Dick Gernert
Richard Edward Gernert
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 28, 1928 in Reading, PA
School: Temple University
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1952
Final Game: May 9, 1962
Relatives: Nephew of Dom Dallessandro
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1952 BOS AL 23 1B 99 956 877 67 12 104 .987 9.54 .988 8.88 MVP-25
1953 BOS AL 24 1B 136 1326 1223 84 19 139 .986 9.61 .989 7.35
1954 BOS AL 25 1B 6 4 40.0 48 47 1 0 5 1.000 -0.5 -15.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 10.80 8.00 .990 9.61 8.00
1955 BOS AL 26 1B 5 4 40.0 39 35 3 1 2 .974 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 8.55 7.60 .992 9.63 8.16
1956 BOS AL 27 LF 50 40 346.1 63 59 3 1 2 .984 -2.9 -10.0 -2.9 -3.9 1.0 0 1.61 1.24 .976 2.10 1.69
1956 BOS AL 27 OF 50 40 346.1 65 60 4 1 2 .985 -2.9 -10.0 -2.9 -3.9 1.0 0 1.66 1.28 .978 2.34 2.04
1956 BOS AL 27 1B 37 35 313.1 347 307 37 3 36 .991 2.4 9.2 2.4 0.2 2.2 0 9.88 9.30 .990 9.43 7.99
1957 BOS AL 28 1B 71 68 613.2 739 681 50 8 82 .989 -0.7 -1.4 -1.7 -1.5 -0.3 1 10.72 10.30 .992 9.67 8.36
1957 BOS AL 28 LF 16 8 92.0 20 18 0 2 0 .900 -1.6 -20.9 -1.6 -1.0 -0.6 0 1.76 1.13 .980 2.10 1.70
1957 BOS AL 28 OF 16 8 92.0 18 16 0 2 0 .889 -1.6 -20.9 -1.6 -1.0 -0.6 0 1.57 1.00 .983 2.24 1.97
1958 BOS AL 29 1B 114 113 1012.0 1205 1101 93 11 118 .991 1.5 1.8 1.5 -1.8 3.3 0 10.62 10.47 .991 8.89 8.47
1959 BOS AL 30 1B 75 54 526.0 604 552 49 3 54 .995 7.3 16.7 7.3 2.8 4.5 0 10.28 8.01 .990 9.84 8.27
1959 BOS AL 30 OF 25 20 166.1 39 36 2 1 0 .974 1.1 7.9 0.1 0.9 -0.8 1 2.06 1.52 .979 2.22 1.96
1959 BOS AL 30 LF 21 13 110.0 31 29 1 1 0 .968 2.7 29.5 1.7 1.7 0.0 1 2.45 1.43 .981 2.06 1.68
1959 BOS AL 30 RF 7 7 56.1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -34.1 -1.6 -0.8 -0.8 0 1.44 1.29 .978 1.89 1.64
1960 TOT MLB 31 1B 31 22 217.0 247 225 20 2 26 .992 1.1 6.1 1.1 1.0 0.1 0 10.16 7.90 .990 9.58 8.13
1960 TOT MLB 31 LF 11 10 72.0 19 17 1 1 0 .947 0.5 8.3 0.5 0.4 0.1 0 2.25 1.64 .979 2.05 1.61
1960 TOT MLB 31 OF 11 10 72.0 19 17 1 1 0 .947 0.5 8.3 0.5 0.4 0.1 0 2.25 1.64 .984 2.22 1.94
1960 CHC NL 31 1B 18 14 135.0 150 132 16 2 13 .987 0.8 7.1 0.8 1.0 -0.2 0 9.87 8.22 .990 9.57 8.20
1960 CHC NL 31 LF 5 4 37.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.4 45.4 1.4 1.4 0.0 0 2.68 2.20 .973 1.97 1.54
1960 CHC NL 31 OF 5 4 37.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.4 45.4 1.4 1.4 0.0 0 2.68 2.20 .982 2.19 1.92
1960 DET AL 31 1B 13 8 82.0 97 93 4 0 13 1.000 0.3 4.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 10.65 7.46 .991 9.58 8.04
1960 DET AL 31 LF 6 6 35.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0.9 -30.9 -0.9 -1.0 0.1 0 1.80 1.17 .988 2.13 1.67
1960 DET AL 31 OF 6 6 35.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0.9 -30.9 -0.9 -1.0 0.1 0 1.80 1.17 .988 2.26 1.95
1961 CIN NL 32 1B 21 14 126.0 143 125 17 1 9 .993 1.5 14.3 1.5 1.0 0.6 0 10.14 6.76 .990 9.82 8.57
1962 HOU NL 33 1B 9 7 61.2 64 62 2 0 9 1.000 -0.6 -11.7 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 0 9.34 7.11 .991 9.79 8.04
11 Seasons 1B 604 321 2949.2 5718 5235 423 60 584 .990 12.0 4.9 11.0 0.9 10.1 1 17.26 9.37 .990 9.41 8.19
4 Seasons OF 102 78 676.2 141 129 7 5 2 .965 -2.9 -5.1 -3.9 -3.6 -0.3 1 1.81 1.33 .980 2.28 2.00
