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Jerry Zimmerman

Gerald Robert Zimmerman

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 21, 1934 in Omaha, NE
High School: Milwaukie HS (Milwaukie, OR)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1961
Teams (by GP): Twins/Reds 1961-1968

Final Game: September 22, 1968
Died: September 9, 1998 in Neskowin, OR
Cremated
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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
1952	17	BOS-min	C	72	261	261		60	11	1	0						.230	.230	.280	.510		73							SJO · CALL
1953	18	BOS-min	C	101	328	328		87	15	2	2						.265	.265	.341	.607		112							SJO · CALL
1954	19	BOS-min	D	113	374	374		113	22	4	7						.302	.302	.439	.741		164							CRN · PONY
1955	20	BOS-min	B	100	305	305		84	13	1	6						.275	.275	.384	.659		117							GBO · CARL
1956	21	BOS-min	A	111	350	350		81	20	0	3						.231	.231	.314	.546		110							ALB · EL
1957	22	BOS-min	AA	119	393	357	32	95	15	1	4	28	1	0	29	26	.266	.321	.347	.668		124		1	3	3			OKC · TL
1958	23	BOS-min	AAA	57	189	168	18	42	6	0	2	16	0		16	21	.250	.321	.321	.642		54		2	2	1	3		MNE · AA
1959	24	BAL-BOS-min	AAA	64	217	184	17	33	8	0	1	15	0	0	18	21	.179	.274	.239	.513		44		6	9	0	2		VAN,MNE · PCL,AA
1960	25	CIN-min	AAA	82	247	222	22	62	9	0	6	26	0	0	25	27	.279	.352	.401	.753		89							SLE · PCL
1961	26	CIN	NL	76	222	204	8	42	5	0	0	10	1	1	11	21	.206	.252	.230	.483	29	47	10	2	4	1	0	2
1962	27	MIN	AL	34	69	62	8	17	4	0	0	7	0	0	3	5	.274	.318	.339	.657	75	21	1	1	3	0	0	2
1963	28	MIN	AL	39	61	56	3	13	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	8	.232	.259	.250	.509	43	14	3	0	3	0	0	2
1964	29	MIN	AL	63	138	120	6	24	3	0	0	12	0	0	10	15	.200	.278	.225	.503	42	27	6	3	5	0	0	2
1965	30	MIN	AL	83	176	154	8	33	1	1	1	11	0	0	12	23	.214	.275	.253	.529	49	39	6	1	8	0	3	2
1966	31	MIN	AL	60	136	119	11	30	4	1	1	15	0	0	15	23	.252	.338	.328	.666	88	39	4	1	0	1	4	2
1967	32	MIN	AL	104	267	234	13	39	3	0	1	12	0	1	22	49	.167	.243	.192	.436	26	45	8	2	8	1	5	2
1968	33	MIN	AL	24	50	45	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	10	.111	.180	.133	.313	-6	6	0	1	0	1	0	2
8 Yrs				483	1119	994	60	203	22	2	3	72	1	2	78	154	.204	.269	.239	.508	42	238	38	11	31	4	12
162 Game Avg.				162	375	333	20	68	7	1	1	24	0	1	26	52	.204	.269	.239	.508	42	80	13	4	10	1	4

MIN (7 yrs)				407	897	790	52	161	17	2	3	62	0	1	67	133	.204	.273	.242	.514	46	191	28	9	27	3	12
CIN (1 yr)				76	222	204	8	42	5	0	0	10	1	1	11	21	.206	.252	.230	.483	29	47	10	2	4	1	0

