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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1914	PIT	NL	22	SS	17				101	31	62	8	7	.921		5.47	.925		5.38
1915	PIT	NL	23	3B	23				71	25	41	5	2	.930		2.87	.947		3.13
1915	PIT	NL	23	SS	21				122	56	58	8	9	.934		5.43	.931		5.44
1915	PIT	NL	23	2B	2				7	2	5	0	0	1.000		3.50	.954		5.05
1917	SLB	AL	25	SS	12				49	13	33	3	2	.939		3.83	.931		5.08
1917	SLB	AL	25	2B	2				9	3	5	1	2	.889		4.00	.959		5.15
1918	SLB	AL	26	SS	56	55	47		307	109	174	24	23	.922		5.05	.939		5.39
1919	SLB	AL	27	SS	140	140	137		751	284	422	45	47	.940		5.04	.942		5.24
1920	SLB	AL	28	SS	154	154	148		853	288	513	52	76	.939		5.20	.944		5.21
1921	SLB	AL	29	SS	113	113	110		636	269	331	36	64	.943		5.31	.941		5.34
1922	SLB	AL	30	SS	153	153	149		839	322	470	47	93	.944		5.18	.946		5.20
1923	SLB	AL	31	SS	154	154	154		837	334	461	42	86	.950		5.16	.946		5.02	MVP-4
1924	SLB	AL	32	SS	147	147	139		784	317	425	42	78	.946		5.05	.949		5.14	MVP-17
1925	SLB	AL	33	SS	71	69	60		369	144	206	19	39	.949		4.93	.944		5.20
1926	SLB	AL	34	SS	129	126	113		656	261	358	37	92	.944		4.80	.944		5.01	MVP-23
1926	SLB	AL	34	CF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.70	MVP-23
1927	SLB	AL	35	SS	141	139	113		758	290	427	41	91	.946		5.09	.945		5.28
1927	SLB	AL	35	3B	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.30
1928	TOT	AL	36	SS	109	107	74		577	207	340	30	54	.948		5.02	.938		5.11
1928	SLB	AL	36	SS	6	6	3		23	6	12	5	4	.783		3.00	.938		5.12
1928	BOS	AL	36	SS	103	101	71		554	201	328	25	50	.955		5.14	.938		5.11
1929	BOS	AL	37	SS	30	14	5		79	35	39	5	3	.937		2.47	.937		5.21
1929	BOS	AL	37	2B	22	19	14		116	35	76	5	10	.957		5.05	.968		5.91
	15 Seasons			SS	1447	1371	1249		7718	2960	4319	439	764	.943		5.03	.943		5.19
	3 Seasons			2B	26	19	14		132	40	86	6	12	.955		4.85	.967		5.78
	2 Seasons			3B	24	0	0		71	25	41	5	2	.930		2.75	.947		3.14
	1 Season			CF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.70
	15 Seasons			TOT	1497	1390	1263		7921	3025	4446	450	778	.943		4.99	.944		5.16
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	CF	OF	PH	PR
1914	PIT	NL	22	17		17		0	0	17	0	0
1915	PIT	NL	23	56		56		2	23	21	0	0
1917	SLB	AL	25	14		14		2	0	12	0	0
1918	SLB	AL	26	56		56		0	0	56	0	0
1919	SLB	AL	27	140	140	140	140	0	0	140	0	0	0	0
1920	SLB	AL	28	154	154	154	154	0	0	154	0	0	0	0
1921	SLB	AL	29	114	113	114	113	0	0	113	0	0	1	0
1922	SLB	AL	30	153	153	153	153	0	0	153	0	0	0	0
1923	SLB	AL	31	154	154	154	154	0	0	154	0	0	0	0
1924	SLB	AL	32	148	147	148	147	0	0	147	0	0	1	0
1925	SLB	AL	33	72	69	72	71	0	0	71	0	0	1	0
1926	SLB	AL	34	132	126	132	129	0	0	129	1	1	3	0
1927	SLB	AL	35	142	139	142	142	0	1	141	0	0	0	0
1928	BOS	AL	36	104	101	104	103	0	0	103	0	0	0	1
1928	SLB	AL	36	6	6	6	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
1929	BOS	AL	37	61	33	61	52	22	0	30	0	0	0	9
	15 Seasons			1523	1335	1523	1364	26	24	1447	1	1	6	10

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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)	Assists† s c a p y 1919 AL 422 (5th) 1920 AL 513 (2nd) 1923 AL 461 (4th) 1927 AL 427 (5th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1919 AL 45 (2nd) 1920 AL 52 (1st) 1922 AL 47 (3rd) 1923 AL 42 (3rd) 1924 AL 42 (2nd) 1926 AL 37 (5th) 1927 AL 41 (4th)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1919 AL 140 (1st) 1920 AL 154 (1st) 1922 AL 153 (4th) 1923 AL 154 (1st) 1924 AL 147 (4th) 1927 AL 141 (2nd) Career 1,447 (67th)
Putouts as SS s c a p y 1919 AL 284 (2nd) 1920 AL 288 (2nd) 1922 AL 322 (1st) 1923 AL 334 (1st) 1924 AL 317 (3rd) 1927 AL 290 (2nd) Career 2,960 (48th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1919 AL 422 (3rd) 1920 AL 513 (1st) 1922 AL 470 (5th) 1923 AL 461 (3rd) 1924 AL 425 (5th) 1926 AL 358 (5th) 1927 AL 427 (2nd) 1928 AL 340 (5th) Career 4,319 (71st)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1919 AL 45 (1st) 1920 AL 52 (1st) 1922 AL 47 (3rd) 1923 AL 42 (3rd) 1924 AL 42 (1st) 1926 AL 37 (5th) 1927 AL 41 (2nd) Career 439 (32nd)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1920 AL 5.20 (3rd) 1921 AL 5.31 (4th) 1922 AL 5.18 (5th) 1923 AL 5.16 (4th) 1924 AL 5.05 (4th) 1926 AL 4.80 (5th) 1928 AL 5.02 (3rd) Career 5.03 (64th)
Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1919 AL .940 (5th) 1920 AL .939 (5th) 1922 AL .944 (5th) 1923 AL .950 (4th) 1926 AL .944 (4th) 1927 AL .946 (4th) 1928 AL .948 (3rd)

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