Jack Salveson

Full Name: John Theodore Salveson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0.5"/180	First Game: June 3, 1933
Birthdate: January 5, 1914	Final Game: September 16, 1945
Birthplace: Fullerton, California	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: December 28, 1974
Deathplace: Norwalk, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on January 5, 1914 in Fullerton, California, Jack Salveson (John Theodore Salveson) played for the New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 5 year career. Salveson broke into the bigs on June 3, 1933 with the New York Giants, and put up a 5.25 ERA in 73.2 innings pitched in 1935, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jack Salveson's best season was 1943, when he posted a 3.35 ERA.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1933	NY	N	8	2	0	2	3.82	8	17	13	2	0	0	30.2	30	4	14	1	0
1934	NY	N	12	4	3	1	3.52	18	16	15	0	0	0	38.1	43	2	13	0	0
1935	PIT	N	5	0	0	1	9.00	2	12	7	0	0	0	7	11	1	5	0	1
1935	CHI	A	20	2	1	2	4.86	22	39	36	2	0	1	66.2	79	6	23	0	0
1935	Total		25	2	1	3	5.25	24	51	43	2	0	1	73.2	90	7	28	0	1
1943	CLE	A	23	11	5	3	3.35	24	36	32	4	3	3	86	87	5	26	1	1
1945	CLE	A	19	0	0	0	3.68	11	23	18	0	0	0	44	52	3	6	0	1
Total	NL		25	6	3	4	4.14	28	45	35	2	0	0	76	84	7	32	1	1
Total	AL		62	13	6	5	3.94	57	98	86	6	3	4	196.2	218	14	55	1	2
Total			87	19	9	9	3.99	85	143	121	8	3	4	272.2	302	21	87	2	3

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1933	NY	N	P	8	5	7	1	0	.923
1934	NY	N	P	12	5	8	0	1	1.000
1935	PIT	N	P	5	0	4	0	0	1.000
1935	CHI	A	P	20	3	11	1	1	.933
1935	Total		P	25	3	15	1	1	.947
1943	CLE	A	P	23	2	19	0	4	1.000
1945	CLE	A	P	19	4	13	0	0	1.000
Total			P	87	19	62	2	6	.976

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1933	NY	N	8	9	0	1	0	0	.111	.111	.111	0	0	1	0	1
1934	NY	N	13	10	0	3	0	1	.300	.300	.300	0	0	1	0	0
1935	PIT	N	5	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
1935	CHI	A	20	20	3	6	1	4	.300	.333	.550	2	1	4	0	0
1935	Total		25	22	3	6	1	4	.273	.304	.500	2	1	5	0	0
1943	CLE	A	23	26	2	6	1	2	.231	.259	.385	1	1	1	2	0
1945	CLE	A	19	10	3	4	1	3	.400	.455	.900	2	1	1	0	0
Total	NL		26	21	0	4	0	1	.190	.190	.190	0	0	3	0	1
Total	AL		62	56	8	16	3	9	.286	.322	.536	5	3	6	2	0
Total			88	77	8	20	3	10	.260	.287	.442	5	3	9	2	1

[edit] Transactions

Traded by New York Giants to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Leon Chagnon (December 12, 1934).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bud Hafey (June 9, 1935).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Washington Senators as part of 3-team trade in which Cleveland Indians sent Thornton Lee to Chicago White Sox; and Washington Senators sent Earl Whitehill to Cleveland Indians (December 10, 1936).
Sold by Washington Senators to Chicago Cubs (April 15, 1937).
Selected by Cleveland Indians from Oakland (PCL) in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 2, 1942).

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