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Gus
Zernial		  
Nickname: Ozark Ike
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 215
 
Born: June 27, 1923 in Usa, TX, BEAUMONT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1951   
Bronze Rookie 1950   
All-Star Selections 1951    1954    1955    1956    1957   
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
1949 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 9 8 8 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5
1950 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 9 9 9 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5
1951 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 10 9 9 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 5
1952 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 10 9 9 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5
1953 30 PIT NL $ 4,150,000   7 7 7 10 9 9 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5
1954 31 PIT NL $ 4,150,000   7 7 8 10 9 9 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5
1955 32 PIT NL $ 5,300,000   7 7 8 9 9 9 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6
1956 33 PIT NL $ 5,300,000   7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1957 34 PIT NL $ 5,300,000   7 7 8 8 7 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5
1958 35 SDP NL $ 6,600,000   7 7 7 8 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1959 36 MON NL $ 6,600,000   7 7 7 7 6 7 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4
1960 37 MON NL $ 6,600,000   7 7 7 7 6 7 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
1961 38 CLE AL $ 2,200,000   6 6 7 7 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
1962 39 CLE AL $ 2,200,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,600,000   8 8 8 10 9 9 5 5 5 6 5 6 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
1949 26 PIT NL 25 85 8 16 1 0 1 5 0 0 12 18 .188 .286 .235 .521 6.5 0.0
    AAA   60 233 44 68 6 2 21 55 4 2 31 48 .292 .375 .605 .980 50.9  
    AA   53 210 51 83 11 0 28 76 0 1 36 23 .395 .484 .848 1.331 70.0  
1950 27 PIT NL 154 558 77 139 14 3 43 120 0 0 54 110 .249 .315 .516 .832 90.3 11.7
1951 28 PIT NL 155 560 115 191 18 3 45 151 0 0 74 101 .341 .418 .625 1.043 129.7 26.7
1952 29 PIT NL 158 579 99 175 24 2 39 149 0 0 68 118 .302 .374 .553 .927 115.5 22.6
1953 30 PIT NL 133 489 83 132 11 0 31 81 0 0 59 114 .270 .348 .483 .830 81.6 13.5
1954 31 PIT NL 158 582 99 158 15 2 40 122 0 0 76 126 .271 .352 .510 .863 105.6 19.5
1955 32 PIT NL 152 562 77 159 24 2 30 103 0 0 62 107 .283 .353 .493 .846 92.1 17.1
1956 33 PIT NL 155 571 102 167 24 1 41 111 1 0 49 113 .292 .350 .553 .904 102.9 23.2
1957 34 PIT NL 152 577 91 168 23 1 37 106 0 0 58 124 .291 .354 .527 .881 100.8 20.6
1958 35 SDP NL 143 497 74 150 22 0 26 90 0 0 55 108 .302 .370 .503 .873 86.6 17.9
1959 36 MON NL 111 282 40 77 12 1 17 56 0 0 25 62 .273 .332 .504 .836 44.8 7.8
1960 37 MON NL 89 187 17 49 3 0 5 18 0 0 9 35 .262 .298 .358 .656 18.6 2.1
1961 38 CLE AL 98 196 26 52 3 0 8 22 1 0 9 57 .265 .298 .403 .701 22.8 3.8
1962 39 CLE AL 85 253 30 55 2 1 8 28 0 0 16 57 .217 .269 .328 .597 21.3 1.3
14 Years Sim 1768 5978 938 1688 196 16 371 1162 2 0 626 1250 .282 .350 .507 .857 1019.1 187.8
1 Years AAA 60 233 44 68 6 2 21 55 4 2 31 48 .292 .379 .605 .984 50.9  
1 Years AA 53 210 51 83 11 0 28 76 0 1 36 23 .395 .478 .848 1.326 70.0  
2 Years Minors 113 443 95 151 17 2 49 131 4 3 67 71 .341 .427 .720 1.147 120.9  
162 Game Average 547 85 154 17 1 33 106 0 0 57 114 .282 .350 .507 .857 93.4  
Career Highs 158 582 115 191 24 3 45 151 1 0 76 126 .341 .418 .625 1.043 129.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3145 494 871 102 6 181 596 1 0 325 644 .277 .344 .486 .830 523.7
