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Dick Gernert

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Full Name: Richard Edward Gernert Primary Position: 1B,OF
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/209 First Game: April 16, 1952
Birthdate: September 28, 1928 Final Game: May 9, 1962
Birthplace: Reading, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Dick Gernert (Richard Edward Gernert) was born on September 28, 1928 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1952 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1952, his rookie year, he hit .243 with 19 home runs and 67 RBI. Gernert played for the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and Houston Colt .45s over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Dick Gernert's best season was 1953, when he slugged 21 home runs and knocked in 71 runs.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1952 BOS A 102 367 58 89 19 67 .243 .317 .463 20 2 35 83 5 0 4 0 6
1953 BOS A 139 494 73 125 21 71 .253 .371 .415 15 1 88 82 5 3 0 0 9
1954 BOS A 14 23 2 6 0 1 .261 .414 .348 2 0 6 4 0 1 0 0 2
1955 BOS A 7 20 6 4 0 1 .200 .238 .300 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1
1956 BOS A 106 306 53 89 16 68 .291 .399 .484 11 0 56 57 2 2 1 1 7
1957 BOS A 99 316 45 75 14 58 .237 .324 .430 13 3 39 62 3 1 1 3 8
1958 BOS A 122 431 59 102 20 69 .237 .330 .425 19 1 59 78 2 2 2 4 16
1959 BOS A 117 298 41 78 11 42 .262 .369 .426 14 1 52 49 0 0 1 3 11
1960 DET A 21 50 6 15 1 5 .300 .352 .440 4 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 1
1960 CHI N 52 96 8 24 0 11 .250 .321 .281 3 0 10 19 0 1 1 0 5
1960 Total 73 146 14 39 1 16 .267 .331 .336 7 0 14 24 0 1 1 0 6
1961 DET A 6 5 1 1 1 1 .200 .333 .800 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
1961 CIN N 40 63 4 19 0 7 .302 .361 .317 1 0 7 9 0 0 0 1 0
1961 Total 46 68 5 20 1 8 .294 .359 .353 1 0 8 11 0 0 0 1 1
1962 HOU N 10 24 1 5 0 1 .208 .345 .208 0 0 5 7 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 102 183 13 48 0 19 .262 .338 .284 4 0 22 35 0 1 1 1 5
Total AL 733 2310 344 584 103 383 .253 .352 .437 100 8 341 427 17 9 9 11 62
Total 835 2493 357 632 103 402 .254 .351 .426 104 8 363 462 17 10 10 12 67

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1952 BOS A 1B 99 0 0 877 67 12 104 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1953 BOS A 1B 136 0 0 1223 84 19 139 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1954 BOS A 1B 6 0 0 47 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 BOS A 1B 5 0 0 35 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1956 BOS A OF 50 0 0 60 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1956 BOS A 1B 37 0 0 307 37 3 36 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1957 BOS A LF 16 8 92 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1957 BOS A OF 16 8 92 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1957 BOS A 1B 71 68 613.2 681 50 8 82 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1958 BOS A 1B 114 113 1012 1101 93 11 118 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1959 BOS A 1B 75 54 526 552 49 3 54 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1959 BOS A RF 7 7 56.1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 BOS A OF 25 20 166.1 36 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1959 BOS A LF 21 13 110 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1960 DET A OF 6 6 35 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1960 DET A 1B 13 8 82 93 4 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 DET A LF 6 6 35 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1960 CHI N OF 5 4 37 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 CHI N 1B 18 14 135 132 16 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1960 CHI N LF 5 4 37 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 Total LF 11 10 72 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1960 Total OF 11 10 72 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1960 Total 1B 31 22 217 225 20 2 26 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1961 CIN N 1B 21 14 126 125 17 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1962 HOU N 1B 9 7 61.2 62 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 102 38 330.1 129 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .965
Total 1B 604 278 2556.1 5235 423 60 584 0 0 0 0 0 .990
Total RF 7 7 56.1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total LF 48 31 274 64 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .943

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1950).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Jim Marshall and Dave Hillman (November 21, 1959).
  • Sold by Chicago Cubs to Detroit Tigers (August 31, 1960).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Jim Baumer (May 10, 1961).
  • Selected by Houston Colt .45s from Cincinnati Reds in the expansion draft (October 10, 1961).
  • Released by Houston Colt .45s (May 19, 1962).

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