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Dick
Gernert		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: September 28, 1928 in Usa, PA, READING
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 23 BOS AL     4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 5 5
1953 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5
1954 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5
1955 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5
1956 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 5
1957 28 BOS AL $ 385,714   4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5
1958 29 BOS AL $ 385,714   4 4 4 7 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5
1959 30 BOS AL $ 385,714   5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6
1960 31 SEM AL     5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5
1961 32 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5
1962 33 WOR AL $ 2,151,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 4 3 4 6 5 5 5 4 4
1963 34 WOR AL $ 2,151,000   2 2 2 5 4 5 3 3 3 5 4 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 5 4 5 3 3 3 5 4 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,151,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 6
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
1952 23 AAA   136 485 86 130 33 0 41 113 2 3 92 98 .268 .385 .590 .974 107.4  
1953 24 BOS AL 150 480 54 115 25 3 19 73 0 0 56 104 .240 .320 .423 .743 64.4 9.0
1954 25 BOS AL 131 477 55 112 28 1 21 64 0 0 46 108 .235 .301 .430 .730 61.2 8.7
    AAA   23 58 11 17 3 1 4 15 0 1 8 11 .293 .379 .586 .965 11.9  
1955 26 BOS AL 150 493 67 100 26 1 27 67 0 0 67 115 .203 .296 .424 .720 63.9 7.4
1956 27 BOS AL 153 507 79 120 28 1 22 83 0 0 63 121 .237 .321 .426 .747 69.8 10.4
1957 28 BOS AL 60 114 13 25 9 0 3 11 0 0 12 19 .219 .299 .377 .676 12.2 1.2
1958 29 BOS AL 35 44 1 4 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 11 .091 .130 .205 .335 -0.4 0.0
    AAA   24 26 6 5 1 0 3 6 0 0 6 6 .192 .344 .577 .921 5.6  
1959 30 BOS AL 42 54 8 9 3 0 2 10 0 0 8 12 .167 .274 .333 .608 4.9 0.4
    AAA   39 131 20 37 4 0 13 30 1 1 16 39 .282 .361 .611 .971 27.9  
1960 31 SEM AL 126 318 33 55 12 1 13 37 0 0 32 103 .173 .251 .340 .591 27.6 1.0
1961 32 OAK AL 35 66 9 14 1 1 3 16 0 0 11 17 .212 .329 .394 .723 9.5 1.6
1962 33 MON NL 44 123 12 21 1 0 3 16 0 0 6 33 .171 .214 .252 .466 6.5 0.0
  WOR AL 52 173 22 31 1 0 8 16 0 0 22 48 .179 .274 .324 .598 17.6 1.9
  TOT   96 296 34 52 2 0 11 32 0 0 28 81 .176 .250 .294 .544 24.1 1.9
1963 34 WOR AL 151 462 31 72 10 2 7 29 0 0 31 121 .156 .208 .232 .440 16.3 0.0
11 Years Sim 1129 3311 384 678 146 10 129 426 0 0 356 812 .205 .282 .372 .654 353.4 41.5
4 Years AAA 222 700 123 189 41 1 61 164 3 5 122 154 .270 .376 .593 .969 152.8  
162 Game Average 475 55 97 20 1 18 61 0 0 51 116 .205 .282 .372 .654 50.7  
Career Highs 153 507 79 120 28 3 27 83 0 0 67 121 .240 .329 .430 .747 69.8  
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   1962 219 390 82 6 79 237 0 0 186 458 .199 .267 .367 .635 202.9
vs LH   1349 165 288 64 4 50 189 0 0 170 354 .213 .303 .378 .681 163.2
Home 568 1659 200 348 82 7 65 211 0 0 180 393 .210 .288 .385 .673 192.3
Away 561 1652 184 330 64 3 64 215 0 0 176 419 .200 .277 .358 .635 173.8
RISP   713 0 154 36 0 28 273 0 0 97 180 .216 .301 .384 .686 90.6
Pinch Hitting   170 20 35 7 0 7 35 0 0 15 34 .206 .269 .371 .639 17.8
Close/Late   366 34 72 12 0 9 46 0 0 35 81 .197 .267 .303 .570 30.8
Mar/Apr 152 459 51 97 23 1 12 50 0 0 56 117 .211 .299 .344 .643 49.7