AL (7 yrs)				407	897	790	52	161	17	2	3	62	0	1	67	133	.204	.273	.242	.514	46	191	28	9	27	3	12
NL (1 yr)				76	222	204	8	42	5	0	0	10	1	1	11	21	.206	.252	.230	.483	29	47	10	2	4	1	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
1961	26	CIN	NL	76	222	-21	-2	-1	-2	3	-22	-2.4	8	-15	-1.6	.469	.486	-1.4	0.1	-13	$	2
1962	27	MIN	AL	34	69	-3	0	-0	1	1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.498	.500	0.0	0.2	0	$	2
1963	28	MIN	AL	39	61	-5	0	0	1	1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.493	.498	-0.2	0.2	-2	$	2
1964	29	MIN	AL	63	138	-8	-1	-1	2	2	-6	-0.7	4	-2	-0.3	.490	.496	-0.5	0.4	-4	$	2
1965	30	MIN	AL	83	176	-10	1	-1	2	3	-5	-0.6	5	0	-0.1	.493	.497	-0.3	0.5	-2	$	2
1966	31	MIN	AL	60	136	-3	-0	-0	1	2	-0	-0.1	4	3	0.3	.499	.500	0.2	0.3	2	$	2
1967	32	MIN	AL	104	267	-23	-1	-1	6	4	-14	-1.9	8	-7	-1.1	.483	.489	-1.8	1.1	-13	$	2
1968	33	MIN	AL	24	50	-6	0	0	2	1	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.484	.498	-0.5	0.3	-4	$	2
8 Seasons				483	1119	-78	-3	-3	13	18	-54	-6.4	32	-21	-3.1	.487	.495	-4.5	3.2	-34	$

MIN (7 yrs)				407	897	-57	-1	-3	15	14	-31	-4.0	25	-6	-1.5	.491	.497	-3.1	3.1	-21	$
CIN (1 yr)				76	222	-21	-2	-1	-2	3	-22	-2.4	8	-15	-1.6	.469	.486	-1.4	0.1	-13	$

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
1961	26	CIN	NL	222	178	11	1.6	107	.228	.206	.271	.252	.338	.230	.422	.483	.760	29	.130	-21.0	-2.1	.347	.078	.025	.0
1962	27	MIN	AL	69	49	7	3.8	106	.298	.274	.268	.318	.341	.339	.417	.657	.758	75	.422	-2.2	-0.2	.543	.113	.065
1963	28	MIN	AL	61	49	3	1.6	96	.271	.232	.258	.259	.324	.250	.398	.509	.722	43	.153	-4.5	-0.5	.348	.054	.018
1964	29	MIN	AL	138	107	7	1.8	97	.229	.200	.257	.278	.325	.225	.399	.503	.724	42	.167	-9.4	-1.0	.392	.108	.025
1965	30	MIN	AL	176	135	10	2.0	96	.246	.214	.256	.275	.327	.253	.393	.529	.720	49	.216	-11.0	-1.2	.409	.117	.039	.0
1966	31	MIN	AL	136	94	13	3.7	95	.302	.252	.256	.338	.324	.328	.394	.666	.718	88	.478	-1.5	-0.2	.591	.202	.076	.0
1967	32	MIN	AL	267	213	11	1.4	91	.205	.167	.253	.243	.324	.192	.379	.436	.703	26	.142	-22.4	-2.5	.333	.115	.026	.0
1968	33	MIN	AL	50	41	1	0.7	84	.139	.111	.244	.180	.314	.133	.361	.313	.676	-6	.045	-5.8	-0.7	.250	.089	.022
8 Yrs				1119	866	63	2.0	97	.238	.204	.259	.269	.328	.239	.397	.508	.725	42	.204	-77.9	-8.2	.392	.113	.035	1.5
162 Game Avg.				375	290	21	2.0	97	.238	.204	.259	.269	.328	.239	.397	.508	.725	42	.204	-77.9	-8.2	.392	.113	.035	1

MIN (7 yrs)				897	688	52	2.0	95	.240	.204	.256	.273	.325	.242	.390	.514	.716	46	.227	-56.8	-6.2	.404	.122	.038	.0
CIN (1 yr)				222	178	11	1.7	107	.228	.206	.271	.252	.338	.230	.422	.483	.760	29	.130	-21.0	-2.1	.347	.078	.025	.0

AL (7 yrs)				897	688	52	2.0	95	.240	.204	.256	.273	.325	.242	.390	.514	.716	46	.227	-56.8	-6.2	.404	.122	.038	.0
NL (1 yr)				222	178	11	1.7	107	.228	.206	.271	.252	.338	.230	.422	.483	.760	29	.130	-21.0	-2.1	.347	.078	.025	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1961	26	CIN	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

