Don Liddle
[edit] Biography
Born on May 25, 1925 in Mount Carmel, Illinois, Don Liddle (Donald Eugene Liddle) played for the Milwaukee Braves, New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 4 year career. Liddle broke into the bigs on April 17, 1953 with the Milwaukee Braves, and put up a 3.08 ERA in 128.2 innings pitched in 1953, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Don Liddle's best season was 1953, when he posted a 3.08 ERA and struck out 63 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1953
| MIL
| N
| 31
| 15
| 7
| 6
| 3.08
| 63
| 54
| 44
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 128.2
| 119
| 6
| 55
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1954
| NY
| N
| 28
| 19
| 9
| 4
| 3.06
| 44
| 48
| 43
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 126.2
| 100
| 5
| 55
| 4
| 2
| 3
|
| 1955
| NY
| N
| 33
| 13
| 10
| 4
| 4.23
| 56
| 54
| 50
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 106.1
| 97
| 18
| 61
| 7
| 0
| 4
|
| 1956
| STL
| N
| 14
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 8.39
| 14
| 25
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 24.2
| 36
| 8
| 18
| 5
| 3
| 0
|
| 1956
| NY
| N
| 11
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 3.92
| 21
| 22
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 41.1
| 45
| 5
| 14
| 3
| 1
| 1
|
| 1956
| TOT
| N
| 25
| 7
| 2
| 4
| 5.59
| 35
| 47
| 41
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 66
| 81
| 13
| 32
| 8
| 4
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 117
| 54
| 28
| 18
| 3.75
| 198
| 203
| 178
| 13
| 3
| 4
| 427.2
| 397
| 42
| 203
| 19
| 9
| 10
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1953
| MIL
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 20
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| 1954
| NY
| N
| P
| 28
| 19
| 126.2
| 6
| 19
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 0
| .962
|
| 1955
| NY
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1956
| STL
| N
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1956
| NY
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| TOT
| N
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 117
| 19
| 126.2
| 23
| 64
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 0
| .946
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1953
| MIL
| N
| 31
| 34
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .088
| .162
| .088
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| NY
| N
| 29
| 37
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .189
| .333
| .189
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| NY
| N
| 33
| 27
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .185
| .343
| .185
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1956
| STL
| N
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| NY
| N
| 11
| 12
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .231
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| TOT
| N
| 26
| 14
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .143
| .200
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 119
| 112
| 9
| 17
| 0
| 5
| .152
| .273
| .152
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 29
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Braves (1946).
- Traded by Milwaukee Braves with Johnny Antonelli, Ebba St. Claire, Billy Klaus and $50000 to New York Giants in exchange for Bobby Thomson and Sam Calderone (February 1, 1954).
- Traded by New York Giants with Al Dark, Ray Katt and Whitey Lockman to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Dick Littlefield, Jackie Brandt, Red Schoendienst, Bill Sarni and a player to be named later (June 14, 1956); New York Giants received Gordon Jones (October 1, 1956).
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