Al Unser

Positions: Catcher and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: October 12, 1912 in Morrisonville, IL us

Died: July 7, 1995 in Decatur, IL

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Decatur, IL

Debut: September 14, 1942 (Age 29-337d, 9,295th in major league history)
vs. WSH 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 5, 1945 (Age 32-328d)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Albert Bernard Unser

Pronunciation: \UN-sur\

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Relatives: Father of Del Unser

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

338

.252

RBI

OBP

.322

SLG

.355

OPS

.677

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-41 / in Starts: 25-34
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	7

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 222 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	121 (60-38-23)
Avg. MLBer w/ 222 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	147 (76-47-23)

Most Driven In
E Miller	7
W Williams	4
K Wahl	3
Self	3
S Mesner	2
A Libke	1
E Tipton	0
F McCormick	0

Most Driven In By
E Tipton	6
D Clay	6
Self	3
G Walker	2
A Libke	1
A Lakeman	1
J Bowman	1
V Kennedy	1

1945 Batting Game Log

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1945 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	54	32 (31)	May 30 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,9-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.88	-0.072	.79	-0.04%	-0.87	C
2	55	33	May 31	CIN		PHI	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8	.50	0.028	.48	0.02%	-0.17	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	56	34	Jun 1	CIN		BRO	W,6-3	GS-12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	8	.97	-0.096	1.24	-0.07%	-0.57	C
4	57	35	Jun 3 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,6-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8	.67	0.110	.92	0.09%	0.70	C
5	58	36	Jun 3 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	8	1.31	-0.103	2.08	-0.10%	-0.97	C
6	59	39 (2)	Jun 6	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.227	.286	.513	8	1.06	0.032	2.14	0.04%	0.68	C
7	60	40	Jun 7	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-3	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.182	.217	.273	.490	8	.66	0.026	1.52	0.04%	0.27	C
8	61	41	Jun 8	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.259	.462	.721	8	1.16	0.287	2.69	0.40%	1.57	C
9	62	42	Jun 9	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.258	.433	.691	8	.73	-0.044	1.52	-0.06%	-0.31	C
10	63	43	Jun 10 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,7-10	CG	4	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.343	.545	.888	8	1.56	0.238	3.20	0.29%	1.57	C
11	64	44	Jun 10 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.297	.333	.514	.847	6	1.10	-0.011	1.90	-0.01%	-0.06	C
12	65	45	Jun 11	CIN	@	STL	L,0-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.325	.500	.825	6	.42	-0.011	.71	-0.01%	-0.11	C
13	66	46	Jun 13	CIN	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.341	.488	.829	6	1.06	0.042	1.46	0.04%	0.23	C
14	67	47	Jun 15 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.313	.444	.757	6	.73	-0.076	1.15	-0.07%	-1.24	C
15	68	48	Jun 15 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,0-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.314	.426	.739	6	.84	0.002	1.09	0.00%	0.12	C
16	69	49	Jun 17	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.291	.392	.683	6	.82	-0.082	.95	-0.06%	-0.78	C
17	70	50	Jun 19	CIN		STL	W,1-0	CG(13)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.283	.375	.658	7	1.72	0.185	1.77	0.12%	0.46	C
18	71	51	Jun 21	CIN		STL	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.297	.383	.680	7	.68	0.021	.81	0.02%	0.40	C
19	72	52	Jun 22	CIN		PIT	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.279	.359	.639	6	1.03	-0.103	.87	-0.05%	-0.72	C
20	73	53	Jun 24 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.353	.631	8	.99	-0.066	.67	-0.03%	0.08	C
21	74	54	Jun 24 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.222	.263	.333	.596	8	.79	-0.141	.41	-0.04%	-1.99	C
22	75	55	Jun 27 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.263	.329	.591	8	1.24	-0.055	.77	-0.02%	-0.24	C
23	76	56	Jun 27 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.286	.354	.640	8	.49	0.067	.33	0.03%	0.91	C
24	77	57	Jun 28	CIN	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.295	.366	.661	8	1.07	0.089	.83	0.04%	0.83	C
25	78	58	Jun 29	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.283	.349	.631	8	.84	-0.046	.52	-0.02%	-0.84	C
26	79	59	Jun 30	CIN	@	PHI	W,13-5	GS-8	4	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.302	.393	.695	8	.78	0.138	.58	0.06%	1.44	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	80	60	Jul 1 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.313	.407	.720	8	1.47	0.041	1.41	0.02%	0.65	C
28	81	62 (1)	Jul 3	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.320	.411	.731	8	.64	0.068	.59	0.04%	0.78	C
29	82	63	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.318	.398	.716	8	1.26	-0.053	1.47	-0.04%	-0.39	C
30	83	64	Jul 4 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.324	.404	.728	9	.44	0.022	.59	0.02%	0.91	PH
31	84	66 (1)	Jul 6	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.324	.404	.728	8						C
32	85	67	Jul 7 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.330	.402	.732	8	.94	0.022	1.10	0.02%	0.19	C
