Roger Wolff
[edit] Biography
Born on April 10, 1911 in Evansville, Illinois, Roger Wolff (Roger Francis Wolff) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 7 year career. Wolff broke into the bigs on September 20, 1941 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.32 ERA in 214.1 innings pitched in 1942, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Roger Wolff's best season was 1945, when he posted a 2.12 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 108 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1941
| PHI
| A
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 3.18
| 2
| 6
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 15
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| 32
| 25
| 12
| 15
| 3.32
| 94
| 99
| 79
| 15
| 2
| 3
| 214.1
| 206
| 16
| 69
| 0
| 5
| 3
|
| 1943
| PHI
| A
| 41
| 26
| 10
| 15
| 3.54
| 91
| 97
| 87
| 13
| 2
| 6
| 221
| 232
| 11
| 72
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| 1944
| WAS
| A
| 33
| 21
| 4
| 15
| 4.99
| 73
| 107
| 86
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 155
| 186
| 9
| 60
| 0
| 6
| 6
|
| 1945
| WAS
| A
| 33
| 29
| 20
| 10
| 2.12
| 108
| 68
| 59
| 21
| 4
| 2
| 250
| 200
| 7
| 53
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1946
| WAS
| A
| 21
| 17
| 5
| 8
| 2.58
| 50
| 51
| 35
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 122
| 115
| 8
| 30
| 0
| 1
| 5
|
| 1947
| PIT
| N
| 13
| 6
| 1
| 4
| 8.70
| 7
| 33
| 29
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 49
| 4
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1947
| CLE
| A
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3.94
| 5
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 15
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1947
| Total
|
| 20
| 8
| 1
| 4
| 7.04
| 12
| 40
| 36
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 64
| 5
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 13
| 6
| 1
| 4
| 8.70
| 7
| 33
| 29
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 49
| 4
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 169
| 122
| 51
| 65
| 3.25
| 423
| 435
| 359
| 62
| 8
| 13
| 995.1
| 969
| 52
| 298
| 0
| 16
| 21
|
| Total
|
|
| 182
| 128
| 52
| 69
| 3.41
| 430
| 468
| 388
| 63
| 8
| 13
| 1025.1
| 1018
| 56
| 316
| 0
| 16
| 22
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1941
| PHI
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 38
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1943
| PHI
| A
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 30
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1944
| WAS
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 37
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1945
| WAS
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 45
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1946
| WAS
| A
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1947
| PIT
| N
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1947
| CLE
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1947
| Total
|
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 182
| 0
| 0
| 57
| 177
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1941
| PHI
| A
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| 32
| 68
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 4
| .088
| .173
| .103
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 19
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1943
| PHI
| A
| 41
| 74
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 3
| .122
| .167
| .122
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1944
| WAS
| A
| 33
| 55
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 3
| .218
| .259
| .218
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1945
| WAS
| A
| 33
| 84
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 6
| .107
| .167
| .119
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 20
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1946
| WAS
| A
| 21
| 39
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .103
| .205
| .103
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1947
| PIT
| N
| 13
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .100
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| CLE
| A
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| Total
|
| 20
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .077
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 13
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .100
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 169
| 328
| 18
| 41
| 0
| 16
| .125
| .187
| .131
| 2
| 0
| 25
| 87
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 13
|
| Total
|
|
| 182
| 337
| 18
| 41
| 0
| 16
| .122
| .185
| .128
| 2
| 0
| 26
| 93
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 13
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to Washington Senators in exchange for Bobo Newsom (December 13, 1943).
- Traded by Washington Senators to Cleveland Indians in exchange for George Case (March 4, 1947).
- Sold by Cleveland Indians to Pittsburgh Pirates (June 14, 1947).
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