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Gus Zernial
Gus Edward Zernial (Ozark Ike)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 210 lb.

Debut April 19, 1949
Final Game September 25, 1959
Born June 27, 1923 in Beaumont, TX

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 26 CHW AL  73  198   29   63  17  2   5   38   0  1  15  26  .318  .366  .500  131   99   0           0   2
 1950 27 CHW AL 143  543   75  152  16  4  29   93   0  2  38 110  .280  .330  .484  109  263   0           3  16
 1951 28 TOT AL 143  571   92  153  30  5  33  129   2  2  63 101  .268  .345  .511  128  292   0           4  15 MVP-20
         CHW AL   4   19    2    2   0  0   0    4   0  0   2   2  .105  .190  .105  -18    2   0           0   0
         PHA AL 139  552   90  151  30  5  33  125   2  2  61  99  .274  .350  .525  132  290   0           4  15
 1952 29 PHA AL 145  549   76  144  15  1  29  100   5  1  70  87  .262  .347  .452  116  248   1           1  13
 1953 30 PHA AL 147  556   85  158  21  3  42  108   4  0  57  79  .284  .355  .559  140  311   0           4  12 MVP-18,AS
 1954 31 PHA AL  97  336   42   84   8  2  14   62   0  0  30  60  .250  .316  .411   99  138   0   3       4   8
 1955 32 KCA AL 120  413   62  105   9  3  30   84   1  0  30  90  .254  .304  .508  115  210   0   8   1   3  17
 1956 33 KCA AL 109  272   36   61  12  0  16   44   2  0  33  66  .224  .315  .445   99  121   0   2   2   4   5
 1957 34 KCA AL 131  437   56  103  20  1  27   69   1  1  34  84  .236  .290  .471  104  206   2   4   0   1  12
 1958 35 DET AL  66  124    8   40   7  1   5   23   0  0   6  25  .323  .351  .516  130   64   0   1   0   0   3
 1959 36 DET AL  60  132   11   30   4  0   7   26   0  0   7  27  .227  .262  .417   79   55   0   2   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1234 4131  572 1093 159 22 237  776  15  7 383 755  .265  .329  .486  116 2007   3  20   3  24 106
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        542   75  143  21  3  31  102   2  1  50  99  .265  .329  .486  116  263   0   3   0   3  14
 Career High    147  571   92  158  30  5  42  129   5  2  70 110  .284  .355  .559  140  311   2   8   2   4  17
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 26 CHW AL  213  138   36   6.9   104| .318  .267| .366  .358| .500  .388| .866  .747| 131  .682   7.7   0.8   0%
 1950 27 CHW AL  584  409   85   5.5   111| .280  .275| .330  .361| .484  .412| .814  .773| 109  .548   2.4   0.2   0%
 1951 28 TOT AL  638  435  100   6.2   104| .268  .270| .345  .351| .511  .395| .856  .747| 128  .640  18.8   1.9  50%
         CHW AL   21   17    0   0.0   100| .105  .265| .190  .346| .105  .389| .295  .735| -18  .000  -3.2  -0.3   0%
         PHA AL  617  418  100   6.4   104| .274  .270| .350  .351| .525  .396| .875  .747| 132  .657  22.0   2.2  50%
 1952 29 PHA AL  621  420   86   5.5   101| .262  .267| .347  .348| .452  .390| .799  .737| 116  .628  10.2   1.1  83%
 1953 30 PHA AL  617  410  110   7.2   106| .284  .274| .355  .351| .559  .404| .914  .755| 140  .706  27.5   2.7 100%
 1954 31 PHA AL  373  263   43   4.4    99| .250  .265| .316  .341| .411  .388| .727  .729|  99  .513  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1955 32 KCA AL  454  333   59   4.7   103| .254  .267| .304  .347| .508  .398| .812  .746| 115  .516   4.8   0.5 100%
 1956 33 KCA AL  311  218   40   4.9   106| .224  .267| .315  .349| .445  .408| .760  .757|  99  .509  -1.5  -0.1 100%
 1957 34 KCA AL  478  353   57   4.4   100| .236  .264| .290  .336| .471  .399| .761  .735| 104  .497  -0.1   0.0  50%
 1958 35 DET AL  131   88   22   6.7   104| .323  .270| .351  .339| .516  .410| .867  .749| 130  .692   4.6   0.5   0%
 1959 36 DET AL  141  107   14   3.5   103| .227  .267| .262  .339| .417  .408| .679  .748|  79  .399  -4.6  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4561 3174  652   5.5   104| .265  .269| .329  .349| .486  .399| .815  .748| 116  .592  67.5   6.9  68%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1949 26 CHW AL  OF   46     73    4    0    0 1.000  .980  1.67  2.27                           46    0    0
 1950 27 CHW AL  OF  137    306    9   10    2  .969  .979  2.30  2.34                          137    0    0
 1951 28 TOT AL  OF  142    334   18   10    3  .972  .977  2.48  2.23                          142    0    0
         CHW AL  OF    4     13    1    1    0  .933  .979  3.50  2.23                            4    0    0
         PHA AL  OF  138    321   17    9    3  .974  .977  2.45  2.23                          138    0    0
 1952 29 PHA AL  OF  141    302    6    9    0  .972  .980  2.18  2.18                          141    0    0
 1953 30 PHA AL  OF  141    300   17    9    2  .972  .981  2.25  2.18                          141    0    0 AS
 1954 31 PHA AL  OF   90    180    4    9    1  .953  .979  2.04  2.17                           90    0    0
                 1B    2      5    0    0    0 1.000  .980  2.50  8.00                        
 1955 32 KCA AL  OF  103    231    9    9    4  .964  .982  2.33  2.08                          103    0    0
 1956 33 KCA AL  LF   69    112    9    2    1  .984  .977  1.75  1.69  2.07  2.10   69  525.3
 1957 34 KCA AL  LF  113    211    4   11    1  .951  .980  1.90  1.70  2.06  2.10  111  941.0
                 1B    1      4    1    1    0  .833 1.000  5.00  8.40  6.43  9.64    0    7.0
 1958 35 DET AL  LF   24     32    1    2    0  .943  .979  1.38  1.62  1.82  2.09   24  163.0
 1959 36 DET AL  1B   32    197   10    6   20  .972  .990  6.47  8.27  8.67  9.84   31  215.0
                 RF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.60  4.50  1.80    0    2.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1954 31 PHA AL  1B    2      5    0    0    0 1.000  .980  2.50  8.00                        
 1957 34 KCA AL  1B    1      4    1    1    0  .833 1.000  5.00  8.40  6.43  9.64    0    7.0
 1959 36 DET AL  1B   32    197   10    6   20  .972  .990  6.47  8.27  8.67  9.84   31  215.0

