Lou Kretlow
Louis Henry Kretlow (Lena)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 27, 1921 in Apache, OK
High School: Putnam City (Oklahoma City, OK)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1946
Final Game: September 23, 1956
Died: September 12, 2007
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Standard Batting

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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
1946 25 DET AL 1 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 237 3 0 0 0 /1
1948 27 DET AL 5 9 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 163 4 0 0 1 /1
1949 28 DET AL 25 28 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 .000 .037 .000 .037 -90 0 0 0 1 1
1950 29 TOT AL 21 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
1950 29 SLB AL 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1950 29 CHW AL 11 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
1951 30 CHW AL 26 51 48 1 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 24 .083 .120 .083 .203 -44 4 1 0 1 1
1952 31 CHW AL 19 25 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 .050 .174 .100 .274 -23 2 0 0 2 1
1953 32 TOT AL 31 32 29 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 .172 .200 .172 .372 0 5 0 0 2 1
1953 32 CHW AL 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -43 0 0 0 0 /1
1953 32 SLB AL 22 27 25 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 5 0 0 2 1
1954 33 BAL AL 32 60 51 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 19 .157 .232 .157 .389 12 8 0 0 4 0 1
1955 34 BAL AL 15 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .091 .182 -49 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1956 35 KCA AL 25 41 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19 .061 .162 .061 .223 -39 2 0 0 4 0 0 1
10 Seasons 200 269 237 7 27 2 0 0 12 0 0 16 118 .114 .170 .122 .292 -19 29 1 0 16 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 218 192 6 22 2 0 0 10 0 0 13 96 .114 .170 .122 .292 -19 23 1 0 13
BAL (4 yrs) 79 102 90 3 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 40 .156 .200 .156 .356 -0 14 0 0 7 0 0
CHW (4 yrs) 65 85 76 2 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 41 .066 .134 .079 .213 -41 6 1 0 3
DET (3 yrs) 31 41 38 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 18 .158 .179 .184 .364 -4 7 0 0 2
KCA (1 yr) 25 41 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19 .061 .162 .061 .223 -39 2 0 0 4 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1946 25 DET AL 4 2 2 26.7 101 .667 .500 .270 .500 .346 .750 .389 1.250 .735 237 .968 0.8 0.1 1.500 .250 .250
1948 27 DET AL 9 5 2 10.6 108 .571 .500 .276 .500 .362 .500 .400 1.000 .762 163 .822 0.7 0.1 1.000 .000 .000
1949 28 DET AL 28 27 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .271 .037 .363 .000 .393 .037 .756 -90 .000 -7.3 -0.7 .038 .038 .000
1950 29 TOT AL 7 7 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .278 .000 .366 .000 .417 .000 .783 -100 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1950 29 SLB AL 3 3 0 0.0 117 .000 .000 .283 .000 .371 .000 .424 .000 .796 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1950 29 CHW AL 4 4 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .275 .000 .362 .000 .412 .000 .773 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1951 30 CHW AL 51 46 0 0.0 100 .167 .083 .265 .120 .346 .083 .389 .203 .735 -44 .000 -9.8 -1.0 .133 .042 .000
1952 31 CHW AL 25 21 0 0.0 97 .167 .050 .261 .174 .341 .100 .381 .274 .723 -23 .000 -3.4 -0.4 .263 .200 .050
1953 32 TOT AL 32 26 1 1.0 104 .385 .172 .272 .200 .349 .172 .401 .372 .749 0 .064 -4.2 -0.4 .250 .034 .000
1953 32 CHW AL 5 4 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .273 .200 .350 .000 .402 .200 .752 -43 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .250 .250 .000
1953 32 SLB AL 27 22 1 1.2 104 .455 .200 .272 .200 .348 .200 .400 .400 .749 7 .085 -3.4 -0.3 .250 .000 .000
1954 33 BAL AL 60 47 2 1.1 92 .250 .157 .256 .232 .330 .157 .374 .389 .704 12 .082 -6.0 -0.6 .302 .098 .000
1955 34 BAL AL 12 11 0 0.0 95 .200 .091 .257 .091 .335 .091 .382 .182 .717 -49 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
1956 35 KCA AL 41 35 1 0.8 106 .143 .061 .267 .162 .349 .061 .408 .223 .757 -39 .033 -6.8 -0.7 .194 .121 .000
10 Seasons 269 227 8 0.9 101 .227 .114 .265 .170 .345 .122 .390 .292 .736 -19 .054 -40.5 -4.0 .213 .076 .008
162 Game Avg. 218 184 6 0.9 101 .227 .114 .265 .170 .345 .122 .390 .292 .736 -19 .054 -40.5 -4.0 .213 .076 .008
