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Wally Gerber

Walter Gerber (Spooks)

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 152 lb.

Born: August 18, 1891 in Columbus, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1914
Teams (by GP): Browns/RedSox/Pirates 1914-1929

Final Game: October 6, 1929
Died: June 19, 1951 in Columbus, OH
Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
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Standard Batting

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 75 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 140 545 462 43 105 14 6 1 37 1 49 36 .227 .308 .290 .598 67 134 5 28 *6
1920 28 SLB AL 154 666 584 70 163 26 2 2 60 4 13 58 32 .279 .346 .341 .687 81 199 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 153 690 604 81 161 22 8 1 51 6 4 52 34 .267 .326 .334 .660 70 202 1 32 *6
1923 31 SLB AL 154 692 605 85 170 26 3 1 62 4 6 54 50 .281 .342 .339 .681 75 205 2 28 *6 MVP-4
1924 32 SLB AL 148 569 496 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 131 476 411 37 111 8 0 0 42 0 2 40 29 .270 .339 .290 .629 62 119 3 19 *6/8 MVP-23
1927 35 SLB AL 142 498 438 44 98 13 9 0 45 3 6 35 25 .224 .284 .295 .579 48 129 2 23 *6/5
1928 36 TOT AL 110 362 318 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 104 343 300 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 Yrs 1522 5829 5099 558 1309 172 46 7 476 43 47 465 357 .257 .323 .313 .635 67 1594 33 219
162 Game Avg. 162 620 543 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 5165 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) 165 448 391 27 79 9 2 0 33 7 1 40 43 .202 .276 .235 .511 37 92 0 18
AL (13 yrs) 1449 5613 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1914 22 PIT NL 17 58 -2 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 3 0.3 .510 .501 0.1 0.3 1 $ 6
1915 23 PIT NL 56 158 -9 1 0 -1 2 -7 -0.9 4 -2 -0.4 .485 .495 -0.2 0.1 -1 $ 56/4
1917 25 SLB AL 14 43 1 -0 0 1 1 3 0.3 2 4 0.5 .525 .502 0.4 0.2 3 $ 6/4
1918 26 SLB AL 56 195 -4 -0 0 -5 3 -6 -0.7 6 1 0.0 .488 .496 0.6 -0.2 6 $ 6
1919 27 SLB AL 140 545 -18 1 0 -8 9 -16 -1.7 18 2 0.1 .487 .489 1.0 0.2 10 $ *6
1920 28 SLB AL 154 666 -14 -3 0 -1 10 -7 -0.7 21 14 1.4 .495 .496 1.5 1.0 15 $ *6
1921 29 SLB AL 114 495 -18 -1 0 -9 8 -20 -1.9 15 -5 -0.3 .483 .488 0.4 -0.1 4 $ *6
1922 30 SLB AL 153 690 -27 1 0 7 10 -9 -1.0 22 13 1.1 .494 .494 0.5 1.6 6 $ *6
1923 31 SLB AL 154 692 -22 -0 0 3 10 -9 -0.9 22 13 1.2 .494 .494 1.0 1.3 10 $ *6 MVP-4
1924 32 SLB AL 148 569 -23 -0 0 -9 10 -23 -2.1 18 -5 -0.3 .485 .487 0.5 0.1 4 $ *6 MVP-17
1925 33 SLB AL 72 277 -11 0 0 0 5 -7 -0.6 9 2 0.2 .491 .496 0.2 0.4 2 $ 6
1926 34 SLB AL 131 476 -21 -0 0 -8 8 -22 -2.2 15 -7 -0.7 .484 .487 0.2 0.0 1 $ *6/8 MVP-23
1927 35 SLB AL 142 498 -35 -2 0 -3 8 -32 -3.1 16 -16 -1.5 .478 .481 -1.2 0.5 -13 $ *6/5
1928 36 SLB AL 6 19 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .474 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $ /6
1928 36 BOS AL 104 343 -24 1 0 3 6 -14 -1.4 11 -3 -0.3 .486 .491 -0.6 0.9 -6 $ *6
1929 37 BOS AL 61 105 -12 0 0 -1 2 -10 -1.0 3 -7 -0.6 .484 .494 -0.5 0.1 -6 $ 64
15 Seasons 1522 5829 -239 -2 0 -30 93 -177 -17.8 184 7 0.6 .488 .493 3.9 6.5 37 $
SLB (12 yrs) 1284 5165 -192 -5 0 -33 82 -148 -14.7 164 16 1.6 .489 .492 5.1 5.0 49 $
PIT (2 yrs) 73 216 -11 1 0 1 3 -5 -0.7 6 1 -0.1 .491 .498 -0.1 0.5 -0 $
BOS (2 yrs) 165 448 -36 2 0 2 8 -24 -2.4 14 -10 -0.9 .486 .493 -1.1 1.0 -12 $

