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Al
Gerheauser		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 190
 
Born: June 24, 1917 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1945   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 26 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 3 3
1944 27 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 7 6 7 4 3 3
1945 28 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 7 6 6 7 6 6 4 3 3
1946 29 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 7 6 6 7 6 6 4 3 3
1947 30 PIT NL $ 400,000 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3
1948 31 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3
1949 32 PIT NL $ 378,571 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3
1950 33 PIT NL $ 550,000 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
1951 34 PIT NL   8 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 550,000 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 3 3
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1944 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1945 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1946 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1947 30 PIT NL $ 400,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1948 31 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1949 32 PIT NL $ 378,571   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1950 33 PIT NL $ 550,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1951 34 PIT NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 550,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
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
1943 26 PIT NL 4 5 .444 10 10 7 0 0 79.7 93 43 15 16 32 4.86 .291 .323 .513 .836 2.9
    AAA   8 10 .444 24 24 2 0 0 173.7 156 68 21 66 140 3.52 .237 .307 .397 .703  
1944 27 PIT NL 17 13 .567 33 33 6 0 0 252.7 247 104 20 109 117 3.70 .256 .330 .370 .700 18.4
1945 28 PIT NL 18 13 .581 36 36 7 0 0 267.3 250 123 31 113 143 4.14 .247 .322 .392 .714 15.5
1946 29 PIT NL 11 9 .550 26 26 6 3 0 180.0 194 103 25 85 61 5.15 .274 .350 .463 .812 4.9
    AAA   3 3 .500 6 6 0 0 0 44.0 40 24 7 17 37 4.91 .238 .308 .399 .707  
1947 30 AAA   9 6 .600 28 28 1 0 0 186.3 202 82 22 76 153 3.96 .274 .342 .433 .776  
1948 31 PIT NL 11 16 .407 32 32 8 1 0 236.0 255 131 29 101 91 5.00 .272 .340 .425 .765 10.2
1949 32 PIT NL 10 11 .476 38 25 3 1 7 195.0 192 97 33 94 87 4.48 .256 .336 .435 .772 14.5
1950 33 PIT NL 8 7 .533 20 20 4 1 0 147.7 132 76 16 76 78 4.63 .242 .331 .392 .723 7.7
    AAA   3 5 .375 16 16 0 0 0 95.3 110 66 20 54 73 6.23 .291 .380 .513 .893  
1951 34 AAA   4 5 .444 23 14 1 1 1 82.7 85 35 12 47 64 3.81 .259 .352 .433 .785  
7 Years Sim 79 74 .516 195 182 41 6 7 1358.3 1363 677 169 594 609 4.49 .260 .334 .417 .750 74.0
5 Years AAA 27 29 .482 97 88 4 1 1 582.0 593 275 82 260 467 4.25 .261 .337 .433 .771  
Season Average 11 10 .524 27 26 5 0 1 194.0 194 96 24 84 87 4.49 .260 .334 .417 .750  
Career Highs 18 16 .581 38 36 8 3 7 267.3 255 131 33 113 143 5.15 .291 .350 .513 .836  
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   974 474 113 414 431   .265 .340 .419 .758
vs LH   389 203 56 180 178   .248 .325 .413 .738
Home 40 38 .513 100 92 19 5 4 702.0 689 331 78 309 320 4.24 .257 .333 .402 .735
Away 39 36 .520 95 90 22 1 3 656.3 674 346 91 285 289 4.74 .264 .338 .433 .771
Mar/Apr 15 6 .714 24 24 4 1 0 188.0 164 70 17 81 70 3.35 .233 .312 .356 .668
May 13 14 .481 34 27 5 2 3 204.7 220 115 29 81 91 5.06 .273 .339 .436 .775
June 7 11 .389 30 24 3 0 4 168.7 179 86 18 85 73 4.59 .271 .354 .426 .780
July 14 15 .483 37 37 8 2 0 275.0 256 135 30 127 128 4.42 .244 .326 .398 .724
August 14 14 .500 37 37 8 0 0 277.0 279 136 50 106 129 4.42 .261 .328 .457 .786
Sep/Oct 16 14 .533 33 33 13 1 0 245.0 265 135 25 114 118 4.96 .278 .355 .415 .770
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1943 26 PIT NL 10 31 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .194 .219 .226 .445 1.4 0.0
1944 27 PIT NL 33 88 6 18 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 26 .205 .211 .205 .416 3.5 0.0
