Les Tietje
[edit] Biography
Born on September 11, 1910 in Sumner, Iowa, Les Tietje (Leslie William Tietje) played for the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 6 year career. Tietje broke into the bigs on September 18, 1933 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 4.81 ERA in 176 innings pitched in 1934, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Les Tietje's best season was 1935, when he posted a 4.30 ERA and struck out 64 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1933
| CHI
| A
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 2.42
| 9
| 8
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 22.1
| 16
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1934
| CHI
| A
| 34
| 22
| 5
| 14
| 4.81
| 81
| 106
| 94
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 176
| 174
| 20
| 96
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1935
| CHI
| A
| 30
| 21
| 9
| 15
| 4.30
| 64
| 88
| 81
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 169.2
| 184
| 14
| 81
| 0
| 6
| 2
|
| 1936
| STL
| A
| 14
| 7
| 3
| 5
| 6.62
| 16
| 44
| 37
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 50.1
| 65
| 2
| 30
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1936
| CHI
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27.00
| 3
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.1
| 6
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1936
| TOT
| A
| 16
| 7
| 3
| 5
| 7.52
| 19
| 51
| 44
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 52.2
| 71
| 2
| 35
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1937
| STL
| A
| 5
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 4.20
| 5
| 15
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 32
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| 17
| 8
| 2
| 5
| 7.55
| 15
| 55
| 52
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 62
| 83
| 8
| 38
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 105
| 65
| 22
| 41
| 5.11
| 193
| 323
| 291
| 22
| 3
| 0
| 512.2
| 560
| 45
| 282
| 0
| 15
| 6
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1933
| CHI
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1934
| CHI
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 43
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1935
| CHI
| A
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 26
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1936
| STL
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1936
| CHI
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1936
| TOT
| A
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1937
| STL
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 105
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 101
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1933
| CHI
| A
| 3
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| .125
| .222
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1934
| CHI
| A
| 34
| 59
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 3
| .017
| .033
| .034
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 19
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| CHI
| A
| 30
| 61
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 3
| .197
| .234
| .246
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| STL
| A
| 16
| 15
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .067
| .125
| .067
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| CHI
| A
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 1.000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| TOT
| A
| 18
| 15
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .067
| .176
| .067
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| STL
| A
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| 18
| 18
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .111
| .158
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 108
| 171
| 12
| 17
| 0
| 9
| .099
| .140
| .129
| 5
| 0
| 8
| 50
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Sugar Cain (May 5, 1936).
- Sold by St. Louis Browns to Minneapolis (American Association) (March 2, 1939).
- Returned to St. Louis Browns (@April 9, 1939).
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