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Gus Getz
Gustave Getz (Gee-Gee)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

Debut August 15, 1909
Final Game July 10, 1918
Born August 3, 1889 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died May 28, 1969 in Red Bank, NJ

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1909 19 BSN NL  40  148    6   33   2  0   0    9   2      1      .223  .228  .236   42   35   4           0    
 1910 20 BSN NL  54  144   14   28   0  1   0    7   2      6  10  .194  .232  .208   27   30   3           1    
 1914 24 BRO NL  55  210   13   52   8  1   0   20   9      2  15  .248  .255  .295   62   62   6           0    
 1915 25 BRO NL 130  477   39  123  10  5   2   46  19 15   8  14  .258  .275  .312   76  149  10           3    
 1916 26 BRO NL  40   96    9   21   1  2   0    8   9      0   5  .219  .219  .271   48   26   6           0    
 1917 27 CIN NL   7   14    2    4   0  0   0    3   0      3   0  .286  .412  .286  119    4   0           0    
 1918 28 TOT     13   25    2    4   1  0   0    0   0      4   2  .160  .300  .200   47    5   0           1    
         CLE AL   6   15    2    2   1  0   0    0   0      4   1  .133  .350  .200   60    3   0           1    
         PIT NL   7   10    0    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .200  .200  .200   21    2   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      339 1114   85  265  22  9   2   93  41 15  24  46  .238  .257  .279   60  311  29   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        532   41  127  11  4   1   44  20  7  11  22  .238  .257  .279   60  149  14   0   0   2   0
 Career High    130  477   39  123  10  5   2   46  19 15   8  15  .258  .275  .312   76  149  10   0   0   3   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1909 19 BSN NL  153  119    8   1.8    80| .223  .256| .228  .325| .236  .331| .464  .656|  42  .256 -10.9  -1.3     
 1910 20 BSN NL  154  119    7   1.6    90| .194  .266| .232  .341| .208  .353| .440  .694|  27  .177 -14.1  -1.6     
 1914 24 BRO NL  218  164   16   2.6    86| .248  .261| .255  .329| .295  .349| .550  .679|  62  .368 -10.9  -1.2     
 1915 25 BRO NL  498  379   38   2.7    82| .258  .258| .275  .321| .312  .345| .587  .667|  76  .410 -16.3  -1.9  55%
 1916 26 BRO NL  102   81    6   2.0    80| .219  .258| .219  .316| .271  .344| .490  .660|  48  .285  -6.6  -0.8     
 1917 27 CIN NL   17   10    2   5.4    75| .286  .252| .412  .309| .286  .333| .698  .641| 119  .706   0.6   0.1     
 1918 28 TOT      30   21    1   1.3    86| .160  .268| .300  .336| .200  .344| .500  .680|  47  .140  -1.4  -0.1     
         CLE AL   20   13    1   2.1    89| .133  .271| .350  .343| .200  .345| .550  .688|  60  .280  -0.4   0.0     
         PIT NL   10    8    0   0.0    82| .200  .265| .200  .323| .200  .342| .400  .664|  21  .000  -1.0  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1172  893   78   2.4    83| .238  .260| .257  .326| .279  .345| .536  .670|  60  .340 -59.6  -6.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1909 19 BSN NL 3B 36 32 81 8 3 .934 .930 3.14 3.22 SS 2 3 9 1 0 .923 .923 6.00 5.20 2B 2 1 2 1 0 .750 .938 1.50 4.65 1910 20 BSN NL 3B 22 23 42 6 4 .915 .933 2.95 3.08 2B 13 20 30 1 1 .980 .952 3.85 5.05 OF 8 9 1 1 0 .909 .962 1.25 2.10 4 1 3 SS 4 5 10 1 1 .938 .926 3.75 5.03 1914 24 BRO NL 3B 55 69 134 11 12 .949 .931 3.69 3.05 1915 25 BRO NL 3B 128 140 290 22 14 .951 .947 3.36 3.00 SS 2 3 0 2 0 .600 .938 1.50 5.20 1916 26 BRO NL 3B 20 18 24 4 0 .913 .938 2.10 3.00 SS 7 12 20 1 2 .970 .925 4.57 5.19 1B 3 23 1 1 1 .960 .988 8.00 10.13 1917 27 CIN NL 2B 4 5 2 1 1 .875 .959 1.75 4.95 3B 3 3 2 1 0 .833 .943 1.67 3.03 1918 28 TOT 3B 7 9 14 2 1 .920 .947 3.29 3.27 CLE AL 3B 5 6 10 1 0 .941 .947 3.20 3.24 PIT NL 3B 2 3 4 1 1 .875 .946 3.50 3.35
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1916 26 BRO NL 1B 3 23 1 1 1 .960 .988 8.00 10.13 1909 19 BSN NL 2B 2 1 2 1 0 .750 .938 1.50 4.65 1910 20 BSN NL 2B 13 20 30 1 1 .980 .952 3.85 5.05 1917 27 CIN NL 2B 4 5 2 1 1 .875 .959 1.75 4.95 1909 19 BSN NL 3B 36 32 81 8 3 .934 .930 3.14 3.22 1910 20 BSN NL 3B 22 23 42 6 4 .915 .933 2.95 3.08 1914 24 BRO NL 3B 55 69 134 11 12 .949 .931 3.69 3.05 1915 25 BRO NL 3B 128 140 290 22 14 .951 .947 3.36 3.00 1916 26 BRO NL 3B 20 18 24 4 0 .913 .938 2.10 3.00 1917 27 CIN NL 3B 3 3 2 1 0 .833 .943 1.67 3.03 1918 28 TOT 3B 7 9 14 2 1 .920 .947 3.29 3.27 CLE AL 3B 5 6 10 1 0 .941 .947 3.20 3.24 PIT NL 3B 2 3 4 1 1 .875 .946 3.50 3.35 1910 20 BSN NL OF 8 9 1 1 0 .909 .962 1.25 2.10 4 1 3 1909 19 BSN NL SS 2 3 9 1 0 .923 .923 6.00 5.20 1910 20 BSN NL SS 4 5 10 1 1 .938 .926 3.75 5.03 1915 25 BRO NL SS 2 3 0 2 0 .600 .938 1.50 5.20 1916 26 BRO NL SS 7 12 20 1 2 .970 .925 4.57 5.19
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 271 294 587 54 34 .942 .940 3.25 3.05 2B 19 26 34 3 2 .952 .952 3.16 4.98 SS 15 23 39 5 3 .925 .925 4.13 5.15 OF 8 9 1 1 0 .909 .962 1.25 2.10 4 1 3 1B 3 23 1 1 1 .960 .988 8.00 10.13 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 316 375 662 64 40 .942 .941 3.28 3.31
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1916   WS    BRO BOS     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

At Bats per Strikeout
1915 NL-34.1-1

Youngest Player
1909 NL-19-5
1910 NL-20-8

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

August 13, 1909: Purchased by the Boston Doves from the McKeesport (Ohio-Pennsylvania).

November 17, 1910: Purchased by the Indianapolis (American Association) from the Boston Doves.

June, 1918: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Cleveland Indians.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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