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Ed Rakow

Edward Charles Rakow (Rock)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: May 30, 1935 in Pittsburgh, PA
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1960
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Tigers/Braves/Dodgers 1960-1967

Final Game: September 28, 1967
Died: August 26, 2000 in West Palm Beach, FL
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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
1957	22	LAD-min	C	12	9	.571	5.21	31	24					190.0	205	137	110	16	113								1.674	9.7	0.8	5.4			REN · CALL
1958	23	LAD-min	B	15	11	.577	3.41	39	26					211.0	198	100	80	23	101								1.417	8.4	1.0	4.3			GBY · IIIL
1959	24	LAD-min	AAA,AA	16	12	.571	4.09	43	22		13	2		211.0	189	105	96	23	96	5	115	3	0	10			1.351	8.1	1.0	4.1	4.9	1.20	MTL,VCT · IL,TL
1960	25	LAD-min	AAA	12	6	.667	3.26	27	19					149.0	142	65	54	12	62								1.369	8.6	0.7	3.7			SPO · PCL
1960	25	LAD	NL	0	1	.000	7.36	9	2	2	0	0	0	22.0	30	19	18	5	11	3	9	0	1	1	106	55	1.864	12.3	2.0	4.5	3.7	0.82
1961	26	KCA	AL	2	8	.200	4.76	45	11	8	1	0	1	124.2	131	80	66	14	49	1	81	8	0	8	556	87	1.444	9.5	1.0	3.5	5.8	1.65
1962	27	KCA	AL	14	17	.452	4.25	42	35	3	11	2	1	235.1	232	126	111	31	98	5	159	4	0	9	1007	99	1.402	8.9	1.2	3.7	6.1	1.62
1963	28	KCA	AL	9	10	.474	3.92	34	26	2	7	1	0	174.1	173	85	76	18	61	4	104	5	0	8	738	100	1.342	8.9	0.9	3.1	5.4	1.70
1964	29	DET	AL	8	9	.471	3.72	42	13	12	1	0	3	152.1	155	70	63	14	59	1	96	6	0	5	654	99	1.405	9.2	0.8	3.5	5.7	1.63
1965	30	DET-min	AAA	4	9	.308	4.63	21	14		4	1		101.0	108	61	52	13	26	1	61	0	1	5			1.327	9.6	1.2	2.3	5.4	2.35	SYR · IL
1965	30	DET	AL	0	0		6.08	6	0	0	0	0	0	13.1	14	11	9	2	11	0	10	0	0	1	64	59	1.875	9.5	1.4	7.4	6.8	0.91

1966	31	BOS-DET-min	AAA	11	6	.647	3.27	31	20		7	3		157.0	138	73	57	12	56	3	102	9	0	4			1.236	7.9	0.7	3.2	5.8	1.82	TTO,SYR · IL
1967	32	ATL-min	AAA	10	6	.625	3.11	18	16		10	1		136.0	107	51	47	10	34	6	103	6	0	7			1.037	7.1	0.7	2.2	6.8	3.03	RMD · IL
1967	32	ATL	NL	3	2	.600	5.26	17	3	2	0	0	0	39.1	36	23	23	4	15	3	25	1	0	4	168	64	1.297	8.2	0.9	3.4	5.7	1.67
1968	33	ATL-min	AAA	4	5	.444	5.08	10	9		4	0		62.0	75	37	35	16	16	2	34	0	0	4			1.468	10.9	2.3	2.3	4.9	2.13	RMD · IL
7 Yrs				36	47	.434	4.33	195	90	29	20	3	5	761.1	771	414	366	88	304	17	484	24	1	36	3293	92	1.412	9.1	1.0	3.6	5.7	1.59
162 Game Avg.				9	11	.434	4.33	47	21	7	5	1	1	182	184	99	87	21	73	4	115	6	0	9	786	92	1.412	9.1	1.0	3.6	5.7	1.59

KCA (3 yrs)				25	35	.417	4.26	121	72	13	19	3	2	534.1	536	291	253	63	208	10	344	17	0	25	2301	96	1.392	9.0	1.1	3.5	5.8	1.65
DET (2 yrs)				8	9	.471	3.91	48	13	12	1	0	3	165.2	169	81	72	16	70	1	106	6	0	6	718	94	1.443	9.2	0.9	3.8	5.8	1.51
ATL (1 yr)				3	2	.600	5.26	17	3	2	0	0	0	39.1	36	23	23	4	15	3	25	1	0	4	168	64	1.297	8.2	0.9	3.4	5.7	1.67
LAD (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.36	9	2	2	0	0	0	22.0	30	19	18	5	11	3	9	0	1	1	106	55	1.864	12.3	2.0	4.5	3.7	0.82

