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Karl Drews

Karl August Drews

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: February 22, 1920 in Staten Island, NY
High School: McKee Tech HS (Staten Island, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1946
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Yankees/Browns/Redlegs 1946-1954

Final Game: September 20, 1954
Died: August 15, 1963 in Dania, FL
Buried: Hollywood Memorial Gardens, Hollywood, FL
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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
1946 26 NYY AL 0 1 .000 8.53 3 1 1 0 0 0 6.1 6 6 6 0 6 4 1 0 0 31 43 1.895 8.5 0.0 8.5 5.7 0.67
1947 27 NYY AL 6 6 .500 4.91 30 10 9 0 0 1 91.2 92 57 50 6 55 45 5 0 1 416 72 1.604 9.0 0.6 5.4 4.4 0.82
1948 28 TOT AL 5 5 .500 5.92 39 4 14 0 0 3 76.0 78 52 50 6 69 22 0 1 4 365 73 1.934 9.2 0.7 8.2 2.6 0.32
1948 28 NYY AL 2 3 .400 3.79 19 2 8 0 0 1 38.0 35 17 16 3 31 11 0 1 1 176 108 1.737 8.3 0.7 7.3 2.6 0.35
1948 28 SLB AL 3 2 .600 8.05 20 2 6 0 0 2 38.0 43 35 34 3 38 11 0 0 3 189 57 2.132 10.2 0.7 9.0 2.6 0.29
1949 29 SLB AL 4 12 .250 6.64 31 23 4 3 1 0 139.2 180 113 103 11 66 35 9 2 1 655 68 1.761 11.6 0.7 4.3 2.3 0.53
1951 31 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 6.26 5 3 0 1 0 0 23.0 29 16 16 2 7 13 4 0 3 110 62 1.565 11.3 0.8 2.7 5.1 1.86
1952 32 PHI NL 14 15 .483 2.72 33 30 1 15 5 0 228.2 213 79 69 13 52 96 4 0 4 917 135 1.159 8.4 0.5 2.0 3.8 1.85
1953 33 PHI NL 9 10 .474 4.52 47 27 7 6 0 3 185.1 218 116 93 26 50 72 10 0 1 816 93 1.446 10.6 1.3 2.4 3.5 1.44
1954 34 TOT NL 5 4 .556 5.92 30 9 8 1 1 0 76.0 97 54 50 8 27 35 2 0 3 342 71 1.632 11.5 0.9 3.2 4.1 1.30
1954 34 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 5.63 8 0 1 0 0 0 16.0 18 10 10 2 8 6 0 0 0 71 73 1.625 10.1 1.1 4.5 3.4 0.75
1954 34 CIN NL 4 4 .500 6.00 22 9 7 1 1 0 60.0 79 44 40 6 19 29 2 0 3 271 70 1.633 11.9 0.9 2.9 4.4 1.53
8 Yrs 44 53 .454 4.76 218 107 44 26 7 7 826.2 913 493 437 72 332 322 35 3 17 3652 85 1.506 9.9 0.8 3.6 3.5 0.97
162 Game Avg. 9 11 .454 4.76 46 22 9 5 1 1 173 191 103 91 15 69 67 7 1 4 764 85 1.506 9.9 0.8 3.6 3.5 0.97
PHI (4 yrs) 25 25 .500 3.74 93 60 9 22 5 3 453.0 478 221 188 43 117 187 18 0 8 1914 105 1.313 9.5 0.9 2.3 3.7 1.60
NYY (3 yrs) 8 10 .444 4.76 52 13 18 0 0 2 136.0 133 80 72 9 92 60 6 1 2 623 78 1.654 8.8 0.6 6.1 4.0 0.65
SLB (2 yrs) 7 14 .333 6.94 51 25 10 3 1 2 177.2 223 148 137 14 104 46 9 2 4 844 66 1.841 11.3 0.7 5.3 2.3 0.44
CIN (1 yr) 4 4 .500 6.00 22 9 7 1 1 0 60.0 79 44 40 6 19 29 2 0 3 271 70 1.633 11.9 0.9 2.9 4.4 1.53
NL (4 yrs) 29 29 .500 4.00 115 69 16 23 6 3 513.0 557 265 228 49 136 216 20 0 11 2185 99 1.351 9.8 0.9 2.4 3.8 1.59
AL (4 yrs) 15 24 .385 6.00 103 38 28 3 1 4 313.2 356 228 209 23 196 106 15 3 6 1467 70 1.760 10.2 0.7 5.6 3.0 0.54

