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Al
Aber		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: July 31, 1927 in Usa, OH, CLEVELAND
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 22 SDP NL $ 300,000 7 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 7 7
1951 23 SDP NL $ 300,000 7 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 6
1952 24 SDP NL $ 300,000 7 5 4 4 7 6 7 7 7 7
1953 25 SDP NL $ 1,058,571 7 5 4 4 7 6 7 7 6 6
1954 26 SDP NL $ 1,058,571 7 5 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 6
1955 27 SDP NL $ 1,285,714 6 5 4 4 6 5 5 7 6 6
1956 28 SDP NL $ 1,800,000 6 5 4 4 6 5 5 6 5 5
1957 29 SDP NL $ 1,800,000 6 5 4 4 6 5 5 6 6 6
1958 30 SDP NL $ 1,800,000 6 5 4 4 6 5 5 6 6 6
1959 31 SDP NL $ 1,800,000 6 5 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 5
1960 32 DET AL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5
1961 33 DET AL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,800,000 7 5 4 4 7 6 7 7 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 22 SDP NL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1951 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1952 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1953 25 SDP NL $ 1,058,571   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1954 26 SDP NL $ 1,058,571   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1955 27 SDP NL $ 1,285,714   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 28 SDP NL $ 1,800,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 29 SDP NL $ 1,800,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 30 SDP NL $ 1,800,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 31 SDP NL $ 1,800,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 32 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 33 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,800,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1950 22 SDP NL 3 5 .375 32 0 0 0 5 33.3 46 28 7 17 9 7.56 .336 .415 .599 1.014 0.0
1951 23 SDP NL 1 1 .500 36 0 0 0 5 42.3 38 13 3 15 11 2.76 .247 .314 .370 .684 6.2
1952 24 SDP NL 8 8 .500 53 0 0 0 8 58.3 61 32 10 24 17 4.94 .268 .336 .461 .796 4.2
1953 25 SDP NL 8 7 .533 40 9 2 0 3 97.7 96 54 14 39 40 4.98 .258 .330 .422 .752 5.2
1954 26 SDP NL 1 4 .200 22 3 1 1 1 42.0 42 14 3 18 20 3.00 .253 .330 .343 .673 2.6
1955 27 SDP NL 6 11 .353 69 2 0 0 13 89.0 113 65 16 45 43 6.57 .309 .381 .503 .884 0.0
1956 28 SDP NL 2 3 .400 33 2 0 0 4 45.3 49 22 5 31 18 4.37 .282 .391 .443 .834 1.6
1957 29 SDP NL 8 2 .800 45 3 0 0 5 69.0 72 20 4 31 24 2.61 .278 .353 .382 .735 9.7
1958 30 SDP NL 7 11 .389 54 2 1 0 4 76.0 98 68 11 39 40 8.05 .309 .382 .467 .848 0.0
1959 31 SDP NL 2 5 .286 62 3 0 0 6 81.0 76 38 11 33 41 4.22 .253 .326 .407 .733 6.2
1960 32 AA   2 2 .500 82 0 0 0 11 66.3 46 12 2 27 67 1.63 .202 .286 .263 .549  
1961 33 AA   3 4 .429 74 0 0 0 2 57.7 53 19 6 25 60 2.97 .247 .325 .381 .706  
10 Years Sim 46 57 .447 446 24 4 1 54 634.0 691 354 84 292 263 5.03 .279 .355 .440 .795 35.8
2 Years AA 5 6 .455 156 0 0 0 13 124.0 99 31 8 52 127 2.25 .223 .305 .321 .626  
Season Average 4 5 .444 44 2 0 0 5 63.4 69 35 8 29 26 5.03 .279 .355 .440 .795  
Career Highs 8 11 .800 69 9 2 1 13 97.7 113 68 16 45 43 8.05 .336 .415 .599 1.014  
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   452 235 58 201 169   .278 .357 .437 .794
vs LH   239 119 26 91 94   .283 .353 .446 .799
Home 22 24 .478 232 14 3 1 16 338.3 368 182 41 160 137 4.84 .280 .358 .430 .788
Away 24 33 .421 214 10 1 0 40 295.6 323 172 43 132 126 5.24 .279 .353 .452 .804
Mar/Apr 7 6 .538 70 4 0 0 6 100.3 107 58 12 45 40 5.20 .275 .350 .422 .772
May 8 14 .364 71 12 3 0 7 147.0 160 84 20 66 72 5.14 .274 .348 .422 .770
June 5 12 .294 74 7 1 1 8 122.0 130 65 17 56 42 4.80 .276 .353 .450 .803
July 10 9 .526 70 0 0 0 11 77.0 94 45 16 47 32 5.26 .305 .397 .529 .926
August 4 10 .286 72 1 0 0 11 81.0 86 49 12 41 28 5.45 .275 .359 .460 .819
Sep/Oct 12 6 .667 89 0 0 0 13 106.6 114 53 7 37 49 4.47 .279 .339 .389 .727
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
