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 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
1939 21 STL NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1940 22 CHC NL 7 9 .438 3.38 43 10 16 3 0 3 114.2 120 54 43 10 29 55 2 1 1 480 112 1.299 9.4 0.8 2.3 4.3 1.90
1941 23 CHC NL 0 1 .000 4.50 10 1 5 0 0 0 18.0 17 9 9 0 7 5 0 0 0 73 78 1.333 8.5 0.0 3.5 2.5 0.71
1943 25 PHI NL 0 1 .000 1.12 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 7 3 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 33 300 1.125 7.9 0.0 2.3 3.4 1.50
1944 26 PHI NL 13 20 .394 3.06 37 31 5 18 3 0 258.2 257 101 88 9 45 136 2 1 1 1091 118 1.168 8.9 0.3 1.6 4.7 3.02 AS
1945 27 PHI NL 0 3 .000 4.44 5 4 0 1 0 0 24.1 28 19 12 3 14 6 0 0 0 116 86 1.726 10.4 1.1 5.2 2.2 0.43
1946 28 PHI NL 8 15 .348 3.63 39 23 10 14 2 6 196.0 203 89 79 10 39 73 1 0 2 819 95 1.235 9.3 0.5 1.8 3.4 1.87
1947 29 TOT NL 8 11 .421 4.51 29 22 3 10 1 1 147.2 182 84 74 15 37 54 1 0 0 648 91 1.483 11.1 0.9 2.3 3.3 1.46
1947 29 PHI NL 2 6 .250 5.49 10 7 0 3 1 0 41.0 50 30 25 4 8 16 1 0 0 176 73 1.415 11.0 0.9 1.8 3.5 2.00
1947 29 CIN NL 6 5 .545 4.13 19 15 3 7 0 1 106.2 132 54 49 11 29 38 0 0 0 472 99 1.509 11.1 0.9 2.4 3.2 1.31
1948 30 CIN NL 11 12 .478 3.84 40 24 9 7 4 0 180.1 187 88 77 15 37 57 1 0 0 772 102 1.242 9.3 0.7 1.8 2.8 1.54
1949 31 CIN NL 18 17 .514 3.39 41 38 1 20 5 0 284.0 289 129 107 23 80 103 2 1 2 1190 123 1.299 9.2 0.7 2.5 3.3 1.29 MVP-19
1950 32 CIN NL 14 19 .424 4.26 38 35 1 18 4 0 239.0 271 127 113 34 40 87 2 0 0 1026 99 1.301 10.2 1.3 1.5 3.3 2.18
1951 33 CIN NL 16 17 .485 3.44 42 33 8 14 5 5 248.2 232 108 95 30 38 81 6 0 3 1008 119 1.086 8.4 1.1 1.4 2.9 2.13 MVP-18
1952 34 CIN NL 17 13 .567 2.81 38 33 5 18 6 1 247.0 247 85 77 18 45 93 2 0 1 1006 134 1.182 9.0 0.7 1.6 3.4 2.07 MVP-23
1953 35 CIN NL 7 14 .333 3.93 26 26 0 9 1 0 174.0 200 87 76 23 33 47 0 0 0 734 110 1.339 10.3 1.2 1.7 2.4 1.42
1954 36 CIN NL 0 2 .000 7.84 6 1 2 0 0 0 10.1 15 10 9 2 3 5 0 0 0 50 54 1.742 13.1 1.7 2.6 4.4 1.67
15 Seasons 119 154 .436 3.60 396 282 66 133 31 16 2151.2 2257 993 860 192 449 806 19 3 10 9051 109 1.258 9.4 0.8 1.9 3.4 1.80
162 Game Avg. 12 15 .436 3.60 40 28 7 13 3 2 216 226 100 86 19 45 81 2 0 1 908 109 1.258 9.4 0.8 1.9 3.4 1.80
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
CIN (8 yrs) 89 99 .473 3.64 250 205 29 93 25 7 1490.0 1573 688 603 156 305 511 13 1 6 6258 112 1.260 9.5 0.9 1.8 3.1 1.68
PHI (5 yrs) 23 45 .338 3.49 92 66 15 37 6 6 528.0 545 242 205 26 108 234 4 1 3 2235 103 1.237 9.3 0.4 1.8 4.0 2.17
CHC (2 yrs) 7 10 .412 3.53 53 11 21 3 0 3 132.2 137 63 52 10 36 60 2 1 1 553 106 1.304 9.3 0.7 2.4 4.1 1.67
STL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1944 PHI NL 26 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0

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 36 CIN NL 6 50 47 10 15 3 0 2 0 0 3 5 .319 .360 .511 .871 .325 24 0 0 0 0
1 Season 6 50 47 10 15 3 0 2 0 0 3 5 .319 .360 .511 .871 .325 24 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 58 486 457 97 146 29 0 19 0 0 29 49 .319 .360 .511 .871 .325 233 0 0 0 0
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 36 CIN NL 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 38 38 2 2 0 1 13.0 22.5 2.0
1 Season 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 38 38 2 2 0 1 13.0 22.5 2.0
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 36 CIN NL 6 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 9 0.752 1 0 4 0 1 4 1 4 1 0 2 0 5.0
1 Season 6 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0.752 1 0 4 0 1 4 1 4 1 0 2 0 5.0

