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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1935	18	ROG	D	6	10	.375	4.53	19						139.0	137	93	70		73							1.511	8.9		4.7			ROG · ARSL
1936	19	ROG	D	12	14	.462	4.72	37						227.0	228		119		90							1.401	9.0		3.6			ROG · ARMO
1937	20	NYY-min	C	10	11	.476	3.48	32						202.0	192	107	78		101							1.450	8.6		4.5			JOP · WA
1938	21	NYY-min	C	9	15	.375	4.26	31						184.0	206	123	87		94							1.630	10.1		4.6			JOP · WA
1939	22	NYY-min	B	14	5	.737	3.46	32						177.0	203	89	68		41							1.379	10.3		2.1			WEN · WINT
1940	23	NYY-min	AA	5	5	.500	3.22	34	4					95.0	89	38	34		39							1.347	8.4		3.7			KCY · AA
1941	24	NYY-min	AA	8	11	.421	3.76	32	21	10	9	2		153.0	153	79	64		61	74	0	0	4			1.399	9.0		3.6	4.4	1.21	KCY · AA
1942	25	NYY-min	AA	14	12	.538	3.22	35	24		11	2		201.0	177	84	72		76	82	3	0	4			1.259	7.9		3.4	3.7	1.08	NWK · IL
1943	26	PHI	NL	10	19	.345	3.60	38	31	5	11	2	0	215.0	222	108	86	10	70	92	2	1	6	936	93	1.358	9.3	0.4	2.9	3.9	1.31
1944	27	PHI	NL	8	16	.333	4.58	30	29	1	10	2	0	182.2	210	102	93	8	65	66	1	0	6	811	78	1.505	10.3	0.4	3.2	3.3	1.02
1945	28	PIT	NL	5	10	.333	3.91	32	14	14	5	0	1	140.1	170	72	61	5	54	55	1	0	4	629	101	1.596	10.9	0.3	3.5	3.5	1.02
1946	29	PIT	NL	2	2	.500	3.97	35	3	18	1	0	0	81.2	92	42	36	2	25	32	1	0	1	356	89	1.433	10.1	0.2	2.8	3.5	1.28

1947	30	LAD-min	AAA	15	12	.556	3.54	34	29		18	4		216.0	233	108	85		53	80	2	0	6			1.324	9.7		2.2	3.3	1.51	MTL · IL
1948	31	BAL-min	AAA	4	7	.364	3.28	16			5	1		74.0	69	37	27		29	34	0	0	0			1.324	8.4		3.5	4.1	1.17	TOL · AA
1948	31	SLB	AL	0	3	.000	7.33	14	2	5	0	0	0	23.1	32	23	19	0	10	10	1	0	0	115	63	1.800	12.3	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
1949	32	BAL-min	AA	14	13	.519	4.33	34	31					235.0	254	124	113		76							1.404	9.7		2.9			SAN · TL
1950	33	SLE	AAA	10	10	.500	4.39	46	15		4	1		164.0	189	95	80		42	65	1	1	5			1.409	10.4		2.3	3.6	1.55	SLE · PCL
1951	34	OKC	AA	16	15	.516	4.71	55	30					239.0	293	151	125		73							1.531	11.0		2.7			OKC · TL
1952	35	OKC	AA	8	8	.500	4.21	53	13					184.0	188	105	86		70							1.402	9.2		3.4			OKC · TL
1953	36	STL-min	B,AA	2	6	.250	4.31	27	6					48.0	61	32	23	3	10							1.479	11.4	0.6	1.9			TXA,OKC,HSN · BSTL,TL
5 Yrs				25	50	.333	4.13	149	79	43	27	4	1	643.0	726	347	295	25	224	255	6	1	17	2847	88	1.477	10.2	0.3	3.1	3.6	1.14
162 Game Avg.				7	15	.333	4.13	44	24	13	8	1	0	192	217	103	88	7	67	76	2	0	5	849	88	1.477	10.2	0.3	3.1	3.6	1.14

