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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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
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	PIT-CIN-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

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	-min	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 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	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1950	28	PHA	AL	19.0	1	16	13	0	1.0	-3	-0.3	$
1951	29	PHA	AL	17.0	0	11	10	0	1.0	-1	0.0	$

1954	32	PHA	AL	94.2	0	45	59	-3	.9	14	0.7	$
1955	33	KCA	AL	11.1	0	13	7	0	.4	-6	-0.5	$
1956	34	KCA	AL	43.1	0	22	29	0	.7	7	0.3	$
5 Seasons				185.1	1	107	118	-3	.8	11	0.2	$

Standard Batting

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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
1941	19	LAD-min	D,C	20	53	53		18	0	0	0						.340	.340	.340	.679		18						ASH,DAY · MTNS,MATL
1942	20	CIN-min	B	41	110	110		29	4	2	2						.264	.264	.391	.655		43						CLM · SALL
1946	24	PIT-CIN-min	B,AA,A	26	45	45		10	1	1	1						.222	.222	.356	.578		16						ANN,BIR,CLM · SEAL,SOUA,SALL
1947	25	OAK-min	AA,A	17	26	26		3	0	0	0						.115	.115	.115	.231		3						LIN,BIR,SAV · WL,SOUA,SALL
1948	26	OAK-min	A	36	75	75		8	1	1	0						.107	.107	.147	.253		11						SAV · SALL
1949	27	OAK-DET-min	A,AAA	35	69	69		9	2	1	0						.130	.130	.188	.319		13						SAV,BFL · SALL,IL
1950	28	OAK-min	AAA	7	6	6		1									.167	.167										BFL · IL
1950	28	PHA	AL	9	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.286	.000	.286	-21	0	1	0	0			/1
1951	29	PHA	AL	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	0	0	0			/1

1954	32	PHA	AL	46	18	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.118	.167	.118	.284	-21	2	1	0	0	0		1
1955	33	-min	Opn	29	21	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	12	.050	.050	.050	.100		1	0	0	1	0		POR · PCL
1955	33	KCA	AL	7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	34	NYY-min	AAA	21	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.118	.118	.059	.176		1		0	1	0		RMD,DEN · IL,AA
1956	34	KCA	AL	21	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957	35	PIT-min	AAA	44	27	22	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		2	8	.091	.167	.091	.258		2		0	3	0		CLB · IL
5 Seasons				90	39	36	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	13	.139	.205	.139	.344	-6	5	2	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	70	65	5	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	5	23	.139	.205	.139	.344	-6	9	4	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1950	28	PHA	AL	7	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1951	29	PHA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1

1954	32	PHA	AL	18	-3	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1955	33	KCA	AL	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/1
1956	34	KCA	AL	8	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
5 Seasons				39	-6	0	1	0	0	3	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$

Standard Fielding

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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	SB	CS	CS%
1950	PHA	AL	28	P	9	1	19.0	5	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.37	0.56	.950	2.04	1.99	1	0	0%
1951	PHA	AL	29	P	7	0	17.0	5	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.65	0.71	.952	2.06	2.06	0	1	100%
1954	PHA	AL	32	P	46	0	94.2	25	7	15	3	2	.880	2.09	0.48	.959	2.01	1.99	12	6	33%
1955	KCA	AL	33	P	7	0	11.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.99	1.97	0	1	100%
1956	KCA	AL	34	P	21	0	43.1	17	2	15	0	2	1.000	3.53	0.81	.950	1.91	1.91	2	6	75%
	5 Seasons			P	90	1	185.1	52	15	34	3	4	.942	2.38	0.54	.955	1.99	1.97	15	14	48%
	5 Seasons			TOT	90	1	185.1	52	15	34	3	4	.942	2.38	0.54	.955	1.99	1.97	15	14	48%

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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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)
Def. Games as P s c a p y 1954 AL 46 (5th)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1954 AL 3 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.
Before 1942 Season: Sent from the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds in an unknown transaction.
June, 1946: Sent from the Cincinnati Reds to the Pittsburgh Pirates in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
Before 1947 Season: Sent from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Philadelphia Athletics in an unknown transaction.
June 14, 1956: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Bill Renna and cash to the New York Yankees for Eddie Robinson and Lou Skizas.

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