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

Born: June 27, 1921 in Apache, 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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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

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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 -20 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 -20 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1946 DET AL 25 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 1.00
1948 DET AL 27 P 5 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 0.92
1949 DET AL 28 P 25 27 2 23 2 1 .926 1.00 .963 1.01
1950 TOT AL 29 P 20 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.15 .933 0.96
1950 SLB AL 29 P 9 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.22 .950 0.96
1950 CHW AL 29 P 11 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.09 .900 0.96
1951 CHW AL 30 P 26 30 5 22 3 2 .900 1.04 .957 0.99
1952 CHW AL 31 P 19 10 1 9 0 2 1.000 0.53 .960 1.03
1953 TOT AL 32 P 31 23 6 13 4 1 .826 0.61 .965 0.88
1953 CHW AL 32 P 9 10 3 6 1 1 .900 1.00 .960 0.88
1953 SLB AL 32 P 22 13 3 7 3 0 .769 0.45 .969 0.88
1954 BAL AL 33 P 32 20 166.2 34 4 30 0 2 1.000 1.84 1.06 .956 2.01 0.93
1955 BAL AL 34 P 15 5 38.1 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 2.82 0.80 .950 2.00 0.83
1956 KCA AL 35 P 25 20 119.2 23 5 16 2 1 .913 1.58 0.84 .952 1.92 0.82
10 Seasons P 199 45 324.2 168 24 133 11 9 .935 4.35 0.79 .957 1.97 0.93
10 Seasons TOT 199 45 324.2 168 24 133 11 9 .935 4.35 0.79 .892 1.97 0.93

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

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Transactions

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

December 14, 1949: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with $100,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Jerry Priddy.

July 5, 1950: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.

June 13, 1953: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Darrell Johnson and $75,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Bob Elliott and Virgil Trucks.

June 7, 1955: Purchased by Seattle (PCL) from the Baltimore Orioles.

September 10, 1955: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from Seattle (PCL) for $100,000.

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