Gerry Staley

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American baseball player (1920–2008)

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Field	Value
name	Gerry Staley
position	Pitcher
image	Gerry Staley 1953.jpg
caption	Staley in about 1953.
bats	Right
throws	Right
birth_date
birth_place	Brush Prairie, Washington, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Vancouver, Washington, U.S.
debutleague	MLB
debutdate	April 20
debutyear	1947
debutteam	St. Louis Cardinals
finalleague	MLB
finaldate	September 25
finalyear	1961
finalteam	Detroit Tigers
statleague	MLB
stat1label	Win–loss record
stat1value	134–111
stat2label	Earned run average
stat2value	3.70
stat3label	Strikeouts
stat3value	727
stat4label	Saves
stat4value	61
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St. Louis Cardinals (–)
Cincinnati Redlegs ()
New York Yankees (–)
Chicago White Sox (–)
Kansas City Athletics ()
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4× All-Star (1952, 1953, 1960, 1960²) Gerald Lee Staley (August 21, 1920 – January 2, 2008) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1942 Minor League draft. He pitched regularly from 1947 on, then was traded to Cincinnati for the 1955 season. In 1955 and 1956, he pitched for three teams, including the Yankees, before ending up with the Chicago White Sox, whom he helped to the American League pennant as a reliever.

Staley was named to the and National League All-Star teams and the American League All-Star team. He finished 28th in voting for the AL's 1959 Most Valuable Player Award after leading the league in games with 67 and games finished with 37, and had an 8–5 record, 14 saves in innings, 54 strikeouts, and a 2.24 earned run average.

He finished 23rd in voting for the 1960 Most Valuable Player Award for having a 13–8 record in 64 games and innings, with 10 saves, 14 blown saves, 52 strikeouts and a 2.42 earned run average. The 14 blown saves was a single-season record, matched by only four other pitchers.

He led the National League in hits allowed per 9 innings pitched (8.09) in 1949, and led the National League in hit batsmen in (7) and (17).

In 15 years, he had a 134–111 record in 640 games, 186 games started, 58 complete games, 9 shutouts, 246 games finished, 61 saves, innings, 2,070 hits allowed, 946 runs allowed (814 earned), 187 home runs allowed, 529 walks (37 intentional), 727 strikeouts, 63 hit batsmen, 27 wild pitches, 8,398 batters faced, 2 balks and a 3.70 earned run average.

He died at his home in Vancouver, Washington, of natural causes at the age of 87.

References

[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1673&dat=20080105&id=tYM1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=SiQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4345,1060445 All-Star pitcher Staley dies at 87]
(2008-01-08). "Brush Prairie all-star Staley dies at 87".
admin. "Gerry Staley – Society for American Baseball Research".

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