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Rusty
Gerhardt		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 175
 
Born: August 13, 1950 in Usa, MD, BALTIMORE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 23 KCR AL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 7 6 6 9 9 9
1975 24 KCR AL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9
1976 25 COL NL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
1977 26 IND AL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 7 6 6 8 8 8
1978 27 IND AL $ 385,714 6 4 4 4 7 6 6 9 9 9
1979 28 IND AL $ 1,600,000 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8
1980 29 IND AL $ 1,600,000 6 4 3 4 6 6 6 8 8 8
1981 30 IND AL $ 950,000 5 4 3 3 7 6 6 8 8 8
1982 31 IND AL $ 950,000 5 4 3 4 7 6 6 8 8 8
1983 32 IND AL $ 950,000 4 3 2 3 6 6 6 9 9 9
1984 33 IND AL $ 950,000 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 9 9 9
1985 34 IND AL $ 500,000 4 3 2 3 6 6 6 9 9 9
1986 35 IND AL $ 500,000 4 3 2 3 6 6 6 8 8 8
1987 36 IND AL $ 500,000 4 3 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8
1988 37 IND AL $ 500,000 4 3 2 2 5 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 4 3 2 2 5 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,600,000 6 5 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1974 23 KCR AL 14 12 .538 32 32 2 0 0 211.0 235 111 13 86 93 4.73 .284 .354 .392 .746 15.1
1975 24 KCR AL 6 5 .545 51 3 0 0 3 91.3 99 42 5 36 41 4.14 .284 .350 .374 .724 7.0
1976 25 COL NL 13 4 .765 24 24 6 1 0 172.7 178 78 8 46 59 4.07 .267 .320 .363 .684 10.1
1977 26 IND AL 8 8 .500 37 17 1 0 3 161.0 178 85 12 48 74 4.75 .279 .332 .417 .749 9.0
1978 27 IND AL 8 17 .320 35 35 3 0 0 254.7 271 122 16 85 94 4.31 .273 .335 .367 .703 13.5
1979 28 IND AL 4 8 .333 55 0 0 0 33 58.3 79 42 7 23 19 6.48 .324 .388 .475 .864 1.8
1980 29 IND AL 0 4 .000 25 0 0 0 4 38.3 46 23 5 19 11 5.40 .299 .379 .513 .892 0.3
1981 30 IND AL 1 0 1.000 15 0 0 0 2 22.7 32 16 2 11 9 6.35 .348 .415 .500 .915 0.0
1982 31 IND AL 1 3 .250 26 0 0 0 8 36.7 31 7 1 19 15 1.72 .235 .346 .303 .649 5.1
1983 32 IND AL 4 3 .571 39 2 0 0 12 63.7 66 28 8 25 30 3.96 .262 .331 .405 .736 4.9
1984 33 IND AL 3 2 .600 49 0 0 0 12 69.7 88 38 4 36 31 4.91 .300 .377 .392 .770 0.9
1985 34 IND AL 10 0 1.000 58 0 0 0 11 85.7 86 24 2 26 31 2.52 .265 .327 .314 .641 10.4
1986 35 IND AL 6 10 .375 97 0 0 0 23 118.7 115 45 5 51 51 3.41 .259 .339 .356 .694 13.5
1987 36 IND AL 7 5 .583 78 0 0 0 9 125.3 121 69 7 60 35 4.95 .262 .349 .360 .710 8.5
1988 37 IND AL 7 4 .636 62 0 0 0 8 85.0 94 36 6 38 25 3.81 .287 .362 .376 .738 7.8
15 Years Sim 92 85 .520 683 113 12 1 128 1594.6 1719 766 101 609 618 4.32 .277 .346 .383 .729 107.8
Season Average 6 5 .545 45 7 0 0 8 106.3 114 51 6 40 41 4.32 .277 .346 .383 .729  
Career Highs 14 17 1.000 97 35 6 1 33 254.7 271 122 16 86 94 6.48 .348 .415 .513 .915  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1279 539 76 458 406   .287 .354 .394 .748
vs LH   440 227 25 151 212   .252 .311 .356 .668
Home 54 41 .568 345 59 7 0 59 823.6 869 386 54 305 319 4.22 .273 .337 .385 .722
Away 38 44 .463 338 54 5 1 72 770.9 850 380 47 304 299 4.44 .282 .348 .381 .729
Mar/Apr 13 17 .433 115 21 1 0 18 287.6 312 149 15 131 127 4.66 .281 .357 .376 .733
