Erv Palica

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: February 9, 1928 in Lomita, CA us

Died: May 29, 1982 in Huntington Beach, CA

Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Culver City, CA

High School: Nathaniel Narbonne HS (Harbor City, CA)

Debut: April 21, 1945 (Age 17-071d, 9,924th in major league history)
vs. NYG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1956 (Age 28-228d)
vs. NYY 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Ervin Martin Palica

Pronunciation: \pah-LEE-kuh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.4

ERA

4.22

246

839.1

423

WHIP

1.436

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 72 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 4 tying, 29 go ahead

2 Tms
BRO	52
BAL	19

Platoon
vs RHB	47
vs LHB	24

Home/Road
Home	43
Away	28

Outs
1	27
0	27
2	17

13 Opps
PHI	12
PIT	10
NYY	9
NYG	7
BSN/MLN	7
CHC	7
CIN	6
DET	4
STL	3
WSH	2
CHW	2
KCA	1
CLE	1

50 Batters
Ralph Kiner	5
Andy Seminick	4
Hank Sauer	4
Yogi Berra	4
Bob Kennedy	2
Earl Torgeson	2
Willie Jones	2
Bill Skowron	2
Joe Adcock	2
Al Kaline	2
Harmon Killebrew	2
Don Mueller	2
Ted Tappe	1
Jeff Heath	1
Grady Hatton	1
Clyde McCullough	1
Whitey Lockman	1
Johnny Mize	1
Wally Moon	1
Terry Moore	1
Bill Serena	1
Bobby Thomson	1
Bob Elliott	1
Wally Westlake	1
Ed Stevens	1
Davey Williams	1
Ted Kluszewski	1
Gus Bell	1
Gil McDougald	1
Dick Sisler	1
Eddie Miller	1
Buddy Blattner	1
Eddie Mathews	1
Virgil Stallcup	1
Del Wilber	1
Pete Castiglione	1
Frank McCormick	1
Hank Edwards	1
Clint Conatser	1
Al Smith	1
Charlie Maxwell	1
Andy Pafko	1
Pete Reiser	1
Sam Calderone	1
Stan Musial	1
Del Ennis	1
Randy Jackson	1
Eddie Robinson	1
Bill Wilson	1
Elston Howard	1

14 Parks
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	35
Memor. Stad (BAL)	8
Forbes Fld (PIT)	5
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
Polo Grounds (NYC)	4
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
Crosley Fld (CIN)	2
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	2
Munic. Stad (KAN)	1
GriffithStad (WAS)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	38
9	23
8	8
89	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	45
2·HR gms	13

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	39
1--	18
12-	4
123	3
1-3	3
--3	2
-2-	2

116 Runs
RISP	14
0 on	39
1 on	22
2 on	7
3 on	3
Any on	32

Inning
1	9
2	9
3	6
4	8
5	9
6	10
7	4
8	11
9	3
Extra	2

1-3	24
4-6	27
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	5
+2	4
+1	7
Tied	23
-1	8
-2	5
-3	6
-4..	8

Ahead	21
Tied	23
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	14
LF	12
C	11
RF	10
3B	10
2B	5
CF	5
PH	2
SS	2

