Al Aber

Albert Julius Aber (Lefty)

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

Born: July 31, 1927 in Cleveland, OH
High School: West Technical (Cleveland, OH)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1950
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians/Athletics 1950-1957

Final Game: September 11, 1957
Died: May 20, 1993 in Garfield Heights, OH
Cremated
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Standard Batting

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
1945	17	CLE-min	D																									BAT · PONY
1946	18	CLE-min	D	27	68	68		12	3	1	0						.176	.176	.250	.426		17						BAT · PONY
1947	19	CLE-min	C	48	106	106		21	0	4	0						.198	.198	.274	.472		29						BUR · CENA
1948	20	CLE-min	B	64	119	119		21	3	1	2						.176	.176	.269	.445		32						SPB · TRIS
1949	21	CLE-min	B	59	107	107		31	8	0	2						.290	.290	.421	.710		45						SPB · TRIS
1950	22	CLE-min	AA	25	48	48		11	1	0	0						.229	.229	.250	.479		12						OKC · TL
1950	22	CLE	AL	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-8	0	0	0	0			/1

1953	25	TOT	AL	23	27	23	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.130	.231	.130	.361	0	3	0	0	1			1
1953	25	CLE	AL	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1.000				0	0	0	0			/1
1953	25	DET	AL	17	25	23	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.130	.167	.130	.297	-18	3	0	0	1			1
1954	26	DET	AL	32	45	39	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	17	.128	.167	.128	.295	-18	5	1	0	3	1		1
1955	27	DET	AL	39	19	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.059	.059	.059	.118	-68	1	1	0	2	0	0	1
1956	28	DET	AL	42	13	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.300	.364	.300	.664	77	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
1957	29	TOT	AL	31	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.222	.300	.222	.522	44	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957	29	DET	AL	28	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.125	.222	.125	.347	-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957	29	KCA	AL	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	447	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	30	OAK-min	AA,AAA	21	9	9		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0						LRK,BFL · SOUA,IL
6 Seasons				168	117	100	5	14	0	0	0	6	0	0	8	41	.140	.202	.140	.342	-6	14	2	0	8	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	113	96	5	14	0	0	0	6	0	0	8	40	.140	.202	.140	.342	-6	14	2	0	8

DET (5 yrs)				158	111	97	5	13	0	0	0	6	0	0	5	40	.134	.175	.134	.309	-15	13	2	0	8	1	0
CLE (2 yrs)				7	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	.600	.000	.600	69	0	0	0	0
KCA (1 yr)				3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	447	1	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1950	22	CLE	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1

1953	25	CLE	AL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/1
1953	25	DET	AL	25	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1954	26	DET	AL	45	-6	0	0	0	0	3	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
1955	27	DET	AL	19	-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	1
1956	28	DET	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1957	29	DET	AL	9	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1957	29	KCA	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
6 Seasons				117	-14	0	0	0	0	8	2	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$

DET (5 yrs)				111	-15	0	0	0	0	8	2	-5	-0.6	-5	-0.5	-0.1	$
CLE (2 yrs)				5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$
KCA (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1950	22	CLE	AL	3	2	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.274	.333	.361	.000	.412	.333	.773	-8	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.500	.000

1953	25	TOT	AL	27	21	1	1.3	101	.176	.130	.267	.231	.343	.130	.393	.361	.736	0	.092	-3.2	-0.3	.300	.130	.000
1953	25	CLE	AL	2	0	0						1.000	.343							0.7	0.1
1953	25	DET	AL	25	21	1	1.3	101	.176	.130	.267	.167	.343	.130	.393	.297	.736	-18	.092	-3.9	-0.4	.200	.043	.000
1954	26	DET	AL	45	39	1	0.7	98	.217	.128	.264	.167	.340	.128	.386	.295	.726	-18	.034	-6.4	-0.7	.200	.051	.000
1955	27	DET	AL	19	19	0	0.0	101	.125	.059	.264	.059	.343	.059	.393	.118	.737	-68	.000	-4.0	-0.4	.059	.000	.000
1956	28	DET	AL	13	9	1	3.0	107	.500	.300	.268	.364	.351	.300	.410	.664	.761	77	.294	-0.3	-0.0	.571	.100	.000
1957	29	TOT	AL	10	7	1	3.9	102	.400	.222	.266	.300	.339	.222	.402	.522	.741	44	.442	-0.7	-0.1	.429	.111	.000
1957	29	DET	AL	9	7	0	0.0	102	.250	.125	.267	.222	.339	.125	.402	.347	.742	-3	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.286	.125	.000
1957	29	KCA	AL	1	0	1		100	1.000	1.000	.264	1.000	.337	1.000	.399	2.000	.736	447		0.5	0.0		.000	.000
6 Seasons				117	97	4	1.1	101	.233	.140	.266	.202	.343	.140	.393	.342	.736	-6	.073	-15.0	-1.5	.250	.080	.000
162 Game Avg.				113	94	4	1.1	101	.233	.140	.266	.202	.343	.140	.393	.342	.736	-6	.073	-15.0	-1.5	.250	.080	.000

