Lou Polli

Louis Americo Polli (Crip)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 9, 1901 in Baveno, Italy
High School: Spaulding HS (Barre, VT) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1932
Teams (by GP): Giants/Browns 1932-1944

Final Game: July 7, 1944
Died: December 19, 2000 in Berlin, VT
Buried: Hope Cemetery, Barre, VT
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1922	20	MTL	B	3	1	.750		5																								MTL · ECAN
1926	24	NAS	B	1	2	.333		5																								NAS · NENL
1927	25	HRB	B	18	10	.643	2.25	35						228.0	187	79	57		65							1.105	7.4		2.6			HRB · NYPL
1928	26	STP	AA	13	15	.464	3.53	40						232.0	263	110	91		67	70	8		9			1.422	10.2		2.6	2.7	1.04	STP · AA
1929	27	STP	AA	22	9	.710	3.75	41						288.0	310	154	120		88							1.382	9.7		2.8			STP · AA
1930	28	LOU	AA	8	13	.381	5.82	37						167.0	221	136	108		80							1.802	11.9		4.3			LOU · AA
1931	29	MLW	AA	21	15	.583	4.90	42						281.0	337	185	153		80							1.484	10.8		2.6			MLW · AA
1932	30	MLW	AA	14	6	.700		27						168.0	181	96			52							1.387	9.7		2.8			MLW · AA
1932	30	SLB	AL	0	0		5.40	5	0	5	0	0	0	6.2	13	8	4	0	3	5	0	0	1	35	93	2.400	17.6	0.0	4.1	6.8	1.67

1933	31	MLW	AA	15	14	.517	4.94	41						248.0	303	151	136		72							1.512	11.0		2.6			MLW · AA
1934	32	MLW	AA	16	15	.516	4.63	34						241.0	279	143	124		87							1.519	10.4		3.2			MLW · AA
1935	33	MLW	AA	13	12	.520	4.69	32	31					209.0	219	130	109		62							1.344	9.4		2.7			MLW · AA
1936	34	MTL	AA	12	14	.462	3.97	33	27					211.0	225	109	93		64							1.370	9.6		2.7			MTL · IL
1937	35	PIT-min	AA	11	8	.579	4.36	27	18					157.0	170	85	76		69							1.522	9.7		4.0			MTL · IL
1938	36	PIT-min	A1,AA	11	12	.478	3.30	36						210.0	243	130	77		72							1.500	10.4		3.1			CNG,MTL · SOUA,IL
1939	37	CNG	A1	17	11	.607	4.01	35	25					204.0	223	109	91		67							1.422	9.8		3.0			CNG · SOUA
1940	38	CNG	A1	16	17	.485	3.00	39	34					270.0	300	121	90		53							1.307	10.0		1.8			CNG · SOUA
1941	39	MIN-min	A1	10	16	.385	5.20	35	26					199.0	259	137	115		65							1.628	11.7		2.9			CNG · SOUA
1942	40	SFG-min	B,A1	17	13	.567	3.42	38	5					234.0	262	115	89		61							1.380	10.1		2.3			JCK,KNX · SALL,SOUA
1943	41	SFG-min	AA	14	12	.538	1.84	35	21		13	4		220.0	183	62	45		59	68	0	0	9			1.100	7.5		2.4	2.8	1.15	JER · IL
1944	42	SFG-min	AA	4	3	.571	2.88	13	4		3	1		50.0	52	20	16		12	20	1	0	2			1.280	9.4		2.2	3.6	1.67	JER · IL
1944	42	NYG	NL	0	2	.000	4.54	19	0	6	0	0	3	35.2	42	25	18	3	20	6	0	0	1	166	81	1.738	10.6	0.8	5.0	1.5	0.30
1945	43	SFG-min	AA	7	8	.467	4.72	25	13		6	2		101.0	116	63	53		50	37	3	0	6			1.644	10.3		4.5	3.3	0.74	JER · IL
2 Yrs				0	2	.000	4.68	24	0	11	0	0	3	42.1	55	33	22	3	23	11	0	0	2	201	83	1.843	11.7	0.6	4.9	2.3	0.48
162 Game Avg.				0	6	.000	4.68	68	0	31	0	0	9	120	156	94	62	9	65	31	0	0	6	570	83	1.843	11.7	0.6	4.9	2.3	0.48

