Gus Zernial stats
Last played for the Detroit Tigers, 1959
Bio
- Debut
- 1949
Bio
- Debut
- 1949
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,234
- AB
- 4,131
- R
- 572
- H
- 1,093
- HR
- 237
- RBI
- 776
- SB
- 15
- AVG
- .265
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | CHW | 73 | 198 | 29 | 63 | 5 | 38 | 0 | .318 |
| 1950 | CHW | 143 | 543 | 75 | 152 | 29 | 93 | 0 | .280 |
| 1951 |  CHW/ATH | 143 | 571 | 92 | 153 | 33 | 129 | 2 | .268 |
| 1952 | ATH | 145 | 549 | 76 | 144 | 29 | 100 | 5 | .262 |
| 1953 | ATH | 147 | 556 | 85 | 158 | 42 | 108 | 4 | .284 |
| 1954 | ATH | 97 | 336 | 42 | 84 | 14 | 62 | 0 | .250 |
| 1955 | ATH | 120 | 413 | 62 | 105 | 30 | 84 | 1 | .254 |
| 1956 | ATH | 109 | 272 | 36 | 61 | 16 | 44 | 2 | .224 |
| 1957 | ATH | 131 | 437 | 56 | 103 | 27 | 69 | 1 | .236 |
| 1958 | DET | 66 | 124 | 8 | 40 | 5 | 23 | 0 | .323 |
| 1959 | DET | 60 | 132 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 26 | 0 | .227 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 4,561
- TB
- 2,007
- XBH
- 418
- HBP
- 24
- IBB
- 3
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | CHW | 213 | 99 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | CHW | 584 | 263 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | CHW/ATH | 638 | 292 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | ATH | 621 | 248 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | ATH | 617 | 311 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | ATH | 373 | 138 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | ATH | 454 | 210 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | ATH | 311 | 121 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | ATH | 478 | 206 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | DET | 131 | 64 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | DET | 141 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 4.8
- RC
- 681.6
- RC/27
- 6.00
- ISOP
- .221
- SECA
- .316
- BB/K
- 0.51
- AB/HR
- 17.4
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | CHW | 0.7 | 35.7 | 7.1 | .182 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 39.6 | 0 |
| 1950 | CHW | 1.0 | 87.2 | 6 | .204 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 18.7 | 0 |
| 1951 | CHW/ATH | 2.8 | 102.6 | 6.6 | .243 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 17.3 | 0 |
| 1952 | ATH | 0.0 | 90.8 | 6 | .189 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 18.9 | 0 |
| 1953 | ATH | 0.0 | 111.4 | 7.6 | .275 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 13.2 | 0 |
| 1954 | ATH | 0.0 | 46.3 | 4.9 | .161 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 24 | 0 |
| 1955 | ATH | 1.2 | 66.9 | 5.7 | .254 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 13.8 | 0 |
| 1956 | ATH | 0.1 | 41.1 | 5.2 | .221 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 17 | 0 |
| 1957 | ATH | -0.5 | 62.5 | 4.9 | .236 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 16.2 | 0 |
| 1958 | DET | 0.0 | 22.2 | 7.1 | .194 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 24.8 | 0 |
| 1959 | DET | -0.5 | 15.1 | 3.9 | .189 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 18.9 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Gus Zernial's career stats?
Gus Zernial played 11 seasons for the White Sox, the Athletics and the Tigers. He was a career .265 hitter with 1,093 hits, 237 home runs and 776 RBI. His best season was 1958: a .323 batting average, 5 home runs and 23 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 1949 to 1959
All-time career rank
- 295th in home runs (237)
Among the 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.