Gerry Staley
1947–1961 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, NLS, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals
640G
.126AVG
.186OBP
.139SLG
More career statistics
66H
1HR
19RBI
0SB
134–111W–L
1,981.2IP
727K
3.70ERA
186GS
61SV
1Rare feat
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 | 525 | 524 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 617 | 616 |
| Batting · Walks | 38 | 37 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8,398 | 8,395 |
| Pitching · p er | 814 | 811 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,070 | 2,069 |
| Pitching · p hr | 187 | 186 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,945 | 5,943 |
| Pitching · p k | 727 | 726 |
| Pitching · p r | 946 | 947 |
| Pitching · p w | 529 | 530 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 640 | 617 | 525 | 35 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 38 | 116 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 73 | .126 | .186 | .139 | .325 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,981.7 | 640 | 186 | 58 | 134 | 111 | 61 | 2,070 | 946 | 814 | 187 | 529 | 727 | 0 | 0 | 3.70 | 1.312 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1951-07-16 to 1951-07-27
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1953-05-29 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1959-08-23 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1954-06-17 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 321 | 313 | 35 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 63 | .131 | .169 | .142 |
| Away | 319 | 303 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 53 | .121 | .165 | .136 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 52 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .073 | .116 | .073 |
| May | 119 | 115 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 23 | .186 | .217 | .216 |
| June | 125 | 123 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | .160 | .203 | .179 |
| July | 129 | 110 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 23 | .134 | .173 | .144 |
| August | 119 | 103 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 21 | .080 | .146 | .080 |
| September | 94 | 96 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .086 | .115 | .099 |
| October | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 53 | 84 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .139 | .190 | .153 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 52 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | .113 | .139 | .177 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 52 | 84 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18 | .111 | .155 | .111 |
| cleveland-guardians | 52 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .231 | .226 | .231 |
| chicago-cubs | 47 | 92 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | .115 | .130 | .128 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 47 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | .169 | .200 | .186 |
| baltimore-orioles | 44 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .077 | .188 | .077 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 41 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | .125 | .172 | .125 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 18 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 29 | 14 |
| 1948 | St. Louis Cardinals | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | .222 | 52 | 23 |
| 1949 | St. Louis Cardinals | 45 | 41 | 5 | – | – | – | .122 | 171 | 55 |
| 1950 | St. Louis Cardinals | 42 | 55 | 8 | – | – | – | .145 | 169 | 61 |
| 1951 | St. Louis Cardinals | 42 | 81 | 13 | – | 5 | – | .160 | 226 | 67 |
| 1952 | St. Louis Cardinals | 35 | 85 | 13 | – | 1 | – | .153 | 239 | 93 |
| 1953 | St. Louis Cardinals | 40 | 78 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .103 | 230 | 88 |
| 1954 | St. Louis Cardinals | 48 | 36 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .139 | 155 | 50 |
| 1955 | Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees | 32 | 35 | 2 | – | 3 | – | .057 | 121 | 40 |
| 1956 | Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees | 27 | 33 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .091 | 101 | 26 |
| 1957 |  Chicago White Sox | 47 | 22 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .045 | 105 | 44 |
| 1958 | Chicago White Sox | 50 | 11 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | 85 | 27 |
| 1959 | Chicago White Sox | 67 | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | .154 | 116 | 54 |
| 1960 | Chicago White Sox | 64 | 17 | 4 | – | 3 | – | .235 | 115 | 52 |
| 1961 | Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics | 52 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 61 | 32 |