Wally Gerber
Walter Gerber (Spooks)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 152 lb.

Born: August 18, 1891 in Columbus, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1914
Final Game: October 6, 1929
Died: June 19, 1951 in Columbus, OH
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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
1914 22 PIT NL 17 58 54 5 13 1 1 0 5 0 2 8 .241 .281 .296 .577 74 16 1 1 6
1915 23 PIT NL 56 158 144 8 28 2 0 0 7 6 1 9 16 .194 .252 .208 .460 40 30 2 3 56/4
1917 25 SLB AL 14 43 39 2 12 1 1 0 2 1 3 2 .308 .357 .385 .742 130 15 0 1 6/4
1918 26 SLB AL 56 195 171 10 41 4 0 0 10 2 19 11 .240 .316 .263 .579 77 45 0 5 6
1919 27 SLB AL 140 544 462 43 105 14 6 1 37 1 49 36 .227 .308 .290 .598 67 134 5 28 *6
1920 28 SLB AL 154 663 584 70 163 26 2 2 60 4 13 58 32 .279 .346 .341 .687 80 199 2 19 *6
1921 29 SLB AL 114 495 436 55 121 12 9 2 48 4 7 34 19 .278 .337 .360 .697 74 157 5 20 *6
1922 30 SLB AL 153 689 604 81 161 22 8 1 51 6 4 52 34 .267 .326 .334 .660 70 202 1 32 *6
1923 31 SLB AL 154 689 605 85 170 26 3 1 62 4 6 54 50 .281 .342 .339 .681 76 205 2 28 *6 MVP-4
1924 32 SLB AL 148 566 496 61 135 20 4 0 55 4 5 43 34 .272 .341 .329 .670 69 163 9 18 *6 MVP-17
1925 33 SLB AL 72 277 246 29 67 13 1 0 19 1 2 26 15 .272 .344 .333 .678 69 82 1 4 6
1926 34 SLB AL 131 473 411 37 111 8 0 0 42 0 2 40 29 .270 .339 .290 .629 62 119 3 19 *6 MVP-23
1927 35 SLB AL 142 498 438 44 98 13 9 0 45 3 6 35 25 .224 .284 .295 .579 49 129 2 23 *6/5
1928 36 TOT AL 110 363 318 22 69 7 1 0 28 6 1 33 34 .217 .291 .245 .536 44 78 0 12 *6
1928 36 SLB AL 6 19 18 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .278 .316 .333 .649 69 6 0 0 /6
1928 36 BOS AL 104 344 300 21 64 6 1 0 28 6 1 32 31 .213 .289 .240 .529 43 72 0 12 *6
1929 37 BOS AL 61 105 91 6 15 3 1 0 5 1 0 8 12 .165 .232 .220 .452 18 20 0 6 64
15 Seasons 1522 5816 5099 558 1309 172 46 7 476 43 47 465 357 .257 .323 .313 .635 67 1594 33 219
162 Game Avg. 162 619 543 59 139 18 5 1 51 5 49 38 .257 .323 .313 .635 67 170 4 23
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
SLB (12 yrs) 1284 5151 4510 518 1189 160 43 7 431 30 45 414 290 .264 .330 .323 .652 70 1456 30 197
PIT (2 yrs) 73 216 198 13 41 3 1 0 12 6 1 11 24 .207 .259 .232 .492 50 46 3 4
BOS (2 yrs) 165 449 391 27 79 9 2 0 33 7 1 40 43 .202 .276 .235 .511 37 92 0 18
AL (13 yrs) 1449 5600 4901 545 1268 169 45 7 464 37 46 454 333 .259 .325 .316 .641 67 1548 30 215
NL (2 yrs) 73 216 198 13 41 3 1 0 12 6 1 11 24 .207 .259 .232 .492 50 46 3 4

