Ken Trinkle
[edit] Biography
Born on December 15, 1919 in Paoli, Indiana, Ken Trinkle (Kenneth Wayne Trinkle) played for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 5 year career. Trinkle broke into the bigs on April 25, 1943 with the New York Giants, and put up a 3.87 ERA in 151 innings pitched in 1946, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ken Trinkle's best season was 1947, when he posted a 3.75 ERA and notched 10 saves.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1943
| NY
| N
| 11
| 6
| 1
| 5
| 3.74
| 10
| 23
| 19
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 45.2
| 51
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1946
| NY
| N
| 48
| 13
| 7
| 14
| 3.87
| 49
| 77
| 65
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 151
| 146
| 8
| 74
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1947
| NY
| N
| 62
| 0
| 8
| 4
| 3.75
| 37
| 47
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 93.2
| 100
| 3
| 48
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1948
| NY
| N
| 53
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 3.18
| 20
| 28
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 70.2
| 66
| 6
| 41
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1949
| PHI
| N
| 42
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4.00
| 14
| 37
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 74.1
| 79
| 3
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 216
| 19
| 21
| 29
| 3.74
| 130
| 212
| 181
| 3
| 0
| 21
| 435.1
| 442
| 23
| 208
| 0
| 8
| 10
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1943
| NY
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1946
| NY
| N
| P
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 30
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1947
| NY
| N
| P
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 27
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1948
| NY
| N
| P
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1949
| PHI
| N
| P
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 20
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 216
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 111
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1943
| NY
| N
| 11
| 12
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .357
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1946
| NY
| N
| 48
| 38
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .079
| .167
| .079
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1947
| NY
| N
| 62
| 16
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .188
| .188
| .188
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| NY
| N
| 53
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .250
| .333
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1949
| PHI
| N
| 42
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .143
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 216
| 80
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 4
| .138
| .216
| .138
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
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- Sold by New York Giants to Philadelphia Phillies (December 14, 1948).
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