AL (5 yrs)				33	44	.429	4.18	169	85	25	20	3	5	700.0	705	372	325	79	278	11	450	23	0	31	3019	96	1.404	9.1	1.0	3.6	5.8	1.62
NL (2 yrs)				3	3	.500	6.02	26	5	4	0	0	0	61.1	66	42	41	9	26	6	34	1	1	5	274	60	1.500	9.7	1.3	3.8	5.0	1.31

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
1960	25	LAD	NL	22.0	9	2	19	7.77	3.98	0.27	-0.03	110.3	4.06	-9	-0.9	.4	0.1	-0.6	-7	.400	.494	$9,000
1961	26	KCA	AL	124.2	45	11	80	5.78	4.48	-0.27	-0.06	103.2	4.84	-12	-1.2	.9	-0.1	-0.4	-1	.473	.492	$
1962	27	KCA	AL	235.1	42	35	126	4.82	4.36	0.00	0.06	104.9	4.63	-2	-0.2	2.0	-0.1	1.4	17	.495	.499	$
1963	28	KCA	AL	174.1	34	26	85	4.39	4.17	-0.08	0.05	106.3	4.57	6	0.6	.7	-0.1	1.8	18	.518	.504	$
1964	29	DET	AL	152.1	42	13	70	4.14	4.03	0.37	-0.05	101.6	3.66	-6	-0.7	1.4	-0.3	0.2	5	.484	.496	$
1965	30	DET	AL	13.1	6	0	11	7.43	3.92	0.02	-0.16	107.4	4.03	-5	-0.5	.5	0.1	-0.3	-4	.412	.497	$

1967	32	ATL	NL	39.1	17	3	23	5.26	3.91	-0.12	-0.05	100.0	3.98	-6	-0.7	.9	-0.0	-0.4	-2	.460	.496	$
7 Seasons				761.1	195	90	414	4.89	4.23	0.02	0.00	104.2	4.39	-35	-3.6	1.0	-0.5	1.7	27	.482	.497	$9,000

KCA (3 yrs)				534.1	121	72	291	4.90	4.32	-0.09	0.03	104.9	4.66	-9	-0.8	1.0	-0.4	2.8	35	.493	.498	$
DET (2 yrs)				165.2	48	13	81	4.40	4.02	0.34	-0.06	102.0	3.69	-11	-1.2	1.2	-0.2	-0.1	1	.475	.496	$
ATL (1 yr)				39.1	17	3	23	5.26	3.91	-0.12	-0.05	100.0	3.98	-6	-0.7	.9	-0.0	-0.4	-2	.460	.496	$
LAD (1 yr)				22.0	9	2	19	7.77	3.98	0.27	-0.03	110.3	4.06	-9	-0.9	.4	0.1	-0.6	-7	.400	.494	$9,000

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
1960	25	LAD	NL	9	106	93	19	30	3	1	5	2	1	11	9	.323	.390	.538	.928	.313	50	2	0	1	1	3	4
1961	26	KCA	AL	45	537	487	80	131	20	6	14	3	3	49	81	.269	.341	.421	.762	.293	205	12	8	4	7	1	14
1962	27	KCA	AL	42	1004	896	126	232	32	7	31	8	8	98	159	.259	.333	.414	.747	.283	371	25	4	7	5	5	12
1963	28	KCA	AL	34	738	663	85	173	27	6	18	11	4	61	104	.261	.326	.401	.727	.284	266	16	5	5	4	4	6
1964	29	DET	AL	42	654	582	70	155	13	2	14	2	1	59	96	.266	.337	.368	.705	.296	214	20	6	2	5	1	4
1965	30	DET	AL	6	64	50	11	14	2	3	2	0	1	11	10	.280	.403	.560	.963	.308	28	1	0	2	1	0	1

1967	32	ATL	NL	17	162	150	23	36	5	0	4	4	3	15	25	.240	.311	.353	.665	.262	53	0	1	1	1	3	1
7 Yrs				195	3265	2921	414	771	102	25	88	30	21	304	484	.264	.336	.406	.742	.288	1187	76	24	22	24	17	42
162 Game Avg.				47	779	697	99	184	24	6	21	7	5	73	115	.264	.336	.406	.742	.288	283	18	6	5	6	4	10
MLB Averages																.250	.315	.379	.694	.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
1960	25	LAD	NL	-7.2	-0.7	111	-0.3	1.5	-1.8	.77	-0.9	0.5	-7.2	-0.7	0.77	-9.4	0	1	6
1961	26	KCA	AL	-10.2	-1.0	573	-2.1	8.6	-10.6	.98	-1.2	-0.9	-14.6	-1.4	0.97	-12.9	5	10	19
1962	27	KCA	AL	-1.4	-0.1	1043	-0.8	20.2	-21.0	1.13	-0.7	-0.0	-7.5	-0.7	1.12	-5.2	3	1	2
1963	28	KCA	AL	0.3	0.0	766	-1.1	13.5	-14.5	1.04	0.3	-1.3	-6.1	-0.6	1.04	0.2	1	2	5
1964	29	DET	AL	-0.5	-0.1	665	-0.5	10.8	-11.2	.96	-0.4	-0.1	-1.6	-0.2	0.96	-2.1	10	5	13
1965	30	DET	AL	-3.9	-0.4	68	0.0	0.9	-0.8	.70	-0.6	0.6	-4.1	-0.4	0.70	-4.6	0	2	4

