Lou Ciola

Louis Alexander Ciola

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 6, 1922 in Norfolk, VA
School: University of Richmond (Richmond, VA) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1943
Team: Athletics 1943

Final Game: September 28, 1943
Died: October 18, 1981 in Austin, MN
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Austin, MN
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1943	20	PHA	AL	1	3	.250	5.56	12	3	7	2	0	0	43.2	48	33	27	2	22	7	1	0	0	203	62	1.603	9.9	0.4	4.5	1.4	0.32
1946	23	OAK-min	A	4	7	.364	2.44	13						81.0	83	30	22		24							1.321	9.2		2.7			SAV · SALL
1947	24	CHC-min	B	16	11	.593	3.65	40						249.0	260	132	101		94							1.422	9.4		3.4			PTH · PIED
1948	25	PTH	B	12	6	.667	1.69	23						165.0	140	45	31		32							1.042	7.6		1.7			PTH · PIED
1949	26	STL-min	A	11	10	.524	2.79	51						171.0	147	72	53		65							1.240	7.7		3.4			OMA · WL
1950	27	STL-min	AA,AAA	4	5	.444	4.63	48	2		0	0		105.0	116	58	54		45	0	0		0			1.533	9.9		3.9	0.0	0.00	HSN,ROC · TL,IL
1951	28	STL-min	A,AA	11	7	.611	2.08	57	0					143.0	133	41	33	5	50							1.280	8.4	0.3	3.1			OMA,HSN · WL,TL
1952	29	STL-min	A	15	1	.938	3.45	65						159.0	143	75	61	10	64							1.302	8.1	0.6	3.6			OMA · WL
1953	30	STL-min	A	7	4	.636	4.07	42	0					84.0	100	53	38	3	30							1.548	10.7	0.3	3.2			OMA · WL
1954	31	STL-min	A	7	5	.583	3.06	49	2					97.0	90	36	33	4	31							1.247	8.4	0.4	2.9			OMA · WL
1 Yr				1	3	.250	5.56	12	3	7	2	0	0	43.2	48	33	27	2	22	7	1	0	0	203	62	1.603	9.9	0.4	4.5	1.4	0.32
162 Game Avg.				5	14	.250	5.56	54	14	32	9	0	0	198	218	150	122	9	100	32	5	0	0	920	62	1.603	9.9	0.4	4.5	1.4	0.32

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	Awards
1943	20	PHA	AL	43.2	12	3	33	6.80	3.90	-0.30	0.00	98.5	4.14	-13	-1.4	1.0	-0.0	-1.1	-10	.386	.492	$
1 Season				43.2	12	3	33	6.80	3.90	-0.30	0.00	98.5	4.14	-13	-1.4	1.0	-0.0	-1.1	-10	.386	.492	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1943	20	PHA	AL	203	1.0%	3.5%	10.8%	3.0%	13%	82%
1 Yr				203	1.0%	3.5%	10.8%	3.0%	13%	82%
MLB Averages					1.0%	9.0%	8.8%	2.4%	11%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1943	20	1	3	.250	5.56	12	3	7	2	0	0	43.2	48	33	27	2	22		7	1	0	0	203	62	1.603	9.9	0.4	4.5	1.4	0.32	62

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
1943	20	2	3	.400	6.20	45.0	53	34	31	2	24	7	1	1.711	10.6	4.8	1.4	0.29	0.4	12
1 Yr		2	3	.400	6.20	45.0	53	34	31	2	24	7	1	1.711	10.6		1.4	0.29	0.4	12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y 1943 AL born 1922-09-06 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1943 AL born 1922-09-06 (7th)

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