Steve Sundra
[edit] Biography
Born on March 27, 1910 in Luxor, Pennsylvania, Steve Sundra (Stephen Richard Sundra) played for the New York Yankees, Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 9 year career. Sundra broke into the bigs on April 17, 1936 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 4.80 ERA in 93.2 innings pitched in 1938, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Steve Sundra's best season was 1943, when he posted a 3.25 ERA and won 15 games.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1936
| NY
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| NY
| A
| 25
| 8
| 6
| 4
| 4.80
| 33
| 61
| 50
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 93.2
| 107
| 7
| 43
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| 1939
| NY
| A
| 24
| 11
| 11
| 1
| 2.76
| 27
| 43
| 37
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 120.2
| 110
| 7
| 56
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1940
| NY
| A
| 27
| 8
| 4
| 6
| 5.53
| 26
| 68
| 61
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 99.1
| 121
| 11
| 42
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1941
| WAS
| A
| 28
| 23
| 9
| 13
| 5.29
| 50
| 108
| 99
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 168.1
| 203
| 11
| 61
| 0
| 6
| 1
|
| 1942
| WAS
| A
| 6
| 4
| 1
| 3
| 5.61
| 5
| 24
| 21
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 33.2
| 43
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1942
| STL
| A
| 20
| 13
| 8
| 3
| 3.82
| 26
| 56
| 47
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 110.2
| 122
| 2
| 29
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1942
| TOT
| A
| 26
| 17
| 9
| 6
| 4.24
| 31
| 80
| 68
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 144.1
| 165
| 3
| 44
| 0
| 5
| 1
|
| 1943
| STL
| A
| 32
| 29
| 15
| 11
| 3.25
| 44
| 89
| 75
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 208
| 212
| 10
| 66
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| 1944
| STL
| A
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1.42
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 15
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1946
| STL
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11.25
| 1
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 168
| 99
| 56
| 41
| 4.17
| 214
| 461
| 398
| 47
| 4
| 2
| 859.1
| 944
| 50
| 321
| 0
| 25
| 3
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1936
| NY
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1938
| NY
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1939
| NY
| A
| P
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 27
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1940
| NY
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 22
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| 1941
| WAS
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 29
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1942
| WAS
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| STL
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 21
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1942
| TOT
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 28
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1943
| STL
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 47
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .934
|
| 1944
| STL
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| STL
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 168
| 0
| 0
| 38
| 182
| 12
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1936
| NY
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| NY
| A
| 25
| 33
| 4
| 6
| 1
| 2
| .182
| .250
| .303
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| NY
| A
| 24
| 49
| 7
| 13
| 0
| 6
| .265
| .308
| .367
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1940
| NY
| A
| 27
| 29
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .138
| .219
| .138
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| WAS
| A
| 28
| 60
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 2
| .217
| .288
| .233
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 16
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1942
| WAS
| A
| 6
| 12
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| STL
| A
| 20
| 40
| 5
| 9
| 1
| 7
| .225
| .244
| .400
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1942
| TOT
| A
| 26
| 52
| 6
| 11
| 1
| 8
| .212
| .226
| .346
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1943
| STL
| A
| 32
| 73
| 9
| 16
| 0
| 2
| .219
| .240
| .274
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1944
| STL
| A
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .286
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1946
| STL
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 168
| 302
| 33
| 63
| 2
| 22
| .209
| .258
| .278
| 13
| 1
| 20
| 92
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Monte Pearson to New York Yankees in exchange for Johnny Allen (December 11, 1935).
- Sold by New York Yankees to Washington Senators (March 27, 1941).
- Traded by Washington Senators with Mike Chartak to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Roy Cullenbine and Bill Trotter (June 1, 1942).
- Released by St. Louis Browns (May 29, 1946).
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