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Ralph Birkofer
Ralph Joseph Birkofer (Lefty)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 213 lb.

Born: November 5, 1908 in Cincinnati, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1933
Final Game: July 11, 1937
Died: March 16, 1971 in Cincinnati, OH
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1933 24 PIT NL 4 2 .667 2.31 9 8 1 3 1 0 50.2 43 22 13 1 17 20 1 0 2 207 143 1.184 7.6 0.2 3.0 3.6 1.18
1934 25 PIT NL 11 12 .478 4.10 41 24 13 11 0 1 204.0 227 106 93 11 66 71 5 0 2 898 100 1.436 10.0 0.5 2.9 3.1 1.08
1935 26 PIT NL 9 7 .563 4.07 37 18 12 8 1 1 150.1 173 87 68 5 42 80 6 0 3 675 101 1.430 10.4 0.3 2.5 4.8 1.90
1936 27 PIT NL 7 5 .583 4.69 34 13 14 2 0 0 109.1 130 73 57 4 41 44 5 0 1 495 86 1.564 10.7 0.3 3.4 3.6 1.07
1937 28 BRO NL 0 2 .000 6.67 11 1 5 0 0 0 29.2 45 28 22 3 9 9 0 0 0 145 60 1.820 13.7 0.9 2.7 2.7 1.00
5 Seasons 31 28 .525 4.19 132 64 45 24 2 2 544.0 618 316 253 24 175 224 17 0 8 2420 96 1.458 10.2 0.4 2.9 3.7 1.28
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .525 4.19 46 22 16 8 1 1 189 214 110 88 8 61 78 6 0 3 840 96 1.458 10.2 0.4 2.9 3.7 1.28
PIT (4 yrs) 31 26 .544 4.04 121 63 40 24 2 2 514.1 573 288 231 21 166 215 17 0 8 2275 99 1.437 10.0 0.4 2.9 3.8 1.30
BRO (1 yr) 0 2 .000 6.67 11 1 5 0 0 0 29.2 45 28 22 3 9 9 0 0 0 145 60 1.820 13.7 0.9 2.7 2.7 1.00
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1933 24 PIT NL 9 22 22 1 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 .318 .318 .318 .636 82 7 0 0 0 /1
1934 25 PIT NL 41 78 75 6 17 3 0 0 11 0 1 14 .227 .237 .267 .504 33 20 0 0 2 1
1935 26 PIT NL 38 59 58 5 14 3 1 0 4 0 0 8 .241 .254 .328 .582 53 19 1 1 0 1
1936 27 PIT NL 34 42 41 5 9 1 0 0 3 0 1 9 .220 .238 .244 .482 29 10 1 0 0 1
1937 28 BRO NL 12 12 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .273 .333 .273 .606 65 3 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons 134 213 207 18 50 7 1 0 22 0 3 39 .242 .256 .285 .541 45 59 2 1 2
162 Game Avg. 162 258 250 22 60 8 1 0 27 0 4 47 .242 .256 .285 .541 45 71 2 1 2
PIT (4 yrs) 122 201 196 17 47 7 1 0 22 0 2 35 .240 .251 .286 .537 44 56 2 1 2
BRO (1 yr) 12 12 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .273 .333 .273 .606 65 3 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1933 PIT NL 24 P 9 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.22 .964 1.28
1934 PIT NL 25 P 41 44 2 39 3 1 .932 1.00 .961 1.12
1935 PIT NL 26 P 37 25 3 18 4 1 .840 0.57 .964 1.18
1936 PIT NL 27 P 34 22 1 14 7 0 .682 0.44 .964 1.16
1937 BRO NL 28 P 11 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.45 .960 1.20
5 Seasons P 132 107 7 86 14 2 .869 0.70 .963 1.16
5 Seasons TOT 132 107 7 86 14 2 .869 0.70 .832 1.16

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1934 NL--66--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1934 NL--5--8th
1935 NL--6--9th
1936 NL--5--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

December 4, 1936: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Cookie Lavagetto to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ed Brandt.

July 11, 1937: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Lindsay Brown and cash.

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