Al Gettel
1945–1955 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, New York Giants, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators (1901-60)
189G
.228AVG
.244OBP
.266SLG
More career statistics
55H
0HR
14RBI
0SB
38–45W–L
734.1IP
310K
4.28ERA
79GS
6SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 241 | 242 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 256 | 257 |
| Batting · Runs | 23 | 22 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,167 | 3,163 |
| Pitching · p er | 349 | 348 |
| Pitching · p h | 711 | 709 |
| Pitching · p k | 310 | 309 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 189 | 256 | 241 | 23 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 64 | .228 | .244 | .266 | .510 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 734.3 | 184 | 79 | 31 | 38 | 45 | 6 | 711 | 382 | 349 | 72 | 310 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 4.28 | 1.390 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1945-07-29 to 1945-08-31
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1947-08-12 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1945-09-04 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1946-05-09 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 88 | 115 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | .211 | .200 | .239 |
| Away | 101 | 142 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 15 | .241 | .254 | .286 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| May | 29 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .147 | .162 | .176 |
| June | 38 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .174 | .184 | .196 |
| July | 47 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .204 | .204 | .224 |
| August | 32 | 63 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | .339 | .349 | .407 |
| September | 25 | 37 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .353 | .324 | .412 |
| October | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 27 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .162 | .182 |
| chicago-white-sox | 21 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .207 | .200 | .310 |
| st-louis-browns | 19 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .353 | .353 | .353 |
| boston-red-sox | 19 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .188 | .235 | .188 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 18 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .206 | .233 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .269 | .267 | .423 |
| cleveland-guardians | 16 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .207 | .207 | .207 |
| new-york-yankees | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 | .182 | .182 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 |  New York Yankees | 27 | 57 | 16 | – | 3 | – | .281 | 154 | 68 |
| 1946 | New York Yankees | 26 | 33 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .121 | 103 | 54 |
| 1947 |  Cleveland Guardians | 34 | 51 | 15 | – | 4 | – | .294 | 149 | 64 |
| 1948 | Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 29 | 57 | 13 | – | 3 | – | .228 | 155 | 53 |
| 1949 | Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 35 | 26 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .115 | 97 | 29 |
| 1951 |  New York Giants | 30 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | .083 | 57 | 35 |
| 1955 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 6 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .500 | 17 | 6 |