I was looking up some statistics on Josh Reddick, outfielder of the Oakland Athletics, in the marvelous online resource baseball-reference.com, and just above players’ numbers the site has a sort of “ticker” of where that particular player ranks, in baseball history.

Josh Reddick, I noted, was #1439.

And a bit to the right of Josh Reddick, my eye fell on … #1441. Rich Dauer.

I had been thinking of Richard Fremont Dauer recently because I probably interviewed him more times than any Major Leaguer — mostly because he was a guy from our circulation area and, later, because he was a good guy.

We would pounce on him whenever he came to Anaheim with the Baltimore Orioles, for whom he played the whole of his career — and clinched the 1983 World Series with Dauer on the field at second base.

And then he came back for a long stretch in 1987 as manager and leading personality of the San Bernardino Spirit, the first-year California League team …  and because he was a friendly guy and good to chat with when he continued his career as, mostly, a big-league coach.

And I wondered if Rich Dauer is aware of where he ranks, all-time, according to baseball-reference.com … and whether he cares.

It’s fun, as a fan, as a sports journalist, to see where a player you know or watched slots in.

At this writing, Dauer is just behind Yan Gomes, Bob Brenly, Jon Jay and Al “Zeke” Zarilla.

Gomes is a catcher for the Cleveland Indians. Jon Jay is an outfielder with the St. Louis Cardinals. Brenly is a retired catcher. And Al Zarilla, who died in 1996, was a outfielder with the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox who, in 1948, finished 18th in MVP voting.

The site must take into account the defensive demands of a position, as well as the era when a man played.

Zarilla played 10 seasons and started 100 games or more games in eight seasons. He appears to have been mostly a slap hitter; only 61 homers in 4,034 plate appearances, with 456 RBI, 507 runs and an on-base percentage of .357. I’m thinking he hit second a lot.

Meanwhile, however, Dauer is right behind him in the Forever Rankings, with six seasons of 100 games or more, 4,218 plate appearances, 43 homers, 372 RBI, 448 runs and an OBP of .310. (Offense was still depressed during much of his career, after bottoming out in 1968.)

Seems like Zeke Zarilla was significantly better as a hitter, but in an era where runs came a bit easier. But Dauer was known as a second baseman who rarely made mistakes; he reeled off long consecutive-games-without-an-error streaks. Which made him popular with pitchers and, occasionally, with Earl Weaver, the crusty Orioles manager.

And Dauer is just ahead of Desmond Jennings, Tampa Bay outfielder, John “The Hammer” Milner, mostly a New York Mets outfielder; Tommy Griffith, an outfielder for the Dodgers in the early 1920s (of whom I am unfamiliar), Sandy Alomar, former Angels second baseman (better known as the father of Sandy Alomar Jr. and Roberto Alomar) and Ed Kranepool, best known as the first baseman for the 1969 Miracle Mets.

If I were a baseball player, I’d look at this list all the time.

Certainly, Rich Dauer has drifted down the list since he retired if only because he was the 11,414th player to enter the bigs, and that number is up to 18,460 now. He might rise a slot or two, occasionally, as someone just ahead of him tails off at the end of a career. But mostly, he gets steadily pushed back by modern stars.

But, being 1,441st on the list, from 18,000-plus … that’s not bad at all.

Dauer, and the guys around him in the rankings, appear to have been big-league regulars for 5-6 years, and lasted in the majors for most of a decade.

Clearly, they did more than about 90 percent of all the guys to play in a big-league game.

Which pleased me, for Rich Dauer, who I’ve always considered a good guy, with a sense of humor, who didn’t take himself too seriously but knows ball in and out, and because of all of that has had a career in the game — coaching and managing, after playing.

He managed the San Bernardino Spirit, a free-agent club, to a 70-72 record, which was an excellent achievement, and he led the San Antonio Missions to a Texas League championship in 2013.

At the moment, he’s back in the bigs, as the first-base coach for the Houston Astros, whose manager is A.J. Hinch.

Maybe Rich Dauer and I will be in the same stadium again someday, and I can ask him about 1983 and 1987, and about how it feels to be #1441.