Bob Savage
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Born on December 1, 1921 in Manchester, New Hampshire, Bob Savage (John Robert Savage) played for the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 5 year career. Savage broke into the bigs on June 24, 1942 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 4.06 ERA in 164 innings pitched in 1946, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bob Savage's best season was 1947, when he posted a 3.76 ERA and struck out 56 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 3.23
| 10
| 16
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 30.2
| 24
| 0
| 31
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1946
| PHI
| A
| 40
| 19
| 3
| 15
| 4.06
| 78
| 80
| 74
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 164
| 164
| 5
| 93
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1947
| PHI
| A
| 44
| 8
| 8
| 10
| 3.76
| 56
| 71
| 61
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 146
| 135
| 8
| 55
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1948
| PHI
| A
| 33
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 6.21
| 26
| 55
| 52
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 75.1
| 98
| 9
| 33
| 0
| 5
| 0
|
| 1949
| STL
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.43
| 1
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 12
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 129
| 31
| 16
| 27
| 4.32
| 171
| 227
| 203
| 10
| 2
| 9
| 423
| 433
| 23
| 215
| 0
| 7
| 2
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| PHI
| A
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1947
| PHI
| A
| P
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1948
| PHI
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1949
| STL
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 47
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| 8
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .111
| .273
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1946
| PHI
| A
| 40
| 41
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .122
| .308
| .122
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 22
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| PHI
| A
| 44
| 40
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .050
| .095
| .050
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| PHI
| A
| 33
| 13
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .077
| .250
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1949
| STL
| A
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 129
| 104
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 0
| .087
| .221
| .087
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 51
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Browns from Philadelphia Athletics (December 16, 1948).
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