Gus Triandos

Catcher

1953—1965

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Catcher RANK
NR

Player Detail

Gus
GIVEN NAME
Triandos
SURNAME
July 30, 1930, in San Francisco, CA
BORN
March 28, 2013, in San Jose, CA, USA
DIED
1953—1965
Playing Career
Played from 22-34
PLAYING AGE
New York Yankees
Baltimore Orioles
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Phillies
Teams Played For
Catcher
PRIMARY POSITION
Baltimore Orioles
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Tremendous Triandos, Golden Greek
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
UNKNOWN
BATTING ORDER
6-3 / 205
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
August 3, 1953
Major League Debut
August 15, 1965
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Gus Triandos?

Slow-footer catcher of the 1950s and 1960s.
As the Orioles’ catcher, Gus used an outsized catcher’s mitt designed by manager Paul Richards to handle the unpredictable knuckleball of Hoyt Wilhelm

50

HITTING

60

POWER

20

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

70

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1206
954
167
608
.244
4 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
14.1
43.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.735
.706
104.4

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.244
.322
.413

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Gus Triandos Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Triandos
530
129
53
20
1
23
82
60
86
219
192
.244
.322
.413
735
AVG C
535
136
56
21
3
14
52
70
2
205
192
.254
.323
.384
.706

Gus Triandos Rankings

AT Catcher BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
143
98
NR
72
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Catcher BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
93
100
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Gus Triandos PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
14.1
14.2
11.8
8.9
1.89
53.0
34.7
25.3
17.3
4.40
BLUE = Gus Triandos
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
132.5
135.8
82.1
53.6
17.7
307.6
181.0
130.7
87.6
24.8
BLUE = Gus Triandos
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C