| Ken Raffensberger Kenneth David Raffensberger Position: Pitcher
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Born: August 8, 1917 in York, PA
High School: William Penn HS (York, PA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937.
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Debut: April 25, 1939 (Age 21)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Teams (by GP): Reds/Phillies/Cubs/Redlegs/Cardinals 1939-1954
Final Game: June 2, 1954 (Age 36)
vs. PHI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Died: November 10, 2002 in York, PA
Buried: Mount Rose Cemetery, York, PA
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| Rk | Gcar | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | |||
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| 1 | 247 | 1 | Apr 18 | CIN | CHC | L,6-9 | GS-3 | L(0-1) | 99 | 2.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13.50 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .96 | -0.245 | -2.76 | 1t start tie | 3t -2- 2 out d4 | |||||||
| 2 | 248 | 5 | Apr 24 | CIN | STL | L,0-1 | CG | L(0-2) | 5 | 9.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 37 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.73 | 0.269 | 3.71 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out d1 | |||||||
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 3 | 249 | 11 | May 3 | CIN | NYG | L,2-5 | GS- | L(0-3) | 8 | 7.0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 31 | 46 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 250 | 14 | May 6 | CIN | BSN | L,11-15 | GS-3 | L(0-4) | 2 | 2.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .73 | -0.388 | -4.96 | 1t start tie | 3t 12- 0 out d4 | |||||||
| 5 | 251 | 18 | May 10 | CIN | BRO | W,4-0 | SHO | W(1-4) | 3 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4.25 | 33 | 121 | 74 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.16 | 0.527 | 4.71 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a4 | |||
| 6 | 252 | 21 | May 14 | CIN | @ | STL | L,7-8 | GS-4 | L(1-5) | 3 | 4.0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.81 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | -0.266 | -2.82 | 1b start tie | 4b 3 out d4 | ||||||
| 7 | 253 | 25 | May 20(2) | CIN | @ | NYG | L,3-4 | GS- | 5 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.65 | 28 | 57 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 254 | 30 | May 26 | CIN | STL | W,9-4 | CG | W(2-5) | 5 | 9.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.35 | 35 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.02 | 0.036 | 0.71 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a5 | |||||||
| 9 | 255 | 34 | May 30(1) | CIN | @ | CHC | W,4-1 | CG | W(3-5) | 3 | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.84 | 37 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.23 | 0.424 | 3.66 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a3 | ||||||
| June | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 10 | 256 | 39 | Jun 4(1) | CIN | BSN | W,3-0 | SHO | W(4-5) | 4 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.33 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .86 | 0.438 | 4.71 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a3 | |||||||
| 11 | 257 | 43 | Jun 8 | CIN | PHI | W,8-4 | CG | W(5-5) | 3 | 9.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.40 | 32 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .72 | 0.056 | 0.71 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a4 | |||||||
| 12 | 258 | 45 | Jun 11(1) | CIN | BRO | L,4-5 | CG | L(5-6) | 2 | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.47 | 39 | 120 | 80 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.10 | -0.120 | -0.29 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out d1 | |||
| 13 | 259 | 48 | Jun 15(1) | CIN | @ | BSN | L,3-5 | CG(8) | L(5-7) | 3 | 8.0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.65 | 37 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.07 | -0.370 | -1.06 | 1b start a 1 | 8b 3 out d2 | ||||||
| 14 | 260 | 53 | Jun 20 | CIN | @ | BRO | L,2-8 | GS-3 | L(5-8) | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.95 | 13 | 40 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.10 | -0.268 | -2.93 | 1b start tie | 3b 12- 0 out d2 | ||
| 15 | 261 | 57 | Jun 24 | CIN | @ | NYG | L,2-12 | GS-3 | L(5-9) | 3 | 2.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.32 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .55 | -0.287 | -3.69 | 1b start tie | 3b --- 1 out d5 | ||||||
| 16 | 262 | 62 | Jun 30 | CIN | CHC | W,8-5 | GS-8 | W(6-9) | 5 | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4.37 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .57 | 0.058 | -1.34 | 1t start tie | 8t 12- 0 out a4 | |||||||
| July | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 17 | 263 | 68 | Jul 5 | CIN | @ | STL | L,3-5 | GS-2 | L(6-10) | 4 | 1.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.64 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .80 | -0.272 | -3.54 | 1b start tie | 2b -23 2 out d4 | ||||||
| 18 | 264 | 70 | Jul 7 | CIN | @ | CHC | W,5-4 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.63 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | 265 | 72 | Jul 9(1) | CIN | @ | CHC | W,6-0 | SHO | W(7-10) | 1 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.27 | 31 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .53 | 0.306 | 4.66 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a6 | ||||||
