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Jerry McNertney

Gerald Edward McNertney

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 7, 1936 in Boone, IA
School: Iowa State University (Ames, IA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1964
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Pilots/Brewers/Cardinals/Pirates 1964-1973

Final Game: June 15, 1973
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Standard Batting

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
1964 27 CHW AL 73 217 186 16 40 5 0 3 23 0 0 19 24 .215 .290 .290 .580 65 54 6 3 3 6 4 2
1966 29 CHW AL 44 71 59 3 13 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 6 .220 .303 .220 .523 59 13 3 0 5 0 0 2
1967 30 CHW AL 56 135 123 8 28 6 0 3 13 0 0 6 14 .228 .275 .350 .624 89 43 4 2 4 0 3 2
1968 31 CHW AL 74 197 169 18 37 4 1 3 18 0 0 18 29 .219 .300 .308 .608 81 52 2 2 7 1 3 2/3
1969 32 SEP AL 128 449 410 39 99 18 1 8 55 1 0 29 63 .241 .291 .349 .640 81 143 13 0 9 1 3 *2
1970 33 MIL AL 111 330 296 27 72 11 1 6 22 1 4 22 33 .243 .302 .348 .650 79 103 14 4 5 2 4 23
1971 34 STL NL 56 146 128 15 37 4 2 4 22 0 0 12 14 .289 .343 .445 .788 119 57 5 0 3 3 1 2
1972 35 STL NL 39 57 48 3 10 3 1 0 9 0 0 6 16 .208 .291 .313 .603 73 15 1 0 2 1 1 2
1973 36 PIT NL 9 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
9 Yrs 590 1606 1423 129 337 51 6 27 163 3 5 119 199 .237 .298 .338 .636 81 481 48 11 38 14 19
162 Game Avg. 162 441 391 35 93 14 2 7 45 1 1 33 55 .237 .298 .338 .636 81 132 13 3 10 4 5
CHW (4 yrs) 247 620 537 45 118 15 1 9 55 1 1 50 73 .220 .291 .302 .593 74 162 15 7 19 7 10
STL (2 yrs) 95 203 176 18 47 7 3 4 31 0 0 18 30 .267 .328 .409 .737 106 72 6 0 5 4 2
MIL (2 yrs) 239 779 706 66 171 29 2 14 77 2 4 51 96 .242 .296 .348 .644 80 246 27 4 14 3 7
PIT (1 yr) 9 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 41 1 0 0 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 486 1399 1243 111 289 44 3 23 132 3 5 101 169 .233 .294 .328 .622 78 408 42 11 33 10 17
NL (3 yrs) 104 207 180 18 48 7 3 4 31 0 0 18 30 .267 .327 .406 .732 105 73 6 0 5 4 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1964 27 CHW AL 73 217 -7 1 -0 1 3 -3 -0.4 6 3 0.2 .496 .498 0.2 0.4 2 $ 2
1966 29 CHW AL 44 71 -3 -1 0 0 1 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.2 .491 .498 -0.2 0.1 -1 $ 2
1967 30 CHW AL 56 135 -3 0 -0 5 2 5 0.5 4 8 0.9 .510 .503 0.3 0.8 3 $ 2