Advanced Batting

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 80 .283 .241 .253 .281 .320 .296 .338 .577 .659 75 .358 -1.8 -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 .321 .385 .324 .742 .644 130 .657 1.2 0.1 .704 .179 .077 .0
1918 26 SLB AL 195 135 14 2.8 79 .256 .240 .256 .316 .326 .263 .326 .579 .652 77 .402 -4.0 -0.5 .508 .146 .023 .0
1919 27 SLB AL 545 385 40 2.8 96 .245 .227 .278 .308 .344 .290 .373 .598 .717 67 .335 -19.8 -2.1 .529 .171 .063 1.0
1920 28 SLB AL 666 453 65 3.8 108 .293 .279 .294 .346 .359 .341 .404 .687 .762 81 .420 -14.8 -1.5 .576 .146 .062 2.7
1921 29 SLB AL 495 342 50 3.9 119 .287 .278 .307 .337 .374 .360 .432 .697 .805 74 .383 -19.4 -1.8 .599 .154 .083 2.7
1922 30 SLB AL 690 479 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 692 469 69 3.9 113 .305 .281 .297 .342 .368 .339 .411 .681 .779 75 .421 -22.3 -2.2 .587 .144 .058 1.6
1924 32 SLB AL 569 384 53 3.7 117 .292 .272 .305 .341 .376 .329 .419 .670 .795 69 .373 -23.5 -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 .395 -11.6 -1.1 .597 .163 .061 .0
1926 34 SLB AL 476 321 39 3.2 113 .291 .270 .295 .339 .367 .290 .413 .629 .780 62 .337 -22.5 -2.2 .530 .112 .019
1927 35 SLB AL 498 369 35 2.5 113 .237 .224 .297 .284 .365 .295 .417 .579 .782 48 .233 -35.9 -3.5 .471 .144 .071 .0
1928 36 TOT AL 362 262 24 2.4 105 .243 .217 .284 .291 .349 .245 .404 .536 .752 44 .230 -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 343 249 22 2.4 105 .238 .213 .284 .289 .348 .240 .403 .529 .751 43 .218 -24.2 -2.4 .460 .150 .027 .0
1929 37 BOS AL 105 82 5 1.6 110 .190 .165 .288 .232 .354 .220 .416 .452 .771 18 .116 -11.2 -1.1 .382 .154 .055 .0
15 Yrs 5829 4056 504 3.3 109 .275 .257 .293 .323 .360 .313 .405 .635 .766 67 .354 -249.2 -24.7 .544 .146 .056 12.0
162 Game Avg. 620 432 54 3.3 109 .275 .257 .293 .323 .360 .313 .405 .635 .766 67 .354 -249.2 -24.7 .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) 5165 3563 465 3.5 110 .281 .264 .295 .330 .363 .323 .408 .652 .771 70 .371 -201.7 -19.8 .560 .148 .059 11.4
PIT (2 yrs) 216 162 12 2.0 80 .236 .207 .254 .259 .318 .232 .340 .492 .658 50 .279 -12.1 -1.4 .411 .106 .025 .0
BOS (2 yrs) 448 331 27 2.2 106 .227 .202 .285 .276 .350 .235 .406 .511 .756 37 .191 -35.4 -3.4 .441 .151 .033 .0
AL (13 yrs) 5613 3894 492 3.4 110 .276 .259 .294 .325 .362 .316 .408 .641 .770 67 .357 -237.1 -23.2 .550 .148 .057 11.8
NL (2 yrs) 216 162 12 2.0 80 .236 .207 .254 .259 .318 .232 .340 .492 .658 50 .279 -12.1 -1.4 .411 .106 .025 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1918 26 SLB AL 195 0.0% 5.6% 9.7% 2.1% 10% 0.58 15.5 17.1 82%
1919 27 SLB AL 545 0.2% 6.6% 9.0% 3.9% 20% 0.73 12.8 462.0 12.5 78%
1920 28 SLB AL 666 0.3% 4.8% 8.7% 4.5% 18% 0.55 18.3 292.0 9.7 83%
1921 29 SLB AL 495 0.4% 3.8% 6.9% 4.7% 19% 0.56 22.9 218.0 9.1 84%
1922 30 SLB AL 690 0.1% 4.9% 7.5% 4.5% 19% 0.65 17.8 604.0 11.8 82%
1923 31 SLB AL 692 0.1% 7.2% 7.8% 4.3% 18% 0.93 12.1 605.0 9.8 80%
1924 32 SLB AL 569 0.0% 6.0% 7.6% 4.2% 18% 0.79 14.6 9.0 81%
1925 33 SLB AL 277 0.0% 5.4% 9.4% 5.1% 21% 0.58 16.4 12.9 83%
1926 34 SLB AL 476 0.0% 6.1% 8.4% 1.7% 7% 0.73 14.2 9.8 80%
1927 35 SLB AL 498 0.0% 5.0% 7.0% 4.4% 22% 0.71 17.5 9.7 83%
1928 36 TOT AL 362 0.0% 9.4% 9.1% 2.2% 12% 1.03 9.4 11.4 78%
1928 36 SLB AL 19 0.0% 15.8% 5.3% 5.3% 20% 3.00 6.0 79%
1928 36 BOS AL 343 0.0% 9.0% 9.3% 2.0% 11% 0.97 9.7 10.7 78%
1929 37 BOS AL 105 0.0% 11.4% 7.6% 3.8% 27% 1.50 7.6 18.2 75%
15 Yrs 5570 0.1% 6.4% 8.4% 4.0% 17% 0.77 14.3 728.4 10.7 85%
MLB Averages 1.1% 11.6% 11.0% 8.4% 25% 1.05 10.8 110.6 8.7 112%

