#77 Al "Lefty" Gerheauser, Starting Pitcher, 39 yrs, Brooklyn Royal Giants
Saturday, 10/11/1956 |
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| Al Gerheauser
Lefty
6/24/1917
39
USA,MO,ST. LOUIS
6"3
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Starting Pitcher
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$ 11,000,000
1956
12 Year(s), 164 Days (2228 total Days)
172 Day(s)
12 Year(s), 164 Days (2228 total Days)
13 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 2 | 6 | 9 | 86-89 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| Versus RHB | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| Talent | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
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Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus LHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus RHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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| Fielding Ratings
P : 5 (Range), .997 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 27 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4.29 | 203.1 | 231 | 104 | 97 | 65 | 55 | 7 | 25.9 | 1 | 12 | 44.4 |
| Projected | 27 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4.29 | 203.0 | 231 | 104 | 97 | 65 | 55 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 10.2 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.07 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 193 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .319 | .321 | .640 |
| vs. RHB | 621 | 179 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 80 | 86 | 50 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .288 | .334 | .395 | .728 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3.31 | 73.1 | 77 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 21 |
| Road | 18 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4.85 | 130.0 | 154 | 74 | 70 | 42 | 34 |
| Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.22 | 36.1 | 31 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 |
| May | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 | 10.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| June | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.46 | 38.1 | 46 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 7 |
| July | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7.50 | 42.0 | 70 | 37 | 35 | 19 | 12 |
| August | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.11 | 42.2 | 40 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| Sept./Oct. | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.24 | 34.0 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 11 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 1943 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.31 | 35.0 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1.20 | .286 | BRO |
| 1944 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 4.89 | 235.2 | 286 | 140 | 128 | 6 | 101 | 62 | 19 | 1 | 1.64 | .325 | BRO |
| 1945 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 5.14 | 180.1 | 210 | 120 | 103 | 6 | 98 | 51 | 15 | 1 | 1.71 | .312 | BRO |
| 1946 | 38 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2.98 | 169.0 | 195 | 63 | 56 | 1 | 54 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 1.47 | .311 | BRO |
| 1947 | 35 | 33 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3.55 | 276.1 | 295 | 116 | 109 | 1 | 88 | 65 | 14 | 3 | 1.39 | .293 | BRO,LL |
| 1948 | 30 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 3.29 | 237.2 | 257 | 102 | 87 | 3 | 73 | 73 | 13 | 1 | 1.39 | .295 | BRO,LL |
| 1949 | 33 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 4.27 | 255.1 | 288 | 138 | 121 | 3 | 88 | 73 | 14 | 1 | 1.47 | .306 | BRO,LL |
| 1950 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3.60 | 132.2 | 134 | 65 | 53 | 4 | 50 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 1.39 | .279 | BRO |
| 1951 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 4.84 | 147.0 | 162 | 82 | 79 | 2 | 49 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 1.44 | .299 | BRO |
| 1952 | 45 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 3.28 | 318.2 | 333 | 136 | 116 | 9 | 103 | 73 | 16 | 3 | 1.37 | .278 | PIT,LL |
| 1953 | 40 | 40 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 3.66 | 322.1 | 358 | 149 | 131 | 11 | 100 | 76 | 10 | 0 | 1.42 | .295 | PIT CHC,LL |
| 1954 | 38 | 38 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 4.54 | 281.1 | 318 | 159 | 142 | 9 | 105 | 61 | 13 | 2 | 1.50 | .300 | CHC |
| 1955 | 31 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 4.14 | 239.0 | 252 | 123 | 110 | 2 | 87 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 1.42 | .290 | BRO |
| 1956 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4.29 | 203.1 | 231 | 104 | 97 | 11 | 65 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 1.46 | .294 | BRO |
