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Moe Burtschy

Edward Frank Burtschy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 208 lb.

Born: April 18, 1922 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Roger Bacon HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1950
Team: Athletics 1950-1956

Final Game: June 9, 1956
Died: May 2, 2004 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: St. Joseph Old Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
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Standard Pitching

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
1941	19	LAD-min	D,C	9	8	.529	2.44	20	16					140.0	128	76	38		74								1.443	8.2		4.8			ASH,DAY · MTNS,MATL
1942	20	CIN-min	B	9	9	.500	3.47	32						192.0	177	116	74		107								1.479	8.3		5.0			CLM · SALL
1946	24	CIN-PIT-min	B,A,AA	8	7	.533	4.23	24						134.0	144	80	63		61								1.530	9.7		4.1			ANN,CLM,BIR · SEAL,SALL,SOUA
1947	25	OAK-min	AA,A	5	7	.417	6.47	26						121.0	144	98	87		81								1.860	10.7		6.0			LIN,BIR,SAV · WL,SOUA,SALL
1948	26	OAK-min	A	16	15	.516	3.61	36						252.0	217	118	101		139								1.413	7.8		5.0			SAV · SALL
1949	27	OAK-DET-min	A,AAA	12	12	.500	3.38	33	0		0	0		205.0	164	97	77		124		1	1	0	1			1.405	7.2		5.4	0.0	0.01	SAV,BFL · SALL,IL
1950	28	OAK-min	AAA	0	1	.000	3.86	7	2		0	0		21.0	24	13	9		13		9	1		0			1.762	10.3		5.6	3.9	0.69	BFL · IL
1950	28	PHA	AL	0	1	.000	7.11	9	1	5	0	0	0	19.0	22	16	15	2	21		12	1	0	3	100	65	2.263	10.4	0.9	9.9	5.7	0.57
1951	29	PHA	AL	0	0		5.29	7	0	6	0	0	0	17.0	18	11	10	0	12		4	1	0	2	79	82	1.765	9.5	0.0	6.4	2.1	0.33

1952	30	OAK-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.45	27	10		1	0		93.0	95	56	46		67		43	3	1	6			1.742	9.2		6.5	4.2	0.64	OTT · IL
1953	31	OAK-min	AAA	12	7	.632	2.82	50	4		2	1		118.0	98	58	37	10	59		62	0	2	6			1.331	7.5	0.8	4.5	4.7	1.05	OTT · IL
1954	32	PHA	AL	5	4	.556	3.80	46	0	30	0	0	4	94.2	80	45	40	7	53		54	8	0	7	413	103	1.405	7.6	0.7	5.0	5.1	1.02
1955	33	POR	Opn	6	8	.429	3.02	29	8		3	1		83.1	73	46	28	7	30		53	4	0	0			1.236	7.9	0.8	3.2	5.7	1.77	POR · PCL
1955	33	KCA	AL	2	0	1.000	10.32	7	0	0	0	0	0	11.1	17	13	13	0	10	1	9	1	0	0	60	42	2.382	13.5	0.0	7.9	7.1	0.90
1956	34	NYY-min	AAA	2	5	.286	2.57	21	4		2	0		42.0	41	16	12	3	16		28	2	0	1			1.357	8.8	0.6	3.4	6.0	1.75	RMD,DEN · IL,AA
1956	34	KCA	AL	3	1	.750	3.95	21	0	9	0	0	0	43.1	41	22	19	6	30	4	18	3	0	2	195	111	1.638	8.5	1.2	6.2	3.7	0.60
1957	35	PIT-min	AAA	5	9	.357	4.25	44	5		0	0		110.0	105	59	52	10	61		55	6	0	1			1.509	8.6	0.8	5.0	4.5	0.90	CLB · IL
5 Yrs				10	6	.625	4.71	90	1	50	0	0	4	185.1	178	107	97	15	126	5	97	14	0	14	847	88	1.640	8.6	0.7	6.1	4.7	0.77
162 Game Avg.				7	4	.625	4.71	67	1	37	0	0	3	138	133	80	72	11	94		72	10	0	10	633	88	1.640	8.6	0.7	6.1	4.7	0.77

