Erv Palica

Full Name: Ervin Martin Palica	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/180	First Game: April 21, 1945
Birthdate: February 9, 1928	Final Game: September 24, 1956
Birthplace: Lomita, California	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: May 29, 1982
Deathplace: Huntington Beach, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on February 9, 1928 in Lomita, California, Erv Palica (Ervin Martin Palica) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 9 year career. Palica broke into the bigs on April 21, 1945 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 4.45 ERA in 125.1 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Erv Palica's best season was 1950, when he posted a 3.58 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 131 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
1947	BRO	N	3	0	0	1	3.00	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	1
1948	BRO	N	41	10	6	6	4.45	74	63	62	3	0	3	125.1	111	13	58	0	3	3
1949	BRO	N	49	1	8	9	3.62	44	43	39	0	0	6	97	93	6	49	0	2	1
1950	BRO	N	43	19	13	8	3.58	131	89	80	10	2	1	201.1	176	13	98	0	4	2
1951	BRO	N	19	8	2	6	4.75	15	28	28	0	0	0	53	55	10	20	0	2	0
1953	BRO	N	4	0	0	0	12.00	3	8	8	0	0	0	6	10	1	8	0	1	0
1954	BRO	N	25	3	3	3	5.32	25	45	40	0	0	0	67.2	77	9	31	2	3	1
1955	BAL	A	33	25	5	11	4.14	68	91	78	5	1	0	169.2	165	10	83	4	5	2
1956	BAL	A	29	14	4	11	4.49	62	64	58	2	0	0	116.1	117	10	50	3	4	1
Total	NL		184	41	32	33	4.20	293	277	258	13	2	10	553.1	524	52	266	2	15	8
Total	AL		62	39	9	22	4.28	130	155	136	7	1	0	286	282	20	133	7	9	3
Total			246	80	41	55	4.22	423	432	394	20	3	10	839.1	806	72	399	9	24	11

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	SB	CS	AVG
1947	BRO	N	P	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1948	BRO	N	P	41	0	0	5	16	0	1	0	0	1.000
1949	BRO	N	P	49	0	0	3	18	3	2	0	0	.875
1950	BRO	N	P	43	0	0	8	16	3	1	0	0	.889
1951	BRO	N	P	19	0	0	5	12	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	BRO	N	P	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	BRO	N	P	25	3	67.2	1	6	1	0	4	2	.875
1955	BAL	A	P	33	0	0	15	23	4	2	0	0	.905
1956	BAL	A	P	29	0	0	2	20	2	2	0	0	.917
Total			P	246	3	67.2	39	113	13	8	4	2	.921

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	SB	GDP
1945	BRO	N	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1947	BRO	N	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948	BRO	N	45	39	6	5	0	3	.128	.209	.205	1	1	4	12	1	0	1
1949	BRO	N	49	19	2	3	0	2	.158	.238	.211	1	0	2	6	4	0	1
1950	BRO	N	48	68	4	15	1	8	.221	.221	.324	4	0	0	8	3	2	0
1951	BRO	N	20	13	1	2	0	0	.154	.267	.154	0	0	2	5	1	0	0
1953	BRO	N	4	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	BRO	N	28	16	2	4	0	1	.250	.294	.313	1	0	1	4	0	0	0
1955	BAL	A	33	55	3	13	0	3	.236	.288	.255	1	0	4	18	2	0	0
1956	BAL	A	30	32	4	5	0	0	.156	.156	.156	0	0	0	10	0	0	1
Total	NL		199	156	15	30	1	14	.192	.236	.269	7	1	9	35	9	2	2
Total	AL		63	87	7	18	0	3	.207	.242	.218	1	0	4	28	2	0	1
Total			262	243	22	48	1	17	.198	.238	.251	8	1	13	63	11	2	3

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (January 25, 1945).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Frank Kellert and cash (March 17, 1955).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (April 12, 1957).

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