Eddie Rommel
[edit] Biography
Born on September 13, 1897 in Baltimore, Maryland, Eddie Rommel (Edwin Americus Rommel) played for the Philadelphia Athletics for his entire 13 year career. Rommel broke into the bigs on April 19, 1920 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 2.85 ERA in 173.2 innings pitched in 1920, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Eddie Rommel's best season was 1922, when he posted a 3.28 ERA, won 27 games and struck out 54 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1920
| PHI
| A
| 33
| 12
| 7
| 7
| 2.85
| 43
| 68
| 55
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 173.2
| 165
| 5
| 43
| 0
| 1
| 4
|
| 1921
| PHI
| A
| 46
| 32
| 16
| 23
| 3.94
| 71
| 155
| 125
| 20
| 0
| 3
| 285.1
| 312
| 21
| 87
| 0
| 4
| 1
|
| 1922
| PHI
| A
| 51
| 33
| 27
| 13
| 3.28
| 54
| 128
| 107
| 22
| 3
| 2
| 294
| 294
| 21
| 63
| 0
| 3
| 5
|
| 1923
| PHI
| A
| 56
| 31
| 18
| 19
| 3.27
| 76
| 141
| 108
| 19
| 3
| 5
| 297.2
| 306
| 14
| 108
| 0
| 6
| 1
|
| 1924
| PHI
| A
| 43
| 34
| 18
| 15
| 3.95
| 72
| 139
| 122
| 21
| 3
| 1
| 278
| 302
| 8
| 94
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1925
| PHI
| A
| 52
| 28
| 21
| 10
| 3.69
| 67
| 127
| 107
| 14
| 1
| 3
| 261
| 285
| 10
| 95
| 0
| 5
| 7
|
| 1926
| PHI
| A
| 37
| 26
| 11
| 11
| 3.08
| 52
| 91
| 75
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 219
| 225
| 10
| 54
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1927
| PHI
| A
| 30
| 17
| 11
| 3
| 4.36
| 33
| 83
| 71
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 146.2
| 166
| 6
| 48
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1928
| PHI
| A
| 43
| 11
| 13
| 5
| 3.06
| 37
| 70
| 59
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 173.2
| 177
| 11
| 26
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1929
| PHI
| A
| 32
| 6
| 12
| 2
| 2.85
| 25
| 52
| 36
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 113.2
| 135
| 10
| 34
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1930
| PHI
| A
| 35
| 9
| 9
| 4
| 4.28
| 35
| 66
| 62
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 130.1
| 142
| 11
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1931
| PHI
| A
| 25
| 10
| 7
| 5
| 2.97
| 18
| 50
| 39
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 118
| 136
| 5
| 27
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1932
| PHI
| A
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 5.51
| 16
| 43
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 65.1
| 84
| 6
| 18
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 500
| 249
| 171
| 119
| 3.54
| 599
| 1213
| 1006
| 147
| 18
| 29
| 2556.1
| 2729
| 138
| 724
| 0
| 34
| 31
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1920
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1920
| PHI
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 66
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1921
| PHI
| A
| P
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 92
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .937
|
| 1922
| PHI
| A
| P
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 92
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| 1923
| PHI
| A
| P
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 109
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1924
| PHI
| A
| P
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 97
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1925
| PHI
| A
| P
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 86
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1926
| PHI
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 67
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1927
| PHI
| A
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 44
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1928
| PHI
| A
| P
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 51
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1929
| PHI
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 26
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1930
| PHI
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 32
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1931
| PHI
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 25
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1931
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1931
| PHI
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1932
| PHI
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 23
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 500
| 0
| 0
| 159
| 810
| 32
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1920
| PHI
| A
| 34
| 51
| 8
| 11
| 0
| 5
| .216
| .273
| .235
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| PHI
| A
| 46
| 94
| 9
| 18
| 0
| 5
| .191
| .240
| .255
| 6
| 0
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| PHI
| A
| 51
| 94
| 3
| 17
| 0
| 7
| .181
| .206
| .213
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| PHI
| A
| 56
| 101
| 13
| 24
| 0
| 6
| .238
| .260
| .307
| 3
| 2
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| PHI
| A
| 45
| 95
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 6
| .158
| .192
| .158
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| PHI
| A
| 52
| 81
| 7
| 15
| 1
| 9
| .185
| .241
| .272
| 2
| 1
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| PHI
| A
| 37
| 61
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .098
| .179
| .115
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| PHI
| A
| 30
| 51
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 3
| .157
| .204
| .176
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| PHI
| A
| 43
| 47
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 1
| .255
| .352
| .319
| 1
| 1
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| PHI
| A
| 32
| 39
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 4
| .205
| .244
| .231
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| PHI
| A
| 35
| 38
| 8
| 10
| 0
| 6
| .263
| .378
| .395
| 3
| 1
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| PHI
| A
| 29
| 54
| 6
| 14
| 0
| 4
| .259
| .333
| .315
| 1
| 1
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| PHI
| A
| 17
| 20
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .300
| .440
| .300
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 507
| 826
| 80
| 164
| 1
| 59
| .199
| .255
| .245
| 23
| 6
| 62
| 102
| 0
| 70
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
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- Released by Philadelphia Athletics (October 21, 1932).
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