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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1950 22 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 2 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 34 217 1.000 5.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.00
1953 25 TOT AL 5 4 .556 4.71 23 10 7 2 0 0 72.2 69 41 38 3 50 38 0 0 4 325 86 1.638 8.5 0.4 6.2 4.7 0.76
1953 25 CLE AL 1 1 .500 7.50 6 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 6 6 5 0 9 4 0 0 0 35 50 2.500 9.0 0.0 13.5 6.0 0.44
1953 25 DET AL 4 3 .571 4.46 17 10 5 2 0 0 66.2 63 35 33 3 41 34 0 0 4 290 91 1.560 8.5 0.4 5.5 4.6 0.83
1954 26 DET AL 5 11 .313 3.97 32 18 6 4 0 3 124.2 121 63 55 8 40 54 3 0 0 528 94 1.291 8.7 0.6 2.9 3.9 1.35
1955 27 DET AL 6 3 .667 3.38 39 1 22 0 0 3 80.0 86 32 30 9 28 1 37 0 0 1 346 115 1.425 9.7 1.0 3.2 4.2 1.32
1956 28 DET AL 4 4 .500 3.43 42 0 28 0 0 7 63.0 65 30 24 1 25 6 21 2 0 2 281 121 1.429 9.3 0.1 3.6 3.0 0.84
1957 29 TOT AL 3 3 .500 7.20 31 0 13 0 0 1 40.0 52 37 32 8 13 3 15 1 0 1 184 54 1.625 11.7 1.8 2.9 3.4 1.15
1957 29 DET AL 3 3 .500 6.81 28 0 13 0 0 1 37.0 46 33 28 6 11 3 15 1 0 0 167 57 1.541 11.2 1.5 2.7 3.6 1.36
1957 29 KCA AL 0 0 12.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 17 33 2.667 18.0 6.0 6.0 0.0 0.00
6 Seasons 24 25 .490 4.18 168 30 76 7 0 14 389.1 398 205 181 29 160 10 169 6 0 8 1698 94 1.433 9.2 0.7 3.7 3.9 1.06
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .490 4.18 58 10 26 2 0 5 134 137 70 62 10 55 58 2 0 3 583 94 1.433 9.2 0.7 3.7 3.9 1.06
DET (5 yrs) 22 24 .478 4.12 158 29 74 6 0 14 371.1 381 193 170 27 145 10 161 6 0 7 1612 95 1.417 9.2 0.7 3.5 3.9 1.11
CLE (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 4.20 7 1 2 1 0 0 15.0 11 8 7 0 13 8 0 0 0 69 98 1.600 6.6 0.0 7.8 4.8 0.62
KCA (1 yr) 0 0 12.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 17 33 2.667 18.0 6.0 6.0 0.0 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 26 DET AL 32 527 470 63 121 14 7 8 1 3 40 54 .257 .318 .368 .686 .275 173 7 3 11 3
1955 27 DET AL 39 347 313 32 86 11 3 9 2 3 28 37 .275 .333 .415 .749 .287 130 8 0 5 1 1
1956 28 DET AL 42 281 241 30 65 9 1 1 0 1 25 21 .270 .341 .328 .669 .290 79 3 2 11 2 6
1957 29 TOT AL 31 184 161 37 52 9 1 8 0 0 13 15 .323 .373 .540 .913 .314 87 6 1 7 2 3
1957 29 DET AL 28 167 146 33 46 6 1 6 0 0 11 15 .315 .363 .493 .856 .315 72 6 1 7 2 3
1957 29 KCA AL 3 17 15 4 6 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 .400 .471 1.000 1.471 .308 15 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 144 1339 1185 162 324 43 12 26 3 7 106 127 .273 .334 .396 .730 .287 469 24 6 34 8 10
162 Game Avg. 60 559 494 68 135 18 5 11 1 3 44 53 .273 .334 .396 .730 .287 196 10 3 14 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 26 DET AL 32 18 5 10 3 1 2 6 12 .333 1 2 4 0 7 39% 49 101 22 22 10 9 3 3.5 3.6 5.6
1955 27 DET AL 39 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 35 35 35 8 1 0 0 5.0 0.0 2.3
2 Seasons 71 19 5 10 4 1 2 7 12 .368 1 3 4 0 7 37% 48 101 22 30 11 9 3 3.6 3.5 5.4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 26 DET AL 32 14 6 0 1 3 3 0 100% 6 2 22 2 9% 9 1.137 8 4 2 6 1 7 11 3 5 5 5 2 5.2
1955 27 DET AL 39 38 22 6 3 9 3 6 33% 13 1 38 17 45% 8 1.118 15 9 14 13 3 22 23 15 24 7 25 6 6.2
1956 28 DET AL 42 42 28 4 4 2 7 1 350% 12 8 30 13 43% 8 1.102 14 6 22 14 4 24 14 28 20 13 22 7 4.5
1957 29 TOT AL 31 31 13 3 3 3 1 2 33% 5 2 42 13 31% 1.147 13 7 11 6 8 17 21 10 17 10 20 5 3.9
1957 29 DET AL 28 28 13 3 3 3 1 2 33% 5 2 37 9 24% 7 1.195 13 5 10 6 8 14 18 10 16 8 19 5 4.0
1957 29 KCA AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 2 0.679 0 2 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 3.0
