Al Gerheauser
[edit] Biography
Born on June 24, 1917 in St. Louis, Missouri, Al Gerheauser (Albert Gerheauser) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 5 year career. Gerheauser broke into the bigs on April 24, 1943 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 3.60 ERA in 215 innings pitched in 1943, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Al Gerheauser's best season was 1943, when he posted a 3.60 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 92 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1943
| PHI
| N
| 38
| 31
| 10
| 19
| 3.60
| 92
| 108
| 86
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 215
| 222
| 10
| 70
| 0
| 6
| 2
|
| 1944
| PHI
| N
| 30
| 29
| 8
| 16
| 4.58
| 66
| 102
| 93
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 182.2
| 210
| 8
| 65
| 0
| 6
| 1
|
| 1945
| PIT
| N
| 32
| 14
| 5
| 10
| 3.91
| 55
| 72
| 61
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 140.1
| 170
| 5
| 54
| 0
| 4
| 1
|
| 1946
| PIT
| N
| 35
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 3.97
| 32
| 42
| 36
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 81.2
| 92
| 2
| 25
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1948
| STL
| A
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 7.33
| 10
| 23
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23.1
| 32
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 135
| 77
| 25
| 47
| 4.01
| 245
| 324
| 276
| 27
| 4
| 1
| 619.2
| 694
| 25
| 214
| 0
| 17
| 5
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 7.33
| 10
| 23
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23.1
| 32
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 149
| 79
| 25
| 50
| 4.13
| 255
| 347
| 295
| 27
| 4
| 1
| 643
| 726
| 25
| 224
| 0
| 17
| 6
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1943
| PHI
| N
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 36
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1944
| PHI
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 29
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1945
| PIT
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 33
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1946
| PIT
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1948
| STL
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 149
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 122
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1943
| PHI
| N
| 38
| 71
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 9
| .113
| .160
| .155
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 19
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1944
| PHI
| N
| 32
| 65
| 4
| 15
| 1
| 5
| .231
| .254
| .354
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1945
| PIT
| N
| 32
| 48
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 7
| .250
| .280
| .375
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1946
| PIT
| N
| 36
| 21
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .333
| .333
| .429
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| STL
| A
| 14
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 138
| 205
| 12
| 42
| 1
| 22
| .205
| .235
| .298
| 10
| 3
| 7
| 53
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 14
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 152
| 211
| 12
| 44
| 1
| 22
| .209
| .237
| .299
| 10
| 3
| 7
| 55
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sent by New York Yankees to Philadelphia Phillies with Tom Padden (March 26, 1943) to complete trade in which New York Yankees traded Ed Levy, Al Gettel and $10000 to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Nick Etten (January 22, 1943)when Ed Levy was returned to New York Yankees. Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Vince DiMaggio (March 31, 1945).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Eddie Basinski (December 5, 1946).
- Selected by St. Louis Browns from Brooklyn Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 10, 1947).
- Selected by Seattle (PCL) from St. Louis Browns in the minor league draft (December 5, 1949).
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