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
1946 26 NYY AL 6.1 3 1 6 8.53 4.47 0.32 0.00 100.4 4.17 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .396 .498 $
1947 27 NYY AL 91.2 30 10 57 5.60 4.12 0.15 0.00 97.2 3.86 -17 -1.8 1.0 -0.0 -1.2 -10 .440 .489 $
1948 28 NYY AL 38.0 19 2 17 4.03 4.72 0.08 0.00 99.6 4.63 2 0.2 1.2 -0.0 0.5 6 .513 .502 $
1948 28 SLB AL 38.0 20 2 35 8.29 4.83 -0.31 0.00 104.1 5.35 -12 -1.2 1.3 -0.2 -1.1 -9 .441 .493 $
1949 29 SLB AL 139.2 31 23 113 7.28 4.88 -0.75 0.00 106.6 6.01 -20 -1.9 .6 -0.0 -0.9 -7 .440 .488 $
1951 31 PHI NL 23.0 5 3 16 6.26 5.15 -0.01 0.00 98.8 5.10 -3 -0.3 1.3 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .441 .498 $
1952 32 PHI NL 228.2 33 30 79 3.11 4.16 0.14 0.00 98.1 3.94 21 2.5 1.0 -0.1 4.4 45 .575 .515 $
1953 33 PHI NL 184.2 47 27 116 5.65 4.93 0.29 0.00 98.4 4.56 -21 -2.0 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -1 .458 .488 $
1954 34 PHI NL 16.0 8 0 10 5.63 4.64 0.19 0.00 101.0 4.49 -2 -0.2 .7 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .475 .499 $
1954 34 CIN NL 60.0 22 9 44 6.60 4.63 -0.07 0.00 104.3 4.90 -11 -1.1 .7 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .450 .493 $
8 Seasons 826.0 218 107 493 5.37 4.58 -0.02 0.00 100.4 4.63 -65 -6.0 1.0 -0.6 0.3 16 .472 .496 $
PHI (4 yrs) 452.1 93 60 221 4.40 4.54 0.20 0.00 98.4 4.27 -4 -0.0 .9 -0.3 3.8 43 .500 .500 $
NYY (3 yrs) 136.0 52 13 80 5.29 4.30 0.14 0.00 98.0 4.09 -18 -1.9 1.1 -0.1 -1.0 -7 .464 .496 $
SLB (2 yrs) 177.2 51 25 148 7.50 4.87 -0.66 0.00 106.1 5.87 -32 -3.1 1.1 -0.2 -2.0 -16 .440 .491 $
CIN (1 yr) 60.0 22 9 44 6.60 4.63 -0.07 0.00 104.3 4.90 -11 -1.1 .7 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .450 .493 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1947 27 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 13 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
1 WS 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 13 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.00

