Greg Gagne

Birth Date: 11/12/1961

Member of Twins Hall of Fame

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Gagne was a 5th round draft pick by the Yankees in 1979 out of Somerset High School, MA. In 1982, while still in the minors, he was traded to the Twins as part of the Ron Davis/Roy Smalley trade. He made his MLB debut with the Twins in June 1983 and by 1985 was the Twins every day shortstop. He was part of both the 1987 and 1991 World Series championships. He left the Twins in free agency after the 1993 season and signed with the Royals that same off season. He played with the Royals for 3 seasons and then played his final 2 seasons with the Dodgers, ending his 15 year MLB career after the 1997 season.

Notable Events & Trivia

One of the few members of both Minnesota Twins championship ballclubs: 1987 and 1991.
April 10, 1982, while in the Yankees minor league system, Gagne was traded to the Twins along with pitchers Paul Boris and Ron Davis for shortstop Roy Smalley.
On October 4, 1986 at the Metrodome, Gagne hit two inside-the-park home runs against the Chicago White Sox. Both off Chicago starting pitcher Floyd Bannister.

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Greg Gagne (baseball) - Wikipedia

Gregory Carpenter Gagne (/ˈɡæɡni/; born November 12, 1961) is an American former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins, Kansas City Royals, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He most notably played 10 seasons for the Twins from 1983 to 1992, including both of the franchise's World Series championship teams in 1987 and 1991. He was considered one of the American League's best defensive shortstops during his time with Minnesota.

Personal Experiences

This page has reference to and video of Gagne hitting 2 inside the park home runs in the same game. I was at that game. I also remember, but the video does not confirm, that the White Sox center fielder lost another Gagne fly in the roof which turned into a triple. Baseball Reference confirms Gagne had a triple in that game. My memory, which I hope is accurate all these year later, says I laughed hard as the White Sox mangled that play as well.

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Greg Gagne Statistics

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1983	21	MIN	AL	10	29	27	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.111	.103	.148	.252	-32	4	0	0	0	2	0	6
1984	22	MIN	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/H
1985	23	MIN	AL	114	322	293	37	66	15	3	2	23	10	4	20	57	.225	.279	.317	.596	60	93	5	3	3	3	0	6H/D
1986	24	MIN	AL	156	524	472	63	118	22	6	12	54	12	10	30	108	.250	.301	.398	.700	88	188	4	6	13	3	0	*6/4H
1987	25	MIN	AL	137	479	437	68	116	28	7	10	40	6	6	25	84	.265	.310	.430	.740	92	188	3	4	10	2	0	*6/8H4D9
1988	26	MIN	AL	149	508	461	70	109	20	6	14	48	15	7	27	110	.236	.288	.397	.685	89	183	13	7	11	1	2	*6/8H45
1989	27	MIN	AL	149	491	460	69	125	29	7	9	48	11	4	17	80	.272	.298	.424	.721	96	195	10	2	7	5	0	*6/H8
1990	28	MIN	AL	138	423	388	38	91	22	3	7	38	8	8	24	76	.235	.280	.361	.640	74	140	5	1	8	2	0	*6/HD8
1991	29	MIN	AL	139	447	408	52	108	23	3	8	42	11	9	26	72	.265	.310	.395	.705	90	161	15	3	5	5	0	*6/HD
1992	30	MIN	AL	146	473	439	53	108	23	0	7	39	6	7	19	83	.246	.280	.346	.626	74	152	11	2	12	1	0	*6H
1993	31	KCR	AL	159	581	540	66	151	32	3	10	57	10	12	33	93	.280	.319	.406	.724	89	219	7	0	4	4	1	*6/H	MVP-22
1994	32	KCR	AL	107	409	375	39	97	23	3	7	51	10	17	27	79	.259	.314	.392	.706	79	147	8	4	2	1	0	*6/H
1995	33	KCR	AL	120	482	430	58	110	25	4	6	49	3	5	38	60	.256	.316	.374	.690	79	161	11	2	7	5	2	*6/HD
1996	34	LAD	NL	128	487	428	48	109	13	2	10	55	4	2	50	93	.255	.333	.364	.698	90	156	6	2	4	3	11	*6/H
1997	35	LAD	NL	144	553	514	49	129	20	3	9	57	2	5	31	120	.251	.298	.354	.652	76	182	13	4	3	1	4	*6/H
15 Yrs				1798	6209	5673	712	1440	296	50	111	604	108	96	367	1121	.254	.302	.382	.684	83	2169	111	40	89	38	20
162 Game Avg.				162	559	511	64	130	27	5	10	54	10	9	33	101	.254	.302	.382	.684	83	195	10	4	8	3	2

MIN (10 yrs)				1140	3697	3386	452	844	183	35	69	335	79	55	188	676	.249	.292	.385	.677	83	1304	66	28	69	24	2
KCR (3 yrs)				386	1472	1345	163	358	80	10	23	157	23	34	98	232	.266	.317	.392	.708	83	527	26	6	13	10	3
LAD (2 yrs)				272	1040	942	97	238	33	5	19	112	6	7	81	213	.253	.315	.359	.673	83	338	19	6	7	4	15

AL (13 yrs)				1526	5169	4731	615	1202	263	45	92	492	102	89	286	908	.254	.299	.387	.686	83	1831	92	34	82	34	5
NL (2 yrs)				272	1040	942	97	238	33	5	19	112	6	7	81	213	.253	.315	.359	.673	83	338	19	6	7	4	15

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