Dick Gernert

Richard Edward Gernert

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 209 lb.

Born: September 28, 1928 in Reading, PA
School: Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1952
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Cubs/Reds/Tigers/Colt.45's 1952-1962

Final Game: May 9, 1962
Relatives: Nephew of Dom Dallessandro
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1952	BOS	AL	23	1B	99	94	94	852.2	956	877	67	12	104	.987			9.96	9.54	.988	9.63	9.62	MVP-25
1953	BOS	AL	24	1B	136	133	131	1198.0	1326	1223	84	19	139	.986	0	0	9.82	9.61	.989	9.72	9.66
1954	BOS	AL	25	1B	6	4	4	40.0	48	47	1	0	5	1.000	-0	-15	10.80	8.00	.990	9.61	9.53
1955	BOS	AL	26	1B	5	4	3	40.0	39	35	3	1	2	.974	0	0	8.55	7.60	.991	9.63	9.54
1956	BOS	AL	27	LF	50	40	24	346.1	63	59	3	1	2	.984	-3	-10	1.61	1.24	.977	2.10	2.09
1956	BOS	AL	27	OF	50	40	24	346.1	65	60	4	1	2	.985	-3	-10	1.66	1.28	.979	2.34	2.32
1956	BOS	AL	27	1B	37	35	31	313.1	347	307	37	3	36	.991	2	9	9.88	9.30	.990	9.43	9.35
1957	BOS	AL	28	1B	71	68	64	613.2	739	681	50	8	82	.989	-1	-1	10.72	10.30	.992	9.67	9.70
1957	BOS	AL	28	LF	16	8	6	92.0	20	18	0	2	0	.900	-2	-21	1.76	1.13	.980	2.10	2.10
1957	BOS	AL	28	OF	16	8	6	92.0	18	16	0	2	0	.889	-2	-21	1.57	1.00	.980	2.24	2.25
1958	BOS	AL	29	1B	114	113	112	1012.0	1205	1101	93	11	118	.991	2	2	10.62	10.47	.991	9.60	9.50
1959	BOS	AL	30	1B	75	54	50	526.0	604	552	49	3	54	.995	7	17	10.28	8.01	.990	9.84	9.77
1959	BOS	AL	30	OF	25	20	9	166.1	39	36	2	1	0	.974	1	8	2.06	1.52	.980	2.22	2.21
1959	BOS	AL	30	LF	21	13	5	110.0	31	29	1	1	0	.968	3	29	2.45	1.43	.980	2.06	2.05
1959	BOS	AL	30	RF	7	7	4	56.1	9	8	1	0	0	1.000	-2	-34	1.44	1.29	.977	1.89	1.89
1960	TOT	MLB	31	1B	31	22	21	217.0	247	225	20	2	26	.992	1	6	10.16	7.90	.990	9.58	9.55
1960	TOT	MLB	31	LF	11	10	2	72.0	19	17	1	1	0	.947	0	8	2.25	1.64	.978	2.06	2.07
1960	TOT	MLB	31	OF	11	10	2	72.0	19	17	1	1	0	.947	0	8	2.25	1.64	.980	2.22	2.23
1960	CHC	NL	31	1B	18	14	13	135.0	150	132	16	2	13	.987	1	7	9.87	8.22	.990	9.57	9.55
1960	CHC	NL	31	LF	5	4	1	37.0	11	10	1	0	0	1.000	1	45	2.68	2.20	.974	1.99	2.00
1960	CHC	NL	31	OF	5	4	1	37.0	11	10	1	0	0	1.000	1	45	2.68	2.20	.978	2.19	2.20
1960	DET	AL	31	1B	13	8	8	82.0	97	93	4	0	13	1.000	0	4	10.65	7.46	.991	9.58	9.56
1960	DET	AL	31	LF	6	6	1	35.0	8	7	0	1	0	.875	-1	-31	1.80	1.17	.984	2.13	2.13
1960	DET	AL	31	OF	6	6	1	35.0	8	7	0	1	0	.875	-1	-31	1.80	1.17	.982	2.26	2.25
1961	CIN	NL	32	1B	21	14	4	126.0	143	125	17	1	9	.993	2	14	10.14	6.76	.990	9.82	9.72