vs LH   2833 444 817 94 10 190 566 1 0 301 606 .288 .357 .530 .886 522.2
Home 899 2962 438 825 94 9 169 542 1 0 311 622 .279 .347 .488 .834 497.7
Away 869 3016 500 863 102 7 202 620 1 0 315 628 .286 .353 .526 .878 548.2
RISP   1585 0 442 60 5 103 769 0 0 226 372 .279 .363 .518 .881 300.8
Pinch Hitting   244 40 65 3 0 15 47 0 0 21 52 .266 .325 .463 .788 37.2
Close/Late   727 107 214 17 1 56 165 0 0 92 163 .294 .374 .552 .926 146.0
Mar/Apr 299 1034 162 258 26 1 64 191 0 0 100 234 .250 .316 .462 .778 154.9
May 314 1056 153 304 33 1 69 198 1 0 86 211 .288 .340 .517 .857 181.9
June 301 1023 185 294 31 3 63 209 1 0 110 193 .287 .357 .508 .865 182.3
July 289 1008 151 280 30 5 58 173 0 0 103 224 .278 .345 .490 .835 169.0
August 287 961 145 295 44 3 61 196 0 0 111 206 .307 .378 .549 .928 189.9
Sep/Oct 278 896 142 257 32 3 56 195 0 0 116 182 .287 .367 .517 .884 167.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1949 26 PIT NL RF 25 24 209.0 42 1 0 0 1.000 1.85   0.5
1950 27 PIT NL RF 147 143 1241.0 277 6 3 1 .990 2.05   3.0
    LF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    1B 1 0 4.7 5 1 0 0 1.000 11.59   0.0
1951 28 PIT NL RF 142 138 1222.7 265 4 4 0 .985 1.98   2.6
    LF 11 2 32.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.65    
1952 29 PIT NL RF 145 143 1264.7 288 7 3 1 .990 2.10   2.4
    LF 7 0 12.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
1953 30 PIT NL RF 125 124 1081.7 229 9 3 3 .988 1.98   2.1
    LF 7 1 24.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1954 31 PIT NL RF 147 144 1310.3 273 11 6 3 .979 1.95   1.8
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1955 32 PIT NL RF 148 145 1274.7 256 4 3 1 .989 1.84   2.9
    LF 4 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1956 33 PIT NL RF 147 145 1276.7 241 7 5 3 .980 1.75   3.2
    LF 8 0 19.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.83    
1957 34 PIT NL RF 78 76 679.3 128 5 3 1 .978 1.76   2.0
    LF 71 67 602.3 105 4 1 1 .991 1.63    
1958 35 SDP NL LF 72 67 609.3 113 4 5 1 .959 1.73   2.4
    RF 65 53 502.3 86 4 3 1 .968 1.61    
1959 36 MON NL RF 65 62 535.3 90 4 4 1 .959 1.58   1.7
    LF 7 2 24.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1960 37 MON NL RF 44 39 335.3 51 0 0 0 1.000 1.37   1.1
    LF 4 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1961 38 CLE AL RF 29 23 206.0 44 1 2 1 .957 1.97   0.2
    LF 17 12 112.0 10 1 0 1 1.000 0.88    
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1962 39 CLE AL RF 34 30 266.3 55 0 0 0 1.000 1.86   1.2
    LF 37 31 256.0 36 1 1 0 .974 1.30    
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  RF 1341 1289 11405.3 2325 63 39 16 .984 1.88   24.5
  LF 250 182 1713.6 283 10 7 3 .977 1.54   2.4
  1B 2 0 5.7 7 1 0 0 1.000 12.72   0.0
  CF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
  SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
Career Totals   1597 1471 13132.6 2617 75 46 19 .983 1.84   26.9
Career Highs   155 145 1312.3 290 11 8 3 1.000 2.09    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 29 PIT NL 10 39 9 11 2 0 3 10 0 0 5 12 .282 .364 .564 .928
1954 31 PIT NL 7 30 3 7 2 0 1 8 0 0 2 8 .233 .281 .400 .681
1955 32 PIT NL 5 17 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 .059 .190 .059 .249
1956 33 PIT NL 5 18 1 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .333 .400 .556 .956
1959 36 MON NL 10 32 1 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .219 .242 .313 .555
1960 37 MON NL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Career Post-Season Batting 39 138 15 33 9 0 5 24 0 0 13 41 .239 .303 .413 .716
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.
