Ralph Birkofer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 213lb (180cm, 96kg)

Born: November 5, 1908 in Cincinnati, OH us

Died: March 16, 1971 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

Debut: April 25, 1933 (Age 24-171d, 7,590th in major league history)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 11, 1937 (Age 28-248d)
vs. NYG 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Ralph Joseph Birkofer

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.5

ERA

4.19

132

544.0

224

WHIP

1.458

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-26 / in Starts: 11-12
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 78 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	54 (26-18-10) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 78 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	52 (27-16-9)

Most Driven In
P Traynor	2
C Lavagetto	2
G Suhr	1
W Jensen	1
T Thevenow	1
W Roettger	1
E Grace	1

Most Driven In By
F Lindstrom	2
L Waner	1
P Waner	1

1934 Batting Game Log

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1934 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	10	1	Apr 17	PIT	@	STL	L,1-7	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	11	3 (1)	Apr 19	PIT	@	STL	W,14-4	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.65	-0.087	1.85	-0.15%	-1.36	P
3	12	7 (3)	Apr 26	PIT		STL	L,1-10	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	9	.57	0.009	1.62	0.02%	0.11	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	13	11 (3)	May 1	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.500	.800	9	.90	0.197	2.63	0.34%	1.89	P
5	14	15 (3)	May 5	PIT		NYG	W,6-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.417	.667	9	.73	-0.027	2.24	-0.05%	-0.72	P
6	15	20 (4)	May 11	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.400	.667	9	1.07	0.050	3.47	0.10%	0.70	P
7	16	24 (3)	May 18	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-3	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	9	.44	-0.039	1.60	-0.09%	-1.17	P
8	17	28 (3)	May 22	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-4	CG(7)	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.238	.273	.333	.606	9						P
9	18	33 (4)	May 28 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.280	.333	.613	9	1.68	-0.090	7.80	-0.25%	-0.31	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	19	37 (3)	Jun 1	PIT		STL	W,4-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.259	.308	.567	9	.68	-0.035	2.32	-0.07%	-0.29	P
11	20	42 (4)	Jun 6 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.207	.233	.276	.509	9	.97	-0.106	3.19	-0.21%	-1.39	P
12	21	46 (3)	Jun 12	PIT		BRO	L,7-9	GS-3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.258	.300	.558	9	1.43	0.089	4.55	0.17%	1.11	P
13	22	48 (1)	Jun 14	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	8-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.258	.300	.558	9						P
14	23	50 (1)	Jun 16	PIT		NYG	L,2-5	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.281	.323	.604	9	1.98	0.117	6.61	0.23%	1.27	P
15	24	54 (3)	Jun 21 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,1-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.273	.313	.585	9	1.72	-0.041	2.96	-0.04%	-0.38	P
16	25	56 (1)	Jun 22	PIT		BSN	W,7-6	4-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.278	.314	.592	9	1.27	0.143	1.60	0.11%	0.68	P
17	26	60 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.270	.306	.576	9	.73	-0.018	1.27	-0.02%	-0.18	P
18	27	64 (3)	Jun 30	PIT		CHC	L,4-6	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.282	.316	.598	9	.57	-0.004	1.24	-0.01%	-0.04	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	28	69 (4)	Jul 6	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-9	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.275	.308	.583	9	.10	-0.003	.19	0.00%	-0.59	P
20	29	71 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,11-4	0-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.268	.286	.317	.603	9						P
21	30	75 (3)	Jul 12 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.286	.317	.603	9						P
22	31	76	Jul 13	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.279	.310	.589	9	.79	-0.017	1.03	-0.01%	-0.59	P
23	32	79 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.279	.310	.589	9						P
24	33	83 (3)	Jul 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-8	2-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.295	.326	.621	9	.97	0.037	.31	0.01%	0.51	P
25	34	85 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,10-13	2-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.271	.298	.569	9	.04	-0.004	.01	0.00%	-1.15	P
26	35	87 (1)	Jul 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-9	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.265	.292	.557	9						P
27	36	94 (6)	Jul 31 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS-6	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.269	.314	.583	9	.58	0.002	.03	0.00%	-0.18	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	37	97 (2)	Aug 3	PIT	@	STL	L,3-9	2-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.255	.296	.551	9	.76	-0.074	.05	0.00%	-1.52	P
29	38	102 (4)	Aug 8 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,4-7	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.255	.296	.551	9						P
30	39	111 (8)	Aug 17 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,3-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.255	.296	.551	9						P
31	40	119 (7)	Aug 25 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,8-12	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.255	.296	.551	9						P
32	41	120	Aug 26	PIT		BSN	L,5-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.255	.296	.551	9						P
33	42	121	Aug 27	PIT		BSN	W,8-5	0-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.246	.259	.298	.557	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	43	125 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.246	.283	.529	9	1.32	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-0.70	P
35	44	130 (4)	Sep 6	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.231	.266	.496	9	.72	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-1.47	P
36	45	132 (1)	Sep 10	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.231	.266	.496	9						P
37	46	134 (1)	Sep 12	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.250	.284	.534	9	1.01	0.130	.00	0.00%	1.08	P
38	47	138 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.243	.275	.518	9	1.04	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
39	48	143 (4)	Sep 22 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.222	.233	.264	.497	9	1.38	-0.162	.00	0.00%	-1.40	P
40	49	146 (2)	Sep 25	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.233	.264	.497	9						P
41	50	148 (1)	Sep 27	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.250	.280	.530	9	1.16	0.046	.00	0.00%	0.36	P
							15-26		78	75	6	18	3	0	0	11	1	0	14	0	2		0	1	0	0	.240	.250	.280	.530		.89	-0.108	1.58	0.07%	-6.17

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