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Lou Kretlow

Louis Henry Kretlow (Lena)

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Orioles/Browns/Tigers/Athletics 1946-1956

Final Game: September 23, 1956
Died: September 12, 2007 in Enid, OK
Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, OK
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:34AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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 36 128 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 96 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 68 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 67 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 42 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 0 105 120 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 88 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 2 102 118 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 83 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 47 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 82 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 83 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 83 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 107 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 76 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 82 1.643 9.2 1.3 5.6 4.6 0.82

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1946 25 DET AL 9.0 1 3 5 0 1.0 2 0.2 $
1948 27 DET AL 23.1 2 14 14 0 1.0 0 0.1 $
1949 28 DET AL 76.0 10 58 47 0 1.0 -11 -1.2 $
1950 29 SLB AL 14.1 2 19 10 -1 1.0 -9 -0.7 $
1950 29 CHW AL 21.1 1 13 14 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
1951 30 CHW AL 137.0 18 77 83 2 1.0 6 0.3 $
1952 31 CHW AL 79.0 11 31 43 0 1.0 12 1.2 $
1953 32 CHW AL 20.2 3 11 12 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
1953 32 SLB AL 81.0 11 56 47 -2 1.0 -9 -0.5 $
1954 33 BAL AL 166.2 20 83 93 -5 1.1 10 1.1 $
1955 34 BAL AL 38.1 5 39 24 -2 .7 -15 -1.4 $
1956 35 KCA AL 118.2 20 75 77 -1 1.0 2 0.2 $
10 Seasons 785.1 104 479 469 -9 1.0 -10 -0.5 $
BAL (4 yrs) 300.1 38 197 174 -10 1.0 -23 -1.5 $
CHW (4 yrs) 258.0 33 132 152 2 1.0 20 1.7 $
DET (3 yrs) 108.1 13 75 66 0 1.0 -9 -0.9 $
KCA (1 yr) 118.2 20 75 77 -1 1.0 2 0.2 $

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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 1.250 236 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1946 25 DET AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
1948 27 DET AL 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ /1
1949 28 DET AL 28 -8 0 0 0 0 2 1 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 1
1950 29 SLB AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1950 29 CHW AL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1951 30 CHW AL 51 -10 0 0 0 0 3 1 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ 1
1952 31 CHW AL 25 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1953 32 CHW AL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1953 32 SLB AL 27 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1954 33 BAL AL 60 -6 -1 -1 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1955 34 BAL AL 12 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1956 35 KCA AL 41 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
10 Seasons 268 -40 -1 -1 0 0 19 7 -16 -1.8 -16 -1.6 -0.2 $
BAL (4 yrs) 102 -12 -1 -1 0 0 8 3 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $
CHW (4 yrs) 84 -15 0 0 0 0 5 2 -8 -0.9 -8 -0.8 -0.1 $
DET (3 yrs) 41 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
KCA (1 yr) 41 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1946 DET AL 25 P 1 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.00 .950 2.00 2.00
1948 DET AL 27 P 5 2 1 23.1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.93 1.00 .964 2.01 2.00
1949 DET AL 28 P 25 10 1 76.0 27 2 23 2 1 .926 2.96 1.00 .962 2.12 2.09
1950 TOT AL 29 P 20 3 0 35.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.76 0.15 .950 2.02 1.99 0 1 100% 0
1950 SLB AL 29 P 9 2 0 14.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.26 0.22 .950 2.01 1.99 0 0 0
1950 CHW AL 29 P 11 1 0 21.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.42 0.09 .950 2.02 1.99 0 1 100% 0
1951 CHW AL 30 P 26 18 7 137.0 30 5 22 3 2 .900 1.77 1.04 .953 2.07 2.06 9 6 40% 1
1952 CHW AL 31 P 19 11 4 79.0 10 1 9 0 2 1.000 1.14 0.53 .966 2.10 2.10 4 3 43% 1
1953 TOT AL 32 P 31 14 0 101.2 23 6 13 4 1 .826 1.68 0.61 .957 1.95 1.93 1 4 80% 0
1953 CHW AL 32 P 9 3 0 20.2 10 3 6 1 1 .900 3.92 1.00 .957 1.96 1.93 0 1 100% 0
1953 SLB AL 32 P 22 11 0 81.0 13 3 7 3 0 .769 1.11 0.45 .957 1.94 1.93 1 3 75% 0
1954 BAL AL 33 P 32 20 5 166.2 34 4 30 0 2 1.000 1.84 1.06 .959 2.01 1.99 7 6 46% 0
1955 BAL AL 34 P 15 5 0 38.1 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 2.82 0.80 .956 2.00 1.97 3 1 25% 0
1956 KCA AL 35 P 25 20 3 118.2 23 5 16 2 1 .913 1.59 0.84 .950 1.92 1.91 3 9 75% 0
10 Seasons P 199 104 22 785.1 168 24 133 11 9 .935 1.80 0.79 .957 2.02 2.00 27 30 53% 2
10 Seasons TOT 199 104 22 785.1 168 24 133 11 9 .935 1.80 0.79 .957 2.02 2.00 27 30 53% 2
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1951 AL  3 (4th)
1953 AL  4 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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