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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1946 25 DET AL 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 7 3 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 36 121 1.000 7.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 2.00
1948 27 DET AL 2 1 .667 4.63 5 2 2 1 0 0 23.1 21 14 12 1 11 9 0 0 0 101 94 1.371 8.1 0.4 4.2 3.5 0.82
1949 28 DET AL 3 2 .600 6.16 25 10 8 1 0 0 76.0 85 58 52 5 69 40 1 0 5 368 67 2.026 10.1 0.6 8.2 4.7 0.58
1950 29 TOT AL 0 2 .000 7.07 20 3 11 0 0 0 35.2 42 32 28 3 45 24 2 0 0 189 66 2.439 10.6 0.8 11.4 6.1 0.53
1950 29 SLB AL 0 2 .000 11.93 9 2 6 0 0 0 14.1 25 19 19 2 18 10 2 0 0 84 41 3.000 15.7 1.3 11.3 6.3 0.56
1950 29 CHW AL 0 0 3.80 11 1 5 0 0 0 21.1 17 13 9 1 27 14 0 0 0 105 118 2.063 7.2 0.4 11.4 5.9 0.52
1951 30 CHW AL 6 9 .400 4.20 26 18 0 7 1 0 137.0 129 77 64 7 74 89 3 0 3 602 96 1.482 8.5 0.5 4.9 5.8 1.20
1952 31 CHW AL 4 4 .500 2.96 19 11 3 4 2 1 79.0 52 31 26 5 56 63 1 0 3 344 123 1.367 5.9 0.6 6.4 7.2 1.13
1953 32 TOT AL 1 5 .167 4.78 31 14 9 0 0 0 101.2 105 67 54 7 82 52 1 0 5 482 87 1.839 9.3 0.6 7.3 4.6 0.63
1953 32 CHW AL 0 0 3.48 9 3 3 0 0 0 20.2 12 11 8 2 30 15 1 0 2 102 116 2.032 5.2 0.9 13.1 6.5 0.50
1953 32 SLB AL 1 5 .167 5.11 22 11 6 0 0 0 81.0 93 56 46 5 52 37 0 0 3 380 82 1.790 10.3 0.6 5.8 4.1 0.71
1954 33 BAL AL 6 11 .353 4.37 32 20 2 5 0 0 166.2 169 83 81 12 82 82 1 0 2 730 82 1.506 9.1 0.6 4.4 4.4 1.00
1955 34 BAL AL 0 4 .000 8.22 15 5 5 0 0 0 38.1 50 39 35 3 27 0 26 1 0 4 192 46 2.009 11.7 0.7 6.3 6.1 0.96
1956 35 KCA AL 4 9 .308 5.31 25 20 3 3 0 0 118.2 121 75 70 17 74 4 61 0 0 3 542 81 1.643 9.2 1.3 5.6 4.6 0.82
10 Seasons 27 47 .365 4.87 199 104 43 22 3 1 785.1 781 479 425 62 522 4 450 10 0 25 3586 82 1.659 9.0 0.7 6.0 5.2 0.86
162 Game Avg. 6 11 .365 4.87 45 23 10 5 1 0 176 175 107 95 14 117 101 2 0 6 805 82 1.659 9.0 0.7 6.0 5.2 0.86
BAL (4 yrs) 7 22 .241 5.42 78 38 19 5 0 0 300.1 337 197 181 22 179 0 155 4 0 9 1386 71 1.718 10.1 0.7 5.4 4.6 0.87
CHW (4 yrs) 10 13 .435 3.73 65 33 11 11 3 1 258.0 210 132 107 15 187 181 5 0 8 1153 106 1.539 7.3 0.5 6.5 6.3 0.97
DET (3 yrs) 6 3 .667 5.57 31 13 10 3 0 0 108.1 113 75 67 8 82 53 1 0 5 505 75 1.800 9.4 0.7 6.8 4.4 0.65
KCA (1 yr) 4 9 .308 5.31 25 20 3 3 0 0 118.2 121 75 70 17 74 4 61 0 0 3 542 81 1.643 9.2 1.3 5.6 4.6 0.82

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 33 BAL AL 32 729 628 83 169 23 4 12 7 6 82 82 .269 .349 .376 .725 .288 236 11 1 7 11
1955 34 BAL AL 15 192 158 39 50 12 0 3 3 1 27 26 .316 .411 .449 .860 .353 71 3 1 2 4 0
1956 35 KCA AL 25 543 463 75 121 24 2 17 3 9 74 61 .261 .361 .432 .793 .268 200 15 0 3 3 4
3 Seasons 72 1464 1249 197 340 59 6 32 13 16 183 169 .272 .362 .406 .767 .289 507 29 2 12 18 4
162 Game Avg. 42 851 726 114 198 34 3 19 8 9 106 98 .272 .362 .406 .767 .289 295 17 1 7 10
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 33 BAL AL 32 20 6 10 4 0 3 7 13 .350 1 2 5 0 13 65% 51 77 19 19 6 5 9 3.2 2.7 7.1
1955 34 BAL AL 15 5 0 4 1 0 1 0 5 .000 0 1 0 0 1 20% 34 52 16 13 5 2 1 4.2 3.8 4.5
1956 35 KCA AL 25 20 4 9 7 1 1 6 14 .300 1 2 3 0 7 35% 45 78 11 20 11 4 12 3.9 3.9 5.6
3 Seasons 72 45 10 23 12 1 5 13 32 .289 2 5 8 0 21 47% 46 78 11 52 22 11 22 3.6 3.3 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 33 BAL AL 32 12 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 3 30% 7 1.134 1 4 7 1 0 11 6 6 7 3 7 1 6.3
1955 34 BAL AL 15 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 3 0.714 0 1 9 0 0 10 4 6 5 2 6 1 4.7
1956 35 KCA AL 25 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0.957 0 0 5 0 0 5 1 4 2 0 2 2 4.8
3 Seasons 72 27 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 18 7 39% 1.011 1 5 21 1 0 26 11 16 14 5 15 4 5.4

