.9
1972 Detroit - MLB 29 115 356 73 6 1 12 49 40 45 2 6 75 1 1 .205 .293 .329 .622 83 89 1.6
Total MLB 460 1381 295 30 10 43 177 167 178 8 18 245 4 2 .214 .303 .343 .647 90 88 4.5
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 0.9
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 -65 0.1
1969 Detroit - MLB 26 8 18 5 1 0 0 2 2 3 1 1 2 0 0 .278 .391 .333 .725 113 119 0.5
1970 Detroit - MLB 27 5 9 2 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 4 0 0 .222 .417 .556 .972 174 180 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 -5 -0.1
1972 Detroit - MLB 29 16 59 12 2 1 1 10 4 6 0 0 11 0 0 .203 .277 .322 .599 76 75 0.3
Total MLB 39 108 19 3 1 2 14 7 17 1 1 25 0 0 .176 .291 .278 .569 67 71
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
TOTAL C 401 370 2203 253 26 2471 15 .994 3331.0 6.64 -6.7 .826 35 246 101 41.1
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).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year IBB Rank
1969 7 8
Year SF Rank
1972 6 9
Wednesday, July 9th , 2025 - OOTP Baseball 25.11 Build 104