Born on July 31, 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio, Al Aber (Albert Julius Aber) played for the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 6 year career. Aber broke into the bigs on September 15, 1950 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 4.71 ERA in 72.2 innings pitched in 1953, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Al Aber's best season was 1955, when he posted a 3.38 ERA.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1950
CLE
A
1
1
1
0
2.00
4
2
2
1
0
0
9
5
0
4
0
0
0
1953
DET
A
17
10
4
3
4.45
34
35
33
2
0
0
66.2
63
3
41
0
4
0
1953
CLE
A
6
0
1
1
7.50
4
6
5
0
0
0
6
6
0
9
0
0
0
1953
TOT
A
23
10
5
4
4.71
38
41
38
2
0
0
72.2
69
3
50
0
4
0
1954
DET
A
32
18
5
11
3.97
54
63
55
4
0
3
124.2
121
8
40
0
0
3
1955
DET
A
39
1
6
3
3.38
37
32
30
0
0
3
80
86
9
28
1
1
0
1956
DET
A
42
0
4
4
3.43
21
30
24
0
0
7
63
65
1
25
6
2
2
1957
KC
A
3
0
0
0
12.00
0
4
4
0
0
0
3
6
2
2
0
1
0
1957
DET
A
28
0
3
3
6.81
15
33
28
0
0
1
37
46
6
11
3
0
1
1957
TOT
A
31
0
3
3
7.20
15
37
32
0
0
1
40
52
8
13
3
1
1
Total
168
30
24
25
4.18
169
205
181
7
0
14
389.1
398
29
160
10
8
6
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1950
CLE
A
P
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1953
DET
A
P
17
0
0
0
15
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1953
CLE
A
P
6
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1953
TOT
A
P
23
0
0
0
17
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1954
DET
A
P
32
0
0
13
21
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.944
1955
DET
A
P
39
0
0
4
17
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
.875
1956
DET
A
P
42
0
0
1
12
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.929
1957
KC
A
P
3
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1957
DET
A
P
28
0
37
3
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1957
TOT
A
P
31
0
40
4
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
P
168
0
40
23
79
6
6
0
0
0
0
0
.944
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1950
CLE
A
1
2
0
0
0
0
.000
.333
.000
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1953
DET
A
17
23
2
3
0
2
.130
.167
.130
0
0
1
6
0
1
0
0
0
1953
CLE
A
6
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1.000
.000
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1953
TOT
A
23
23
2
3
0
2
.130
.231
.130
0
0
3
6
0
1
0
0
0
1954
DET
A
32
39
3
5
0
3
.128
.167
.128
0
0
2
17
0
3
0
0
1
1955
DET
A
39
17
0
1
0
0
.059
.059
.059
0
0
0
9
0
2
0
0
1
1956
DET
A
42
10
0
3
0
0
.300
.364
.300
0
0
1
4
0
2
0
0
0
1957
KC
A
3
1
0
1
0
0
1.000
1.000
1.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1957
DET
A
28
8
0
1
0
1
.125
.222
.125
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
1957
TOT
A
31
9
0
2
0
1
.222
.300
.222
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
Total
168
100
5
14
0
6
.140
.202
.140
0
0
8
41
0
8
0
0
2
Transactions[]
Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1946).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Ray Boone, Steve Gromek and Dick Weik to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Art Houtteman, Owen Friend, Bill Wight and Joe Ginsberg (June 15, 1953).
Claimed on waivers by Kansas City Athletics from Detroit Tigers (August 27, 1957).