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Howie Pollet
Howard Joseph Pollet

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 175 lb.

Debut August 20, 1941
Final Game September 23, 1956
Born June 26, 1921 in New Orleans, LA
Died August 8, 1974 in Houston, TX

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1941 20 STL NL   5   2   9   8   6   2   0  0   70.0   55   18   15   1   27   37   1   4   295       0  1.93  3.78  196 1.171
 1942 21 STL NL   7   5  27  13   5   2   3  0  109.3  102   43   35   7   39   42   2   5   466       0  2.88  3.45  120 1.290
 1943 22 STL NL   8   4  16  14  12   5   2  0  118.3   83   26   23   2   32   61   2   2   456       1  1.75  3.37  193 0.972 AS
 1946 25 STL NL  21  10  40  32  22   4   7  5  266.0  228   84   62  12   86  107   5   1  1083       0  2.10  3.45  164 1.180 MVP-4,AS
 1947 26 STL NL   9  11  37  24   9   0   5  2  176.3  195   96   85  11   87   73   3   4   784       0  4.34  4.15   96 1.599
 1948 27 STL NL  13   8  36  26  11   0   2  0  186.3  216  102   94  10   67   80   2   3   826       0  4.54  4.07   90 1.519
 1949 28 STL NL  20   9  39  28  17   5   7  1  230.7  228   80   71   9   59  108   2   2   964       0  2.77  4.16  150 1.244 MVP-11,AS
 1950 29 STL NL  14  13  37  30  14   2   5  2  232.3  228  103   85  19   68  117   1   4   973       0  3.29  4.31  131 1.274
 1951 30 TOT NL   6  13  27  23   4   1   2  1  141.0  159   91   78  25   59   57   1   2   624       0  4.98  4.17   84 1.546
         STL NL   0   3   6   2   0   0   2  1   12.3   10   10    6   1    8   10   0   0    56       0  4.38  3.96   90 1.459
         PIT NL   6  10  21  21   4   1   0  0  128.7  149   81   72  24   51   47   1   2   568       0  5.04  4.20   83 1.554
 1952 31 PIT NL   7  16  31  30   9   1   1  0  214.0  217  111   98  22   71   90   3   1   904       0  4.12  3.99   97 1.346
 1953 32 TOT NL   6   7  30  19   2   0   3  1  124.0  147   77   66   8   50   53   1   1   561       0  4.79  4.45   93 1.589
         PIT NL   1   1   5   2   0   0   1  0   12.7   27   15   15   2    6    8   0   0    66       0 10.66  4.45   42 2.605
         CHC NL   5   6  25  17   2   0   2  1  111.3  120   62   51   6   44   45   1   1   495       0  4.12  4.45  108 1.473
 1954 33 CHC NL   8  10  20  20   4   2   0  0  128.3  131   60   51   4   54   58   0   1   562       0  3.58  4.19  117 1.442
 1955 34 CHC NL   4   3  24   7   1   1   7  5   61.0   62   41   38  11   27   27   0   2   267   3   0  5.61  4.12   73 1.459
 1956 35 TOT      3   5  30   4   0   0   9  3   49.7   45   25   20   5   19   24   0   2   215   1   0  3.62  3.95  109 1.289
         CHW AL   3   1  11   4   0   0   1  0   26.3   27   15   12   2   11   14   0   1   119   0   0  4.10  4.12  100 1.443
         PIT NL   0   4  19   0   0   0   8  3   23.3   18   10    8   3    8   10   0   1    96   1   0  3.09  3.77  122 1.114
