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Lou Possehl

Louis Thomas Possehl

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 12, 1926 in Chicago, IL
High School: Steinmetz HS (Chicago, IL)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 25, 1946
Team: Phillies 1946-1952

Final Game: June 4, 1952
Died: October 7, 1997 in Sarasota, FL
Relatives: Grandson of George Rooks
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1946 20 PHI NL 1 2 .333 5.93 4 4 0 0 0 0 13.2 19 9 9 0 10 4 1 0 0 68 60 2.122 12.5 0.0 6.6 2.6 0.40
1947 21 PHI NL 0 0 4.15 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 5 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 16 104 1.154 10.4 0.0 0.0 2.1
1948 22 PHI NL 1 1 .500 4.91 3 2 0 1 0 0 14.2 17 8 8 3 4 7 0 0 0 60 82 1.432 10.4 1.8 2.5 4.3 1.75
1951 25 PHI NL 0 1 .000 6.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 9 5 4 0 3 6 0 0 0 30 68 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1952 26 PHI NL 0 1 .000 4.97 4 1 0 0 0 0 12.2 12 9 7 3 7 4 0 0 0 58 76 1.500 8.5 2.1 5.0 2.8 0.57
5 Yrs 2 5 .286 5.26 15 8 2 1 0 0 51.1 62 33 30 6 24 22 2 0 0 232 73 1.675 10.9 1.1 4.2 3.9 0.92
162 Game Avg. 6 15 .286 5.26 44 24 6 3 0 0 152 183 98 89 18 71 65 6 0 0 686 73 1.675 10.9 1.1 4.2 3.9 0.92

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 Awards
1946 20 PHI NL 13.2 4 4 9 5.93 3.85 -0.26 0.00 98.4 4.05 -3 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .424 .498 $
1947 21 PHI NL 4.1 2 0 2 4.15 4.71 -0.10 0.00 96.0 4.61 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .510 .500 $
1948 22 PHI NL 14.2 3 2 8 4.91 4.71 -0.24 0.00 99.0 4.90 -0 -0.0 .5 -0.0 0.1 2 .498 .500 $
1951 25 PHI NL 6.0 2 1 5 7.50 4.24 -0.01 0.00 104.4 4.44 -2 -0.2 .0 0.0 -0.1 -1 .402 .499 $
1952 26 PHI NL 12.2 4 1 9 6.39 3.86 0.15 0.00 105.0 3.90 -3 -0.4 .2 0.1 -0.2 -2 .412 .498 $
5 Seasons 51.1 15 8 33 5.79 4.22 -0.11 0.00 100.7 4.35 -8 -0.8 .4 0.1 -0.3 -3 .444 .499 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1948 22 PHI NL 3 44 60 8 17 0 0 3 2 1 4 7 .283 .328 .433 .761 .280 26 0 0 0 0 1
1951 25 PHI NL 2 8 28 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .321 .387 .321 .709 .409 9 0 0 0 0 0
1952 26 PHI NL 4 56 51 9 12 2 1 3 1 0 7 4 .235 .328 .490 .818 .205 25 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 9 108 139 22 38 2 1 6 3 1 14 17 .273 .340 .432 .772 .276 60 0 0 0 0 1
162 Game Avg. 47 565 727 115 199 10 5 31 16 5 73 89 .273 .340 .432 .772 .276 314 0 0 0 0 5
MLB Averages .260 .337 .358 .695 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 22 PHI NL -1.0 -0.1 46 0.3 0.8 -0.5 .87 -0.0 0.3 1.6 0.2 0.87 0.0 0 0 1
1951 25 PHI NL -1.5 -0.2 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 1.0 0.1 0.00 0.9 0 0 0
1952 26 PHI NL -2.2 -0.2 59 -0.3 0.5 -0.9 .77 -0.3 -0.1 -3.3 -0.3 0.75 -4.3 0 0 3
5 Yrs -7.5 -0.8 113 -0.1 1.3 -1.4 .76 -0.3 0.3 -0.7 -0.1 0.74 -3.4 0 0 4