OrderPos
4th	19
3rd	12
6th	10
5th	9
7th	6
2nd	5
8th	5
1st	3
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	35
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1948-05-10	Ralph Kiner	PIT		BRO	tied 1-1	b 3	1	1--	2	3	7	19%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Rojek Scores
2	2	2	1	1948-05-12	Hank Sauer	CIN		BRO	behind 4-9	b 9	1	12-	3	4	7	3%	4%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Zientara Scores; J. Wyrostek Scores
3	3	3	1	1948-05-23	Grady Hatton	CIN	@	BRO	tied 5-5	t 8	0	---	1	2	5	24%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1948-05-31 (2)	Johnny Mize	NYG	@	BRO	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	3	18%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Lockman Scores
5	5	5	1	1948-07-18 (1)	Terry Moore	STL		BRO	tied 3-3	b 11	2	12-	3	7	8	39%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); S. Musial Scores; E. Slaughter Scores
6	6	6	1	1948-07-26	Bobby Thomson	NYG	@	BRO	ahead 9-3	t 7	0	---	1	7	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	1948-08-11	Dick Sisler	PHI	@	BRO	behind 0-2	t 6	0	---	1	4	3	12%	34%		Home Run (Deep CF)
8	8	8	2	1948-08-11	Eddie Miller	PHI	@	BRO	behind 1-2	t 9	0	---	1	6	6	33%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	1948-08-22	Clint Conatser	BSN	@	BRO	behind 2-3	t 8	2	1--	2	7	8	51%	70%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Heath Scores
10	10	10	1	1948-08-25	Ralph Kiner	PIT		BRO	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	10%	61%		Home Run (Deep CF)
11	11	11	2	1948-08-25	Ed Stevens	PIT		BRO	tied 3-3	b 4	0	---	1	6	3	13%	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
12	12	12	1	1948-09-28	Jeff Heath	BSN	@	BRO	behind 4-7	t 6	0	---	1	6	7	8%	22%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	13	2	1948-09-28	Frank McCormick	BSN	@	BRO	behind 5-8	t 8	0	---	1	5	3	7%	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1949-04-29	Willie Jones	PHI	@	BRO	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	1--	2	6	5	10%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Blatnik Scores
15	15	2	1	1949-05-17	Hank Edwards	CHC		BRO	behind 4-8	b 11	1	---	1	5	7	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	3	1	1949-05-28	Pete Reiser	BSN	@	BRO	behind 3-6	t 8	1	123	4	3	7	51%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Masi Scores; C. Ryan Scores; E. Fletcher Scores
17	17	4	1	1949-07-17	Hank Sauer	CHC	@	BRO	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	7	8%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	5	1	1949-08-11	Andy Seminick	PHI		BRO	ahead 4-3	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	11%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	6	1	1949-08-17	Buddy Blattner	PHI	@	BRO	tied 5-5	t 8	1	1--	2	9	PH	34%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Seminick Scores
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1950-07-09	Andy Seminick	PHI	@	BRO	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	7	2	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	2	2	1950-07-09	Andy Seminick	PHI	@	BRO	behind 1-3	t 5	1	---	1	7	2	11%	33%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
22	22	3	1	1950-07-28	Andy Pafko	CHC	@	BRO	behind 2-3	t 6	1	1--	2	5	9	28%	63%		Home Run (LF Line); C. Mauro Scores
23	23	4	1	1950-08-01	Pete Castiglione	PIT	@	BRO	behind 0-2	t 2	2	---	1	6	4	9%	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	5	1	1950-08-09	Del Ennis	PHI	@	BRO	behind 1-2	t 3	0	---	1	4	9	11%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
25	25	6	2	1950-08-09	Andy Seminick	PHI	@	BRO	tied 2-2	t 3	1	1--	2	7	2	19%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Jones Scores
26	26	7	1	1950-08-17 (2)	Sam Calderone	NYG		BRO	behind 0-2	b 5	1	---	1	8	2	12%	38%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
27	27	8	1	1950-08-22	Clyde McCullough	PIT		BRO	behind 5-10	b 6	0	---	1	8	2	4%	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	9	1	1950-08-26	Virgil Stallcup	CIN		BRO	tied 2-2	b 2	1	1--	2	8	6	18%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Pramesa Scores
29	29	10	1	1950-09-14 (1)	Joe Adcock	CIN	@	BRO	behind 1-4	t 2	0	---	1	5	7	8%	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	11	2	1950-09-14 (1)	Ted Tappe	CIN	@	BRO	behind 2-6	t 8	0	---	1	9	PH	4%	8%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	12	1	1950-09-19 (2)	Wally Westlake	PIT	@	BRO	behind 0-3	t 8	0	---	1	5	8	7%	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	13	1	1950-09-27 (2)	Bob Elliott	BSN	@	BRO	tied 0-0	t 6	0	123	4	4	5	19%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Mauch Scores; S. Jethroe Scores/unER; E. Torgeson Scores
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1951-05-01	Ralph Kiner	PIT	@	BRO	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	3	18%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Metkovich Scores
34	34	2	1	1951-05-17	Randy Jackson	CHC		BRO	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	5	10%	63%		Home Run (Deep CF)
35	35	3	2	1951-05-17	Hank Sauer	CHC		BRO	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	1-3	3	4	7	21%	92%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Jackson Scores; F. Baumholtz Scores
36	36	4	1	1951-05-22	Ralph Kiner	PIT		BRO	behind 0-3	b 1	2	1--	2	4	3	17%	41%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Nelson Scores
