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Charlie Gelbert
Charles Magnus Gelbert

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.
School Lebanon Valley College

Debut April 16, 1929
Final Game September 28, 1940
Born January 26, 1906 in Scranton, PA
Died January 13, 1967 in Easton, PA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1929 23 STL NL 146  512   60  134  29  8   3   65   8     51  46  .262  .329  .367   71  188  15           0    
 1930 24 STL NL 139  513   92  156  39 11   3   72   6     43  41  .304  .360  .441   90  226  15           2    
 1931 25 STL NL 131  447   61  129  29  5   1   62   7     54  31  .289  .365  .383   98  171   4           0     MVP-25
 1932 26 STL NL 122  455   60  122  28  9   1   45   8     39  30  .268  .330  .376   87  171   6           3    
 1935 29 STL NL  62  168   24   49   7  2   2   21   0     17  18  .292  .357  .393   98   66   2           0   2
 1936 30 STL NL  93  280   33   64  15  2   3   27   2     25  26  .229  .292  .329   67   92   2           0  13
 1937 31 TOT     63  161   16   26   6  0   1   14   1  0  19  23  .161  .250  .217   27   35   2           0   2
         CIN NL  43  114   12   22   4  0   1   13   1     15  12  .193  .287  .254   51   29   2           0   2
         DET AL  20   47    4    4   2  0   0    1   0  0   4  11  .085  .157  .128  -28    6   0           0    
 1939 33 WSH AL  68  188   36   48   7  5   3   29   2  0  30  11  .255  .361  .394   99   74   3           1   5
 1940 34 TOT AL  52  145   16   38   9  1   0   15   0  0  12  19  .262  .323  .338   71   49   0           1   2
         WSH AL  22   54    7   20   7  1   0    7   0  0   4   3  .370  .424  .537  154   29   0           1   1
         BOS AL  30   91    9   18   2  0   0    8   0  0   8  16  .198  .263  .220   24   20   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      876 2869  398  766 169 43  17  350  34  0 290 245  .267  .336  .374   82 1072  49   0   0   7  24
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        531   74  142  31  8   3   65   6  0  54  45  .267  .336  .374   82  198   9   0   0   1   4
 Career High    146  513   92  156  39 11   3   72   8  0  54  46  .304  .365  .441   98  226  15   0   0   3  13
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1929 23 STL NL  578  393   62   4.2   122| .262  .306| .329  .370| .367  .445| .696  .815|  71  .381 -23.6  -2.1     
 1930 24 STL NL  573  372   81   5.8   129| .304  .316| .360  .374| .441  .470| .801  .844|  90  .494  -8.6  -0.7     
 1931 25 STL NL  505  322   62   5.1   107| .289  .290| .365  .349| .383  .409| .748  .759|  98  .549   0.5   0.1     
 1932 26 STL NL  503  339   56   4.5   106| .268  .288| .330  .341| .376  .417| .706  .758|  87  .475  -8.2  -0.8     
 1935 29 STL NL  187  123   24   5.2   107| .292  .290| .357  .346| .393  .414| .750  .760|  98  .549  -0.3   0.0     
 1936 30 STL NL  307  231   27   3.1   103| .229  .286| .292  .345| .329  .400| .621  .745|  67  .324 -13.2  -1.3     
 1937 31 TOT     182  139    9   1.7   103| .161  .279| .250  .344| .217  .402| .467  .746|  27  .137 -16.8  -1.6 100%
         CIN NL  131   96    8   2.2    97| .193  .274| .287  .335| .254  .388| .541  .723|  51  .215  -7.1  -0.7     
         DET AL   51   43    1   0.6   119| .085  .292| .157  .368| .128  .435| .285  .803| -28  .019  -9.6  -0.9   0%
 1939 33 WSH AL  222  148   27   4.8   107| .255  .277| .361  .351| .394  .410| .755  .762|  99  .479   0.3   0.0 100%
 1940 34 TOT AL  158  109   17   4.1   111| .262  .279| .323  .353| .338  .424| .661  .776|  71  .418  -5.9  -0.6   0%
         WSH AL   59   35   12   9.1   106| .370  .272| .424  .344| .537  .412| .961  .756| 154  .752   4.6   0.4   0%
         BOS AL   99   74    5   1.8   114| .198  .284| .263  .358| .220  .431| .483  .788|  24  .134 -10.5  -1.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3215 2176  365   4.5   113| .267  .295| .336  .355| .374  .427| .710  .783|  82  .444 -75.9  -7.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1940 34 WSH AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    4.0    5    4    4   2    3    1   0   0    21       0  9.00  4.16   46 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    4.0    5    4    4   2    3    1   0   0    21       0  9.00  4.16   46 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0  136.0  170  136  136  68  102   34   0   0   714   0   0  9.00  4.16   46 2.000

