Lou Sleater
Louis Mortimer Sleater
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 8, 1926 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Mount St. Joseph's (Baltimore, MD)
School: University of Maryland
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1950
Final Game: September 28, 1958
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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
1950 23 SLB AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1951 24 SLB AL 1 9 .100 5.11 20 8 9 4 0 1 81.0 88 53 46 7 53 33 5 0 1 384 85 1.741 9.8 0.8 5.9 3.7 0.62
1952 25 TOT AL 4 3 .571 4.11 18 11 1 3 1 0 65.2 65 37 30 5 35 23 2 1 1 288 88 1.523 8.9 0.7 4.8 3.2 0.66
1952 25 SLB AL 0 1 .000 7.27 4 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 9 8 7 1 5 1 0 1 0 40 54 1.615 9.3 1.0 5.2 1.0 0.20
1952 25 WSH AL 4 2 .667 3.63 14 9 1 3 1 0 57.0 56 29 23 4 30 22 2 0 1 248 98 1.509 8.8 0.6 4.7 3.5 0.73
1955 28 KCA AL 1 1 .500 7.71 16 1 7 0 0 0 25.2 33 22 22 3 21 0 11 0 0 0 127 54 2.104 11.6 1.1 7.4 3.9 0.52
1956 29 MLN NL 2 2 .500 3.15 25 1 11 0 0 2 45.2 42 22 16 6 27 9 32 0 0 0 209 110 1.511 8.3 1.2 5.3 6.3 1.19
1957 30 DET AL 3 3 .500 3.76 41 0 19 0 0 2 69.1 61 33 29 9 28 7 43 1 0 1 296 103 1.284 7.9 1.2 3.6 5.6 1.54
1958 31 TOT AL 1 0 1.000 10.22 10 0 6 0 0 0 12.1 17 14 14 2 8 0 9 0 0 0 60 37 2.027 12.4 1.5 5.8 6.6 1.13
1958 31 DET AL 0 0 6.75 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.1 3 4 4 2 6 0 4 0 0 0 25 60 1.688 5.1 3.4 10.1 6.8 0.67
1958 31 BAL AL 1 0 1.000 12.86 6 0 4 0 0 0 7.0 14 10 10 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 35 28 2.286 18.0 0.0 2.6 6.4 2.50
7 Seasons 12 18 .400 4.70 131 21 54 7 1 5 300.2 306 181 157 32 172 16 152 8 1 3 1367 83 1.590 9.2 1.0 5.1 4.5 0.88
162 Game Avg. 5 8 .400 4.70 59 9 24 3 0 2 135 137 81 70 14 77 68 4 0 1 612 83 1.590 9.2 1.0 5.1 4.5 0.88
BAL (4 yrs) 2 10 .167 5.81 31 10 14 4 0 1 97.2 111 71 63 8 60 0 40 5 1 1 462 74 1.751 10.2 0.7 5.5 3.7 0.67
DET (2 yrs) 3 3 .500 3.98 45 0 21 0 0 2 74.2 64 37 33 11 34 7 47 1 0 1 321 97 1.313 7.7 1.3 4.1 5.7 1.38
WSH (1 yr) 4 2 .667 3.63 14 9 1 3 1 0 57.0 56 29 23 4 30 22 2 0 1 248 98 1.509 8.8 0.6 4.7 3.5 0.73
MLN (1 yr) 2 2 .500 3.15 25 1 11 0 0 2 45.2 42 22 16 6 27 9 32 0 0 0 209 110 1.511 8.3 1.2 5.3 6.3 1.19
KCA (1 yr) 1 1 .500 7.71 16 1 7 0 0 0 25.2 33 22 22 3 21 0 11 0 0 0 127 54 2.104 11.6 1.1 7.4 3.9 0.52
AL (6 yrs) 10 16 .385 4.98 106 20 43 7 1 3 255.0 264 159 141 26 145 7 120 8 1 3 1158 80 1.604 9.3 0.9 5.1 4.2 0.83
NL (1 yr) 2 2 .500 3.15 25 1 11 0 0 2 45.2 42 22 16 6 27 9 32 0 0 0 209 110 1.511 8.3 1.2 5.3 6.3 1.19

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
1955 28 KCA AL 16 127 102 22 33 7 2 3 0 1 21 11 .324 .429 .520 .948 .330 53 1 0 1 3 0
1956 29 MLN NL 25 209 175 22 42 7 0 6 1 0 27 32 .240 .338 .383 .721 .259 67 1 0 5 2 9
1957 30 DET AL 41 292 253 33 61 9 2 9 4 1 28 43 .241 .316 .399 .715 .255 101 6 1 7 3 7
1958 31 TOT AL 10 60 51 14 17 5 1 2 0 1 8 9 .333 .424 .588 1.012 .375 30 1 0 1 0 0
1958 31 BAL AL 6 35 32 10 14 5 1 0 0 0 2 5 .438 .471 .656 1.127 .519 21 0 0 1 0 0
1958 31 DET AL 4 25 19 4 3 0 0 2 0 1 6 4 .158 .360 .474 .834 .077 9 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 92 688 581 91 153 28 5 20 5 3 84 95 .263 .353 .432 .785 .281 251 9 1 14 8 16
162 Game Avg. 67 498 420 66 111 20 4 14 4 2 61 69 .263 .353 .432 .785 .281 182 7 1 10 6
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
1955 28 KCA AL 16 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28 28 28 12 5 0 1 1.0 1.5 5.0
1956 29 MLN NL 25 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45 45 45 9 1 0 1 10.0 15.8 3.0
2 Seasons 41 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37 45 28 21 6 0 2 5.5 7.2 4.0
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
1955 28 KCA AL 16 15 7 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 20 14 70% 6 0.565 5 2 7 1 2 12 8 7 5 7 7 1 4.1
1956 29 MLN NL 25 24 11 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 5 36% 1.465 4 4 5 1 3 9 8 5 13 8 8 0 5.3
1957 30 DET AL 41 41 19 3 3 4 2 2 50% 7 2 33 7 21% 7 1.084 13 6 21 7 7 27 18 23 22 12 25 6 5.1
1958 31 TOT AL 10 10 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 0.319 0 3 6 0 0 10 3 7 4 2 6 0 3.7
1958 31 DET AL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 0.591 0 3 0 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 3 0 4.0
1958 31 BAL AL 6 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 0.125 0 0 6 0 0 6 1 5 2 2 3 0 3.5
4 Seasons 92 90 43 7 5 5 4 3 80% 8 2 72 26 36% 0.990 22 15 39 9 12 58 37 42 44 29 46 7 4.8