4 Seasons 144 125 69 13 11 17 14 9 82% 36 13 132 45 34% 1.126 50 26 49 39 16 70 69 56 66 35 72 20 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1950 22 CLE AL
1953 25 TOT AL
1953 25 CLE AL
1953 25 DET AL
1954 26 DET AL 527 73% 1.5% 10.3% 7.6% 5.5% 24% 1.62 78% 115 7 6%
1955 27 DET AL 346 64% 2.6% 10.7% 8.1% 6.6% 27% 1.58 77% 69 8 12%
1956 28 DET AL 281 70% 0.4% 7.5% 8.9% 3.9% 17% 1.18 79% 78 3 4%
1957 29 TOT AL 184 62% 4.4% 8.2% 7.1% 9.8% 35% 1.63 76% 48 6 13%
1957 29 DET AL 167 65% 3.6% 9.0% 6.6% 7.8% 28% 1.67 76% 47 6 13%
1957 29 KCA AL 17 35% 11.8% 0.0% 11.8% 29.4% 83% 1.25 76% 1 0 0%
6 Seasons 1338 68% 2.2% 12.6% 12.0% 6.1% 20% 1.51 78% 310 24 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1950 22 CLE AL 5 0 0
1953 25 TOT AL 69 3 4
1953 25 CLE AL 6 0 0
1953 25 DET AL 63 3 4
1954 26 DET AL 527 121 8 1 10 6 2 6 2 34 19 1 56% 5 0 1 202 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 0
1955 27 DET AL 346 86 9 2 10 6 3 5 4 20 8 3 40% 9 1 0 151 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
1956 28 DET AL 281 65 1 0 10 0 1 1 0 18 12 1 67% 6 2 0 127 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1957 29 TOT AL 184 52 8 0 11 5 3 6 2 21 11 0 52% 4 1 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1957 29 DET AL 167 46 6 0 10 4 2 5 1 19 10 0 53% 4 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1957 29 KCA AL 17 6 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 50% 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 Seasons 1338 398 29 3 41 17 9 18 8 93 50 5 54% 24 8 1 560 3 7 30% 3 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 14 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1950 22 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 2 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 34 217 1.000 5.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.00 217
1951 23 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 2 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 34 217 1.000 5.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.00 217
1952 24 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 2 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 34 217 1.000 5.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.00 217
1953 25 6 4 .600 4.41 24 11 7 3 0 0 81.2 74 43 40 3 54 42 0 0 4 359 93 1.567 8.2 0.3 6.0 4.6 0.78 93
1954 26 11 15 .423 4.14 56 29 13 7 0 3 206.1 195 106 95 11 94 96 3 0 4 887 93 1.401 8.5 0.5 4.1 4.2 1.02 93
1955 27 17 18 .486 3.93 95 30 35 7 0 6 286.1 281 138 125 20 122 1 133 3 0 5 1233 98 1.407 8.8 0.6 3.8 4.2 1.09 98
1956 28 21 22 .488 3.84 137 30 63 7 0 13 349.1 346 168 149 21 147 7 154 5 0 7 1514 102 1.411 8.9 0.5 3.8 4.0 1.05 102
1957 29 24 25 .490 4.18 168 30 76 7 0 14 389.1 398 205 181 29 160 10 169 6 0 8 1698 94 1.433 9.2 0.7 3.7 3.9 1.06 94

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1950 22 1 0 1.000 0.90 10.0 4 1 1 0 3 4 0 0.700 3.6 2.7 3.6 1.33 0.0 1
1953 25 3 5 .375 4.81 73.0 71 43 39 3 51 38 0 1.671 8.8 6.3 4.7 0.75 0.4 23
1954 26 6 7 .462 4.39 125.0 130 68 61 9 43 54 3 1.384 9.4 3.1 3.9 1.26 0.6 32
1955 27 4 4 .500 3.60 80.0 91 36 32 10 30 37 0 1.513 10.2 3.4 4.2 1.23 1.1 39
1956 28 4 3 .571 3.09 67.0 66 26 23 1 25 22 2 1.358 8.9 3.4 3.0 0.88 0.1 42
1957 29 1 3 .250 7.46 41.0 56 38 34 9 14 15 1 1.707 12.3 3.1 3.3 1.07 2.0 31
6 Seasons 19 22 .463 4.32 396.0 418 212 190 32 166 170 6 1.475 9.5 3.9 1.02 0.7 168

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1956 AL--42--10th

Saves s c a p y
1956 AL--7--6th

Games Finished s c a p y
1955 AL--22--10th
1956 AL--28--2nd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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