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Lou Kretlow
Louis Henry Kretlow (Lena)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 26, 1946
Final Game September 23, 1956
Born June 27, 1921 in Apache, OK
Died September 12, 2007

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1946 25 DET AL   1   0   1   1   1   0   0  0    9.0    7    3    3   2    2    4   0   0    36       0  3.00  3.64  121 1.000
 1948 27 DET AL   2   1   5   2   1   0   2  0   23.3   21   14   12   1   11    9   0   0   101       0  4.63  4.37   94 1.371
 1949 28 DET AL   3   2  25  10   1   0   8  0   76.0   85   58   52   5   69   40   1   5   368       0  6.16  4.16   67 2.026
 1950 29 TOT AL   0   2  20   3   0   0  11  0   35.7   42   32   28   3   45   24   2   0   189       0  7.07  4.67   66 2.439
         SLB AL   0   2   9   2   0   0   6  0   14.3   25   19   19   2   18   10   2   0    84       0 11.93  4.94   41 3.000
         CHW AL   0   0  11   1   0   0   5  0   21.3   17   13    9   1   27   14   0   0   105       0  3.80  4.49  118 2.063
 1951 30 CHW AL   6   9  26  18   7   1   0  0  137.0  129   77   64   7   74   89   3   3   602       0  4.20  4.04   96 1.482
 1952 31 CHW AL   4   4  19  11   4   2   3  1   79.0   52   31   26   5   56   63   1   3   344       0  2.96  3.64  123 1.367
 1953 32 TOT AL   1   5  31  14   0   0   9  0  101.7  105   67   54   7   82   52   1   5   482       0  4.78  4.16   87 1.839
         CHW AL   0   0   9   3   0   0   3  0   20.7   12   11    8   2   30   15   1   2   102       0  3.48  4.04  116 2.032
         SLB AL   1   5  22  11   0   0   6  0   81.0   93   56   46   5   52   37   0   3   380       0  5.11  4.20   82 1.790
 1954 33 BAL AL   6  11  32  20   5   0   2  0  166.7  169   83   81  12   82   82   1   2   730       0  4.37  3.57   82 1.506
 1955 34 BAL AL   0   4  15   5   0   0   5  0   38.3   50   39   35   3   27   26   1   4   192   0   0  8.22  3.80   46 2.009
 1956 35 KCA AL   4   9  25  20   3   0   3  0  118.7  121   75   70  17   74   61   0   3   542   4   0  5.31  4.33   81 1.643
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .365  27  47 199 104  22   3  43  1  785.3  781  479  425  62  522  450  10  25  3586   4   0  4.87  3.99   82 1.659
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6  10  44  23   4   0   9  0  176.0  175  107   95  13  117  100   2   5   804   0   0  4.87  3.99   82 1.659
 Career High      6  11  32  20   7   2  11  1  166.7  169   83   81  17   82   89   3   5   730   4   0  2.96  4.33  123 1.367

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 25 DET AL   1    4    1    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .750  237    3   0           0   0
 1948 27 DET AL   5    8    0    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .500  163    4   1           0   0
 1949 28 DET AL  25   26    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  16  .000  .037  .000  -90    0   1           0   0
 1950 29 TOT AL  21    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
         SLB AL  10    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
         CHW AL  11    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1951 30 CHW AL  26   48    1    4   0  0   0    5   0  0   2  24  .083  .120  .083  -44    4   1           0   1
 1952 31 CHW AL  19   20    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   3  14  .050  .174  .100  -23    2   2           0   0
 1953 32 TOT AL  31   29    2    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  16  .172  .200  .172    0    5   2           0   0
         CHW AL   9    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .200  .000  -43    0   0           0   0
         SLB AL  22   25    2    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  14  .200  .200  .200    7    5   2           0   0
 1954 33 BAL AL  32   51    1    8   0  0   0    1   0  0   5  19  .157  .232  .157   12    8   4   0       0   0
 1955 34 BAL AL  15   11    0    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   6  .091  .091  .091  -49    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1956 35 KCA AL  25   33    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   4  19  .061  .162  .061  -39    2   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     200  237    7   27   2  0   0   12   0  0  16 118  .114  .170  .122  -20   29  16   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        192    6   22   2  0   0   10   0  0  13  96  .114  .170  .122  -20   23  13   0   0   0   1
 Career High     32   51    2    8   1  0   0    5   0  0   5  24                           8   4   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 25 DET AL    4    2    2  26.7   101| .500  .270| .500  .346| .750  .389|1.250  .735| 237  .968   0.8   0.1   0%
 1948 27 DET AL    9    5    2  10.6   108| .500  .276| .500  .362| .500  .400|1.000  .762| 163  .822   0.7   0.1   0%
 1949 28 DET AL   28   27    0   0.0   107| .000  .271| .037  .363| .000  .393| .037  .756| -90  .000  -7.3  -0.7   0%
 1950 29 TOT AL    7    7    0   0.0   113| .000  .278| .000  .366| .000  .417| .000  .783|-100  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
         SLB AL    3    3    0   0.0   117| .000  .283| .000  .371| .000  .424| .000  .796|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
         CHW AL    4    4    0   0.0   111| .000  .275| .000  .362| .000  .412| .000  .773|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1951 30 CHW AL   51   46    0   0.0   100| .083  .265| .120  .346| .083  .389| .203  .735| -44  .000  -9.8  -1.0   0%
 1952 31 CHW AL   25   21    0   0.0    97| .050  .261| .174  .341| .100  .381| .274  .723| -23  .000  -3.4  -0.4   0%
 1953 32 TOT AL   32   26    1   1.0   104| .172  .272| .200  .349| .172  .401| .372  .749|   0  .064  -4.2  -0.4   0%
         CHW AL    5    4    0   0.0   105| .000  .273| .200  .350| .000  .402| .200  .752| -43  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         SLB AL   27   22    1   1.2   104| .200  .272| .200  .348| .200  .400| .400  .749|   7  .085  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 1954 33 BAL AL   60   47    2   1.1    93| .157  .257| .232  .331| .157  .376| .389  .707|  12  .082  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1955 34 BAL AL   12   11    0   0.0    96| .091  .258| .091  .336| .091  .384| .182  .720| -49  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1956 35 KCA AL   41   35    1   0.8   106| .061  .267| .162  .349| .061  .408| .223  .757| -39  .033  -6.8  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      269  227    8   0.9   101| .114  .265| .170  .345| .122  .391| .292  .736| -20  .054 -40.6  -4.0   0%

