Al Schroll
[edit] Biography
Born on March 22, 1932 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Al Schroll (Albert Bringhurst Schroll) played for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 4 year career. Schroll broke into the bigs on April 20, 1958 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 5.37 ERA in 55.1 innings pitched in 1959, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1958
| BOS
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.50
| 7
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 6
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 8.68
| 4
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.1
| 12
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| BOS
| A
| 14
| 5
| 1
| 4
| 4.70
| 26
| 29
| 24
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 47
| 3
| 22
| 1
| 2
| 1
|
| 1959
| Total
|
| 17
| 5
| 2
| 5
| 5.37
| 30
| 38
| 33
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 55.1
| 59
| 4
| 28
| 1
| 2
| 1
|
| 1960
| CHI
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.12
| 2
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.2
| 3
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| MIN
| A
| 11
| 8
| 4
| 4
| 5.22
| 24
| 36
| 29
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 50
| 53
| 5
| 27
| 1
| 4
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 9.00
| 6
| 12
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 15
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 30
| 13
| 5
| 8
| 4.92
| 57
| 70
| 58
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 106
| 106
| 9
| 53
| 2
| 6
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 35
| 13
| 6
| 9
| 5.34
| 63
| 82
| 70
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 118
| 121
| 11
| 64
| 2
| 6
| 3
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1958
| BOS
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 9.1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| BOS
| A
| P
| 14
| 5
| 46
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .875
|
| 1959
| Total
|
| P
| 17
| 5
| 55.1
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .900
|
| 1960
| CHI
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 2.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1961
| MIN
| A
| P
| 11
| 8
| 50
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 35
| 13
| 118
| 2
| 20
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| .957
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1958
| BOS
| A
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| .250
| .250
| .500
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| BOS
| A
| 14
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .111
| .273
| .222
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| Total
|
| 17
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| .154
| .267
| .308
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| CHI
| N
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| MIN
| A
| 11
| 18
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 3
| .278
| .350
| .500
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .400
| .400
| .600
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 30
| 28
| 3
| 7
| 1
| 4
| .250
| .344
| .429
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 35
| 33
| 3
| 9
| 1
| 6
| .273
| .351
| .455
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1951).
- Sent to Philadelphia Phillies by Boston Red Sox for future considerations (October 6, 1958).
- Returned to Boston Red Sox (May 7, 1959).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bobby Thomson (December 1, 1959).
- Sold by Chicago Cubs to Minnesota Twins (June, 1961).
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