1968 31 CHW AL 74 197 -4 0 0 2 3 0 -0.0 6 6 0.6 .501 .500 0.4 0.5 4 $15,000 2/3
1969 32 SEP AL 128 449 -6 -1 -2 2 6 0 -0.1 12 13 1.2 .500 .500 1.1 0.9 11 $18,000 *2
1970 33 MIL AL 111 330 -8 -2 -2 -1 4 -9 -1.1 11 1 0.0 .491 .494 0.1 0.2 2 $ 23
1971 34 STL NL 56 146 2 0 -1 -1 2 2 0.3 4 7 0.7 .505 .502 0.8 0.1 8 $25,000 2
1972 35 STL NL 39 57 -2 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .493 .498 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ 2
1973 36 PIT NL 9 4 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $28,000 /2
9 Seasons 590 1606 -32 -3 -5 8 22 -10 -1.5 46 36 3.3 .498 .499 2.6 3.1 29 $86,000
CHW (4 yrs) 247 620 -18 -0 -0 8 9 -1 -0.3 17 17 1.5 .500 .500 0.7 1.8 9 $15,000
STL (2 yrs) 95 203 -1 1 -1 -1 2 -0 0.0 6 6 0.6 .500 .500 0.7 0.2 7 $25,000
MIL (2 yrs) 239 779 -14 -3 -4 1 10 -9 -1.1 23 14 1.2 .496 .497 1.2 1.1 13 $18,000
PIT (1 yr) 9 4 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $28,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1964 27 CHW AL 217 161 16 2.7 94 .224 .215 .252 .290 .320 .290 .392 .580 .712 65 .302 -7.9 -0.8 .500 .177 .075 .0
1966 29 CHW AL 71 55 4 2.0 84 .245 .220 .240 .303 .306 .220 .371 .523 .676 59 .220 -2.9 -0.3 .400 .119 .000 .0
1967 30 CHW AL 135 103 11 2.9 80 .236 .228 .237 .275 .305 .350 .355 .624 .660 89 .384 -1.9 -0.2 .515 .171 .122 .0
1968 31 CHW AL 197 142 17 3.2 84 .246 .219 .243 .300 .313 .308 .360 .608 .673 81 .461 -3.8 -0.4 .537 .195 .089 .0
1969 32 SEP AL 449 334 40 3.2 92 .268 .241 .251 .291 .327 .349 .379 .640 .706 81 .380 -11.3 -1.2 .534 .180 .107 1.8
1970 33 MIL AL 330 249 27 2.9 98 .255 .243 .258 .302 .332 .348 .394 .650 .726 79 .330 -8.7 -0.9 .521 .169 .105 1.7
1971 34 STL NL 146 102 19 5.0 96 .292 .289 .264 .343 .331 .445 .387 .788 .718 119 .594 3.1 0.3 .719 .250 .156 .0
1972 35 STL NL 57 42 5 3.2 91 .303 .208 .256 .291 .323 .313 .377 .603 .701 73 .396 -1.6 -0.2 .538 .229 .104
1973 36 PIT NL 4 3 0 0.0 95 .250 .250 .260 .250 .329 .250 .387 .500 .716 41 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
9 Yrs 1606 1191 139 3.2 91 .256 .237 .251 .298 .323 .338 .380 .636 .703 81 .384 -35.4 -3.7 .535 .183 .101 5.4
162 Game Avg. 441 327 38 3.2 91 .256 .237 .251 .298 .323 .338 .380 .636 .703 81 .384 -35.4 -3.7 .535 .183 .101 1
CHW (4 yrs) 620 461 48 2.8 86 .236 .220 .244 .291 .313 .302 .371 .593 .684 74 .358 -16.5 -1.8 .503 .175 .082 1.8
