Elmer Riddle

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: July 31, 1914 in Columbus, GA us

Died: May 14, 1984 in Columbus, GA

Buried: Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, GA

Debut: October 1, 1939 (Age 25-062d, 8,744th in major league history)
vs. PIT 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 3, 1949 (Age 35-003d)
vs. BRO 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 7 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Elmer Ray Riddle

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Relatives: Brother of Johnny Riddle

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

ERA

3.40

190

124

1023.0

342

WHIP

1.400

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-20 / in Starts: 7-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 5

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 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	50	2	Apr 15	CIN		PIT	L,2-6	GS-1	L(0-1)	99	0.2	5	5	5	1	0	0	0	67.50	6.57	8	1	1	0	0	5	21			0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.396	3.09	-0.57%	-4.86	1t start tie	1t -2- 2 out d5
2	51	3	Apr 16	CIN		PIT	W,8-7	4-8		0	4.1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	9.00	2.87	17	4	8	2	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.050	2.06	-0.06%	0.14	4t 12- 2 out tie	8t 3 out d1
3	52	7	Apr 22	CIN	@	STL	L,1-6	GS-7	L(0-2)	5	7.0	11	6	6	4	3	0	0	8.25	2.90	33	10	5	0	0	11	30			1	0	0	29	1	1	1	2	0	0	.65	-0.166	1.43	-0.22%	-2.72	1b start tie	7b 3 out d6
4	53	10	Apr 25	CIN		CHC	L,4-5	11-GF(11)		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.82	2.70	3	0	1	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	-0.131	6.29	-0.19%	0.12	11t 1-3 1 out tie	11t end d 1
5	54	13	Apr 28	CIN		BRO	L,3-7	GS-2	L(0-3)	2	1.1	3	5	5	2	1	1	0	10.29	3.86	9	2	1	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.423	2.16	-0.55%	-3.76	1t start tie	2t -2- 1 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
6	55	16	May 1	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	W(1-3)	2	9.0	11	5	3	4	2	0	0	7.43	3.51	42	13	12	2	0	11	47			0	1	0	38	3	0	0	1	0	2	1.52	0.072	1.71	0.05%	-1.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
7	56	21	May 8	CIN		STL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(1-4)	6	7.0	7	4	4	1	3	2	0	6.90	3.94	28	5	12	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.214	2.23	-0.23%	-0.96	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
8	57	27	May 14	CIN	@	NYG	L,6-12	GS-5		5	4.0	4	2	2	6	0	0	1	6.62	4.34	22	3	8	1	0	4	40			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.021	1.90	0.03%	-0.58	1b start a 2	5b 1-3 0 out a5
9	58	31	May 19	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-2	9-GF	L(1-5)	4	0.2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	6.49	4.47	6	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.22	-0.379	5.77	-0.31%	-1.30	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
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	59	45	Jun 2	CIN		PHI	L,0-1	CG(10)	L(1-6)	13	10.0	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	5.04	3.91	36	10	18	1	0	5	81			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.76	0.316	2.19	0.24%	3.34	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
11	60	50	Jun 7(1)	CIN		BSN	W,6-2	GS-8		4	7.1	9	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.67	3.65	32	8	11	2	0	8	53			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.068	1.90	0.06%	1.35	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a1
12	61	61	Jun 20	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-0	SHO	W(2-6)	12	9.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.98	3.35	29	9	16	2	0	2	85			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.240	.52	0.19%	3.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
13	62	67	Jun 26	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS-8		5	7.1	8	4	4	4	3	1	1	4.08	3.53	34	8	10	1	0	8	45			0	1	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.30	-0.390	2.58	-0.46%	-1.09	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 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
