Dick Gernert

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 209lb (190cm, 94kg)

Born: September 28, 1928 in Reading, PA us

Died: November 30, 2017 in Reading, PA

High School: Reading HS (Reading, PA)

School: Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)

Debut: April 16, 1952 (Age 23-201d, 10,884th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 9, 1962 (Age 33-223d)
vs. LAD 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Richard Edward Gernert

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Relatives: Nephew of Dom Dallessandro

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.6

2493

632

103

.254

357

RBI

402

OBP

.351

SLG

.426

OPS

.776

OPS+

106

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS	33	7.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
2	6	Apr 19	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
3	7	Apr 22	CHC		SFG	L,8-10	GF	13	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	1B
4	13 (5)	Apr 30	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	14	May 1	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
6	15	May 2	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	1	7	2	1B
7	19 (3)	May 12	CHC		CIN	L,1-14	GF	9	3.0	4	1	0	5	2	1B
8	20	May 13	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
9	26 (5)	May 21	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-4	GF	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	40 (13)	Jun 5	CHC	@	LAD	W,12-8	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	57 (16)	Jun 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-6	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
12	58	Jun 23	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
13	59	Jun 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	69 (9)	Jul 3	CHC		CIN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
15	70	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
16	71	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		SFG	T,1-1	CG	50	14.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
17	72	Jul 5	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
18	76 (3)	Jul 9	CHC	@	SFG	W,7-6	GF	38	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR LF
19	77	Jul 10	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-5	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
20	79 (1)	Jul 16	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	23	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
21	81 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
22	82	Jul 19	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
23	87 (4)	Jul 23	CHC		MLN	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Detroit Tigers
24	129	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
25	130	Sep 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	138 (7)	Sep 11 (1)	DET		WSH	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
27	139	Sep 11 (2)	DET		WSH	W,8-5	GF	18	4.0	3	2	0	5	1	1B
28	140	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
29	142 (1)	Sep 16	DET		CHW	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
30	143	Sep 17	DET		CHW	L,4-8	GS	40	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
31	145 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-6	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
32	146	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
33	147	Sep 23	DET		KCA	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
34	148	Sep 24	DET		KCA	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
35	149	Sep 25	DET		KCA	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
36	150	Sep 26	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	151	Sep 27	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
38	152	Sep 30	DET	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
39	153	Oct 1	DET	@	KCA	W,6-4	GS	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
40	154	Oct 2	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
							41gm		289.0	242	21	3	266	26