STL (2 yrs) 203 144 24 4.5 94 .295 .267 .262 .328 .329 .409 .384 .737 .713 106 .545 1.5 0.2 .667 .244 .142 .0
MIL (2 yrs) 779 583 67 3.1 95 .262 .242 .254 .296 .329 .348 .385 .644 .714 80 .359 -20.1 -2.1 .528 .176 .106 3.5
PIT (1 yr) 4 3 0 0.0 95 .250 .250 .260 .250 .329 .250 .387 .500 .716 41 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
AL (6 yrs) 1399 1044 115 3.0 91 .251 .233 .250 .294 .322 .328 .379 .622 .701 78 .358 -36.6 -3.8 .517 .175 .096 5.3
NL (3 yrs) 207 147 24 4.4 94 .293 .267 .262 .327 .329 .406 .384 .732 .713 105 .535 1.2 0.1 .659 .239 .139 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1964 27 CHW AL 217 1.4% 11.1% 8.8% 3.7% 20% 1.26 7.8 62.0 8.1 1.00 76%
1966 29 CHW AL 71 0.0% 8.5% 9.9% 0.0% 0% 0.86 9.8 59.0 1.82 75%
1967 30 CHW AL 135 2.2% 10.4% 4.4% 6.7% 32% 2.33 8.8 41.0 9.5 1.34 79%
1968 31 CHW AL 197 1.5% 14.7% 9.1% 4.1% 22% 1.61 5.8 56.3 9.4 1.27 70%
1969 32 SEP AL 449 1.8% 14.0% 6.5% 6.0% 27% 2.17 6.5 51.3 7.5 1.55 76%
1970 33 MIL AL 330 1.8% 10.0% 6.7% 5.5% 25% 1.50 9.0 49.3 13.5 1.17 78%
1971 34 STL NL 146 2.7% 9.6% 8.2% 6.9% 27% 1.17 9.1 32.0 5.8 1.20 77%
1972 35 STL NL 57 0.0% 28.1% 10.5% 7.0% 40% 2.67 3.0 5.3 1.45 58%
1973 36 PIT NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
9 Yrs 1606 1.7% 12.4% 7.4% 5.2% 25% 1.67 7.2 52.7 8.7 1.31 75%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.1% 8.4% 6.0% 27% 1.80 5.9 43.5 9.2 1.12 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1964 27 CHW AL -7.9 -0.8 220 -0.0 3.6 -3.6 1.06 -0.5 0.5 -2.4 -0.2 0.99 -4.0 1.04 5
1966 29 CHW AL -2.9 -0.3 74 -0.6 1.0 -1.6 1.33 -0.4 -0.0 -5.3 -0.6 0.97 -4.1 1.35 6
1967 30 CHW AL -1.8 -0.2 135 0.1 2.5 -2.4 1.13 -0.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.0 0.94 -0.3 3.33 2
1968 31 CHW AL -4.0 -0.4 197 -0.4 3.5 -3.9 1.22 -0.5 0.2 -4.0 -0.4 0.96 -5.0 2.97 11
1969 32 SEP AL -11.3 -1.2 454 0.0 8.6 -8.5 1.13 -0.7 0.7 2.6 0.3 0.97 -4.6 1.34 7
1970 33 MIL AL -8.7 -0.9 339 -0.9 6.1 -6.9 1.14 -0.6 -0.2 -15.3 -1.6 0.97 -8.6 2.24 18
1971 34 STL NL 3.1 0.3 146 1.0 3.2 -2.2 1.04 0.3 0.7 3.8 0.4 0.97 2.5 2.14 16
1972 35 STL NL -1.6 -0.2 58 -0.1 1.1 -1.3 1.29 -0.2 0.1 0.6 0.1 1.01 -1.7 1.61 28
1973 36 PIT NL -0.3 -0.0 4 0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.11 -0.0 0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.76 -0.3 0
9 Yrs -35.4 -3.7 1627 -0.9 29.5 -30.4 1.14 -2.9 2.1 -20.2 -2.2 0.97 -26.2 1.95 93

