Erv Palica

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: February 9, 1928 in Lomita, CA us

Died: May 29, 1982 in Huntington Beach, CA

Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Culver City, CA

High School: Nathaniel Narbonne HS (Harbor City, CA)

Debut: April 21, 1945 (Age 17-071d, 9,924th in major league history)
vs. NYG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1956 (Age 28-228d)
vs. NYY 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Ervin Martin Palica

Pronunciation: \pah-LEE-kuh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.4

ERA

4.22

246

839.1

423

WHIP

1.436

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-21 / in Starts: 9-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 5

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	185	3	Apr 16	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.1	7	5	5	4	3	0	0	10.38	3.75	22	5	3	0	0	7	28			1	1	0	18	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.281	2.20	-0.36%	-2.24	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d1
2	186	7	Apr 20	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-3	GS-8	W(1-1)	3	7.0	5	3	3	6	3	0	0	6.35	3.96	29	11	4	0	0	5	52			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	3	1	0	1.11	-0.010	1.42	-0.01%	-0.54	1b start a 2	8b 12- 0 out a3
3	187	13	Apr 26	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	L(1-2)	5	8.0	5	3	2	2	4	1	0	4.66	3.87	30	6	13	0	0	5	64			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.24	-0.096	1.61	-0.08%	0.90	1b start a 1	9b --- 0 out d1
May				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	188	18	May 1(2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-6	7-7		4	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.58	3.84	2	1	0	0	0	1		3	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.160	1.15	-0.11%	-2.22	7b 123 2 out d1	7b 3 out d4
5	189	19	May 3	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS-8	L(1-3)	1	7.2	8	4	4	2	2	1	0	4.61	3.98	33	10	11	1	0	8	47			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.55	-0.296	1.49	-0.17%	-0.38	1b start tie	8b --3 2 out d2
6	190	23	May 8(1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	2	5	2	0	0	4.19	3.97	30	10	8	1	0	5	54			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	-0.101	.96	-0.05%	0.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
7	191	30	May 17	BAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(2-3)	8	9.0	6	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.74	3.80	34	3	21	1	0	6	65			0	1	0	29	0	3	0	1	2	0	1.28	0.469	.63	0.14%	2.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
8	192	34	May 22(1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG(8)	L(2-4)	4	8.0	5	5	5	3	3	1	0	4.03	3.89	31	10	10	2	0	5	52			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	1	0	.38	-0.110	.15	-0.03%	-1.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
9	193	40	May 27	BAL		NYY	L,2-6	CG	L(2-5)	4	9.0	11	6	6	2	6	1	0	4.33	3.78	40	9	12	2	0	11	45			0	0	0	37	2	1	1	0	1	0	.53	-0.271	.13	-0.04%	-1.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
Jun				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
10	194	46	Jun 1	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS-7	L(2-6)	4	7.0	5	5	5	2	4	1	0	4.54	3.79	28	5	12	4	0	5	49			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.274	.05	-0.02%	-1.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
11	195	48	Jun 3	BAL	@	DET	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	4.74	3.77	7	4	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	.38	-0.124	.01	0.00%	-3.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 5
12	196	56	Jun 12(2)	BAL	@	KCA	L,0-3	GS-1	L(2-7)	8	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.85	3.85	4	1	0	0	0	1	43			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.131	.02	0.00%	-1.41	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out d1
13	197	58	Jun 15(1)	BAL		CHW	W,6-5	GS-6		2	5.1	6	4	3	1	1	0	0	4.86	3.76	24	8	8	1	0	6	42			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.12	-0.060	.02	0.00%	-1.40	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a2
14	198	67	Jun 25	BAL		KCA	T,3-3	GS-8		9	8.0	9	3	1	4	1	0	0	4.50	3.75	38	14	10	2	0	9	53			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	2	0	3	.86	-0.048	.00	0.00%	0.66	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
15	199	71	Jun 29(2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS-3		3	3.0	4	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.66	3.88	13	4	4	0	0	4	38			0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.168	.00	0.00%	-1.52	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
Jul				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
