Lou Fette

Louis Henry William Fette

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 15, 1907 in Alma, MO
School: Missouri Valley College (Marshall, MO)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1937
Teams (by GP): Bees/Braves/Dodgers 1937-1945

Final Game: June 22, 1945
Died: January 3, 1981 in Warrensburg, MO
Buried: Sunset Hills Cemetery, Warrensburg, MO
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All-Star

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
1928	21	PBO,KCY	A,AA	21	10	.677	0.15	39						233.0	211	109	4		78							1.240	8.2		3.0			PBO,KCY · WL,AA
1929	22	KCY	AA	7	3	.700	4.32	46						154.0	171	91	74		71							1.571	10.0		4.1			KCY · AA
1930	23	KCY	AA	11	9	.550	4.12	40						177.0	185	129	81		66							1.418	9.4		3.4			KCY · AA
1931	24	KCY	AA	7	11	.389	6.00	45						183.0	235	147	122		88							1.765	11.6		4.3			KCY · AA
1932	25	KCY	AA	15	18	.455		46						282.0	348	173			72							1.489	11.1		2.3			KCY · AA
1933	26	STP,KCY	AA	10	13	.435	6.28	36						205.0	305	160	143		71							1.834	13.4		3.1			STP,KCY · AA
1934	27	STP	AA	12	19	.387	4.39	45						248.0	303	141	121		79							1.540	11.0		2.9			STP · AA
1935	28	CHW-min	AA	10	17	.370	4.71	43	28					239.0	263	143	125		81							1.439	9.9		3.1			STP · AA
1936	29	ATL-min	AA	25	8	.758	3.90	38	34					291.0	319	140	126		81							1.375	9.9		2.5			STP · AA
1937	30	BSN	NL	20	10	.667	2.88	35	33	2	23	5	0	259.0	243	93	83	5	81	70	4	1	2	1075	124	1.251	8.4	0.2	2.8	2.4	0.86	MVP-5
1938	31	BSN	NL	11	13	.458	3.15	33	32	1	17	3	1	239.2	235	95	84	11	79	83	4	0	1	1011	108	1.310	8.8	0.4	3.0	3.1	1.05
1939	32	BSN	NL	10	10	.500	2.96	27	26	1	11	6	0	146.0	123	62	48	7	61	35	1	0	3	608	125	1.260	7.6	0.4	3.8	2.2	0.57	AS
1940	33	LAD-min	AA	1	2	.333		7						17.0	23				10							1.941	12.2		5.3			MTL · IL
1940	33	TOT	NL	0	5	.000	5.09	9	5	3	0	0	0	35.1	41	23	20	0	20	2	1	0	1	158	74	1.726	10.4	0.0	5.1	0.5	0.10
1940	33	BSN	NL	0	5	.000	5.57	7	5	2	0	0	0	32.1	38	23	20	0	18	2	1	0	1	146	67	1.732	10.6	0.0	5.0	0.6	0.11
1940	33	BRO	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	12		1.667	9.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00

1941	34	LAD-min	AA	0	0			2						5.0	8				6	1						2.800	14.4		10.8	1.8	0.17	MTL · IL
1942	35	SPF,KNX	A,A1	11	15	.423	2.68	31	26					218.0	203	84	65		62							1.216	8.4		2.6			SPF,KNX · EL,SOUA
1945	38	BSN	NL	0	2	.000	5.73	5	1	2	0	0	0	11.0	16	10	7	1	7	4	1	0	0	53	69	2.091	13.1	0.8	5.7	3.3	0.57
5 Yrs				41	40	.506	3.15	109	97	9	51	14	1	691.0	658	283	242	24	248	194	11	1	7	2905	113	1.311	8.6	0.3	3.2	2.5	0.78
162 Game Avg.				14	13	.506	3.15	36	32	3	17	5	0	228	217	93	80	8	82	64	4	0	2	959	113	1.311	8.6	0.3	3.2	2.5	0.78

BSN (5 yrs)				41	40	.506	3.17	107	97	8	51	14	1	688.0	655	283	242	24	246	194	11	1	7	2893	112	1.310	8.6	0.3	3.2	2.5	0.79
BRO (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	12		1.667	9.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00

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
1937	30	BSN	NL	259.0	35	33	93	3.23	4.59	0.43	0.00	91.0	3.79	17	1.8	1.0	-0.1	3.7	41	.550	.511	$	MVP-5
1938	31	BSN	NL	239.2	33	32	95	3.57	4.57	0.22	0.00	91.8	3.99	12	1.3	1.0	-0.1	3.1	34	.541	.508	$
1939	32	BSN	NL	146.0	27	26	62	3.82	4.45	0.28	0.00	93.9	3.91	2	0.2	1.0	-0.1	1.3	15	.509	.501	$	AS
1940	33	BSN	NL	32.1	7	5	23	6.40	4.55	0.06	0.00	92.5	4.15	-8	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.390	.495	$
1940	33	BRO	NL	3.0	2	0	0	0.00	4.80	-0.07	0.00	98.0	4.77	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.590	.501	$

