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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:06AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1624. Brent Mayne… #1625. Deivi Cruz… #1626. Walter Holke… #1627. WALLY GERBER… #1628. John Buck… #1629. Michael Barrett… #1630. Neifi Perez… 

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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 75 205 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 48 129 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1914 22 PIT NL 58 -2 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ 6
1915 23 PIT NL 158 -10 1 0 0 -1 2 4 -4 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $ 56/4
1917 25 SLB AL 43 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0.5 3 0.3 0.2 $ 6/4
1918 26 SLB AL 195 -5 -1 0 0 -5 4 7 0 -0.2 5 0.5 -0.7 $ 6
1919 27 SLB AL 544 -19 -2 0 0 -8 9 18 -2 -0.4 6 0.6 -1.0 $ *6
1920 28 SLB AL 663 -18 -5 0 0 -1 10 21 7 0.7 8 0.8 -0.1 $ *6
1921 29 SLB AL 495 -16 -1 0 0 -9 7 15 -4 -0.3 5 0.5 -0.8 $ *6
1922 30 SLB AL 689 -28 2 0 0 7 10 21 12 1.2 5 0.5 0.7 $ *6
1923 31 SLB AL 689 -24 0 0 0 3 10 21 10 1.0 7 0.7 0.3 $ *6 MVP-4
1924 32 SLB AL 566 -21 -1 0 0 -9 10 18 -3 -0.2 6 0.6 -0.8 $ *6 MVP-17
1925 33 SLB AL 277 -10 -1 0 0 0 5 9 3 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ 6
1926 34 SLB AL 473 -20 -2 0 0 -8 8 15 -7 -0.7 1 0.1 -0.8 $ *6 MVP-23
1927 35 SLB AL 498 -32 -1 0 0 -3 9 16 -11 -1.0 -8 -0.8 -0.2 $ *6/5
1928 36 SLB AL 19 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /6
1928 36 BOS AL 344 -24 0 0 0 3 7 11 -3 -0.3 -6 -0.6 0.3 $ *6
1929 37 BOS AL 105 -12 0 0 0 -1 3 3 -7 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ 64
15 Seasons 5816 -241 -11 0 0 -30 96 183 -3 -0.4 27 2.7 -3.1 $
SLB (12 yrs) 5151 -193 -12 0 0 -33 83 163 8 0.9 41 4.1 -3.2 $
PIT (2 yrs) 216 -12 1 0 0 1 3 6 -1 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $
BOS (2 yrs) 449 -36 0 0 0 2 10 14 -10 -0.9 -12 -1.2 0.3 $

Standard Fielding

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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 56 307 109 174 24 23 .922 5.05 .939 5.39
1919 SLB AL 27 SS 140 751 284 422 45 47 .940 5.04 .942 5.24
1920 SLB AL 28 SS 154 853 288 513 52 76 .939 5.20 .944 5.21
1921 SLB AL 29 SS 113 636 269 331 36 64 .943 5.31 .941 5.34
1922 SLB AL 30 SS 153 839 322 470 47 93 .944 5.18 .946 5.20
1923 SLB AL 31 SS 154 837 334 461 42 86 .950 5.16 .946 5.02 MVP-4
1924 SLB AL 32 SS 147 784 317 425 42 78 .946 5.05 .949 5.14 MVP-17
1925 SLB AL 33 SS 71 369 144 206 19 39 .949 4.93 .944 5.20
1926 SLB AL 34 SS 129 656 261 358 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 141 758 290 427 41 91 .946 5.09 .945 5.28
1927 SLB AL 35 3B 1 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 79 35 39 5 3 .937 2.47 .937 5.21
1929 BOS AL 37 2B 22 116 35 76 5 10 .957 5.05 .968 5.91
15 Seasons SS 1447 107 74 7718 2960 4319 439 764 .943 5.03 .943 5.19
3 Seasons 2B 26 132 40 86 6 12 .955 4.85 .967 5.78
2 Seasons 3B 24 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 107 74 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
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 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
1922 AL  0.7 (10th)

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)

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 (66th)

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)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 5 (1764), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1129), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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