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%
1950 23 SLB AL
1951 24 SLB AL
1952 25 TOT AL
1952 25 SLB AL
1952 25 WSH AL
1955 28 KCA AL 127 69% 2.4% 8.7% 16.5% 9.5% 36% 0.33 72% 36 1 3%
1956 29 MLN NL 209 61% 2.9% 15.3% 12.9% 6.2% 31% 1.03 67% 24 1 4%
1957 30 DET AL 292 68% 3.1% 14.7% 9.6% 6.9% 33% 0.71 70% 54 6 11%
1958 31 TOT AL 60 60% 3.3% 15.0% 13.3% 13.3% 47% 0.79 67% 15 1 7%
1958 31 DET AL 25 56% 8.0% 16.0% 24.0% 8.0% 67% 1.75 52% 8 1 13%
1958 31 BAL AL 35 63% 0.0% 14.3% 5.7% 17.1% 43% 0.40 77% 7 0 0%
7 Seasons 688 66% 4.7% 22.1% 25.0% 7.7% 17% 0.68 69% 129 9 7%
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
1950 23 SLB AL 0 0 0
1951 24 SLB AL 88 7 1
1952 25 TOT AL 65 5 1
1952 25 SLB AL 9 1 0
1952 25 WSH AL 56 4 1
1955 28 KCA AL 127 33 3 0 13 3 0 1 2 13 10 0 77% 1 0 0 53 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1956 29 MLN NL 140 42 6 0 5 5 0 1 4 12 7 0 58% 6 0 0 58 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 69
1957 30 DET AL 292 61 9 0 7 6 3 2 7 14 10 0 71% 7 1 1 115 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
1958 31 TOT AL 60 17 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 2 0 50% 1 0 0 30 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
1958 31 DET AL 25 3 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 14 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 31 BAL AL 35 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
7 Seasons 619 306 32 0 25 15 4 6 13 43 29 0 67% 15 3 1 256 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 12 69
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+
1950 23 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1951 24 1 9 .100 5.05 21 8 10 4 0 1 82.0 88 53 46 7 53 34 5 0 1 387 87 1.720 9.7 0.8 5.8 3.7 0.64 87
1952 25 5 12 .294 4.63 39 19 11 7 1 1 147.2 153 90 76 12 88 57 7 1 2 675 87 1.632 9.3 0.7 5.4 3.5 0.65 87
1953 26 5 12 .294 4.63 39 19 11 7 1 1 147.2 153 90 76 12 88 57 7 1 2 675 87 1.632 9.3 0.7 5.4 3.5 0.65 87
1954 27 5 12 .294 4.63 39 19 11 7 1 1 147.2 153 90 76 12 88 57 7 1 2 675 87 1.632 9.3 0.7 5.4 3.5 0.65 87
1955 28 6 13 .316 5.09 55 20 18 7 1 1 173.1 186 112 98 15 109 0 68 7 1 2 802 80 1.702 9.7 0.8 5.7 3.5 0.62 80
1956 29 8 15 .348 4.68 80 21 29 7 1 3 219.0 228 134 114 21 136 9 100 7 1 2 1011 84 1.662 9.4 0.9 5.6 4.1 0.74 84
1957 30 11 18 .379 4.46 121 21 48 7 1 5 288.1 289 167 143 30 164 16 143 8 1 3 1307 88 1.571 9.0 0.9 5.1 4.5 0.87 88
1958 31 12 18 .400 4.70 131 21 54 7 1 5 300.2 306 181 157 32 172 16 152 8 1 3 1367 83 1.590 9.2 1.0 5.1 4.5 0.88 83

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
1950 23 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 1
1951 24 4 5 .444 4.60 86.0 88 49 44 7 53 35 5 1.640 9.2 5.5 3.7 0.66 0.7 20
1952 25 3 4 .429 4.78 64.0 70 38 34 5 38 22 2 1.688 9.8 5.3 3.1 0.58 0.7 18
1955 28 0 2 .000 7.62 26.0 34 24 22 3 22 11 0 2.154 11.8 7.6 3.8 0.50 1.0 16
1956 29 3 2 .600 3.72 46.0 48 21 19 7 31 32 0 1.717 9.4 6.1 6.3 1.03 1.4 25
1957 30 4 3 .571 3.93 71.0 66 34 31 10 30 44 1 1.352 8.4 3.8 5.6 1.47 1.3 41
1958 31 0 1 .000 12.00 12.0 19 18 16 2 9 9 0 2.333 14.3 6.8 6.8 1.00 1.5 10
7 Seasons 14 17 .452 4.88 306.0 325 184 166 34 183 154 8 1.660 9.6 4.5 0.84 1.0 131

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 AL--5--9th

                                         

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