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Charlie Gelbert
Charles Magnus Gelbert
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 26, 1906 in Scranton, PA
Schools: Lebanon Valley College (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1929
Final Game: September 28, 1940
Died: January 13, 1967 in Easton, PA
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Standard Batting

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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 Awards
1929 23 STL NL 146 578 512 60 134 29 8 3 65 8 51 46 .262 .329 .367 .696 71 188 0 15 *6
1930 24 STL NL 139 573 513 92 156 39 11 3 72 6 43 41 .304 .360 .441 .801 90 226 2 15 *6
1931 25 STL NL 131 505 447 61 129 29 5 1 62 7 54 31 .289 .365 .383 .748 98 171 0 4 *6 MVP-25
1932 26 STL NL 122 503 455 60 122 28 9 1 45 8 39 30 .268 .330 .376 .706 87 171 3 6 *6
1935 29 STL NL 62 187 168 24 49 7 2 2 21 0 17 18 .292 .357 .393 .750 98 66 2 0 2 56/4
1936 30 STL NL 93 307 280 33 64 15 2 3 27 2 25 26 .229 .292 .329 .620 67 92 13 0 2 56/4
1937 31 TOT 63 182 161 16 26 6 0 1 14 1 0 19 23 .161 .250 .217 .467 27 35 2 0 2 6/45
1937 31 CIN NL 43 131 114 12 22 4 0 1 13 1 15 12 .193 .287 .254 .541 51 29 2 0 2 6/45
1937 31 DET AL 20 51 47 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 .085 .157 .128 .285 -28 6 0 0 6
1939 33 WSH AL 68 222 188 36 48 7 5 3 29 2 0 30 11 .255 .361 .394 .754 99 74 5 1 3 65/4
1940 34 TOT AL 52 158 145 16 38 9 1 0 15 0 0 12 19 .262 .323 .338 .661 71 49 2 1 0 56/14
1940 34 WSH AL 22 59 54 7 20 7 1 0 7 0 0 4 3 .370 .424 .537 .961 154 29 1 1 0 6/14
1940 34 BOS AL 30 99 91 9 18 2 0 0 8 0 0 8 16 .198 .263 .220 .482 24 20 1 0 0 5/6
9 Seasons 876 3215 2869 398 766 169 43 17 350 34 0 290 245 .267 .336 .374 .709 82 1072 24 7 49
162 Game Avg. 162 595 531 74 142 31 8 3 65 6 54 45 .267 .336 .374 .709 82 198 1 9
STL (6 yrs) 693 2653 2375 330 654 147 37 13 292 31 229 192 .275 .340 .385 .725 85 914 15 5 44
WSH (2 yrs) 90 281 242 43 68 14 6 3 36 2 0 34 14 .281 .374 .426 .800 111 103 6 2 3
BOS (1 yr) 30 99 91 9 18 2 0 0 8 0 0 8 16 .198 .263 .220 .482 24 20 1 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 43 131 114 12 22 4 0 1 13 1 15 12 .193 .287 .254 .541 51 29 2 0 2
DET (1 yr) 20 51 47 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 .085 .157 .128 .285 -28 6 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 736 2784 2489 342 676 151 37 14 305 32 244 204 .272 .338 .379 .717 83 943 17 5 46
AL (3 yrs) 140 431 380 56 90 18 6 3 45 2 0 46 41 .237 .322 .339 .662 72 129 7 2 3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1930 24 STL NL WS PHA L 6 20 17 2 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 3 .353 .450 .471 .921 8 0 0 0 0 1
1931 25 STL NL WS PHA W 7 24 23 0 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .261 .261 .304 .565 7 1 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 13 44 40 2 12 1 1 0 5 0 0 3 7 .300 .349 .375 .724 15 1 0 1 0 1
2 WS 13 44 40 2 12 1 1 0 5 0 0 3 7 .300 .349 .375 .724 15 1 0 1 0 1

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
1940 34 WSH AL 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 21 46 2.000 11.3 4.5 6.8 2.3 0.33
1 Season 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 21 46 2.000 11.3 4.5 6.8 2.3 0.33
162 Game Avg. 0 0 9.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 136 170 136 136 68 102 34 0 0 0 714 46 2.000 11.3 4.5 6.8 2.3 0.33

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
1929 STL NL 23 SS 146 883 338 499 46 95 .948 5.73 .950 5.37
1930 STL NL 24 SS 139 838 322 472 44 104 .947 5.71 .952 5.36
1931 STL NL 25 SS 130 747 281 435 31 91 .959 5.51 .954 5.06 MVP-25
1932 STL NL 26 SS 122 672 246 389 37 69 .945 5.20 .946 5.07
1935 STL NL 29 3B 37 92 34 56 2 8 .978 2.43 .939 2.71
1935 STL NL 29 SS 21 73 31 39 3 8 .959 3.33 .947 5.10
1935 STL NL 29 2B 3 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.00 .967 5.37
1936 STL NL 30 3B 60 170 60 104 6 11 .965 2.73 .946 2.51
1936 STL NL 30 SS 28 95 38 53 4 10 .958 3.25 .944 5.10
1936 STL NL 30 2B 8 14 9 5 0 1 1.000 1.75 .964 5.30
1937 TOT 31 SS 53 219 88 122 9 23 .959 3.96 .952 4.91
1937 CIN NL 31 SS 37 158 66 87 5 16 .968 4.14 .950 4.85
1937 CIN NL 31 2B 9 31 19 12 0 4 1.000 3.44 .958 5.33
1937 CIN NL 31 3B 1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 .950 2.70
1937 DET AL 31 SS 16 61 22 35 4 7 .934 3.56 .956 5.06
1939 WSH AL 33 SS 28 135 41 90 4 17 .970 4.68 .949 4.68
1939 WSH AL 33 3B 20 54 19 32 3 3 .944 2.55 .943 3.03
1939 WSH AL 33 2B 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 .950 5.10
1940 TOT AL 34 SS 13 50 20 26 4 3 .920 3.54 .950 4.53
1940 WSH AL 34 SS 12 50 20 26 4 3 .920 3.83 .950 4.53
1940 WSH AL 34 P 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 1.05
1940 WSH AL 34 2B 1 8 4 3 1 0 .875 7.00 .975 5.20
1940 BOS AL 34 3B 29 95 23 65 7 5 .926 3.03 .938 3.12
1940 BOS AL 34 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50
9 Seasons SS 680 3712 1405 2125 182 420 .951 5.19 .950 5.16
5 Seasons 3B 147 415 139 258 18 27 .957 2.70 .942 2.75
5 Seasons 2B 22 61 36 24 1 6 .984 2.73 .962 5.31
1 Season P 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 1.05
9 Seasons TOT 851 4189 1580 2408 201 453 .952 4.69 .902 4.73
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1931-NL-25-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Doubles s c a p y
1930 NL--39--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2133), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2520), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Ski Melillo (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ed McFarland (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Chief Zimmer (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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.

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