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Gus Zernial

Gus Edward Zernial (Ozark Ike)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 27, 1923 in Beaumont, TX
High School: Beaumont HS (Beaumont, TX) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1949
Teams (by GP): Athletics/WhiteSox/Tigers 1949-1959

Final Game: September 25, 1959
Died: January 20, 2011 in Fresno, CA
Buried: Clovis Cemetery, Clovis, CA
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All-Star

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
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1949 26 CHW AL 73 213 198 29 63 17 2 5 38 0 1 15 26 .318 .366 .500 .866 132 99 2 0 0 7O
1950 27 CHW AL 143 584 543 75 152 16 4 29 93 0 2 38 110 .280 .330 .484 .815 109 263 16 3 0 *7O
1951 28 TOT AL 143 638 571 92 153 30 5 33 129 2 2 63 101 .268 .345 .511 .856 128 292 15 4 0 *7 MVP-20
1951 28 CHW AL 4 21 19 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 .105 .190 .105 .296 -18 2 0 0 0 /7O
1951 28 PHA AL 139 617 552 90 151 30 5 33 125 2 2 61 99 .274 .350 .525 .875 133 290 15 4 0 *7O
1952 29 PHA AL 145 621 549 76 144 15 1 29 100 5 1 70 87 .262 .347 .452 .799 116 248 13 1 1 *7O
1953 30 PHA AL 147 617 556 85 158 21 3 42 108 4 0 57 79 .284 .355 .559 .914 141 311 12 4 0 *7O AS,MVP-18
1954 31 PHA AL 97 373 336 42 84 8 2 14 62 0 0 30 60 .250 .316 .411 .727 98 138 8 4 0 3 7/3
1955 32 KCA AL 120 454 413 62 105 9 3 30 84 1 0 30 90 .254 .304 .508 .812 116 210 17 3 0 8 1 *7
1956 33 KCA AL 109 312 272 36 61 12 0 16 44 2 0 33 66 .224 .315 .445 .760 99 121 5 4 0 2 2 7
1957 34 KCA AL 131 478 437 56 103 20 1 27 69 1 1 34 84 .236 .290 .471 .761 104 206 12 1 2 4 0 *7/3
1958 35 DET AL 66 131 124 8 40 7 1 5 23 0 0 6 25 .323 .351 .516 .867 129 64 3 0 0 1 0 7
1959 36 DET AL 60 141 132 11 30 4 0 7 26 0 0 7 27 .227 .262 .417 .679 79 55 3 0 0 2 0 3/9
11 Yrs 1234 4562 4131 572 1093 159 22 237 776 15 7 383 755 .265 .329 .486 .815 116 2007 106 24 3 20 3
162 Game Avg. 162 599 542 75 143 21 3 31 102 2 1 50 99 .265 .329 .486 .815 116 263 14 3 0
KCA (7 yrs) 888 3472 3115 447 806 115 15 191 592 15 4 315 565 .259 .329 .489 .819 118 1524 82 21 3 17 3
CHW (3 yrs) 220 818 760 106 217 33 6 34 135 0 3 55 138 .286 .336 .479 .815 112 364 18 3 0
DET (2 yrs) 126 272 256 19 70 11 1 12 49 0 0 13 52 .273 .305 .465 .770 104 119 6 0 0 3 0

