Gus Zernial
1949–1959 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Athletics
1,234G
.265AVG
.329OBP
.486SLG
More career statistics
1,093H
237HR
776RBI
15SB
2Rare 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 | 4,131 | 4,130 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 7 | 9 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 755 | 758 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,561 | 4,562 |
| Batting · Runs | 572 | 573 |
| Batting · Sacrifice flies | 20 | 21 |
| Batting · Walks | 383 | 384 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,234 | 4,561 | 4,131 | 572 | 1,093 | 159 | 22 | 237 | 776 | 383 | 755 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 2,007 | .265 | .329 | .486 | .815 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1951-06-24 to 1951-07-08
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1950-10-01 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1951-06-24 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1950-05-30 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 618 | 2216 | 534 | 125 | 398 | 210 | 360 | .269 | .336 | .509 |
| Away | 616 | 2346 | 559 | 112 | 378 | 174 | 398 | .260 | .312 | .465 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 102 | 391 | 90 | 15 | 51 | 38 | 62 | .259 | .327 | .432 |
| May | 248 | 986 | 256 | 56 | 173 | 96 | 137 | .291 | .357 | .547 |
| June | 223 | 813 | 196 | 53 | 153 | 67 | 145 | .265 | .323 | .525 |
| July | 224 | 846 | 206 | 33 | 129 | 62 | 150 | .266 | .317 | .444 |
| August | 231 | 801 | 188 | 44 | 151 | 61 | 126 | .256 | .311 | .482 |
| September | 201 | 709 | 152 | 32 | 111 | 59 | 135 | .236 | .298 | .426 |
| October | 5 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .375 | 1.133 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 189 | 698 | 167 | 44 | 128 | 56 | 122 | .262 | .319 | .528 |
| cleveland-guardians | 186 | 692 | 143 | 28 | 84 | 54 | 139 | .227 | .285 | .395 |
| new-york-yankees | 174 | 632 | 148 | 24 | 84 | 61 | 99 | .263 | .331 | .442 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 171 | 642 | 177 | 40 | 137 | 48 | 77 | .303 | .350 | .568 |
| detroit-tigers | 162 | 616 | 150 | 29 | 103 | 54 | 87 | .271 | .331 | .489 |
| chicago-white-sox | 136 | 496 | 110 | 28 | 91 | 34 | 101 | .240 | .290 | .447 |
| st-louis-browns | 91 | 396 | 119 | 32 | 103 | 47 | 56 | .343 | .419 | .680 |
| baltimore-orioles | 78 | 239 | 51 | 11 | 33 | 18 | 52 | .236 | .289 | .412 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 |  Chicago White Sox | 73 | 198 | 63 | 5 | 38 | – | .318 | – | – |
| 1950 | Chicago White Sox | 143 | 543 | 152 | 29 | 93 | – | .280 | – | – |
| 1951 | Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics | 143 | 571 | 153 | 33 | 129 | 2 | .268 | – | – |
| 1952 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 145 | 549 | 144 | 29 | 100 | 5 | .262 | – | – |
| 1953 | Philadelphia Athletics | 147 | 556 | 158 | 42 | 108 | 4 | .284 | – | – |
| 1954 | Philadelphia Athletics | 97 | 336 | 84 | 14 | 62 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Kansas City Athletics | 120 | 413 | 105 | 30 | 84 | 1 | .254 | – | – |
| 1956 | Kansas City Athletics | 109 | 271 | 61 | 16 | 44 | 2 | .225 | – | – |
| 1957 | Kansas City Athletics | 131 | 437 | 103 | 27 | 69 | 1 | .236 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Detroit Tigers | 66 | 124 | 40 | 5 | 23 | – | .323 | – | – |
| 1959 | Detroit Tigers | 60 | 132 | 30 | 7 | 26 | – | .227 | – | – |