1965	30	MIN	AL	WS	LAD	L	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
2 WS							4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	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	GO/AO	IP%
1961	26	CIN	NL	222	0.0%	9.5%	5.0%	2.3%	12%	1.91	9.7		20.4	1.67	83%
1962	27	MIN	AL	69	0.0%	7.3%	4.4%	5.8%	24%	1.67	12.4		8.9	2.31	83%
1963	28	MIN	AL	61	0.0%	13.1%	3.3%	1.6%	8%	4.00	7.0		18.7	2.90	79%
1964	29	MIN	AL	138	0.0%	10.9%	7.3%	2.2%	13%	1.50	8.0		10.0	2.03	76%
1965	30	MIN	AL	176	0.6%	13.1%	6.8%	1.7%	9%	1.92	6.7	154.0	14.0	2.21	74%
1966	31	MIN	AL	136	0.7%	16.9%	11.0%	4.4%	20%	1.53	5.2	119.0	7.9	1.80	71%
1967	32	MIN	AL	267	0.4%	18.4%	8.2%	1.5%	10%	2.23	4.8	234.0	19.5	2.10	69%
1968	33	MIN	AL	50	0.0%	20.0%	6.0%	2.0%	20%	3.33	4.5		22.5	2.44	72%
8 Yrs				1119	0.3%	13.8%	7.0%	2.4%	13%	1.97	6.5	331.3	13.8	2.03	75%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.2%	8.1%	6.2%	28%	1.88	5.9	41.3	9.1	1.09	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1961	26	CIN	NL	-21.3	-2.1	227	-2.0	1.8	-3.8	.82	-2.1	-0.3	-26.3	-2.6	0.98	-25.1		0
1962	27	MIN	AL	-2.2	-0.2	72	0.1	1.2	-1.0	.91	-0.1	0.2	1.2	0.1	0.90	-1.0	1.56	0
1963	28	MIN	AL	-4.5	-0.5	61	-0.6	0.4	-0.9	.86	-0.6	-0.1	-6.7	-0.7	1.03	-4.9	0.23	1
1964	29	MIN	AL	-9.4	-1.0	139	-1.1	1.6	-2.7	.93	-0.8	-0.4	-9.9	-1.0	1.02	-10.1	0.06	3
1965	30	MIN	AL	-11.0	-1.2	178	-0.4	2.3	-2.7	.92	-0.9	0.5	-9.7	-1.0	0.99	-8.7	3.48	0
1966	31	MIN	AL	-1.5	-0.2	138	-0.4	1.7	-2.1	.87	-0.2	-0.3	-1.6	-0.2	1.02	-2.0	0.89	2
1967	32	MIN	AL	-22.2	-2.5	270	-2.5	1.8	-4.4	.80	-2.5	-0.6	-24.0	-2.6	0.95	-24.2		0
1968	33	MIN	AL	-5.9	-0.7	50	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	.91	-0.5	0.1	-4.4	-0.5	0.89	-5.2		0
8 Yrs				-77.9	-8.2	1135	-7.2	11.3	-18.4	.86	-7.6	-0.7	-81.4	-8.4	0.98	-81.3	0.37	6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1961	26	CIN	NL	1	0	15%	60	1	1	50%	1	1	1	4	2	33%	12	8	3	1	0	1	5	3	2
1962	27	MIN	AL	0	0	38%	23	0	0		0	0	0	1	3	50%	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	1
1963	28	MIN	AL	0	0	20%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
1964	29	MIN	AL	3	0	16%	41	0	0		0	0	1	1	0	33%	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
1965	30	MIN	AL	4	1	16%	58	0	0		0	0	0	1	4	50%	6	5	1	0	0	0	4	0	4
1966	31	MIN	AL	1	0	22%	50	0	0		0	0	0	1	5	40%	9	7	2	2	1	1	4	0	3
1967	32	MIN	AL	2	0	19%	68	0	1	0%	0	1	0	4	3	50%	8	6	1	3	0	3	5	1	4
1968	33	MIN	AL	0	0	33%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				11	1	20%	324	1	2	33%	1	2	2	12	17	43%	41	30	9	10	2	6	22	5	16