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
1949 26 CHW AL 73 213 7 -1 -0 -2 -2 2 0.2 5 7 0.7 .502 .501 0.9 -0.4 9 $ 7O
1950 27 CHW AL 143 584 2 -1 -2 2 -6 -6 -0.5 15 10 1.0 .496 .497 0.8 -0.4 8 $ *7O
1951 28 CHW AL 4 21 -3 0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -3 -0.3 .414 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $ /7O MVP-20
1951 28 PHA AL 139 617 21 -0 -1 1 -6 15 1.5 16 31 3.1 .511 .509 2.9 -0.5 30 $ *7O MVP-20
1952 29 PHA AL 145 621 11 1 -1 -2 -7 2 0.2 17 19 1.9 .502 .502 2.1 -0.9 21 $ *7O
1953 30 PHA AL 147 617 25 -0 -1 -14 -6 3 0.3 17 20 2.0 .502 .502 3.4 -2.1 34 $ *7O AS,MVP-18
1954 31 PHA AL 97 373 -3 -0 -1 -10 -4 -18 -2.0 10 -8 -1.0 .480 .488 0.2 -1.6 3 $ 7/3
1955 32 KCA AL 120 454 8 0 -3 -2 -4 -1 -0.1 12 11 1.2 .499 .499 1.3 -0.6 13 $ *7
1956 33 KCA AL 109 312 -3 1 0 -2 -3 -7 -0.7 8 1 0.1 .493 .495 0.3 -0.4 3 $ 7
1957 34 KCA AL 131 478 0 -0 -2 -9 -5 -16 -1.8 13 -3 -0.5 .487 .489 0.6 -1.6 6 $ *7/3
1958 35 DET AL 66 131 4 0 -0 -6 -1 -3 -0.3 4 1 0.0 .495 .498 0.6 -0.7 6 $ 7
1959 36 DET AL 60 141 -5 -0 -0 -1 -2 -8 -0.9 4 -4 -0.5 .486 .495 -0.4 -0.3 -3 $ 3/9
11 Seasons 1234 4562 64 -2 -11 -45 -47 -40 -4.4 122 82 7.7 .496 .498 12.4 -9.6 127 $
KCA (7 yrs) 888 3472 60 1 -9 -39 -36 -22 -2.5 93 71 6.8 .497 .498 10.8 -7.8 110 $
CHW (3 yrs) 220 818 6 -2 -2 0 -9 -7 -0.7 21 14 1.4 .497 .499 1.4 -0.8 14 $
DET (2 yrs) 126 272 -1 -0 -0 -7 -2 -11 -1.2 7 -4 -0.5 .491 .496 0.2 -1.0 3 $