Batting Average
1951-2-.341
1952-7-.302
 On-Base Pct
1951-9-.418
 Slugging Pct
1950-8-.516
1951-1-.625
1952-2-.553
1954-10-.510
1956-6-.553
1957-10-.527
CAR-37-.507
 OPS
1951-1-1.043
1952-6-.927
1954-10-.863
1956-9-.904
 XR
1951-1-129.7
1952-3-115.5
1954-8-105.6
 Games
1950-10-154
1951-10-155
1952-1-158
1954-1-158
At-Bats
1950-10-558
1951-10-560
1952-6-579
1954-10-582
1957-9-577
 Runs
1951-4-115
1956-7-102
 Hits
1951-2-191
1952-5-175
1957-8-168
 Total Bases
1950-5-288
1951-1-350
1952-1-320
1954-6-297
1956-6-316
1957-8-304
 Singles
1951-7-125
 Homeruns
1950-2-43
1951-1-45
1952-2-39
1953-6-31
1954-5-40
1956-6-41
1957-7-37
CAR-48-371
RBIs
1950-2-120
1951-1-151
1952-1-149
1954-4-122
1956-8-111
1957-5-106
 Strikeouts
1950-3-110
1951-4-101
1952-4-118
1953-6-114
1954-3-126
1955-4-107
1956-8-113
1957-5-124
1958-5-108
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 102    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1949
Injured on 8/7/1949 with a Fractured Hand, out for 3-4 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 9/4/1949, off Johnny Rigney (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/30/1949, off Roger Bowman (MON)
Drove in 7 runs against Cincinnati on 6/7/1950
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1950, hitting .423 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1950, hitting .330 with 9 HR, 24 RBI
Won Bronze Rookie in 1950, hitting .249 with 43 HR, 120 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against New York (A) on 5/4/1951
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1951, hitting .391 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Hit for the cycle against Tampa Bay on 5/23/1951
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Tampa Bay on 5/23/1951
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1951, hitting .400 with 9 HR, 32 RBI
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (N) on 7/13/1951
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1951, hitting .385 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1951, hitting .369 with 10 HR, 33 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1951, hitting .341 with 45 HR, 151 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1952, hitting .448 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against New York (A) on 8/12/1952
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1952, hitting .483 with 3 HR, 13 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1952, hitting .579 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952
Won Silver Slugger in 1952, hitting .302 with 39 HR, 149 RBI
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,150,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1953, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Injured on 9/4/1953 with a Fractured Hip, out for 11 weeks
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,150,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1954, hitting .393 with 6 HR, 9 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Brooklyn on 6/26/1954
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1954, hitting .467 with 5 HR, 13 RBI
7/1/1954: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $5,300,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Cincinnati on 4/12/1955
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1956, hitting .542 with 5 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1956, hitting .452 with 7 HR, 13 RBI
6/1/1957: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $6,600,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1957, hitting .533 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 8/21/1957
Traded from Pittsburgh to San Diego on 2/21/1958 (Going to PIT: P Bill Connelly. Going to SDP: C Sam Calderone, RF Gus Zernial, P Jack Harshman, CF Sam Mele)
Injured on 8/25/1958 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from San Diego to Montreal on 2/3/1959 (Going to SDP: P Saul Rogovin. Going to MON: RF Gus Zernial)
Won World Series with Montreal in 1959
Won World Series with Montreal in 1960
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/3/1961 to a 2-year deal worth $2,200,000 per year
 
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