14	63	72	Jul 1	CIN		CHC	L,2-5	4-GF		4	6.0	2	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.87	3.30	21	5	7	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.058	.46	0.04%	1.61	4t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
15	64	76	Jul 9	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	2-8		7	6.1	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.57	3.27	24	5	10	1	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.222	.92	0.18%	3.33	2t 123 2 out d3	8t 3 out d2
16	65	81	Jul 12(2)	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(3-6)	2	9.0	6	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.31	3.24	34	12	10	0	0	6	69			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.548	.50	0.12%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
17	66	85	Jul 16	CIN		BSN	W,7-6	1-9	W(4-6)	3	8.0	10	3	3	1	8	1	0	3.32	3.15	34	6	9	1	0	10		2	0	0	0	0	32	2	0	1	1	0	0	.95	0.011	.15	0.00%	1.07	1t 12- 0 out d3	9t 1-- 0 out a1
18	67	93	Jul 26(1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,6-2	GS-9	W(5-6)	9	8.0	7	2	2	6	5	1	0	3.24	3.26	35	10	7	0	0	7	59			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.89	0.244	.03	0.01%	1.55	1b start a 1	9b 12- 0 out a5
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
19	68	100	Aug 2(1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-7	CG(8)	L(5-7)	6	8.0	10	7	7	4	2	1	0	3.56	3.36	39	11	12	1	0	10	32			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.28	-0.314	.01	0.00%	-3.63	1b start tie	8b 3 out d7
20	69	106	Aug 9(1)	CIN		CHC	L,8-10	17-GF(18)	L(5-8)	6	2.0	3	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.66	3.39	12	0	4	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.58	-0.300	.04	0.00%	-1.13	17t --- 0 out tie	18t end d 2
21	70	110	Aug 14	CIN	@	STL	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	3.37	5	2	2	1	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.11	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.53	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
22	71	111	Aug 16(1)	CIN	@	STL	L,5-10	3-7		1	4.2	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.49	3.29	20	6	3	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	0.140	.00	0.00%	1.75	3b 12- 1 out tie	7b 3 out d1
23	72	118	Aug 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-7		5	6.0	9	4	4	5	4	0	1	3.60	3.31	32	10	3	0	0	9	37			0	1	0	25	2	0	1	2	0	2	1.68	-0.346	.00	0.00%	-2.46	1b start a 1	7b 12- 0 out tie
24	73	122	Aug 26	CIN		NYG	L,2-11	GS-3	L(5-9)	3	3.0	5	4	3	2	3	0	0	3.73	3.28	16	5	1	0	0	5	36			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.264	.00	0.00%	-2.70	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
25	74	128	Aug 31	CIN		PHI	W,8-1	CG	W(6-9)	4	9.0	5	1	1	8	5	0	0	3.55	3.31	39	11	10	0	0	5	70			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	2	0	0	.93	0.315	.00	0.00%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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
26	75	134	Sep 6	CIN		STL	L,2-10	GS-5	L(6-10)	5	4.1	5	6	4	4	3	0	0	3.70	3.31	23	5	6	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	2	.90	-0.322	.00	0.00%	-2.95	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d2
27	76	140	Sep 12	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	W(7-10)	5	9.0	7	1	0	6	6	0	0	3.48	3.28	38	10	9	0	0	7	71			0	2	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.47	0.401	.00	0.00%	2.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
28	77	144	Sep 17	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-11	GS-2	L(7-11)	4	1.2	4	5	5	4	1	0	0	3.73	3.33	13	1	3	0	0	4	24			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.259	.00	0.00%	-2.85	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d3
29	78	154	Sep 27(2)	CIN		PIT	L,4-7	5-8		9	4.0	7	1	0	1	2	0	1	3.64	3.31	19	5	3	1	0	7		0	0	0	1	0	16	2	0	1	0	0	0	.49	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.74	5t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d3
							9-20		W-L:7-11	4.3	158.1	157	74	64	83	78	7	4	3.64	3.31	703	0.89		5%	0%	156	48	11	36%	5	7	0	603	32	2	10	15	0	10	1.11	-1.303	.93	-1.70%	-5.45

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