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
1949 26 CHW AL 213 138 36 6.9 103 .347 .318 .266 .366 .357 .500 .386 .866 .743 132 .682 8.0 0.8 .819 .253 .182 .0
1950 27 CHW AL 584 409 85 5.5 111 .304 .280 .275 .330 .361 .484 .412 .815 .773 109 .548 2.4 0.2 .738 .271 .204 .0
1951 28 TOT AL 638 435 100 6.2 103 .275 .268 .268 .345 .350 .511 .394 .856 .744 128 .640 19.4 1.9 .825 .354 .243 3.8
1951 28 CHW AL 21 17 0 0.0 100 .118 .105 .265 .190 .346 .105 .389 .296 .735 -18 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .235 .105 .000
1951 28 PHA AL 617 418 100 6.4 103 .281 .274 .269 .350 .350 .525 .394 .875 .744 133 .657 22.6 2.2 .849 .362 .252 3.8
1952 29 PHA AL 621 420 86 5.5 101 .266 .262 .267 .347 .348 .452 .390 .799 .737 116 .628 10.2 1.1 .771 .324 .189 8.5
1953 30 PHA AL 617 410 110 7.2 105 .267 .284 .273 .355 .350 .559 .402 .914 .752 141 .706 28.1 2.8 .917 .385 .275 7.3
1954 31 PHA AL 373 263 43 4.4 100 .264 .250 .266 .316 .342 .411 .390 .727 .732 98 .514 -2.6 -0.3 .662 .250 .161 .0
1955 32 KCA AL 454 333 59 4.7 103 .249 .254 .266 .304 .346 .508 .397 .812 .743 116 .516 5.2 0.5 .751 .329 .254 1.9
1956 33 KCA AL 312 218 40 4.9 106 .234 .224 .267 .315 .349 .445 .408 .760 .757 99 .509 -1.5 -0.1 .741 .349 .221 3.6
1957 34 KCA AL 478 353 57 4.4 100 .230 .236 .264 .290 .337 .471 .399 .761 .736 104 .497 -0.2 -0.0 .695 .314 .236 1.9
1958 35 DET AL 131 88 22 6.7 104 .368 .323 .270 .351 .340 .516 .410 .867 .749 129 .692 4.6 0.5 .805 .242 .194 .0
1959 36 DET AL 141 107 14 3.5 103 .230 .227 .267 .262 .339 .417 .408 .679 .748 79 .399 -4.6 -0.5 .590 .242 .189 .0
11 Yrs 4562 3174 652 5.5 104 .271 .265 .269 .329 .348 .486 .399 .815 .747 116 .592 69.1 6.8 .769 .316 .221 28.2
162 Game Avg. 599 417 86 5.5 104 .271 .265 .269 .329 .348 .486 .399 .815 .747 116 .592 9 1 .769 .316 .221 4
KCA (7 yrs) 3472 2415 495 5.5 103 .259 .259 .268 .329 .346 .489 .397 .819 .743 118 .599 61.8 6.2 .781 .335 .230 27.8
CHW (3 yrs) 818 564 121 5.7 109 .311 .286 .272 .336 .360 .479 .405 .815 .764 112 .573 7.3 0.7 .743 .262 .193 .0
DET (2 yrs) 272 195 36 4.9 104 .297 .273 .268 .305 .339 .465 .409 .770 .748 104 .559 0.0 0.0 .688 .242 .191 .0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1953 PHA AL 30 as LF 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 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
1949 26 CHW AL 213 2.4% 12.2% 7.0% 11.3% 38% 1.73 7.6 39.6 5.2 0.53 78%
1950 27 CHW AL 584 5.0% 18.8% 6.5% 8.4% 32% 2.89 4.9 18.7 5.8 0.98 69%
1951 28 TOT AL 638 5.2% 15.8% 9.9% 10.7% 44% 1.60 5.7 17.3 4.4 0.56 69%
1951 28 CHW AL 21 0.0% 9.5% 9.5% 0.0% 0% 1.00 9.5 4.8 0.56 81%
1951 28 PHA AL 617 5.4% 16.1% 9.9% 11.0% 45% 1.62 5.6 16.7 4.4 0.56 68%
1952 29 PHA AL 621 4.7% 14.0% 11.3% 7.3% 31% 1.24 6.3 18.9 5.5 0.58 70%
1953 30 PHA AL 617 6.8% 12.8% 9.2% 10.7% 42% 1.39 7.0 13.2 5.1 0.44 71%
1954 31 PHA AL 373 3.8% 16.1% 8.0% 6.4% 29% 2.00 5.6 24.0 5.4 0.45 71%
1955 32 KCA AL 454 6.6% 19.8% 6.6% 9.3% 40% 3.00 4.6 13.8 4.9 0.53 66%
1956 33 KCA AL 312 5.1% 21.2% 10.6% 9.0% 46% 2.00 4.1 17.0 6.2 0.53 62%
1957 34 KCA AL 478 5.7% 17.6% 7.1% 10.0% 47% 2.47 5.2 16.2 6.3 0.57 69%
1958 35 DET AL 131 3.8% 19.1% 4.6% 9.9% 33% 4.17 5.0 24.8 5.4 0.70 73%
1959 36 DET AL 141 5.0% 19.2% 5.0% 7.8% 37% 3.86 4.9 18.9 5.1 1.14 71%
11 Yrs 4562 5.2% 16.6% 8.4% 9.2% 38% 1.97 5.5 17.4 5.3 0.58 69%
MLB Averages 2.2% 11.2% 9.4% 6.5% 29% 1.20 7.9 41.1 8.1 0.98 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1949 26 CHW AL 8.0 0.8 129 1.7 4.0 -2.3 1.22 1.0 0.4 13.7 1.4 1.02 10.6 2.37 19
1950 27 CHW AL 2.4 0.2 424 -0.8 8.4 -9.2 1.16 -0.5 -0.1 -12.1 -1.2 1.01 -7.1 2.84 4
1951 28 TOT AL 19.4 1.9 560 0.6 11.1 -10.5 1.05 0.8 -0.3 3.9 0.4 1.04 7.5 0.26 1
1951 28 CHW AL -3.2 -0.3 21 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .75 -0.1 0.1 1.5 0.1 1.12 -1.3 0
1951 28 PHA AL 22.6 2.2 539 0.6 10.9 -10.3 1.06 0.9 -0.3 2.4 0.2 1.03 8.8 0.26 1
1952 29 PHA AL 10.2 1.1 575 -0.1 10.2 -10.3 1.06 0.9 -1.0 16.7 1.7 1.01 11.6 1.15 2
1953 30 PHA AL 27.4 2.7 590 4.0 13.8 -9.9 1.05 2.0 1.8 25.8 2.5 0.96 26.4 2.07 4
1954 31 PHA AL -2.2 -0.2 368 1.1 7.7 -6.6 1.10 0.1 0.9 6.7 0.7 0.98 0.6 1.51 6
1955 32 KCA AL 5.2 0.5 452 1.8 10.6 -8.8 1.09 1.3 0.3 13.5 1.3 0.98 15.5 1.71 17
1956 33 KCA AL -1.5 -0.1 314 -0.4 5.5 -5.8 1.01 0.1 -0.5 -0.3 -0.0 0.92 -0.2 1.56 34
1957 34 KCA AL -0.2 -0.0 449 1.9 10.0 -8.1 1.00 0.8 1.1 5.2 0.5 0.91 7.6 1.22 16
1958 35 DET AL 4.6 0.5 132 1.1 3.8 -2.7 1.32 0.3 0.5 7.5 0.7 0.98 5.5 2.05 38
1959 36 DET AL -4.6 -0.5 142 -0.6 2.5 -3.1 1.11 -0.4 -0.2 -3.9 -0.4 1.03 -3.3 1.62 27
11 Yrs 68.8 6.8 4135 10.3 87.6 -77.3 1.08 6.4 3.1 76.7 7.6 0.98 74.7 1.78 168

