Gus Zernial
Gus Edward Zernial (Ozark Ike)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 27, 1923 in Beaumont, TX
High School: Beaumont (Beaumont, TX) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1949
Final Game: September 25, 1959
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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
1949 26 CHW AL 73 213 198 29 63 17 2 5 38 0 1 15 26 .318 .366 .500 .866 131 99 2 0 0 O
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 *O
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 *O 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 /O
1951 28 PHA AL 139 617 552 90 151 30 5 33 125 2 2 61 99 .274 .350 .525 .875 132 290 15 4 0 *O
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 *O
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 *O AS,MVP-18
1954 31 PHA AL 97 373 336 42 84 8 2 14 62 0 0 30 60 .250 .316 .411 .727 99 138 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 109 311 272 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 .867 130 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 Seasons 1234 4561 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 3471 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

Advanced Batting

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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 6.9 104 .347 .318 .267 .366 .358 .500 .388 .866 .747 131 .682 7.7 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 6.2 104 .275 .268 .270 .345 .351 .511 .395 .856 .747 128 .640 18.8 1.8 .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 6.4 104 .281 .274 .270 .350 .351 .525 .396 .875 .747 132 .657 22.0 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 1.0 .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 99 .264 .250 .265 .316 .341 .411 .388 .727 .729 99 .513 -2.2 -0.2 .662 .250 .161 .0
1955 32 KCA AL 454 333 59 4.7 102 .249 .254 .266 .304 .346 .508 .397 .812 .742 116 .516 5.3 0.5 .751 .329 .254 1.9
1956 33 KCA AL 311 218 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 .336 .471 .399 .761 .735 104 .497 -0.1 -0.0 .695 .314 .236 1.9
1958 35 DET AL 131 88 22 6.7 104 .368 .323 .270 .351 .339 .516 .410 .867 .749 130 .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 Seasons 4561 3174 652 5.5 104 .271 .265 .269 .329 .348 .486 .399 .815 .747 116 .592 68.7 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) 3471 2415 495 5.5 103 .259 .259 .268 .329 .346 .489 .397 .819 .743 118 .599 61.8 6.1 .781 .335 .230 27.8
CHW (3 yrs) 818 564 121 5.7 109 .311 .286 .273 .336 .360 .479 .405 .815 .765 112 .573 7.0 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

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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*

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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 78%
1950 27 CHW AL 584 5.0% 18.8% 6.5% 8.4% 32% 2.89 4.9 18.7 5.8 69%
1951 28 TOT AL 638 5.2% 15.8% 9.9% 10.7% 44% 1.60 5.7 17.3 4.4 69%
1951 28 CHW AL 21 0.0% 9.5% 9.5% 0.0% 0% 1.00 9.5 4.8 81%
1951 28 PHA AL 617 5.4% 16.1% 9.9% 11.0% 45% 1.62 5.6 16.7 4.4 68%
1952 29 PHA AL 621 4.7% 14.0% 11.3% 7.3% 31% 1.24 6.3 18.9 5.5 70%
1953 30 PHA AL 617 6.8% 12.8% 9.2% 10.7% 42% 1.39 7.0 13.2 5.1 71%
1954 31 PHA AL 373 3.8% 16.1% 8.0% 6.4% 29% 2.00 5.6 24.0 5.4 0.44 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 311 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 Seasons 4561 5.2% 16.6% 8.4% 9.2% 38% 1.97 5.5 17.4 5.3 0.57 69%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954 31 PHA AL 3 0 27% 99 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 47% 15 10 4 4 3 1 15 4 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% 100 1 1 50% 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 48% 20 11 7 1 0 1 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 Seasons 18 0 27% 445 15 7 68% 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 24 42% 83 56 23 14 6 7 43 11 29
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 31 PHA AL 358 20% 84 6 2 1 1 1.60 14 1 13 8 6 5 9 0 0 0 74 8 11% 32 7 22% 248 48 19% 22 13 59% 19 10 53% 15
1955 32 KCA AL 449 33% 105 17 2 1 3 1.75 30 2 11 21 9 14 16 0 0 0 109 17 16% 54 14 26% 326 60 18% 27 16 59% 29 5 17% 5
1956 33 KCA AL 310 34% 61 34 4 1 4 1.58 16 0 6 11 5 7 9 0 1 0 0% 57 5 9% 21 5 24% 195 28 14% 12 9 75% 24 5 21% 2
1957 34 KCA AL 436 9% 103 16 4 1 3 1.22 27 0 2 20 5 11 14 0 2 2 100% 96 12 13% 39 11 28% 258 39 15% 22 10 45% 29 11 38% 42
1958 35 DET AL 131 37% 40 38 15 3 10 2.09 5 0 5 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 30 3 10% 12 3 25% 91 18 20% 14 9 64% 8 3 38% 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% 6 0 0% 0
11 Seasons 1825 26% 1093 138 33 8 27 1.71 237 3 47 69 28 44 53 0 3 3 100% 396 106 27% 171 44 26% 1238 212 17% 106 60 57% 115 34 30% 64
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 .866 131 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 .841 120 654 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 3811 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 4289 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 4420 3999 561 1063 155 22 230 750 15 7 376 728 .266 .331 .488 .819 117 1952 103 24 3 18 3
1959 36 1234 4561 4131 572 1093 159 22 237 776 15 7 383 755 .265 .329 .486 .815 116 2007 106 24 3 20 3

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1949 26 76 220 205 30 64 17 2 5 39 0 15 27 .312 .359 .488 .847 37 73
1950 27 149 598 558 71 149 16 4 28 88 0 37 115 .267 .316 .461 .777 80 143
1951 28 150 664 596 91 156 31 5 34 127 2 64 106 .262 .337 .502 .839 99 143
1952 29 152 648 574 79 151 16 1 30 104 5 73 91 .263 .347 .451 .798 90 145
1953 30 154 640 578 86 162 22 3 43 109 4 58 83 .280 .350 .552 .902 111 147
1954 31 101 392 353 46 90 9 2 15 68 0 32 63 .255 .321 .419 .741 47 97
1955 32 125 468 427 64 105 9 3 30 87 1 30 94 .246 .295 .492 .787 62 120
1956 33 114 326 285 36 64 13 0 17 44 2 35 69 .225 .316 .449 .765 40 109
1957 34 138 498 458 61 107 21 1 28 75 1 35 88 .234 .287 .467 .754 62 131
1958 35 69 136 129 8 41 7 1 5 24 0 6 26 .318 .346 .504 .849 23 66
1959 36 63 145 136 11 29 4 0 7 25 0 7 28 .213 .248 .397 .645 14 60
11 Seasons 1291 4735 4299 583 1118 165 22 242 790 15 392 790 .260 .324 .478 .802 665 1234
162 Game Avg. 162 594 539 73 140 21 3 30 99 2 49 99 .260 .324 .478 .802 83 1234

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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 (918th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1951 AL--.511--3rd
1953 AL--.559--2nd
1955 AL--.508--3rd
1957 AL--.471--8th
Career--.486--151st

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--221st

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--141--6th

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--28--7th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1953 AL--2.8--7th

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--57th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (276), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 58 (429), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 28 (620), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (907), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Name and misspellings: Gus Ozark Edward Gus Ike Zernial

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