Moe Drabowsky
[edit] Biography
Born on July 21, 1935 in Ozanna, Poland, Moe Drabowsky (Myron Walter Drabowsky) played for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves, Kansas City Athletics, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 17 year career. Drabowsky broke into the bigs on August 7, 1956 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 2.47 ERA in 51 innings pitched in 1956, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Moe Drabowsky's best season was 1967, when he posted a 1.60 ERA, notched 12 saves and struck out 96 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1956
| CHI
| N
| 9
| 7
| 2
| 4
| 2.47
| 36
| 19
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 51
| 37
| 1
| 39
| 3
| 0
| 2
|
| 1957
| CHI
| N
| 36
| 33
| 13
| 15
| 3.53
| 170
| 103
| 94
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 239.2
| 214
| 22
| 94
| 6
| 5
| 10
|
| 1958
| CHI
| N
| 22
| 20
| 9
| 11
| 4.51
| 77
| 73
| 63
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 125.2
| 118
| 19
| 73
| 4
| 0
| 5
|
| 1959
| CHI
| N
| 31
| 23
| 5
| 10
| 4.13
| 70
| 78
| 65
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 141.2
| 138
| 21
| 75
| 4
| 7
| 3
|
| 1960
| CHI
| N
| 32
| 7
| 3
| 1
| 6.44
| 26
| 44
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 50.1
| 71
| 3
| 23
| 0
| 4
| 1
|
| 1961
| MIL
| N
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4.62
| 5
| 15
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 25.1
| 26
| 4
| 18
| 3
| 1
| 1
|
| 1962
| KC
| A
| 10
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 5.14
| 19
| 20
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 29
| 8
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1962
| CIN
| N
| 23
| 10
| 2
| 6
| 4.99
| 56
| 49
| 46
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 83
| 84
| 13
| 31
| 0
| 2
| 6
|
| 1962
| Total
|
| 33
| 13
| 3
| 7
| 5.03
| 75
| 69
| 62
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 111
| 113
| 21
| 41
| 0
| 3
| 7
|
| 1963
| KC
| A
| 26
| 22
| 7
| 13
| 3.05
| 109
| 62
| 59
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 174.1
| 135
| 16
| 64
| 2
| 6
| 8
|
| 1964
| KC
| A
| 53
| 21
| 5
| 13
| 5.29
| 119
| 103
| 99
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 168.1
| 176
| 24
| 72
| 5
| 9
| 8
|
| 1965
| KC
| A
| 14
| 5
| 1
| 5
| 4.42
| 25
| 22
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 38.2
| 44
| 5
| 18
| 2
| 3
| 3
|
| 1966
| BAL
| A
| 44
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 2.81
| 98
| 31
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 96
| 62
| 10
| 29
| 5
| 0
| 1
|
| 1967
| BAL
| A
| 43
| 0
| 7
| 5
| 1.60
| 96
| 21
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 95.1
| 66
| 7
| 25
| 3
| 2
| 2
|
| 1968
| BAL
| A
| 45
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 1.91
| 46
| 17
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 61.1
| 35
| 3
| 25
| 5
| 7
| 4
|
| 1969
| KC
| A
| 52
| 0
| 11
| 9
| 2.94
| 76
| 33
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 98
| 68
| 10
| 30
| 2
| 1
| 2
|
| 1970
| KC
| A
| 24
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 3.28
| 38
| 13
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 35.2
| 28
| 3
| 12
| 3
| 1
| 2
|
| 1970
| BAL
| A
| 21
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 3.78
| 21
| 17
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 33.1
| 30
| 7
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 1
|
| 1970
| TOT
| A
| 45
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 3.52
| 59
| 30
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 69
| 58
| 10
| 27
| 6
| 1
| 3
|
| 1971
| STL
| N
| 51
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 3.43
| 49
| 23
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 60.1
| 45
| 2
| 33
| 8
| 1
| 2
|
| 1972
| STL
| N
| 30
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2.60
| 22
| 13
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 27.2
| 29
| 4
| 14
| 4
| 2
| 1
|
| 1972
| CHI
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.45
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.1
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1972
| Total
|
| 37
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2.57
| 26
| 15
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 35
| 35
| 4
| 16
| 4
| 3
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 250
| 100
| 41
| 51
| 4.05
| 511
| 417
| 362
| 23
| 4
| 14
| 804.2
| 762
| 89
| 400
| 32
| 22
| 31
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 339
| 54
| 47
| 54
| 3.38
| 651
| 341
| 314
| 10
| 2
| 41
| 836.1
| 679
| 93
| 302
| 30
| 31
| 32
|
| Total
|
|
| 589
| 154
| 88
| 105
| 3.71
| 1162
| 758
| 676
| 33
| 6
| 55
| 1641
| 1441
| 182
| 702
| 62
| 53
| 63
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1956
| CHI
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1957
| CHI
| N
| P
| 36
| 33
| 239.2
| 19
| 35
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| CHI
| N
| P
| 22
| 20
| 125.2
| 12
| 16
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| .966
|
| 1959
| CHI
| N
| P
| 31
| 23
| 141.1
| 12
| 21
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 3
| 0
| .943
|
| 1960
| CHI
| N
| P
| 32
| 7
| 50.1
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| MIL
| N
| P
| 16
| 0
| 25.1
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .889
|
| 1962
| KC
| A
| P
| 10
| 3
| 28
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1962
| CIN
| N
| P
| 23
| 10
| 83
| 5
| 9
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| .875
|
| 1962
| Total
|
| P
| 33
| 13
| 111
| 9
| 12
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| .913
|
| 1963
| KC
| A
| P
| 26
| 22
| 174.1
| 11
| 19