1945	38	BSN	NL	11.0	5	1	10	8.18	4.11	-0.04	0.00	100.3	4.16	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-4	.404	.497	$
5 Seasons				691.0	109	97	283	3.69	4.54	0.30	0.00	92.1	3.91	20	2.3	1.0	-0.3	7.4	84	.521	.502	$

BSN (5 yrs)				688.0	107	97	283	3.70	4.54	0.30	0.00	92.1	3.91	18	2.1	1.0	-0.3	7.2	82	.520	.503	$
BRO (1 yr)				3.0	2	0	0	0.00	4.80	-0.07	0.00	98.0	4.77	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.590	.501	$

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	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
1939	BSN	NL	32	0	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1937	30	BSN	NL	1074	0.5%	6.5%	7.5%	3.0%	13%	83%
1938	31	BSN	NL	1017	1.1%	8.2%	7.8%	3.3%	15%	81%
1939	32	BSN	NL	608	1.2%	5.8%	10.0%	2.1%	11%	81%
1940	33	TOT	NL	158	0.0%	1.3%	12.7%			85%
1940	33	BSN	NL	146	0.0%	1.4%	12.3%			85%
1940	33	BRO	NL	12	0.0%	0.0%	16.7%			83%

1945	38	BSN	NL	53	1.9%	7.6%	13.2%			75%
5 Yrs				2910	0.8%	6.7%	8.5%	2.7%	12%	82%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.0%	8.8%	2.9%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1937	30	20	10	.667	2.88	35	33	2	23	5	0	259.0	243	93	83	5	81	70	4	1	2	1075	124	1.251	8.4	0.2	2.8	2.4	0.86	124
1938	31	31	23	.574	3.01	68	65	3	40	8	1	498.2	478	188	167	16	160	153	8	1	3	2086	116	1.279	8.6	0.3	2.9	2.8	0.96	116
1939	32	41	33	.554	3.00	95	91	4	51	14	1	644.2	601	250	215	23	221	188	9	1	6	2694	118	1.275	8.4	0.3	3.1	2.6	0.85	118
1940	33	41	38	.519	3.11	104	96	7	51	14	1	680.0	642	273	235	23	241	190	10	1	7	2852	114	1.299	8.5	0.3	3.2	2.5	0.79	114
1941	34	41	38	.519	3.11	104	96	7	51	14	1	680.0	642	273	235	23	241	190	10	1	7	2852	114	1.299	8.5	0.3	3.2	2.5	0.79	114
1942	35	41	38	.519	3.11	104	96	7	51	14	1	680.0	642	273	235	23	241	190	10	1	7	2852	114	1.299	8.5	0.3	3.2	2.5	0.79	114
1943	36	41	38	.519	3.11	104	96	7	51	14	1	680.0	642	273	235	23	241	190	10	1	7	2852	114	1.299	8.5	0.3	3.2	2.5	0.79	114
1944	37	41	38	.519	3.11	104	96	7	51	14	1	680.0	642	273	235	23	241	190	10	1	7	2852	114	1.299	8.5	0.3	3.2	2.5	0.79	114
1945	38	41	40	.506	3.15	109	97	9	51	14	1	691.0	658	283	242	24	248	194	11	1	7	2905	113	1.311	8.6	0.3	3.2	2.5	0.78	113

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
1937	30	17	11	.607	3.28	258.0	265	104	94	5	88	70	4	1.368	9.2	3.1	2.4	0.80	0.2	35
1938	31	14	12	.538	3.69	239.0	262	109	98	12	88	83	4	1.464	9.9	3.3	3.1	0.94	0.5	33
1939	32	9	7	.563	3.31	147.0	133	60	54	8	66	35	1	1.354	8.1	4.0	2.1	0.53	0.5	27
1940	33	1	2	.333	6.00	33.0	44	24	22	0	21	2	1	1.970	12.0	5.7	0.5	0.10	0.0	9

1945	38	0	1	.000	6.30	10.0	16	8	7	1	7	4	1	2.300	14.4	6.3	3.6	0.57	0.9	5
5 Yrs		41	33	.554	3.60	687.0	720	305	275	26	270	194	11	1.441	9.4		2.5	0.72	0.3	109

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1939 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1937 NL (5, 36%) 0.36 Career Shares (545th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1937 NL 3.7 (8th) 1938 NL 3.1 (10th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1937 NL 2.88 (5th)
Wins s c a p y 1937 NL 20 (2nd)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1937 NL .667 (5th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1937 NL 1.251 (10th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1937 NL 8.444 (8th) 1938 NL 8.825 (9th)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1937 NL 259.0 (5th) 1938 NL 239.7 (10th)	Games Started s c a p y 1937 NL 33 (6th) 1938 NL 32 (10th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1937 NL 23 (2nd) 1938 NL 17 (6th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1937 NL 5 (1st) 1938 NL 3 (5th) 1939 NL 6 (1st)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1937 NL 81 (8th) 1938 NL 79 (9th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1937 NL 0.174 (4th) 1938 NL 0.413 (9th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1937 NL 1,075 (6th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1937 NL 124 (8th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1937 NL 23 (4th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1937 NL 2.4 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 30 (794), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 12 (869), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Dick Hughes (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carmen Hill (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mickey Haefner (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bert Humphries (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ray Starr (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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