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
1949 26 CHW AL 1 0 33% 46 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 9% 5 4 1 2 2 0 4 3 0
1950 27 CHW AL 3 0 28% 121 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 7 3 53% 18 12 6 6 1 5 12 3 8
1951 28 TOT AL 7 0 32% 155 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 40% 23 16 7 10 6 3 17 6 10
1951 28 CHW AL 1 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 28 PHA AL 6 0 31% 153 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 40% 23 16 7 10 6 3 17 6 10
1952 29 PHA AL 7 0 25% 177 5 1 83% 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 6 50% 25 11 14 6 4 2 15 8 7
1953 30 PHA AL 3 0 24% 192 4 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 43% 39 22 13 3 3 0 23 6 15
1954 31 PHA AL 3 0 27% 101 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 46% 15 10 4 4 3 1 16 5 11
1955 32 KCA AL 8 0 30% 127 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 37% 24 19 5 3 1 1 11 2 8
1956 33 KCA AL 2 0 24% 69 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 36% 15 12 2 5 1 4 5 1 3
1957 34 KCA AL 4 0 26% 107 1 1 50% 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 48% 21 12 7 2 0 2 6 1 5
1958 35 DET AL 0 0 7% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 57% 4 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 1
1959 36 DET AL 1 0 13% 24 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 5 3 2 0 0 0 4 3 1
11 Yrs 39 0 27% 1145 15 7 68% 11 8 2 1 0 0 6 0 65 37 43% 194 122 64 42 22 18 115 38 69