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .530 131 116 403 278 116  25  53 20 2107.3 2096  957  821 146  745  934  23  34  8980   4   1  3.51  3.98  114 1.348
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  11  40  27  11   2   5  1  210.3  209   95   81  14   74   93   2   3   896   0   0  3.51  3.98  114 1.348
 Career High     21  16  40  32  22   5   9  5  266.0  228  111   98  25   87  117   5   5  1083   3   1  1.75  4.45  196 0.972
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 20 STL NL   9   28    0    5   1  0   0    3   0      1  12  .179  .207  .214   15    6   1           0   0
 1942 21 STL NL  27   31    2    7   2  0   0    7   0      7   7  .226  .368  .290   88    9   2           0   0
 1943 22 STL NL  16   43    3    7   1  0   0    1   0      1   9  .163  .182  .186    4    8   1           0   0 AS
 1946 25 STL NL  40   87    2   14   4  0   0    7   0      6  23  .161  .215  .207   18   18   7           0   2 MVP-4,AS
 1947 26 STL NL  37   65    5   15   1  2   0    5   0      1  13  .231  .242  .308   43   20   0           0   2
 1948 27 STL NL  38   68    6    8   1  0   0    4   0      3   9  .118  .155  .132  -23    9   5           0   2
 1949 28 STL NL  39   82   10   16   1  0   0    6   0      8  18  .195  .267  .207   26   17   3           0   2 MVP-11,AS
 1950 29 STL NL  38   84    7   12   2  0   0    3   0      5  18  .143  .191  .167   -7   14   2           0   2
 1951 30 TOT NL  27   37    4    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   8  13  .135  .289  .135   17    5   4           0   0
         STL NL   6    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   1  .000  .750  .000  119    0   0           0   0
         PIT NL  21   36    3    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   5  12  .139  .244  .139    4    5   4           0   0
 1952 31 PIT NL  31   68    4   13   0  0   0    4   0  0   8  17  .191  .276  .191   31   13   2           0   2
 1953 32 TOT NL  30   34    3    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   3   6  .147  .216  .147   -4    5   4           0   0
         PIT NL   5    3    1    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   75    1   1           0   0
         CHC NL  25   31    2    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   6  .129  .206  .129  -11    4   3           0   0
 1954 33 CHC NL  20   47    6   13   2  0   0    4   0  0   1   6  .277  .292  .319   59   15   3   0       0   2
 1955 34 CHC NL  24   15    0    6   2  0   0    0   0  0   2   5  .400  .471  .533  167    8   1   0   0   0   0
 1956 35 TOT     31    9    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .333  .400  .333   96    3   2   0   0   0   0
         CHW AL  12    8    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .375  .375  .375   98    3   1   0   0   0   0
         PIT NL  19    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .500  .000   52    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     407  698   54  129  17  2   0   48   0  0  55 159  .185  .244  .215   24  150  37   0   0   0  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        278   21   51   7  1   0   19   0  0  22  63  .185  .244  .215   24   60  15   0   0   0   6
