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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 HS (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
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Standard Pitching

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 34 224 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 53 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 1 346 116 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 2 281 122 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 55 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 37 2.667 18.0 6.0 6.0 0.0 0.00
6 Yrs 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 69 102 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 37 2.667 18.0 6.0 6.0 0.0 0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1950 22 CLE AL 9.0 1 1 2 2.00 4.76 0.14 0.00 88.0 4.07 2 0.2 -0.0 0.3 3 .713 .501 $
1953 25 CLE AL 6.0 6 0 6 9.00 5.18 0.24 0.00 96.7 4.78 -3 -0.3 3.3 -0.3 -0.6 -2 .453 .498 $
1953 25 DET AL 66.2 17 10 35 4.73 4.63 -0.61 0.00 97.7 5.12 3 0.3 1.1 -0.0 0.8 9 .517 .502 $
1954 26 DET AL 124.2 32 18 63 4.55 4.33 0.09 0.00 97.7 4.14 -6 -0.6 2.3 -0.2 0.2 5 .481 .496 $
1955 27 DET AL 80.1 39 1 32 3.59 4.42 -0.01 0.00 99.4 4.40 7 0.7 1.8 0.0 1.4 14 .518 .504 $
1956 28 DET AL 63.0 42 0 30 4.29 4.88 -0.07 0.00 101.6 5.02 5 0.5 1.3 -0.0 0.9 11 .511 .503 $
1957 29 DET AL 37.0 28 0 33 8.03 4.51 0.21 0.00 101.1 4.35 -15 -1.6 2.0 -0.9 -2.1 -12 .444 .490 $
1957 29 KCA AL 3.0 3 0 4 12.00 4.99 -0.05 0.00 104.5 5.26 -2 -0.2 .7 0.0 -0.2 -2 .424 .499 $
6 Seasons 389.2 168 30 205 4.73 4.53 -0.06 0.00 98.8 4.54 -10 -1.0 1.7 -1.4 0.7 26 .494 .499 $
DET (5 yrs) 371.2 158 29 193 4.67 4.51 -0.07 0.00 99.1 4.54 -6 -0.7 1.7 -1.1 1.2 27 .496 .499 $
CLE (2 yrs) 15.0 7 1 8 4.80 4.93 0.18 0.00 91.5 4.35 -1 -0.1 3.3 -0.3 -0.3 1 .490 .500 $
KCA (1 yr) 3.0 3 0 4 12.00 4.99 -0.05 0.00 104.5 5.26 -2 -0.2 .7 0.0 -0.2 -2 .424 .499 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1950 22 CLE AL 1 34 30 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 .167 .265 .200 .465 .192 6 2 0 0 0 0
1953 25 TOT AL 23 324 266 41 69 13 1 3 1 3 50 38 .259 .377 .350 .726 .293 93 10 0 8 0 1
1953 25 CLE AL 6 34 24 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 9 4 .250 .455 .250 .705 .300 6 0 0 1 0 1
1953 25 DET AL 17 290 242 35 63 13 1 3 1 2 41 34 .260 .367 .360 .727 .293 87 10 0 7 0 0
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 5
1955 27 DET AL 39 346 313 32 86 11 3 9 2 3 28 37 .275 .333 .415 .749 .287 130 8 0 5 1 1 9
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 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 4
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 4
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 0
6 Yrs 168 1696 1481 205 398 57 13 29 4 10 160 169 .269 .341 .384 .724 .286 568 36 6 42 8 10 25
162 Game Avg. 58 582 509 70 137 20 4 10 1 3 55 58 .269 .341 .384 .724 .286 195 12 2 14 3 9
MLB Averages .260 .333 .386 .719 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1950 22 CLE AL 2.8 0.3 34 0.4 1.0 -0.6 1.38 0.3 -0.1 3.0 0.3 1.38 3.8 0 0 0
1953 25 TOT AL -4.4 -0.4 336 -1.0 5.9 -6.8 1.12 -0.4 -0.5 -5.3 -0.5 1.12 -4.6 6 2 5
1953 25 CLE AL -2.7 -0.3 35 -0.6 0.7 -1.3 1.74 -0.2 -0.1 -3.8 -0.4 1.74 -2.4 4 1 1
1953 25 DET AL -1.7 -0.2 301 -0.4 5.2 -5.5 1.05 -0.2 -0.2 -1.5 -0.2 1.05 -2.2 2 1 4
1954 26 DET AL -3.6 -0.4 533 0.5 10.2 -9.7 1.12 0.6 -0.2 -0.7 -0.1 1.12 6.1 8 3 3
1955 27 DET AL 5.6 0.6 351 -1.1 6.9 -8.0 1.08 -0.6 -0.4 2.1 0.2 1.08 -1.4 15 7 16
1956 28 DET AL 4.0 0.4 283 -0.1 5.0 -5.1 1.10 0.3 -0.4 0.7 0.1 1.10 3.8 14 6 22
1957 29 TOT AL -14.8 -1.5 185 -1.5 3.2 -4.6 1.11 -1.4 0.1 -16.5 -1.6 1.10 -14.6 13 7 11
1957 29 DET AL -12.5 -1.3 167 -1.1 3.1 -4.2 1.15 -1.1 0.1 -11.4 -1.1 1.15 -10.8 13 5 10
1957 29 KCA AL -2.2 -0.2 18 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .62 -0.3 -0.2 -5.0 -0.5 0.62 -3.8 0 2 1
6 Yrs -10.3 -1.0 1722 -2.8 32.0 -34.8 1.11 -1.1 -1.4 -16.7 -1.6 1.11 -6.8 56 25 57