 1956 33 KCA AL  LF   69    112    9    2    1  .984  .977  1.75  1.69  2.07  2.10   69  525.3
 1957 34 KCA AL  LF  113    211    4   11    1  .951  .980  1.90  1.70  2.06  2.10  111  941.0
 1958 35 DET AL  LF   24     32    1    2    0  .943  .979  1.38  1.62  1.82  2.09   24  163.0

 1949 26 CHW AL  OF   46     73    4    0    0 1.000  .980  1.67  2.27                           46    0    0
 1950 27 CHW AL  OF  137    306    9   10    2  .969  .979  2.30  2.34                          137    0    0
 1951 28 TOT AL  OF  142    334   18   10    3  .972  .977  2.48  2.23                          142    0    0
         CHW AL  OF    4     13    1    1    0  .933  .979  3.50  2.23                            4    0    0
         PHA AL  OF  138    321   17    9    3  .974  .977  2.45  2.23                          138    0    0
 1952 29 PHA AL  OF  141    302    6    9    0  .972  .980  2.18  2.18                          141    0    0
 1953 30 PHA AL  OF  141    300   17    9    2  .972  .981  2.25  2.18                          141    0    0
 1954 31 PHA AL  OF   90    180    4    9    1  .953  .979  2.04  2.17                           90    0    0
 1955 32 KCA AL  OF  103    231    9    9    4  .964  .982  2.33  2.08                          103    0    0
 1956 33 KCA AL  OF   69    111    9    2    1  .984  .979  1.74  2.04  2.06  2.34   69  525.3
 1957 34 KCA AL  OF  113    213    4   11    1  .952  .980  1.92  1.97  2.08  2.24  111  941.0
 1958 35 DET AL  OF   24     30    1    2    0  .939  .981  1.29  1.94  1.71  2.27   24  163.0
 1959 36 DET AL  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.00  4.50  2.25    0    2.0

