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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.

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	22 (21)	May 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-6	GF	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	24 (1)	May 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-3		6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	25	May 18 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS	32	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
4	26	May 18 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	28 (1)	May 20	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-5	GS	23	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	29	May 22	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-16	GS	34	5.0	0	5	0	5	0
7	35 (5)	May 28	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	38 (2)	May 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,3-9	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	46 (7)	Jun 9	BOS		DET	W,7-6	GF	8	1.0	0	1	1	2	0
10	47	Jun 10	BOS		DET	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	52 (4)	Jun 16	BOS		SLB	L,2-5		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	53	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	54	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-8	GS	0		1	5	0	6	0
14	55	Jun 18 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-9	GS	31	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	56	Jun 18 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	57	Jun 19	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-13	GS	21	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
17	58	Jun 20	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS	0	6.0	3	3	1	7	1
18	59	Jun 21	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
19	60	Jun 22 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	62 (1)	Jun 23	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-7	GS	25	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	63	Jun 24	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	66 (2)	Jun 26	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	4	4	1	9	2
23	67	Jun 27	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
24	68	Jun 28	BOS		WSH	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
25	69	Jun 29	BOS		WSH	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
26	70	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,4-6	GS	29	6.0	1	4	1	6	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	71	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
28	72	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	1	5	0	6	1
29	73	Jul 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
30	74	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	1	7	0	8	0
31	75	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-8	GS	25	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
32	76	Jul 7 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4		6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	81 (4)	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	L,12-13	GF	16	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
34	84 (2)	Jul 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-2	GF	9	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	86 (1)	Jul 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	GF	19	3.1	1	1	1	3	0
36	87	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	94 (6)	Jul 28	BOS		DET	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	95	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,4-11	GF	16	3.0	3	2	0	5	0
39	97 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,2-6		14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	98	Aug 1	BOS		CLE	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
41	99	Aug 2	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	1	6	0	7	1
42	100	Aug 3	BOS		CHW	L,4-15	GS	39	7.0	2	4	1	7	0
43	103 (2)	Aug 8	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	116 (12)	Aug 21	BOS	@	DET	L,2-13	GF	15	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	130 (13)	Sep 3	BOS		WSH	L,5-10	GF	14	3.0	1	1	1	3	0
46	132 (1)	Sep 7	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
47	133	Sep 8 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
48	134	Sep 8 (2)	BOS		SLB	T,0-0	CG	38	10.0	2	4	0	6	1
49	135	Sep 9	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
50	136	Sep 10 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
51	142 (5)	Sep 15 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	148 (5)	Sep 22	BOS		CLE	L,4-7	GF	7	1.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	155 (6)	Oct 6	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
							52gm		282.0	70	115	10	195	13