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
1948 28 TOT AL 39 134 290 52 78 3 2 6 3 0 69 22 .269 .409 .355 .765 .275 103 4 0 6 0 1
1948 28 NYY AL 19 72 141 17 35 2 1 3 0 0 31 11 .248 .384 .340 .724 .252 48 3 0 4 0 1
1948 28 SLB AL 20 62 149 35 43 1 1 3 3 0 38 11 .289 .433 .369 .802 .296 55 1 0 2 0 0
1949 29 SLB AL 31 387 568 113 180 18 0 11 6 1 66 35 .317 .397 .407 .803 .324 231 11 9 11 0 6
1951 31 PHI NL 5 98 97 16 29 6 2 2 1 0 7 13 .299 .370 .464 .834 .329 45 0 4 1 0 2
1952 32 PHI NL 33 848 846 79 213 31 2 13 7 6 52 96 .252 .298 .339 .637 .271 287 27 4 15 0 14
1953 33 PHI NL 47 712 742 116 218 25 7 26 5 4 50 72 .294 .347 .451 .798 .298 335 19 10 12 0 12
1954 34 TOT NL 30 340 303 54 97 18 3 8 2 4 27 35 .320 .375 .479 .854 .337 145 11 2 6 4 5
1954 34 CIN NL 22 271 243 44 79 15 3 6 1 2 19 29 .325 .375 .486 .860 .346 118 10 2 4 3 4
1954 34 PHI NL 8 69 60 10 18 3 0 2 1 2 8 6 .300 .377 .450 .827 .302 27 1 0 2 1 1
6 Yrs 185 2519 2846 430 815 101 16 66 24 15 271 273 .286 .354 .403 .757 .298 1146 72 29 51 4 40
162 Game Avg. 45 610 689 104 197 24 4 16 6 4 66 66 .286 .354 .403 .757 .298 277 17 7 12 1 10
MLB Averages .261 .336 .365 .702 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 28 TOT AL -10.7 -1.0 142 -0.9 2.0 -2.9 1.02 -0.3 -0.5 -5.6 -0.5 1.01 -4.7 5 2 5
1948 28 NYY AL 1.8 0.2 77 -0.5 1.0 -1.5 .98 0.1 -0.6 1.5 0.1 0.96 0.3 3 2 3
1948 28 SLB AL -12.6 -1.2 65 -0.4 1.0 -1.4 1.06 -0.4 0.1 -7.0 -0.7 1.06 -5.0 2 0 2
1949 29 SLB AL -27.8 -2.6 398 -1.0 6.2 -7.2 .96 -1.6 0.6 -20.3 -1.8 0.96 -18.3 0 1 4
1951 31 PHI NL -5.2 -0.5 102 -0.4 1.6 -2.0 .98 -0.4 0.0 -3.2 -0.3 0.98 -3.8 1 0 0
1952 32 PHI NL 24.0 2.6 870 1.2 17.2 -16.0 1.09 1.9 -0.8 23.9 2.6 1.09 23.3 0 1 0
1953 33 PHI NL -11.3 -1.1 739 -1.3 12.4 -13.7 .96 -0.8 -0.5 -12.9 -1.2 0.96 -9.4 6 2 10
1954 34 TOT NL -13.2 -1.3 350 -1.2 4.3 -5.5 .77 -1.4 -0.1 -14.8 -1.4 0.76 -14.9 3 4 12
1954 34 PHI NL -2.1 -0.2 73 -0.0 0.5 -0.6 .47 -0.4 0.3 -2.2 -0.2 0.47 -2.8 1 0 6
1954 34 CIN NL -11.0 -1.1 277 -1.1 3.8 -5.0 .84 -1.0 -0.4 -12.6 -1.2 0.84 -12.1 2 4 6
8 Yrs -62.1 -5.6 2601 -3.5 43.9 -47.3 .98 -2.6 -0.9 -32.9 -2.7 0.98 -27.9 15 10 31

