Liz Funk vs. Wally Gerber — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueCenter Fielder
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueShortstop

Liz Funk and Wally Gerber are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 90 for Liz Funk, 94 for Wally Gerber), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 86 vs 83). By any fair read of the numbers, these two were remarkably similar hitters.

Hitting Stats for Liz Funk and Wally Gerber

Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
273
150.55
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1522
157.02
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
1088
600
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5816
600
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
976
538.24
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5099
526.03
Liz Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Liz Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.666
0.666
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
261
143.93
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1309
135.04
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
192
105.88
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1084
111.83
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
25.92
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
172
17.74
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
8.82
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
4.75
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.31
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
0.72
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
38.05
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
23.21
Liz Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Liz Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Liz Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
118.55
65.38
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
541.02
55.81
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
358
197.43
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1594
164.44
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
339
186.95
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1807
186.42
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Liz Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Liz Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.688
0.688
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.636
0.636
Liz Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Liz Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Liz Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.632
0.632
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.556
0.556
Liz Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
134
73.9
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
558
57.57
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
57.9
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
476
49.11
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
233
128.49
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1027
105.95
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129.25
71.28
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
626.59
64.64
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.76
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
3.4
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
73
40.26
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
465
47.97
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Liz Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
31.99
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 600 PA
357
36.83
Liz Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.76
18.76
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 600 PA
16.29
16.29
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
1.26
1.26
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.3
1.3
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
34
18.75
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
22.59
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
15.99
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
4.44
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
11.58
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
4.85
Liz Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
27.57
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
9.28
Liz Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
58
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 600 PA
47.78
47.78

Fielding Stats for Liz Funk and Wally Gerber

Liz Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Liz Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1497
Liz Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Liz Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Liz Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Liz Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
672
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3025
Liz Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4446
Liz Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 9 Innings
450
Liz Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7921
Liz Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
695
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7471
Liz Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.2
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.32
Liz Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.769
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4.991
Liz Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Liz Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Wally Gerber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
755
Liz Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Liz Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Liz Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Liz Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Gerber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0