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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:24AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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 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 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
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 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) AL 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) NL 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1960 25 LAD NL 22.0 2 19 12 1 .8 -7 -0.8 $
1961 26 KCA AL 124.2 11 80 78 -3 1.0 -2 -0.6 $
1962 27 KCA AL 235.1 35 126 142 0 1.1 16 1.6 $
1963 28 KCA AL 174.1 26 85 103 -1 1.0 18 1.8 $
1964 29 DET AL 152.1 13 70 75 6 1.0 5 0.2 $
1965 30 DET AL 13.1 0 11 7 0 .7 -4 -0.5 $
1967 32 ATL NL 39.1 3 23 21 -1 .7 -2 -0.3 $
7 Seasons 761.1 90 414 438 2 1.0 24 1.4 $
KCA (3 yrs) 534.1 72 291 323 -4 1.0 32 2.8 $
DET (2 yrs) 165.2 13 81 82 6 1.0 1 -0.3 $
ATL (1 yr) 39.1 3 23 21 -1 .7 -2 -0.3 $
LAD (1 yr) 22.0 2 19 12 1 .8 -7 -0.8 $

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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
1960 25 LAD NL 9 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 79 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1961 26 KCA AL 45 34 29 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .103 .129 .103 .232 -37 3 1 0 3 1 0 1
1962 27 KCA AL 42 89 82 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 31 .098 .119 .110 .229 -39 9 4 1 5 0 0 1
1963 28 KCA AL 34 64 57 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 27 .105 .177 .123 .300 -16 7 1 0 2 0 0 1
1964 29 DET AL 42 46 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 .000 .071 .000 .071 -78 0 1 0 4 0 0 1
1965 30 DET AL 6 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -23 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1967 32 ATL NL 17 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 195 253 226 16 19 2 0 0 3 0 0 11 90 .084 .130 .093 .223 -38 21 7 1 14 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 210 188 13 16 2 0 0 2 0 0 9 75 .084 .130 .093 .223 -38 17 6 1 12 1 0
KCA (3 yrs) 121 187 168 13 17 2 0 0 3 0 0 7 68 .101 .141 .113 .254 -31 19 6 1 10 1 0
DET (2 yrs) 48 50 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 .000 .087 .000 .087 -73 0 1 0 4 0 0
ATL (1 yr) 17 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAD (1 yr) 9 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 79 2 0 0 0 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 169 237 210 16 17 2 0 0 3 0 0 11 85 .081 .130 .090 .221 -39 19 7 1 14 1 0
NL (2 yrs) 26 16 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 -30 2 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1960 25 LAD NL 6 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $9,000 /1
1961 26 KCA AL 34 -6 0 1 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1962 27 KCA AL 89 -16 0 -1 0 0 8 2 -7 -0.7 -7 -0.7 0.0 $ 1
1963 28 KCA AL 64 -9 -1 -1 0 0 5 2 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ 1
1964 29 DET AL 46 -9 0 -1 0 0 4 1 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ 1
1965 30 DET AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1967 32 ATL NL 10 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
7 Seasons 253 -42 -2 -2 0 0 22 6 -18 -2.1 -18 -1.8 -0.3 $9,000
KCA (3 yrs) 187 -31 -1 -1 0 0 16 5 -12 -1.4 -12 -1.2 -0.2 $
DET (2 yrs) 50 -9 0 -1 0 0 4 1 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $
ATL (1 yr) 10 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
LAD (1 yr) 6 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $9,000

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1960 LAD NL 25 P 9 2 0 22.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.05 0.56 .962 2.09 2.08 2 1 33% 0
1961 KCA AL 26 P 45 11 1 124.2 32 12 19 1 3 .969 2.24 0.69 .954 2.05 2.02 3 3 50% 1
1962 KCA AL 27 P 42 35 11 235.1 67 17 45 5 3 .925 2.37 1.48 .958 2.08 2.07 8 8 50% 2
1963 KCA AL 28 P 34 26 7 174.1 46 15 30 1 3 .978 2.32 1.32 .955 1.99 2.00 11 4 27% 3
1964 DET AL 29 P 42 13 1 152.1 44 16 28 0 2 1.000 2.60 1.05 .957 1.90 1.89 2 1 33% 0
1965 DET AL 30 P 6 0 0 13.1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.00 .950 2.02 2.03 0 1 100% 0
1967 ATL NL 32 P 17 3 0 39.1 7 1 5 1 0 .857 1.37 0.35 .960 1.99 2.00 4 3 43% 0
7 Seasons P 195 90 20 761.1 202 62 131 9 11 .955 2.28 0.99 .957 2.01 2.00 30 21 41% 6
7 Seasons TOT 195 90 20 761.1 202 62 131 9 11 .955 2.28 0.99 .957 2.01 2.00 30 21 41% 6
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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)

Assists as P s c a p y
1962 AL  45 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1962 AL  5 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 10 (1465), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196025Los Angeles Dodgers$9,0002/1/61 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$9,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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