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1946 26 NYY AL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 20.0 20 20 0 1 9.0 0.7
1947 27 NYY AL 30 10 2 6 2 1 1 4 6 .400 0 0 0 0 2 20% 37.7 75 19 4 1 4.2 4.3
1948 28 TOT AL 39 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 2 50% 37.2 55 23 6 4 2 1 2.8 3.6 4.2
1948 28 NYY AL 19 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 2 100% 50.0 55 45 1 0 0 1 2.5 1.8 6.7
1948 28 SLB AL 20 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 24.5 26 23 5 4 2 0 3.0 5.4 1.7
1949 29 SLB AL 31 23 4 11 8 1 1 8 15 .348 3 1 3 1 4 17% 39.0 71 -9 18 14 9 8 3.7 4.4 5.2
1951 31 PHI NL 5 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 2 1 0 2 67% 46.0 63 27 1 1 0 3 5.8 4.2 6.0
1952 32 PHI NL 33 30 13 15 2 0 8 14 16 .467 1 0 15 5 23 77% 57.9 88 26 9 2 14 11 3.2 3.5 7.5
1953 33 PHI NL 47 27 9 9 9 0 1 14 13 .519 1 6 6 0 12 44% 47.1 74 22 13 5 18 8 4.9 4.5 6.0
1954 34 TOT NL 30 9 3 3 3 1 0 5 4 .556 0 1 1 1 2 22% 80 24 17 8 3 3 6.4 8.8 4.7
1954 34 CIN NL 22 9 3 3 3 1 0 5 4 .556 0 1 1 1 2 22% 41.1 80 24 12 6 3 3 6.4 8.8 4.7
8 Yrs 210 107 33 48 26 3 12 48 59 .449 5 10 26 7 47 44% 46 88 -9 59 32 50 36 4.2 4.4 5.9
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 115 -11 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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1946 26 NYY AL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8.5
1947 27 NYY AL 30 20 9 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 4 2 7.3
1948 28 TOT AL 39 35 14 4 2 2 3 1 150% 2 0 20 6 30% 1.016 5 2 5 2 2 10 10 4 20 7 7 8 5.1
1948 28 NYY AL 19 17 8 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 15 4 27% .975 3 2 3 0 2 6 7 1 8 5 3 3 4.4
1948 28 SLB AL 20 18 6 3 0 2 2 1 100% 2 0 5 2 40% 1.064 2 0 2 2 0 4 3 3 12 2 4 5 5.8
1949 29 SLB AL 31 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% .959 0 1 4 0 0 5 3 2 3 1 2 0 7.1
1951 31 PHI NL 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% .983 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 7.5
1952 32 PHI NL 33 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1.092 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 2.7
1953 33 PHI NL 47 20 7 0 1 3 3 0 100% 5 0 13 9 69% 7 .956 6 2 10 6 1 11 7 11 7 8 8 6 3.6
1954 34 TOT NL 30 21 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% .767 3 4 12 1 2 17 5 15 8 3 8 4 4.8
1954 34 PHI NL 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 4 .467 1 0 6 1 0 6 2 5 4 2 4 1 6.0
1954 34 CIN NL 22 13 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 8 .844 2 4 6 0 2 11 3 10 4 1 4 3 4.0
8 Yrs 218 111 44 11 5 5 7 1 140% 7 0 51 26 51% .981 15 10 31 10 5 44 27 32 55 25 27 20 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1946 26 NYY AL 31 0.0% 12.9% 19.4% 65%
1947 27 NYY AL 416 1.4% 10.8% 13.2% 71%
1948 28 TOT AL 365 59% 4.5% 16.4% 51.5% 8.2% 14% 1.62 196% 36 4 11%
1948 28 NYY AL 176 58% 4.2% 15.3% 43.1% 8.3% 17% 1.47 176% 21 3 14%
1948 28 SLB AL 189 60% 4.8% 17.7% 61.3% 8.1% 12% 1.82 218% 15 1 7%
1949 29 SLB AL 654 50% 2.8% 9.0% 17.1% 7.5% 16% 1.06 135% 111 11 10%
1951 31 PHI NL 109 78% 2.0% 13.3% 7.1% 10.2% 35% 1.58 84% 23 0 0%
1952 32 PHI NL 917 58% 1.5% 11.3% 6.1% 5.4% 22% 1.43 87% 161 27 17%
1953 33 PHI NL 815 56% 3.7% 10.1% 7.0% 8.2% 27% 1.16 90% 146 19 13%
1954 34 TOT NL 342 64% 2.4% 10.3% 7.9% 8.5% 30% 1.27 78% 86 11 13%
1954 34 PHI NL 71 67% 2.9% 8.7% 11.6% 7.3% 28% 1.47 77% 17 1 6%
1954 34 CIN NL 271 63% 2.2% 10.7% 7.0% 8.9% 30% 1.22 78% 69 10 14%
8 Yrs 3649 58% 2.4% 10.9% 11.2% 6.2% 20% 1.28 95% 563 72 13%
MLB Averages 50% 2.1% 11.7% 11.3% 5.9% 22% 0.95 90% 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
1946 26 NYY AL 6 0 0
1947 27 NYY AL 92 6 1
1948 28 TOT AL 134 78 6 1 10 1 2 2 1 15 5 2 33% 1 4 0 61 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 231
1948 28 NYY AL 72 35 3 1 6 1 0 1 0 9 3 1 33% 1 1 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104
1948 28 SLB AL 62 43 3 0 4 0 2 1 1 6 2 1 33% 0 3 0 26 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 127
1949 29 SLB AL 387 180 11 0 17 1 7 3 5 42 25 2 60% 6 1 0 176 6 1 86% 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 267
1951 31 PHI NL 98 29 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 8 3 2 38% 2 3 1 42 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11
1952 32 PHI NL 848 213 13 1 11 7 5 4 8 40 16 6 40% 14 4 0 299 7 6 54% 7 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 69
1953 33 PHI NL 712 218 26 0 16 15 9 13 11 38 22 1 58% 12 1 2 272 5 4 56% 5 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 7 103
1954 34 TOT NL 340 97 8 0 8 3 5 4 4 24 12 5 50% 5 3 1 142 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 2
1954 34 PHI NL 69 18 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 2 2 40% 1 0 0 29 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
1954 34 CIN NL 271 79 6 0 8 2 4 3 3 19 10 3 53% 4 3 1 113 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
8 Yrs 2519 913 72 2 66 29 28 27 30 167 83 18 50% 40 17 4 992 24 15 62% 21 13 3 1 0 0 12 0 28 683
MLB Averages 53% 55%

