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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Team Record in Appearances: 5-4 / in Starts: 5-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1933 Pitching Game Log

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1933 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	9	Apr 25	PIT	@	STL	L,3-10	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.40	7	2	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.95	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2	119	Aug 26(2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-2	GS-5	W(1-0)	99	5.0	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	1.29	5.47	20	7	7	0	0	3	56			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.132	.71	0.06%	1.21	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
3	3	123	Aug 30	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	4	1	0	1	5	0	0	0.56	3.59	34	18	6	1	2	4	81			1	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	2	.54	0.309	1.24	0.43%	3.50	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	4	127	Sep 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-9	GS-6	L(2-1)	3	5.0	6	7	2	1	0	0	1	1.29	3.71	24	7	10	1	1	5	36			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.38	-0.455	4.08	-0.80%	-4.30	1b start tie	6b -23 0 out d3
5	5	131	Sep 6(2)	PIT		NYG	L,1-9	GS-1	L(2-2)	2	0.1	5	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.38	3.84	6	0	1	0	0	4	20			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.274	8.36	-0.99%	-3.06	1t start tie	1t 123 1 out d2
6	6	137	Sep 10(2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS-9		3	8.0	6	1	1	7	0	0	0	2.76	4.30	33	11	9	1	5	6	59			1	1	1	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.86	0.107	2.12	0.07%	2.03	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
7	7	143	Sep 16(2)	PIT		BSN	W,10-0	SHO	W(3-2)	5	9.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.11	3.71	30						84						30	0	1			0
8	8	149	Sep 23	PIT	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	W(4-2)	6	9.0	8	3	3	4	7	0	0	2.28	3.51	36	15	2	1	1	8	62			0	1	0	31	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.10	0.035	.00	0.00%	1.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
9	9	154	Oct 1(2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS-4		7	3.1	7	4	2	0	1	0	0	2.49	3.43	17	6	3	0	0	7	35			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	-0.363	.00	0.00%	-2.73	1b start a 2	4b 1-- 1 out d1
							5-4		W-L:4-2	4.1	50.2	43	22	14	17	20	1	1	2.49	3.43	207	1.61		4%	9%	37	54	0	---%	2	2	1	188	7	3	0	6	0	4	1.15	-0.508	1.54	-1.23%	-1.15

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