John Gelnar

Full Name: John Richard Gelnar	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185	First Game: August 4, 1964
Birthdate: June 25, 1943	Final Game: April 30, 1971
Birthplace: Granite, Oklahoma	MLB Experience: 5 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on June 25, 1943 in Granite, Oklahoma, John Gelnar (John Richard Gelnar) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Pilots and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 5 year career. Gelnar broke into the bigs on August 4, 1964 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.31 ERA in 108.2 innings pitched in 1969, his rookie year.

Most people believe that John Gelnar's best season was 1969, when he posted a 3.31 ERA and struck out 69 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1964	PIT	N	7	0	0	0	5.00	4	5	5	0	9	11	2	1	0	0	0
1967	PIT	N	10	1	0	1	8.05	5	18	17	0	19	30	4	11	1	0	2
1969	SEA	A	39	10	3	10	3.31	69	49	40	3	108.2	103	7	26	5	0	5
1970	MIL	A	53	0	4	3	4.19	48	46	43	4	92.1	98	7	23	5	1	5
1971	MIL	A	2	0	0	0	13.50	0	2	2	0	1.1	3	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		17	1	0	1	7.07	9	23	22	0	28	41	6	12	1	0	2
Total	AL		94	10	7	13	3.78	117	97	85	7	202.1	204	14	50	10	1	10
Total			111	11	7	14	4.18	126	120	107	7	230.1	245	20	62	11	1	12

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	SB	CS	AVG
1964	PIT	N	P	7	0	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	.667
1967	PIT	N	P	10	1	19	0	5	0	0	0	2	1.000
1969	SEA	A	P	39	10	108.2	7	14	0	0	6	0	1.000
1970	MIL	A	P	53	0	92.1	6	20	1	2	6	2	.963
1971	MIL	A	P	2	0	1.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	111	11	230.1	14	41	2	2	12	4	.965

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB	SO	SH
1964	PIT	N	7	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1967	PIT	N	10	6	2	1	.167	.286	.167	1	2	0
1969	SEA	A	40	19	0	1	.053	.053	.053	0	8	3
1970	MIL	A	53	12	1	1	.083	.154	.083	1	6	0
1971	MIL	A	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Total	NL		17	6	2	1	.167	.286	.167	1	2	0
Total	AL		95	31	1	2	.065	.094	.065	1	14	3
Total			112	37	3	3	.081	.128	.081	2	16	3

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1963).
Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Kansas City Royals (October 18, 1968).
Traded by Kansas City Royals with Steve Whitaker to Seattle Pilots in exchange for Lou Piniella (April 1, 1969).
Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with Jose Herrera to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Jim Hannan (May 11, 1971).

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