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Ralph Houk

Ralph George Houk (Major)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 193 lb.

Born: August 9, 1919 in Lawrence, KS
High School: Lawrence HS (Lawrence, KS)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1947 (Age 27)
Team: Yankees 1947-1954

Final Game: May 1, 1954 (Age 34)
Died: July 21, 2010 in Winter Haven, FL
Buried: Rolling Hills Cemetery, Winter Haven, FL
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1942 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1947 27 NYY AL 41 104 92 7 25 3 1 0 12 0 0 11 5 .272 .356 .326 .682 91 30 2 1 0 2
1948 28 NYY AL 14 29 29 3 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .276 .276 .345 .621 65 10 0 0 0 2
1949 29 NYY AL 5 7 7 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .571 .571 .571 1.143 203 4 0 0 0 /2
1950 30 NYY AL 10 9 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .222 .333 -15 2 0 0 0 /2
1951 31 NYY AL 3 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 10 1 0 0 0 /2
1952 32 NYY AL 9 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 120 2 0 0 0 /2
1953 33 NYY AL 8 9 9 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 22 2 1 0 0 /2
1954 34 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 91 170 158 12 43 6 1 0 20 0 0 12 10 .272 .327 .323 .650 79 51 3 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 303 281 21 77 11 2 0 36 0 0 21 18 .272 .327 .323 .650 79 91 5 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1947 27 NYY AL 41 104 -1 0 0 -1 1 -1 -0.1 3 2 0.2 .498 .500 0.3 -0.0 3 $3,600 2
1948 28 NYY AL 14 29 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.0 .493 .499 -0.0 0.0 -0 $5,125 2
1949 29 NYY AL 5 7 1 -0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .519 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $6,500 /2
1950 30 NYY AL 10 9 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $7,500 /2
1951 31 NYY AL 3 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.0 .480 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $8,500 /2
1952 32 NYY AL 9 6 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $9,000 /2
1953 33 NYY AL 8 9 -1 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .486 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $10,000 /2
1954 34 NYY AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .471 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $11,000
8 Seasons 91 170 -4 0 -0 -1 1 -4 -0.4 5 1 0.1 .496 .500 0.2 0.0 2 $61,225

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 27 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1952 32 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1947 NYY AL 27 C 41 29 22 153 138 13 2 0 .987 3.68 .985 5.02 2 2 11 7 39% 46% 0
1948 NYY AL 28 C 14 8 6 56 51 5 0 1 1.000 4.00 .986 4.74 0 1 0 2 100% 44% 0
1949 NYY AL 29 C 5 0 0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.60 .984 4.76 0 0 0 1 100% 45% 0
1950 NYY AL 30 C 9 1 0 25.1 14 12 1 1 0 .929 4.62 1.44 .985 4.94 4.84 0 0 0 0 0
1951 NYY AL 31 C 3 1 1 12.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 1.00 .983 5.03 5.00 0 0 1 1 50% 46% 0
1952 NYY AL 32 C 9 0 0 22.2 12 10 1 1 1 .917 4.37 1.22 .985 5.44 5.44 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYY AL 33 C 8 0 0 23.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.91 1.25 .985 5.17 5.15 0 0 1 0 0% 51% 0
7 Seasons C 89 39 29 83.0 257 231 21 5 2 .981 0 0 4.01 2.83 .985 5.15 5.00 2 3 13 11 46% 46% 0
8 Seasons TOT 89 39 29 83.0 257 231 21 5 2 .981 0 0 4.01 2.83 .985 5.15 5.00 2 3 13 11 46% 46% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
194727New York Yankees$3,600Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194828New York Yankees$5,125Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194929New York Yankees$6,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195030New York Yankees$7,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195131New York Yankees$8,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195232New York Yankees$9,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195333New York Yankees$10,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195434New York Yankees$11,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
Career to date (may be incomplete)$61,225
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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