Harry Perkowski
Harry Walter Perkowski
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 196 lb.

Born: September 6, 1922 in Dante, VA
Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1947
Final Game: September 18, 1955
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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
1947 24 CIN NL 0 0 3.68 3 1 1 0 0 0 7.1 12 3 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 35 112 2.045 14.7 1.2 3.7 2.5 0.67
1949 26 CIN NL 1 1 .500 4.56 5 3 0 2 0 0 23.2 21 14 12 2 14 3 0 0 0 105 91 1.479 8.0 0.8 5.3 1.1 0.21
1950 27 CIN NL 0 0 5.24 22 0 9 0 0 0 34.1 36 21 20 6 23 19 1 0 0 159 81 1.718 9.4 1.6 6.0 5.0 0.83
1951 28 CIN NL 3 6 .333 2.82 35 7 8 1 0 1 102.0 96 42 32 2 46 56 1 0 5 435 144 1.392 8.5 0.2 4.1 4.9 1.22
1952 29 CIN NL 12 10 .545 3.80 33 24 3 11 1 0 194.0 197 91 82 9 89 86 3 0 3 852 99 1.474 9.1 0.4 4.1 4.0 0.97
1953 30 CIN NL 12 11 .522 4.52 33 25 5 7 2 2 193.0 204 107 97 26 62 70 1 0 1 821 96 1.378 9.5 1.2 2.9 3.3 1.13
1954 31 CIN NL 2 8 .200 6.11 28 12 4 3 1 0 95.2 100 71 65 16 62 32 1 0 3 433 69 1.693 9.4 1.5 5.8 3.0 0.52
1955 32 CHC NL 3 4 .429 5.29 25 4 14 0 0 2 47.2 53 32 28 3 25 4 28 0 0 1 215 78 1.636 10.0 0.6 4.7 5.3 1.12
8 Seasons 33 40 .452 4.37 184 76 44 24 4 5 697.2 719 381 339 65 324 4 296 7 0 13 3055 93 1.495 9.3 0.8 4.2 3.8 0.91
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .452 4.37 48 20 12 6 1 1 182 188 100 89 17 85 77 2 0 3 799 93 1.495 9.3 0.8 4.2 3.8 0.91
CIN (7 yrs) 30 36 .455 4.31 159 72 30 24 4 3 650.0 666 349 311 62 299 268 7 0 12 2840 95 1.485 9.2 0.9 4.1 3.7 0.90
CHC (1 yr) 3 4 .429 5.29 25 4 14 0 0 2 47.2 53 32 28 3 25 4 28 0 0 1 215 78 1.636 10.0 0.6 4.7 5.3 1.12

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 31 CIN NL 28 432 361 71 100 14 2 16 2 1 62 32 .277 .380 .460 .840 .264 166 18 1 3 5
1955 32 CHC NL 25 215 187 32 53 4 1 3 1 1 25 28 .283 .366 .364 .730 .318 68 2 0 2 1 4
2 Seasons 53 647 548 103 153 18 3 19 3 2 87 60 .279 .375 .427 .802 .282 234 20 1 5 6 4
162 Game Avg. 52 638 540 102 151 18 3 19 3 2 86 59 .279 .375 .427 .802 .282 231 20 1 5 6
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 31 CIN NL 28 12 2 6 4 1 3 5 7 .417 0 2 3 1 5 42% 45 97 19 15 7 1 8 3.9 3.1 6.2
1955 32 CHC NL 25 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 29 40 15 10 4 0 4 3.1 5.4 3.1
2 Seasons 53 16 2 9 5 1 3 5 11 .313 0 3 3 1 5 31% 41 97 15 25 11 1 12 3.7 3.2 5.4
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 31 CIN NL 28 16 4 0 2 1 0 1 0% 3 1 10 3 30% 7 1.044 4 2 9 3 0 13 5 11 10 3 10 2 4.0
1955 32 CHC NL 25 21 14 3 1 2 2 1 100% 5 2 10 7 70% 1.068 6 1 5 5 2 5 5 7 12 8 6 4 5.0
2 Seasons 53 37 18 3 3 3 2 2 67% 8 3 20 10 50% 1.048 10 3 14 8 2 18 10 18 22 11 16 6 4.6