Starting Pitching*

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
1946 20 PHI NL 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 1 25% 42.2 63 26 0 3 2.4 3.4
1948 22 PHI NL 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 0 0% 43.5 54 33 0 0 0 2 6.4 7.9 6.5
1951 25 PHI NL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30.0 30 30 0 0 0 1 4.0 4.0
1952 26 PHI NL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40.0 40 40 1 0 0 1 3.0 3.0 5.7
4 Yrs 13 8 2 5 1 1 0 2 6 .250 0 0 1 0 1 13% 41 63 26 1 0 0 7 3.6 5.8 4.5
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 115 -11 4.5 4.6 6.7

Reliever Pitching*

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
1947 21 PHI NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.5
1948 22 PHI NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 .865 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.0
1951 25 PHI NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1952 26 PHI NL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 .772 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 7.0
4 Yrs 11 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% .753 0 0 4 0 0 5 2 3 6 0 5 0 6.4

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1946 20 PHI NL 68 0.0% 5.9% 14.7% 76%
1947 21 PHI NL 19 0.0% 5.3% 0.0% 79%
1948 22 PHI NL 64 70% 6.8% 15.9% 9.1% 6.8% 18% 0.35 114% 9 0 0%
1951 25 PHI NL 31 75% 0.0% 75.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0% 0.33 275% 2 0 0%
1952 26 PHI NL 58 61% 5.4% 7.1% 12.5% 10.7% 50% 0.78 79% 13 0 0%
5 Yrs 240 66% 3.1% 11.3% 12.3% 4.6% 15% 0.54 94% 24 0 0%
MLB Averages 49% 2.1% 11.8% 11.8% 5.6% 20% 0.95 92% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1946 20 PHI NL 19 0 0
1947 21 PHI NL 5 0 0
1948 22 PHI NL 44 17 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 21 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
1951 25 PHI NL 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
1952 26 PHI NL 56 12 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 8 5 0 63% 0 0 0 19 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
5 Yrs 108 62 6 0 2 2 3 3 2 9 5 0 56% 1 0 0 43 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
MLB Averages 53% 56%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1946 20 1 2 .333 5.93 4 4 0 0 0 0 13.2 19 9 9 0 10 4 1 0 0 68 60 2.122 12.5 0.0 6.6 2.6 0.40 60
1947 21 1 2 .333 5.50 6 4 1 0 0 0 18.0 24 11 11 0 10 5 2 0 0 84 68 1.889 12.0 0.0 5.0 2.5 0.50 68
1948 22 2 3 .400 5.23 9 6 1 1 0 0 32.2 41 19 19 3 14 12 2 0 0 144 74 1.684 11.3 0.8 3.9 3.3 0.86 74
1949 23 2 3 .400 5.23 9 6 1 1 0 0 32.2 41 19 19 3 14 12 2 0 0 144 74 1.684 11.3 0.8 3.9 3.3 0.86 74
1950 24 2 3 .400 5.23 9 6 1 1 0 0 32.2 41 19 19 3 14 12 2 0 0 144 74 1.684 11.3 0.8 3.9 3.3 0.86 74
1951 25 2 4 .333 5.35 11 7 2 1 0 0 38.2 50 24 23 3 17 18 2 0 0 174 73 1.733 11.6 0.7 4.0 4.2 1.06 73
1952 26 2 5 .286 5.26 15 8 2 1 0 0 51.1 62 33 30 6 24 22 2 0 0 232 73 1.675 10.9 1.1 4.2 3.9 0.92 73

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1946 20 0 1 .000 7.62 13.0 21 12 11 0 11 4 1 2.462 14.5 7.6 2.8 0.36 0.0 4
1947 21 0 0 3.60 5.0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 2
1948 22 0 1 .000 5.14 14.0 17 9 8 3 4 7 0 1.500 10.9 2.6 4.5 1.75 1.9 3
1951 25 0 0 7.50 6.0 10 6 5 0 3 6 0 2.167 15.0 4.5 9.0 2.00 0.0 2
1952 26 0 1 .000 5.54 13.0 13 9 8 3 8 4 0 1.615 9.0 5.5 2.8 0.50 2.1 4
5 Yrs 0 3 .000 6.00 51.0 61 38 34 6 26 22 2 1.706 10.8 3.9 0.85 1.1 15

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1946 NL  born 1926-04-12 (5th)

                                         

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