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Ken Raffensberger

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Full Name: Kenneth David Raffensberger Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185 First Game: April 25, 1939
Birthdate: August 8, 1917 Final Game: June 2, 1954
Birthplace: York, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: November 10, 2002
Deathplace: York, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Right/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on August 8, 1917 in York, Pennsylvania, Ken Raffensberger (Kenneth David Raffensberger) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 15 year career. Raffensberger broke into the bigs on April 25, 1939 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.38 ERA in 114.2 innings pitched in 1940, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ken Raffensberger's best season was 1952, when he posted a 2.81 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 93 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1939 STL N 1 0 0 0 .00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
1940 CHI N 43 10 7 9 3.38 55 54 43 3 0 3 114.2 120 10 29 0 1 2
1941 CHI N 10 1 0 1 4.50 5 9 9 0 0 0 18 17 0 7 0 0 0
1943 PHI N 1 1 0 1 1.12 3 3 1 1 0 0 8 7 0 2 0 0 0
1944 PHI N 37 31 13 20 3.06 136 101 88 18 3 0 258.2 257 9 45 0 1 2
1945 PHI N 5 4 0 3 4.44 6 19 12 1 0 0 24.1 28 3 14 0 0 0
1946 PHI N 39 23 8 15 3.63 73 89 79 14 2 6 196 203 10 39 0 2 1
1947 PHI N 10 7 2 6 5.49 16 30 25 3 1 0 41 50 4 8 0 0 1
1947 CIN N 19 15 6 5 4.13 38 54 49 7 0 1 106.2 132 11 29 0 0 0
1947 TOT N 29 22 8 11 4.51 54 84 74 10 1 1 147.2 182 15 37 0 0 1
1948 CIN N 40 24 11 12 3.84 57 88 77 7 4 0 180.1 187 15 37 0 0 1
1949 CIN N 41 38 18 17 3.39 103 129 107 20 5 0 284 289 23 80 0 2 2
1950 CIN N 38 35 14 19 4.26 87 127 113 18 4 0 239 271 34 40 0 0 2
1951 CIN N 42 33 16 17 3.44 81 108 95 14 5 5 248.2 232 30 38 0 3 6
1952 CIN N 38 33 17 13 2.81 93 85 77 18 6 1 247 247 18 45 0 1 2
1953 CIN N 26 26 7 14 3.93 47 87 76 9 1 0 174 200 23 33 0 0 0
1954 CIN N 6 1 0 2 7.84 5 10 9 0 0 0 10.1 15 2 3 1 0 0
Total 396 282 119 154 3.60 806 993 860 133 31 16 2151.2 2257 192 449 1 10 19

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1939 STL N P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1940 CHI N P 43 0 0 6 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1941 CHI N P 10 0 0 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1943 PHI N P 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667
1944 PHI N P 37 0 0 10 33 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1945 PHI N P 5 0 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1946 PHI N P 39 0 0 7 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1947 PHI N P 10 0 0 5 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1947 CIN N P 19 0 0 2 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1947 TOT N P 29 0 0 7 28 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .946
1948 CIN N P 40 0 0 4 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .914
1949 CIN N P 41 0 0 6 41 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1950 CIN N P 38 0 0 7 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1951 CIN N P 42 0 0 5 31 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1952 CIN N P 38 0 0 9 38 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1953 CIN N P 26 0 0 7 41 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1954 CIN N P 6 1 10.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 396 1 10.1 71 335 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 .960

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1939 STL N 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 CHI N 43 30 2 5 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0 0 0 18 0 2 0 0 0
1941 CHI N 10 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
1943 PHI N 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1944 PHI N 38 80 1 11 0 3 .138 .169 .138 0 0 3 38 0 13 0 0 1
1945 PHI N 5 8 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1946 PHI N 39 60 5 10 0 1 .167 .194 .217 3 0 2 23 0 9 0 0 2
1947 PHI N 10 15 2 4 0 0 .267 .267 .267 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
1947 CIN N 19 37 1 6 0 5 .162 .184 .162 0 0 1 22 0 2 0 0 0
1947 TOT N 29 52 3 10 0 5 .192 .208 .192 0 0 1 29 0 2 0 0 0
1948 CIN N 40 62 2 7 0 0 .113 .141 .129 1 0 2 27 0 3 0 0 2
1949 CIN N 41 90 7 16 1 3 .178 .204 .256 4 0 2 31 1 12 0 0 1
1950 CIN N 38 82 7 11 1 9 .134 .174 .195 2 0 4 21 0 3 0 0 2
1951 CIN N 42 82 4 10 0 0 .122 .163 .146 2 0 4 31 0 6 0 0 2
1952 CIN N 38 75 5 8 1 1 .107 .130 .160 1 0 2 32 0 11 0 0 0
1953 CIN N 26 57 2 8 1 8 .140 .140 .246 3 0 0 22 0 8 0 0 3
1954 CIN N 6 2 0 1 0 1 .500 .500 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 397 688 38 97 4 31 .141 .166 .182 16 0 20 280 1 70 0 0 13

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1937).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Steve Mesner, Gene Lillard and cash (December 27, 1939).
  • Sold by Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies with Rip Russell (September 4, 1943).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Hugh Poland to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Al Lakeman (June 14, 1947).

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