37	37	5	1	1951-06-29	Del Wilber	PHI	@	BRO	behind 0-1	t 5	0	-2-	2	8	2	19%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Brown Scores
38	38	6	1	1951-07-04 (1)	Don Mueller	NYG	@	BRO	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	4	9	13%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
39	39	7	1	1951-07-18	Gus Bell	PIT	@	BRO	ahead 10-6	t 5	1	---	1	3	9	4%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	8	2	1951-07-18	Ralph Kiner	PIT	@	BRO	behind 11-12	t 8	0	---	1	4	7	25%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
41	41	9	1	1951-08-14	Don Mueller	NYG		BRO	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	3	9	15%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Dark Scores
42	42	10	2	1951-08-14	Whitey Lockman	NYG		BRO	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	---	1	5	3	8%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1953-08-26	Bill Serena	CHC	@	BRO	ahead 11-3	t 8	2	--3	2	6	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Jackson Scores
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1954-05-27	Willie Jones	PHI	@	BRO	ahead 6-5	t 6	1	---	1	1	5	13%	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
45	45	2	2	1954-05-27	Earl Torgeson	PHI	@	BRO	ahead 7-5	t 6	2	---	1	3	3	9%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	3	1	1954-06-24	Ted Kluszewski	CIN	@	BRO	behind 4-8	t 8	0	1--	2	4	3	8%	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Bell Scores
47	47	4	1	1954-07-01	Davey Williams	NYG		BRO	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---	1	1	4	10%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	5	1	1954-07-24	Wally Moon	STL		BRO	behind 0-4	b 7	2	123	4	2	8	42%	52%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); A. Grammas Scores/unER; H. Haddix Scores/unER; S. Hemus Scores/unER; W. Moon Scores/unER
49	49	6	1	1954-07-29	Hank Sauer	CHC	@	BRO	behind 0-1	t 2	1	1--	2	6	9	18%	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); R. Kiner Scores
50	50	7	1	1954-07-31	Eddie Mathews	MLN	@	BRO	ahead 4-1	t 3	0	---	1	3	5	6%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
51	51	8	2	1954-07-31	Joe Adcock	MLN	@	BRO	ahead 6-1	t 5	0	1-3	3	5	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); E. Mathews Scores; H. Aaron Scores
52	52	9	1	1954-08-05	Stan Musial	STL	@	BRO	ahead 5-2	t 4	2	12-	3	3	9	14%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Lawrence Scores; R. Repulski Scores
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1955-04-26	Al Kaline	DET		BAL	tied 2-2	b 9	0	---	1	3	9	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	2	1	1955-05-03	Bill Wilson	KCA		BAL	behind 1-2	b 8	2	1-3	3	5	8	63%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Renna Scores; G. Zernial Scores
55	55	3	1	1955-05-22 (1)	Yogi Berra	NYY		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	2	19%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Mantle Scores
56	56	4	1	1955-05-27	Eddie Robinson	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	12-	3	6	3	23%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Carey Scores; I. Noren Scores
57	57	5	1	1955-06-01	Al Smith	CLE		BAL	ahead 3-0	b 2	1	1--	2	1	5	9%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Wynn Scores
58	58	6	1	1955-06-29 (2)	Elston Howard	NYY		BAL	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	9	9%	75%		Home Run (CF-RF)
59	59	7	1	1955-08-06	Bob Kennedy	CHW	@	BAL	behind 0-6	t 7	1	---	1	6	5	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	8	1	1955-08-23 (1)	Bob Kennedy	CHW		BAL	ahead 4-1	b 5	2	---	1	5	5	5%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	9	1	1955-09-25	Harmon Killebrew	WSH		BAL	behind 1-3	b 5	1	---	1	3	5	13%	37%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
62	62	1	1	1956-04-25	Gil McDougald	NYY	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	2	4	13%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	2	1	1956-05-06 (2)	Earl Torgeson	DET	@	BAL	behind 0-4	t 6	0	---	1	2	3	5%	13%		Home Run (Deep RF)
64	64	3	1	1956-05-29	Harmon Killebrew	WSH	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 4	1	--3	2	3	4	16%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Yost Scores
65	65	4	1	1956-07-24 (1)	Charlie Maxwell	DET		BAL	ahead 7-5	b 6	1	1--	2	3	7	10%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Torgeson Scores
66	66	5	1	1956-08-18 (2)	Yogi Berra	NYY	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	2	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	6	1	1956-09-03 (1)	Yogi Berra	NYY		BAL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	2	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	7	2	1956-09-03 (1)	Yogi Berra	NYY		BAL	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	1--	2	4	2	16%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Slaughter Scores
69	69	8	1	1956-09-19	Al Kaline	DET		BAL	ahead 6-1	b 7	1	1--	2	4	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Maxwell Scores
70	70	9	1	1956-09-24	Bill Skowron	NYY	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	3	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	10	2	1956-09-24	Bill Skowron	NYY	@	BAL	tied 1-1	t 6	1	1--	2	4	3	27%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. McDougald Scores

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