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
1914 22 PIT NL 58 42 4 2.6 81 .283 .241 .254 .281 .321 .296 .340 .577 .661 74 .358 -1.9 -0.2 .463 .093 .056
1915 23 PIT NL 158 120 8 1.8 80 .219 .194 .255 .252 .317 .208 .341 .460 .658 40 .248 -10.2 -1.2 .393 .111 .014 .0
1917 25 SLB AL 43 28 5 4.8 77 .324 .308 .250 .357 .320 .385 .324 .742 .644 130 .656 1.2 0.1 .704 .179 .077 .0
1918 26 SLB AL 195 135 14 2.8 80 .256 .240 .257 .316 .328 .263 .328 .579 .655 77 .402 -4.2 -0.5 .508 .146 .023 .0
1919 27 SLB AL 544 385 40 2.8 97 .245 .227 .279 .308 .345 .290 .374 .598 .719 67 .335 -20.4 -2.2 .529 .171 .063 1.0
1920 28 SLB AL 663 453 65 3.8 109 .293 .279 .295 .346 .360 .341 .405 .687 .765 80 .420 -15.6 -1.6 .576 .146 .062 2.7
1921 29 SLB AL 495 342 50 3.9 119 .287 .278 .307 .337 .374 .360 .431 .697 .805 74 .383 -19.3 -1.8 .599 .154 .083 2.7
1922 30 SLB AL 689 479 65 3.6 113 .281 .267 .298 .326 .364 .334 .418 .660 .782 70 .380 -28.3 -2.8 .575 .157 .068 1.7
1923 31 SLB AL 689 469 69 3.9 112 .305 .281 .296 .342 .367 .339 .409 .681 .776 76 .421 -21.5 -2.1 .587 .144 .058 1.6
1924 32 SLB AL 566 384 53 3.7 117 .292 .272 .306 .341 .376 .329 .419 .670 .795 69 .373 -23.6 -2.3 .585 .141 .056 .0
1925 33 SLB AL 277 185 28 4.0 120 .290 .272 .306 .344 .377 .333 .429 .678 .806 69 .394 -11.6 -1.1 .597 .163 .061 .0
1926 34 SLB AL 473 321 39 3.2 114 .291 .270 .296 .339 .368 .290 .415 .629 .784 62 .337 -23.1 -2.3 .530 .112 .019
1927 35 SLB AL 498 369 35 2.5 113 .237 .224 .297 .284 .365 .295 .416 .579 .782 49 .233 -35.9 -3.5 .471 .144 .071 .0
1928 36 TOT AL 363 262 24 2.4 105 .243 .217 .284 .291 .349 .245 .404 .536 .752 44 .229 -25.0 -2.4 .464 .148 .028 .0
1928 36 SLB AL 19 13 2 4.1 111 .333 .278 .292 .316 .358 .333 .415 .649 .773 69 .435 -0.8 -0.1 .538 .111 .056
1928 36 BOS AL 344 249 22 2.4 105 .238 .213 .284 .289 .348 .240 .403 .529 .751 43 .218 -24.1 -2.4 .460 .150 .027 .0
1929 37 BOS AL 105 82 5 1.6 110 .190 .165 .288 .232 .354 .220 .416 .452 .770 18 .115 -11.2 -1.1 .382 .154 .055 .0
15 Seasons 5816 4056 504 3.3 109 .275 .257 .293 .323 .361 .313 .405 .635 .766 67 .354 -250.5 -24.8 .544 .146 .056 12.0
162 Game Avg. 619 432 54 3.3 109 .275 .257 .293 .323 .361 .313 .405 .635 .766 67 .354 -250.5 -24.8 .544 .146 .056 1
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
SLB (12 yrs) 5151 3563 465 3.5 111 .281 .264 .295 .330 .364 .323 .408 .652 .772 70 .371 -203.1 -20.0 .560 .148 .059 11.4
PIT (2 yrs) 216 162 12 2.0 80 .236 .207 .254 .259 .318 .232 .341 .492 .659 50 .279 -12.1 -1.4 .411 .106 .025 .0
BOS (2 yrs) 449 331 27 2.2 106 .227 .202 .285 .276 .350 .235 .406 .511 .755 37 .191 -35.3 -3.4 .441 .151 .033 .0
AL (13 yrs) 5600 3894 492 3.4 110 .276 .259 .294 .325 .362 .316 .408 .641 .770 67 .357 -238.4 -23.4 .550 .148 .057 11.8
NL (2 yrs) 216 162 12 2.0 80 .236 .207 .254 .259 .318 .232 .341 .492 .659 50 .279 -12.1 -1.4 .411 .106 .025 .0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1914 22 17 58 54 5 13 1 1 0 5 0 2 8 .241 .281 .296 .577 74 16 1 1
1915 23 73 216 198 13 41 3 1 0 12 6 1 11 24 .207 .259 .232 .492 50 46 3 4
1916 24 73 216 198 13 41 3 1 0 12 6 1 11 24 .207 .259 .232 .492 50 46 3 4
1917 25 87 259 237 15 53 4 2 0 14 7 1 14 26 .224 .276 .257 .533 63 61 3 5
1918 26 143 454 408 25 94 8 2 0 24 9 1 33 37 .230 .293 .260 .553 69 106 3 10
1919 27 283 998 870 68 199 22 8 1 61 10 1 82 73 .229 .301 .276 .577 68 240 8 38
1920 28 437 1661 1454 138 362 48 10 3 121 14 14 140 105 .249 .319 .302 .621 73 439 10 57
1921 29 551 2156 1890 193 483 60 19 5 169 18 21 174 124 .256 .323 .315 .639 73 596 15 77
1922 30 704 2845 2494 274 644 82 27 6 220 24 25 226 158 .258 .324 .320 .644 72 798 16 109
1923 31 858 3534 3099 359 814 108 30 7 282 28 31 280 208 .263 .327 .324 .651 73 1003 18 137
1924 32 1006 4100 3595 420 949 128 34 7 337 32 36 323 242 .264 .329 .324 .654 72 1166 27 155
1925 33 1078 4377 3841 449 1016 141 35 7 356 33 38 349 257 .265 .330 .325 .655 72 1248 28 159
1926 34 1209 4850 4252 486 1127 149 35 7 398 33 40 389 286 .265 .331 .321 .653 71 1367 31 178
1927 35 1351 5348 4690 530 1225 162 44 7 443 36 46 424 311 .261 .327 .319 .646 69 1496 33 201
1928 36 1461 5711 5008 552 1294 169 45 7 471 42 47 457 345 .258 .324 .314 .639 67 1574 33 213
1929 37 1522 5816 5099 558 1309 172 46 7 476 43 47 465 357 .257 .323 .313 .635 67 1594 33 219