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
1961	26	CIN	NL	222	48%	42			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	55	10	18%	29	12	41%	151	12	8%	13	5	38%	10	4	40%	0
1962	27	MIN	AL	69	9%	17			0	0	0	0	1.56	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	7	1	14%	3	2	67%	41	7	17%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
1963	28	MIN	AL	61	15%	13			1	0	0	0	0.23	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	14	3	21%	11	4	36%	42	3	7%	3	2	67%	3	1	33%	0
1964	29	MIN	AL	138	32%	24			3	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	27	6	22%	11	3	27%	99	12	12%	9	4	44%	4	2	50%	0
1965	30	MIN	AL	176	27%	33			0	0	0	0	3.48	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	9	8	89%	36	6	17%	26	14	54%	125	13	10%	11	5	45%	8	6	75%	0
1966	31	MIN	AL	136	41%	30			2	0	0	0	0.89	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0%	33	4	12%	17	2	12%	102	15	15%	9	3	33%	4	1	25%	0
1967	32	MIN	AL	267	34%	39			0	0	0	0		1	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	8	8	100%	45	8	18%	24	13	54%	162	13	8%	13	4	31%	10	8	80%	0
1968	33	MIN	AL	50	80%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	5	1	20%	24	2	8%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	0
8 Yrs				1119	36%	203			6	0	0	0	0.37	3	0	25	3	0	3	0	0	34	31	91%	223	38	17%	126	51	40%	746	77	10%	62	24	39%	43	25	58%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			78%			10%			30%			14%			48%			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
1961	26	76	222	204	8	42	5	0	0	10	1	1	11	21	.206	.252	.230	.483	29	47	10	2	4	1	0
1962	27	110	291	266	16	59	9	0	0	17	1	1	14	26	.222	.268	.256	.523	40	68	11	3	7	1	0
1963	28	149	352	322	19	72	10	0	0	20	1	1	16	34	.224	.266	.255	.521	40	82	14	3	10	1	0
1964	29	212	490	442	25	96	13	0	0	32	1	1	26	49	.217	.269	.247	.516	41	109	20	6	15	1	0
1965	30	295	666	596	33	129	14	1	1	43	1	1	38	72	.216	.271	.248	.519	43	148	26	7	23	1	3
1966	31	355	802	715	44	159	18	2	2	58	1	1	53	95	.222	.283	.262	.544	50	187	30	8	23	2	7
1967	32	459	1069	949	57	198	21	2	3	70	1	2	75	144	.209	.273	.244	.517	44	232	38	10	31	3	12
1968	33	483	1119	994	60	203	22	2	3	72	1	2	78	154	.204	.269	.239	.508	42	238	38	11	31	4	12

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
1961	26	79	230	212	8	43	5	0	0	10	1	11	22	.203	.248	.226	.474	11	76
1962	27	34	68	61	7	16	4	0	0	7	0	3	5	.262	.308	.328	.636	6	34
1963	28	39	62	57	3	14	1	0	0	3	0	2	8	.246	.271	.263	.534	4	39
1964	29	63	140	121	7	26	3	0	0	14	0	11	15	.215	.296	.240	.536	8	63
1965	30	83	176	155	8	34	1	1	1	11	0	12	23	.219	.280	.258	.538	11	83
1966	31	60	139	121	12	31	4	1	1	16	0	16	23	.256	.345	.331	.676	14	60
1967	32	104	272	237	15	42	3	0	1	13	0	24	49	.177	.258	.203	.460	12	104
1968	33	24	50	45	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	3	10	.111	.180	.133	.313	1	24
8 Yrs		486	1137	1009	63	211	22	2	3	76	1	82	155	.209	.275	.244	.519	67	483
162 Game Avg.		162	379	336	21	70	7	1	1	25	0	27	52	.209	.275	.244	.519	22	483

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor

Batting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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