Gerry Staley

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: August 21, 1920 in Brush Prairie, WA us

Died: January 2, 2008 in Vancouver, WA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Battle Ground HS (Battle Ground, WA)

Debut: April 20, 1947 (Age 26-242d, 10,314th in major league history)
vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1961 (Age 41-035d)
vs. KCA 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Gerald Lee Staley

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.9

134

111

ERA

3.70

640

186

1981.2

727

WHIP

1.312

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

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 15	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	4	Apr 19	CHW		WSA	L,2-7	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	7 (2)	Apr 22	CHW		BOS	L,6-7		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	12 (4)	Apr 29	CHW	@	KCA	L,9-13		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	15 (2)	May 2	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	16	May 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	17	May 5	CHW		DET	L,4-8		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	18	May 6	CHW		DET	L,8-11		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	27 (8)	May 15	CHW		MIN	L,0-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	31 (3)	May 19 (2)	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	33 (1)	May 21 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	35 (1)	May 23	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
13	37 (1)	May 24 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	46 (8)	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	L,1-10		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	50 (3)	Jun 9 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	L,9-10		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	51	Jun 10	CHW	@	WSA	L,3-4		9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Kansas City Athletics
17	52	Jun 11 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-7	GF	7	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	54 (1)	Jun 12	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-5		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	55	Jun 13	KCA	@	MIN	L,6-8	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	57 (1)	Jun 15	KCA	@	MIN	L,3-4	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	64 (6)	Jun 22	KCA		NYY	L,3-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	67 (2)	Jun 25 (1)	KCA		BOS	L,4-7		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	69 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	KCA		BAL	L,3-5	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	70	Jun 27 (2)	KCA		BAL	L,2-7		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	71	Jun 28	KCA		BAL	L,4-5	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	74 (2)	Jul 1	KCA		MIN	L,3-9		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	75	Jul 2	KCA		MIN	W,8-7		10	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	76	Jul 3	KCA	@	LAA	L,3-5		9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	77	Jul 4 (1)	KCA	@	LAA	L,5-12	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	78	Jul 4 (2)	KCA	@	LAA	L,5-7	GF	5	1.1	0	1	0	1	1	P
31	86 (7)	Jul 14 (2)	KCA	@	WSA	W,9-7	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	89 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	KCA	@	DET	L,3-8	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	94 (4)	Jul 23 (1)	KCA		DET	L,4-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	95	Jul 23 (2)	KCA		DET	L,14-17		7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
35	96	Jul 25	KCA		CLE	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
36	98 (1)	Jul 27	KCA		CLE	W,2-1	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	99	Jul 28	KCA		WSA	L,6-10		5	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	101 (1)	Jul 30	KCA		WSA	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	102	Aug 2 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to Detroit Tigers
40	108	Aug 5	DET		CLE	W,7-6		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	114 (5)	Aug 11	DET	@	MIN	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	118 (3)	Aug 15 (2)	DET		BAL	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	120 (1)	Aug 17	DET		BAL	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	126 (5)	Aug 23	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	GF	12	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
45	129 (2)	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,7-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	133 (3)	Aug 30	DET		CHW	L,4-7		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	137 (3)	Sep 3	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	139 (1)	Sep 4 susp	DET	@	BAL	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	144 (4)	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	156 (11)	Sep 24	DET	@	LAA	W,7-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	157	Sep 25 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,6-4	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
52	158	Sep 25 (2)	DET	@	KCA	L,3-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							52gm		61.1	4	14	0	18	2