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Gus Suhr
August Richard Suhr

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 15, 1930
Final Game May 12, 1940
Born January 3, 1906 in San Francisco, CA
Died January 15, 2004 in Scottsdale, AZ

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1930 24 PIT NL 151  542   93  155  26 14  17  107  11     80  56  .286  .380  .480  106  260  13           2    
 1931 25 PIT NL  87  270   26   57  13  4   4   32   4     38  25  .211  .308  .333   73   90   4           0    
 1932 26 PIT NL 154  581   78  153  31 16   5   81   7     63  39  .263  .337  .398   98  231   8           2    
 1933 27 PIT NL 154  566   72  151  31 11  10   75   2     72  52  .267  .350  .413  117  234  17           0  11
 1934 28 PIT NL 151  573   67  162  36 13  13  103   4     66  52  .283  .360  .459  116  263   8           3  13
 1935 29 PIT NL 153  529   68  144  33 12  10   81   6     70  54  .272  .357  .437  110  231   5           0   6
 1936 30 PIT NL 156  583  111  182  33 12  11  118   8     95  34  .312  .410  .467  134  272   5           2  14 AS
 1937 31 PIT NL 151  575   69  160  28 14   5   97   2     83  42  .278  .369  .402  109  231   9           0   9
 1938 32 PIT NL 145  530   82  156  35 14   3   64   4     87  37  .294  .394  .430  125  228   8           0  10
 1939 33 TOT NL 123  402   44  122  22  4   4   55   5     59  37  .303  .394  .408  119  164   8           1   1
         PIT NL  63  204   23   59  10  2   1   31   4     25  23  .289  .367  .373  101   76   7           0   0
         PHI NL  60  198   21   63  12  2   3   24   1     34  14  .318  .421  .444  137   88   1           1   1
 1940 34 PHI NL  10   25    4    4   0  0   2    5   0      5   5  .160  .300  .400   95   10   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons         5176      1446    114      818      0     433  .279  .368  .428  112       85   0   0  10  64
               1435       714      288     84       53    718                            2214
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        584   81  163  33 13   9   92   6  0  81  49  .279  .368  .428  112  250  10   0   0   1   7
 Career High    156  583  111  182  36 16  17  118  11  0  95  56  .312  .410  .480  134  272  17   0   0   3  14
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1930 24 PIT NL  637  400   98   6.5   126| .286  .312| .380  .370| .480  .464| .860  .834| 106  .547   5.5   0.5     
 1931 25 PIT NL  312  217   28   3.4   102| .211  .284| .308  .343| .333  .401| .641  .744|  73  .369  -9.9  -1.0     
 1932 26 PIT NL  654  436   77   4.8   102| .263  .282| .337  .334| .398  .408| .735  .742|  98  .506  -0.7  -0.1     
 1933 27 PIT NL  655  443   82   4.9    91| .267  .274| .350  .327| .413  .375| .763  .702| 117  .589  14.0   1.5     
 1934 28 PIT NL  650  432   94   5.8   106| .283  .290| .360  .345| .459  .412| .819  .757| 116  .591  13.2   1.3     
 1935 29 PIT NL  604  396   83   5.6   106| .272  .289| .357  .345| .437  .412| .794  .757| 110  .582   8.1   0.8     
 1936 30 PIT NL  685  420  111   7.1   105| .312  .288| .410  .348| .467  .404| .877  .751| 134  .681  31.7   3.1     
 1937 31 PIT NL  667  433   85   5.2   101| .278  .280| .369  .342| .402  .397| .771  .739| 109  .568   9.6   0.9     
 1938 32 PIT NL  625  392   90   6.2   100| .294  .276| .394  .340| .430  .393| .824  .733| 125  .649  22.2   2.2     
 1939 33 TOT NL  470  289   65   6.0   101| .303  .277| .394  .342| .408  .395| .802  .737| 119  .622  13.5   1.3     
         PIT NL  236  152   28   4.9   102| .289  .278| .367  .343| .373  .397| .740  .740| 101  .534   1.1   0.1     
         PHI NL  234  137   37   7.2   100| .318  .275| .421  .340| .444  .393| .865  .734| 137  .698  12.4   1.2     
 1940 34 PHI NL   30   21    3   3.8    95| .160  .267| .300  .331| .400  .384| .700  .715|  95  .442  -0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     5989 3879  816   5.6   104| .279  .285| .368  .343| .428  .406| .796  .750| 112  .583 107.1  10.5     

