Gerry Staley

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: August 21, 1920 in Brush Prairie, WA us

Died: January 2, 2008 in Vancouver, WA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Battle Ground HS (Battle Ground, WA)

Debut: April 20, 1947 (Age 26-242d, 7,967th in MLB history)
vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1961 (Age 41-035d)
vs. KCA 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Gerald Lee Staley

Name Note: also known as Jerry Staley

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.0

W

134

L

111

ERA

3.70

G

640

GS

186

SV

IP

1981.2

SO

727

WHIP

1.312

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1941	20	BOI	C	22	8	.733	2.79	39						261.0	253	114	81		69									1.234	8.7		2.4			BOI PION
1942	21	BOI	C	20	10	.667	2.73	37						264.0	250	107	80		61									1.178	8.5		2.1			BOI PION
1943			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1944			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1945			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1946	25	SAC	AAA	13	12	.520	2.94	31	30		19	2		236.0	222	94	77		79		89	6	1	7				1.275	8.5		3.0	3.4	1.13	SAC PCL
1947	26	STL-min	AAA	6	1	.857	3.95	12	9	2	4	0		66.0	74	33	29		21		17	0	0	2				1.439	10.1		2.9	2.3	0.81	CLB AA
1947	26	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	2.76	18	1	8	1	0	0	29.1	33	11	9	2	8		14	1	0	0	126	151	3.35	1.398	10.1	0.6	2.5	4.3	1.75
1948	27	STL	NL	4	4	.500	6.92	31	3	9	0	0	0	52.0	61	44	40	5	21		23	0	0	1	237	59	4.23	1.577	10.6	0.9	3.6	4.0	1.10
1949	28	STL	NL	10	10	.500	2.73	45	17	14	5	2	6	171.1	154	65	52	6	41		55	3	0	2	699	151	3.09	1.138	8.1	0.3	2.2	2.9	1.34
1950	29	STL	NL	13	13	.500	4.99	42	22	10	7	1	3	169.2	201	101	94	14	61		62	7	0	3	746	86	4.13	1.544	10.7	0.7	3.2	3.3	1.02
1951	30	STL	NL	19	13	.594	3.81	42	30	10	10	4	3	227.0	244	108	96	14	74		67	8	1	1	975	104	3.77	1.401	9.7	0.6	2.9	2.7	0.91
1952	31	STL	NL	17	14	.548	3.27	35	33	2	15	0	0	239.2	238	101	87	21	52		93	7	0	2	995	113	3.49	1.210	8.9	0.8	2.0	3.5	1.79	AS
1953	32	STL	NL	18	9	.667	3.99	40	32	6	10	1	4	230.0	243	118	102	31	54		88	17	1	1	980	106	4.51	1.291	9.5	1.2	2.1	3.4	1.63	AS
1954	33	STL	NL	7	13	.350	5.26	48	20	15	3	1	3	155.2	198	107	91	21	47		50	6	0	2	711	78	4.53	1.574	11.4	1.2	2.7	2.9	1.06
1955	34	TOT	MLB	5	8	.385	4.81	32	18	3	2	0	0	121.2	151	77	65	23	29	3	40	3	0	1	532	88	4.96	1.479	11.2	1.7	2.1	3.0	1.38
1955	34	CIN	NL	5	8	.385	4.66	30	18	3	2	0	0	119.2	146	72	62	22	28	3	40	3	0	1	519	90	4.87	1.454	11.0	1.7	2.1	3.0	1.43
1955	34	NYY	AL	0	0		13.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	34	10.37	3.000	22.5	4.5	4.5	0.0	0.00
1956	35	TOT	AL	8	3	.727	3.26	27	10	6	5	0	0	102.0	102	41	37	11	20	3	26	6	0	1	425	126	4.03	1.196	9.0	1.0	1.8	2.3	1.30
1956	35	NYY	AL	0	0		108.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	8	-3.63	12.000	108.0	0.0	0.0	27.0