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1950	28	PHA	AL	19.0	9	1	16	7.58	5.11	-0.10	0.00	95.6	4.98	-6	-0.5	.5	0.1	-0.3	-4	.444	.497	$
1951	29	PHA	AL	17.0	7	0	11	5.82	4.71	0.13	0.00	101.2	4.64	-2	-0.2	.3	0.0	-0.1	-1	.467	.499	$

1954	32	PHA	AL	94.2	46	0	45	4.28	4.31	-0.30	0.00	106.2	4.91	7	0.7	1.1	-0.2	1.3	15	.516	.505	$
1955	33	KCA	AL	11.1	7	0	13	10.32	4.33	-0.27	0.00	106.7	4.91	-7	-0.7	.5	0.1	-0.4	-6	.405	.496	$
1956	34	KCA	AL	43.2	21	0	22	4.53	5.07	-0.07	0.00	100.0	5.13	3	0.3	.9	-0.1	0.5	7	.513	.502	$
5 Seasons				185.2	90	1	107	5.19	4.61	-0.19	0.00	103.2	4.94	-6	-0.4	.9	-0.0	1.0	12	.496	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1950	28	PHA	AL	9	61	76	16	22	0	0	2	1	0	21	12	.289	.449	.368	.817	.323	28	2	1	2	0		1
1951	29	PHA	AL	7	79	65	11	18	4	1	0	0	1	12	4	.277	.397	.369	.767	.295	24	3	1	1	0		1

1954	32	PHA	AL	46	409	343	45	80	9	5	7	12	6	53	54	.233	.345	.350	.695	.254	120	8	8	5	5		6
1955	33	KCA	AL	7	58	47	13	17	5	1	0	0	1	10	9	.362	.475	.511	.985	.436	24	1	1	0	1	1	0
1956	34	KCA	AL	21	195	156	22	41	4	1	6	2	6	30	18	.263	.389	.417	.806	.263	65	6	3	5	1	4	2
5 Yrs				90	802	687	107	178	22	8	15	15	14	126	97	.259	.381	.380	.761	.280	261	20	14	13	7	5	10
162 Game Avg.				67	599	513	80	133	16	6	11	11	10	94	72	.259	.381	.380	.761	.280	195	15	10	10	5		7
MLB Averages																.260	.335	.385	.719	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1950	28	PHA	AL	-4.9	-0.4	63	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.10	0.0	0.2	1.8	0.2	0.10	0.1	0	1	3
1951	29	PHA	AL	-1.6	-0.2	83	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.24	-0.3	-0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.24	-2.3	1	0	5

1954	32	PHA	AL	1.4	0.1	433	0.5	6.1	-5.5	.91	0.0	0.6	-3.7	-0.4	0.91	-3.2	11	7	23
1955	33	KCA	AL	-6.5	-0.6	59	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.37	-0.2	-0.1	-7.9	-0.7	0.37	-5.6	1	1	5
1956	34	KCA	AL	1.7	0.2	205	0.1	2.5	-2.4	.66	-0.5	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.66	-2.9	4	2	15
5 Yrs				-10.0	-0.9	843	0.5	9.3	-8.8	.68	-1.0	1.7	-11.8	-1.1	0.68	-14.0	17	11	51

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1950	28	PHA	AL	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	19.0	19	19	1	0	1	0	1.0		2.3
1 Yr				9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	19	19	19	1	0	1	0	1.0		2.3
MLB Averages													.500						49%	50	118	-6					4.5	4.5	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1950	28	PHA	AL	9	8	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.097	0	1	3	0	0	5	0	5	5	2	4	1	6.3
1951	29	PHA	AL	7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	7	.240	1	0	5	0	0	7	1	6	5	0	5	0	7.3

1954	32	PHA	AL	46	46	30	5	4	7	4	3	57%	8	1	27	13	48%	7	.909	11	7	23	8	7	30	16	29	32	4	31	11	6.2
1955	33	KCA	AL	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	9	6	67%	6	.366	1	1	5	0	0	7	5	2	3	1	4	0	4.9
1956	34	KCA	AL	21	21	9	3	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	15	6	40%	7	.661	4	2	15	2	3	16	7	14	12	3	12	8	6.2
5 Yrs				90	89	50	10	5	8	4	4	50%	9	1	53	26	49%		.682	17	11	51	10	10	65	29	56	57	10	56	20	6.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1950	28	PHA	AL	100	61%	3.3%	19.7%	34.4%	3.3%	9%	0.88	102%	22	2	9%
1951	29	PHA	AL	79	57%	0.0%	5.1%	15.2%	6.3%	28%	1.50	77%	21	3	14%

