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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 14	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
2	3	Apr 15	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
3	4	Apr 16	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
4	5	Apr 17	BOS		NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
5	6	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	L,7-16	CG	50	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
6	7	Apr 19	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	52	12.0	13	2	1	16	1	1B
7	8	Apr 21	BOS		BAL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
8	9	Apr 22	BOS		BAL	W,8-4	GS	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
9	10	Apr 23	BOS		BAL	L,7-8	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
10	11	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-2	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	14 (2)	May 1	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1		20	5.1	7	1	0	8	0	1B
12	15	May 2	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
13	16	May 3	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
14	17	May 4	BOS	@	KCA	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
15	18	May 5	BOS	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
16	19	May 6	BOS	@	DET	W,17-6	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
17	20	May 7	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
18	21	May 8	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
19	22	May 9	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
20	23	May 10 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
21	24	May 10 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
22	25	May 12	BOS		CHW	L,3-4	CG	54	12.0	15	0	0	15	3	1B
23	26	May 13	BOS		CHW	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
24	27	May 14	BOS		CHW	L,6-14	CG	52	9.0	6	4	0	10	1	1B
25	28	May 15	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	1	13	2	1B
26	29	May 16	BOS		CLE	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
27	30	May 17	BOS		DET	W,10-1	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
28	31	May 18	BOS		DET	L,2-14	CG	51	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
29	32	May 20	BOS		KCA	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	10	4	0	14	1	1B
30	33	May 21	BOS		KCA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
31	34	May 22	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
32	35	May 23	BOS		WSH	L,4-10	CG	47	11.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
33	36	May 24	BOS		WSH	L,3-8	GS	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B LF
34	37	May 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,12-2	GS	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF 1B
35	38	May 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
36	39	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	GS	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
37	40	May 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	43	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	41	May 30 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
39	42	May 30 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,8-3	GS	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
40	43	May 31	BOS		BAL	L,1-2	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	44	Jun 2	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
42	45	Jun 3	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	46	Jun 4	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
44	47	Jun 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
45	48	Jun 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
46	50 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	52 (1)	Jun 9	BOS		DET	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
48	55 (2)	Jun 12	BOS		KCA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
49	56	Jun 13	BOS		KCA	W,6-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
50	57	Jun 14	BOS		KCA	W,6-1	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	PR 1B
51	58	Jun 15	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
52	59	Jun 16	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
53	60	Jun 18	BOS		CLE	W,7-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
54	61	Jun 20 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,8-2	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
55	62	Jun 20 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
56	63	Jun 21	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
57	64	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
58	65	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
59	66	Jun 25	BOS	@	DET	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
60	67	Jun 26	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
61	68	Jun 27	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
62	69	Jun 28 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
63	70	Jun 28 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	73 (2)	Jul 2	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-6	GF	15	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	1B
65	74	Jul 3	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-6	GF	24	6.0	7	1	0	8	1	PH 1B
66	76 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-0	GF	19	5.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
67	77	Jul 5 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-3	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
68	79 (1)	Jul 9	BOS		NYY	W,14-3	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
69	80	Jul 10	BOS		NYY	W,8-5	GS	32	7.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
70	81	Jul 11	BOS		NYY	W,8-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
71	83 (1)	Jul 13	BOS		NYY	W,13-3	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
72	84	Jul 14	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
73	86 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
74	88 (1)	Jul 18	BOS		CLE	L,5-7	GS	37	10.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
75	89	Jul 19 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
76	90	Jul 19 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
77	91	Jul 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
78	92	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	9	1	0	10	0	1B
79	94 (1)	Jul 25	BOS	@	KCA	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
80	95	Jul 26	BOS	@	KCA	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	1	PR 1B
81	96	Jul 27	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
82	98 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-4	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	105 (6)	Aug 4 (2)	BOS		KCA	L,6-8	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
84	110 (4)	Aug 9	BOS		DET	L,3-7	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
85	111	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,4-7	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
86	113 (1)	Aug 12	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
87	114	Aug 14	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
88	119 (4)	Aug 19	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
89	122 (2)	Aug 22	BOS	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
90	128 (5)	Aug 28	BOS		BAL	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	132 (3)	Sep 1	BOS		WSH	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
92	133	Sep 2	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
93	136 (2)	Sep 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-14	GF	22	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
94	141 (4)	Sep 11	BOS		KCA	L,6-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
95	148 (6)	Sep 19	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	149	Sep 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
97	150	Sep 22	BOS		BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
98	154 (3)	Sep 27	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							103gm		692.1	589	51	4	644	54