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Gus Zernial

Birthdate:

6/27/1923

Height / Weight:

' " / 210 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Beaumont, TX, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

The 6' 3, 210 lbs, easy-going Zernial trailed only Mickey Mantle in home runs from 1951-1957. The gallant slugger hit 191 HR's to Mantle's 207. Baseball Historian Nicknamed 'Ozark Ike' after the popular comic strip character, Gus Zernial tied a Chicago White Sox record for the most HR's with 29 in 1950. He broke his collarbone and was traded by the White Sox in a three-team deal to the Philadelphia Athletics for Minnie Minoso. Gus Zernial went on to lead the league with 33 HRs, 129 RBIs and 17 outfield assists that same year. In 1953, free-swinging Zernial hit 42 home runs second only to Al Rosen's 43 and played for the American League in the All-Star game.

After the Athletics moved to Kansas City, the popular Zernial slugged a team leading 30 HRs. Twice in his career, big Gus had the misfortune to break his collarbone while chasing long fly-balls. He played his final two seasons with the Detroit Tigers and in 1958 led the American League with 15 pinch-hits. Gus Zernial batted .265 in his engaging career, with a slugging pct of .486. and walloped 237 homers in 1234 games. baseballhistorian.com archives For a photo and bio of Gus Zernial, please see All-Stars 1950s located on the Home Page.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
12 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1949	CHW (AL)	73	198	29	63	17	2	5	38	15	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	.318	.366	SLG
1950	CHW (AL)	143	543	75	152	16	4	29	93	38	110	0	2	0	3	0	0	.280	.330	SLG
1951	CHW (AL)	4	19	2	2	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.190	SLG
1951	PHA (AL)	139	552	90	151	30	5	33	125	61	99	2	2	0	4	0	0	.274	.350	SLG
1952	PHA (AL)	145	549	76	144	15	1	29	100	70	87	5	1	0	1	1	0	.262	.347	SLG
1953	PHA (AL)	147	556	85	158	21	3	42	108	57	79	4	0	0	4	0	0	.284	.355	SLG
1954	PHA (AL)	97	336	42	84	8	2	14	62	30	60	0	0	0	4	0	3	.250	.316	SLG
1955	KCA (AL)	120	413	62	105	9	3	30	84	30	90	1	0	1	3	0	8	.254	.304	SLG
1956	KCA (AL)	109	272	36	61	12	0	16	44	33	66	2	0	2	4	0	2	.224	.315	SLG
1957	KCA (AL)	131	437	56	103	20	1	27	69	34	84	1	1	0	1	2	4	.236	.290	SLG
1958	DET (AL)	66	124	8	40	7	1	5	23	6	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.323	.351	SLG
1959	DET (AL)	60	132	11	30	4	0	7	26	7	27	0	0	0	0	0	2	.227	.262	SLG
12 years		1234	4131	572	1093	159	22	237	776	383	755	15	7	3	24	3	20	.265	.329	.SLG

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