Lou Kretlow

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Full Name: Louis Henry Kretlow	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185	First Game: September 26, 1946
Birthdate: June 27, 1921	Final Game: September 23, 1956
Birthplace: Apache, Oklahoma	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on June 27, 1921 in Apache, Oklahoma, Lou Kretlow (Louis Henry Kretlow) played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 10 year career. Kretlow broke into the bigs on September 26, 1946 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 6.16 ERA in 76 innings pitched in 1949, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Lou Kretlow's best season was 1951, when he posted a 4.20 ERA and struck out 89 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1946	DET	A	1	1	1	0	3.00	4	3	3	1	0	0	9	7	2	2	0	0	0
1948	DET	A	5	2	2	1	4.63	9	14	12	1	0	0	23.1	21	1	11	0	0	0
1949	DET	A	25	10	3	2	6.16	40	58	52	1	0	0	76	85	5	69	0	5	1
1950	STL	A	9	2	0	2	11.93	10	19	19	0	0	0	14.1	25	2	18	0	0	2
1950	CHI	A	11	1	0	0	3.80	14	13	9	0	0	0	21.1	17	1	27	0	0	0
1950	TOT	A	20	3	0	2	7.07	24	32	28	0	0	0	35.2	42	3	45	0	0	2
1951	CHI	A	26	18	6	9	4.20	89	77	64	7	1	0	137	129	7	74	0	3	3
1952	CHI	A	19	11	4	4	2.96	63	31	26	4	2	1	79	52	5	56	0	3	1
1953	STL	A	22	11	1	5	5.11	37	56	46	0	0	0	81	93	5	52	0	3	0
1953	CHI	A	9	3	0	0	3.48	15	11	8	0	0	0	20.2	12	2	30	0	2	1
1953	TOT	A	31	14	1	5	4.78	52	67	54	0	0	0	101.2	105	7	82	0	5	1
1954	BAL	A	32	20	6	11	4.37	82	83	81	5	0	0	166.2	169	12	82	0	2	1
1955	BAL	A	15	5	0	4	8.22	26	39	35	0	0	0	38.1	50	3	27	0	4	1
1956	KC	A	25	20	4	9	5.31	61	75	70	3	0	0	118.2	121	17	74	4	3	0
Total			199	104	27	47	4.87	450	479	425	22	3	1	785.1	781	62	522	4	25	10

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1946	DET	A	P	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	DET	A	P	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	DET	A	P	25	0	0	2	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.926
1950	STL	A	P	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	CHI	A	P	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	TOT	A	P	20	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	CHI	A	P	26	0	0	5	22	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1952	CHI	A	P	19	0	0	1	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	STL	A	P	22	0	0	3	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.769
1953	CHI	A	P	9	0	0	3	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1953	TOT	A	P	31	0	0	6	13	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.826
1954	BAL	A	P	32	0	0	4	30	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	BAL	A	P	15	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	KC	A	P	25	0	0	5	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.913
Total			P	199	0	0	24	133	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	.935

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1946	DET	A	1	4	1	2	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1948	DET	A	5	8	0	4	0	1	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1949	DET	A	25	26	0	0	0	1	.000	.037	.000	0	0	1	16	0	1	0	0	0
1950	STL	A	10	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1950	CHI	A	11	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1950	TOT	A	21	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1951	CHI	A	26	48	1	4	0	5	.083	.120	.083	0	0	2	24	0	1	0	0	1
1952	CHI	A	19	20	1	1	0	0	.050	.174	.100	1	0	3	14	0	2	0	0	0
1953	STL	A	22	25	2	5	0	1	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	14	0	2	0	0	0
1953	CHI	A	9	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1953	TOT	A	31	29	2	5	0	1	.172	.200	.172	0	0	1	16	0	2	0	0	0
1954	BAL	A	32	51	1	8	0	1	.157	.232	.157	0	0	5	19	0	4	0	0	0
1955	BAL	A	15	11	0	1	0	2	.091	.091	.091	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
1956	KC	A	25	33	1	2	0	0	.061	.162	.061	0	0	4	19	0	4	0	0	0
Total			200	237	7	27	0	12	.114	.170	.122	2	0	16	118	0	16	0	0	1

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1946).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with $100000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Jerry Priddy (December 14, 1949).
Claimed on waivers by Chicago White Sox from St. Louis Browns (July 5, 1950).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Darrell Johnson and $75000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Virgil Trucks and Bob Elliott (June 13, 1953).
Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Seattle (PCL) (June 7, 1955).
Sold by Seattle (PCL) to Kansas City Athletics with Joe Ginsberg for $100000 (September 10, 1955).

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