Gerry Staley stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1947
Bio
- Debut
- 1947
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 640
- W
- 134
- L
- 111
- ERA
- 3.70
- IP
- 1981.2
- K
- 727
- BB
- 529
- WHIP
- 1.31
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | STL | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2.76 | 29.1 | 14 | 8 | 1.40 |
| 1948 | STL | 31 | 4 | 4 | 6.92 | 52.0 | 23 | 21 | 1.58 |
| 1949 | STL | 45 | 10 | 10 | 2.73 | 171.1 | 55 | 41 | 1.14 |
| 1950 | STL | 42 | 13 | 13 | 4.99 | 169.2 | 62 | 61 | 1.54 |
| 1951 | STL | 42 | 19 | 13 | 3.81 | 227.0 | 67 | 74 | 1.40 |
| 1952 | STL | 35 | 17 | 14 | 3.27 | 239.2 | 93 | 52 | 1.21 |
| 1953 | STL | 40 | 18 | 9 | 3.99 | 230.0 | 88 | 54 | 1.29 |
| 1954 | STL | 48 | 7 | 13 | 5.26 | 155.2 | 50 | 47 | 1.57 |
| 1955 |  CIN/NYY | 32 | 5 | 8 | 4.81 | 121.2 | 40 | 29 | 1.48 |
| 1956 |  NYY/CHW | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3.26 | 102.0 | 26 | 20 | 1.20 |
| 1957 | CHW | 47 | 5 | 1 | 2.06 | 105.0 | 44 | 27 | 1.16 |
| 1958 | CHW | 50 | 4 | 5 | 3.16 | 85.1 | 27 | 24 | 1.23 |
| 1959 | CHW | 67 | 8 | 5 | 2.24 | 116.1 | 54 | 25 | 1.17 |
| 1960 | CHW | 64 | 13 | 8 | 2.42 | 115.1 | 52 | 25 | 1.03 |
| 1961 |  CHW/DET/ATH | 52 | 2 | 5 | 3.96 | 61.1 | 32 | 21 | 1.39 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 2.25
- IP
- 8.0
- K
- 3
- BB
- 0
- WHIP
- 1.00
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 58
- SHO
- 9
- K/9
- 3.3
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | STL | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | STL | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | STL | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | STL | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | STL | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | STL | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | CIN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | NYY/CHW | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | CHW/DET/ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Gerry Staley's career stats?
Gerry Staley played 15 seasons for the Cardinals, the Reds and the White Sox. He had 134 wins and 727 strikeouts with a 3.70 ERA over 1,981.2 innings. His best season was 1951: 19 wins, a 3.81 ERA and 67 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 1 postseason, 1947 to 1961
Championships
- 1956 World Series with the New York Yankees
All-time career rank
- 299th in saves (61)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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