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%
1939 21 STL NL
1940 22 CHC NL
1941 23 CHC NL
1943 25 PHI NL
1944 26 PHI NL
1945 27 PHI NL
1946 28 PHI NL
1947 29 TOT NL
1947 29 PHI NL
1947 29 CIN NL
1948 30 CIN NL
1949 31 CIN NL
1950 32 CIN NL
1951 33 CIN NL
1952 34 CIN NL
1953 35 CIN NL
1954 36 CIN NL 50 54% 4.0% 10.0% 6.0% 10.0% 33% 0.53 80% 4 0 0%
15 Seasons 50 54% 384.0% 1612.0% 898.0% 10.0% 0% 0.53 80% 4 0 0%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1939 21 STL NL 2 0 0
1940 22 CHC NL 120 10 1
1941 23 CHC NL 17 0 0
1943 25 PHI NL 7 0 0
1944 26 PHI NL 257 9 1
1945 27 PHI NL 28 3 0
1946 28 PHI NL 203 10 2
1947 29 TOT NL 182 15 0
1947 29 PHI NL 50 4 0
1947 29 CIN NL 132 11 0
1948 30 CIN NL 187 15 0
1949 31 CIN NL 289 23 2
1950 32 CIN NL 271 34 0
1951 33 CIN NL 232 30 3
1952 34 CIN NL 247 18 1
1953 35 CIN NL 200 23 0
1954 36 CIN NL 50 15 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 50 2257 192 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 10 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages
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

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+
1939 21 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1940 22 7 9 .438 3.35 44 10 17 3 0 3 115.2 122 54 43 10 29 56 2 1 1 485 113 1.305 9.5 0.8 2.3 4.4 1.93 113
1941 23 7 10 .412 3.50 54 11 22 3 0 3 133.2 139 63 52 10 36 61 2 1 1 558 107 1.309 9.4 0.7 2.4 4.1 1.69 107
1942 24 7 10 .412 3.50 54 11 22 3 0 3 133.2 139 63 52 10 36 61 2 1 1 558 107 1.309 9.4 0.7 2.4 4.1 1.69 107
1943 25 7 11 .389 3.37 55 12 22 4 0 3 141.2 146 66 53 10 38 64 2 1 1 591 110 1.299 9.3 0.6 2.4 4.1 1.68 110
1944 26 20 31 .392 3.17 92 43 27 22 3 3 400.1 403 167 141 19 83 200 4 2 2 1682 115 1.214 9.1 0.4 1.9 4.5 2.41 115
1945 27 20 34 .370 3.24 97 47 27 23 3 3 424.2 431 186 153 22 97 206 4 2 2 1798 113 1.243 9.1 0.5 2.1 4.4 2.12 113
1946 28 28 49 .364 3.36 136 70 37 37 5 9 620.2 634 275 232 32 136 279 5 2 4 2617 107 1.241 9.2 0.5 2.0 4.0 2.05 107
1947 29 36 60 .375 3.58 165 92 40 47 6 10 768.1 816 359 306 47 173 333 6 2 4 3265 103 1.287 9.6 0.6 2.0 3.9 1.92 103
1948 30 47 72 .395 3.63 205 116 49 54 10 10 948.2 1003 447 383 62 210 390 7 2 4 4037 103 1.279 9.5 0.6 2.0 3.7 1.86 103
1949 31 65 89 .422 3.58 246 154 50 74 15 10 1232.2 1292 576 490 85 290 493 9 3 6 5227 107 1.283 9.4 0.6 2.1 3.6 1.70 107
1950 32 79 108 .422 3.69 284 189 51 92 19 10 1471.2 1563 703 603 119 330 580 11 3 6 6253 106 1.286 9.6 0.7 2.0 3.5 1.76 106
1951 33 95 125 .432 3.65 326 222 59 106 24 15 1720.1 1795 811 698 149 368 661 17 3 9 7261 107 1.257 9.4 0.8 1.9 3.5 1.80 107
1952 34 112 138 .448 3.55 364 255 64 124 30 16 1967.1 2042 896 775 167 413 754 19 3 10 8267 110 1.248 9.3 0.8 1.9 3.4 1.83 110
1953 35 119 152 .439 3.58 390 281 64 133 31 16 2141.1 2242 983 851 190 446 801 19 3 10 9001 110 1.255 9.4 0.8 1.9 3.4 1.80 110
1954 36 119 154 .436 3.60 396 282 66 133 31 16 2151.2 2257 993 860 192 449 806 19 3 10 9051 109 1.258 9.4 0.8 1.9 3.4 1.80 109

