Dick Marlowe
Richard Burton Marlowe
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 27, 1929 in Hickory, NC
School: Davidson College
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1951
Final Game: September 30, 1956
Died: December 30, 1968 in Toledo, OH
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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
1951 22 DET AL 0 1 .000 32.40 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.2 5 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 12 13 4.200 27.0 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50
1952 23 DET AL 0 2 .000 7.36 4 1 1 0 0 0 11.0 21 10 9 1 3 3 0 0 0 53 51 2.182 17.2 0.8 2.5 2.5 1.00
1953 24 DET AL 6 7 .462 5.26 42 11 9 2 0 0 119.2 152 74 70 13 42 52 2 0 4 536 77 1.621 11.4 1.0 3.2 3.9 1.24
1954 25 DET AL 5 4 .556 4.18 38 2 20 0 0 2 84.0 76 45 39 11 40 39 0 0 1 363 89 1.381 8.1 1.2 4.3 4.2 0.98
1955 26 DET AL 1 0 1.000 1.80 4 1 3 1 0 1 15.0 12 4 3 1 4 1 9 0 0 1 59 216 1.067 7.2 0.6 2.4 5.4 2.25
1956 27 TOT AL 1 1 .500 6.00 8 1 1 0 0 0 12.0 14 9 8 2 10 0 4 0 0 0 58 69 2.000 10.5 1.5 7.5 3.0 0.40
1956 27 DET AL 1 1 .500 5.73 7 1 1 0 0 0 11.0 12 8 7 1 9 0 4 0 0 0 53 73 1.909 9.8 0.8 7.4 3.3 0.44
1956 27 CHW AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 46 3.000 18.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
6 Seasons 13 15 .464 4.99 98 17 35 3 0 3 243.1 280 148 135 28 101 1 108 2 0 6 1081 79 1.566 10.4 1.0 3.7 4.0 1.07
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .464 4.99 58 10 21 2 0 2 144 166 88 80 17 60 64 1 0 4 639 79 1.566 10.4 1.0 3.7 4.0 1.07
DET (6 yrs) 13 15 .464 4.98 97 17 35 3 0 3 242.1 278 147 134 27 100 1 108 2 0 6 1076 79 1.560 10.3 1.0 3.7 4.0 1.08
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 46 3.000 18.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00

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 25 DET AL 38 364 313 45 76 15 0 11 1 3 40 39 .243 .325 .396 .721 .243 124 5 0 7 4
1955 26 DET AL 4 59 55 4 12 0 1 1 0 0 4 9 .218 .271 .309 .580 .244 17 3 0 0 0 1
1956 27 CHW AL 1 5 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 1.750 2.350 .333 7 1 0 0 0 0
1956 27 DET AL 7 53 43 8 12 2 0 1 1 1 9 4 .279 .404 .395 .799 .289 17 0 0 1 0 0
1956 27 TOT AL 8 58 47 9 14 2 1 2 1 1 10 4 .298 .421 .511 .932 .293 24 1 0 1 0 0
3 Seasons 50 481 415 58 102 17 2 14 2 4 54 52 .246 .330 .398 .727 .249 165 9 0 8 4 1
162 Game Avg. 63 606 523 73 128 21 3 18 3 5 68 65 .246 .330 .398 .727 .249 208 11 0 10 5
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 25 DET AL 38 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 45 57 33 15 7 1 0 2.5 3.5 6.3
1955 26 DET AL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 72 72 72 0 0 1 0 11.3 11.3 9.0
1956 27 TOT AL 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 32 1 1 1 0 2.0 2.3 4.0
1956 27 DET AL 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 32 32 1 1 1 0 2.0 2.3 4.0
3 Seasons 49 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 .250 0 0 1 0 2 50% 49 72 32 16 8 3 0 4.4 5.8 6.4
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 25 DET AL 38 36 20 5 2 2 2 0 100% 4 1 17 5 29% 8 0.871 9 8 16 6 5 25 11 25 20 5 21 4 5.9
1955 26 DET AL 4 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 7 0.122 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 0 6.0
1956 27 TOT AL 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 0.560 0 1 6 0 0 7 2 5 2 2 2 0 3.4
1956 27 DET AL 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 7 0.577 0 1 5 0 0 6 2 4 2 2 2 0 3.5
1956 27 CHW AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.384 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
3 Seasons 50 46 24 6 2 3 3 0 100% 5 1 20 7 35% 0.742 9 9 25 7 5 34 13 33 25 7 26 4 5.6