PIT (2 yrs)				7	12	.368	3.93	67	17	32	6	0	1	222.0	262	114	97	7	79	87	2	0	5	985	97	1.536	10.6	0.3	3.2	3.5	1.10
PHI (2 yrs)				18	35	.340	4.05	68	60	6	21	4	0	397.2	432	210	179	18	135	158	3	1	12	1747	85	1.426	9.8	0.4	3.1	3.6	1.17
SLB (1 yr)				0	3	.000	7.33	14	2	5	0	0	0	23.1	32	23	19	0	10	10	1	0	0	115	63	1.800	12.3	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00

NL (4 yrs)				25	47	.347	4.01	135	77	38	27	4	1	619.2	694	324	276	25	214	245	5	1	17	2732	89	1.465	10.1	0.4	3.1	3.6	1.14
AL (1 yr)				0	3	.000	7.33	14	2	5	0	0	0	23.1	32	23	19	0	10	10	1	0	0	115	63	1.800	12.3	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1943	26	PHI	NL	215.1	38	31	108	4.51	3.93	-0.23	0.00	99.2	4.13	-9	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.6	10	.473	.494	$
1944	27	PHI	NL	182.2	30	29	102	5.03	4.33	-0.01	0.00	99.7	4.33	-14	-1.4	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	3	.452	.491	$
1945	28	PIT	NL	140.1	32	14	72	4.62	4.70	-0.09	0.00	103.9	4.98	5	0.5	1.0	-0.1	1.6	20	.516	.503	$
1946	29	PIT	NL	81.2	35	3	42	4.63	4.13	-0.25	0.00	101.8	4.46	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.6	7	.495	.499	$

1948	31	SLB	AL	23.1	14	2	23	8.87	5.23	-0.36	0.00	104.9	5.85	-8	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-6	.446	.495	$
5 Seasons				643.1	149	79	347	4.85	4.29	-0.15	0.00	100.9	4.48	-28	-2.9	1.0	-0.4	2.1	34	.481	.496	$

PIT (2 yrs)				222.0	67	17	114	4.62	4.49	-0.15	0.00	103.1	4.79	3	0.3	1.0	-0.1	2.2	26	.505	.501	$
PHI (2 yrs)				398.0	68	60	210	4.75	4.12	-0.13	0.00	99.4	4.23	-23	-2.4	1.0	-0.3	0.5	13	.464	.492	$
SLB (1 yr)				23.1	14	2	23	8.87	5.23	-0.36	0.00	104.9	5.85	-8	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-6	.446	.495	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1948	31	SLB	AL	14	33	101	23	32	2	0	0	0	0	10	10	.317	.384	.337	.721	.352	34	0	1	3	0	2
1 Yr				14	33	101	23	32	2	0	0	0	0	10	10	.317	.384	.337	.721	.352	34	0	1	3	0	2
162 Game Avg.				60	140	429	98	136	9	0	0	0	0	43	43	.317	.384	.337	.721	.352	145	0	4	13	0	9
MLB Averages																.259	.330	.325	.655	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	31	SLB	AL	-7.4	-0.7	33	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.81	-0.1	-0.1	-4.1	-0.4	0.81	-1.7	0	0	0
5 Yrs				-36.6	-3.7	33	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.81	-0.1	-0.1	-4.1	-0.4	0.81	-1.7	0	0	0

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1943	26	PHI	NL	38	31	9	18	4	0	8	10	21	.323	0	0	11	2	18	58%	50.4	83	18			17	8	3.6		6.7
1944	27	PHI	NL	30	29	8	16	5	1	4	10	19	.345	0	0	10	2	13	45%	46.6	88	15			9	12	3.3		6.3
1945	28	PIT	NL	32	14	3	7	4	1	1	5	9	.357	0	0	5	0	3	21%	42.8	63	22			7	3	4.9		7.0
1946	29	PIT	NL	35	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	.000	0	0	1	0	1	33%	43.0	55	32			1	1	4.0		4.6

1948	31	SLB	AL	14	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	25.0	28	22	1	1	1	1	2.5	1.5	3.5
5 Yrs				149	79	20	45	14	2	14	25	54	.316	0	0	27	4	35	44%	47	88	15	1	1	35	25	3.7	1.5	6.4
MLB Averages													.500						55%	51	115	-11					4.2	4.8	6.9