4 Seasons LF 98 71 620.1 133 123 5 5 2 .962 -1.3 -2.5 -2.3 -2.8 0.5 1 1.86 1.31 .978 2.09 1.68
1 Season RF 7 7 56.1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -34.1 -1.6 -0.8 -0.8 0 1.44 1.29 .978 1.89 1.64
11 Seasons TOT 706 399 3626.1 5859 5364 430 65 586 .989 9.1 3.0 7.1 -2.7 9.8 1 1 14.38 8.21 .979 8.08 7.30
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1952 BOS AL 23 102 102 102 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BOS AL 24 139 139 139 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BOS AL 25 14 4 14 14 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1955 BOS AL 26 7 4 7 7 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1956 BOS AL 27 106 75 106 106 0 0 37 0 0 0 50 0 0 50 24 1
1957 BOS AL 28 99 76 99 99 0 0 71 0 0 0 16 0 0 16 17 0
1958 BOS AL 29 122 113 122 122 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1959 BOS AL 30 117 74 117 117 0 0 75 0 0 0 21 0 7 25 26 2
1960 CHC NL 31 52 18 52 52 0 0 18 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 30 2
1960 DET AL 31 21 14 21 21 0 0 13 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 4 0
1961 CIN NL 32 40 14 40 40 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1961 DET AL 32 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1962 HOU NL 33 10 7 10 10 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Seasons 835 399 835 835 0 0 604 0 0 0 98 0 7 102 150 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1954 BOS AL 25 186 80% 85% 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 26 189 66% 79% 20% 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 1430 59% 78% 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 2649 61% 79% 28% 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 4356 67% 80% 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 2330 66% 78% 28% 142 97% 2 551 54 490 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 31 574 56% 75% 26% 36 94% 0 133 7 126 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 31 347 69% 81% 28% 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 32 563 55% 78% 27% 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 33 271 58% 75% 30% 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%
9 Seasons 12895 63% 79% 28% 741 95% 7 3095 211 2851 32 264 257 177 50 4 18 28 4 20 4 17 336 7 5 7 296 19 39 11 27 33 100%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 11 8 0 13 2 0 18 13 1 1 0 0 8 7 1 51 30 58.8% 19 2 3.9% 1 1575 63% 77% 26% 168 36%
1957 BOS AL 28 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 374 65% 78% 22% 30 50%
1959 BOS AL 30 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 4 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 11 7 63.6% 2 1 9.1% 0 477 64% 80% 26% 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% 1 155 48% 77% 28% 14 79%
1960 DET AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13 9 69.2% 4 0 0.0% 0 168 67% 85% 25% 23 30%
4 Seasons 5 0 4 1 1 5 0 2 1 1 22 19 0 24 5 0 23 16 2 4 0 0 12 11 1 85 51 60.0% 30 3 3.5% 2 2749 63% 78% 26% 289 43%
MLB Averages 56.6% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 222 59% 81% 23% 17 35%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 222 59% 81% 23% 17 35%
MLB Averages 42.7% 3.2% 62% 78% 29% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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