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%
1951 22 DET AL
1952 23 DET AL
1953 24 DET AL
1954 25 DET AL 364 30% 3.0% 10.7% 11.0% 7.1% 34% 1.03 73% 77 5 6%
1955 26 DET AL 59 42% 1.7% 15.3% 6.8% 3.4% 17% 0.57 76% 7 3 43%
1956 27 TOT AL 58 29% 3.5% 6.9% 17.2% 8.6% 36% 1.00 71% 9 1 11%
1956 27 DET AL 53 32% 1.9% 7.6% 17.0% 5.7% 25% 0.80 72% 8 0 0%
1956 27 CHW AL 5 0% 20.0% 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 100% 60% 1 1 100%
6 Seasons 481 32% 5.8% 22.5% 21.0% 6.9% 12% 0.95 73% 93 9 10%
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
1951 22 DET AL 5 0 0
1952 23 DET AL 21 1 0
1953 24 DET AL 152 13 4
1954 25 DET AL 364 76 11 0 9 5 6 4 7 19 8 2 42% 4 1 1 150 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1955 26 DET AL 59 12 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 1 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1956 27 TOT AL 58 14 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 26 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 27 DET AL 53 12 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 25 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 27 CHW AL 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 481 280 28 0 12 7 7 5 9 22 9 3 41% 6 6 1 194 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
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+
1951 22 0 1 .000 32.40 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.2 5 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 12 13 4.200 27.0 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50 13
1952 23 0 3 .000 10.66 6 2 2 0 0 0 12.2 26 16 15 1 5 4 0 0 0 65 36 2.447 18.5 0.7 3.6 2.8 0.80 36
1953 24 6 10 .375 5.78 48 13 11 2 0 0 132.1 178 90 85 14 47 56 2 0 4 601 70 1.700 12.1 1.0 3.2 3.8 1.19 70
1954 25 11 14 .440 5.16 86 15 31 2 0 2 216.1 254 135 124 25 87 95 2 0 5 964 76 1.576 10.6 1.0 3.6 4.0 1.09 76
1955 26 12 14 .462 4.94 90 16 34 3 0 3 231.1 266 139 127 26 91 1 104 2 0 6 1023 79 1.543 10.3 1.0 3.5 4.0 1.14 79
1956 27 13 15 .464 4.99 98 17 35 3 0 3 243.1 280 148 135 28 101 1 108 2 0 6 1081 79 1.566 10.4 1.0 3.7 4.0 1.07 79

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1951 22 0 0 27.00 2.0 5 7 6 0 2 1 0 3.500 22.5 9.0 4.5 0.50 0.0 2
1952 23 0 1 .000 8.10 10.0 21 10 9 1 3 3 0 2.400 18.9 2.7 2.7 1.00 0.9 4
1953 24 5 8 .385 5.32 120.0 156 79 71 13 43 52 2 1.658 11.7 3.2 3.9 1.21 1.0 42
1954 25 4 5 .444 4.61 84.0 83 48 43 12 44 39 0 1.512 8.9 4.7 4.2 0.89 1.3 38
1955 26 1 0 1.000 1.80 15.0 12 3 3 1 4 9 0 1.067 7.2 2.4 5.4 2.25 0.6 4
1956 27 0 1 .000 6.00 12.0 14 9 8 2 10 4 0 2.000 10.5 7.5 3.0 0.40 1.5 8
6 Seasons 10 15 .400 5.19 243.0 291 156 140 29 106 108 2 1.634 10.8 4.0 1.02 1.1 98

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1953 AL  42 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1954 AL  20 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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