Al Gettel

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: September 17, 1917 in Norfolk, VA us

Died: April 8, 2005 in Norfolk, VA

Buried: Emmanuel Episcopal Church Cemetery, Virginia Beach, VA

High School: Kempsville HS (Virginia Beach, VA)

Debut: April 20, 1945 (Age 27-215d, 9,918th in major league history)
vs. WSH 4.0 IP, 1 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Last Game: September 12, 1955 (Age 37-360d)
vs. PIT 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Allen Jones Gettel

Nicknames: Two Gun

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.8

ERA

4.28

184

734.1

310

WHIP

1.390

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 72 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 20 go ahead

6 Tms
CHW	19
NYY	17
CLE	14
NYG	12
STL	6
WSH	4

Platoon
vs RHB	44
vs LHB	28

Home/Road
Away	37
Home	35

Outs
1	28
0	22
2	22

14 Opps
DET	12
SLB	12
BOS	11
PIT	6
PHA	6
CLE	6
PHI	3
BSN	3
BRO	3
NYY	3
WSH	2
CIN	2
CHW	2
STL	1

64 Batters
Tommy Henrich	2
Al Zarilla	2
Doc Cramer	2
Bobby Doerr	2
Dom DiMaggio	2
Hank Greenberg	2
Johnny Groth	2
Rudy York	2
Eddie Mayo	1
Frank Thomas	1
Al Hollingsworth	1
Sid Gordon	1
Pete Suder	1
Frank Mancuso	1
Buddy Rosar	1
Jack Graham	1
Eddie Robinson	1
Roy Hartsfield	1
Jake Jones	1
Jim Greengrass	1
Harry Brecheen	1
Jimmy Bloodworth	1
Chuck Stevens	1
Jerry Priddy	1
George Metkovich	1
Ralph Kiner	1
Dizzy Trout	1
Clyde Vollmer	1
Ted Kluszewski	1
Stan Spence	1
Vic Wertz	1
Gus Bell	1
Willie Jones	1
Earl Torgeson	1
Roy Campanella	1
Jim Hegan	1
Carl Furillo	1
Aaron Robinson	1
Clyde McCullough	1
Birdie Tebbetts	1
George Strickland	1
Duke Snider	1
Les Fleming	1
Dick Adams	1
Carl Scheib	1
Billy Johnson	1
Ken Keltner	1
Joe Kuhel	1
Sam Chapman	1
Dale Mitchell	1
Babe Martin	1
Sam Vico	1
Paul Lehner	1
Sig Jakucki	1
Les Moss	1
Granny Hamner	1
Jeff Heath	1
Connie Ryan	1
Hank Majeski	1
Pete Castiglione	1
Vern Stephens	1
Mickey Rocco	1
Milt Byrnes	1
Eddie Pellagrini	1

13 Parks
Yankee Stad (NYC)	16
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	8
Fenway Pk (BOS)	7
ClevelandStd (CLE)	7
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	7
Polo Grounds (NYC)	7
Tiger Stad (DET)	6
Forbes Fld (PIT)	4
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	4
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	3
League Pk II (CLE)	1
GriffithStad (WAS)	1
Braves Fld (BOS)	1

Where Hit
7	26
9	21
78	3
89	2
8	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	38
2·HR gms	11
3·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	28
1--	21
12-	10
-2-	6
123	2
--3	2
1-3	2
-23	1

133 Runs
RISP	23
0 on	28
1 on	29
2 on	13
3 on	2
Any on	44

Inning
1	4
2	11
3	8
4	3
5	13
6	9
7	12
8	7
9	5

1-3	23
4-6	25
7-end	24

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	4
+2	5
+1	13
Tied	14
-1	7
-2	10
-3	4
-4..	5

Ahead	32
Tied	14
Behind	26

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	16
2B	10
CF	10
LF	9
C	8
RF	7
3B	6
P	4
PH	1
SS	1