16	200	73	Jul 2	BAL		BOS	L,1-5	2-8		2	6.2	4	0	0	5	4	0	0	4.32	3.85	28	6	9	0	0	4		3	1	0	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	.73	0.222	.00	0.00%	3.26	2t 123 1 out d1	8t 3 out d2
17	201	78	Jul 9	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-5		6	4.1	5	4	4	5	0	0	0	4.50	3.94	22	3	9	1	0	5	32			0	0	0	17	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.74	1b start a 2	5b -23 1 out a2
18	202	81	Jul 14(2)	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-4	8-GF	S(1)	4	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.41	3.87	7	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.179	.00	0.00%	1.00	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
19	203	82	Jul 15	BAL	@	KCA	W,8-5	8-GF	S(2)	0	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.44	3.86	7	1	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.36	0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.01	8b 1-3 2 out a3	9b end a 3
20	204	85	Jul 17(2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-5	2-6		1	4.1	7	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.43	3.75	21	1	8	1	0	7		2	1	1	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.19	-0.050	.00	0.00%	0.01	2b 12- 0 out a1	6b 1-- 1 out d1
21	205	93	Jul 24(2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-4	L(2-8)	6	4.0	7	4	4	3	3	0	1	4.60	3.75	22	3	5	0	0	7	32			1	0	1	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.208	.00	0.00%	-1.93	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
22	206	100	Jul 30	BAL		CLE	L,0-7	GS-4	L(2-9)	5	3.0	4	3	3	4	1	0	0	4.72	3.80	16	1	6	0	0	4	36			0	0	0	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.172	.00	0.00%	-1.54	1t start tie	4t --3 0 out d2
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
23	207	108	Aug 6	BAL		CHW	W,8-1	GS-7	W(3-9)	6	7.0	3	1	1	4	3	1	0	4.51	3.88	27	8	9	0	0	3	66			0	1	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.44	0.187	.00	0.00%	2.20	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
24	208	116	Aug 16	BAL	@	WSH	W,7-2	GS-7	W(4-9)	9	7.0	5	2	2	5	3	0	1	4.40	3.89	30	11	5	0	0	5	57			0	1	0	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	.91	0.122	.00	0.00%	1.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
25	209	117	Aug 19	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-8	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.39	3.89	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.77	8b 123 2 out d8	8b end d 8
26	210	120	Aug 23(1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS-6	L(4-10)	3	6.0	7	5	2	2	1	1	0	4.33	3.95	27	7	10	1	0	7	43			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.249	.00	0.00%	-1.95	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
27	211	124	Aug 25	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-9	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.30	3.94	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
28	212	126	Aug 29(1)	BAL	@	DET	W,6-0	SHO	W(5-10)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.02	3.84	34	6	21	5	0	5	77			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.234	.00	0.00%	4.39	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
Sept				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
29	213	132	Sep 4	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	GS-6	L(5-11)	5	6.0	11	5	5	3	1	0	0	4.16	3.83	31	10	6	0	0	11	28			0	0	0	27	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.22	-0.336	.00	0.00%	-2.26	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
30	214	136	Sep 8	BAL		CLE	L,3-5	GS-7		3	7.0	6	3	0	5	4	0	0	3.97	3.81	32	5	12	1	0	6	58			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.14	-0.018	.00	0.00%	0.20	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
31	215	142	Sep 13(2)	BAL		CHW	L,6-9	GS-3		4	2.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.02	3.78	11	5	3	0	0	3	44			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.077	.00	0.00%	0.90	1t start tie	3t 1-3 2 out a4
32	216	151	Sep 21	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS-9		7	8.0	7	5	5	4	7	0	0	4.10	3.70	34	8	8	1	0	7	51			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	1	0	.82	0.236	.00	0.00%	0.49	1b start tie	9b 123 0 out a5
33	217	156	Sep 25	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS-5		3	5.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	0	4.08	3.76	23	5	6	0	0	6	47			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.057	.00	0.00%	0.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
							11-21		W-L:5-11,Sv:2	4.1	169.2	165	90	77	83	68	9	2	4.08	3.76	741	0.77		6%	0%	164	48	13	38%	8	7	1	634	26	12	4	15	12	9	.94	-1.380	.34	-0.72%	-6.49

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