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1964 27 CHW AL 6 0 22% 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 67% 6 1 5 2 2 0 4 1 3
1966 29 CHW AL 0 0 15% 28 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 33% 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
1967 30 CHW AL 1 0 15% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 40% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
1968 31 CHW AL 2 0 28% 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 36% 16 10 4 2 0 2 7 4 3
1969 32 SEP AL 12 0 26% 149 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 38% 28 16 10 2 2 0 15 7 7
1970 33 MIL AL 5 1 23% 103 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 35% 13 12 1 1 0 1 9 3 6
1971 34 STL NL 0 0 24% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 40% 10 6 4 2 1 1 3 2 1
1972 35 STL NL 0 0 19% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1973 36 PIT NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 26 1 23% 527 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 25 40% 80 49 27 9 5 4 44 20 22

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1964 27 CHW AL 217 71% 40 5 0 0 0 1.04 3 1 8 2 1 0 3 0 3 3 100% 45 6 13% 23 10 43% 147 22 15% 14 9 64% 7 2 29% 0
1966 29 CHW AL 71 52% 13 6 1 0 0 1.35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 17 3 18% 8 6 75% 44 1 2% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1967 30 CHW AL 135 57% 28 2 1 0 1 3.33 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 4 4 100% 27 4 15% 14 7 50% 79 12 15% 6 4 67% 5 3 60% 0
1968 31 CHW AL 197 25% 37 11 3 0 1 2.97 3 0 6 2 1 0 3 0 8 7 88% 34 2 6% 18 8 44% 113 15 13% 12 8 67% 7 3 43% 0
1969 32 SEP AL 449 33% 99 7 3 0 3 1.34 8 0 15 3 5 5 3 0 9 9 100% 80 13 16% 53 20 38% 271 51 19% 24 17 71% 15 7 47% 0
1970 33 MIL AL 330 40% 72 18 4 1 2 2.24 6 0 9 4 2 2 4 0 6 5 83% 72 14 19% 32 9 28% 220 18 8% 26 6 23% 10 4 40% 0
1971 34 STL NL 146 49% 37 16 5 0 3 2.14 4 0 3 3 1 2 2 0 3 3 100% 26 5 19% 14 7 50% 98 18 18% 13 6 46% 4 2 50% 0
1972 35 STL NL 57 54% 10 28 4 0 2 1.61 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 11 1 9% 5 3 60% 46 9 20% 4 2 50% 1 1 100% 0
1973 36 PIT NL 4 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 1606 44% 337 93 21 1 12 1.95 27 1 42 15 12 11 16 0 40 38 95% 312 48 15% 167 70 42% 1019 146 14% 99 52 53% 51 23 45% 0
MLB Averages 54% 77% 11% 30% 13% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 27 73 217 186 16 40 5 0 3 23 0 0 19 24 .215 .290 .290 .580 65 54 6 3 3 6 4
1965 28 73 217 186 16 40 5 0 3 23 0 0 19 24 .215 .290 .290 .580 65 54 6 3 3 6 4
1966 29 117 288 245 19 53 5 0 3 24 1 1 26 30 .216 .293 .273 .566 63 67 9 3 8 6 4
1967 30 173 423 368 27 81 11 0 6 37 1 1 32 44 .220 .287 .299 .586 71 110 13 5 12 6 7
1968 31 247 620 537 45 118 15 1 9 55 1 1 50 73 .220 .291 .302 .593 74 162 15 7 19 7 10
1969 32 375 1069 947 84 217 33 2 17 110 2 1 79 136 .229 .291 .322 .613 77 305 28 7 28 8 13
1970 33 486 1399 1243 111 289 44 3 23 132 3 5 101 169 .233 .294 .328 .622 78 408 42 11 33 10 17
1971 34 542 1545 1371 126 326 48 5 27 154 3 5 113 183 .238 .298 .339 .638 82 465 47 11 36 13 18
1972 35 581 1602 1419 129 336 51 6 27 163 3 5 119 199 .237 .298 .338 .636 81 480 48 11 38 14 19
1973 36 590 1606 1423 129 337 51 6 27 163 3 5 119 199 .237 .298 .338 .636 81 481 48 11 38 14 19

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1964 27 73 219 187 17 42 5 0 3 25 0 20 24 .225 .301 .299 .600 17 73
1966 29 44 74 61 4 15 0 0 0 1 1 8 6 .246 .333 .246 .579 5 44
1967 30 56 140 127 10 32 7 0 3 16 0 7 14 .252 .301 .378 .679 14 56
1968 31 74 204 174 22 42 5 1 3 22 0 20 29 .241 .325 .333 .658 19 74
1969 32 128 457 416 43 105 19 1 8 61 1 31 63 .252 .304 .361 .664 46 128
1970 33 111 332 298 28 74 11 1 6 23 1 23 33 .248 .309 .352 .661 32 111
1971 34 56 149 130 17 39 4 2 4 24 0 13 14 .300 .356 .454 .810 22 56
1972 35 41 61 51 4 11 3 1 0 11 0 7 17 .216 .305 .314 .619 5 39
1973 36 9 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
9 Yrs 592 1640 1448 145 360 54 6 27 183 3 129 200 .249 .312 .350 .662 160 590
162 Game Avg. 162 449 396 40 99 15 2 7 50 1 35 55 .249 .312 .350 .662 44 590

* 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

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1969 AL  9 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1964 AL  6 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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