NYG (1 yr)				0	2	.000	4.54	19	0	6	0	0	3	35.2	42	25	18	3	20	6	0	0	1	166	81	1.738	10.6	0.8	5.0	1.5	0.30
SLB (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	5	0	5	0	0	0	6.2	13	8	4	0	3	5	0	0	1	35	93	2.400	17.6	0.0	4.1	6.8	1.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1932	30	SLB	AL	6.2	5	0	8	10.80	5.17	-0.08	0.00	113.0	5.93	-4	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.436	.498	$

1944	42	NYG	NL	35.2	19	0	25	6.31	4.47	0.01	0.00	100.7	4.50	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.461	.495	$
2 Seasons				42.1	24	0	33	7.02	4.58	-0.01	0.00	102.7	4.72	-11	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-7	.455	.497	$

NYG (1 yr)				35.2	19	0	25	6.31	4.47	0.01	0.00	100.7	4.50	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.461	.495	$
SLB (1 yr)				6.2	5	0	8	10.80	5.17	-0.08	0.00	113.0	5.93	-4	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.436	.498	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1932	30	SLB	AL	35	0.0%	14.3%	8.6%			77%

1944	42	NYG	NL	166	1.8%	3.6%	12.1%			81%
2 Yrs				201	1.5%	5.5%	11.4%			80%
MLB Averages					1.3%	8.7%	8.5%	3.0%	13%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1932	30	0		5.40	5	5	0	6.2	13	8	4	0	3	5	1	35	93	2.400	17.6	0.0	4.1	6.8	1.67	93
1933	31	0		5.40	5	5	0	6.2	13	8	4	0	3	5	1	35	93	2.400	17.6	0.0	4.1	6.8	1.67	93
1934	32	0		5.40	5	5	0	6.2	13	8	4	0	3	5	1	35	93	2.400	17.6	0.0	4.1	6.8	1.67	93
1935	33	0		5.40	5	5	0	6.2	13	8	4	0	3	5	1	35	93	2.400	17.6	0.0	4.1	6.8	1.67	93
1936	34	0		5.40	5	5	0	6.2	13	8	4	0	3	5	1	35	93	2.400	17.6	0.0	4.1	6.8	1.67	93
1937	35	0		5.40	5	5	0	6.2	13	8	4	0	3	5	1	35	93	2.400	17.6	0.0	4.1	6.8	1.67	93
1938	36	0		5.40	5	5	0	6.2	13	8	4	0	3	5	1	35	93	2.400	17.6	0.0	4.1	6.8	1.67	93
1939	37	0		5.40	5	5	0	6.2	13	8	4	0	3	5	1	35	93	2.400	17.6	0.0	4.1	6.8	1.67	93
1940	38	0		5.40	5	5	0	6.2	13	8	4	0	3	5	1	35	93	2.400	17.6	0.0	4.1	6.8	1.67	93
1941	39	0		5.40	5	5	0	6.2	13	8	4	0	3	5	1	35	93	2.400	17.6	0.0	4.1	6.8	1.67	93
1942	40	0		5.40	5	5	0	6.2	13	8	4	0	3	5	1	35	93	2.400	17.6	0.0	4.1	6.8	1.67	93
1943	41	0		5.40	5	5	0	6.2	13	8	4	0	3	5	1	35	93	2.400	17.6	0.0	4.1	6.8	1.67	93
1944	42	2	.000	4.68	24	11	3	42.1	55	33	22	3	23	11	2	201	83	1.843	11.7	0.6	4.9	2.3	0.48	83

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
1932	30	0	0		3.86	7.0	12	3	3	0	3	6	0	2.143	15.4	3.9	7.7	2.00	0.0	5

1944	42	1	2	.333	4.75	36.0	44	21	19	3	21	6	0	1.806	11.0	5.3	1.5	0.29	0.8	19
2 Yrs		1	2	.333	4.60	43.0	56	24	22	3	24	12	0	1.860	11.7		2.5	0.50	0.6	24

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y 1944 NL 3 (6th)	Oldest s c a p y 1944 NL born 1901-07-09 (3rd)

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1944 NL 3 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1944 NL born 1901-07-09 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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