Ed Rakow
[edit] Biography
Born on May 30, 1935 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ed Rakow (Edward Charles Rakow) played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 7 year career. Rakow broke into the bigs on April 22, 1960 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and put up a 4.76 ERA in 124.2 innings pitched in 1961, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ed Rakow's best season was 1962, when he posted a 4.25 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 159 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1960
| LA
| N
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 7.36
| 9
| 19
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 30
| 5
| 11
| 3
| 1
| 0
|
| 1961
| KC
| A
| 45
| 11
| 2
| 8
| 4.76
| 81
| 80
| 66
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 124.2
| 131
| 14
| 49
| 1
| 8
| 8
|
| 1962
| KC
| A
| 42
| 35
| 14
| 17
| 4.25
| 159
| 126
| 111
| 11
| 2
| 1
| 235.1
| 232
| 31
| 98
| 5
| 9
| 4
|
| 1963
| KC
| A
| 34
| 26
| 9
| 10
| 3.92
| 104
| 85
| 76
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 174.1
| 173
| 18
| 61
| 4
| 8
| 5
|
| 1964
| DET
| A
| 42
| 13
| 8
| 9
| 3.72
| 96
| 70
| 63
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 152.1
| 155
| 14
| 59
| 1
| 5
| 6
|
| 1965
| DET
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.07
| 10
| 11
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13.1
| 14
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1967
| ATL
| N
| 17
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 5.26
| 25
| 23
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.1
| 36
| 4
| 15
| 3
| 4
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 26
| 5
| 3
| 3
| 6.02
| 34
| 42
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 61.1
| 66
| 9
| 26
| 6
| 5
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 169
| 85
| 33
| 44
| 4.18
| 450
| 372
| 325
| 20
| 3
| 5
| 700
| 705
| 79
| 278
| 11
| 31
| 23
|
| Total
|
|
| 195
| 90
| 36
| 47
| 4.33
| 484
| 414
| 366
| 20
| 3
| 5
| 761.1
| 771
| 88
| 304
| 17
| 36
| 24
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1960
| LA
| N
| P
| 9
| 2
| 22
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| KC
| A
| P
| 45
| 11
| 124.2
| 12
| 19
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 1
| .969
|
| 1962
| KC
| A
| P
| 42
| 35
| 235.1
| 17
| 45
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 8
| 2
| .925
|
| 1963
| KC
| A
| P
| 34
| 26
| 174.1
| 15
| 30
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 4
| 3
| .978
|
| 1964
| DET
| A
| P
| 42
| 13
| 152.1
| 16
| 28
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| DET
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 13.1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .000
|
| 1967
| ATL
| N
| P
| 17
| 3
| 39.1
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 0
| .857
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 195
| 90
| 761.1
| 62
| 131
| 9
| 11
| 0
| 11
| 30
| 21
| 6
| .955
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1960
| LA
| N
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| KC
| A
| 45
| 29
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .103
| .129
| .103
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1962
| KC
| A
| 42
| 82
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 1
| .098
| .119
| .110
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 31
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1963
| KC
| A
| 34
| 57
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .105
| .177
| .123
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 27
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1964
| DET
| A
| 42
| 39
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .071
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1965
| DET
| A
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .250
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| ATL
| N
| 17
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 26
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .125
| .125
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 169
| 210
| 16
| 17
| 0
| 3
| .081
| .130
| .090
| 2
| 0
| 11
| 85
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
| Total
|
|
| 195
| 226
| 16
| 19
| 0
| 3
| .084
| .130
| .093
| 2
| 0
| 11
| 90
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1957).
- Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Howie Reed and cash (March 30, 1961).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Jerry Lumpe and Dave Wickersham to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Rocky Colavito, Bob Anderson and $50000 (November 18, 1963).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (May, 1966).
- Signed by Boston Red Sox (May, 1966).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Julio Navarro to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Chris Cannizzaro and John Herrnstein (December, 1966).
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