| Total | 416 | 378 | 204 | 131 | 1 | 3.98 | 3033.2 | 3353 | 1509 | 1341 | 68 | 1069 | 762 | 164 | 19 | 1.46 | .298 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 1943, AAA | 28 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3.99 | 216.1 | 224 | 114 | 96 | 6 | 101 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 1.50 | .288 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 1944 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24.30 | 3.1 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.97 | 28.2 | 37 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1947 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.50 | 18.0 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1948 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.44 | 34.0 | 32 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 1949 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 8.2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5.19 | 93.2 | 115 | 62 | 54 | 33 | 24 | 5 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1943 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | BRO |
| 1944 | 29 | 87 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .230 | .247 | .230 | .477 | BRO |
| 1945 | 28 | 63 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .234 | .222 | .457 | BRO |
| 1946 | 38 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .200 | .385 | BRO |
| 1947 | 35 | 108 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | .213 | .211 | .250 | .461 | BRO,LL |
| 1948 | 30 | 92 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .161 | .163 | .324 | BRO,LL |
| 1949 | 33 | 94 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .208 | .202 | .410 | BRO,LL |
| 1950 | 18 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .289 | .313 | .422 | .735 | BRO |
| 1951 | 20 | 54 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .315 | .327 | .333 | .661 | BRO |
| 1952 | 45 | 116 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | .198 | .198 | .216 | .414 | PIT,LL |
| 1953 | 40 | 117 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .287 | .282 | .569 | PIT CHC,LL |
| 1954 | 38 | 108 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 0 | .139 | .162 | .148 | .310 | CHC |
| 1955 | 31 | 92 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | BRO |
| 1956 | 27 | 72 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .250 | .222 | .472 | BRO |
| Total | 416 | 1128 | 223 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 93 | 20 | 355 | 3 | 1 | .198 | .212 | .216 | .428 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 27 | 27 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 47 | 1 | .979 | 203.1 | 2.08 | | | | |
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Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1943...
Injured on 8/4/1943 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week...
Earned first career win on 9/5/1943...
Had first career hit on 9/18/1943, off Ray Prim (PIT)...
Injured on 4/13/1944 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks...
Injured on 3/13/1945 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4 weeks...
Won World Championship with Brooklyn in 1945...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1946, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1946, going 4-0, 0.79...
Won World Championship with Brooklyn in 1946...
1/31/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,350,000 through salary arbitration...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1947, winning 2 games with a 2.12 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1947, going 6-1, 4.85...
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game...
Won Slick Fielder Award at Pitcher in 1947...
1/31/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,350,000 through salary arbitration...
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game...
8/21/1948: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $6,470,000 per year, for 3 years.
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1948, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA...
Won World Championship with Brooklyn in 1948...
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game...
Injured on 3/15/1950 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 6 weeks...
Injured on 8/1/1950 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season...
Injured on 8/24/1951 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks...
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/3/1952 to a 3-year deal worth $2,750,000 per year...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1952, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA...
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1952, winning 2 games with a 2.12 ERA...
Traded from Pittsburgh to Chicago (L) on 5/21/1953 (Going to CHC: P Al Gerheauser, 3B George Kell, 1B Mickey Vernon. Going to PIT: P Joe Presko, P Moe Burtschy, P Chet Nichols)...
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game...
Injured on 5/4/1954 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks...
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/1/1955 to a 1-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year...
9/24/1955: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $11,000,000 per year, for 1 years.
Injured on 5/6/1956 with a Strained Back, out for one week...
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ERA
1946 - 2.98 - 2nd
1947 - 3.55 - 7th
1948 - 3.29 - 4th
1952 - 3.28 - 4th
| WHIP
1947 - 1.39 - 10th
| Wins
1947 - 23 - 1st
1948 - 19 - 7th
1949 - 18 - 4th
1952 - 24 - 2nd
1953 - 21 - 4th
| Losses
1954 - 16 - 8th
| IP
1952 - 318.2 - 7th
1953 - 322.1 - 4th
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CG
1947 - 14 - 6th
1948 - 13 - 8th
1949 - 14 - 5th
1952 - 16 - 6th
1954 - 13 - 10th
| SHO
1946 - 2 - 6th
1947 - 3 - 5th
1952 - 3 - 4th
1955 - 3 - 6th
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