Tot Pressnell
[edit] Biography
Born on August 8, 1906 in Findlay, Ohio, Tot Pressnell (Forest Charles Pressnell) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 5 year career. Pressnell broke into the bigs on April 21, 1938 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 3.56 ERA in 192 innings pitched in 1938, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Tot Pressnell's best season was 1938, when he posted a 3.56 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 57 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1938
| BRO
| N
| 43
| 19
| 11
| 14
| 3.56
| 57
| 86
| 76
| 6
| 1
| 3
| 192
| 209
| 11
| 56
| 0
| 5
| 8
|
| 1939
| BRO
| N
| 31
| 18
| 9
| 7
| 4.02
| 43
| 76
| 70
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 156.2
| 171
| 8
| 33
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1940
| BRO
| N
| 24
| 4
| 6
| 5
| 3.69
| 21
| 31
| 28
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 68.1
| 58
| 4
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1941
| CHI
| N
| 29
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 3.09
| 27
| 26
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 70
| 69
| 2
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1942
| CHI
| N
| 27
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 5.49
| 9
| 28
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 39.1
| 40
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 154
| 42
| 32
| 30
| 3.80
| 157
| 247
| 222
| 17
| 4
| 12
| 526.1
| 547
| 30
| 134
| 0
| 11
| 20
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1938
| BRO
| N
| P
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 36
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1939
| BRO
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 36
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1940
| BRO
| N
| P
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1941
| CHI
| N
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1942
| CHI
| N
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 154
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 101
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1938
| BRO
| N
| 43
| 63
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .143
| .217
| .159
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| BRO
| N
| 31
| 51
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 9
| .196
| .212
| .196
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1940
| BRO
| N
| 24
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| CHI
| N
| 29
| 15
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .250
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| CHI
| N
| 27
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| .667
| .750
| 1.000
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 154
| 149
| 9
| 24
| 0
| 16
| .161
| .209
| .174
| 2
| 0
| 9
| 26
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Cleveland Indians to Brooklyn Dodgers (September 10, 1937).
- Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to St. Louis Cardinals (November 19, 1940).
- Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Cincinnati Reds (December 16, 1940).
- Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago Cubs (February 4, 1941).
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