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
1914 22 18 61 58 6 15 1 1 0 6 0 2 8 .259 .295 .310 .605 5 17
1915 23 58 168 155 11 35 2 0 0 9 8 11 17 .226 .286 .239 .524 10 56
1917 25 15 47 43 3 15 1 1 0 3 1 4 2 .349 .404 .419 .823 7 14
1918 26 71 254 226 16 60 6 0 0 16 3 28 14 .265 .346 .292 .638 23 56
1919 27 162 604 539 53 126 17 7 1 46 1 59 42 .234 .316 .297 .613 50 140
1920 28 162 658 600 67 157 25 2 2 57 4 56 34 .262 .327 .320 .647 62 154
1921 29 120 478 442 47 111 11 8 2 41 4 31 20 .251 .308 .326 .633 43 114
1922 30 160 673 621 76 158 22 8 1 48 6 51 36 .254 .312 .320 .632 62 153
1923 31 162 676 622 78 164 25 3 1 57 4 52 53 .264 .322 .318 .641 63 154
1924 32 156 554 506 53 126 19 4 0 48 4 40 36 .249 .314 .302 .616 46 148
1925 33 76 274 249 24 61 12 1 0 16 1 24 16 .245 .314 .301 .615 23 72
1926 34 138 466 424 35 108 8 0 0 39 0 39 31 .255 .322 .274 .595 37 131
1927 35 148 485 449 41 94 12 9 0 42 3 34 26 .209 .268 .276 .544 32 142
1928 36 116 370 335 23 73 7 1 0 29 6 35 36 .218 .292 .245 .537 24 110
1929 37 65 103 95 5 15 3 1 0 4 1 8 13 .158 .223 .211 .434 4 61
15 Seasons 1627 5871 5364 538 1318 171 46 7 461 46 474 384 .246 .311 .299 .610 491 1522
162 Game Avg. 162 585 534 54 131 17 5 1 46 5 47 38 .246 .311 .299 .610 49 1522

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1923 AL (4, 31%)
1924 AL (17, 6%)
1926 AL (23, 3%)
0.40 Career Shares (499th)

Games Played s c a p y
1919 AL  140 (4th)
1920 AL  154 (1st)
1923 AL  154 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1922 AL  604 (6th)
1923 AL  605 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1922 AL  689 (4th)
1923 AL  689 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1923 AL  140 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1924 AL  9 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1919 AL  28 (10th)
1922 AL  32 (5th)
1923 AL  28 (6th)
1927 AL  23 (8th)
Career  219 (63rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1920 AL  453 (8th)
1922 AL  479 (2nd)
1923 AL  469 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 5 (1737), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1174), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Name and misspellings: Spooks Wally walt Walter Gerber

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