DET (5 yrs)				111	95	3	0.8	100	.224	.134	.266	.175	.342	.134	.393	.309	.735	-15	.046	-15.8	-1.6	.209	.052	.000
CLE (2 yrs)				5	2	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.274	.600	.354	.000	.412	.600	.766	69	.000	0.4	0.0	1.500	1.500	.000
KCA (1 yr)				1	0	1		100	1.000	1.000	.264	1.000	.337	1.000	.399	2.000	.736	447		0.5	0.0		.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1950	22	CLE	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%		1.00	2.0			0.00	33%

1953	25	TOT	AL	27	0.0%	22.2%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.8		11.5	0.88	63%
1953	25	CLE	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00					0%
1953	25	DET	AL	25	0.0%	24.0%	4.0%	0.0%	0%	6.00	3.8		11.5	0.88	68%
1954	26	DET	AL	45	0.0%	37.8%	4.4%	0.0%	0%	8.50	2.3		13.0	3.75	51%
1955	27	DET	AL	19	0.0%	47.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.9				42%
1956	28	DET	AL	13	0.0%	30.8%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	4.00	2.5			4.00	46%
1957	29	TOT	AL	10	0.0%	40.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	4.00	2.3		9.0	2.00	50%
1957	29	DET	AL	9	0.0%	44.4%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	4.00	2.0		8.0	2.00	44%
1957	29	KCA	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
6 Seasons				117	0.0%	35.0%	6.8%	0.0%	0%	5.13	2.4		16.7	2.53	51%
MLB Averages					2.1%	11.0%	9.4%	6.5%	28%	1.17	8.0	41.3	8.1	0.96	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1950	22	CLE	AL	-0.3	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	1.06	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.70	-0.1	0

1953	25	TOT	AL	-3.2	-0.3	27	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.74	-0.3	0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.82	-2.5	0
1953	25	CLE	AL	0.7	0.1	2	0.1	0.1	0.0	.86	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.50	0.8	0
1953	25	DET	AL	-3.9	-0.4	25	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	.73	-0.3	0.0	-2.3	-0.2	0.85	-3.3	0
1954	26	DET	AL	-6.4	-0.7	45	-0.7	0.4	-1.1	1.14	-0.5	-0.0	-4.4	-0.5	1.06	-5.2	0
1955	27	DET	AL	-4.0	-0.4	19	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.86	-0.4	-0.0	-4.5	-0.5	0.82	-4.9	0
1956	28	DET	AL	-0.3	-0.0	13	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.85	-0.1	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	1.02	-0.7	0
1957	29	TOT	AL	-0.7	-0.1	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.92	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	1.06	-1.1	0
1957	29	DET	AL	-1.2	-0.1	9	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.96	-0.1	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1	1.11	-1.5	0
1957	29	KCA	AL	0.5	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.61	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.61	0.4	0
6 Seasons				-15.0	-1.5	117	-1.5	0.8	-2.3	.95	-1.4	-0.2	-13.2	-1.3	0.95	-14.5	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	22	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1953	25	TOT	AL	0	0	33%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1953	25	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	25	DET	AL	0	0	50%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1954	26	DET	AL	1	0	43%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
1955	27	DET	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	28	DET	AL	0	0	0%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	29	TOT	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	29	DET	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	29	KCA	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Seasons				1	0	23%	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	22%	6	4	1	1	1	0	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1950	22	CLE	AL	3	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1953	25	TOT	AL	27	74%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	10	2	20%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1953	25	CLE	AL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1953	25	DET	AL	25	72%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	10	2	20%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1954	26	DET	AL	45	67%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	8	1	13%	7	3	43%	36	3	8%	2	1	50%	2	2	100%	0
1955	27	DET	AL	19	79%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	1	25%	6	0	0%	11	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1956	28	DET	AL	13	54%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	0	0%	4	1	25%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1957	29	TOT	AL	10	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	8	1	13%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1957	29	DET	AL	9	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	8	1	13%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1957	29	KCA	AL	1	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
6 Seasons				117	72%	14			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	80%	20	2	10%	22	6	27%	73	6	8%	6	2	33%	4	2	50%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			87%			11%			32%			14%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1950	22	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-8	0	0	0
1951	23	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-8	0	0	0
1952	24	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-8	0	0	0
1953	25	24	30	25	2	3	2	4	7	.120	.241	.120	.361	0	3	0	1
1954	26	56	75	64	5	8	5	6	24	.125	.197	.125	.322	-10	8	1	4	1
1955	27	95	94	81	5	9	5	6	33	.111	.170	.111	.282	-22	9	2	6	1	0
1956	28	137	107	91	5	12	5	7	37	.132	.192	.132	.324	-10	12	2	8	1	0
1957	29	168	117	100	5	14	6	8	41	.140	.202	.140	.342	-6	14	2	8	1	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1950	22	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	1

1953	25	24	29	25	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	4	6	.160	.276	.160	.436	1	23
1954	26	33	45	42	4	6	0	0	0	4	0	2	18	.143	.178	.143	.321	1	32
1955	27	41	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	39
1956	28	44	11	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.300	.364	.300	.664	1	42
1957	29	33	12	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	.300	.417	.300	.717	1	31
6 Seasons		176	118	107	8	16	0	0	0	9	0	10	42	.150	.220	.150	.370	4	168
162 Game Avg.		162	109	98	7	15	0	0	0	8	0	9	39	.150	.220	.150	.370	4	168

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