OrderPos
7th	12
5th	12
3rd	11
4th	9
8th	7
2nd	6
6th	6
9th	5
1st	4

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1945	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1945-05-30 (2)	Doc Cramer	DET	@	NYY	tied 1-1	t 6	0	---	1	5	8
2	2	2	1	1945-06-08	George Metkovich	BOS	@	NYY	ahead 4-3	t 7	1	-2-	2	3	3	17%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Lake Scores
3	3	3	1	1945-07-20 (1)	Sig Jakucki	SLB	@	NYY	behind 0-2	t 5	2	1--	2	9	1	25%	45%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Christman Scores
4	4	4	2	1945-07-20 (1)	Babe Martin	SLB	@	NYY	behind 2-3	t 7	1	1--	2	7	7	39%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Christman Scores
5	5	5	1	1945-08-10	Jeff Heath	CLE		NYY	behind 1-6	b 6	1	12-	3	4	7	13%	19%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Meyer Scores; M. Rocco Scores
6	6	6	1	1945-09-04	Doc Cramer	DET	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	-2-	2	3	8	13%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Mayo Scores
7	7	7	2	1945-09-04	Hank Greenberg	DET	@	NYY	ahead 3-0	t 5	1	--3	2	4	7	6%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Mayo Scores
8	8	8	1	1945-09-09 (2)	Les Fleming	CLE	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	9	18%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Cihocki Scores
9	9	9	2	1945-09-09 (2)	Mickey Rocco	CLE	@	NYY	tied 2-2	t 5	1	---	1	2	3	16%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	10	1	1945-09-15 (2)	Milt Byrnes	SLB	@	NYY	behind 1-2	t 3	2	1--	2	3	7
11	11	11	2	1945-09-15 (2)	Al Hollingsworth	SLB	@	NYY	ahead 4-2	t 4	1	12-	3	9	1
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1946-04-18	Buddy Rosar	PHA		NYY	behind 0-7	b 5	1	---	1	6	2	1%	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	2	1	1946-05-09	Chuck Stevens	SLB	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	7	3	17%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Christman Scores
14	14	3	2	1946-05-09	Frank Mancuso	SLB	@	NYY	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	1	8	2	8%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	4	1	1946-06-10	Hank Greenberg	DET	@	NYY	tied 2-2	t 3	2	1--	2	5	3	23%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Wakefield Scores
16	16	5	2	1946-06-10	Jimmy Bloodworth	DET	@	NYY	ahead 4-2	t 3	2	1--	2	7	4	15%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Mullin Scores
17	17	6	1	1946-07-21 (2)	Joe Kuhel	CHW	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	12-	3	7	3	16%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Hayes Scores; D. Kolloway Scores
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1947-06-10	Rudy York	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 7	1	---	1	7	3	13%	82%		Home Run
19	19	2	1	1947-06-15 (2)	Hank Majeski	PHA		CLE	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	1	8	5	11%	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	3	2	1947-06-15 (2)	Dick Adams	PHA		CLE	behind 1-4	b 7	0	---	1	4	3	9%	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	4	1	1947-06-20	Jake Jones	BOS		CLE	behind 0-2	b 5	0	1--	2	7	3	23%	57%		Home Run; B. Doerr Scores
22	22	5	1	1947-07-06 (2)	Rudy York	CHW		CLE	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---	1	5	3	11%	40%		Home Run
23	23	6	1	1947-07-12 (1)	Pete Suder	PHA	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 5	1	1--	2	7	4	19%	84%		Home Run; M. Guerra Scores
24	24	7	1	1947-07-16	Tommy Henrich	NYY	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	9	16%	70%		Home Run; S. Stirnweiss Scores
25	25	8	1	1947-07-22	Sam Chapman	PHA		CLE	behind 0-3	b 2	0	1--	2	5	8	16%	43%		Home Run; F. Fain Scores
26	26	9	1	1947-08-02 (2)	Billy Johnson	NYY		CLE	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	6	5	12%	64%		Home Run
27	27	10	1	1947-08-17 (2)	Vern Stephens	SLB		CLE	behind 1-4	b 6	2	1--	2	5	6	20%	32%		Home Run; H. Thompson Scores
28	28	11	1	1947-08-24 (2)	Eddie Pellagrini	BOS	@	CLE	behind 0-2	t 8	0	---	1	8	5	12%	24%		Home Run
29	29	12	1	1947-09-13	Dom DiMaggio	BOS		CLE	tied 2-2	b 8	1	---	1	3	8	29%	86%		Home Run
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1948-04-25	Eddie Mayo	DET		CLE	tied 1-1	b 2	2	12-	3	2	4	25%	79%		Home Run; H. Newhouser Scores; N. Berry Scores
31	31	2	1	1948-05-10	Stan Spence	BOS		CLE	behind 0-3	b 1	1	12-	3	4	3	21%	53%		Home Run; J. Pesky Scores; T. Williams Scores
32	32	3	1	1948-06-12	Bobby Doerr	BOS		CHW	behind 0-2	b 2	0	1--	2	6	4
33	33	4	1	1948-06-30	Paul Lehner	SLB		CHW	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	1	5	8	15%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	5	1	1948-07-08	Jim Hegan	CLE		CHW	ahead 5-0	b 3	1	1--	2	8	2	4%	97%		Home Run; W. Judnich Scores
35	35	6	2	1948-07-08	Ken Keltner	CLE		CHW	ahead 8-0	b 7	1	12-	3	6	5	0%	100%		Home Run; L. Boudreau Scores; J. Gordon Scores/unER
36	36	7	1	1948-07-30	Tommy Henrich	NYY	@	CHW	behind 2-4	t 7	1	123	4	2	9	45%	80%		Home Run; P. Rizzuto Scores; Y. Berra Scores; S. Stirnweiss Scores
