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Al Gerheauser
Albert Gerheauser (Lefty)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 24, 1943
Final Game October 3, 1948
Born June 24, 1917 in St. Louis, MO
Died May 28, 1972 in Springfield, MO

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1943 26 PHI NL  10  19  38  31  11   2   5  0  215.0  222  108   86  10   70   92   2   6   936       1  3.60  3.37   94 1.358
 1944 27 PHI NL   8  16  30  29  10   2   1  0  182.7  210  102   93   8   65   66   1   6   811       0  4.58  3.61   79 1.505
 1945 28 PIT NL   5  10  32  14   5   0  14  1  140.3  170   72   61   5   54   55   1   4   629       0  3.91  3.95  101 1.596
 1946 29 PIT NL   2   2  35   3   1   0  18  0   81.7   92   42   36   2   25   32   1   1   356       0  3.97  3.51   89 1.433
 1948 31 SLB AL   0   3  14   2   0   0   5  0   23.3   32   23   19   0   10   10   1   0   115       0  7.33  4.54   62 1.800
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .333  25  50 149  79  27   4  43  1  643.0  726  347  295  25  224  255   6  17  2847       1  4.13  3.63   88 1.477
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  14  44  23   8   1  12  0  191.7  216  103   87   7   66   76   1   5   849   0   0  4.13  3.63   88 1.477
 Career High     10  19  38  31  11   2  18  1  215.0  222  108   93  10   70   92   2   6   936   0   1  3.60  3.95  101 1.358

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 26 PHI NL  38   71    3    8   1  1   0    9   0      3  19  .113  .160  .155   -7   11   1           1   1
 1944 27 PHI NL  32   65    4   15   5  0   1    5   0      2  12  .231  .254  .354   72   23   1           0   0
 1945 28 PIT NL  32   48    2   12   2  2   0    7   0      2  11  .250  .280  .375   78   18   0           0   0
 1946 29 PIT NL  36   21    3    7   2  0   0    1   0      0  11  .333  .333  .429  114    9   0           0   0
 1948 31 SLB AL  14    6    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .333  .333  .333   76    2   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      152  211   12   44  10  3   1   22   0  0   7  55  .209  .237  .299   52   63   2   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        225   13   47  11  3   1   23   0  0   7  59  .209  .237  .299   52   67   2   0   0   1   1
 Career High     38   71    4   15   5  2   1    9   0  0   3  19                          23   1   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 26 PHI NL   76   65    2   0.8    86| .113  .260| .160  .328| .155  .353| .315  .681|  -7  .054  -9.9  -1.1     
 1944 27 PHI NL   68   51    6   3.2    92| .231  .264| .254  .331| .354  .371| .608  .703|  72  .373  -2.6  -0.3     
 1945 28 PIT NL   50   36    5   3.7   100| .250  .278| .280  .348| .375  .384| .655  .732|  78  .436  -1.9  -0.2     
 1946 29 PIT NL   21   14    3   5.7    94| .333  .265| .333  .341| .429  .371| .762  .711| 114  .655   0.3   0.0     
 1948 31 SLB AL    6    4    1   6.7   107| .333  .275| .333  .361| .333  .398| .666  .759|  76  .662  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       221  170   17   2.7    92| .209  .266| .237  .336| .299  .369| .536  .704|  52  .313 -14.3  -1.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1943 26 PHI NL P 38 9 36 2 3 .957 .962 1.18 1.16 1.88 2.27 31 215.0 1944 27 PHI NL P 30 6 29 1 1 .972 .962 1.17 1.09 1.72 2.14 29 182.7 1945 28 PIT NL P 32 9 33 2 3 .955 .963 1.31 1.06 2.69 2.18 14 140.3 1946 29 PIT NL P 35 3 21 0 2 1.000 .960 0.69 1.01 2.64 2.24 3 81.7 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1 1948 31 SLB AL P 14 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.91 1.55 2.01 2 23.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1946 29 PIT NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1 1943 26 PHI NL P 38 9 36 2 3 .957 .962 1.18 1.16 1.88 2.27 31 215.0 1944 27 PHI NL P 30 6 29 1 1 .972 .962 1.17 1.09 1.72 2.14 29 182.7 1945 28 PIT NL P 32 9 33 2 3 .955 .963 1.31 1.06 2.69 2.18 14 140.3 1946 29 PIT NL P 35 3 21 0 2 1.000 .960 0.69 1.01 2.64 2.24 3 81.7 1948 31 SLB AL P 14 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.91 1.55 2.01 2 23.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 149 28 122 5 9 .968 .962 1.01 1.07 79 643.0 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 150 28 122 5 9 .968 .962 1.00 1.07
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts/9IP
1943 NL-3.85-10

Strikeouts
1943 NL-92-7

Games Started
1943 NL-31-8

Home Runs Allow.
1943 NL-10-6

SO to Walk
1943 NL-1.31-10

Losses
1943 NL-19-2
1944 NL-16-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1943 NL-86-6
1944 NL-93-9

Wild Pitches
1943 NL-6-2
1944 NL-6-5
1945 NL-4-9

Games Finished
1945 NL-14-10
1946 NL-18-6

     

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1829) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1779) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

March 26, 1943: Sent by the New York Yankees to the Philadelphia Blue Jays to complete an earlier deal made on January 22, 1943. The New York Yankees sent Ed Levy, Al Gettel, and $10,000 to the Philadelphia Blue Jays for Nick Etten. Al Gettel and Ed Levy returned to original teams on March 26, 1943. The New York Yankees sent Tom Padden (March 26, 1943) and Al Gerheauser (March 26, 1943) to the Philadelphia Blue Jays to complete the trade.

March 31, 1945: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Vince DiMaggio.

December 5, 1946: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Eddie Basinski.

November 10, 1947: Drafted by the St. Louis Browns from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1947 rule 5 draft.

December 5, 1949: Drafted by the Seattle (PCL) from the St. Louis Browns in the 1949 minor league draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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