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Al Aber
Albert Julius Aber (Lefty)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 15, 1950
Final Game September 11, 1957
Born July 31, 1927 in Cleveland, OH
Died May 20, 1993 in Garfield Heights, OH

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1950 22 CLE AL   1   0   1   1   1   0   0  0    9.0    5    2    2   0    4    4   0   0    34       0  2.00  4.35  217 1.000
 1953 25 TOT AL   5   4  23  10   2   0   7  0   72.7   69   41   38   3   50   38   0   4   325       0  4.71  4.05   86 1.638
         CLE AL   1   1   6   0   0   0   2  0    6.0    6    6    5   0    9    4   0   0    35       0  7.50  3.76   50 2.500
         DET AL   4   3  17  10   2   0   5  0   66.7   63   35   33   3   41   34   0   4   290       0  4.46  4.08   91 1.560
 1954 26 DET AL   5  11  32  18   4   0   6  3  124.7  121   63   55   8   40   54   3   0   528       0  3.97  3.69   93 1.291
 1955 27 DET AL   6   3  39   1   0   0  22  3   80.0   86   32   30   9   28   37   0   1   346   1   0  3.38  3.84  114 1.425
 1956 28 DET AL   4   4  42   0   0   0  28  7   63.0   65   30   24   1   25   21   2   2   281   6   0  3.43  4.12  120 1.429
 1957 29 TOT AL   3   3  31   0   0   0  13  1   40.0   52   37   32   8   13   15   1   1   184   3   0  7.20  3.87   54 1.625
         DET AL   3   3  28   0   0   0  13  1   37.0   46   33   28   6   11   15   1   0   167   3   0  6.81  3.86   57 1.541
         KCA AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   0  0    3.0    6    4    4   2    2    0   0   1    17   0   0 12.00  3.94   33 2.667
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .490  24  25 168  30   7   0  76 14  389.3  398  205  181  29  160  169   6   8  1698  10   0  4.18  3.89   93 1.433
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   8  57  10   2   0  26  4  133.7  136   70   62   9   54   58   2   2   583   3   0  4.18  3.89   93 1.433
 Career High      6  11  42  18   4   0  28  7  124.7  121   63   55   9   50   54   3   4   528   6   0  3.38  4.12  120 1.291

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 22 CLE AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .333  .000   -8    0   0           0   0
 1953 25 TOT AL  23   23    2    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   3   6  .130  .231  .130    0    3   1           0   0
         CLE AL   6    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   0       1.000               0   0           0   0
         DET AL  17   23    2    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   6  .130  .167  .130  -19    3   1           0   0
 1954 26 DET AL  32   39    3    5   0  0   0    3   0  0   2  17  .128  .167  .128  -17    5   3   1       0   1
 1955 27 DET AL  39   17    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   9  .059  .059  .059  -68    1   2   0   0   0   1
 1956 28 DET AL  42   10    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .300  .364  .300   77    3   2   0   0   0   0
 1957 29 TOT AL  31    9    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   4  .222  .300  .222   44    2   0   0   0   0   0
         DET AL  28    8    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   4  .125  .222  .125   -3    1   0   0   0   0   0
         KCA AL   3    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  448    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      168  100    5   14   0  0   0    6   0  0   8  41  .140  .202  .140   -5   14   8   1   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         96    5   14   0  0   0    6   0  0   8  40  .140  .202  .140   -5   14   8   1   0   0   2
 Career High     42   39    3    5   0  0   0    3   0  0   3  17                           5   3   1   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 22 CLE AL    3    2    0   0.0   111| .000  .275| .333  .361| .000  .412| .333  .773|  -8  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1953 25 TOT AL   27   21    1   1.3   102| .130  .268| .231  .344| .130  .395| .361  .739|   0  .092  -3.2  -0.3   0%
         CLE AL    2    0    0            |           |1.000  .343|           |           |             0.7   0.1   0%
         DET AL   25   21    1   1.3   102| .130  .268| .167  .344| .130  .395| .297  .740| -19  .092  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1954 26 DET AL   45   39    1   0.7    97| .128  .263| .167  .338| .128  .385| .295  .723| -17  .035  -6.3  -0.7   0%
 1955 27 DET AL   19   19    0   0.0   101| .059  .264| .059  .343| .059  .393| .118  .736| -68  .000  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1956 28 DET AL   13    9    1   3.0   107| .300  .268| .364  .351| .300  .410| .664  .760|  77  .293  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1957 29 TOT AL   10    7    1   3.9   102| .222  .266| .300  .339| .222  .402| .522  .741|  44  .442  -0.7  -0.1   0%
         DET AL    9    7    0   0.0   102| .125  .266| .222  .339| .125  .402| .347  .741|  -3  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
         KCA AL    1    0    1         100|1.000  .264|1.000  .336|1.000  .399|2.000  .735| 448         0.5   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       117   97    4   1.1   100| .140  .265| .202  .342| .140  .393| .342  .735|  -5  .073 -14.9  -1.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1950 22 CLE AL P 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 1 9.0 1953 25 TOT AL P 23 0 17 0 1 1.000 .955 0.74 0.88 2.10 1.96 10 72.7 CLE AL P 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.88 3.00 1.95 0 6.0 DET AL P 17 0 15 0 1 1.000 .955 0.88 0.88 2.02 1.96 10 66.7 1954 26 DET AL P 32 13 21 2 2 .944 .958 1.06 0.93 2.45 2.01 18 124.7 1955 27 DET AL P 39 4 17 3 2 .875 .955 0.54 0.83 2.36 1.99 1 80.0 1956 28 DET AL P 42 1 12 1 1 .929 .949 0.31 0.82 1.86 1.91 0 63.0 1957 29 TOT AL P 31 4 11 0 0 1.000 .962 0.48 0.86 3.38 2.00 0 40.0 DET AL P 28 3 10 0 0 1.000 .963 0.46 0.86 3.16 1.99 0 37.0 KCA AL P 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.87 6.00 2.10 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1950 22 CLE AL P 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 1 9.0 1953 25 TOT AL P 23 0 17 0 1 1.000 .955 0.74 0.88 2.10 1.96 10 72.7 CLE AL P 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.88 3.00 1.95 0 6.0 DET AL P 17 0 15 0 1 1.000 .955 0.88 0.88 2.02 1.96 10 66.7 1954 26 DET AL P 32 13 21 2 2 .944 .958 1.06 0.93 2.45 2.01 18 124.7 1955 27 DET AL P 39 4 17 3 2 .875 .955 0.54 0.83 2.36 1.99 1 80.0 1956 28 DET AL P 42 1 12 1 1 .929 .949 0.31 0.82 1.86 1.91 0 63.0 1957 29 TOT AL P 31 4 11 0 0 1.000 .962 0.48 0.86 3.38 2.00 0 40.0 DET AL P 28 3 10 0 0 1.000 .963 0.46 0.86 3.16 1.99 0 37.0 KCA AL P 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.87 6.00 2.10 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 168 23 79 6 6 .944 .956 0.61 0.86 2.36 1.98 30 389.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 168 23 79 6 6 .944 .956 0.61 0.86 2.36 1.98 30 389
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.

Games
1956 AL-42-10

Saves
1956 AL-7-6

Games Finished
1955 AL-22-10
1956 AL-28-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1935) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
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 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1953: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Ray Boone, Steve Gromek, and Dick Weik to the Detroit Tigers for Art Houtteman, Owen Friend, Bill Wight, and Joe Ginsberg.

August 27, 1957: Selected off waivers by the Kansas City Athletics from the Detroit Tigers.


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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