1962	HOU	NL	33	1B	9	7	6	61.2	64	62	2	0	9	1.000	-1	-12	9.34	7.11	.990	9.79	9.70
	11 Seasons			1B	604	548	520	5000.1	5718	5235	423	60	584	.990	12	3	10.18	9.37	.990	9.66	9.62
	4 Seasons			OF	102	78	41	676.2	141	129	7	5	2	.965	-3	-5	1.81	1.33	.980	2.28	2.27
	4 Seasons			LF	98	71	37	620.1	133	123	5	5	2	.962	-1	-3	1.86	1.31	.978	2.09	2.08
	1 Season			RF	7	7	4	56.1	9	8	1	0	0	1.000	-2	-34	1.44	1.29	.977	1.89	1.89
	11 Seasons			TOT	706	626	561	5677.0	5859	5364	430	65	586	.989	9	2	9.19	8.21	.990	8.78	8.56
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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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-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.
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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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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
1952	BOS	AL	23	1B
1953	BOS	AL	24	1B	0	0	0	1	0	0
1954	BOS	AL	25	1B	-0	-15	-0	0	-0	0
1955	BOS	AL	26	1B	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	BOS	AL	27	LF	-3	-10	-3	1	-4		0
1956	BOS	AL	27	1B	2	9	2	2	0	0
1957	BOS	AL	28	1B	-1	-1	-2	-0	-2	1
1957	BOS	AL	28	LF	-2	-21	-2	-1	-1		0
1958	BOS	AL	29	1B	2	2	2	3	-2	0
1959	BOS	AL	30	1B	7	17	7	4	3	0
1959	BOS	AL	30	LF	3	29	2	0	2		1
1959	BOS	AL	30	RF	-2	-34	-2	-1	-1		0
1960	CHC	NL	31	1B	1	7	1	-0	1	0
1960	CHC	NL	31	LF	1	45	1	0	1		0
1960	DET	AL	31	1B	0	4	0	0	0	0
1960	DET	AL	31	LF	-1	-31	-1	0	-1		0
1961	CIN	NL	32	1B	2	14	2	1	1	0
1962	HOU	NL	33	1B	-1	-12	-1	-0	-0	0
	11 Seasons			1B	12	3	11	11	1	1
	4 Seasons			LF	-1	-3	-2	0	-3		1
	1 Season			RF	-2	-34	-2	-1	-1		0
	11 Seasons			TOT	9	2	7	11	-3	1	1
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	LF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1952	BOS	AL	23	102	94	102	99	99	0	0	0	4	0
1953	BOS	AL	24	139	133	139	136	136	0	0	0	4	0
1954	BOS	AL	25	14	4	14	6	6	0	0	0	9	0
1955	BOS	AL	26	7	4	7	5	5	0	0	0	2	1
1956	BOS	AL	27	106	75	106	84	37	50	0	50	26	1
1957	BOS	AL	28	99	76	99	82	71	16	0	16	18	0
1958	BOS	AL	29	122	113	122	114	114	0	0	0	8	0
1959	BOS	AL	30	117	74	117	98	75	21	7	25	26	2
1960	CHC	NL	31	52	18	52	23	18	5	0	5	30	2
1960	DET	AL	31	21	14	21	18	13	6	0	6	4	0
1961	CIN	NL	32	40	14	40	21	21	0	0	0	23	0
1961	DET	AL	32	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1962	HOU	NL	33	10	7	10	9	9	0	0	0	1	0
	11 Seasons			835	626	835	695	604	98	7	102	161	6

