Ed Rakow
Edward Charles Rakow (Rock)
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
Final Game: September 28, 1967
Died: August 26, 2000 in West Palm Beach, FL
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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
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 54 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 98 1.405 9.2 0.8 3.5 5.7 1.63
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 57 1.875 9.5 1.4 7.4 6.8 0.91
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
7 Seasons 36 47 .434 4.33 195 90 29 20 3 5 761.1 771 414 366 88 304 17 484 24 1 36 3293 91 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 91 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 93 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 54 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 59 1.500 9.7 1.3 3.8 5.0 1.31

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
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
1961 26 KCA AL 45 555 487 80 131 20 6 14 3 3 49 81 .269 .341 .421 .762 .293 205 12 8 4 7 1
1962 27 KCA AL 42 1006 892 126 232 32 7 31 8 8 98 159 .260 .334 .416 .750 .284 371 25 4 7 5 5
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
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
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
1967 32 ATL NL 17 168 150 23 36 5 0 4 4 3 15 25 .240 .311 .353 .665 .262 53 0 1 1 1 3
7 Seasons 195 3291 2917 414 771 102 25 88 30 21 304 484 .264 .336 .407 .743 .288 1187 76 24 22 24 17
162 Game Avg. 47 785 696 99 184 24 6 21 7 5 73 115 .264 .336 .407 .743 .288 283 18 6 5 6 4
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
1960 25 LAD NL 9 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 47 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 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 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% 51 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 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 65 53 13 6 1 1 5.2 6.8 6.6
6 Seasons 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

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
1960 25 LAD NL 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 6 0.770 0 2 5 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 0.987 6 10 18 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 1.052 1 3 4 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 0.982 9 7 12 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 0.734 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 0.739 2 3 8 0 3 10 4 9 6 2 8 0 4.2
7 Seasons 195 105 29 8 8 7 5 3 71% 7 0 83 30 36% 1.019 21 28 53 14 13 76 49 54 63 19 68 16 6.1

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%
1960 25 LAD NL 106 33% 4.7% 8.5% 10.4% 8.5% 30% 1.24 75% 26 2 8%
1961 26 KCA AL 555 37% 2.5% 14.6% 8.8% 7.2% 31% 1.63 72% 122 12 10%
1962 27 KCA AL 1005 40% 3.1% 15.8% 9.7% 7.0% 30% 1.51 70% 188 25 13%
1963 28 KCA AL 738 47% 2.4% 14.1% 8.3% 6.9% 30% 1.14 74% 127 16 13%
1964 29 DET AL 654 40% 2.1% 14.7% 9.0% 4.4% 19% 1.62 73% 136 20 15%
1965 30 DET AL 64 34% 3.1% 15.6% 17.2% 10.9% 50% 0.93 61% 11 1 9%
1967 32 ATL NL 168 38% 2.4% 14.9% 8.9% 5.4% 25% 0.65 73% 23 0 0%
7 Seasons 3290 41% 2.7% 14.7% 9.2% 6.5% 28% 1.37 72% 633 76 12%
MLB Averages

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
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 1 0 21 18
1962 27 KCA AL 999 232 31 1 23 17 14 17 14 60 28 11 47% 12 9 4 352 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 2 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 Seasons 3260 771 88 4 75 50 38 44 44 210 109 30 52% 42 36 11 1214 30 21 59% 29 16 1 4 0 1 16 1 95 30
MLB Averages

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+
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 54 1.864 12.3 2.0 4.5 3.7 0.82 54
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 93 1.411 9.2 1.1 3.5 5.7 1.61 93
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 94 1.410 9.2 1.0 3.5 5.7 1.62 94
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 93 1.418 9.2 1.0 3.6 5.7 1.59 93
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 93 1.418 9.2 1.0 3.6 5.7 1.59 93
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 91 1.412 9.1 1.0 3.6 5.7 1.59 91

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
1960 25 0 2 .000 7.36 22.0 32 20 18 5 12 9 0 2.000 13.1 4.9 3.7 0.75 2.0 9
1961 26 6 7 .462 4.50 124.0 129 69 62 14 48 81 8 1.427 9.4 3.5 5.9 1.69 1.0 45
1962 27 12 13 .480 4.12 227.0 226 116 104 30 95 153 4 1.414 9.0 3.8 6.1 1.61 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 4.34 141.0 160 76 68 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 6.32 37.0 39 29 26 4 16 24 1 1.486 9.5 3.9 5.8 1.50 1.0 17
7 Seasons 35 43 .449 4.49 729.0 774 405 364 87 305 464 24 1.480 9.6 5.7 1.52 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--1007--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 10 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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