1956	35	CHW	AL	8	3	.727	2.92	26	10	6	5	0	0	101.2	98	37	33	11	20	3	25	6	0	1	420	140	4.05	1.161	8.7	1.0	1.8	2.2	1.25
1957	36	CHW	AL	5	1	.833	2.06	47	0	24	0	0	7	105.0	95	27	24	7	27	9	44	0	0	3	424	183	3.26	1.162	8.1	0.6	2.3	3.8	1.63
1958	37	CHW	AL	4	5	.444	3.16	50	0	28	0	0	7	85.1	81	36	30	10	24	3	27	0	0	3	349	116	4.21	1.230	8.5	1.1	2.5	2.8	1.13
1959	38	CHW	AL	8	5	.615	2.24	67	0	37	0	0	15	116.1	111	39	29	5	25	9	54	0	0	2	471	169	2.82	1.169	8.6	0.4	1.9	4.2	2.16	MVP-28
1960	39	CHW	AL	13	8	.619	2.42	64	0	45	0	0	9	115.1	94	40	31	8	25	7	52	3	0	1	461	159	3.26	1.032	7.3	0.6	2.0	4.1	2.08	AS,MVP-23
1961	40	TOT	AL	2	5	.286	3.96	52	0	29	0	0	4	61.1	64	31	27	8	21	3	32	2	0	4	267	105	4.35	1.386	9.4	1.2	3.1	4.7	1.52
1961	40	CHW	AL	0	3	.000	5.00	16	0	6	0	0	0	18.0	17	10	10	3	5	1	8	0	0	0	75	80	4.69	1.222	8.5	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.60
1961	40	KCA	AL	1	1	.500	3.60	23	0	15	0	0	2	30.0	32	15	12	4	10	1	16	2	0	3	132	117	4.44	1.400	9.6	1.2	3.0	4.8	1.60
1961	40	DET	AL	1	1	.500	3.38	13	0	8	0	0	2	13.1	15	6	5	1	6	1	8	0	0	1	60	125	3.70	1.575	10.1	0.7	4.1	5.4	1.33
1962	41	KCA-min	AAA	2	4	.333	4.32	48	0		0	0		73.0	88	48	35	8	15	6	42	1	0	2				1.411	10.8	1.0	1.8	5.2	2.80	POR PCL
15 Yrs				134	111	.547	3.70	640	186	246	58	9	61	1981.2	2070	946	814	186	529	37	727	63	2	27	8398	109	3.87	1.312	9.4	0.8	2.4	3.3	1.37
162 Game Avg.				11	9	.547	3.70	53	15	20	5	1	5	163	170	78	67	15	44	3	60	5	0	2	691	109	3.87	1.312	9.4	0.8	2.4	3.3	1.37
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
STL (8 yrs)				89	76	.539	4.03	301	158	74	51	9	19	1274.2	1372	655	571	114	358		452	49	2	12	5469	101	3.91	1.357	9.7	0.8	2.5	3.2	1.26
CHW (6 yrs)				38	25	.603	2.61	270	10	146	5	0	38	541.2	496	189	157	44	126	32	210	9	0	10	2200	147	3.51	1.148	8.2	0.7	2.1	3.5	1.67
NYY (2 yrs)				0	0		27.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	9	9	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	18	19	8.37	4.286	34.7	3.9	3.9	3.9	1.00
KCA (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.60	23	0	15	0	0	2	30.0	32	15	12	4	10	1	16	2	0	3	132	117	4.44	1.400	9.6	1.2	3.0	4.8	1.60
CIN (1 yr)				5	8	.385	4.66	30	18	3	2	0	0	119.2	146	72	62	22	28	3	40	3	0	1	519	90	4.87	1.454	11.0	1.7	2.1	3.0	1.43
DET (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.38	13	0	8	0	0	2	13.1	15	6	5	1	6	1	8	0	0	1	60	125	3.70	1.575	10.1	0.7	4.1	5.4	1.33

AL (7 yrs)				40	27	.597	2.77	309	10	169	5	0	42	587.1	552	219	181	50	143	34	235	11	0	14	2410	140	3.58	1.183	8.5	0.8	2.2	3.6	1.64
NL (9 yrs)				94	84	.528	4.09	331	176	77	53	9	19	1394.1	1518	727	633	136	386	3	492	52	2	13	5988	100	3.99	1.366	9.8	0.9	2.5	3.2	1.27

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Postseason Pitching

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Postseason Batting

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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