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 4
| 1
| .968
|
| 1964
| KC
| A
| P
| 53
| 21
| 168.1
| 11
| 26
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 5
| 0
| .974
|
| 1965
| KC
| A
| P
| 14
| 5
| 38.2
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1966
| BAL
| A
| P
| 44
| 3
| 96
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1967
| BAL
| A
| P
| 43
| 0
| 95.1
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1968
| BAL
| A
| P
| 45
| 0
| 61.1
| 2
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 2
| 0
| .833
|
| 1969
| KC
| A
| P
| 52
| 0
| 98
| 6
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1970
| KC
| A
| P
| 24
| 0
| 35.2
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1970
| BAL
| A
| P
| 21
| 0
| 33.1
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1970
| TOT
| A
| P
| 45
| 0
| 69
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1971
| STL
| N
| P
| 51
| 0
| 60.1
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1972
| STL
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 27.2
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1972
| CHI
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 7.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| .000
|
| 1972
| Total
|
| P
| 37
| 0
| 35
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 1
| .500
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 589
| 147
| 1589.2
| 100
| 222
| 13
| 14
| 0
| 11
| 77
| 38
| 3
| .961
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1956
| CHI
| N
| 9
| 16
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| CHI
| N
| 36
| 82
| 3
| 15
| 1
| 10
| .183
| .236
| .244
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 32
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| CHI
| N
| 22
| 45
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 3
| .156
| .156
| .178
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| CHI
| N
| 31
| 45
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .111
| .149
| .133
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1960
| CHI
| N
| 33
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| MIL
| N
| 16
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .250
| .400
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| KC
| A
| 10
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| CIN
| N
| 23
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .056
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| Total
|
| 33
| 23
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .043
| .083
| .043
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| KC
| A
| 26
| 62
| 4
| 10
| 2
| 8
| .161
| .161
| .306
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1964
| KC
| A
| 54
| 43
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .023
| .045
| .023
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 23
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1965
| KC
| A
| 14
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .091
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| BAL
| A
| 44
| 22
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 4
| .364
| .417
| .455
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| BAL
| A
| 43
| 20
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .350
| .381
| .350
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| BAL
| A
| 45
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .286
| .286
| .286
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| KC
| A
| 52
| 17
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .235
| .235
| .294
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| KC
| A
| 24
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| BAL
| A
| 21
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| TOT
| A
| 45
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .111
| .111
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| STL
| N
| 51
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| STL
| N
| 30
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| CHI
| A
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| Total
|
| 37
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 251
| 222
| 9
| 33
| 1
| 16
| .149
| .185
| .180
| 4
| 0
| 10
| 87
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 340
| 198
| 15
| 35
| 2
| 13
| .177
| .193
| .237
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 73
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 591
| 420
| 24
| 68
| 3
| 29
| .162
| .189
| .207
| 10
| 0
| 13
| 160
| 1
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) by Chicago Cubs (July 22, 1956).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Seth Morehead to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Andre Rodgers and Daryl Robertson (March 31, 1961).
- Selected by Cincinnati Reds from Milwaukee Braves in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 27, 1961).
- Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Kansas City Athletics (August 13, 1962).
- Sold by Kansas City Athletics to St. Louis Cardinals (@October, 1965).
- Selected by Baltimore Orioles from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 29, 1965).
- Selected by Kansas City Royals from Baltimore Orioles (42nd pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 15, 1968).
- Traded by Kansas City Royals to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Bobby Floyd (June 15, 1970).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Jerry DaVanon (November 30, 1970).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (August 8, 1972).
- Signed by Chicago White Sox (August 15, 1972).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (October 6, 1972).
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