1951 23 SDP NL 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1952 24 SDP NL 53 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
1953 25 SDP NL 40 21 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .143 .136 .190 .327 0.5 0.0
1954 26 SDP NL 22 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0
1955 27 SDP NL 69 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2 0.0
1956 28 SDP NL 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1957 29 SDP NL 45 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1958 30 SDP NL 54 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0
1959 31 SDP NL 62 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
9 Years Sim 414 69 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 18 .072 .071 .087 .158 -3.2 0.0
162 Game Average 27 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .072 .071 .087 .158 -1.2  
Career Highs 69 21 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .143 .136 .190 .327 0.5  
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   34 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .059 .059 .059 .118 -2.1
vs LH   35 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .086 .083 .114 .198 -1.4
Home 216 36 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .083 .081 .111 .192 -1.4
Away 156 33 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .061 .061 .061 .121 -2.0
RISP   17 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .059 .056 .118 .173 -0.8
Close/Late   9 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .222 .333 0.0
Mar/Apr 32 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
May 57 28 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .143 .138 .179 .317 -0.1
June 30 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .053 .053 .053 .105 -1.2
July 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
August 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Sep/Oct 42 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1950 22 SDP NL P 32 0 33.3 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1951 23 SDP NL P 36 0 42.3 4 3 2 0 .778 1.49    
1952 24 SDP NL P 53 0 58.3 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.70    
1953 25 SDP NL P 40 9 97.7 8 15 1 0 .958 2.12    
1954 26 SDP NL P 22 3 42.0 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.14    
1955 27 SDP NL P 69 2 89.0 4 11 1 1 .938 1.52    
1956 28 SDP NL P 33 2 45.3 2 7 1 1 .900 1.79    
1957 29 SDP NL P 45 3 69.0 0 9 1 0 .900 1.17    
1958 30 SDP NL P 54 2 76.0 8 12 0 1 1.000 2.37    
1959 31 SDP NL P 62 3 81.0 5 14 2 2 .905 2.11    
Career Totals   446 24 634.0 37 91 8 5 .941 1.82    
Career Highs   69 9 97.7 8 15 2 2 1.000 2.37    
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
1951 23 SDP NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 2 1.7 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .200 .200 .200 .400
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 2 1.7 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .200 .200 .200 .400
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1952-7-8
1955-3-13
 Games Pitched
1955-3-69
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  3. Leon Chagnon (948)
  4. Ken Frailing (946)
  5. Chet Falk (943)
  6. Al Hollingsworth (942)
  7. Darold Knowles (941)
  8. Johnny Gee (936)
  9. Ed Lopat (935)
  10. Ken Johnson (934)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 20th overall pick, by San Diego in 1950
Earned first career win on 4/26/1950
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,058,571 through salary arbitration
Had first career hit on 5/17/1953, off Howie Pollet (STL)
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,058,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,285,714 through salary arbitration
10/20/1955: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $1,800,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 7/12/1958 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/2/1960 to a 4-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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