1967	32	ATL	NL	-6.9	-0.7	173	-0.2	1.9	-2.1	.68	-0.3	-0.1	-5.9	-0.6	0.68	-3.9	2	3	8
7 Yrs				-29.9	-3.0	3399	-4.9	57.2	-62.0	1.01	-3.7	-1.1	-47.1	-4.7	1.00	-37.9	21	24	57

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
1960	25	LAD	NL	9	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	1	50%	46.5	57	36	4	2	0	2	3.1	1.6	6.3
1961	26	KCA	AL	45	11	1	5	5	0	1	2	9	.182	3	1	1	0	4	36%	43.3	64	29	22	11	5	4	4.7	5.1	5.5
1962	27	KCA	AL	42	35	13	15	7	1	5	17	18	.486	0	3	11	2	18	51%	50.2	84	18	27	10	14	9	4.4	4.5	6.3
1963	28	KCA	AL	34	26	9	10	7	1	2	14	12	.538	0	3	7	1	12	46%	50.9	85	21	17	3	3	8	4.0	3.8	6.2
1964	29	DET	AL	42	13	3	8	2	2	2	4	9	.308	0	0	1	0	4	31%	46.2	77	20	15	7	7	4	3.9	3.5	5.7

1967	32	ATL	NL	17	3	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	.667	0	0	0	0	1	33%	58.0	65	53	13	6	1	1	5.2	6.8	6.6
6 Yrs				189	90	28	39	23	5	10	40	50	.444	3	8	20	3	40	44%	49	85	18	98	39	30	28	4.2	4.2	6.1
MLB Averages													.500						53%	53	116	-14					4.1	4.1	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1960	25	LAD	NL	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	8	1	13%	6	.767	0	1	6	0	0	7	5	2	3	3	4	1	4.0
1961	26	KCA	AL	45	34	8	1	3	3	1	2	33%	3	0	24	12	50%	8	.979	5	10	19	6	2	26	13	21	22	5	23	7	5.6
1962	27	KCA	AL	42	7	3	1	2	2	1	1	50%	2	0	6	2	33%	8	1.126	3	1	2	2	2	2	5	1	3	2	3	2	6.3
1963	28	KCA	AL	34	8	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	2	40%	6	1.038	1	2	5	0	1	7	3	5	4	2	4	2	5.0
1964	29	DET	AL	42	29	12	5	1	2	3	0	150%	2	0	31	12	39%	1	.959	10	5	13	6	4	19	16	13	20	5	20	3	8.0
1965	30	DET	AL	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%	3	.696	0	2	4	0	1	5	3	3	5	0	6	1	6.7

1967	32	ATL	NL	17	14	2	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	6	1	17%	6	.680	2	3	8	0	3	10	4	9	6	2	8	0	4.2
7 Yrs				195	105	29	8	8	7	5	3	71%	7	0	83	30	36%		1.006	21	24	57	14	13	76	49	54	63	19	68	16	6.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1960	25	LAD	NL	106	67%	4.7%	8.5%	10.4%	8.5%	30%	1.24	75%	26	2	8%
1961	26	KCA	AL	555	63%	2.6%	15.1%	9.1%	7.5%	31%	1.63	74%	122	12	10%
1962	27	KCA	AL	1010	60%	3.1%	15.8%	9.8%	7.0%	30%	1.51	71%	188	25	13%
1963	28	KCA	AL	738	53%	2.4%	14.1%	8.3%	6.9%	30%	1.14	74%	127	16	13%
1964	29	DET	AL	654	60%	2.1%	14.7%	9.0%	4.4%	19%	1.62	73%	136	20	15%
1965	30	DET	AL	64	66%	3.1%	15.6%	17.2%	10.9%	50%	0.93	61%	11	1	9%

1967	32	ATL	NL	168	62%	2.5%	15.4%	9.3%	5.6%	25%	0.65	75%	23	0	0%
7 Yrs				3295	59%	2.7%	14.8%	9.3%	6.6%	28%	1.37	73%	633	76	12%
MLB Averages					48%	2.3%	15.0%	8.3%	6.4%	28%	1.08	73%			10%

