#78 Al Aber, Starting Pitcher, 34 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubs Saturday, 10/21/1961 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Al Aber
7/31/1927 34 USA,OH,CLEVELAND 6"2 205
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 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : 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 $ 11,000,000 1963 13 Year(s), 36 Days (2272 total Days) 172 Day(s) 13 Year(s), 14 Days (2250 total Days) 13 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 4 | 6 | 9 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 4 | 6 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 4 | 6 | 9 | |
Talent | 4 | 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 | 41 | 41 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 4.12 | 299.1 | 319 | 159 | 137 | 132 | 160 | 5 | 12.2 | 1 | 21 | 51.2 |
Projected | 36 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4.12 | 262.0 | 280 | 140 | 120 | 116 | 140 | | | | | |
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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 | 13.8 | 9.6 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 27 | 11 | 40.7 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.26 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 308 | 71 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 43 | 39 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .312 | .315 | .627 |
vs. RHB | 854 | 248 | 39 | 1 | 13 | 101 | 116 | 93 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .290 | .357 | .384 | .741 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 22 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3.87 | 162.2 | 170 | 83 | 70 | 67 | 90 |
Road | 19 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4.41 | 136.2 | 149 | 76 | 67 | 65 | 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 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3.23 | 55.2 | 46 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 29 |
May | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.44 | 48.0 | 57 | 34 | 29 | 18 | 24 |
June | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.56 | 56.2 | 67 | 41 | 35 | 28 | 30 |
July | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.38 | 37.0 | 39 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 21 |
August | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.41 | 60.2 | 66 | 26 | 23 | 31 | 32 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.61 | 41.1 | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 24 |
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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 |
1959 | 39 | 39 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 4.05 | 282.0 | 313 | 151 | 127 | 14 | 96 | 145 | 5 | 1 | 1.45 | .311 | CHN |
1960 | 32 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3.04 | 243.0 | 228 | 94 | 82 | 6 | 95 | 126 | 11 | 2 | 1.33 | .292 | CHN |
1961 | 41 | 41 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 4.12 | 299.1 | 319 | 159 | 137 | 17 | 132 | 160 | 5 | 1 | 1.51 | .307 | CHN |
Total | 421 | 231 | 117 | 89 | 33 | 3.93 | 1876.2 | 1998 | 929 | 819 | 78 | 763 | 938 | 38 | 10 | 1.47 | .307 | |
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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 |
1959 | 39 | 89 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .146 | .157 | .303 | CHN |
1960 | 32 | 88 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .169 | .205 | .373 | CHN |
1961 | 41 | 106 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .142 | .148 | .198 | .346 | CHN |
Total | 421 | 600 | 86 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 40 | 7 | 213 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .152 | .182 | .334 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 41 | 41 | 20 | 61 | 4 | 83 | 2 | .976 | 299.1 | 2.50 | | | | |
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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... 7/16/1960: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $11,000,000 per year, for 3 years. Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1960, going 5-0, 1.31... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1961, going 7-0, 3.23... Injured on 9/27/1961 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week...
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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 1958 - 4.10 - 8th 1959 - 4.05 - 9th 1960 - 3.04 - 2nd
| WHIP 1955 - 1.27 - 4th 1956 - 1.13 - 1st 1960 - 1.33 - 6th
| Wins 1958 - 19 - 6th 1959 - 21 - 3rd 1960 - 19 - 3rd
| Losses 1957 - 16 - 10th
| Saves 1953 - 22 - 5th
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IP 1958 - 276.2 - 8th 1959 - 282.0 - 10th
| BB 1957 - 104 - 10th 1958 - 128 - 6th
| SHO 1956 - 2 - 10th 1957 - 1 - 10th 1958 - 2 - 3rd 1960 - 2 - 7th
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