33	86	69 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.264	.328	.396	.724	8	1.21	-0.029	.98	-0.01%	-1.45	C
34	87	71 (1)	Jul 12 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.333	.394	.728	8	.93	-0.003	.69	0.00%	0.32	C
35	88	72	Jul 12 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,5-11	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.331	.391	.721	6	.43	-0.011	.36	-0.01%	-0.10	C
36	89	73	Jul 13	CIN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.320	.377	.697	6	1.54	-0.158	1.14	-0.07%	-1.14	C
37	90	74	Jul 15 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.318	.373	.691	8	.71	-0.019	.48	-0.01%	-0.37	C
38	91	75	Jul 15 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.323	.393	.717	8	.53	0.115	.41	0.05%	0.91	C
39	92	76	Jul 17	CIN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.316	.384	.700	8	1.14	-0.073	.89	-0.03%	-0.51	C
40	93	77	Jul 19 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.309	.375	.684	8	1.38	-0.079	1.02	-0.04%	-0.59	C
41	94	79 (1)	Jul 21	CIN		NYG	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.303	.366	.669	8	1.52	-0.116	1.05	-0.05%	-0.82	C
42	95	81 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,11-5	CG	4	4	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.308	.385	.693	8	.77	0.138	.44	0.05%	0.90	C
43	96	82	Jul 24	CIN		NYG	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.307	.381	.688	8	.71	0.057	.52	0.03%	1.27	C
44	97	83	Jul 26	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.305	.378	.683	8	2.35	-0.103	1.63	-0.04%	-0.27	C
45	98	86 (2)	Jul 29 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.297	.367	.665	8	.57	-0.056	.13	-0.01%	-0.78	C
46	99	87	Jul 29 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.292	.360	.652	8	1.01	-0.083	.12	-0.01%	-0.65	C
47	100	88	Jul 30	CIN	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.297	.364	.661	8	1.03	-0.046	.07	0.00%	-0.61	C
48	101	89	Jul 31 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	7-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.295	.361	.656	8	2.89	-0.074	.26	0.00%	-0.24	PR C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
49	102	92 (2)	Aug 3 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,5-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.294	.358	.653	8	.82	-0.108	.05	0.00%	-0.40	C
50	103	93	Aug 3 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,1-9	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.295	.358	.653	8	1.52	0.042	.06	0.00%	0.41	C
51	104	96 (2)	Aug 5 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.295	.358	.653	7	.64	-0.010	.01	0.00%	0.05	C
52	105	97	Aug 8	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.289	.349	.638	7	1.25	-0.135	.00	0.00%	-0.79	C
53	106	99 (1)	Aug 9 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.286	.345	.631	7	2.02	0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.44	C
54	107	100	Aug 10	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.296	.365	.661	8	.39	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.99	C
55	108	102 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.254	.297	.365	.662	8	1.29	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.45	C
56	109	104 (1)	Aug 13	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.296	.359	.655	8	1.34	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.38	C
57	110	106 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,5-10	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.299	.359	.658	9	.52	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.37	PH
58	111	107	Aug 15 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-13	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.305	.369	.674	7	.52	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.50	C
59	112	108	Aug 16 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.314	.395	.708	8	1.09	0.336	.00	0.00%	2.17	C
60	113	112 (3)	Aug 19 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.317	.394	.711	8	.74	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.02	C
61	114	114 (1)	Aug 21	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.330	.400	.730	8	1.14	0.183	.00	0.00%	2.06	C
62	115	115	Aug 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.270	.329	.398	.727	8	.36	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
63	116	118 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,7-10	3-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.269	.327	.396	.723	9	1.38	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.54	PH
64	117	122 (3)	Aug 31	CIN		PIT	L,5-6	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.330	.399	.729	8	3.93	0.121	.00	0.00%	0.73	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
65	118	123	Sep 2 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,2-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.270	.327	.395	.722	7	1.57	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-0.74	C
66	119	126 (2)	Sep 3 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.266	.323	.389	.712	7	1.37	-0.144	.00	0.00%	-1.16	C
67	120	128 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,6-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.321	.387	.709	9	3.90	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-0.76	PH
							26-41		222	204	23	54	10	3	3	20	15	2	24	2	1		2	4	0	1	.265	.321	.387	.709		1.07	-0.033	.76	0.49%	0.40

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