Al Grabowski

Alfons Francis Grabowski

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 4, 1901 in Syracuse, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1929
Team: Cardinals 1929-1930

Final Game: September 19, 1930
Died: October 29, 1966 in Memphis, NY
Buried: Sacred Heart Cemetery, Syracuse, NY
Relatives: Brother of Reggie Grabowski
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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
1921	19	SYR	AA					1																								SYR · IL
1924	22	MNP,SYR	B,AA	15	7	.682	2.28	41						233.0	214	88	59		62							1.185	8.3		2.4			MNP,SYR · QOVL,IL
1925	23	SYR	AA	15	12	.556	3.51	42						254.0	256	127	99		93							1.374	9.1		3.3			SYR · IL
1926	24	SYR	AA	6	11	.353	5.22	33						138.0	160	105	80		55							1.558	10.4		3.6			SYR · IL
1927	25	STL-min	A	4	5	.444	3.89	24						104.0	96	67	45		48							1.385	8.3		4.2			HSN · TL
1928	26	STL-min	B,AA	14	7	.667	2.91	30						195.0	163	74	63		65							1.169	7.5		3.0			DNV,ROC · IIIL,IL
1929	27	DNV	B	16	14	.533	2.61	37						241.0	218	92	70		76							1.220	8.1		2.8			DNV · IIIL
1929	27	STL	NL	3	2	.600	2.52	6	6	0	4	2	0	50.0	44	18	14	0	8	22	0	0	2	204	190	1.040	7.9	0.0	1.4	4.0	2.75
1930	28	STL	NL	6	4	.600	4.79	33	8	16	1	0	1	107.0	120	66	57	7	49	43	3	0	3	485	106	1.579	10.1	0.6	4.1	3.6	0.88
1931	29	STL-min	AA	14	10	.583	4.79	43						205.0	256	132	109		74							1.610	11.2		3.2			CLB,ROC · AA,IL
1932	30	STL-min	AA	9	11	.450		38						173.0	205	115			69							1.584	10.7		3.6			CLB · AA
1933	31	OAK-BOS-min	A	5	4	.556	4.76	16						85.0	104	56	45		27							1.541	11.0		2.9			WPT,REA · NYPL
2 Yrs				9	6	.600	4.07	39	14	16	5	2	1	157.0	164	84	71	7	57	65	3	0	5	689	123	1.408	9.4	0.4	3.3	3.7	1.14
162 Game Avg.				12	8	.600	4.07	50	18	21	6	3	1	201	210	108	91	9	73	83	4	0	6	884	123	1.408	9.4	0.4	3.3	3.7	1.14

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1929	27	STL	NL	50.0	6	6	18	3.24	5.26	-0.09	102.3	5.47	12	1.2		-0.0	1.6	18	.706	.508	$
1930	28	STL	NL	107.0	33	8	66	5.55	5.63	0.02	102.0	5.72	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	1.0	15	.506	.501	$
2 Seasons				157.0	39	14	84	4.82	5.51	-0.01	102.1	5.64	15	1.4	1.0	-0.1	2.6	33	.537	.504	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1929	27	STL	NL	204	0.0%	10.8%	3.9%	2.9%	14%	84%
1930	28	STL	NL	485	1.4%	8.9%	10.1%	1.7%	7%	75%
2 Yrs				689	1.0%	9.4%	8.3%	2.0%	9%	78%
MLB Averages					1.5%	7.7%	8.1%	3.7%	14%	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+
1929	27	3	2	.600	2.52	6	6	0	4	2	0	50.0	44	18	14	0	8		22	0	0	2	204	190	1.040	7.9	0.0	1.4	4.0	2.75	190
1930	28	9	6	.600	4.07	39	14	16	5	2	1	157.0	164	84	71	7	57		65	3	0	5	689	123	1.408	9.4	0.4	3.3	3.7	1.14	123

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
1929	27	5	1	.833	1.93	56.0	41	13	12	0	7	24	0	0.857	6.6	1.1	3.9	3.43	0.0	6
1930	28	7	5	.583	3.57	116.0	110	51	46	6	45	47	3	1.336	8.5	3.5	3.6	1.04	0.5	33
2 Yrs		12	6	.667	3.03	172.0	151	64	58	6	52	71	3	1.180	7.9		3.7	1.37	0.3	39

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y 1929 NL 2 (7th)

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1929 NL 2 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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Name and misspellings: Alfons Al alan alberto allan allen alphonse Francis Grabowski

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