Ken Raffensberger

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: August 8, 1917 in York, PA us

Died: November 10, 2002 in York, PA

Buried: Mount Rose Cemetery, York, PA

High School: William Penn HS (York, PA)

Debut: April 25, 1939 (Age 21-260d, 8,647th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 2, 1954 (Age 36-298d)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Kenneth David Raffensberger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.0

119

154

ERA

3.60

396

282

2151.2

806

WHIP

1.258

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Team Record in Appearances: 21-20 / in Starts: 20-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 0

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 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	206	1	Apr 19	CIN		STL	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	1	1	2	4	1	1	1.00	4.07	33	6	15	0	0	5	75			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.29	0.518	3.15	0.76%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
2	207	6	Apr 25	CIN	@	STL	L,3-9	GS-2	L(1-1)	5	1.2	6	5	2	0	0	1	0	2.53	5.04	11	3	2	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	11	1	1	0	1	0	1	.78	-0.311	2.15	-0.51%	-4.32	1b start tie	2b --3 2 out d5
3	208	8	Apr 28	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-1)	2	9.0	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.37	3.83	33	11	12	0	3	7	74			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.714	3.38	1.04%	4.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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	209	13	May 3	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-3	GS-2	L(2-2)	4	1.1	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.14	3.89	10	4	5	3	0	0	35			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.192	3.71	-0.35%	-2.16	1b start tie	2b 1-3 1 out d2
5	210	16	May 6	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-6	GS-6	L(2-3)	2	6.0	8	5	5	4	2	1	0	3.33	4.36	30	8	8	0	0	8	34			1	0	0	25	0	1	1	1	0	2	.72	-0.160	1.80	-0.24%	-2.10	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
6	211	18	May 8(1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,14-7	11-GF(12)	W(3-3)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.10	4.10	8	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.69	0.137	1.59	0.19%	0.99	11b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 7
7	212	21	May 12	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.37	3.72	33	7	17	0	6	4	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.480	3.05	0.87%	4.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
8	213	27	May 18	CIN		BSN	W,13-9	GS-2		5	2.0	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.15	3.81	12	3	3	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.32	-0.271	4.42	-0.54%	-2.97	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
9	214	31	May 22(2)	CIN		BRO	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-3)	3	9.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.57	3.57	29	5	19	2	0	0	86			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.573	2.82	0.91%	4.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	215	35	May 28	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-0	SHO(11)	W(6-3)	5	11.0	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.10	3.18	39	14	12	0	7	7	89			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.902	3.78	1.57%	5.38	1b start tie	11b 3 out a2
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
11	216	41	Jun 2	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-12	GS-8	L(6-4)	4	7.0	6	4	4	4	4	3	0	2.42	3.75	32	7	12	1	0	5	49			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.47	-0.422	3.62	-0.63%	-0.55	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out d1
12	217	48	Jun 8	CIN	@	BSN	L,7-8	GS-2		5	1.2	3	5	1	3	1	0	0	2.49	3.82	12	2	3	0	0	3	35			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.36	-0.363	2.59	-0.42%	-3.35	1b start a 2	2b -2- 2 out d2
13	218	51	Jun 11	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-11	GS-6	L(6-5)	2	5.0	8	6	6	2	1	2	0	3.05	4.14	23	9	9	4	0	2	26			1	0	0	21	3	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.257	1.12	-0.19%	-3.70	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 0 out d4
14	219	52	Jun 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,7-20	5-5	L(6-6)	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.16	4.13	2	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.025	1.04	-0.02%	-0.18	5b --- 0 out tie	5b -2- 1 out tie
15	220	55	Jun 18	CIN		BSN	W,6-2	CG	W(7-6)	5	9.0	6	2	2	0	5	2	0	3.04	4.15	33	12	10	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.232	.35	0.10%	2.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
16	221	59	Jun 22	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	GS-9		3	8.2	8	3	2	1	2	0	0	2.95	3.98	34	11	19	6	0	1	59			0	0	1	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.52	0.074	.58	0.02%	1.30	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out tie
17	222	62	Jun 26(1)	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	GS-9		3	9.0	8	3	3	3	2	1	0	2.95	4.03	37	10	14	1	0	8	58			0	0	0	33	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.53	0.129	.38	0.02%	1.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
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
18	223	66	Jul 1	CIN	@	STL	W,10-2	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	12	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.87	3.87	37	11	13	3	0	11	57			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	2	0	0	.62	0.094	.14	0.01%	2.76	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
19	224	71	Jul 6	CIN		CHC	W,23-4	CG	W(9-6)	4	9.0	11	4	4	2	2	1	0	2.96	3.89	36	5	16	1	5	11	49			0	1	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	.29	0.009	.04	0.00%	0.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a19