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1946 25 DET AL
1948 27 DET AL
1949 28 DET AL
1950 29 TOT AL
1950 29 SLB AL
1950 29 CHW AL
1951 30 CHW AL
1952 31 CHW AL
1953 32 TOT AL
1953 32 CHW AL
1953 32 SLB AL
1954 33 BAL AL 729 37% 1.7% 11.3% 11.3% 5.4% 23% 0.96 75% 169 11 7%
1955 34 BAL AL 192 34% 1.6% 13.5% 14.1% 7.8% 30% 0.87 69% 53 3 6%
1956 35 KCA AL 543 36% 3.1% 11.2% 13.6% 7.9% 36% 0.99 71% 106 15 14%
10 Seasons 1464 36% 4.2% 30.7% 35.7% 6.6% 12% 0.96 73% 328 29 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1946 25 DET AL 7 2 0
1948 27 DET AL 21 1 0
1949 28 DET AL 85 5 5
1950 29 TOT AL 42 3 0
1950 29 SLB AL 25 2 0
1950 29 CHW AL 17 1 0
1951 30 CHW AL 129 7 3
1952 31 CHW AL 52 5 3
1953 32 TOT AL 105 7 5
1953 32 CHW AL 12 2 2
1953 32 SLB AL 93 5 3
1954 33 BAL AL 699 169 12 0 12 8 3 3 8 47 27 6 57% 5 2 2 282 7 6 54% 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 30
1955 34 BAL AL 192 50 3 0 5 3 0 1 2 14 12 2 86% 2 4 1 96 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1956 35 KCA AL 543 121 17 1 9 11 6 9 8 27 10 7 37% 11 3 1 218 3 9 25% 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
10 Seasons 1434 781 62 1 26 22 9 13 18 88 49 15 56% 18 25 4 596 13 16 45% 12 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 36 30
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1946 25 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 7 3 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 36 121 1.000 7.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 2.00 121
1947 26 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 7 3 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 36 121 1.000 7.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 2.00 121
1948 27 3 1 .750 4.18 6 3 2 2 0 0 32.1 28 17 15 3 13 13 0 0 0 137 100 1.268 7.8 0.8 3.6 3.6 1.00 100
1949 28 6 3 .667 5.57 31 13 10 3 0 0 108.1 113 75 67 8 82 53 1 0 5 505 75 1.800 9.4 0.7 6.8 4.4 0.65 75
1950 29 6 5 .545 5.94 51 16 21 3 0 0 144.0 155 107 95 11 127 77 3 0 5 694 72 1.958 9.7 0.7 7.9 4.8 0.61 72
1951 30 12 14 .462 5.09 77 34 21 10 1 0 281.0 284 184 159 18 201 166 6 0 8 1296 82 1.726 9.1 0.6 6.4 5.3 0.83 82
1952 31 16 18 .471 4.62 96 45 24 14 3 1 360.0 336 215 185 23 257 229 7 0 11 1640 88 1.647 8.4 0.6 6.4 5.7 0.89 88
1953 32 17 23 .425 4.66 127 59 33 14 3 1 461.2 441 282 239 30 339 281 8 0 16 2122 87 1.690 8.6 0.6 6.6 5.5 0.83 87
1954 33 23 34 .404 4.58 159 79 35 19 3 1 628.1 610 365 320 42 421 363 9 0 18 2852 86 1.641 8.7 0.6 6.0 5.2 0.86 86
1955 34 23 38 .377 4.79 174 84 40 19 3 1 666.2 660 404 355 45 448 0 389 10 0 22 3044 82 1.662 8.9 0.6 6.0 5.3 0.87 82
1956 35 27 47 .365 4.87 199 104 43 22 3 1 785.1 781 479 425 62 522 4 450 10 0 25 3586 82 1.659 9.0 0.7 6.0 5.2 0.86 82

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1946 25 1 0 1.000 4.00 9.0 8 4 4 2 2 4 0 1.111 8.0 2.0 4.0 2.00 2.0 1
1948 27 1 1 .500 4.50 24.0 22 13 12 1 12 9 0 1.417 8.3 4.5 3.4 0.75 0.4 5
1949 28 2 6 .250 6.16 76.0 86 58 52 5 70 40 1 2.053 10.2 8.3 4.7 0.57 0.6 25
1950 29 1 3 .250 6.08 37.0 41 28 25 3 44 25 2 2.297 10.0 10.7 6.1 0.57 0.7 20
1951 30 7 8 .467 4.18 140.0 133 72 65 7 76 91 3 1.493 8.6 4.9 5.9 1.20 0.5 26
1952 31 5 4 .556 3.22 81.0 56 32 29 5 60 65 1 1.432 6.2 6.7 7.2 1.08 0.6 19
1953 32 5 6 .455 4.67 104.0 107 60 54 7 84 53 1 1.837 9.3 7.3 4.6 0.63 0.6 31
1954 33 7 11 .389 5.13 163.0 184 103 93 13 89 80 1 1.675 10.2 4.9 4.4 0.90 0.7 32
1955 34 1 3 .250 8.77 39.0 54 42 38 3 29 26 1 2.128 12.5 6.7 6.0 0.90 0.7 15
1956 35 5 8 .385 4.83 123.0 122 73 66 17 75 63 0 1.602 8.9 5.5 4.6 0.84 1.2 25
10 Seasons 35 50 .412 4.95 796.0 813 485 438 63 541 456 10 1.701 9.2 5.2 0.84 0.7 199

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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