| 20 | 266 | 77 | Jul 16(1) | CIN | NYG | W,16-4 | CG | W(8-10) | 6 | 9.0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.10 | 35 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .47 | -0.096 | 0.71 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a12 | |||||||
| 21 | 267 | 81 | Jul 20(1) | CIN | BRO | W,3-1 | CG | W(9-10) | 3 | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.90 | 35 | 86 | 72 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 0.476 | 3.71 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a2 | |||
| 22 | 268 | 86 | Jul 23(1) | CIN | PHI | L,4-12 | GS-4 | L(9-11) | 2 | 3.1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.19 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .95 | -0.481 | -5.87 | 1t start tie | 4t --3 1 out d5 | |||||||
| 23 | 269 | 92 | Jul 30(1) | CIN | @ | BSN | L,2-4 | CG | L(9-12) | 6 | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.21 | 33 | 53 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| August | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 24 | 270 | 97 | Aug 4 | CIN | @ | BRO | L,1-7 | GS-6 | L(9-13) | 4 | 6.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.34 | 30 | 113 | 70 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .80 | -0.208 | -1.76 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out d4 | ||
| 25 | 271 | 100 | Aug 8(1) | CIN | CHC | W,10-1 | CG | W(10-13) | 3 | 9.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 36 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .46 | 0.145 | 3.71 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a9 | |||||||
| 26 | 272 | 104 | Aug 13 | CIN | STL | W,3-2 | CG | W(11-13) | 4 | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.04 | 35 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.54 | 0.482 | 2.71 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a1 | |||||||
| 27 | 273 | 108 | Aug 17 | CIN | @ | CHC | W,2-1 | CG | W(12-13) | 3 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.89 | 33 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.43 | 0.732 | 3.66 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a1 | ||||||
| 28 | 274 | 111 | Aug 20 | CIN | @ | STL | L,2-3 | 2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.85 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | 275 | 112 | Aug 22 | CIN | PHI | L,3-4 | CG | L(12-14) | 1 | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 42 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.30 | -0.110 | 0.71 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out d1 | |||||||
| 30 | 276 | 117 | Aug 26 | CIN | BRO | L,5-7 | GS-8 | L(12-15) | 3 | 8.0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.97 | 38 | 102 | 68 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.29 | -0.385 | -2.81 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out d3 | |||
| 31 | 277 | 122 | Aug 30 | CIN | BSN | L,4-9 | GS- | L(12-16) | 3 | 6.1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.07 | 29 | 34 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 32 | 278 | 124 | Sep 3 | CIN | @ | CHC | W,7-5 | GS-8 | 3 | 7.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.11 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.30 | 0.083 | 0.24 | 1b start tie | 8b 1-- 0 out a1 | |||||||
| 33 | 279 | 129 | Sep 9(1) | CIN | CHC | W,7-4 | CG | W(13-16) | 5 | 9.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.10 | 38 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.07 | -0.001 | 0.71 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a3 | |||||||
| 34 | 280 | 134 | Sep 14(1) | CIN | @ | BRO | L,3-6 | GS-1 | L(13-17) | 4 | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .80 | -0.350 | -4.02 | 1b start a 1 | 1b 1-- 1 out d3 | ||||||
| 35 | 281 | 137 | Sep 15(2) | CIN | @ | PHI | L,7-8 | 8-9 | H(1) | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.08 | 0.227 | 1.17 | 8b 12- 1 out a2 | 9b --- 1 out a2 | |||||
| 36 | 282 | 142 | Sep 20(2) | CIN | @ | NYG | W,2-0 | SHO | W(14-17) | 4 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.08 | 36 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.60 | 0.663 | 4.76 | 1b start a 1 | 9b 3 out a2 | ||||||
| 37 | 283 | 147 | Sep 24(2) | CIN | @ | PIT | L,2-3 | GS-7 | L(14-18) | 3 | 7.0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.07 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .93 | 0.004 | 0.77 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d2 | ||||||
| 38 | 284 | 150 | Sep 28 | CIN | @ | STL | L,0-7 | GS- | L(14-19) | 3 | 2.1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.29 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| CIN | 239.0 | 271 | 127 | 113 | 40 | 87 | 34 | 2 | 4.26 | 1026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Other (days rest listed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 99 days |
| Avg | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Other Game Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.66 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10, 11 and 16 runs |
| Inn | <-4 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 | tie | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | >4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4- | 27 | 3 | 30 | |||||||||
| 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 10+ | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 1
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