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1943	26	PHI	NL	38	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0										3	3		2	3.6
1944	27	PHI	NL	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0										0	0		0	3.0
1945	28	PIT	NL	32	18	14	2	3	0	1	0	0	0										12	0		4	6.9
1946	29	PIT	NL	35	32	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0										20	6		1	6.4

1948	31	SLB	AL	14	12	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.811	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	2	4.1
5 Yrs				149	70	43	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	.811	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	13	0	9	5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1943	26	PHI	NL	934		1.1%	9.9%	7.5%	2.5%	10%		79%
1944	27	PHI	NL	812		1.0%	8.1%	8.0%	2.8%	11%		82%
1945	28	PIT	NL	629		0.8%	8.7%	8.6%	2.1%	8%		79%
1946	29	PIT	NL	356		0.6%	9.0%	7.0%	1.7%	7%		81%

1948	31	SLB	AL	115	42%	0.0%	30.3%	30.3%	6.1%	6%	1.13	276%	10	0	0%
5 Yrs				2846	42%	0.9%	9.2%	8.1%	2.4%	9%	1.13	83%	10	0	0%
MLB Averages					49%	1.4%	9.9%	9.8%	3.3%	13%	0.95	84%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1943	26	PHI	NL		222			10												6
1944	27	PHI	NL		210			8												6
1945	28	PIT	NL		170			5												4
1946	29	PIT	NL		92			2												1

1948	31	SLB	AL	33	32			0	0	4	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	33%	2	0	0	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	82
5 Yrs				33	726			25	0	4	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	33%	2	17	0	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	82
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1943	26	10	19	.345	3.60	38	31	5	11	2	0	215.0	222	108	86	10	70	92	2	1	6	936	93	1.358	9.3	0.4	2.9	3.9	1.31	93
1944	27	18	35	.340	4.05	68	60	6	21	4	0	397.2	432	210	179	18	135	158	3	1	12	1747	85	1.426	9.8	0.4	3.1	3.6	1.17	85
1945	28	23	45	.338	4.01	100	74	20	26	4	1	538.0	602	282	240	23	189	213	4	1	16	2376	89	1.470	10.1	0.4	3.2	3.6	1.13	89
1946	29	25	47	.347	4.01	135	77	38	27	4	1	619.2	694	324	276	25	214	245	5	1	17	2732	89	1.465	10.1	0.4	3.1	3.6	1.14	89
1947	30	25	47	.347	4.01	135	77	38	27	4	1	619.2	694	324	276	25	214	245	5	1	17	2732	89	1.465	10.1	0.4	3.1	3.6	1.14	89
1948	31	25	50	.333	4.13	149	79	43	27	4	1	643.0	726	347	295	25	224	255	6	1	17	2847	88	1.477	10.2	0.3	3.1	3.6	1.14	88

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1943	26	11	13	.458	4.23	217.0	247	113	102	11	78	93	2	1.498	10.2	3.2	3.9	1.19	0.5	38
1944	27	8	12	.400	5.02	183.0	224	113	102	9	69	66	1	1.601	11.0	3.4	3.2	0.96	0.4	30
1945	28	8	7	.533	3.84	143.0	173	68	61	5	55	56	1	1.594	10.9	3.5	3.5	1.02	0.3	32
1946	29	4	5	.444	4.44	81.0	100	44	40	2	27	32	1	1.568	11.1	3.0	3.6	1.19	0.2	35

1948	31	1	1	.500	5.88	26.0	31	19	17	0	10	11	1	1.577	10.7	3.5	3.8	1.10	0.0	14
5 Yrs		32	38	.457	4.46	650.0	775	357	322	27	239	258	6	1.560	10.7		3.6	1.08	0.4	149

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1943 NL 3.851 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1943 NL 92 (7th)	Games Started s c a p y 1943 NL 31 (8th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1943 NL 10 (6th)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1943 NL 1.314 (10th)	Losses s c a p y 1943 NL 19 (2nd) 1944 NL 16 (5th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1943 NL 86 (6th) 1944 NL 93 (9th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1943 NL 6 (2nd) 1944 NL 6 (5th) 1945 NL 4 (9th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1945 NL 14 (10th) 1946 NL 18 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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