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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
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 7:48AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

Standard Batting

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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
1952 23 BOS AL 102 407 367 58 89 20 2 19 67 4 1 35 83 .243 .317 .463 .780 108 170 6 5 0 3 MVP-25
1953 24 BOS AL 139 590 494 73 125 15 1 21 71 0 7 88 82 .253 .371 .415 .786 108 205 9 5 3 *3
1954 25 BOS AL 14 30 23 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 .261 .414 .348 .762 102 8 2 0 1 0 /3
1955 26 BOS AL 7 21 20 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .200 .238 .300 .538 39 6 1 0 0 0 0 /3
1956 27 BOS AL 106 370 306 53 89 11 0 16 68 1 0 56 57 .291 .399 .484 .883 121 148 7 2 2 4 1 73
1957 28 BOS AL 99 362 316 45 75 13 3 14 58 1 1 39 62 .237 .324 .430 .754 100 136 8 3 1 3 3 37
1958 29 BOS AL 122 496 431 59 102 19 1 20 69 2 0 59 78 .237 .330 .425 .755 102 183 16 2 2 2 4 *3
1959 30 BOS AL 117 352 298 41 78 14 1 11 42 1 2 52 49 .262 .369 .426 .795 115 127 11 0 0 2 3 37/9
1960 31 TOT MLB 73 161 146 14 39 7 0 1 16 1 0 14 24 .267 .331 .336 .667 83 49 6 0 1 0 0 37
1960 31 CHC NL 52 107 96 8 24 3 0 0 11 1 0 10 19 .250 .321 .281 .602 68 27 5 0 1 0 0 3/7
1960 31 DET AL 21 54 50 6 15 4 0 1 5 0 0 4 5 .300 .352 .440 .792 111 22 1 0 0 0 0 3/7
1961 32 TOT MLB 46 78 68 5 20 1 0 1 8 0 0 8 11 .294 .359 .353 .712 89 24 1 0 0 2 1 3
1961 32 DET AL 6 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .800 1.133 189 4 1 0 0 0 0
1961 32 CIN NL 40 72 63 4 19 1 0 0 7 0 0 7 9 .302 .361 .317 .679 81 20 0 0 0 2 1 3
1962 33 HOU NL 10 29 24 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 .208 .345 .208 .553 58 5 0 0 0 0 0 /3
11 Seasons 835 2896 2493 357 632 104 8 103 402 10 11 363 462 .254 .351 .426 .776 105 1061 67 17 10 13 12
162 Game Avg. 162 562 484 69 123 20 2 20 78 2 2 70 90 .254 .351 .426 .776 105 206 13 3 2
BOS (8 yrs) 706 2628 2255 337 568 96 8 101 377 9 11 336 420 .252 .352 .436 .788 108 983 60 17 9 11 11
DET (2 yrs) 27 60 55 7 16 4 0 2 6 0 0 5 7 .291 .350 .473 .823 118 26 2 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 40 72 63 4 19 1 0 0 7 0 0 7 9 .302 .361 .317 .679 81 20 0 0 0 2 1
CHC (1 yr) 52 107 96 8 24 3 0 0 11 1 0 10 19 .250 .321 .281 .602 68 27 5 0 1 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 10 29 24 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 .208 .345 .208 .553 58 5 0 0 0 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 733 2688 2310 344 584 100 8 103 383 9 11 341 427 .253 .352 .437 .788 108 1009 62 17 9 11 11
NL (3 yrs) 102 208 183 13 48 4 0 0 19 1 0 22 35 .262 .338 .284 .622 71 52 5 0 1 2 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1952 23 BOS AL 407 2 1 0 0 -2 -4 12 9 0.9 11 1.2 -0.3 $ 3 MVP-25
1953 24 BOS AL 590 7 -3 0 0 0 -6 16 9 0.9 14 1.4 -0.5 $ *3
1954 25 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 -0 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ /3
1955 26 BOS AL 21 -2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /3
1956 27 BOS AL 370 10 1 -1 -1 -0 -4 10 14 1.5 15 1.5 0.0 $ 73
1957 28 BOS AL 362 0 1 -2 0 -2 -5 10 1 0.1 4 0.4 -0.3 $ 37
1958 29 BOS AL 496 -1 0 -2 -2 2 -7 14 4 0.4 2 0.2 0.2 $ *3
1959 30 BOS AL 350 8 1 0 -2 8 -5 10 20 2.1 12 1.2 0.9 $ 37/9
1960 31 CHC NL 107 -3 0 -1 -1 2 -1 4 0 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 3/7
1960 31 DET AL 54 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 2 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 3/7
1961 32 DET AL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $
1961 32 CIN NL 72 -1 1 0 0 2 -1 2 3 0.4 1 0.1 0.3 $ 3
1962 33 HOU NL 29 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /3
11 Seasons 2894 20 2 -5 -6 7 -34 83 60 6.2 60 6.1 0.1 $
BOS (8 yrs) 2626 24 1 -4 -5 5 -31 74 57 5.9 59 6.0 -0.1 $
DET (2 yrs) 60 1 0 0 0 -1 -1 2 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $
CIN (1 yr) 72 -1 1 0 0 2 -1 2 3 0.4 1 0.1 0.3 $
CHC (1 yr) 107 -3 0 -1 -1 2 -1 4 0 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $
HOU (1 yr) 29 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 32 CIN NL WS NYY L 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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 9.62 9.62 MVP-25
1953 BOS AL 24 1B 136 133 131 1198.0 1326 1223 84 19 139 .986 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 2.11
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 2.05 2.05
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 1.97 1.96
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
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1362nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 AL  21 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1953 AL  88 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 AL  83 (8th)
1953 AL  82 (3rd)
1958 AL  78 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1952 AL  5 (9th)
1953 AL  5 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1953 AL  7 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1952 AL  19.3 (8th)**
1953 AL  23.5 (8th)

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 (64th)

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)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1590), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  7. Bob Robertson (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bob Robertson (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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