 Career High     40   87   10   16   4  2   0    7   0  0   8  23                          20   7   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 20 STL NL   30   24    1   1.1   100| .179  .274| .207  .345| .214  .386| .421  .731|  15  .083  -3.3  -0.4     
 1942 21 STL NL   40   26    3   3.1    93| .226  .265| .368  .338| .290  .368| .658  .706|  88  .408  -0.0   0.0     
 1943 22 STL NL   45   37    1   0.7    93| .163  .271| .182  .340| .186  .367| .368  .707|   4  .044  -5.5  -0.6     
 1946 25 STL NL  100   82    4   1.3    96| .161  .267| .215  .343| .207  .374| .422  .717|  18  .113  -9.7  -1.0     
 1947 26 STL NL   66   52    5   2.6   109| .231  .279| .242  .355| .308  .413| .550  .768|  43  .251  -5.9  -0.6     
 1948 27 STL NL   76   67    1   0.4   107| .118  .276| .155  .351| .132  .408| .287  .759| -23  .012 -12.3  -1.2     
 1949 28 STL NL   93   71    5   1.9   108| .195  .276| .267  .351| .207  .413| .474  .764|  26  .164  -8.8  -0.9     
 1950 29 STL NL   91   76    3   1.0   112| .143  .275| .191  .353| .167  .427| .358  .780|  -7  .060 -13.6  -1.3     
 1951 30 TOT NL   49   36    1   0.8   106| .135  .271| .289  .345| .135  .410| .424  .755|  17  .036  -4.2  -0.4   0%
         STL NL    4    1    0   0.0   104| .000  .269| .750  .343| .000  .407| .750  .750| 119  .000   0.7   0.1   0%
         PIT NL   45   35    1   0.8   106| .139  .271| .244  .345| .139  .410| .383  .756|   4  .038  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1952 31 PIT NL   78   59    4   1.8    99| .191  .264| .276  .337| .191  .393| .467  .730|  31  .180  -6.4  -0.7   0%
 1953 32 TOT NL   41   33    1   0.8   111| .147  .276| .216  .348| .147  .430| .363  .778|  -4  .036  -5.3  -0.5   0%
         PIT NL    4    3    0   0.0   109| .333  .273| .333  .344| .333  .425| .666  .769|  75  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
         CHC NL   37   30    1   0.9   112| .129  .277| .206  .348| .129  .431| .335  .779| -11  .042  -5.2  -0.5   0%
 1954 33 CHC NL   51   39    4   2.8   110| .277  .275| .292  .347| .319  .425| .611  .772|  59  .265  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1955 34 CHC NL   18   10    4  10.7   105| .400  .265| .471  .336| .533  .420|1.004  .757| 167  .820   1.6   0.2   0%
 1956 35 TOT      12    8    1   3.3   107| .333  .269| .400  .347| .333  .412| .733  .759|  96  .346  -0.0   0.0   0%
         CHW AL    9    6    1   4.5   108| .375  .270| .375  .352| .375  .412| .750  .764|  98  .465  -0.1   0.0   0%
         PIT NL    3    2    0   0.0   101| .000  .262| .500  .328| .000  .413| .500  .741|  52  .000   0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons      790  620   38   1.6   104| .185  .272| .244  .347| .215  .403| .459  .750|  24  .141 -76.5  -7.7     