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
1949 26 CHW AL 213 24% 63 19 7 1 3 2.37 5 0 5 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 30 2 7% 10 2 20% 97 23 24% 10 5 50% 6 2 33% 0
1950 27 CHW AL 584 30% 152 4 1 0 0 2.84 29 0 13 11 7 19 10 0 1 0 0% 105 16 15% 49 4 8% 321 48 15% 31 9 29% 6 4 67% 0
1951 28 TOT AL 638 25% 153 1 1 0 0 0.26 33 1 25 23 4 21 12 0 0 0 127 15 12% 62 19 31% 446 81 18% 49 27 55% 31 10 32% 0
1951 28 CHW AL 21 43% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 2 1 50% 18 6 33% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1951 28 PHA AL 617 24% 151 1 1 0 0 0.26 33 1 22 23 4 21 12 0 0 0 122 15 12% 60 18 30% 428 75 18% 48 26 54% 31 10 32% 0
1952 29 PHA AL 621 25% 144 2 1 0 0 1.15 29 3 15 21 5 18 11 0 2 1 50% 100 13 13% 56 19 34% 406 69 17% 51 21 41% 25 13 52% 0
1953 30 PHA AL 617 27% 158 4 3 1 2 2.07 42 1 17 31 9 20 22 0 0 0 111 12 11% 45 9 20% 370 64 17% 31 16 52% 14 3 21% 0
1954 31 PHA AL 373 20% 84 6 2 1 1 1.51 14 1 13 8 6 5 9 0 0 0 77 8 10% 33 7 21% 255 49 19% 22 13 59% 15 8 53% 0
1955 32 KCA AL 454 33% 105 17 2 1 3 1.71 30 2 11 21 9 14 16 0 0 0 109 17 16% 54 14 26% 328 60 18% 27 16 59% 23 12 52% 0
1956 33 KCA AL 312 34% 61 34 4 1 4 1.56 16 0 6 11 5 7 9 0 1 0 0% 57 5 9% 21 5 24% 195 28 14% 12 9 75% 14 6 43% 0
1957 34 KCA AL 478 9% 103 16 4 1 3 1.22 27 0 2 21 5 12 15 0 3 2 67% 99 12 12% 40 12 30% 265 41 15% 23 11 48% 16 6 38% 0
1958 35 DET AL 131 37% 40 38 15 3 10 2.05 5 0 5 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 30 3 10% 12 3 25% 91 18 20% 14 9 64% 3 3 100% 0
1959 36 DET AL 141 38% 30 27 6 1 6 1.62 7 0 10 4 3 5 2 0 0 0 30 3 10% 13 4 31% 120 19 16% 9 3 33% 5 2 40% 0
11 Yrs 4562 26% 1093 168 46 10 32 1.78 237 8 122 159 54 125 112 0 7 3 43% 875 106 12% 395 98 25% 2894 500 17% 279 139 50% 158 69 44% 0
MLB Averages 49% 84% 11% 32% 14% 50% 54%

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
1949 26 73 213 198 29 63 17 2 5 38 0 1 15 26 .318 .366 .500 .866 132 99 2 0 0
1950 27 216 797 741 104 215 33 6 34 131 0 3 53 136 .290 .340 .489 .829 115 362 18 3 0
1951 28 359 1435 1312 196 368 63 11 67 260 2 5 116 237 .280 .342 .498 .841 121 654 33 7 0
1952 29 504 2056 1861 272 512 78 12 96 360 7 6 186 324 .275 .344 .485 .828 119 902 46 8 1
1953 30 651 2673 2417 357 670 99 15 138 468 11 6 243 403 .277 .346 .502 .848 124 1213 58 12 1
1954 31 748 3046 2753 399 754 107 17 152 530 11 6 273 463 .274 .343 .491 .833 121 1351 66 16 1 3
1955 32 868 3500 3166 461 859 116 20 182 614 12 6 303 553 .271 .338 .493 .831 120 1561 83 19 1 11 1
1956 33 977 3812 3438 497 920 128 20 198 658 14 6 336 619 .268 .336 .489 .825 119 1682 88 23 1 13 3
1957 34 1108 4290 3875 553 1023 148 21 225 727 15 7 370 703 .264 .331 .487 .818 117 1888 100 24 3 17 3
1958 35 1174 4421 3999 561 1063 155 22 230 750 15 7 376 728 .266 .331 .488 .819 118 1952 103 24 3 18 3
1959 36 1234 4562 4131 572 1093 159 22 237 776 15 7 383 755 .265 .329 .486 .815 116 2007 106 24 3 20 3