1945 28 PIT NL 36 96 7 18 3 0 0 9 0 0 3 24 .188 .208 .219 .427 4.3 0.0
1946 29 PIT NL 26 59 6 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 17 .220 .246 .237 .483 3.3 0.0
1948 31 PIT NL 32 86 8 15 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 23 .174 .193 .198 .391 2.3 0.0
1949 32 PIT NL 38 60 4 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 12 .183 .210 .217 .426 2.5 0.0
1950 33 PIT NL 20 51 6 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .196 .212 .196 .408 1.4 0.0
7 Years Sim 195 471 40 91 9 0 0 27 0 0 12 122 .193 .212 .212 .424 18.6 0.0
162 Game Average 391 33 75 7 0 0 22 0 0 9 101 .193 .212 .212 .424 15.5  
Career Highs 38 96 8 18 3 0 0 9 0 0 3 26 .220 .246 .237 .483 4.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   301 29 61 8 0 0 16 0 0 7 77 .203 .219 .229 .449 11.6
vs LH   170 11 30 1 0 0 11 0 0 5 45 .176 .199 .182 .381 3.5
Home 100 227 24 51 4 0 0 12 0 0 4 61 .225 .237 .242 .479 10.8
Away 95 244 16 40 5 0 0 15 0 0 8 61 .164 .189 .184 .373 4.2
RISP   110 0 19 1 0 0 25 0 0 3 28 .173 .190 .182 .371 2.0
Close/Late   22 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .227 .217 .227 .445 0.9
Mar/Apr 24 62 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 25 .113 .125 .129 .254 -1.2
May 27 67 5 14 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 15 .209 .232 .224 .456 2.8
June 24 62 5 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 .226 .226 .226 .452 2.4
July 37 98 14 24 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 20 .245 .253 .276 .528 5.9
August 37 98 4 14 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 26 .143 .158 .173 .332 0.3
Sep/Oct 33 84 9 18 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 19 .214 .264 .226 .490 4.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1943 26 PIT NL P 10 10 79.7 4 19 0 0 1.000 2.60    
1944 27 PIT NL P 33 33 252.7 14 41 2 0 .965 1.96    
1945 28 PIT NL P 36 36 267.3 21 49 1 4 .986 2.36    
1946 29 PIT NL P 26 26 180.0 16 29 2 4 .957 2.25    
1948 31 PIT NL P 32 32 236.0 14 52 0 1 1.000 2.52    
1949 32 PIT NL P 38 25 195.0 13 30 1 0 .977 1.98    
1950 33 PIT NL P 20 20 147.7 14 23 1 2 .974 2.26    
Career Totals   195 182 1358.3 96 243 7 11 .980 2.25    
Career Highs   38 36 267.3 21 52 2 4 1.000 2.60    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1944-10-3.70
 Wins
1945-10-18
 Losses
1948-3-16
 Saves
1949-10-7
 Shutouts
1946-3-3
 Homeruns Allowed
1945-4-31
1946-10-25
1948-7-29
1949-6-33
Strikeouts
1945-7-143
 Walks Allowed
1944-7-109
 Hits per 9IP
1945-10-8.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1944-10-4.2
1945-6-4.8
 OSLG
1944-7-.370
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  5. Mike Lacoss (941)
  6. Jakie May (937)
  7. Andy McGaffigan (936)
  8. Juan Agosto (936)
  9. Jack Russell (935)
  10. Bill Lee (932)
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  1. Gary Bell (991)
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  4. Charley Root (986)
  5. Bump Hadley (986)
  6. Connie Johnson (984)
  7. Fred Frankhouse (983)
  8. Bill Harris (980)
  9. Tex Carleton (980)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1943
Had first career hit on 8/18/1943, off Schoolboy Rowe (BOS)
Earned first career win on 8/30/1943
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1944, going 3-0, 1.34
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1945, winning 2 games with a 0.59 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1946, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Pitched NO-HITTER against New York (A) on 7/23/1946, striking out 2
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $400,000 through salary arbitration
4/2/1947: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $378,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $550,000 through salary arbitration
4/2/1950: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Injured on 4/25/1950 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/17/1951 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
 
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