Al Aber

Full Name: Albert Julius Aber	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/195	First Game: September 15, 1950
Birthdate: July 31, 1927	Final Game: September 11, 1957
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: May 20, 1993
Deathplace: Garfield Heights, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on July 31, 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio, Al Aber (Albert Julius Aber) played for the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 6 year career. Aber broke into the bigs on September 15, 1950 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 4.71 ERA in 72.2 innings pitched in 1953, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Al Aber's best season was 1955, when he posted a 3.38 ERA.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1950	CLE	A	1	1	1	0	2.00	4	2	2	1	0	9	5	0	4	0	0	0
1953	DET	A	17	10	4	3	4.45	34	35	33	2	0	66.2	63	3	41	0	4	0
1953	CLE	A	6	0	1	1	7.50	4	6	5	0	0	6	6	0	9	0	0	0
1953	TOT	A	23	10	5	4	4.71	38	41	38	2	0	72.2	69	3	50	0	4	0
1954	DET	A	32	18	5	11	3.97	54	63	55	4	3	124.2	121	8	40	0	0	3
1955	DET	A	39	1	6	3	3.38	37	32	30	0	3	80	86	9	28	1	1	0
1956	DET	A	42	0	4	4	3.43	21	30	24	0	7	63	65	1	25	6	2	2
1957	KC	A	3	0	0	0	12.00	0	4	4	0	0	3	6	2	2	0	1	0
1957	DET	A	28	0	3	3	6.81	15	33	28	0	1	37	46	6	11	3	0	1
1957	TOT	A	31	0	3	3	7.20	15	37	32	0	1	40	52	8	13	3	1	1
Total			168	30	24	25	4.18	169	205	181	7	14	389.1	398	29	160	10	8	6

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Year	Team		POS	G	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1950	CLE	A	P	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
1953	DET	A	P	17	0	0	15	0	1	1.000
1953	CLE	A	P	6	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1953	TOT	A	P	23	0	0	17	0	1	1.000
1954	DET	A	P	32	0	13	21	2	2	.944
1955	DET	A	P	39	0	4	17	3	2	.875
1956	DET	A	P	42	0	1	12	1	1	.929
1957	KC	A	P	3	3	1	1	0	0	1.000
1957	DET	A	P	28	37	3	10	0	0	1.000
1957	TOT	A	P	31	40	4	11	0	0	1.000
Total			P	168	40	23	79	6	6	.944

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1950	CLE	A	1	2	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	1	1	0	0
1953	DET	A	17	23	2	3	2	.130	.167	.130	1	6	1	0
1953	CLE	A	6	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	2	0	0	0
1953	TOT	A	23	23	2	3	2	.130	.231	.130	3	6	1	0
1954	DET	A	32	39	3	5	3	.128	.167	.128	2	17	3	1
1955	DET	A	39	17	0	1	0	.059	.059	.059	0	9	2	1
1956	DET	A	42	10	0	3	0	.300	.364	.300	1	4	2	0
1957	KC	A	3	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0
1957	DET	A	28	8	0	1	1	.125	.222	.125	1	4	0	0
1957	TOT	A	31	9	0	2	1	.222	.300	.222	1	4	0	0
Total			168	100	5	14	6	.140	.202	.140	8	41	8	2

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1946).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Ray Boone, Steve Gromek and Dick Weik to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Art Houtteman, Owen Friend, Bill Wight and Joe Ginsberg (June 15, 1953).
Claimed on waivers by Kansas City Athletics from Detroit Tigers (August 27, 1957).

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