Art Houtteman
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[edit] Biography
Born on August 7, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, Art Houtteman (Arthur Joseph Houtteman) played for the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 12 year career. Houtteman broke into the bigs on April 29, 1945 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 3.42 ERA in 110.2 innings pitched in 1947, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Art Houtteman's best season was 1950, when he posted a 3.54 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 88 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | DET | A | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.33 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.1 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1946 | DET | A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | DET | A | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3.42 | 58 | 51 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 110.2 | 106 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1948 | DET | A | 43 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 4.66 | 74 | 101 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 164.1 | 186 | 11 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1949 | DET | A | 34 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 3.71 | 85 | 101 | 84 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 203.2 | 227 | 19 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1950 | DET | A | 41 | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3.54 | 88 | 112 | 108 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 274.2 | 257 | 29 | 99 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 1952 | DET | A | 35 | 28 | 8 | 20 | 4.36 | 109 | 116 | 107 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 221 | 218 | 19 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1953 | DET | A | 16 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5.90 | 28 | 50 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 68.2 | 87 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1953 | CLE | A | 22 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3.80 | 40 | 56 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 109 | 113 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1953 | TOT | A | 38 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 4.61 | 68 | 106 | 91 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 177.2 | 200 | 15 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 1954 | CLE | A | 32 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3.35 | 68 | 80 | 70 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 188 | 198 | 14 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1955 | CLE | A | 35 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3.98 | 53 | 63 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 124.1 | 126 | 15 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1956 | CLE | A | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6.56 | 19 | 39 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.2 | 60 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 1957 | CLE | A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | BAL | A | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.55 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | TOT | A | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 325 | 181 | 87 | 91 | 4.14 | 639 | 810 | 715 | 78 | 14 | 20 | 1555 | 1646 | 136 | 516 | 3 | 15 | 40 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | DET | A | P | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1946 | DET | A | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1947 | DET | A | P | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .913 |
| 1948 | DET | A | P | 43 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 47 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .933 |
| 1949 | DET | A | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 59 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .973 |
| 1950 | DET | A | P | 41 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .951 |
| 1952 | DET | A | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .982 |
| 1953 | DET | A | P | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .933 |
| 1953 | CLE | A | P | 22 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1953 | TOT | A | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .975 |
| 1954 | CLE | A | P | 32 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .965 |
| 1955 | CLE | A | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .976 |
| 1956 | CLE | A | P | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1957 | CLE | A | P | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1957 | BAL | A | P | 5 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1957 | TOT | A | P | 8 | 1 | 10.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 325 | 1 | 10.2 | 105 | 339 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .963 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | DET | A | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | DET | A | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | DET | A | 23 | 40 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 3 | .300 | .300 | .350 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | DET | A | 43 | 56 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | .196 | .196 | .196 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1949 | DET | A | 36 | 78 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 7 | .244 | .253 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1950 | DET | A | 41 | 93 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 3 | .151 | .194 | .215 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1952 | DET | A | 36 | 69 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | .101 | .127 | .101 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1953 | DET | A | 16 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .158 | .158 | .368 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1953 | CLE | A | 23 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .147 | .171 | .176 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | TOT | A | 39 | 53 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .151 | .167 | .245 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1954 | CLE | A | 32 | 65 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 10 | .277 | .294 | .354 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1955 | CLE | A | 35 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .220 | .158 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | CLE | A | 23 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | CLE | A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | BAL | A | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | TOT | A | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 330 | 513 | 37 | 99 | 2 | 37 | .193 | .214 | .232 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 77 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1945).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Owen Friend, Bill Wight and Joe Ginsberg to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Ray Boone, Al Aber, Steve Gromek and Dick Weik (June 15, 1953).
- Sold by Cleveland Indians to Baltimore Orioles (May 20, 1957).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (April 14, 1958).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (April 14, 1958).
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