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Gerry Staley

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: August 21, 1920 in Brush Prairie, WA us

Died: January 2, 2008 in Vancouver, WA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Battle Ground HS (Battle Ground, WA)

Debut: April 20, 1947 (Age 26-242d, 10,314th in major league history)
vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1961 (Age 41-035d)
vs. KCA 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Gerald Lee Staley

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.9

134

111

ERA

3.70

640

186

1981.2

727

WHIP

1.312

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-21 / in Starts: 10-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 7

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	302	2	Apr 12	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-4	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.1	7	4	4	0	2	1	0	4.91	3.59	29	15	6	0	0	6	50			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	1	.99	-0.399	2.38	-0.58%	-0.03	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out d1
2	303	6	Apr 17(2)	CIN		MLN	W,6-5	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	11	5	2	3	1	1	0	3.31	4.14	39	15	9	0	0	11	49			0	1	0	34	2	0	1	2	1	1	1.70	0.058	2.58	0.05%	-0.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
3	304	10	Apr 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	6.2	6	5	4	2	4	1	0	3.91	4.11	28	8	8	0	0	6	46			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.374	1.85	-0.28%	-1.77	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d2
4	305	14	Apr 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS-7	W(2-2)	5	7.0	5	2	1	0	3	0	0	3.30	3.50	26	10	8	0	0	5	64			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.19	0.024	.87	0.01%	1.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	306	19	May 4	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-3	GS-6	W(3-2)	5	5.0	8	3	2	1	3	1	0	3.34	3.62	23	9	2	0	1	8	43			0	1	0	22	4	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.094	.86	0.05%	-0.51	1b start a 1	6b --- 0 out a4
6	307	23	May 8(2)	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	GS-3		3	2.1	6	3	2	0	0	2	0	3.62	4.24	13	5	2	0	0	6	35			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.188	.66	-0.11%	-1.95	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d3
7	308	27	May 15(1)	CIN		BRO	L,1-7	GS-8	L(3-3)	6	7.1	8	7	6	2	1	2	1	4.23	4.67	34	13	17	6	0	0	35			0	0	0	29	3	0	1	0	0	1	.82	-0.131	.60	-0.06%	-3.28	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d6
8	309	32	May 21	CIN		STL	W,9-6	GS-3		5	2.0	3	4	4	3	2	0	0	4.82	4.68	11	2	1	0	0	3	33			1	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.04	-0.326	.88	-0.17%	-3.86	1t start tie	3t --3 0 out d3
9	310	36	May 26	CIN	@	MLN	W,5-4	GS-8	W(4-3)	4	7.1	7	4	4	3	4	0	0	4.83	4.39	31	15	2	0	0	7	49			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.031	.98	-0.02%	0.34	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out a3
10	311	40	May 30(1)	CIN		MLN	L,6-7	6-7		3	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.69	4.29	6	3	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.061	.60	0.03%	1.24	6t -2- 1 out d4	7t 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	312	44	Jun 3	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS-1		3	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.14	4.28	5	0	1	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.272	.47	-0.07%	-3.18	1b start tie	1b -2- 1 out d3
12	313	49	Jun 8	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-3	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	7.0	9	3	3	2	3	0	0	5.00	4.07	31	14	11	3	0	1	48			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	1	0	.89	-0.060	.35	-0.01%	0.70	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
13	314	51	Jun 13	CIN		MLN	W,6-4	GS-4		4	3.0	8	4	3	0	0	1	1	5.18	4.23	19	6	4	1	0	8	29			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.296	.14	-0.02%	-3.41	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d3
14	315	56	Jun 18	CIN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.68	3.97	32	10	13	0	1	5	75			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.384	.09	0.03%	3.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	316	61	Jun 22	CIN		NYG	L,3-4	GS-9	L(5-5)	3	8.1	10	4	4	1	1	2	0	4.64	4.13	34	16	6	1	1	10	47			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.13	-0.149	.18	-0.02%	0.52	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	317	68	Jul 1	CIN		MLN	W,14-2	GS-3		8	2.1	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.62	4.09	12	2	3	0	0	5	43			0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	-0.107	.14	-0.01%	-1.01	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out a2
17	318	70	Jul 3	CIN		MLN	L,3-7	8-GF		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.52	4.06	7	5	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.10	0.009	.02	0.00%	1.07	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 4
18	319	73	Jul 5	CIN		STL	W,5-4	GS-9		1	8.0	7	3	3	1	2	3	0	4.42	4.31	31	10	11	1	1	7	57			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.009	.16	0.00%	1.27	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out tie
19	320	78	Jul 9	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-5	GS-5		3	4.2	8	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.31	4.36	22	7	5	0	1	8	44			0	0	1	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.106	.04	0.00%	1.21	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 2 out tie
20	321	84	Jul 17(1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS-5	L(5-6)	7	5.0	6	5	5	1	2	4	1	4.53	4.78	22	6	12	0	0	0	36			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.280	.05	-0.01%	-2.36	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
21	322	87	Jul 19(1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.44	4.72	9	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.00	0.00%	1.00	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
22	323	89	Jul 20(1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-6	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.40	4.67	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
23	324	91	Jul 21	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	6-8	L(5-7)	0	2.1	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.55	4.64	9	5	1	0	1	2		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.37	0.129	.00	0.00%	1.76	6b 123 0 out tie	8b 123 1 out a1
24	325	95	Jul 24(2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-4	8-8		2	0.1	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	4.70	4.81	4	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.106	.00	0.00%	-2.02	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 1-- 1 out d3
25	326	98	Jul 28	CIN		BRO	L,2-10	2-3		3	2.0	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	4.70	4.91	10	7	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	.41	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-1.54	2t 1-- 0 out d4	3t 3 out d7
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	327	106	Aug 3	CIN		PHI	L,4-8	6-6		5	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.67	4.89	3	2	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.39	6t 123 1 out d3	6t 3 out d5
27	328	108	Aug 5	CIN		NYG	L,9-12	4-5		1	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.59	4.83	7	2	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.028	.00	0.00%	1.07	4t --- 0 out d5	5t 3 out d5
28	329	111	Aug 7(2)	CIN		NYG	L,5-6	9-9	L(5-8)	1	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.64	4.82	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.42	-0.309	.00	0.00%	-0.71	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 1-- 2 out d1
29	330	130	Aug 27	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-7	5-5		19	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.62	4.81	4	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.06	5b 12- 1 out d4	5b 3 out d5
30	331	135	Aug 30(2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,7-9	3-5		2	2.2	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.66	4.87	11	7	0	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-1.44	3b 1-- 1 out d4	5b 3 out d6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Cincinnati Redlegs to New York Yankees
31	332	149	Sep 20(2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-7	8-9	H(1)	20	1.0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.70	4.84	6	1	2	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.006	4.14	0.03%	-1.16	8b -23 2 out a4	9b 1-- 2 out a2
32	333	154	Sep 25(2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-8	6-6		4	1.0	2	3	2	1	0	1	0	4.81	4.96	7	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.17	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-2.46	6b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d7
							11-21		W-L:5-8,Hld:1	3.3	121.2	150	77	65	29	40	23	3	4.81	4.96	532	1.53		4%	2%	123	45	13	38%	3	4	1	486	30	6	3	14	6	9	1.00	-2.332	.74	-1.15%	-15.38

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