Wally Gerber
1914–1929 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns
1,524G
.257AVG
.323OBP
.313SLG
More career statistics
1,309H
7HR
476RBI
43SB
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 · Caught stealing | 47 | 60 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,309 | 1,308 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 357 | 356 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,816 | 5,828 |
| Batting · Runs | 558 | 559 |
| Batting · RBI | 476 | 487 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 43 | 44 |
| Batting · Walks | 465 | 475 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,524 | 5,816 | 5,099 | 558 | 1,309 | 172 | 46 | 7 | 476 | 465 | 357 | 43 | 47 | 33 | 0 | 1,594 | .257 | .323 | .313 | .636 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1920-09-06 to 1920-09-17
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Hits, Three Strikeouts | 1918-06-10 | 1 in 1,070 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1921-08-09 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1923-07-07 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 757 | 2879 | 633 | 2 | 245 | 254 | 167 | .252 | .308 | .309 |
| Away | 767 | 2949 | 675 | 5 | 242 | 221 | 189 | .261 | .304 | .316 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 136 | 514 | 119 | 0 | 46 | 44 | 29 | .263 | .317 | .342 |
| May | 306 | 1188 | 262 | 2 | 91 | 97 | 64 | .255 | .302 | .302 |
| June | 262 | 973 | 228 | 2 | 97 | 87 | 64 | .274 | .324 | .352 |
| July | 284 | 1083 | 233 | 1 | 84 | 82 | 68 | .245 | .291 | .294 |
| August | 254 | 977 | 219 | 1 | 79 | 84 | 55 | .256 | .310 | .304 |
| September | 260 | 1005 | 222 | 1 | 78 | 75 | 69 | .246 | .296 | .294 |
| October | 22 | 88 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | .325 | .352 | .390 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 217 | 818 | 175 | 2 | 63 | 74 | 51 | .246 | .304 | .318 |
| new-york-yankees | 214 | 835 | 180 | 3 | 55 | 58 | 51 | .242 | .285 | .287 |
| cleveland-guardians | 205 | 797 | 190 | 0 | 85 | 63 | 42 | .275 | .317 | .337 |
| chicago-white-sox | 203 | 790 | 181 | 1 | 69 | 66 | 49 | .261 | .313 | .306 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 203 | 759 | 175 | 0 | 62 | 61 | 43 | .262 | .311 | .320 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 201 | 797 | 178 | 1 | 66 | 78 | 56 | .261 | .321 | .326 |
| boston-red-sox | 184 | 748 | 174 | 0 | 66 | 56 | 35 | .265 | .307 | .320 |
| st-louis-browns | 24 | 69 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | .246 | .304 | .281 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 17 | 54 | 13 | – | 5 | – | .241 | – | – |
| 1915 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 56 | 142 | 28 | – | 8 | 6 | .197 | – | – |
| 1917 |  St. Louis Browns | 14 | 39 | 12 | – | 2 | 1 | .308 | – | – |
| 1918 | St. Louis Browns | 56 | 171 | 41 | – | 11 | 2 | .240 | – | – |
| 1919 | St. Louis Browns | 140 | 462 | 105 | 1 | 38 | 1 | .227 | – | – |
| 1920 | St. Louis Browns | 154 | 585 | 162 | 2 | 62 | 4 | .277 | – | – |
| 1921 | St. Louis Browns | 114 | 436 | 122 | 2 | 50 | 4 | .280 | – | – |
| 1922 | St. Louis Browns | 153 | 602 | 161 | 1 | 55 | 6 | .267 | – | – |
| 1923 | St. Louis Browns | 154 | 604 | 170 | 1 | 59 | 4 | .281 | – | – |
| 1924 | St. Louis Browns | 148 | 498 | 135 | – | 54 | 5 | .271 | – | – |
| 1925 | St. Louis Browns | 72 | 246 | 67 | – | 19 | 1 | .272 | – | – |
| 1926 | St. Louis Browns | 132 | 415 | 111 | – | 45 | – | .267 | – | – |
| 1927 | St. Louis Browns | 142 | 438 | 98 | – | 45 | 3 | .224 | – | – |
| 1928 | Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns | 110 | 317 | 68 | – | 29 | 6 | .215 | – | – |
| 1929 |  Boston Red Sox | 62 | 90 | 15 | – | 5 | 1 | .167 | – | – |