Stubby Overmire
[edit] Biography
Born on May 16, 1919 in Moline, Michigan, Stubby Overmire (Frank W. Overmire) played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns and New York Yankees over the course of his 10 year career. Overmire broke into the bigs on April 25, 1943 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 3.18 ERA in 147 innings pitched in 1943, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Stubby Overmire's best season was 1944, when he posted a 3.07 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 57 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1943
| DET
| A
| 29
| 18
| 7
| 6
| 3.18
| 48
| 56
| 52
| 8
| 3
| 1
| 147
| 135
| 5
| 38
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1944
| DET
| A
| 32
| 28
| 11
| 11
| 3.07
| 57
| 84
| 68
| 11
| 3
| 1
| 199.2
| 214
| 2
| 41
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1945
| DET
| A
| 31
| 22
| 9
| 9
| 3.88
| 36
| 81
| 70
| 9
| 0
| 4
| 162.1
| 189
| 6
| 42
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1946
| DET
| A
| 24
| 13
| 5
| 7
| 4.62
| 34
| 54
| 50
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 97.1
| 106
| 6
| 29
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1947
| DET
| A
| 28
| 17
| 11
| 5
| 3.77
| 33
| 62
| 59
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 140.2
| 142
| 9
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1948
| DET
| A
| 37
| 4
| 3
| 4
| 5.97
| 14
| 48
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 66.1
| 89
| 5
| 31
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1949
| DET
| A
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 9.87
| 3
| 21
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 17.1
| 29
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1950
| STL
| A
| 31
| 19
| 9
| 12
| 4.19
| 39
| 89
| 75
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 161
| 200
| 11
| 45
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| 8
| 7
| 1
| 6
| 3.54
| 13
| 26
| 21
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 53.1
| 61
| 5
| 21
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1951
| NY
| A
| 15
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 4.63
| 14
| 27
| 23
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 44.2
| 50
| 2
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| 23
| 11
| 2
| 7
| 4.04
| 27
| 53
| 44
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 98
| 111
| 7
| 39
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| 17
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 3.73
| 10
| 21
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 41
| 44
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 266
| 137
| 58
| 67
| 3.96
| 301
| 569
| 498
| 50
| 11
| 10
| 1130.2
| 1259
| 56
| 325
| 0
| 12
| 11
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1943
| DET
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1944
| DET
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 46
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1945
| DET
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 33
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1946
| DET
| A
| P
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 25
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1947
| DET
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 21
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1948
| DET
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1949
| DET
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| STL
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 24
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .818
|
| 1951
| NY
| A
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .885
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 266
| 0
| 0
| 70
| 217
| 10
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1943
| DET
| A
| 29
| 42
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .167
| .255
| .214
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1944
| DET
| A
| 32
| 63
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 8
| .175
| .246
| .254
| 3
| 1
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1945
| DET
| A
| 31
| 53
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 3
| .189
| .246
| .264
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1946
| DET
| A
| 24
| 33
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .152
| .200
| .152
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| DET
| A
| 28
| 47
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .149
| .231
| .149
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| DET
| A
| 37
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .071
| .188
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1949
| DET
| A
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| STL
| A
| 31
| 48
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 8
| .167
| .333
| .208
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| 8
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .071
| .235
| .143
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1951
| NY
| A
| 15
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .143
| .333
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| 23
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .095
| .269
| .143
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| 17
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .182
| .182
| .273
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 266
| 335
| 19
| 54
| 0
| 27
| .161
| .253
| .206
| 7
| 4
| 41
| 41
| 0
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 8
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1941).
- Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Browns from Detroit Tigers (December 15, 1949).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns to New York Yankees in exchange for Tommy Byrne and $25000 (June 15, 1951).
- Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Browns from New York Yankees (May 12, 1952).
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