May 182 538 67 120 27 1 29 79 0 0 63 138 .223 .303 .439 .742 75.0
June 200 564 70 110 18 1 25 84 0 0 52 132 .195 .262 .363 .625 57.1
July 192 525 67 115 30 2 21 80 0 0 60 118 .219 .300 .404 .704 66.0
August 216 661 71 125 24 2 26 79 0 0 69 181 .189 .269 .349 .618 65.3
Sep/Oct 187 564 58 111 24 3 16 54 0 0 56 126 .197 .268 .335 .603 53.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1953 24 BOS AL 1B 144 137 1176.0 1509 142 14 149 .992 12.64   2.2
    LF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1954 25 BOS AL LF 110 108 932.7 177 4 0 3 1.000 1.75   2.4
    1B 20 15 141.0 177 20 3 23 .985 12.57   0.2
1955 26 BOS AL LF 93 90 760.0 145 3 0 1 1.000 1.75   1.8
    1B 56 55 437.0 557 53 3 68 .995 12.56   1.1
1956 27 BOS AL 1B 85 83 732.7 790 61 8 80 .991 10.45   1.6
    LF 63 63 514.3 101 1 1 0 .990 1.78   1.1
1957 28 BOS AL 1B 32 24 203.0 224 18 2 19 .992 10.73   0.3
    LF 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
1958 29 BOS AL 1B 8 3 36.0 40 3 0 6 1.000 10.75   0.1
    LF 2 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1959 30 BOS AL 1B 8 8 64.0 83 4 0 3 1.000 12.23   0.1
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1960 31 SEM AL 1B 91 77 692.7 859 78 9 81 .990 12.17   1.2
    LF 7 4 40.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.1
1961 32 OAK AL CF 10 10 83.0 14 0 1 0 .933 1.52   0.5
    LF 6 4 40.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48    
    RF 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1962 33 MON NL LF 24 23 178.4 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.66   0.5
    1B 17 16 121.6 147 11 2 12 .988 11.69   0.2
  WOR AL LF 28 28 267.6 49 1 0 1 1.000 1.68   0.3
    1B 21 20 182.4 220 16 2 18 .992 11.64   0.5
  TOT   LF 52 51 446.0 82 1 0 1 1.000 1.67   0.9
      1B 38 36 304.0 367 27 4 30 .990 11.66   0.7
1963 34 WOR AL LF 150 149 1220.7 217 4 0 0 1.000 1.63   2.6
  LF 486 472 3980.7 745 14 1 5 .999 1.72   9.0
  1B 483 438 3788.3 4607 406 43 459 .991 11.91   7.5
  CF 12 10 87.0 14 0 1 0 .933 1.45   0.5
  RF 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
Career Totals   982 921 7863.0 5367 420 45 464 .992 6.62   16.9
Career Highs   150 149 1247.0 1510 142 14 149 1.000 12.56    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1953-5-104
1954-4-108
1955-7-115
1956-6-121
1963-9-121
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1952
Injured on 4/12/1952 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 4/2/1953, off Leo Kiely (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/15/1953, off Carl Scheib (OAK)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (N) on 8/28/1954
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $385,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/17/1957 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $385,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $385,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/5/1959 with a Broken Finger, out for 6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/6/1960 to a 4-year deal worth $800,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 10/13/1960
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 7/1/1961 to a minor league deal
Injured on 9/23/1961 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/4/1962 to a 4-year deal worth $2,151,000 per year
Traded from Montreal to Worcester on 7/31/1962 (Going to WOR: LF Dick Gernert, 2B Leo Burke. Going to MON: LF Pete Whisenant)
Released by Worcester on 2/13/1964
 
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