Al Aber Notable

b. July 31, 1927 · Cleveland Indians 1950, 1953, Detroit Tigers 1953–1957, Kansas City Athletics 1957

Al Aber played for three clubs across eight seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Cleveland Indians in 1950 and closing with the Kansas City Athletics in 1957. His longest stay was with the Detroit Tigers, from 1953 to 1957.

He went 24 and 25 with a 4.18 earned run average, pitching 389 innings in 168 games. He struck out 169. Across 168 games he batted .140, with 14 hits and 5 runs.

He was born in Cleveland, OH, USA on July 31, 1927, and died on May 20, 1993. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1950	CLE	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	.000
1953	CLE/DET	23	23	2	3	2	3	6	.130
1954	DET	32	39	3	5	3	2	17	.128
1955	DET	39	17	0	1	0	0	9	.059
1956	DET	42	10	0	3	0	1	4	.300
1957	DET/KCA	31	9	0	2	1	1	4	.222
Career	—	168	100	5	14	6	8	41	.140

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1950	CLE	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	5	2	4	4	2.00
1953	CLE/DET	5	4	23	10	0	72.2	69	38	50	38	4.71
1954	DET	5	11	32	18	3	124.2	121	55	40	54	3.97
1955	DET	6	3	39	1	3	80.0	86	30	28	37	3.38
1956	DET	4	4	42	0	7	63.0	65	24	25	21	3.43
1957	DET/KCA	3	3	31	0	1	40.0	52	32	13	15	7.20
Career	—	24	25	168	30	14	389.1	398	181	160	169	4.18

On this day & linked events

1927

Born July 31, 1927

Cleveland, OH, USA

1993

Died May 20, 1993

Image: Bowman Gum, public domain