BAL (4 yrs) 102 83 3 1.0 96 .280 .156 .261 .200 .337 .156 .384 .356 .720 -0 .060 -12.5 -1.2 .250 .056 .000
CHW (4 yrs) 85 75 0 0.0 100 .143 .066 .265 .134 .346 .079 .389 .213 .734 -41 .000 -15.2 -1.6 .167 .092 .013
DET (3 yrs) 41 34 4 3.1 106 .300 .158 .272 .179 .361 .184 .394 .364 .755 -4 .336 -5.9 -0.5 .250 .053 .026
KCA (1 yr) 41 35 1 0.8 106 .143 .061 .267 .162 .349 .061 .408 .223 .757 -39 .033 -6.8 -0.7 .194 .121 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1946 25 DET AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 25.0% 50% 4.0 4.0 75%
1948 27 DET AL 9 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 8.0 8.0 78%
1949 28 DET AL 28 0.0% 57.1% 3.6% 0.0% 16.00 1.6 26.0 36%
1950 29 TOT AL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 3.5 71%
1950 29 SLB AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 67%
1950 29 CHW AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 75%
1951 30 CHW AL 51 0.0% 47.1% 3.9% 0.0% 0% 12.00 2.0 9.6 47%
1952 31 CHW AL 25 0.0% 56.0% 12.0% 4.0% 100% 4.67 1.4 24%
1953 32 TOT AL 32 0.0% 50.0% 3.1% 0.0% 0% 16.00 1.8 29.0 41%
1953 32 CHW AL 5 0.0% 40.0% 20.0% 0.0% 2.00 2.0 40%
1953 32 SLB AL 27 0.0% 51.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.8 25.0 41%
1954 33 BAL AL 60 0.0% 31.7% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 3.80 2.7 51.0 1.89 53%
1955 34 BAL AL 12 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.8 5.5 4.00 42%
1956 35 KCA AL 41 0.0% 46.3% 9.8% 0.0% 0% 4.75 1.7 4.33 34%
10 Seasons 269 0.0% 43.9% 6.0% 0.7% 7% 7.38 2.0 19.8 2.62 44%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 33 BAL AL 0 0 8% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 34 BAL AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 35 KCA AL 1 0 17% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 1 0 16% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 33 BAL AL 57 51% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 8 0 0% 8 0 0% 31 1 3% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 3
1955 34 BAL AL 12 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 4 2 50% 12 2 17% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1956 35 KCA AL 41 17% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 9 0 0% 10 2 20% 22 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
10 Seasons 110 36% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 16 145% 21 1 5% 22 4 18% 65 3 5% 4 1 25% 4 1 25% 3
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1946 25 1 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 237 3 0 0 0
1947 26 1 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 237 3 0 0 0
1948 27 6 13 12 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .583 1.083 187 7 0 0 1
1949 28 31 41 38 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 18 .158 .179 .184 .364 -4 7 0 0 2
1950 29 52 48 45 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 20 .133 .152 .156 .308 -19 7 0 0 2
1951 30 78 99 93 2 10 1 0 0 8 0 0 3 44 .108 .135 .118 .254 -32 11 1 0 3
1952 31 97 124 113 3 11 2 0 0 8 0 0 6 58 .097 .143 .115 .258 -30 13 1 0 5
1953 32 128 156 142 5 16 2 0 0 9 0 0 7 74 .113 .154 .127 .281 -24 18 1 0 7
1954 33 160 216 193 6 24 2 0 0 10 0 0 12 93 .124 .176 .135 .310 -14 26 1 0 11 0
1955 34 175 228 204 6 25 2 0 0 12 0 0 12 99 .123 .171 .132 .304 -16 27 1 0 12 0 0
1956 35 200 269 237 7 27 2 0 0 12 0 0 16 118 .114 .170 .122 .292 -19 29 1 0 16 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1946 25 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 1
1948 27 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 5
1949 28 26 28 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 17 .000 .036 .000 .036 0 25
1950 29 22 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 21
1951 30 27 52 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25 .000 .038 .000 .038 0 26
1952 31 20 24 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 19
1953 32 32 31 30 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 17 .167 .194 .167 .360 1 31
1954 33 33 60 54 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 6 20 .167 .250 .167 .417 2 32
1955 34 16 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
1956 35 26 44 36 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 20 .111 .273 .111 .384 1 25
10 Seasons 208 269 248 5 18 0 0 0 5 0 21 124 .073 .145 .073 .218 8 200
162 Game Avg. 162 210 193 4 14 0 0 0 4 0 16 97 .073 .145 .073 .218 6 200

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