Ray Kolp
[edit] Biography
Born on October 1, 1894 in New Berlin, Ohio, Ray Kolp (Raymond Carl Kolp) played for the St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 12 year career. Kolp broke into the bigs on April 16, 1921 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 4.97 ERA in 166.2 innings pitched in 1921, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ray Kolp's best season was 1928, when he posted a 3.19 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 61 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1921
| STL
| A
| 37
| 18
| 8
| 7
| 4.97
| 43
| 111
| 92
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 166.2
| 208
| 12
| 51
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1922
| STL
| A
| 32
| 18
| 14
| 4
| 3.93
| 54
| 89
| 74
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 169.2
| 199
| 10
| 36
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1923
| STL
| A
| 34
| 17
| 5
| 12
| 3.89
| 44
| 91
| 74
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 171.1
| 178
| 11
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1924
| STL
| A
| 25
| 12
| 5
| 7
| 5.68
| 29
| 65
| 61
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 96.2
| 131
| 4
| 25
| 0
| 1
| 4
|
| 1927
| CIN
| N
| 24
| 5
| 3
| 3
| 3.06
| 28
| 38
| 28
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 82.1
| 86
| 5
| 29
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1928
| CIN
| N
| 44
| 23
| 13
| 10
| 3.19
| 61
| 87
| 74
| 12
| 1
| 3
| 209
| 219
| 9
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1929
| CIN
| N
| 30
| 16
| 8
| 10
| 4.03
| 27
| 75
| 65
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 145.1
| 151
| 8
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1930
| CIN
| N
| 37
| 19
| 7
| 12
| 4.22
| 40
| 86
| 79
| 5
| 2
| 3
| 168.1
| 180
| 10
| 34
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1931
| CIN
| N
| 30
| 10
| 4
| 9
| 4.96
| 24
| 66
| 59
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 107
| 144
| 8
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1932
| CIN
| N
| 32
| 18
| 6
| 10
| 3.89
| 42
| 80
| 69
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 159.2
| 176
| 13
| 27
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1933
| CIN
| N
| 30
| 14
| 6
| 9
| 3.53
| 28
| 73
| 59
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 150.1
| 168
| 7
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1934
| CIN
| N
| 28
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 4.52
| 19
| 36
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 61.2
| 78
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 255
| 107
| 47
| 65
| 3.85
| 269
| 541
| 464
| 36
| 7
| 17
| 1083.2
| 1202
| 61
| 258
| 0
| 7
| 16
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 128
| 65
| 32
| 30
| 4.48
| 170
| 356
| 301
| 30
| 4
| 1
| 604.1
| 716
| 37
| 166
| 0
| 5
| 15
|
| Total
|
|
| 383
| 172
| 79
| 95
| 4.08
| 439
| 897
| 765
| 66
| 11
| 18
| 1688
| 1918
| 98
| 424
| 0
| 12
| 31
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1921
| STL
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1921
| STL
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 43
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1922
| STL
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1923
| STL
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 37
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .904
|
| 1924
| STL
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1927
| CIN
| N
| P
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1928
| CIN
| N
| P
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 50
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1929
| CIN
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 38
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1930
| CIN
| N
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 30
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1931
| CIN
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1932
| CIN
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 23
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1933
| CIN
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 39
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1934
| CIN
| N
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 383
| 0
| 0
| 86
| 351
| 12
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1921
| STL
| A
| 39
| 55
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .127
| .127
| .127
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| STL
| A
| 32
| 57
| 7
| 17
| 0
| 6
| .298
| .333
| .439
| 6
| 1
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| STL
| A
| 34
| 54
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .111
| .172
| .130
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| STL
| A
| 25
| 30
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .200
| .226
| .300
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| CIN
| N
| 24
| 30
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .200
| .200
| .267
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| CIN
| N
| 44
| 70
| 6
| 15
| 1
| 8
| .214
| .267
| .300
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| CIN
| N
| 30
| 49
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 7
| .163
| .163
| .224
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| CIN
| N
| 37
| 49
| 3
| 12
| 1
| 1
| .245
| .275
| .327
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| CIN
| N
| 30
| 32
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .125
| .152
| .156
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| CIN
| N
| 32
| 49
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 3
| .184
| .184
| .184
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| CIN
| N
| 30
| 45
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .156
| .208
| .178
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1934
| CIN
| N
| 28
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .083
| .083
| .083
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 255
| 336
| 26
| 62
| 2
| 24
| .185
| .210
| .235
| 7
| 2
| 11
| 52
| 0
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 130
| 196
| 17
| 36
| 0
| 10
| .184
| .216
| .245
| 10
| 1
| 8
| 28
| 0
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 385
| 532
| 43
| 98
| 2
| 34
| .184
| .212
| .239
| 17
| 3
| 19
| 80
| 0
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
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- Released by Cincinnati Reds (February 12, 1935).
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