* 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 ------+
 1941 20 STL NL   P    9      0   18    0    0 1.000  .963  2.00  1.09  2.31  2.22    8   70.0
 1942 21 STL NL   P   27      4   16    2    1  .909  .966  0.74  1.17  1.65  2.35   13  109.3
 1943 22 STL NL   P   16      1   17    0    0 1.000  .963  1.12  1.16  1.37  2.27   14  118.3 AS
 1946 25 STL NL   P   40      8   59    4    9  .944  .960  1.68  1.01  2.27  2.24   32  266.0 AS
 1947 26 STL NL   P   37      5   33    0    5 1.000  .967  1.03  0.91  1.94  2.12   24  176.3
 1948 27 STL NL   P   36      5   44    2    2  .961  .963  1.36  0.91  2.37  2.11   26  186.3
 1949 28 STL NL   P   39      9   33    2    2  .955  .952  1.08  0.91  1.64  2.04   28  230.7 AS
 1950 29 STL NL   P   37     13   40    4    5  .930  .960  1.43  0.97  2.05  2.12   30  232.3
 1951 30 TOT NL   P   27      5   26    0    2 1.000  .963  1.15  0.96  1.98  2.14   23  141.0
         STL NL   P    6      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  0.50  0.97  2.20  2.12    2   12.3
         PIT NL   P   21      5   23    0    2 1.000  .962  1.33  0.96  1.96  2.14   21  128.7
 1952 31 PIT NL   P   31      7   48    3    2  .948  .953  1.77  0.98  2.31  2.18   30  214.0
 1953 32 TOT NL   P   30      8   15    3    2  .885  .958  0.77  0.87  1.67  2.06   19  124.0
         PIT NL   P    5      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.20  0.88  0.71  2.06    2   12.7
         CHC NL   P   25      8   14    3    2  .880  .957  0.88  0.87  1.78  2.06   17  111.3
 1954 33 CHC NL   P   20      6   22    0    1 1.000  .959  1.40  0.87  1.96  2.07   20  128.3
 1955 34 CHC NL   P   24      7   15    0    1 1.000  .948  0.92  0.83  3.25  2.04    7   61.0
 1956 35 TOT      P   30      4   10    0    0 1.000  .959  0.47  0.83  2.54  1.98    4   49.6
         CHW AL   P   11      1    6    0    0 1.000  .946  0.64  0.82  2.40  1.92    4   26.3
         PIT NL   P   19      3    4    0    0 1.000  .972  0.37  0.83  2.70  2.05    0   23.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1941 20 STL NL   P    9      0   18    0    0 1.000  .963  2.00  1.09  2.31  2.22    8   70.0
 1942 21 STL NL   P   27      4   16    2    1  .909  .966  0.74  1.17  1.65  2.35   13  109.3
 1943 22 STL NL   P   16      1   17    0    0 1.000  .963  1.12  1.16  1.37  2.27   14  118.3
 1946 25 STL NL   P   40      8   59    4    9  .944  .960  1.68  1.01  2.27  2.24   32  266.0
 1947 26 STL NL   P   37      5   33    0    5 1.000  .967  1.03  0.91  1.94  2.12   24  176.3
 1948 27 STL NL   P   36      5   44    2    2  .961  .963  1.36  0.91  2.37  2.11   26  186.3
 1949 28 STL NL   P   39      9   33    2    2  .955  .952  1.08  0.91  1.64  2.04   28  230.7
 1950 29 STL NL   P   37     13   40    4    5  .930  .960  1.43  0.97  2.05  2.12   30  232.3
 1951 30 TOT NL   P   27      5   26    0    2 1.000  .963  1.15  0.96  1.98  2.14   23  141.0
         STL NL   P    6      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  0.50  0.97  2.20  2.12    2   12.3
         PIT NL   P   21      5   23    0    2 1.000  .962  1.33  0.96  1.96  2.14   21  128.7
 1952 31 PIT NL   P   31      7   48    3    2  .948  .953  1.77  0.98  2.31  2.18   30  214.0
 1953 32 TOT NL   P   30      8   15    3    2  .885  .958  0.77  0.87  1.67  2.06   19  124.0
         PIT NL   P    5      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.20  0.88  0.71  2.06    2   12.7
         CHC NL   P   25      8   14    3    2  .880  .957  0.88  0.87  1.78  2.06   17  111.3
 1954 33 CHC NL   P   20      6   22    0    1 1.000  .959  1.40  0.87  1.96  2.07   20  128.3
 1955 34 CHC NL   P   24      7   15    0    1 1.000  .948  0.92  0.83  3.25  2.04    7   61.0
 1956 35 TOT      P   30      4   10    0    0 1.000  .959  0.47  0.83  2.54  1.98    4   49.6
         CHW AL   P   11      1    6    0    0 1.000  .946  0.64  0.82  2.40  1.92    4   26.3
         PIT NL   P   19      3    4    0    0 1.000  .972  0.37  0.83  2.70  2.05    0   23.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 403     82  396   20   32  .960  .959  1.19  0.95  2.04  2.14  278 2107.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       403     82  396   20   32  .960  .959  1.19  0.95  2.04  2.14  278   2107