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+
1946 26 0 1 .000 8.53 3 1 1 0 0 0 6.1 6 6 6 0 6 4 1 0 0 31 43 1.895 8.5 0.0 8.5 5.7 0.67 43
1947 27 6 7 .462 5.14 33 11 10 0 0 1 98.0 98 63 56 6 61 49 6 0 1 447 69 1.622 9.0 0.6 5.6 4.5 0.80 69
1948 28 11 12 .478 5.48 72 15 24 0 0 4 174.0 176 115 106 12 130 71 6 1 5 812 71 1.759 9.1 0.6 6.7 3.7 0.55 71
1949 29 15 24 .385 6.00 103 38 28 3 1 4 313.2 356 228 209 23 196 106 15 3 6 1467 70 1.760 10.2 0.7 5.6 3.0 0.54 70
1950 30 15 24 .385 6.00 103 38 28 3 1 4 313.2 356 228 209 23 196 106 15 3 6 1467 70 1.760 10.2 0.7 5.6 3.0 0.54 70
1951 31 16 24 .400 6.01 108 41 28 4 1 4 336.2 385 244 225 25 203 119 19 3 9 1577 69 1.747 10.3 0.7 5.4 3.2 0.59 69
1952 32 30 39 .435 4.68 141 71 29 19 6 4 565.1 598 323 294 38 255 215 23 3 13 2494 85 1.509 9.5 0.6 4.1 3.4 0.84 85
1953 33 39 49 .443 4.64 188 98 36 25 6 7 750.2 816 439 387 64 305 287 33 3 14 3310 87 1.493 9.8 0.8 3.7 3.4 0.94 87
1954 34 44 53 .454 4.76 218 107 44 26 7 7 826.2 913 493 437 72 332 322 35 3 17 3652 85 1.506 9.9 0.8 3.6 3.5 0.97 85

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1946 26 0 0 12.00 6.0 7 9 8 0 7 4 1 2.333 10.5 10.5 6.0 0.57 0.0 3
1947 27 3 6 .333 5.87 89.0 101 64 58 7 60 44 5 1.809 10.2 6.1 4.4 0.73 0.7 30
1948 28 3 5 .375 5.73 77.0 79 54 49 6 70 22 0 1.935 9.2 8.2 2.6 0.31 0.7 39
1949 29 5 11 .313 5.83 145.0 176 104 94 11 65 36 9 1.662 10.9 4.0 2.2 0.55 0.7 31
1951 31 1 1 .500 6.38 24.0 31 19 17 2 7 14 4 1.583 11.6 2.6 5.3 2.00 0.8 5
1952 32 15 9 .625 3.16 222.0 232 87 78 14 57 93 4 1.302 9.4 2.3 3.8 1.63 0.6 33
1953 33 10 11 .476 4.33 189.0 220 101 91 26 50 73 10 1.429 10.5 2.4 3.5 1.46 1.2 47
1954 34 3 5 .375 5.84 77.0 99 56 50 8 28 35 2 1.649 11.6 3.3 4.1 1.25 0.9 30
8 Yrs 40 48 .455 4.83 829.0 945 494 445 74 344 321 35 1.555 10.3 3.5 0.93 0.8 218

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1952 NL  4.4 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1952 NL  2.72 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1952 NL  14 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1952 NL  1.159 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL  2.047 (5th)
1953 NL  2.428 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1952 NL  228.7 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1952 NL  15 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1952 NL  5 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 NL  26 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1952 NL  213 (9th)
1953 NL  218 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1952 NL  1.846 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL  0.512 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1952 NL  15 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  103 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 AL  5 (3rd)
1949 AL  9 (2nd)
1953 NL  10 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1952 NL  917 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1952 NL  135 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1952 NL  24 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1952 NL  2.6 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1952 NL  23.86 (6th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1952 NL  1.9 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1952 NL  2.6 (6th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 18 (1146), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Karl August Karl Drews

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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