Ken Raffensberger
Kenneth David Raffensberger
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 8, 1917 in York, PA
High School: William Penn (York, PA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1939
Final Game: June 2, 1954
Died: November 10, 2002 in York, PA
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1939 STL NL 21 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10
1940 CHC NL 22 P 43 24 6 18 0 2 1.000 0.56 .962 1.10
1941 CHC NL 23 P 10 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 0.90 .967 1.09
1943 PHI NL 25 P 1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00 .967 1.20
1944 PHI NL 26 P 37 45 10 33 2 1 .956 1.16 .962 1.09 AS
1945 PHI NL 27 P 5 8 1 6 1 0 .875 1.40 .962 1.06
1946 PHI NL 28 P 39 33 7 26 0 1 1.000 0.85 .958 1.01
1947 TOT NL 29 P 29 37 7 28 2 4 .946 1.21 .968 0.91
1947 PHI NL 29 P 10 16 5 10 1 2 .938 1.50 .969 0.91
1947 CIN NL 29 P 19 21 2 18 1 2 .952 1.05 .967 0.91
1948 CIN NL 30 P 40 35 4 28 3 0 .914 0.80 .966 0.91
1949 CIN NL 31 P 41 48 6 41 1 2 .979 1.15 .952 0.91 MVP-19
1950 CIN NL 32 P 38 44 7 36 1 0 .977 1.13 .961 0.97
1951 CIN NL 33 P 42 39 5 31 3 1 .923 0.86 .964 0.96 MVP-18
1952 CIN NL 34 P 38 48 9 38 1 2 .979 1.24 .952 0.98 MVP-23
1953 CIN NL 35 P 26 50 7 41 2 3 .960 1.85 .956 0.87
1954 CIN NL 36 P 6 1 10.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.09 0.87
15 Seasons P 396 1 10.1 423 71 335 17 17 .960 353.61 1.03 .960 2.09 0.98
15 Seasons TOT 396 1 10.1 423 71 335 17 17 .960 353.61 1.03 .920 2.09 0.98
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1939 STL NL 21 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 CHC NL 22 43 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 CHC NL 23 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 PHI NL 25 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1944 PHI NL 26 38 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 PHI NL 27 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 PHI NL 28 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 CIN NL 29 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 PHI NL 29 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 CIN NL 30 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CIN NL 31 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CIN NL 32 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CIN NL 33 42 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CIN NL 34 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CIN NL 35 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CIN NL 36 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 397 1 397 397 396 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 CIN NL 36 50 84% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 50 84% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 80% 26% 90% 83%

* 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.

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