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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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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 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

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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
1914 PIT NL 22 SS 17 101 31 62 8 7 .921 5.47 .926 5.08
1915 PIT NL 23 3B 23 71 25 41 5 2 .930 2.87 .948 3.00
1915 PIT NL 23 SS 21 122 56 58 8 9 .934 5.43 .931 5.22
1915 PIT NL 23 2B 2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.50 .957 4.80
1917 SLB AL 25 SS 12 49 13 33 3 2 .939 3.83 .931 4.84
1917 SLB AL 25 2B 2 9 3 5 1 2 .889 4.00 .967 4.95
1918 SLB AL 26 SS 56 307 109 174 24 20 .922 5.05 .940 5.23
1919 SLB AL 27 SS 140 751 284 422 45 42 .940 5.04 .942 5.04
1920 SLB AL 28 SS 154 853 288 513 52 65 .939 5.20 .944 5.00
1921 SLB AL 29 SS 113 636 269 331 36 60 .943 5.31 .941 5.15
1922 SLB AL 30 SS 153 839 322 470 47 93 .944 5.18 .946 5.03
1923 SLB AL 31 SS 154 837 334 461 42 86 .950 5.16 .947 4.79 MVP-4
1924 SLB AL 32 SS 147 784 317 425 42 78 .946 5.05 .949 4.83 MVP-17
1925 SLB AL 33 SS 71 369 144 206 19 39 .949 4.93 .944 4.68
1926 SLB AL 34 SS 129 656 261 358 37 92 .944 4.80 .944 4.64 MVP-23
1927 SLB AL 35 SS 141 758 290 427 41 91 .946 5.09 .945 4.86
1927 SLB AL 35 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10
1928 TOT AL 36 SS 109 577 207 340 30 54 .948 5.02 .937 4.74
1928 SLB AL 36 SS 6 23 6 12 5 4 .783 3.00 .948 4.73
1928 BOS AL 36 SS 103 554 201 328 25 50 .955 5.14 .937 4.74
1929 BOS AL 37 SS 30 79 35 39 5 3 .937 2.47 .937 4.67
1929 BOS AL 37 2B 22 116 35 76 5 10 .957 5.05 .968 5.48
15 Seasons SS 1447 7718 2960 4319 439 741 .943 5.03 .943 4.90
3 Seasons 2B 26 132 40 86 6 12 .955 4.85 .967 5.39
2 Seasons 3B 24 71 25 41 5 2 .930 2.75 .948 3.00
15 Seasons TOT 1497 7921 3025 4446 450 755 .943 4.99 .887 4.88
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)
1923-AL-4-31%
1924-AL-17-6%
1926-AL-23-3%
0.40 Career Shares (494th)

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

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Black InkBatting - 1 (984), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 5 (1750), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1566), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

April 25, 1928: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Boston Red Sox for Hal Wiltse.

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