Cumulative Batting

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 75 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 27 283 999 870 68 199 22 8 1 61 10 1 82 73 .229 .301 .276 .577 68 240 8 38
1920 28 437 1665 1454 138 362 48 10 3 121 14 14 140 105 .249 .319 .302 .621 74 439 10 57
1921 29 551 2160 1890 193 483 60 19 5 169 18 21 174 124 .256 .323 .315 .639 74 596 15 77
1922 30 704 2850 2494 274 644 82 27 6 220 24 25 226 158 .258 .324 .320 .644 73 798 16 109
1923 31 858 3542 3099 359 814 108 30 7 282 28 31 280 208 .263 .327 .324 .651 73 1003 18 137
1924 32 1006 4111 3595 420 949 128 34 7 337 32 36 323 242 .264 .329 .324 .654 73 1166 27 155
1925 33 1078 4388 3841 449 1016 141 35 7 356 33 38 349 257 .265 .330 .325 .655 72 1248 28 159
1926 34 1209 4864 4252 486 1127 149 35 7 398 33 40 389 286 .265 .331 .321 .653 71 1367 31 178
1927 35 1351 5362 4690 530 1225 162 44 7 443 36 46 424 311 .261 .327 .319 .646 69 1496 33 201
1928 36 1461 5724 5008 552 1294 169 45 7 471 42 47 457 345 .258 .324 .314 .639 68 1574 33 213
1929 37 1522 5829 5099 558 1309 172 46 7 476 43 47 465 357 .257 .323 .313 .635 67 1594 33 219

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1914 22 18 62 58 6 15 1 1 0 6 0 2 8 .259 .295 .310 .605 5 17
1915 23 58 169 153 10 33 2 0 0 9 7 11 17 .216 .277 .229 .506 9 56
1917 25 15 48 43 3 15 1 1 0 3 1 4 2 .349 .404 .419 .823 7 14
1918 26 71 260 226 16 60 6 0 0 16 3 28 14 .265 .346 .292 .638 23 56
1919 27 162 636 539 53 126 17 7 1 46 1 59 42 .234 .316 .297 .613 50 140
1920 28 162 683 604 67 161 26 2 2 57 4 57 34 .267 .332 .326 .658 65 154
1921 29 120 500 443 47 112 11 8 2 41 4 31 20 .253 .309 .327 .636 44 114
1922 30 160 706 621 76 158 22 8 1 48 6 51 36 .254 .312 .320 .632 62 153
1923 31 162 706 623 78 165 25 3 1 57 4 52 53 .265 .323 .319 .643 64 154
1924 32 156 577 508 54 128 19 4 0 48 4 41 36 .252 .319 .305 .624 47 148
1925 33 76 280 251 25 63 12 1 0 16 1 24 16 .251 .319 .307 .626 24 72
1926 34 138 489 426 35 110 8 0 0 40 0 40 31 .258 .326 .277 .603 38 131
1927 35 148 510 450 41 95 13 9 0 41 3 34 26 .211 .270 .280 .550 33 142
1928 36 116 380 333 22 71 7 1 0 29 6 34 36 .213 .286 .240 .526 23 110
1929 37 65 109 95 5 15 3 1 0 5 1 8 13 .158 .223 .211 .434 4 61
15 Yrs 1627 6115 5373 538 1327 173 46 7 462 45 476 384 .247 .312 .300 .612 498 1522
162 Game Avg. 162 609 535 54 132 17 5 1 46 4 47 38 .247 .312 .300 .612 50 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 (514th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1920 AL  1.0 (9th)
1922 AL  1.6 (3rd)
1923 AL  1.3 (6th)
1928 AL  0.8 (5th)

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  690 (5th)
1923 AL  692 (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 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 5 (1784), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1129), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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