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Lou Fette
Louis Henry William Fette

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 200 lb.
School Missouri Valley College

Debut April 26, 1937
Final Game June 22, 1945
Born March 15, 1907 in Alma, MO
Died January 3, 1981 in Warrensburg, MO

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1937 30 BSN NL  20  10  35  33  23   5   2  0  259.0  243   93   83   5   81   70   4   2  1075       1  2.88  3.59  125 1.251 MVP-5
 1938 31 BSN NL  11  13  33  32  17   3   1  1  239.7  235   95   84  11   79   83   4   1  1011       0  3.15  3.44  109 1.310
 1939 32 BSN NL  10  10  27  26  11   6   1  0  146.0  123   62   48   7   61   35   1   3   608       0  2.96  3.68  124 1.260 AS
 1940 33 TOT NL   0   5   9   5   0   0   3  0   35.3   41   23   20   0   20    2   1   1   158       0  5.09  3.76   74 1.726
         BSN NL   0   5   7   5   0   0   2  0   32.3   38   23   20   0   18    2   1   1   146       0  5.57  3.73   67 1.732
         BRO NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    3    0    0   0    2    0   0   0    12       0  0.00  4.00  inf 1.667
 1945 38 BSN NL   0   2   5   1   0   0   2  0   11.0   16   10    7   1    7    4   1   0    53       0  5.73  3.84   67 2.091
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .506  41  40 109  97  51  14   9  1  691.0  658  283  242  24  248  194  11   7  2905       1  3.15  3.57  113 1.311
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  13  35  32  16   4   2  0  228.0  217   93   79   7   81   64   3   2   958   0   0  3.15  3.57  113 1.311
 Career High     20  13  35  33  23   6   3  1  259.0  243   95   84  11   81   83   4   3  1075   0   1  2.88  3.68  125 1.251

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 30 BSN NL  36   92    6   22   1  0   0   11   0      4  11  .239  .271  .250   48   23   7           0   6 MVP-5
 1938 31 BSN NL  33   85    4   16   2  1   0    4   0      0   9  .188  .188  .235   21   20   2           0   2
 1939 32 BSN NL  27   49    0    3   0  1   0    0   0      0   9  .061  .061  .102  -55    5   4           0   2 AS
 1940 33 TOT NL   9    8    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .375  .444  .375  133    3   1   0   0   0   0
         BSN NL   7    8    0    3   0  0   0    0   0      1   0  .375  .444  .375  133    3   1           0   0
 1945 38 BSN NL   5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      110  236   10   44   3  2   0   15   0  0   5  29  .186  .203  .216   19   51  14   0   0   0  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        348   15   65   4  3   0   22   0  0   7  43  .186  .203  .216   19   75  21   0   0   0  15
 Career High     36   92    6   22   2  1   0   11   0  0   4  11                          23   7   0   0   0   6
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 30 BSN NL  103   83    6   1.9    93| .239  .269| .271  .329| .250  .381| .521  .710|  48  .174  -6.3  -0.6     
 1938 31 BSN NL   87   73    4   1.5    90| .188  .262| .188  .325| .235  .373| .423  .698|  21  .119  -9.0  -0.9     
 1939 32 BSN NL   53   52    0   0.0    97| .061  .272| .061  .336| .102  .388| .163  .724| -55  .000 -10.6  -1.1     
 1940 33 TOT NL   10    6    1   4.5    94| .375  .266| .444  .330| .375  .382| .819  .712| 133  .512   0.4   0.0   0%
         BSN NL   10    6    1   4.5    94| .375  .266| .444  .330| .375  .382| .819  .712| 133  .512   0.4   0.0     
 1945 38 BSN NL    2    2    0   0.0    97| .000  .274| .000  .343| .000  .377| .000  .720|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       255  216   11   1.4    93| .186  .267| .203  .329| .216  .380| .419  .709|  19  .102 -26.1  -2.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1937 30 BSN NL P 35 8 63 3 3 .959 .958 2.03 1.20 2.47 2.39 33 259.0 1938 31 BSN NL P 33 10 56 0 4 1.000 .964 2.00 1.13 2.48 2.21 32 239.7 1939 32 BSN NL P 27 5 46 3 2 .944 .960 1.89 1.09 3.14 2.19 26 146.0 AS 1940 33 TOT NL P 9 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.56 1.10 1.27 2.22 5 35.3 BSN NL P 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.71 1.10 1.39 2.23 5 32.3 BRO NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10 0.00 2.10 0 3.0 1945 38 BSN NL P 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 1.06 2.45 2.21 1 11.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 30 BSN NL P 35 8 63 3 3 .959 .958 2.03 1.20 2.47 2.39 33 259.0 1938 31 BSN NL P 33 10 56 0 4 1.000 .964 2.00 1.13 2.48 2.21 32 239.7 1939 32 BSN NL P 27 5 46 3 2 .944 .960 1.89 1.09 3.14 2.19 26 146.0 1940 33 TOT NL P 9 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.56 1.10 1.27 2.22 5 35.3 BSN NL P 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.71 1.10 1.39 2.23 5 32.3 BRO NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10 0.00 2.10 0 3.0 1945 38 BSN NL P 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 1.06 2.45 2.21 1 11.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 109 24 172 6 9 .970 .961 1.80 1.14 2.55 2.27 97 691.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 109 24 172 6 9 .970 .961 1.80 1.14 2.55 2.27 97 691
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1939   BSN NL      0  0  0   2     1   0   0   1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1939   BSN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1939 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1937-NL-5-0.36
Car-520-0.36 shares

ERA
1937 NL-2.88-4

Wins
1937 NL-20-2

Won-Loss %
1937 NL-.667-5

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1937 NL-1.251-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1937 NL-8.44-8
1938 NL-8.82-9

Innings
1937 NL-259.0-5
1938 NL-239.7-10

Games Started
1937 NL-33-5
1938 NL-32-10

Comp. Games
1937 NL-23-2
1938 NL-17-6

Shutouts
1937 NL-5-1
1938 NL-3-5
1939 NL-6-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
1937 NL-81-8
1938 NL-79-9

Batters Faced
1937 NL-1075-6

Adjusted ERA+
1937 NL-125-8

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (728) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 30 (771) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (799) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 12.0 (821) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

July 5, 1936: Traded by the St Paul (American Association) to the Boston Bees for Joe Mowry and a player to be named.

June 21, 1940: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Boston Bees.

April 14, 1945: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves.

July 23, 1945: Released by the Boston Braves.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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