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Wally Gerber

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 152lb (178cm, 68kg)

Born: August 18, 1891 in Columbus, OH us

Died: June 19, 1951 in Columbus, OH

Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH

Debut: September 23, 1914 (Age 23-036d, 4,264th in major league history)
vs. BRO 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 6, 1929 (Age 38-049d)
vs. WSH 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1915 season

Full Name: Walter Gerber

Nicknames: Spooks

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.4

5099

1309

.257

558

RBI

477

OBP

.323

SLG

.313

OPS

.636

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	SLB	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	2	3	1
2	2	Apr 12	SLB	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
3	3	Apr 13	SLB	@	DET	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 15	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 16	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-7	GS	28	6.0	1	2	1	4	1
6	6	Apr 17	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	0	4	1	5	2
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Boston Red Sox
7	15	Apr 30	BOS		PHA	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	16	May 1	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
9	17	May 3	BOS		PHA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
10	18	May 4	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	19	May 5	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
12	20	May 6	BOS	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
13	21	May 7	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	9	0	11	1
14	22	May 8	BOS		CHW	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	7	0	11	1
15	23	May 10	BOS		CHW	L,2-9	GS	30	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	24	May 11	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
17	25	May 12	BOS		SLB	W,15-2	GS	30	7.0	2	4	0	6	0
18	26	May 14	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
19	27	May 15	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
20	28	May 16	BOS		DET	W,5-4	GS	35	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
21	29	May 17	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
22	30	May 21 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	5	5	1	11	1
23	31	May 21 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	32	May 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-14	GS	34	6.0	2	5	0	7	1
25	33	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	5	0	9	2
26	34	May 25	BOS		WSH	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
27	35	May 28	BOS		WSH	L,0-2	GS	31	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
28	36	May 29	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
29	37	May 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,1-8	GS	27	5.0	0	1	1	2	0
30	38	May 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-9	GS	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	46 (7)	Jun 12	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	3	7	1	11	1
32	47	Jun 13	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	GS	25	5.0	1	3	1	5	1
33	48	Jun 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	3	2	3	8	0
34	49	Jun 15	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	7	0	11	1
35	50	Jun 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
36	51	Jun 19 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
37	52	Jun 19 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,7-16	GS	0		0	3	0	3	0
38	53	Jun 20	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-8	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	54	Jun 21	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
40	55	Jun 22	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
41	56	Jun 23 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
42	57	Jun 23 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
43	58	Jun 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
44	59	Jun 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
45	60	Jun 27 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
46	61	Jun 28 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	3	3	2	8	0
47	62	Jun 28 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
48	63	Jun 30 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,4-11	GS	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	1
49	64	Jun 30 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-7	GS	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	65	Jul 1 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	66	Jul 1 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	67	Jul 2 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-9	GS	40	7.0	2	3	1	6	0
53	68	Jul 2 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
54	69	Jul 3	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
55	70	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
56	71	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-11	GS	31	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	72	Jul 5	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-5	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	73	Jul 7 (1)	BOS		DET	L,8-20	GS	28	4.1	0	4	0	4	0
59	74	Jul 7 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	GS	0	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
60	75	Jul 9 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	5	2	12	2
61	76	Jul 9 (2)	BOS		DET	W,8-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	77	Jul 10	BOS		SLB	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
63	78	Jul 11	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
64	79	Jul 12	BOS		SLB	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	80	Jul 14 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,4-11	GS	30	6.0	2	3	1	6	1
66	81	Jul 14 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,2-11	GS	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
67	82	Jul 16 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	83	Jul 16 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
69	84	Jul 17	BOS		CHW	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
70	85	Jul 18	BOS		CLE	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	2	6	1	9	1
71	86	Jul 19	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
72	87	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
73	88	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
74	89	Jul 23	BOS		NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
75	90	Jul 24	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	9	0	10	1
76	91	Jul 25 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-10	GS	35	6.0	1	0	1	2	0
77	92	Jul 25 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-15	CG	50	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
78	93	Jul 26 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
79	94	Jul 26 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
80	95	Jul 28 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-7	GS	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
81	96	Jul 28 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
82	97	Jul 29	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	8	0	10	1
83	98	Jul 30	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
84	99	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	L,2-7	GS	0		4	2	1	7	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	100	Aug 1 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS	23	6.0	2	3	0	5	0
86	101	Aug 1 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS	31	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
87	102	Aug 2	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
88	103	Aug 3	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	6	5	0	11	2
89	104	Aug 4	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
90	105	Aug 5	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
91	106	Aug 6	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-9	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
92	107	Aug 7	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	1	3	0	4	0
93	108	Aug 9	BOS		NYY	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	2	5	2	9	2
94	109	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	GS	32	7.0	1	3	1	5	0
95	110	Aug 11	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
96	111	Aug 12	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
97	121 (9)	Aug 22 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
98	127 (5)	Aug 28	BOS		SLB	L,6-8	GF	16	3.2	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	143 (15)	Sep 16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
100	144	Sep 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
101	145	Sep 20	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	GS	27	6.0	3	5	0	8	1
102	146	Sep 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS	25	6.0	4	1	0	5	0
103	147	Sep 22	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	8	0	10	1
104	148	Sep 23	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
105	149	Sep 24	BOS	@	DET	L,0-8	GS	0		0	2	0	2	0
106	151 (1)	Sep 27 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
107	152	Sep 28	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
108	153	Sep 29	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	9	0	12	1
109	154	Sep 30	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	7	0	7	2
							109gm		837.0	207	340	30	577	54