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
1949 26 76 223 207 30 66 18 2 5 39 0 16 27 .319 .368 .498 .865 38 73
1950 27 149 600 559 71 150 16 4 29 88 0 38 115 .268 .318 .467 .785 82 143
1951 28 150 666 597 91 157 31 5 34 128 2 65 106 .263 .339 .503 .842 100 143
1952 29 152 649 574 80 151 16 1 30 105 5 73 91 .263 .347 .451 .798 90 145
1953 30 154 639 577 86 161 21 3 43 109 4 58 83 .279 .349 .549 .898 110 147
1954 31 101 392 353 46 90 9 2 15 68 0 32 63 .255 .321 .419 .741 47 97
1955 32 125 474 432 65 110 9 3 31 88 1 31 94 .255 .304 .505 .808 67 120
1956 33 114 321 282 35 61 12 0 16 43 2 33 69 .216 .305 .429 .734 37 109
1957 34 138 506 462 61 111 22 1 29 75 1 37 88 .240 .296 .481 .776 65 131
1958 35 69 136 129 8 41 7 1 5 23 0 6 26 .318 .346 .504 .849 23 66
1959 36 63 147 138 11 31 4 0 7 26 0 7 28 .225 .259 .406 .664 15 60
11 Yrs 1291 4753 4310 584 1129 165 22 244 792 15 396 790 .262 .326 .480 .806 674 1234
162 Game Avg. 162 596 541 73 142 21 3 31 99 2 50 99 .262 .326 .480 .806 85 1234

* 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

All-Star Games
1953 (LF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1951 AL (20, 4%)
1953 AL (18, 5%)
0.09 Career Shares (940th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1951 AL  .511 (3rd)
1953 AL  .559 (2nd)
1955 AL  .508 (3rd)
1957 AL  .471 (8th)
Career  .486 (156th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1951 AL  .856 (10th)
1953 AL  .914 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1951 AL  571 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1951 AL  92 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1951 AL  292 (2nd)
1952 AL  248 (8th)
1953 AL  311 (3rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1951 AL  30 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1950 AL  29 (5th)
1951 AL  33 (1st)
1952 AL  29 (4th)
1953 AL  42 (2nd)
1955 AL  30 (2nd)
1957 AL  27 (5th)
Career  237 (230th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1951 AL  129 (1st)
1952 AL  100 (4th)
1953 AL  108 (4th)
1955 AL  84 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1950 AL  110 (1st)
1951 AL  101 (1st)
1952 AL  87 (4th)
1953 AL  79 (4th)
1955 AL  90 (4th)
1957 AL  84 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1953 AL  140 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1951 AL  100 (5th)
1952 AL  86 (10th)
1953 AL  110 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1953 AL  27 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1953 AL  2.7 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  68 (1st)
1953 AL  66 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1951 AL  .640 (10th)
1953 AL  .706 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 AL  8 (2nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1955 AL  17 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1952 AL  8.5 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1950 AL  18.7 (4th)
1951 AL  17.3 (1st)
1952 AL  18.9 (5th)
1953 AL  13.2 (1st)
1955 AL  13.8 (1st)
1957 AL  16.2 (4th)
Career  17.4 (58th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1951 AL  435 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1953 AL  25.75 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1953 AL  4.0 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1953 AL  2.5 (10th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (286), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 58 (439), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 28 (640), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (889), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  3. Leon Wagner (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Leon Wagner (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Leon Wagner (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Henry Rodriguez (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Lemon (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Wally Post (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dick Stuart (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dick Stuart (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Name and misspellings: Gus Ozark Edward Gus Ike Zernial

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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