Moe Burtschy
Edward Frank Burtschy
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 208 lb.

Born: April 18, 1922 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Roger Bacon (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1950
Final Game: June 9, 1956
Died: May 2, 2004 in Cincinnati, OH
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 64 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 81 1.765 9.5 0.0 6.4 2.1 0.33
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 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 40 2.382 13.5 0.0 7.9 7.1 0.90
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 2 195 110 1.638 8.5 1.2 6.2 3.7 0.60
5 Seasons 10 6 .625 4.71 90 1 50 0 0 4 185.1 178 107 97 15 126 5 97 14 0 14 847 87 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 87 1.640 8.6 0.7 6.1 4.7 0.77

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1954 32 PHA AL 46 414 343 45 80 9 5 7 12 6 53 54 .233 .345 .350 .695 .254 120 8 8 5 5
1955 33 KCA AL 7 59 47 13 17 5 1 0 0 1 10 9 .362 .475 .511 .985 .436 24 1 1 0 1 1
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
3 Seasons 74 668 546 80 138 18 7 13 14 13 93 81 .253 .369 .383 .752 .272 209 15 12 10 7 5
162 Game Avg. 68 614 502 74 127 17 6 12 13 12 85 74 .253 .369 .383 .752 .272 192 14 11 9 6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 32 PHA AL 46 46 30 5 4 6 4 2 67% 7 1 25 12 48% 7 0.947 12 5 22 7 7 29 15 28 32 4 30 11 6.2
1955 33 KCA AL 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 6 0.393 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 0.684 4 3 14 2 3 16 7 14 12 3 12 8 6.2
3 Seasons 74 74 39 10 5 7 4 3 57% 8 1 49 24 49% 0.819 17 9 41 9 10 52 27 44 47 8 46 19 6.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1950 28 PHA AL
1951 29 PHA AL
1954 32 PHA AL 416 37% 1.7% 13.0% 12.8% 5.1% 26% 1.01 69% 98 8 8%
1955 33 KCA AL 58 36% 0.0% 15.3% 17.0% 10.2% 35% 0.71 66% 21 1 5%
1956 34 KCA AL 195 36% 3.1% 9.2% 15.4% 5.6% 27% 1.55 68% 36 6 17%
5 Seasons 669 37% 2.3% 14.5% 18.9% 5.7% 21% 1.12 69% 155 15 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 22 2 3
1951 29 PHA AL 18 0 2
1954 32 PHA AL 401 80 7 1 23 6 1 6 1 48 21 8 44% 5 7 1 165 12 6 67% 9 6 3 0 0 0 3 0 16 15
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 Seasons 654 178 15 1 44 7 6 8 5 70 31 10 44% 7 14 1 264 14 13 52% 11 12 3 1 0 0 3 0 22 15
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1950 28 0 1 .000 7.11 9 1 5 0 0 0 19.0 22 16 15 2 21 12 1 0 3 100 64 2.263 10.4 0.9 9.9 5.7 0.57 64
1951 29 0 1 .000 6.25 16 1 11 0 0 0 36.0 40 27 25 2 33 16 2 0 5 179 71 2.028 10.0 0.5 8.3 4.0 0.48 71
1952 30 0 1 .000 6.25 16 1 11 0 0 0 36.0 40 27 25 2 33 16 2 0 5 179 71 2.028 10.0 0.5 8.3 4.0 0.48 71
1953 31 0 1 .000 6.25 16 1 11 0 0 0 36.0 40 27 25 2 33 16 2 0 5 179 71 2.028 10.0 0.5 8.3 4.0 0.48 71
1954 32 5 5 .500 4.48 62 1 41 0 0 4 130.2 120 72 65 9 86 70 10 0 12 592 90 1.577 8.3 0.6 5.9 4.8 0.81 90
1955 33 7 5 .583 4.94 69 1 41 0 0 4 142.0 137 85 78 9 96 1 79 11 0 12 652 82 1.641 8.7 0.6 6.1 5.0 0.82 82
1956 34 10 6 .625 4.71 90 1 50 0 0 4 185.1 178 107 97 15 126 5 97 14 0 14 847 87 1.640 8.6 0.7 6.1 4.7 0.77 87

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 4.07 95.0 84 48 43 7 56 54 8 1.474 8.0 5.3 5.1 0.96 0.7 46
1955 33 0 1 .000 9.75 12.0 17 14 13 0 10 10 1 2.250 12.8 7.5 7.5 1.00 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 Seasons 8 10 .444 4.72 187.0 182 109 98 15 129 99 14 1.663 8.8 4.8 0.77 0.7 90

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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