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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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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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1939 21 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1940 22 CHC NL 43 32 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 5 0 0 2 1
1941 23 CHC NL 10 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 1
1943 25 PHI NL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1944 26 PHI NL 38 96 80 1 11 0 0 0 3 0 3 38 .138 .169 .138 .306 -12 11 1 0 13 1 AS
1945 27 PHI NL 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1946 28 PHI NL 39 71 60 5 10 3 0 0 1 0 2 23 .167 .194 .217 .410 18 13 2 0 9 1
1947 29 TOT NL 29 55 52 3 10 0 0 0 5 0 1 29 .192 .208 .192 .400 8 10 0 0 2 1
1947 29 PHI NL 10 15 15 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .267 .267 .267 .533 44 4 0 0 0 1
1947 29 CIN NL 19 40 37 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 22 .162 .184 .162 .346 -7 6 0 0 2 1
1948 30 CIN NL 40 67 62 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 27 .113 .141 .129 .270 -26 8 2 0 3 1
1949 31 CIN NL 41 105 90 7 16 4 0 1 3 0 2 31 .178 .204 .256 .460 22 23 1 1 12 1 MVP-19
1950 32 CIN NL 38 89 82 7 11 2 0 1 9 0 4 21 .134 .174 .195 .370 -3 16 2 0 3 1
1951 33 CIN NL 42 92 82 4 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 31 .122 .163 .146 .309 -17 12 2 0 6 1 MVP-18
1952 34 CIN NL 38 88 75 5 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 32 .107 .130 .160 .290 -20 12 0 0 11 1 MVP-23
1953 35 CIN NL 26 65 57 2 8 3 0 1 8 0 1 0 22 .140 .140 .246 .386 -2 14 3 0 8 1
1954 36 CIN NL 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 161 1 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Seasons 397 779 688 38 97 16 0 4 31 0 1 20 280 .141 .166 .182 .348 -5 125 13 1 70 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 318 281 16 40 7 0 2 13 0 8 114 .141 .166 .182 .348 -5 51 5 0 29
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CIN (8 yrs) 250 548 487 28 67 13 0 4 27 0 1 15 187 .138 .165 .189 .354 -5 92 10 1 45 0
PHI (5 yrs) 93 193 166 8 25 3 0 0 4 0 5 73 .151 .175 .169 .344 -2 28 3 0 22
CHC (2 yrs) 53 38 35 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 5 0 0 3
STL (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 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)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1944 NL  13 (8th)
1949 NL  12 (6th)
1952 NL  11 (5th)

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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1937 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

December 27, 1939: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Gene Lillard, Steve Mesner and cash.

September 4, 1943: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Rip Russell to the Philadelphia Blue Jays for Dick Conger and Andy Karl. Andy Karl refused to report to his new team on April 1, 1944.

June 14, 1947: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Hugh Poland to the Cincinnati Reds for Al Lakeman.

June 4, 1954: Released by the Cincinnati Redlegs.

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