Al Gerheauser

Albert Gerheauser (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 24, 1917 in St. Louis, MO(All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1943
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Pirates/Browns 1943-1948

Final Game: October 3, 1948
Died: May 28, 1972 in Springfield, MO
Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Webb City, MO
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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	Pos	Awards
1935	18	ROG	D	20	56	56		11	1	0	0						.196	.196	.214	.411		12					ROG · ARSL
1936	19	ROG	D	53	112	112		22	1	2	0						.196	.196	.241	.437		27					ROG · ARMO
1937	20	NYY-min	C	37	86	86		16	2	2	1						.186	.186	.291	.477		25					JOP · WA
1938	21	NYY-min	C	31	73	73		13	1	1	1						.178	.178	.260	.438		19					JOP · WA
1939	22	NYY-min	B	38	78	78		22	1	1	3						.282	.282	.436	.718		34					WEN · WINT
1940	23	NYY-min	AA	37	29	29		7	2	0	0						.241	.241	.310	.552		9					KCY · AA
1941	24	NYY-min	AA	33	50	49	5	6	2	0	0	0	0		0	21	.122	.122	.163	.286		8		0	1		KCY · AA
1942	25	NYY-min	AA	35	82	72	10	13	1	1	1	6	0	0	7	12	.181	.263	.264	.526		19	1	1	2		NWK · IL
1943	26	PHI	NL	38	76	71	3	8	1	1	0	9	0		3	19	.113	.160	.155	.315	-7	11	1	1	1	1
1944	27	PHI	NL	32	68	65	4	15	5	0	1	5	0		2	12	.231	.254	.354	.608	73	23	0	0	1	1
1945	28	PIT	NL	32	50	48	2	12	2	2	0	7	0		2	11	.250	.280	.375	.655	78	18	0	0	0	1
1946	29	PIT	NL	36	21	21	3	7	2	0	0	1	0		0	11	.333	.333	.429	.762	113	9	0	0	0	1/O9

1947	30	LAD-min	AAA	36	87	81	6	14	2	0	0	8	0		5	25	.173	.221	.198	.418		16		0	1		MTL · IL
1948	31	BAL-min	AAA	16	26	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	9	.042	.042	.042	.083		1		0	2		TOL · AA
1948	31	SLB	AL	14	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	76	2	0	0	0	1
1949	32	BAL-min	AA	45	92	92		24	5	0	1						.261	.261	.348	.609		32					SAN · TL
1950	33	SLE	AAA	46	55	50	4	7	3	0	0	2	0		0	17	.140	.140	.200	.340		10		0	5		SLE · PCL
1951	34	OKC	AA	58	88	88		16	4	0	2						.182	.182	.295	.477		26					OKC · TL
1952	35	OKC	AA	59	77	77		17	5	0	0						.221	.221	.286	.506		22					OKC · TL
1953	36	STL-min	AA,B	29	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.125	.222	.125	.347		1		0	0		OKC,HSN,TXA · TL,BSTL
5 Yrs				152	221	211	12	44	10	3	1	22	0	0	7	55	.209	.237	.299	.536	52	63	1	1	2
162 Game Avg.				162	236	225	13	47	11	3	1	23	0		7	59	.209	.237	.299	.536	52	67	1	1	2

PIT (2 yrs)				68	71	69	5	19	4	2	0	8	0		2	22	.275	.296	.391	.687	88	27	0	0	0
PHI (2 yrs)				70	144	136	7	23	6	1	1	14	0		5	31	.169	.204	.250	.454	32	34	1	1	2
SLB (1 yr)				14	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	76	2	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				138	215	205	12	42	10	3	1	22	0		7	53	.205	.235	.298	.532	51	61	1	1	2
AL (1 yr)				14	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	76	2	0	0	0

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
1943	26	PHI	NL	38	76	-9	0	0	0	6	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.3	0.0	-1	$	1
1944	27	PHI	NL	32	68	-3	0	0	0	6	4	0.4	2	6	0.4	.512	.502	0.4	0.0	6	$	1
1945	28	PIT	NL	32	50	-2	0	0	0	4	2	0.3	2	4	0.3	.508	.502	0.3	0.0	4	$	1
1946	29	PIT	NL	36	21	-0	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$	1/O9

1948	31	SLB	AL	14	6	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
5 Seasons				152	221	-14	0	0	0	20	6	0.6	7	12	0.6	.504	.501	0.6	0.0	12	$

PIT (2 yrs)				68	71	-2	0	0	0	6	4	0.5	2	7	0.5	.507	.501	0.5	0.0	7	$
PHI (2 yrs)				70	144	-12	0	0	0	12	1	0.1	4	5	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	5	$
SLB (1 yr)				14	6	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$