* 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 ------+
1930 24 PIT NL 1B 151 1445 79 13 142 .992 .990 10.09 6.62 1931 25 PIT NL 1B 76 684 39 5 72 .993 .990 9.51 9.63 1932 26 PIT NL 1B 154 1388 84 18 111 .988 .990 9.56 6.49 1933 27 PIT NL 1B 154 1451 90 14 115 .991 .990 10.01 6.49 1934 28 PIT NL 1B 151 1326 75 9 108 .994 .991 9.28 6.62 1935 29 PIT NL 1B 149 1315 73 15 83 .989 .989 9.32 6.71 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.30 0 0 2 1936 30 PIT NL 1B 156 1432 93 10 100 .993 .990 9.78 6.41 AS 1937 31 PIT NL 1B 151 1452 91 11 108 .993 .989 10.22 6.62 1938 32 PIT NL 1B 145 1512 81 12 150 .993 .992 10.99 6.90 1939 33 TOT NL 1B 112 1041 60 7 92 .994 .989 9.83 10.02 PIT NL 1B 52 521 23 4 42 .993 .989 10.46 10.02 PHI NL 1B 60 520 37 3 50 .995 .989 9.28 10.02 1940 34 PHI NL 1B 7 57 1 2 5 .967 .990 8.29 10.09
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1930 24 PIT NL 1B 151 1445 79 13 142 .992 .990 10.09 6.62 1931 25 PIT NL 1B 76 684 39 5 72 .993 .990 9.51 9.63 1932 26 PIT NL 1B 154 1388 84 18 111 .988 .990 9.56 6.49 1933 27 PIT NL 1B 154 1451 90 14 115 .991 .990 10.01 6.49 1934 28 PIT NL 1B 151 1326 75 9 108 .994 .991 9.28 6.62 1935 29 PIT NL 1B 149 1315 73 15 83 .989 .989 9.32 6.71 1936 30 PIT NL 1B 156 1432 93 10 100 .993 .990 9.78 6.41 1937 31 PIT NL 1B 151 1452 91 11 108 .993 .989 10.22 6.62 1938 32 PIT NL 1B 145 1512 81 12 150 .993 .992 10.99 6.90 1939 33 TOT NL 1B 112 1041 60 7 92 .994 .989 9.83 10.02 PIT NL 1B 52 521 23 4 42 .993 .989 10.46 10.02 PHI NL 1B 60 520 37 3 50 .995 .989 9.28 10.02 1940 34 PHI NL 1B 7 57 1 2 5 .967 .990 8.29 10.09 1935 29 PIT NL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.30 0 0 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 1406 13103 766 116 1086 .992 .990 9.86 7.06 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.30 0 0 2 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1408 13104 766 116 1086 .992 .990 9.85 7.05
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1936   PIT NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
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.

All-Star
1936

On-base %
1936 NL-.410-6
1938 NL-.394-6
1939 NL-.394-7

OPS
1936 NL-.877-10

Games
1932 NL-154-1
1933 NL-154-1
1934 NL-151-5
1935 NL-153-8
1936 NL-156-1
1937 NL-151-7

At Bats
1937 NL-575-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1933 NL-655-9
1936 NL-685-6
1937 NL-667-6

Runs
1936 NL-111-5

Doubles
1934 NL-36-7
1936 NL-33-10
1938 NL-35-5

Triples
1930 NL-14-6
1932 NL-16-2
1933 NL-11-5
1934 NL-13-3
1935 NL-12-4
1936 NL-12-4
1937 NL-14-2
1938 NL-14-3

RBI
1934 NL-103-5
1936 NL-118-3
1937 NL-97-4

Bases on Balls
1930 NL-80-5
1932 NL-63-4
1933 NL-72-2
1934 NL-66-6
1935 NL-70-4
1936 NL-95-4
1937 NL-83-3
1938 NL-87-5

Strikeouts
1930 NL-56-10
1933 NL-52-8

Stolen Bases
1930 NL-11-10

Runs Created
1936 NL-111-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1936 NL-32-8
1938 NL-22-10

Batting Wins
1936 NL-3.1-8
1938 NL-2.2-10

Extra-Base Hits
1933 NL-52-10
1934 NL-62-6
1936 NL-56-10
1938 NL-52-8

Times on Base
1933 NL-223-9
1936 NL-279-5
1937 NL-243-9
1938 NL-243-6

Offensive Win%
1936 NL-.681-10

Sac. Hits
1933 NL-17-5

Power/Speed Number
1930 NL-13.4-5
1935 NL-7.5-10
1936 NL-9.3-6

Outs
1932 NL-436-8
1934 NL-432-10
1937 NL-433-5

   

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 54 (460) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 15.0 (997) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 22.0 (724) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July 28, 1939: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies for Max Butcher.

May 14, 1940: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


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