* 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 ------+
1946 25 DET AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 1 9.0 1948 27 DET AL P 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 1.00 0.92 1.93 2.01 2 23.3 1949 28 DET AL P 25 2 23 2 1 .926 .962 1.00 1.01 2.96 2.12 10 76.0 1950 29 TOT AL P 20 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.15 0.96 0.76 2.02 3 35.6 SLB AL P 9 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.22 0.96 1.26 2.01 2 14.3 CHW AL P 11 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.09 0.96 0.42 2.03 1 21.3 1951 30 CHW AL P 26 5 22 3 2 .900 .954 1.04 0.99 1.77 2.07 18 137.0 1952 31 CHW AL P 19 1 9 0 2 1.000 .962 0.53 1.03 1.14 2.10 11 79.0 1953 32 TOT AL P 31 6 13 4 1 .826 .960 0.61 0.88 1.68 1.95 14 101.7 CHW AL P 9 3 6 1 1 .900 .957 1.00 0.88 3.91 1.96 3 20.7 SLB AL P 22 3 7 3 0 .769 .962 0.45 0.88 1.11 1.94 11 81.0 1954 33 BAL AL P 32 4 30 0 2 1.000 .958 1.06 0.93 1.84 2.01 20 166.7 1955 34 BAL AL P 15 1 11 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 0.83 2.82 2.00 5 38.3 1956 35 KCA AL P 25 5 16 2 1 .913 .950 0.84 0.82 1.58 1.92 20 119.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1946 25 DET AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 1 9.0 1948 27 DET AL P 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 1.00 0.92 1.93 2.01 2 23.3 1949 28 DET AL P 25 2 23 2 1 .926 .962 1.00 1.01 2.96 2.12 10 76.0 1950 29 TOT AL P 20 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.15 0.96 0.76 2.02 3 35.6 SLB AL P 9 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.22 0.96 1.26 2.01 2 14.3 CHW AL P 11 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.09 0.96 0.42 2.03 1 21.3 1951 30 CHW AL P 26 5 22 3 2 .900 .954 1.04 0.99 1.77 2.07 18 137.0 1952 31 CHW AL P 19 1 9 0 2 1.000 .962 0.53 1.03 1.14 2.10 11 79.0 1953 32 TOT AL P 31 6 13 4 1 .826 .960 0.61 0.88 1.68 1.95 14 101.7 CHW AL P 9 3 6 1 1 .900 .957 1.00 0.88 3.91 1.96 3 20.7 SLB AL P 22 3 7 3 0 .769 .962 0.45 0.88 1.11 1.94 11 81.0 1954 33 BAL AL P 32 4 30 0 2 1.000 .958 1.06 0.93 1.84 2.01 20 166.7 1955 34 BAL AL P 15 1 11 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 0.83 2.82 2.00 5 38.3 1956 35 KCA AL P 25 5 16 2 1 .913 .950 0.84 0.82 1.58 1.92 20 119.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 199 24 133 11 9 .935 .956 0.79 0.93 1.80 2.02 104 786.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 199 24 133 11 9 .935 .956 0.79 0.93 1.80 2.02 104 786
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Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

December 14, 1949: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with $100,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Jerry Priddy.

July 5, 1950: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.

June 13, 1953: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Darrell Johnson and $75,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Virgil Trucks and Bob Elliott.

June 7, 1955: Purchased by the Seattle (PCL) from the Baltimore Orioles.

September 10, 1955: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the Seattle (PCL) for $100,000.


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