Starting Pitching*

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
1950 22 CLE AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 69.0 69 69 0 0 0 1 4.3 2.3 9.0
1953 25 TOT AL 23 10 2 3 5 0 0 4 6 .400 1 3 2 0 3 30% 66 10 15 7 3 5 5.8 5.4 5.0
1953 25 DET AL 17 10 2 3 5 0 0 4 6 .400 1 3 2 0 3 30% 41.8 66 10 10 4 3 5 5.8 5.4 5.0
1954 26 DET AL 32 18 5 10 3 1 2 6 12 .333 1 2 4 0 7 39% 48.7 101 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% 35.0 35 35 8 1 0 0 5.0 0.0 2.3
4 Yrs 89 30 8 13 9 1 2 12 18 .400 2 6 7 0 11 37% 47 101 10 40 15 12 9 4.3 4.1 5.4
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -6 4.5 4.5 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1953 25 TOT AL 23 13 7 3 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 17 7 41% 1.121 6 2 5 3 3 7 9 4 5 5 6 1 5.2
1953 25 CLE AL 6 6 2 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 12 5 42% 4 1.738 4 1 1 1 3 2 6 0 1 5 2 1 3.0
1953 25 DET AL 17 7 5 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 2 40% 9 1.049 2 1 4 2 0 5 3 4 4 0 4 0 7.1
1954 26 DET AL 32 14 6 0 1 3 3 0 100% 6 2 22 2 9% 9 1.123 8 3 3 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 1.078 15 7 16 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 1.095 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% 1.105 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 1.154 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 .620 0 2 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 3.0
5 Yrs 167 138 76 16 12 19 14 11 74% 38 13 149 52 35% 1.107 56 25 57 42 19 77 78 60 71 40 78 21 5.0

Ratio Pitching*

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 34 26% 0.0% 11.8% 11.8% 2.9% 20% 1.56 76% 5 2 40%
1953 25 TOT AL 324 32% 0.9% 11.7% 15.4% 5.3% 25% 1.95 69% 71 10 14%
1953 25 CLE AL 34 47% 0.0% 11.8% 26.5% 0.0% 0% 3.33 59% 13 0 0%
1953 25 DET AL 290 30% 1.0% 11.7% 14.1% 5.9% 27% 1.88 71% 58 10 17%
1954 26 DET AL 527 27% 1.5% 10.3% 7.6% 5.5% 24% 1.62 78% 115 7 6%
1955 27 DET AL 346 36% 2.6% 10.7% 8.1% 6.7% 27% 1.58 77% 69 8 12%
1956 28 DET AL 281 30% 0.4% 7.5% 8.9% 3.9% 17% 1.18 79% 78 3 4%
1957 29 TOT AL 184 38% 4.4% 8.2% 7.1% 9.8% 35% 1.63 76% 48 6 13%
1957 29 DET AL 167 35% 3.6% 9.0% 6.6% 7.8% 28% 1.67 76% 47 6 13%
1957 29 KCA AL 17 65% 11.8% 0.0% 11.8% 29.4% 83% 1.25 76% 1 0 0%
6 Yrs 1696 32% 1.7% 10.0% 9.4% 5.8% 25% 1.58 76% 386 36 9%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 12.1% 10.4% 6.8% 27% 0.96 83% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 34 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 25 TOT AL 324 69 3 1 7 2 1 1 2 15 11 3 73% 1 4 2 150 1 3 25% 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 9 0
1953 25 CLE AL 34 6 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 80% 1 0 0 18 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1953 25 DET AL 290 63 3 1 3 2 1 1 2 10 7 2 70% 0 4 2 132 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
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 Yrs 1696 398 29 4 48 19 10 19 10 109 62 8 57% 25 8 3 720 4 10 29% 4 7 0 1 0 2 4 0 23 0
MLB Averages 52% 55%

Cumulative Pitching

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 34 224 1.000 5.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.00 224
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 34 224 1.000 5.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.00 224
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 34 224 1.000 5.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.00 224
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 94 1.401 8.5 0.5 4.1 4.2 1.02 94
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 99 1.407 8.8 0.6 3.8 4.2 1.09 99
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 103 1.411 8.9 0.5 3.8 4.0 1.05 103
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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 0 0 3.38 8.0 6 3 3 0 5 4 0 1.375 6.8 5.6 4.5 0.80 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 5 4 .556 3.56 81.0 90 36 32 9 29 37 0 1.469 10.0 3.2 4.1 1.28 1.0 39
1956 28 4 3 .571 3.22 67.0 66 27 24 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 55 38 34 8 14 16 1 1.683 12.1 3.1 3.5 1.14 1.8 31
6 Yrs 19 22 .463 4.40 395.0 418 215 193 30 167 171 6 1.481 9.5 3.9 1.02 0.7 168

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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 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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