Al Widmar
[edit] Biography
Born on March 20, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio, Al Widmar (Albert Joseph Widmar) played for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 5 year career. Widmar broke into the bigs on April 25, 1947 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 4.46 ERA in 82.2 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Al Widmar's best season was 1950, when he posted a 4.76 ERA and struck out 78 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1947
| BOS
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13.50
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.1
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| STL
| A
| 49
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 4.46
| 34
| 42
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 82.2
| 88
| 4
| 48
| 0
| 6
| 0
|
| 1950
| STL
| A
| 36
| 26
| 7
| 15
| 4.76
| 78
| 115
| 103
| 8
| 1
| 4
| 194.2
| 211
| 16
| 74
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| 26
| 16
| 4
| 9
| 6.52
| 28
| 84
| 78
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 107.2
| 157
| 19
| 52
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1952
| CHI
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.50
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 114
| 42
| 13
| 30
| 5.21
| 143
| 244
| 225
| 12
| 1
| 5
| 388.1
| 461
| 41
| 176
| 0
| 9
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1947
| BOS
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1948
| STL
| A
| P
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| STL
| A
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 32
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 22
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1952
| CHI
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 114
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 76
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1947
| BOS
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| STL
| A
| 49
| 10
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .300
| .364
| .400
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| STL
| A
| 36
| 67
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 4
| .149
| .186
| .179
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 22
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| 26
| 30
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .167
| .242
| .200
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| CHI
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 114
| 107
| 4
| 18
| 0
| 7
| .168
| .219
| .206
| 4
| 0
| 7
| 37
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1942).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Roy Partee, Jim Wilson, Eddie Pellagrini, Pete Layden, Joe Ostrowski and $310000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Vern Stephens and Jack Kramer (November 17, 1947).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns with Sherm Lollar and Tom Upton to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Dick Littlefield, Joe DeMaestri, Gus Niarhos, Gordon Goldsberry and Jim Rivera (November 27, 1951).
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