Born:(1923-06-27)June 27, 1923 Beaumont, Texas, U.S.
Died: January 20, 2011(2011-01-20) (aged 87) Fresno, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 19, 1949, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
September 25, 1959, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average
.265
Home runs
237
Runs batted in
776
Teams
Chicago White Sox (1949–1951)
Philadelphia / Kansas City Athletics (1951–1957)
Detroit Tigers (1958–1959)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (1953)
AL home run leader (1951)
AL RBI leader (1951)
Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame
Gus Edward Zernial (June 27, 1923 – January 20, 2011)[1] was an American professional baseball player. He played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball, most notably for the Philadelphia Athletics with whom he remained when they moved west and became the Kansas City Athletics in 1955.[2]
Nicknamed "Ozark Ike" after the popular comic strip character, Zernial was one of the most prolific power hitters of the 1950s, joining Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra and Larry Doby in the American League for most home runs in the decade.[2]
^"Ex-Major Leaguer Zerinal Dies". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. January 21, 2010.
^ abGus Zernial at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Marc Z. Aaron, Retrieved 4 May 2019.
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Mazeroski, Bob Meusel, Lefty O'Doul, Mel Queen, Dick Stuart, Lee Walls and GusZernial. The team's managers included Bragan, Jimmy Dykes, Fred Haney and Charlie...
rookie season, Doby went 5-for-32 (.156) in 29 games. November 1, 1946: GusZernial was drafted by the Indians from the Atlanta Crackers in the 1946 rule...
major league hit, a home run off Boston Braves ace Warren Spahn. June 4 – Gus Bell hits for the cycle, droves in three runs and scores two more, to lead...
1950 Walt Dropo Vern Stephens 144 Boston Red Sox Yogi Berra† 124 1951 GusZernial 129 Chicago White Sox Philadelphia Athletics Ted Williams† 126 1952 Al...
over the Braves. Crowe began the season tied with Smoky Burgess and GusZernial in most career pinch home runs. May 27: Since there is no rule limiting...
pitcher who gave up the home run was Randy Gumpert. April 30, 1951: GusZernial and Dave Philley were traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics...
(d. 2018) Mitchell Flint, American lawyer, veteran aviator (d. 2017) GusZernial, American baseball player, sports commentator (d. 2011) June 28 Daniil...
in the top of the first inning, including a home run hit by slugger GusZernial, his 28th on the season en route to becoming the eventual AL home run...
pneumonia. Alan Uglow, 69, British-born American painter, lung cancer. GusZernial, 87, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Chicago...
over the Braves. Crowe began the season tied with Smoky Burgess and GusZernial in most career pinch home runs. May 27: Since there is no rule limiting...
team record. The record was tied by Joe Kuhel in 1940 and surpassed by GusZernial in 1950 with 29. Averaged 100 runs batted in per season, with a career...
Eddie Robinson and Bud Stewart. The Sox get homers from Joe Tipton and GusZernial. May 4: Chicago White Sox infielder Floyd Baker, who will play 874 games...
1955: Al Sima was traded by the Athletics to the Washington Senators for Gus Keriazakos. September 10, 1955: Joe Ginsberg was purchased by the Athletics...
26 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees. October 26, 1959: GusZernial was released by the Tigers. November 30, 1959: Steve Bilko was drafted...
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