Dick Gernert

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 209lb (190cm, 94kg)

Born: September 28, 1928 in Reading, PA us

Died: November 30, 2017 in Reading, PA

High School: Reading HS (Reading, PA)

School: Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)

Debut: April 16, 1952 (Age 23-201d, 10,884th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 9, 1962 (Age 33-223d)
vs. LAD 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Richard Edward Gernert

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Relatives: Nephew of Dom Dallessandro

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.6

2493

632

103

.254

357

RBI

402

OBP

.351

SLG

.426

OPS

.776

OPS+

106

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

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	BOS		BAL	W,8-4	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
2	3	Apr 19	BOS		BAL	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	4	Apr 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
4	7 (2)	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
5	8	Apr 27	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
6	9	Apr 28	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	10	May 1	BOS		KCA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	11	May 2	BOS		KCA	W,2-0	GS	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	12	May 3	BOS		DET	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	13	May 4	BOS		DET	W,6-4	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
11	14	May 5	BOS		DET	L,4-16	CG	55	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	15	May 7	BOS		CLE	W,5-1	GS	19	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	16	May 8	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	49	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
14	17	May 9	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	GS	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	18	May 10	BOS		CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	19	May 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
17	20	May 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,9-12	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	21	May 13	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-3	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
19	22	May 15	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	23	May 16	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
21	24	May 17	BOS	@	KCA	W,6-1	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
22	25	May 18	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	26	May 19	BOS	@	KCA	L,4-5	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	27	May 20 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,12-5	GS	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	30 (2)	May 23	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
26	31	May 25	BOS		WSH	L,5-10	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
27	32	May 26	BOS		WSH	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	33	May 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-7	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	34	May 27 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,10-11	GS	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
30	35	May 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	37 (1)	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	40	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	1B
32	38	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
33	39	May 31	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	48 (8)	Jun 10	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
35	50 (1)	Jun 11 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
36	52 (1)	Jun 13	BOS		CLE	T,8-8	GS	47	11.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B LF
37	53	Jun 14	BOS		CLE	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
38	56 (2)	Jun 17	BOS	@	DET	W,13-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
39	57	Jun 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	58	Jun 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	50	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	62 (3)	Jun 24	BOS	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
42	63	Jun 26	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
43	65 (1)	Jun 29	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-6	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	67 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	69 (1)	Jul 2	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
46	70	Jul 3	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	50	10.1	6	0	0	6	0	1B
47	72 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
48	73	Jul 5	BOS		NYY	L,1-6	GS	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B LF
49	77 (3)	Jul 12	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	11	3	0	14	0	1B
50	78	Jul 13	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
51	80 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,7-10	GS	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B LF
52	84 (3)	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		KCA	W,1-0	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	1	PH 1B
53	88 (3)	Jul 21	BOS		DET	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
54	92 (3)	Jul 26	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	93	Jul 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 1B
56	95 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-11	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
57	96	Jul 29 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	100 (3)	Aug 2	BOS	@	DET	W,18-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
59	108 (7)	Aug 10	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
60	110 (1)	Aug 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
61	112 (1)	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	7	4	0	11	0	1B
62	115 (2)	Aug 18	BOS		WSH	L,7-9	CG	50	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
63	116	Aug 19 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
64	117	Aug 19 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,10-11	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	118	Aug 22 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
66	119	Aug 22 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	122 (2)	Aug 25	BOS		CLE	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
68	123	Aug 26 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
69	124	Aug 26 (2)	BOS		KCA	L,6-7	CG	48	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
70	125	Aug 28	BOS		DET	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
71	126	Aug 29	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
72	127	Aug 31	BOS		BAL	L,6-13	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	131 (3)	Sep 3 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,16-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	133 (1)	Sep 5	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
75	135 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	139 (3)	Sep 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
77	140	Sep 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
78	141	Sep 14 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
79	144 (2)	Sep 16 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	7	1	0	8	2	1B
80	145	Sep 16 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
81	149 (3)	Sep 22	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
82	150	Sep 23	BOS		NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
83	154 (3)	Sep 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	62	13.0	14	1	1	16	1	1B
84	155	Sep 30	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-4	GF	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							87gm		658.2	366	40	4	410	38