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
1939 21 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 1
1940 22 7 5 .583 3.60 115.0 128 51 46 11 31 55 2 1.383 10.0 2.4 4.3 1.77 0.9 43
1941 23 0 1 .000 5.29 17.0 17 11 10 0 7 5 0 1.412 9.0 3.7 2.6 0.71 0.0 10
1943 25 0 0 1.12 8.0 7 1 1 0 2 3 0 1.125 7.9 2.3 3.4 1.50 0.0 1
1944 26 18 11 .621 3.18 269.0 276 106 95 10 48 141 2 1.204 9.2 1.6 4.7 2.94 0.3 37
1945 27 1 1 .500 4.15 26.0 29 13 12 3 14 6 0 1.654 10.0 4.8 2.1 0.43 1.0 5
1946 28 10 11 .476 4.22 196.0 224 102 92 11 43 73 1 1.362 10.3 2.0 3.4 1.70 0.5 39
1947 29 7 9 .438 4.50 150.0 187 83 75 15 38 55 1 1.500 11.2 2.3 3.3 1.45 0.9 29
1948 30 10 10 .500 3.86 189.0 200 90 81 16 40 60 1 1.270 9.5 1.9 2.9 1.50 0.8 40
1949 31 18 13 .581 3.29 287.0 292 117 105 23 81 104 2 1.300 9.2 2.5 3.3 1.28 0.7 41
1950 32 14 13 .519 3.96 250.0 278 122 110 35 41 91 2 1.276 10.0 1.5 3.3 2.22 1.3 38
1951 33 16 12 .571 3.37 254.0 240 106 95 31 39 83 6 1.098 8.5 1.4 2.9 2.13 1.1 42
1952 34 17 10 .630 3.11 246.0 264 94 85 19 48 93 2 1.268 9.7 1.8 3.4 1.94 0.7 38
1953 35 10 9 .526 3.68 176.0 200 80 72 23 33 48 0 1.324 10.2 1.7 2.5 1.45 1.2 26
1954 36 0 1 .000 7.36 11.0 16 10 9 2 3 5 0 1.727 13.1 2.5 4.1 1.67 1.6 6
15 Seasons 128 106 .547 3.64 2196.0 2358 986 888 199 468 824 19 1.287 9.7 3.4 1.76 0.8 396

* 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

All-Star Games
1944 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 NL (19, 2%)
1951 NL (18, 2%)
1952 NL (23, 2%)
0.06 Career Shares (1041st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1952 NL  2.806 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1949 NL  18 (3rd)
1951 NL  16 (10th)
1952 NL  17 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1944 NL  1.168 (8th)
1946 NL  1.235 (9th)
1948 NL  1.242 (8th)
1951 NL  1.086 (1st)
1952 NL  1.182 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL  1.566 (1st)
1946 NL  1.791 (2nd)
1948 NL  1.847 (3rd)
1949 NL  2.535 (8th)
1950 NL  1.506 (1st)
1951 NL  1.375 (1st)
1952 NL  1.640 (3rd)
1953 NL  1.707 (2nd)
Career  1.878 (65th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL  4.732 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1940 NL  43 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1940 NL  3 (6th)
1946 NL  6 (1st)
1951 NL  5 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1944 NL  258.7 (5th)
1949 NL  284.0 (2nd)
1951 NL  248.7 (8th)
1952 NL  247.0 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1944 NL  136 (4th)
1949 NL  103 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1944 NL  31 (9th)
1949 NL  38 (1st)
1950 NL  35 (5th)
1951 NL  33 (8th)
1952 NL  33 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1944 NL  18 (6th)
1946 NL  14 (6th)
1949 NL  20 (2nd)
1950 NL  18 (8th)
1951 NL  14 (9th)
1952 NL  18 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1944 NL  3 (8th)
1948 NL  4 (2nd)
1949 NL  5 (1st)
1950 NL  4 (5th)
1951 NL  5 (3rd)
1952 NL  6 (1st)
Career  31 (103rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 NL  23 (4th)
1950 NL  34 (1st)
1951 NL  30 (2nd)
Career  192 (212th)

Hits s c a p y
1944 NL  257 (6th)
1946 NL  203 (8th)
1949 NL  289 (1st)
1950 NL  271 (4th)
1952 NL  247 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1944 NL  3.022 (1st)
1946 NL  1.872 (2nd)
1948 NL  1.540 (6th)
1950 NL  2.175 (2nd)
1951 NL  2.132 (2nd)
1952 NL  2.067 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL  .313 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1944 NL  20 (1st)
1946 NL  15 (2nd)
1949 NL  17 (3rd)
1950 NL  19 (2nd)
1951 NL  17 (1st)
1952 NL  13 (10th)
1953 NL  14 (9th)
Career  154 (143rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1946 NL  79 (3rd)
1949 NL  107 (5th)
1950 NL  113 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 NL  6 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1944 NL  1091 (6th)
1949 NL  1190 (2nd)
1951 NL  1008 (10th)
1952 NL  1006 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1952 NL  134 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 12 (185), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 85 (273), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (732), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (602), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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