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Lou Possehl
Louis Thomas Possehl

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 180 lb.
School University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Debut August 25, 1946
Final Game June 4, 1952
Born April 12, 1926 in Chicago, IL
Died October 7, 1997 in Sarasota, FL

Grandson of George Rooks

Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1946 20 PHI NL   1   2   4   4   0   0   0  0   13.7   19    9    9   0   10    4   1   0    68       0  5.93  3.45   58 2.122
 1947 21 PHI NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    4.3    5    2    2   0    0    1   1   0    16       0  4.15  4.03   97 1.154
 1948 22 PHI NL   1   1   3   2   1   0   0  0   14.7   17    8    8   3    4    7   0   0    60       0  4.91  3.95   81 1.432
 1951 25 PHI NL   0   1   2   1   0   0   1  0    6.0    9    5    4   0    3    6   0   0    30       0  6.00  3.84   64 2.000
 1952 26 PHI NL   0   1   4   1   0   0   0  0   12.7   12    9    7   3    7    4   0   0    58       0  4.97  3.66   74 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .286   2   5  15   8   1   0   2  0   51.3   62   33   30   6   24   22   2   0   232       0  5.26  3.74   71 1.675
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5  14  44  23   2   0   5  0  151.7  183   97   88  17   70   65   5   0   685   0   0  5.26  3.74   71 1.675

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 20 PHI NL   4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0   1
 1947 21 PHI NL   2    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   0       1.000               0   0           0   0
 1948 22 PHI NL   4    4    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      0   2  .250  .250  .250   37    1   0           0   0
 1951 25 PHI NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1952 26 PHI NL   4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       16   10    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   4  .100  .182  .100  -20    1   1   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        101    0   10   0  0   0   10   0  0  10  41  .100  .182  .100  -20   10  10   0   0   0  10
 Career High      4    4    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   2                           1   1   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 20 PHI NL    4    5    0   0.0    90| .000  .259| .000  .334| .000  .363| .000  .696|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1947 21 PHI NL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .344|           |           |             0.3   0.0     
 1948 22 PHI NL    4    3    0   0.0   100| .250  .266| .250  .340| .250  .394| .500  .735|  37  .000  -0.4   0.0     
 1951 25 PHI NL    1    1    0   0.0   102| .000  .266| .000  .340| .000  .403| .000  .743|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1952 26 PHI NL    2    2    0   0.0    96| .000  .260| .000  .333| .000  .388| .000  .720|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        12   11    0   0.0    97| .100  .263| .182  .338| .100  .384| .282  .722| -20  .000  -1.6  -0.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1946 20 PHI NL P 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.00 2.63 2.23 4 13.7 1947 21 PHI NL P 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 0.90 6.28 2.09 0 4.3 1948 22 PHI NL P 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 1.00 0.90 1.84 2.08 2 14.7 1951 25 PHI NL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.95 3.00 2.10 1 6.0 1952 26 PHI NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.97 0.71 2.20 1 12.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1946 20 PHI NL P 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.00 2.63 2.23 4 13.7 1947 21 PHI NL P 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 0.90 6.28 2.09 0 4.3 1948 22 PHI NL P 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 1.00 0.90 1.84 2.08 2 14.7 1951 25 PHI NL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.95 3.00 2.10 1 6.0 1952 26 PHI NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.97 0.71 2.20 1 12.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 15 3 10 0 1 1.000 .963 0.87 0.95 2.28 2.16 8 51.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 15 3 10 0 1 1.000 .963 0.87 0.95 2.29 2.17 8 51
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Youngest Player
1946 NL-20-5

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.


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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