Dick Gernert

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 209 lb

BornSeptember 28, 1928 · Reading, PA, USA

MLB debutApril 16, 1952

Final gameMay 9, 1962

Seasons11 (1952–1962)

Boston Red Sox 1952–1959; Chicago Cubs 1960; Detroit Tigers 1960; Cincinnati Reds 1961; Detroit Tigers 1961; Houston Colt .45's 1962

Percentile snapshot

1958 season — qualified batters

122

496

9.9

431

16.9

102

1.4

25.4

8.5

RBI

53.5

26.8

28.2

91.5

.237

8.5

OBP

.330

35.2

SLG

.425

45.1

OPS

.755

45.1

wRC+

100.8

40.8

OPS+

100.5

43.7

wOBA

.341

47.9

sWAR

0.7

12.7

of 72 qualified 1958 batters (min 480 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

6.2

81.7

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1952	102	407	367	58	89	20	2	19	67	35	83	4	1	.243	.317	.463	.780	105.4	109.0	.356	0.7
1953	139	590	494	73	125	15	1	21	71	88	82	0	7	.253	.371	.415	.786	111.0	107.4	.369	1.6
1954	14	30	23	2	6	2	0	0	1	6	4	0	0	.261	.414	.348	.762	115.7	102.5	.376	0.1
1955	7	21	20	6	4	2	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	.200	.238	.300	.538	30.2	39.5	.251	-0.2
1956	106	370	306	53	89	11	0	16	68	56	57	1	0	.291	.399	.484	.883	126.2	122.5	.404	1.9
1957	99	362	316	45	75	13	3	14	58	39	62	1	1	.237	.324	.430	.754	98.9	99.9	.341	0.4
1958	122	496	431	59	102	19	1	20	69	59	78	2	0	.237	.330	.425	.755	100.8	100.5	.341	0.7
1959	117	352	298	41	78	14	1	11	42	52	49	1	2	.262	.369	.426	.795	116.2	113.2	.363	1.1
1960	73	161	146	14	39	7	0	1	16	14	24	1	0	.267	.331	.336	.667	85.8	82.0	.312	-0.1
1961	46	78	68	5	20	1	0	1	8	8	11	0	0	.294	.359	.353	.712	90.2	90.8	.323	0.0
1962	10	29	24	1	5	0	0	0	1	5	7	0	0	.208	.345	.208	.553	71.8	57.4	.286	-0.1

Career totals

835

2,896

2,493

357

632

104

103

RBI

402

363

462

.2535

OBP

.3507

SLG

.4256

OPS

.7763

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1956-05-12	BOS @ MIN Gameday	5	2	4	0	2	6	0	10
1957-06-10	BOS @ ATH Gameday	3	3	3	1	2	6	1	10
1958-05-18	BAL @ BOS Gameday	4	3	3	1	2	4	0	10
1953-06-17	DET @ BOS Gameday	4	4	3	0	2	4	2	9
1953-04-20	MIN @ BOS Gameday	4	2	3	0	2	2	0	9

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1952-06-17	BOS @ BAL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952-07-26	BOS @ BAL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956-07-24	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956-09-18	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956-09-19	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.