Don Rudolph

Full Name: Frederick Donald Rudolph	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/195	First Game: September 21, 1957
Birthdate: August 16, 1931	Final Game: October 3, 1964
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: September 12, 1968
Deathplace: Granada Hills, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on August 16, 1931 in Baltimore, Maryland, Don Rudolph (Frederick Donald Rudolph) played for the Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 6 year career. Rudolph broke into the bigs on September 21, 1957 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 3.62 ERA in 176.2 innings pitched in 1962, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Don Rudolph's best season was 1962, when he posted a 3.62 ERA and struck out 68 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1957	CHI	A	5	0	1	0	2.25	2	3	3	0	0	0	12	6	2	2	0	0	0
1958	CHI	A	7	0	1	0	2.57	2	2	2	0	0	1	7	4	0	5	1	0	0
1959	CIN	N	5	0	0	0	4.91	8	4	4	0	0	0	7.1	13	1	3	1	0	0
1959	CHI	A	4	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	2	1	0	0
1959	Total		9	0	0	0	3.48	8	4	4	0	0	1	10.1	17	1	5	2	0	0
1962	WAS	A	37	23	8	10	3.62	68	84	71	6	2	0	176.1	187	13	42	2	1	3
1962	CLE	A	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1962	TOT	A	38	23	8	10	3.62	68	84	71	6	2	0	176.2	188	13	42	2	1	3
1963	WAS	A	37	26	7	19	4.55	70	98	88	4	0	1	174	189	28	36	3	2	6
1964	WAS	A	28	8	1	3	4.09	32	36	32	0	0	0	70.1	81	10	12	5	0	0
Total	NL		5	0	0	0	4.91	8	4	4	0	0	0	7.1	13	1	3	1	0	0
Total	AL		119	57	18	32	3.98	174	223	196	10	2	3	443	472	53	99	12	3	9
Total			124	57	18	32	4.00	182	227	200	10	2	3	450.1	485	54	102	13	3	9

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1957	CHI	A	P	5	0	12	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1958	CHI	A	P	7	0	7	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000
1959	CIN	N	P	5	0	7.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	CHI	A	P	4	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	Total		P	9	0	10.1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	WAS	A	P	37	23	176.1	6	32	2	0	1	0	2	1	.950
1962	CLE	A	P	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1962	TOT	A	P	38	23	176.2	6	32	2	0	1	0	2	1	.950
1963	WAS	A	P	37	26	174	9	27	0	2	2	2	3	1	1.000
1964	WAS	A	P	28	8	70.1	4	10	0	0	0	0	3	1	1.000
Total			P	124	57	450.1	20	75	2	4	4	2	9	3	.979

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1957	CHI	A	5	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	CHI	A	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	CIN	N	5	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1959	CHI	A	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	Total		9	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1962	WAS	A	37	57	5	10	0	2	.175	.230	.246	2	1	3	18	1	1	1
1962	CLE	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	TOT	A	38	57	5	10	0	2	.175	.230	.246	2	1	3	18	1	1	1
1963	WAS	A	37	45	3	8	1	4	.178	.224	.289	2	0	3	10	0	5	1
1964	WAS	A	28	15	0	1	0	0	.067	.125	.067	0	0	1	6	0	0	1
Total	NL		5	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	AL		119	119	8	20	1	6	.168	.219	.252	5	1	7	34	1	6	3
Total			124	120	8	20	1	6	.167	.217	.250	5	1	7	35	1	6	3

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Chicago White Sox with Lou Skizas to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Del Ennis (May 1, 1959).
Selected by Cleveland Indians from Cincinnati Reds in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 27, 1961).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Steve Hamilton to Washington Senators in exchange for Willie Tasby (May 3, 1962).

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