May 19 16 .543 132 22 4 0 21 289.6 308 128 18 114 114 3.98 .275 .342 .384 .727
June 10 15 .400 115 20 1 0 22 266.3 312 146 23 92 108 4.93 .294 .350 .417 .767
July 14 14 .500 93 15 3 1 17 237.3 242 124 24 94 82 4.70 .264 .333 .380 .713
August 20 10 .667 115 17 2 0 21 266.3 286 124 9 103 107 4.19 .277 .343 .377 .720
Sep/Oct 16 13 .552 113 18 1 0 32 247.3 259 95 12 75 80 3.46 .270 .323 .363 .685
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1974 23 KCR AL P 32 32 211.0 9 37 0 4 1.000 1.96    
1975 24 KCR AL P 51 3 91.3 5 12 1 1 .944 1.68    
1976 25 COL NL P 24 24 172.7 13 29 2 5 .955 2.19    
1977 26 IND AL P 37 17 161.0 10 27 1 3 .974 2.07    
1978 27 IND AL P 35 35 254.7 22 45 1 4 .985 2.37    
1979 28 IND AL P 55 0 58.3 2 7 1 0 .900 1.39    
1980 29 IND AL P 25 0 38.3 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.35    
1981 30 IND AL P 15 0 22.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1982 31 IND AL P 26 0 36.7 4 9 0 0 1.000 3.19    
1983 32 IND AL P 39 2 63.7 4 12 1 1 .941 2.26    
1984 33 IND AL P 49 0 69.7 5 11 5 2 .762 2.07    
1985 34 IND AL P 58 0 85.7 5 10 1 0 .938 1.58    
1986 35 IND AL P 97 0 118.7 5 22 2 1 .931 2.05    
1987 36 IND AL P 78 0 125.3 6 29 0 3 1.000 2.51    
1988 37 IND AL P 62 0 85.0 2 20 0 2 1.000 2.33    
Career Totals   683 113 1594.6 97 279 15 26 .962 2.12    
Career Highs   97 35 254.7 22 45 5 5 1.000 3.19    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1976 25 COL NL 2 2 .500 6 4 0 0 0 32.3 34 21 4 15 14 5.85 .274 .353 .460 .812
1981 30 IND AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1982 31 IND AL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 2 3.3 3 1 0 2 1 2.70 .231 .333 .308 .641
1983 32 IND AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 6.3 6 4 0 2 5 5.69 .273 .333 .455 .788
1984 33 IND AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 5 5 0 3 2 27.11 .556 .667 .667 1.333
1985 34 IND AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 0 2 0 6.00 .333 .391 .381 .772
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 2 .600 19 4 0 0 3 50.7 55 35 4 24 22 6.22 .286 .366 .443 .808
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1978-7-17
 Winning Pct
1976-4-.765
 Saves
1979-2-33
1986-7-23
CAR-28-128
 Games Pitched
1986-1-97
1987-4-78
CAR-43-683
 Games Started
1978-8-35
 Hits Allowed
1978-8-271
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  6. Ron Cook (897)
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  8. Randy Jones (894)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1974
Earned first career win on 4/5/1974
Traded from Kansas City to Colorado on 3/3/1976 (Going to KCR: SS Doug Rader, RF Jimmy Wynn. Going to COL: P Rusty Gerhardt, C Jack Hiatt, 1B Mike Epstein)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1976, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $385,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,600,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,600,000 through salary arbitration
10/31/1980: Signed a contract extension with Indianapolis, $950,000 per year, for 4 years
10/3/1984: Signed a contract extension with Indianapolis, $500,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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