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.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1952	BOS	AL	23	3606	58%	81%	28%	211	90%	0	862	39	821	6	90	66	49	11	1	4	12	4	8	0	8	107	3	0	1	96	3	11	1	10	15	87%
1953	BOS	AL	24	5118	66%	81%	27%	298	92%	1	1227	106	1101	20	94	81	53	15	1	10	20	2	15	3	15	138	3	0	1	117	5	19	3	16	18	89%
1954	BOS	AL	25	183	81%	86%	28%	8	88%	0	46	6	39	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1955	BOS	AL	26	182	69%	82%	21%	17	82%	0	35	4	29	2	7	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	100%
1956	BOS	AL	27	1401	60%	79%	25%	84	93%	1	300	18	278	4	27	35	28	4	0	3	3	0	3	0	1	37	1	0	0	30	1	7	2	5	4	100%
1957	BOS	AL	28	2602	62%	81%	29%	152	92%	3	671	38	628	3	58	47	34	8	2	3	8	1	6	1	6	81	1	2	2	70	6	11	2	9	7	100%
1958	BOS	AL	29	4266	68%	81%	29%	239	96%	1	1083	67	1007	10	92	84	47	27	0	7	10	2	7	1	6	113	4	3	2	104	8	9	3	5	12	100%
1959	BOS	AL	30	2292	67%	79%	28%	142	97%	2	553	54	492	7	43	47	37	3	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	55	0	0	1	47	1	8	3	5	4	100%
1960	CHC	NL	31	563	58%	78%	27%	36	94%	0	135	7	128	0	15	15	9	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	12	0	0	1	10	1	2	1	1	1	100%
1960	DET	AL	31	341	70%	83%	29%	14	100%	0	90	4	83	3	4	6	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	11	1	2	0	2	1	100%
1961	CIN	NL	32	546	56%	80%	28%	38	95%	0	123	12	109	2	9	17	12	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	9	0	0	1	9	1	0	0	0	2	100%
1962	HOU	NL	33	261	60%	78%	31%	11	100%	0	63	1	62	0	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	100%
	11 Seasons			21361	64%	81%	28%	1250	93%	8	5188	356	4777	58	448	404	279	76	6	32	60	10	43	7	40	581	13	5	9	509	27	69	15	53	66	94%
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	27%		93%																											86%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1956	BOS	AL	27	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	18	14	0	13	2	0	18	13	1	1	0	0	9	7	2	59	36	61.0%	20	3	5.1%	0	1545	64%	78%	26%	168	36%
1957	BOS	AL	28	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	11	6	54.5%	5	0	0.0%	0	410	65%	78%	23%	33	55%
1959	BOS	AL	30	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	4	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	13	8	61.5%	3	1	7.7%	0	467	65%	82%	27%	54	56%
1960	CHC	NL	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50.0%	1	0	0.0%	1	148	51%	80%	30%	14	79%
1960	DET	AL	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	5	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	14	9	64.3%	5	0	0.0%	0	159	70%	89%	26%	23	30%
	4 Seasons			5	0	4	1	1	5	0	2	1	1	34	27	0	24	5	0	23	16	2	4	0	0	14	12	2	99	60	60.6%	34	4	4.0%	1	2729	64%	79%	26%	292	43%
	MLB Averages																														58.2%			2.6%			63%	80%	30%		49%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1959	BOS	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	2	33.3%	4	0	0.0%	1	217	60%	83%	23%	17	35%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	2	33.3%	4	0	0.0%	1	217	60%	83%	23%	17	35%
	MLB Averages																														41.9%			3.2%			63%	80%	30%		54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1952 AL (25, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (1361st)	Putouts† s c a p y 1953 AL 1,223 (4th) 1958 AL 1,101 (1st)	Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1953 AL 136 (4th) 1958 AL 114 (3rd)	Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1953 AL 1,223 (4th) 1958 AL 1,101 (1st)
Assists as 1B s c a p y 1953 AL 84 (4th) 1958 AL 93 (1st) 1959 AL 49 (4th)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1952 AL 12 (5th) 1953 AL 19 (1st) 1957 AL 8 (5th) 1958 AL 11 (2nd)	Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y 1956 AL 2 (4th) 1959 AL 7 (2nd) 1961 NL 2 (4th) Career 12 (65th)	Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y 1952 AL 9.96 (3rd) 1953 AL 9.82 (4th) 1958 AL 10.62 (1st)
Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1952 AL 9.54 (2nd) 1953 AL 9.61 (2nd) 1958 AL 10.47 (1st)	Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1958 AL .991 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1959 AL 3 (5th)

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