Al Aber
Albert Julius Aber (Lefty)
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
Final Game: September 11, 1957
Died: May 20, 1993 in Garfield Heights, OH
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1950 CLE AL 22 P 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 1.00
1953 TOT AL 25 P 23 17 0 17 0 1 1.000 0.74 .953 0.88
1953 CLE AL 25 P 6 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.33 .950 0.88
1953 DET AL 25 P 17 15 0 15 0 1 1.000 0.88 .953 0.88
1954 DET AL 26 P 32 18 124.2 36 13 21 2 2 .944 2.45 1.06 .958 2.01 0.93
1955 DET AL 27 P 39 1 80.1 24 4 17 3 2 .875 2.35 0.54 .958 1.99 0.83
1956 DET AL 28 P 42 0 63.0 14 1 12 1 1 .929 1.86 0.31 .950 1.91 0.82
1957 TOT AL 29 P 31 0 40.0 15 4 11 0 0 1.000 3.38 0.48 .960 2.00 0.86
1957 DET AL 29 P 28 0 37.0 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 3.16 0.46 .962 1.99 0.86
1957 KCA AL 29 P 3 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 0.67 .950 2.10 0.87
6 Seasons P 168 19 308.0 108 23 79 6 6 .944 2.98 0.61 .956 1.98 0.86
6 Seasons TOT 168 19 308.0 108 23 79 6 6 .944 2.98 0.61 .901 1.98 0.86

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1950 CLE AL 22 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 DET AL 25 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CLE AL 25 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 DET AL 26 32 18 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 DET AL 27 39 1 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 DET AL 28 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 DET AL 29 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 KCA AL 29 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 168 19 168 168 168 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 DET AL 26 533 82% 34% 25 80% 1 12 1 11 20 15 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 43%
1955 DET AL 27 351 82% 34% 22 73% 1 4 1 3 16 12 2 3 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 8 50%
1956 DET AL 28 283 83% 29% 14 79% 0 1 0 1 11 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 78%
1957 DET AL 29 168 83% 31% 13 92% 1 2 0 1 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 83%
1957 KCA AL 29 18 89% 28% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1353 82% 32% 75 80% 3 20 2 16 61 47 4 6 0 2 4 3 4 2 2 2 30 63%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 90% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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