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1942   WS    STL NYY     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.1   0   0   0   0 
 1946   WS    STL BOS     W   2   2   3.48  0  1  0  1  10.1  12   4   4   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0   3   2   3.38  0  1  0  1  10.2  12   4   4   3 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1942   WS    STL NYY     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1946   WS    STL BOS     W   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0   3   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

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
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1943   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1946   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1949   STL NL      0  0  0   1     4   3   3   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  2  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1943   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1946   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1949   STL NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/3      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
1943
1946
1949 *

Awards
1949-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1946-NL-4-0.35
1949-NL-11-0.09
Car-463-0.44 shares

ERA
1946 NL-2.10-1
1949 NL-2.77-3
1950 NL-3.29-7

Wins
1946 NL-21-1
1949 NL-20-2

Won-Loss %
1946 NL-.677-6
1948 NL-.619-7
1949 NL-.690-4

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1946 NL-1.180-5
1949 NL-1.244-6
1950 NL-1.274-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1946 NL-7.71-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1948 NL-3.24-10
1949 NL-2.30-7
1950 NL-2.63-8

Strikeouts/9IP
1949 NL-4.21-8
1950 NL-4.53-9

Games
1946 NL-40-9

Saves
1946 NL-5-2
1955 NL-5-8

Innings
1946 NL-266.0-1
1949 NL-230.7-7

Strikeouts
1946 NL-107-6
1949 NL-108-6

Games Started
1946 NL-32-3

Comp. Games
1946 NL-22-2
1949 NL-17-4

Shutouts
1943 NL-5-3
1946 NL-4-3
1949 NL-5-1
1950 NL-2-9

Home Runs Allow.
1946 NL-12-8
1951 NL-25-6
1952 NL-22-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1946 NL-86-8
1947 NL-87-8

Hits Allowed
1946 NL-228-2
1948 NL-216-8
1949 NL-228-9
1952 NL-217-8

SO to Walk
1946 NL-1.24-10
1948 NL-1.19-10
1949 NL-1.83-5
1950 NL-1.72-7

Losses
1951 NL-13-10
1952 NL-16-4

Earned Runs Allow.
1947 NL-85-9
1948 NL-94-5
1952 NL-98-5

Wild Pitches
1942 NL-5-4

Hit Batsmen
1946 NL-5-3

Batters Faced
1946 NL-1083-3
1949 NL-964-9

Adjusted ERA+
1946 NL-164-1
1949 NL-150-3
1950 NL-131-6

Youngest Player
1941 NL-20-1
1942 NL-21-8

Black Ink: Pitching - 12 (182) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 67 (359) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 13.0 (589) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 33.0 (391) (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.

Transactions
Before 1939 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.
June 15, 1951: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Dick Cole, Joe Garagiola, Bill Howerton, and Ted Wilks to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Cliff Chambers and Wally Westlake.
June 4, 1953: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Joe Garagiola, Ralph Kiner, and Catfish Metkovich to the Chicago Cubs for Toby Atwell, Bob Schultz, Preston Ward, George Freese, Bob Addis, Gene Hermanski, and $150,000.
October 3, 1955: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
April 16, 1956: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
July 13, 1956: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
July 15, 1956: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
October 8, 1956: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Howie Pollet's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

Other References

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All-Star 1943 1946 1949 *	Awards 1949-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1946-NL-4-0.35 1949-NL-11-0.09 Car-463-0.44 shares	ERA 1946 NL-2.10-1 1949 NL-2.77-3 1950 NL-3.29-7	Wins 1946 NL-21-1 1949 NL-20-2	Won-Loss % 1946 NL-.677-6 1948 NL-.619-7 1949 NL-.690-4
BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1946 NL-1.180-5 1949 NL-1.244-6 1950 NL-1.274-10	Hits Allowed/9IP 1946 NL-7.71-7	Bases on Balls/9IP 1948 NL-3.24-10 1949 NL-2.30-7 1950 NL-2.63-8	Strikeouts/9IP 1949 NL-4.21-8 1950 NL-4.53-9	Games 1946 NL-40-9	Saves 1946 NL-5-2 1955 NL-5-8
Innings 1946 NL-266.0-1 1949 NL-230.7-7	Strikeouts 1946 NL-107-6 1949 NL-108-6	Games Started 1946 NL-32-3	Comp. Games 1946 NL-22-2 1949 NL-17-4	Shutouts 1943 NL-5-3 1946 NL-4-3 1949 NL-5-1 1950 NL-2-9	Home Runs Allow. 1946 NL-12-8 1951 NL-25-6 1952 NL-22-3
Bases On Balls Allow. 1946 NL-86-8 1947 NL-87-8	Hits Allowed 1946 NL-228-2 1948 NL-216-8 1949 NL-228-9 1952 NL-217-8	SO to Walk 1946 NL-1.24-10 1948 NL-1.19-10 1949 NL-1.83-5 1950 NL-1.72-7	Losses 1951 NL-13-10 1952 NL-16-4	Earned Runs Allow. 1947 NL-85-9 1948 NL-94-5 1952 NL-98-5	Wild Pitches 1942 NL-5-4
Hit Batsmen 1946 NL-5-3	Batters Faced 1946 NL-1083-3 1949 NL-964-9	Adjusted ERA+ 1946 NL-164-1 1949 NL-150-3 1950 NL-131-6	Youngest Player 1941 NL-20-1 1942 NL-21-8