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
1943	26	PHI	NL	76	65	2	0.8	85	.154	.113	.259	.160	.327	.155	.351	.315	.678	-7	.054	-9.8	-1.1	.234	.085	.042
1944	27	PHI	NL	68	51	6	3.2	91	.269	.231	.263	.254	.330	.354	.370	.608	.700	73	.373	-2.5	-0.3	.500	.154	.123	.0
1945	28	PIT	NL	50	36	5	3.7	100	.324	.250	.278	.280	.348	.375	.384	.655	.732	78	.436	-1.9	-0.2	.556	.167	.125
1946	29	PIT	NL	21	14	3	5.7	95	.700	.333	.266	.333	.342	.429	.372	.762	.714	113	.655	0.3	0.0	.643	.095	.095

1948	31	SLB	AL	6	4	1	6.7	107	.500	.333	.275	.333	.361	.333	.398	.667	.759	76	.662	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
5 Yrs				221	170	17	2.7	92	.277	.209	.266	.237	.335	.299	.368	.536	.703	52	.313	-14.2	-1.5	.423	.123	.090	.0
162 Game Avg.				236	181	18	2.7	92	.277	.209	.266	.237	.335	.299	.368	.536	.703	52	.313	-14.2	-1.5	.423	.123	.090

PIT (2 yrs)				71	50	8	4.3	98	.404	.275	.274	.296	.346	.391	.380	.687	.727	88	.508	-1.6	-0.2	.580	.145	.116
PHI (2 yrs)				144	116	8	1.9	88	.212	.169	.261	.204	.328	.250	.360	.454	.688	32	.192	-12.3	-1.3	.351	.118	.081	.0
SLB (1 yr)				6	4	1	6.7	107	.500	.333	.275	.333	.361	.333	.398	.667	.759	76	.662	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

NL (4 yrs)				215	166	16	2.6	91	.272	.205	.265	.235	.334	.298	.367	.532	.701	51	.300	-14.0	-1.5	.421	.127	.093	.0
AL (1 yr)				6	4	1	6.7	107	.500	.333	.275	.333	.361	.333	.398	.667	.759	76	.662	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1943	26	PHI	NL	76	0.0%	25.0%	4.0%	2.6%	25%	6.33	3.7		7.9		68%
1944	27	PHI	NL	68	1.5%	17.7%	2.9%	8.8%	40%	6.00	5.4	65.0	13.0		76%
1945	28	PIT	NL	50	0.0%	22.0%	4.0%	8.0%	33%	5.50	4.4		6.9		74%
1946	29	PIT	NL	21	0.0%	52.4%	0.0%	9.5%	29%		1.9		21.0		48%

1948	31	SLB	AL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0			0.00	67%
5 Yrs				221	0.5%	24.9%	3.2%	6.3%	32%	7.86	3.8	211.0	9.6	0.00	70%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.1%	5.9%	25%	1.01	9.6	69.8	8.8	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1943	26	PHI	NL	-9.8	-1.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	27	PHI	NL	-2.5	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	28	PIT	NL	-1.9	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	29	PIT	NL	0.3	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	31	SLB	AL	-0.2	-0.0	3	0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.32	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.13	-0.1	0
5 Yrs				-14.2	-1.5	3	0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.32	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.13	-0.1	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	31	SLB	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				0	0	22%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	31	SLB	AL	6	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				6	100%	44			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			955%			96%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1943	26	38	76	71	3	8	1	1	0	9		3	19	.113	.160	.155	.315	-7	11	1	1	1
1944	27	70	144	136	7	23	6	1	1	14		5	31	.169	.204	.250	.454	32	34	1	1	2
1945	28	102	194	184	9	35	8	3	1	21		7	42	.190	.224	.283	.507	44	52	1	1	2
1946	29	138	215	205	12	42	10	3	1	22		7	53	.205	.235	.298	.532	51	61	1	1	2
1947	30	138	215	205	12	42	10	3	1	22		7	53	.205	.235	.298	.532	51	61	1	1	2
1948	31	152	221	211	12	44	10	3	1	22	0	7	55	.209	.237	.299	.536	52	63	1	1	2

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
1943	26	40	80	75	4	9	1	1	0	12	0	3	20	.120	.165	.160	.325	2	38
1944	27	33	71	68	4	16	5	0	1	5	0	2	12	.235	.257	.353	.610	6	32
1945	28	33	52	50	2	12	2	2	0	7	0	2	11	.240	.269	.360	.629	5	32
1946	29	38	22	22	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	11	.318	.318	.409	.727	3	36

1948	31	15	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.429	.857	1	14
5 Yrs		159	232	222	13	47	10	3	1	25	0	7	56	.212	.239	.297	.536	17	152
162 Game Avg.		162	236	226	13	48	10	3	1	25	0	7	57	.212	.239	.297	.536	17	152

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