Charlie Gelbert Stats

Charlie Gelbert was born on Friday, January 26, 1906, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Gelbert was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 16, 1929, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Charlie Gelbert baseball stats page.

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Charlie Gelbert



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Birth Name:   Charles Magnus Gelbert
Nickname:   Charlie
Born On:   01-26-1906  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Scranton, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-13-1967 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Easton, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:   Norland Cemetery, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
High School:   Undetermined
College:   Lebanon Valley College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   04-16-1929 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-28-1940
Draft:   Not Applicable

Charlie Gelbert

Charlie Gelbert Pitching Stats

1940 34 Senators 2 0 2 0 0 .000 9.00 0 0 0 4.0 21 5 4 4 2 3 - 1 0 0 0 -
1 Year 2 0 2 0 0 .000 9.00 0 0 0 4.0 21 5 4 4 2 3 - 1 0 0 0 -

Charlie Gelbert

Charlie Gelbert Hitting Stats

1929 23 Cardinals 146 512 60 134 29 8 3 0 65 51 - 46 15 - 0 - .262 .329 .367
1930 24 Cardinals 139 513 92 156 39 11 3 1 72 43 - 41 15 - 2 - .304 .360 .441
1931 25 Cardinals 131 447 61 129 29 5 1 0 62 54 - 31 4 - 0 - .289 .365 .383
1932 26 Cardinals 122 455 60 122 28 9 1 0 45 39 - 30 6 - 3 - .268 .330 .376
1935 29 Cardinals 62 168 24 49 7 2 2 0 21 17 - 18 2 - 0 2 .292 .357 .393
1936 30 Cardinals 93 280 33 64 15 2 3 0 27 25 - 26 2 - 0 13 .229 .292 .329
1937 31 Reds 43 114 12 22 4 0 1 0 13 15 - 12 2 - 0 2 .193 .287 .254
1937 31 Tigers 20 47 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 4 - 11 0 - 0 - .085 .157 .128
1939 33 Senators 68 188 36 48 7 5 3 0 29 30 - 11 3 - 1 5 .255 .361 .394
1940 34 Senators 22 54 7 20 7 1 0 0 7 4 - 3 0 - 1 1 .370 .424 .537
1940 34 Red Sox 30 91 9 18 2 0 0 0 8 8 - 16 0 - 0 1 .198 .263 .220
9 Years 876 2,869 398 766 169 43 17 1 350 290 - 245 49 - 7 24 .267 .336 .374

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Charlie Gelbert Fielding Stats

1929 Cardinals SS 146 145 3,594 883 6.0 837 338 499 46 95 n/a n/a n/a .948 6.29
1930 Cardinals SS 139 139 3,561 838 6.0 794 322 472 44 104 n/a n/a n/a .947 6.02
1931 Cardinals SS 130 129 3,141 747 5.7 716 281 435 31 91 n/a n/a n/a .959 6.15
1932 Cardinals SS 122 121 3,186 672 5.5 635 246 389 37 69 n/a n/a n/a .945 5.38
1935 Cardinals 2B 3 0 - 6 2.0 6 3 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1935 Cardinals 3B 37 30 699 92 2.5 90 34 56 2 8 n/a n/a n/a .978 3.48
1935 Cardinals SS 21 12 231 73 3.5 70 31 39 3 8 n/a n/a n/a .959 8.18
1936 Cardinals 2B 8 2 27 14 1.8 14 9 5 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 14.00
1936 Cardinals 3B 60 54 1,230 170 2.8 164 60 104 6 11 n/a n/a n/a .965 3.60
1936 Cardinals SS 28 16 384 95 3.4 91 38 53 4 10 n/a n/a n/a .958 6.40
1937 Reds 2B 9 5 54 31 3.4 31 19 12 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 15.50
1937 Reds 3B 1 1 27 4 4.0 4 3 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.00
1937 Reds SS 37 28 498 158 4.3 153 66 87 5 16 n/a n/a n/a .968 8.30
1937 Tigers SS 16 8 186 61 3.8 57 22 35 4 7 n/a n/a n/a .934 8.27
1939 Senators 2B 1 0 - 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1939 Senators 3B 20 18 450 54 2.7 51 19 32 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .944 3.06
1939 Senators SS 28 27 633 135 4.8 131 41 90 4 17 n/a n/a n/a .970 5.59
1940 Senators 2B 1 1 24 8 8.0 7 4 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 7.88
1940 Senators P 2 0 12 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1940 Senators SS 12 10 267 50 4.2 46 20 26 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .920 4.65
1940 Red Sox 3B 29 25 549 95 3.3 88 23 65 7 5 n/a n/a n/a .926 4.33
1940 Red Sox SS 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
SS Totals 680 635 15,681 3,712 5.5 3,530 1,405 2,125 182 420 n/a n/a n/a .951 6.08
3B Totals 147 128 2,955 415 2.8 397 139 258 18 27 n/a n/a n/a .957 3.63
2B Totals 22 8 105 61 2.8 60 36 24 1 6 n/a n/a n/a .984 15.43
P Totals 2 0 12 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
9 Years 851 771 18,753 4,189 4.9 3,988 1,580 2,408 201 453 n/a n/a n/a .952 5.74

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Charlie Gelbert Miscellaneous Stats

1929 Cardinals 8 - - 0 0 n/a 170.7 11.1 7.9 - - -
1930 Cardinals 6 - - 0 0 n/a 171.0 12.5 7.1 - - -
1931 Cardinals 7 - - 0 1 n/a 447.0 14.4 7.2 - - -
1932 Cardinals 8 - - 0 0 n/a 455.0 15.2 10.1 - - -
1935 Cardinals 0 - - 5 1 n/a 84.0 9.3 8.0 - - -
1936 Cardinals 2 - - 2 1 n/a 93.3 10.8 10.4 - - -
1937 Reds 1 - - 1 0 n/a 114.0 9.5 8.8 - - -
1937 Tigers 0 0 .000 5 1 n/a 0.0 4.3 47.0 - - -
1939 Senators 2 0 1.000 21 0 n/a 62.7 17.1 6.5 - - -
1940 Senators 0 0 .000 7 0 n/a 0.0 18.0 7.7 0.33 2.25 6.75
1940 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.7 11.4 - - -
9 Years 34 0 1.000 41 4 n/a 168.8 11.7 8.2 0.33 2.25 6.75

Charlie Gelbert

Charlie Gelbert Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1929 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1930 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1931 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1932 St. Louis Cardinals 11 Undetermined n/a -
1935 St. Louis Cardinals 4 Undetermined - -
1936 St. Louis Cardinals 4 Undetermined - -
1937 Cincinnati Reds 8 Undetermined - -
1937 Detroit Tigers 30 Undetermined - -
1939 Washington Senators 21 Undetermined - -
1940 Washington Senators 21 Undetermined - -
1940 Boston Red Sox 15 Undetermined - -

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