1954	32	PHA	AL	416	63%	1.7%	13.2%	13.0%	5.1%	26%	1.06	70%	99	8	8%
1955	33	KCA	AL	58	64%	0.0%	15.5%	17.2%	10.3%	35%	0.71	67%	21	1	5%
1956	34	KCA	AL	195	64%	3.1%	9.2%	15.4%	5.6%	27%	1.55	68%	36	6	17%
5 Yrs				848	62%	1.9%	12.1%	15.7%	5.6%	25%	1.16	73%	199	20	10%
MLB Averages					50%	2.4%	12.0%	10.6%	6.8%	27%	0.95	84%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1950	28	PHA	AL	61	22			2	0	2	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	25%	1	3	0	34	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	39
1951	29	PHA	AL	79	18			0	0	5	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	38%	1	2	0	35	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

1954	32	PHA	AL	409	80			7	1	23	6	1	6	1	49	22	8	45%	6	7	1	167	12	6	67%	9	6	3	0	0	0	2	0	16	7
1955	33	KCA	AL	58	17			0	0	8	0	0	0	0	10	6	0	60%	0	0	0	27	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
1956	34	KCA	AL	195	41			6	0	13	1	5	2	4	12	4	2	33%	2	2	0	72	2	6	25%	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
5 Yrs				802	178			15	1	51	7	7	9	5	83	36	10	43%	10	14	1	335	15	14	52%	12	13	3	1	0	0	2	0	28	46
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1950	28	0	1	.000	7.11	9	1	5	0	19.0	22	16	15	2	21		12	1	3	100	65	2.263	10.4	0.9	9.9	5.7	0.57	65
1951	29	0	1	.000	6.25	16	1	11	0	36.0	40	27	25	2	33		16	2	5	179	72	2.028	10.0	0.5	8.3	4.0	0.48	72
1952	30	0	1	.000	6.25	16	1	11	0	36.0	40	27	25	2	33		16	2	5	179	72	2.028	10.0	0.5	8.3	4.0	0.48	72
1953	31	0	1	.000	6.25	16	1	11	0	36.0	40	27	25	2	33		16	2	5	179	72	2.028	10.0	0.5	8.3	4.0	0.48	72
1954	32	5	5	.500	4.48	62	1	41	4	130.2	120	72	65	9	86		70	10	12	592	91	1.577	8.3	0.6	5.9	4.8	0.81	91
1955	33	7	5	.583	4.94	69	1	41	4	142.0	137	85	78	9	96	1	79	11	12	652	83	1.641	8.7	0.6	6.1	5.0	0.82	83
1956	34	10	6	.625	4.71	90	1	50	4	185.1	178	107	97	15	126	5	97	14	14	847	88	1.640	8.6	0.7	6.1	4.7	0.77	88

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1950	28	1	1	.500	6.30	20.0	22	16	14	2	21	13	1	2.150	9.9	9.5	5.9	0.62	0.9	9
1951	29	0	1	.000	5.29	17.0	18	11	10	0	12	4	1	1.765	9.5	6.4	2.1	0.33	0.0	7

1954	32	5	5	.500	3.98	95.0	84	47	42	7	56	54	8	1.474	8.0	5.3	5.1	0.96	0.7	46
1955	33	0	1	.000	9.00	12.0	17	13	12	0	10	9	1	2.250	12.8	7.5	6.8	0.90	0.0	7
1956	34	2	2	.500	3.77	43.0	41	20	18	6	30	18	3	1.651	8.6	6.3	3.8	0.60	1.3	21
5 Yrs		8	10	.444	4.62	187.0	182	107	96	15	129	98	14	1.663	8.8		4.7	0.76	0.7	90

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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Games Played s c a p y
1954 AL 46 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1954 AL 7 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 AL 8 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1954 AL 30 (3rd)

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