#78 Al Aber, Starting Pitcher, 31 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubs Friday, 10/6/1958 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Al Aber
7/31/1927 31 USA,OH,CLEVELAND 6"2 200
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 2 / 6 (Fair) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 3.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Extension : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 5,000,000 1958 $ 5,100,000 (2 year(s)) 10 Year(s), 36 Days (1756 total Days) 172 Day(s) 10 Year(s), 14 Days (1734 total Days) 10 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 5 | 7 | 10 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 5 | 7 | 10 | |
Versus RHB | 5 | 7 | 10 | |
Talent | 5 | 7 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 6 54 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 4 (Range), .941 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 40 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 4.10 | 276.2 | 316 | 137 | 126 | 128 | 143 | 4 | 10.0 | 2 | 23 | 57.5 |
Projected | 36 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4.10 | 248.0 | 284 | 123 | 113 | 115 | 129 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 | 10.3 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.49 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 276 | 84 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 37 | 34 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .373 | .373 | .747 |
vs. RHB | 812 | 232 | 47 | 2 | 6 | 97 | 100 | 94 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .350 | .371 | .721 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 20 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3.73 | 140.0 | 157 | 66 | 58 | 57 | 73 |
Road | 20 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4.48 | 136.2 | 159 | 71 | 68 | 71 | 70 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6.36 | 46.2 | 69 | 34 | 33 | 23 | 17 |
May | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.72 | 43.0 | 49 | 16 | 13 | 23 | 24 |
June | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.06 | 50.0 | 48 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 30 |
July | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6.90 | 44.1 | 59 | 37 | 34 | 25 | 24 |
August | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.87 | 53.0 | 48 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 26 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.08 | 39.2 | 43 | 18 | 18 | 27 | 22 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1950 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8.22 | 23.0 | 31 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.30 | .341 | CLE |
1951 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4.96 | 32.2 | 37 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.74 | .287 | CLE |
1952 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3.79 | 40.1 | 42 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.51 | .301 | CLE |
1953 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 5.86 | 50.2 | 64 | 38 | 33 | 6 | 32 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.89 | .319 | CLE |
1954 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.31 | 31.1 | 38 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.56 | .302 | CLE |
1955 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3.42 | 189.2 | 180 | 78 | 72 | 3 | 60 | 89 | 6 | 1 | 1.27 | .284 | WS1 |
1956 | 39 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2.89 | 174.2 | 154 | 64 | 56 | 5 | 44 | 86 | 4 | 2 | 1.13 | .262 | WS1,AL |
1957 | 33 | 33 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 4.44 | 233.1 | 276 | 130 | 115 | 8 | 104 | 122 | 3 | 1 | 1.63 | .337 | WS1 CHN |
1958 | 40 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 4.10 | 276.2 | 316 | 137 | 126 | 8 | 128 | 143 | 4 | 2 | 1.60 | .329 | CHN,NL |
Total | 309 | 119 | 61 | 60 | 33 | 4.05 | 1052.1 | 1138 | 525 | 473 | 41 | 440 | 507 | 17 | 6 | 1.50 | .308 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1950 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | CLE |
1951 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | CLE |
1952 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | 1.333 | 1.667 | CLE |
1953 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CLE |
1954 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CLE |
1955 | 26 | 67 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .143 | .134 | .277 | WS1 |
1956 | 39 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .240 | .250 | .490 | WS1,AL |
1957 | 33 | 84 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .060 | .071 | .071 | .142 | WS1 CHN |
1958 | 40 | 103 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .175 | .175 | .223 | .398 | CHN,NL |
Total | 309 | 317 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 113 | 0 | 0 | .139 | .151 | .177 | .328 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 40 | 40 | 12 | 50 | 1 | 65 | 3 | .954 | 276.2 | 2.11 | | | | |
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Milestones Had first career hit on 4/27/1950, off Billy Pierce (CHA)... Earned first career win on 5/2/1951... Hit first career homerun on 9/22/1952, off Joe Dobson (BOS)... Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/6/1955 to a 4-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year... Injured on 6/12/1955 with a Sore Back, out for one week... Injured on 8/2/1955 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks... Injured on 5/10/1956 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks... Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game... Traded from Washington to Chicago (N) on 6/21/1957 (Going to WS1: LF Marv Throneberry. Going to CHN: P Al Aber)... 6/5/1958: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $5,100,000 per year, for 2 years. Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1955 - 3.42 - 4th 1956 - 2.89 - 1st 1957 - 4.44 - 8th
| WHIP 1955 - 1.27 - 4th 1956 - 1.13 - 1st
| Losses 1957 - 16 - 10th
| Saves 1953 - 22 - 5th
| BB 1957 - 104 - 10th
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SHO 1956 - 2 - 10th 1957 - 1 - 10th
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