Ad Liska
[edit] Biography
Born on July 10, 1906 in Dwight, Nebraska, Ad Liska (Adolph James Liska) played for the Washington Senators and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 5 year career. Liska broke into the bigs on April 17, 1929 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 4.77 ERA in 94.1 innings pitched in 1929, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ad Liska's best season was 1930, when he posted a 3.29 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1929
| WAS
| A
| 24
| 10
| 3
| 9
| 4.77
| 33
| 53
| 50
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 94.1
| 87
| 1
| 42
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| 1930
| WAS
| A
| 32
| 16
| 9
| 7
| 3.29
| 40
| 69
| 55
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 150.2
| 140
| 6
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1931
| WAS
| A
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 6.75
| 2
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| PHI
| N
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1.69
| 6
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 26.2
| 22
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1933
| PHI
| N
| 45
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 4.52
| 23
| 46
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 75.2
| 96
| 5
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 53
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 3.78
| 29
| 51
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 102.1
| 118
| 5
| 36
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 58
| 27
| 12
| 17
| 3.90
| 75
| 125
| 108
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 249
| 236
| 7
| 114
| 0
| 4
| 8
|
| Total
|
|
| 111
| 28
| 17
| 18
| 3.87
| 104
| 176
| 151
| 11
| 1
| 3
| 351.1
| 354
| 12
| 150
| 0
| 6
| 9
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1929
| WAS
| A
| P
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1930
| WAS
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 56
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1931
| WAS
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1932
| PHI
| N
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1933
| PHI
| N
| P
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 33
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1933
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 111
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 137
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1929
| WAS
| A
| 24
| 29
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .172
| .250
| .172
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| WAS
| A
| 32
| 52
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .096
| .190
| .135
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 25
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| WAS
| A
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| PHI
| N
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| PHI
| N
| 47
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .071
| .071
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 55
| 21
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .048
| .048
| .048
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 58
| 82
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 3
| .122
| .209
| .146
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 33
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 113
| 103
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 4
| .107
| .179
| .126
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 41
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Minneapolis (American Association) to Washington Senators (September, 1928).
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