Al Gettel

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Full Name: Allen Jones Gettel	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3.5"/200	First Game: April 20, 1945
Birthdate: September 17, 1917	Final Game: September 12, 1955
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: April 8, 2005
Deathplace: Norfolk, Virginia
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on September 17, 1917 in Norfolk, Virginia, Al Gettel (Allen Jones Gettel) played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 7 year career. Gettel broke into the bigs on April 20, 1945 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.90 ERA in 154.2 innings pitched in 1945, his rookie year.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1945	NY	A	27	17	9	8	3.90	67	70	67	9	0	3	154.2	141	11	53	0	0	7
1946	NY	A	26	11	6	7	2.97	54	40	34	5	2	0	103	89	6	40	0	0	2
1947	CLE	A	31	21	11	10	3.20	64	54	53	9	2	0	149	122	12	62	0	3	3
1948	CLE	A	5	2	0	1	17.61	4	15	15	0	0	0	7.2	15	2	10	0	0	1
1948	CHI	A	22	19	8	10	4.01	49	76	66	7	0	1	148	154	7	60	0	2	4
1948	TOT	A	27	21	8	11	4.68	53	91	81	7	0	1	155.2	169	9	70	0	2	5
1949	WAS	A	16	1	0	2	5.45	7	24	21	0	0	1	34.2	43	4	24	0	0	0
1949	CHI	A	19	7	2	5	6.43	22	48	45	1	1	1	63	69	12	26	0	1	2
1949	TOT	A	35	8	2	7	6.08	29	72	66	1	1	2	97.2	112	16	50	0	1	2
1951	NY	N	30	1	1	2	4.87	36	37	31	0	0	0	57.1	52	12	25	0	1	0
1955	STL	N	8	0	1	0	9.00	7	18	17	0	0	0	17	26	6	10	0	3	0
Total	NL		38	1	2	2	5.81	43	55	48	0	0	0	74.1	78	18	35	0	4	0
Total	AL		146	78	36	43	4.10	267	327	301	31	5	6	660	633	54	275	0	6	19
Total			184	79	38	45	4.28	310	382	349	31	5	6	734.1	711	72	310	0	10	19

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1945	NY	A	P	27	0	0	4	24	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1946	NY	A	P	26	0	0	5	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1947	CLE	A	P	31	0	0	7	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	CLE	A	P	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1948	CHI	A	P	22	0	0	5	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	CHI	A	2B	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	TOT	A	P	27	0	0	5	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	WAS	A	P	16	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	CHI	A	P	19	0	0	4	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	TOT	A	P	35	0	0	5	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	NY	N	P	30	0	0	4	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1955	STL	N	P	8	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Total			2B	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	184	0	0	31	125	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	.975

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1945	NY	A	27	57	8	16	0	3	.281	.293	.316	2	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	1
1946	NY	A	26	32	0	4	0	1	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	0
1947	CLE	A	34	51	7	15	0	4	.294	.308	.373	2	1	0	4	1	2	0	0	3
1948	CLE	A	5	3	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948	CHI	A	24	54	4	13	0	3	.241	.241	.278	2	0	0	6	0	3	0	0	3
1948	TOT	A	29	57	5	13	0	3	.228	.228	.263	2	0	0	6	0	3	0	0	3
1949	WAS	A	16	8	0	0	0	1	.000	.111	.000	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1949	CHI	A	19	18	2	3	0	0	.167	.250	.167	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
1949	TOT	A	35	26	2	3	0	1	.115	.207	.115	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	1
1951	NY	N	30	12	0	1	0	0	.083	.083	.083	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1955	STL	N	8	6	1	3	0	2	.500	.500	.667	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		38	18	1	4	0	2	.222	.222	.278	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		151	223	22	51	0	12	.229	.246	.265	6	1	4	22	1	10	0	0	8
Total			189	241	23	55	0	14	.228	.244	.266	7	1	4	25	1	10	0	0	8

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1936).
Traded by New York Yankees with Ed Levy and $10000 to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Nick Etten (January 22, 1943); Ed Levy returned to New York Yankees and Al Gettel returned to New York Yankees (March 26, 1943); New York Yankees sent Tom Padden and Al Gerheauser (March 26, 1943) to complete trade. Traded by New York Yankees with Hal Peck and Gene Bearden to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Sherm Lollar and Ray Mack (December 6, 1946).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Pat Seerey to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bob Kennedy (June 2, 1948).
Sold by Chicago White Sox to Washington Senators (July 12, 1949).
Sold by Washington Senators to Oakland (PCL) (@August 15, 1949).
Traded by Oakland (PCL) with Artie Wilson and Ray Noble to New York Giants in exchange for Bert Haas, Joe Lafata, Bill Ayers, Wes Bailey and $125000 (October 11, 1950).
Sold by New York Giants to Oakland (PCL) (July 27, 1951).
Sold by Oakland (PCL) to St. Louis Cardinals (August 20, 1955).

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