Jerry Staley
Gerald Lee Staley
also known as Gerry Staley
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 21, 1920 in Brush Prairie, WA
High School: Battle Ground (Brush Prairie, WA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1947
Final Game: September 25, 1961
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1947 STL NL 26 P 18 10 0 10 0 1 1.000 0.56 .960 0.91
1948 STL NL 27 P 31 16 0 15 1 1 .938 0.48 .962 0.91
1949 STL NL 28 P 45 58 11 46 1 2 .983 1.27 .952 0.91
1950 STL NL 29 P 42 56 10 46 0 4 1.000 1.33 .959 0.97
1951 STL NL 30 P 42 69 14 54 1 2 .986 1.62 .961 0.96
1952 STL NL 31 P 35 84 27 55 2 5 .976 2.34 .952 0.98 AS
1953 STL NL 32 P 40 69 13 52 4 2 .942 1.63 .957 0.87 AS
1954 STL NL 33 P 48 20 155.2 59 26 32 1 2 .983 3.35 1.21 .959 2.07 0.87
1955 TOT MLB 34 P 32 18 121.2 37 9 25 3 3 .919 2.52 1.06 .954 2.03 0.83
1955 CIN NL 34 P 30 18 119.2 35 9 24 2 3 .943 2.48 1.10 .951 2.04 0.83
1955 NYY AL 34 P 2 0 2.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50 0.50 1.000 1.80 0.85
1956 TOT AL 35 P 27 10 101.2 27 4 23 0 2 1.000 2.39 1.00 .948 1.92 0.82
1956 NYY AL 35 P 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 0.80
1956 CHW AL 35 P 26 10 101.1 27 4 23 0 2 1.000 2.40 1.04 .948 1.92 0.82
1957 CHW AL 36 P 47 0 105.0 38 5 31 2 0 .947 3.09 0.77 .963 1.99 0.86
1958 CHW AL 37 P 50 0 85.1 34 6 28 0 3 1.000 3.59 0.68 .962 1.95 0.82
1959 CHW AL 38 P 67 0 116.1 28 7 19 2 3 .929 2.01 0.39 .957 2.05 0.85 MVP-28
1960 CHW AL 39 P 64 0 115.1 43 10 31 2 1 .953 3.20 0.64 .967 1.96 0.78 AS,MVP-23
1961 TOT AL 40 P 52 0 61.1 18 4 14 0 2 1.000 2.64 0.35 .956 2.04 0.83
1961 CHW AL 40 P 16 0 18.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.50 0.31 .960 2.05 0.83
1961 KCA AL 40 P 23 0 30.0 9 1 8 0 2 1.000 2.70 0.39 .956 2.04 0.83
1961 DET AL 40 P 13 0 13.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.70 0.31 .950 2.02 0.83
15 Seasons P 640 48 862.1 646 146 481 19 33 .971 6.54 0.98 .958 2.01 0.87
15 Seasons TOT 640 48 862.1 646 146 481 19 33 .971 6.54 0.98 .928 2.01 0.87
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% 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
1947 STL NL 26 18 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 STL NL 27 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 STL NL 28 45 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 STL NL 29 42 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 STL NL 30 42 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 STL NL 31 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 STL NL 32 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 STL NL 33 48 20 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CIN NL 34 30 18 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NYY AL 34 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 35 26 10 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 NYY AL 35 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHW AL 36 47 0 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHW AL 37 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 38 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 39 64 0 64 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 KCA AL 40 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHW AL 40 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 DET AL 40 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 640 48 640 640 640 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 STL NL 33 553 85% 33% 27 93% 0 21 1 19 24 22 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1955 CIN NL 34 528 87% 36% 27 89% 1 10 0 7 25 21 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 3 0 8 75%
1955 NYY AL 34 13 92% 23% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 35 423 88% 38% 23 100% 0 5 0 3 23 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 100%
1956 NYY AL 35 5 80% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHW AL 36 433 84% 41% 33 91% 0 6 0 6 30 28 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 86%
1958 CHW AL 37 359 86% 36% 29 100% 0 4 0 4 29 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 5 100%
1959 CHW AL 38 480 84% 36% 31 71% 1 7 1 5 21 13 2 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 3 0 9 67%
1960 CHW AL 39 467 83% 43% 39 85% 1 8 0 8 33 29 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1961 KCA AL 40 141 80% 35% 8 100% 0 2 0 2 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 100%
1961 CHW AL 40 76 83% 46% 4 75% 0 2 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1961 DET AL 40 64 78% 30% 4 100% 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3542 85% 37% 227 89% 4 65 2 56 201 170 15 10 1 5 4 7 15 10 14 0 42 83%
MLB Averages 78% 26% 89% 81%

* 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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