Duke Maas

Full Name: Duane Frederick Maas	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/170	First Game: April 21, 1955
Birthdate: January 31, 1929	Final Game: April 23, 1961
Birthplace: Utica, Michigan	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: December 7, 1976
Deathplace: Mount Clemens, Michigan
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on January 31, 1929 in Utica, Michigan, Duke Maas (Duane Frederick Maas) played for the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 7 year career. Maas broke into the bigs on April 21, 1955 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.88 ERA in 86.2 innings pitched in 1955, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Duke Maas's best season was 1957, when he posted a 3.28 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 116 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
1955	DET	A	18	16	5	6	4.88	42	52	47	5	2	0	86.2	91	7	50	3	2	2
1956	DET	A	26	7	0	7	6.54	34	51	46	0	0	0	63.1	81	9	32	3	1	6
1957	DET	A	45	26	10	14	3.28	116	92	80	8	2	6	219.1	210	23	65	7	1	4
1958	NY	A	22	13	7	3	3.82	50	51	43	2	1	0	101.1	93	9	36	0	2	2
1958	KC	A	10	7	4	5	3.90	19	25	24	3	1	1	55.1	49	3	13	0	1	1
1958	TOT	A	32	20	11	8	3.85	69	76	67	5	2	1	156.2	142	12	49	0	3	3
1959	NY	A	38	21	14	8	4.43	67	82	68	3	1	4	138	149	14	53	1	1	2
1960	NY	A	35	1	5	1	4.09	28	44	32	0	0	4	70.1	70	6	35	2	1	1
1961	NY	A	1	0	0	0	54.00	0	2	2	0	0	0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total			195	91	45	44	4.19	356	399	342	21	7	15	734.2	745	71	284	16	9	18

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1955	DET	A	P	18	0	0	2	17	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	DET	A	P	26	0	0	5	8	2	0	0	0	0	.867
1957	DET	A	P	45	26	219.1	8	41	1	2	3	3	5	.980
1958	NY	A	P	22	13	101.1	8	9	1	0	1	3	1	.944
1958	KC	A	P	10	7	55.1	4	10	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1958	TOT	A	P	32	20	156.2	12	19	1	0	2	4	1	.969
1959	NY	A	P	38	21	138	5	28	1	2	4	2	4	.971
1960	NY	A	P	35	1	70.1	8	13	2	3	4	1	2	.913
1961	NY	A	P	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	195	68	584.2	40	126	7	7	13	10	12	.960

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1955	DET	A	18	30	2	5	0	2	.167	.194	.233	0	1	1	12	2	0
1956	DET	A	26	16	1	3	0	1	.188	.278	.250	1	0	2	8	0	0
1957	DET	A	45	71	2	6	1	8	.085	.118	.141	1	0	3	27	5	0
1958	NY	A	22	34	3	3	0	1	.088	.162	.088	0	0	3	11	1	0
1958	KC	A	10	17	2	3	0	1	.176	.222	.294	2	0	1	5	1	0
1958	TOT	A	32	51	5	6	0	2	.118	.182	.157	2	0	4	16	2	0
1959	NY	A	38	40	3	5	0	1	.125	.182	.125	0	0	3	15	5	1
1960	NY	A	35	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	1
1961	NY	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			195	214	13	25	1	14	.117	.165	.159	4	1	13	80	14	2

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Traded by Detroit Tigers with Bill Tuttle, Jim Small, John Tsitouris, Frank House, Kent Hadley and a player to be named later to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Gus Zernial, Billy Martin, Tom Morgan, Lou Skizas, Mickey McDermott and Tim Thompson (November 20, 1957); Kansas City Athletics received Jim McManus (April 3, 1958).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Virgil Trucks to New York Yankees in exchange for Bob Grim and Harry Simpson (June 15, 1958).
Selected by Los Angeles Angels from New York Yankees in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).
Traded by Los Angeles Angels to New York Yankees in exchange for Fritz Brickell (April 4, 1961).

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