20	225	75	Jul 10(1)	CIN		STL	L,2-4	CG	L(9-7)	3	9.0	13	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.03	3.80	42	9	16	0	5	12	46			0	0	0	40	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.088	.14	-0.01%	0.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
21	226	78	Jul 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-11	GS-5	L(9-8)	4	4.0	7	8	7	3	1	1	0	3.42	3.91	23	9	7	4	0	3	16			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.334	.03	-0.01%	-4.73	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out d3
22	227	84	Jul 20	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-5	GS-4	L(9-9)	4	3.2	10	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.66	3.96	22	3	6	0	0	10	22			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.289	.01	0.00%	-3.47	1b start tie	4b 1-3 2 out d5
23	228	88	Jul 24(1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	W(10-9)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.49	3.87	32	15	10	1	0	2	76			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	.56	0.134	.01	0.00%	3.44	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a9
24	229	92	Jul 28	CIN		BSN	L,2-11	GS-6	L(10-10)	3	6.0	9	4	3	0	2	2	0	3.53	3.96	27	6	10	3	0	9	42			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.135	.01	0.00%	-0.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
25	230	96	Jul 31(2)	CIN		NYG	L,0-9	GS-2	L(10-11)	2	1.1	6	7	5	0	0	1	0	3.80	4.03	12	3	3	0	0	6	18			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	2	1.00	-0.379	.00	0.00%	-5.51	1t start tie	2t 1-- 1 out d6
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
26	231	98	Aug 3	CIN		PHI	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-11)	2	9.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.59	3.91	29	7	14	0	3	2	87			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.662	.00	0.00%	4.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
27	232	103	Aug 7(1)	CIN		BRO	L,0-7	GS-6	L(11-12)	3	6.0	9	7	7	4	3	2	0	3.83	4.05	28	8	11	4	0	2	25			2	1	0	24	1	0	1	1	0	0	.64	-0.192	.00	0.00%	-3.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d7
28	233	107	Aug 10	CIN	@	STL	L,0-8	6-6		2	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.93	4.04	4	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-2.44	6b --- 0 out d6	6b --3 1 out d8
29	234	109	Aug 14(1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG(12)	W(12-12)	3	12.0	10	2	0	3	6	0	1	3.67	3.94	49	10	19	0	5	10	81			0	2	0	45	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.71	0.478	.00	0.00%	3.87	1b start tie	12b 3 out a2
30	235	113	Aug 17	CIN		STL	L,3-4	CG(13)	L(12-13)	2	13.0	14	4	4	4	4	1	0	3.61	3.93	55	12	23	3	0	12	63			0	1	0	49	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.71	0.414	.00	0.00%	2.69	1t start tie	13t 3 out d1
31	236	117	Aug 21(2)	CIN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(13-13)	3	9.0	5	1	0	1	7	0	0	3.45	3.81	33	6	14	1	0	5	81			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.88	0.357	.00	0.00%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
32	237	119	Aug 25	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(14-13)	3	10.0	9	3	3	6	5	0	0	3.41	3.79	44	12	12	0	0	9	61			0	2	0	38	3	0	2	0	0	1	1.96	0.396	.00	0.00%	1.83	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
33	238	124	Aug 29	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS-7	L(14-14)	3	7.0	10	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.43	3.83	33	8	11	0	1	9	44			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.42	-0.024	.00	0.00%	0.56	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
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
34	239	128	Sep 4(1)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-6	CG(8)	L(14-15)	5	8.0	10	6	6	0	0	1	0	3.54	3.84	35	11	14	1	1	10	38			0	0	0	34	3	1	0	0	0	1	.53	-0.142	.00	0.00%	-1.77	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
35	240	133	Sep 7	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	W(15-15)	2	9.0	9	2	1	4	3	0	0	3.45	3.82	40	14	10	0	3	9	62			0	0	0	36	4	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.343	.00	0.00%	2.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
36	241	137	Sep 11(1)	CIN		STL	L,5-7	GS-7		3	7.0	8	4	3	3	0	1	0	3.46	3.87	31	9	13	0	0	6	44			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.17	-0.166	.00	0.00%	-0.40	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
37	242	141	Sep 16	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(16-15)	4	9.0	3	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.37	3.78	30	12	10	2	0	3	82			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.643	.00	0.00%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
38	243	145	Sep 19	CIN		BSN	L,2-6	GS-8	L(16-16)	2	8.0	8	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.37	3.75	33	8	10	2	0	8	55			0	1	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	1	.92	-0.003	.00	0.00%	1.12	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
39	244	150	Sep 24	CIN		PIT	L,5-6	GS-6	L(16-17)	4	6.0	8	6	4	3	1	0	0	3.43	3.74	28	6	10	1	0	8	34			1	0	0	25	5	1	2	1	0	1	.68	-0.268	.00	0.00%	-2.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
40	245	153	Sep 27	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	CG	W(17-17)	2	9.0	8	4	3	5	2	0	0	3.42	3.74	39	6	18	1	0	8	54			0	0	0	34	3	0	3	1	0	0	1.22	-0.045	.00	0.00%	0.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
41	246	156	Oct 2(2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	W(18-17)	4	9.0	11	5	3	4	4	0	0	3.40	3.72	41	4	19	2	0	10	49			0	0	0	36	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.72	0.179	.00	0.00%	-0.33	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
							21-20		W-L:18-17	3.2	283.0	287	129	107	81	103	23	2	3.40	3.72	1194	0.68		6%	5%	245	53	0	---%	6	9	1	1096	60	9	15	21	0	19	1.14	3.391	.80	2.59%	16.21

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