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
1960	25	LAD	NL	106	30			5	0	5	4	1	4	1	12	2	1	17%	4	1	1	45	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1961	26	KCA	AL	537	131			14	3	13	5	9	5	9	35	23	3	66%	14	8	3	224	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	21	18
1962	27	KCA	AL	1004	232			31	1	23	17	14	17	14	60	28	11	47%	12	9	4	354	8	8	50%	8	7	0	1	0	0	7	0	23	6
1963	28	KCA	AL	738	173			18	0	9	7	11	9	9	46	26	4	57%	6	8	0	256	11	4	73%	11	3	0	1	0	0	5	0	15	0
1964	29	DET	AL	654	155			14	0	23	11	3	7	7	46	25	7	54%	4	5	2	252	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
1965	30	DET	AL	64	14			2	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	2	2	50%	1	1	1	25	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	5	0

1967	32	ATL	NL	162	36			4	0	1	4	0	2	2	7	3	2	43%	1	4	0	60	4	3	57%	3	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	5	6
7 Yrs				3265	771			88	4	75	50	38	44	44	210	109	30	52%	42	36	11	1216	30	21	59%	29	16	1	4	0	1	16	1	95	30
MLB Averages																		50%							62%

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+
1960	25	0	1	.000	7.36	9	2	2	0	0	0	22.0	30	19	18	5	11	3	9	0	1	1	106	55	1.864	12.3	2.0	4.5	3.7	0.82	55
1961	26	2	9	.182	5.15	54	13	10	1	0	1	146.2	161	99	84	19	60	4	90	8	1	9	662	80	1.507	9.9	1.2	3.7	5.5	1.50	80
1962	27	16	26	.381	4.59	96	48	13	12	2	2	382.0	393	225	195	50	158	9	249	12	1	18	1669	91	1.442	9.3	1.2	3.7	5.9	1.58	91
1963	28	25	36	.410	4.38	130	74	15	19	3	2	556.1	566	310	271	68	219	13	353	17	1	26	2407	94	1.411	9.2	1.1	3.5	5.7	1.61	94
1964	29	33	45	.423	4.24	172	87	27	20	3	5	708.2	721	380	334	82	278	14	449	23	1	31	3061	95	1.410	9.2	1.0	3.5	5.7	1.62	95
1965	30	33	45	.423	4.28	178	87	27	20	3	5	722.0	735	391	343	84	289	14	459	23	1	32	3125	94	1.418	9.2	1.0	3.6	5.7	1.59	94
1966	31	33	45	.423	4.28	178	87	27	20	3	5	722.0	735	391	343	84	289	14	459	23	1	32	3125	94	1.418	9.2	1.0	3.6	5.7	1.59	94
1967	32	36	47	.434	4.33	195	90	29	20	3	5	761.1	771	414	366	88	304	17	484	24	1	36	3293	92	1.412	9.1	1.0	3.6	5.7	1.59	92

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1960	25	0	2	.000	7.43	23.0	31	21	19	5	11	9	0	1.826	12.1	4.3	3.5	0.82	2.0	9
1961	26	6	7	.462	4.57	124.0	128	70	63	14	48	81	8	1.419	9.3	3.5	5.9	1.69	1.0	45
1962	27	12	13	.480	4.11	228.0	225	116	104	30	95	154	4	1.404	8.9	3.8	6.1	1.62	1.2	42
1963	28	9	9	.500	4.12	166.0	173	84	76	18	61	99	5	1.410	9.4	3.3	5.4	1.62	1.0	34
1964	29	7	8	.467	4.28	141.0	160	74	67	14	61	89	6	1.567	10.2	3.9	5.7	1.46	0.9	42
1965	30	0	1	.000	7.50	12.0	15	11	10	2	12	9	0	2.250	11.3	9.0	6.8	0.75	1.5	6

1967	32	1	3	.250	6.57	37.0	39	30	27	4	16	24	1	1.486	9.5	3.9	5.8	1.50	1.0	17
7 Yrs		35	43	.449	4.51	731.0	771	406	366	87	304	465	24	1.471	9.5		5.7	1.53	1.1	195

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1962 AL 6.081 (9th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1962 AL 235.3 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1962 AL 159 (8th)	Games Started s c a p y 1962 AL 35 (4th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1962 AL 11 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1962 AL 31 (2nd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1962 AL 98 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 1962 AL 232 (9th)
Losses s c a p y 1962 AL 17 (1st)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1962 AL 111 (1st)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1961 AL 8 (6th) 1962 AL 9 (7th) 1963 AL 8 (7th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1961 AL 8 (6th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1962 AL 1,007 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 10 (1481), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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