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1929 23 STL NL SS 146 338 499 46 95 .948 .950 5.73 5.37 1930 24 STL NL SS 139 322 472 44 104 .947 .952 5.71 5.36 1931 25 STL NL SS 130 281 435 31 91 .959 .954 5.51 5.06 1932 26 STL NL SS 122 246 389 37 69 .945 .946 5.20 5.07 1935 29 STL NL 3B 37 34 56 2 8 .978 .941 2.43 2.71 SS 21 31 39 3 8 .959 .947 3.33 5.10 2B 3 3 3 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 5.37 1936 30 STL NL 3B 60 60 104 6 11 .965 .947 2.73 2.51 SS 28 38 53 4 10 .958 .945 3.25 5.10 2B 8 9 5 0 1 1.000 .966 1.75 5.30 1937 31 TOT SS 53 88 122 9 23 .959 .952 3.96 4.91 CIN NL SS 37 66 87 5 16 .968 .951 4.14 4.85 2B 9 19 12 0 4 1.000 .960 3.44 5.33 3B 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 2.70 DET AL SS 16 22 35 4 7 .934 .955 3.56 5.06 1939 33 WSH AL SS 28 41 90 4 17 .970 .950 4.68 4.68 3B 20 19 32 3 3 .944 .943 2.55 3.03 2B 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 5.10 1940 34 TOT AL SS 13 20 26 4 3 .920 .948 3.54 4.53 WSH AL SS 12 20 26 4 3 .920 .948 3.83 4.53 P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.05 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 2B 1 4 3 1 0 .875 .972 7.00 5.20 BOS AL 3B 29 23 65 7 5 .926 .937 3.03 3.12 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1935 29 STL NL 2B 3 3 3 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 5.37 1936 30 STL NL 2B 8 9 5 0 1 1.000 .966 1.75 5.30 1937 31 CIN NL 2B 9 19 12 0 4 1.000 .960 3.44 5.33 1939 33 WSH AL 2B 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 5.10 1940 34 WSH AL 2B 1 4 3 1 0 .875 .972 7.00 5.20 1935 29 STL NL 3B 37 34 56 2 8 .978 .941 2.43 2.71 1936 30 STL NL 3B 60 60 104 6 11 .965 .947 2.73 2.51 1937 31 CIN NL 3B 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 2.70 1939 33 WSH AL 3B 20 19 32 3 3 .944 .943 2.55 3.03 1940 34 BOS AL 3B 29 23 65 7 5 .926 .937 3.03 3.12 1940 34 WSH AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.05 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1929 23 STL NL SS 146 338 499 46 95 .948 .950 5.73 5.37 1930 24 STL NL SS 139 322 472 44 104 .947 .952 5.71 5.36 1931 25 STL NL SS 130 281 435 31 91 .959 .954 5.51 5.06 1932 26 STL NL SS 122 246 389 37 69 .945 .946 5.20 5.07 1935 29 STL NL SS 21 31 39 3 8 .959 .947 3.33 5.10 1936 30 STL NL SS 28 38 53 4 10 .958 .945 3.25 5.10 1937 31 TOT SS 53 88 122 9 23 .959 .952 3.96 4.91 CIN NL SS 37 66 87 5 16 .968 .951 4.14 4.85 DET AL SS 16 22 35 4 7 .934 .955 3.56 5.06 1939 33 WSH AL SS 28 41 90 4 17 .970 .950 4.68 4.68 1940 34 TOT AL SS 13 20 26 4 3 .920 .948 3.54 4.53 WSH AL SS 12 20 26 4 3 .920 .948 3.83 4.53 BOS AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS 680 1405 2125 182 420 .951 .950 5.19 5.16 3B 147 139 258 18 27 .957 .943 2.70 2.75 2B 22 36 24 1 6 .984 .963 2.73 5.31 P* 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.05 0 4.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 851 1580 2408 201 453 .952 .950 4.69 4.73
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1930   WS    STL PHA     L   6  17   2   6  0  1  0   2   3   3  .353  .450  .471   0  0   0   0   0 
 1931   WS    STL PHA     W   7  23   0   6  1  0  0   3   0   4  .261  .261  .304   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  13  40   2  12  1  1  0   5   3   7  .300  .349  .375   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1931-NL-25-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Doubles
1930 NL-39-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.5 (944) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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 

December 2, 1936: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the St. Louis Cardinals.

July 9, 1937: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Cincinnati Reds.

October 4, 1938: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the St. Louis Browns in the 1938 rule 5 draft.

August 18, 1940: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Washington Senators.


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