 1959 36 DET AL  RF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.60  4.50  1.80    0    2.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF*1007   2081   81   71   14  .968  .980  2.15  2.16              204 1631.3 1006    0    1#
                 LF* 206    355   14   15    2  .961  .979  1.79  1.69              204 1629.3
                 1B*  35    206   11    7   20  .969  .990  6.20  8.26               31  222.0
                 RF*   1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.60                0    2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1042   2287   92   78   34  .968  .981  2.28  2.37
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1953   PHA AL   *   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1953 (LF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1951-AL-20-0.04
1953-AL-18-0.05
Car-909-0.09 shares

Slugging %
1951 AL-.511-3
1953 AL-.559-2
1955 AL-.508-3
1957 AL-.471-8

OPS
1951 AL-.856-10
1953 AL-.914-3

At Bats
1951 AL-571-7

Runs
1951 AL-92-8

Total Bases
1951 AL-292-2
1952 AL-248-8
1953 AL-311-3

Doubles
1951 AL-30-9

Home Runs
1950 AL-29-5
1951 AL-33-1
1952 AL-29-4
1953 AL-42-2
1955 AL-30-2
1957 AL-27-5

RBI
1951 AL-129-1
1952 AL-100-4
1953 AL-108-4
1955 AL-84-9

Strikeouts
1950 AL-110-1
1951 AL-101-1
1952 AL-87-4
1953 AL-79-4
1955 AL-90-4
1957 AL-84-4

Adjusted OPS+
1953 AL-140-7

Runs Created
1951 AL-100-5
1952 AL-86-10
1953 AL-110-3

Adjusted Batting Runs
1953 AL-27-8

Batting Wins
1953 AL-2.7-8

Extra-Base Hits
1951 AL-68-1
1953 AL-66-3

Offensive Win%
1951 AL-.640-10
1953 AL-.706-4

Sac. Flies
1955 AL-8-2

Grounded into Double Plays
1955 AL-17-6

Power/Speed Number
1952 AL-8.5-9

At Bats per Home Run
1950 AL-18.7-4
1951 AL-17.3-1
1952 AL-18.9-5
1953 AL-13.2-1
1955 AL-13.8-1
1957 AL-16.2-4
Car-17.4-51

Outs
1951 AL-435-7

    

Black Ink: Batting - 8 (274) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 58 (424) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.8 (780) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 28.0 (607) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

November 1, 1946: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians from the Atlanta (Southern Association) in the 1946 rule 5 draft.

April 23, 1947: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Cleveland Indians.

April 30, 1951: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Chicago White Sox with Dave Philley to the Philadelphia Athletics. The Philadelphia Athletics sent Paul Lehner to the Chicago White Sox. The Philadelphia Athletics sent Lou Brissie to the Cleveland Indians. The Cleveland Indians sent Minnie Minoso to the Chicago White Sox. The Cleveland Indians sent Sam Zoldak and Ray Murray to the Philadelphia Athletics.

November 20, 1957: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Billy Martin, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Lou Skizas, and Tim Thompson to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later, Bill Tuttle, Jim Small, Duke Maas, John Tsitouris, Frank House, and Kent Hadley. The Detroit Tigers sent Jim McManus (April 3, 1958) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.

October 26, 1959: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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