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%
1947 24 CIN NL
1949 26 CIN NL
1950 27 CIN NL
1951 28 CIN NL
1952 29 CIN NL
1953 30 CIN NL
1954 31 CIN NL 432 69% 3.7% 7.4% 14.4% 7.4% 32% 0.92 74% 97 18 19%
1955 32 CHC NL 215 67% 1.4% 13.0% 11.6% 3.7% 15% 0.74 73% 21 2 10%
8 Seasons 647 68% 10.1% 45.8% 50.1% 6.2% 6% 0.90 73% 118 20 17%
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
1947 24 CIN NL 12 1 0
1949 26 CIN NL 21 2 0
1950 27 CIN NL 36 6 0
1951 28 CIN NL 96 2 5
1952 29 CIN NL 197 9 3
1953 30 CIN NL 204 26 1
1954 31 CIN NL 432 100 16 0 11 12 4 10 6 23 16 1 70% 3 3 0 179 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1955 32 CHC NL 96 53 3 0 6 1 1 1 1 6 4 1 67% 2 1 0 36 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 119
8 Seasons 528 719 65 0 17 13 5 11 7 29 20 2 69% 5 13 0 215 3 2 60% 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 18 119
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+
1947 24 0 0 3.68 3 1 1 0 0 0 7.1 12 3 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 35 112 2.045 14.7 1.2 3.7 2.5 0.67 112
1948 25 0 0 3.68 3 1 1 0 0 0 7.1 12 3 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 35 112 2.045 14.7 1.2 3.7 2.5 0.67 112
1949 26 1 1 .500 4.35 8 4 1 2 0 0 31.0 33 17 15 3 17 5 0 0 0 140 95 1.613 9.6 0.9 4.9 1.5 0.29 95
1950 27 1 1 .500 4.82 30 4 10 2 0 0 65.1 69 38 35 9 40 24 1 0 0 299 87 1.668 9.5 1.2 5.5 3.3 0.60 87
1951 28 4 7 .364 3.60 65 11 18 3 0 1 167.1 165 80 67 11 86 80 2 0 5 734 114 1.500 8.9 0.6 4.6 4.3 0.93 114
1952 29 16 17 .485 3.71 98 35 21 14 1 1 361.1 362 171 149 20 175 166 5 0 8 1586 106 1.486 9.0 0.5 4.4 4.1 0.95 106
1953 30 28 28 .500 3.99 131 60 26 21 3 3 554.1 566 278 246 46 237 236 6 0 9 2407 102 1.449 9.2 0.7 3.8 3.8 1.00 102
1954 31 30 36 .455 4.31 159 72 30 24 4 3 650.0 666 349 311 62 299 268 7 0 12 2840 95 1.485 9.2 0.9 4.1 3.7 0.90 95
1955 32 33 40 .452 4.37 184 76 44 24 4 5 697.2 719 381 339 65 324 4 296 7 0 13 3055 93 1.495 9.3 0.8 4.2 3.8 0.91 93

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
1947 24 0 0 3.86 7.0 12 3 3 1 3 2 0 2.143 15.4 3.9 2.6 0.67 1.3 3
1949 26 1 1 .500 4.32 25.0 21 13 12 2 14 3 0 1.400 7.6 5.0 1.1 0.21 0.7 5
1950 27 1 2 .333 5.14 35.0 37 22 20 6 24 19 1 1.743 9.5 6.2 4.9 0.79 1.5 22
1951 28 7 4 .636 2.80 103.0 97 36 32 2 46 57 1 1.388 8.5 4.0 5.0 1.24 0.2 35
1952 29 10 11 .476 4.18 194.0 211 100 90 10 95 86 3 1.577 9.8 4.4 4.0 0.91 0.5 33
1953 30 10 11 .476 4.29 195.0 204 103 93 26 62 71 1 1.364 9.4 2.9 3.3 1.15 1.2 33
1954 31 3 7 .300 6.09 96.0 103 72 65 16 64 32 1 1.740 9.7 6.0 3.0 0.50 1.5 28
1955 32 2 3 .400 5.14 49.0 54 31 28 3 25 29 0 1.612 9.9 4.6 5.3 1.16 0.6 25
8 Seasons 34 39 .466 4.38 704.0 739 380 343 66 333 299 7 1.523 9.4 3.8 0.90 0.8 184

* 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

Shutouts s c a p y
1953 NL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 NL  26 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1952 NL  89 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL  .418 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1953 NL  97 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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