37	37	8	1	1948-08-29 (2)	Carl Scheib	PHA		CHW	behind 1-7	b 9	2	---	1	9	PH	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	9	1	1948-09-11 (1)	Vic Wertz	DET		CHW	tied 1-1	b 5	0	1-3	3	3	7	15%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Lipon Scores; N. Berry Scores
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1949-04-19	Aaron Robinson	DET		CHW	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	6	2	17%	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); H. Evers Scores
40	40	2	2	1949-04-19	Johnny Groth	DET		CHW	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	---	1	7	8	11%	79%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to 2B (Fly Ball to RF Line)
41	41	3	3	1949-04-19	Johnny Groth	DET		CHW	ahead 3-1	b 7	2	---	1	7	8	6%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
42	42	4	1	1949-04-23	Al Zarilla	SLB	@	CHW	behind 0-2	t 3	2	-2-	2	2	7	19%	46%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Dillinger Scores
43	43	5	2	1949-04-23	Les Moss	SLB	@	CHW	tied 2-2	t 4	2	-2-	2	7	2	22%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Lehner Scores/unER; L. Moss Scores/unER
44	44	6	3	1949-04-23	Jack Graham	SLB	@	CHW	ahead 4-3	t 6	1	---	1	4	3	13%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	7	1	1949-05-03	Clyde Vollmer	WSH	@	CHW	ahead 5-0	t 2	2	--3	2	4	8	6%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Stewart Scores
46	46	8	1	1949-05-19	Birdie Tebbetts	BOS		CHW	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---	1	8	2	11%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	9	2	1949-05-19	Dom DiMaggio	BOS		CHW	behind 1-2	b 5	2	1--	2	1	8	27%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Stobbs Scores
48	48	10	3	1949-05-19	Al Zarilla	BOS		CHW	ahead 4-3	b 6	1	---	1	6	9	11%	82%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
49	49	11	1	1949-06-05 (2)	Eddie Robinson	WSH	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1-3	3	5	3	24%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Robertson Scores; C. Vollmer Scores
50	50	12	1	1949-06-12 (1)	Bobby Doerr	BOS	@	CHW	ahead 10-3	t 9	0	-23	3	5	4
51	51	13	1	1949-07-17 (1)	Jerry Priddy	SLB		WSH	ahead 7-6	b 4	2	---	1	3	4	11%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	14	1	1949-07-21	Sam Vico	DET		WSH	ahead 5-3	b 8	0	---	1	8	3	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	15	1	1949-07-24 (1)	Dale Mitchell	CLE		WSH	behind 1-3	b 5	0	12-	3	1	7	28%	71%		Home Run; J. Hegan Scores; B. Lemon Scores
54	54	16	1	1949-07-28	Dizzy Trout	DET	@	WSH	ahead 9-6	t 9	2	123	4	9	1	3%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Mullin Scores; J. Lipon Scores; A. Robinson Scores
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1951-04-27	Sid Gordon	BSN	@	NYG	ahead 6-3	t 8	1	---	1	5	7	4%	96%		Home Run
56	56	2	1	1951-05-12	Willie Jones	PHI	@	NYG	ahead 4-3	t 7	2	---	1	5	5	14%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	3	1	1951-05-15	George Strickland	PIT		NYG	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	12-	3	7	4
58	58	4	1	1951-06-03 (2)	Harry Brecheen	STL	@	NYG	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	---	1	9	1	12%	78%		Home Run
59	59	5	1	1951-06-17 (2)	Clyde McCullough	PIT		NYG	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	8	2
60	60	6	2	1951-06-17 (2)	Ralph Kiner	PIT		NYG	behind 2-4	b 6	0	---	1	4	3
61	61	7	3	1951-06-17 (2)	Gus Bell	PIT		NYG	behind 4-5	b 7	1	-2-	2	3	9
62	62	8	1	1951-06-30	Earl Torgeson	BSN		NYG	ahead 16-7	b 8	2	12-	3	3	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Hartsfield Scores/unER; S. Jethroe Scores/unER; E. Torgeson Scores/unER
63	63	9	1	1951-07-06	Roy Hartsfield	BSN	@	NYG	tied 8-8	t 6	0	1--	2	1	4	23%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF Line); J. Wilson Scores
64	64	10	1	1951-07-15 (1)	Pete Castiglione	PIT	@	NYG	behind 5-6	t 9	1	---	1	1	5	35%	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	11	1	1951-07-22 (1)	Connie Ryan	CIN	@	NYG	ahead 4-0	t 7	2	1--	2	2	4	4%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Raffensberger Scores
66	66	12	2	1951-07-22 (1)	Ted Kluszewski	CIN	@	NYG	ahead 6-1	t 8	1	---	1	5	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	1955-08-25 (1)	Jim Greengrass	PHI		STL	behind 3-9	b 5	2	-2-	2	7	9	5%	9%		Home Run (LF-CF); D. Ennis Scores
68	68	2	2	1955-08-25 (1)	Granny Hamner	PHI		STL	behind 5-9	b 6	2	1--	2	3	4	12%	20%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Roberts Scores
69	69	3	1	1955-08-28	Roy Campanella	BRO		STL	ahead 4-1	b 8	0	---	1	4	2	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
70	70	4	1	1955-08-29	Duke Snider	BRO		STL	ahead 5-4	b 7	1	12-	3	3	8	15%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Gilliam Scores; P. Reese Scores
71	71	5	2	1955-08-29	Carl Furillo	BRO		STL	ahead 8-4	b 7	1	1--	2	5	9	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Campanella Scores
72	72	6	1	1955-09-12	Frank Thomas	PIT	@	STL	ahead 7-3	t 9	2	1--	2	4	7	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Clemente Scores

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