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Lou Tost
Louis Eugene Tost

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 20, 1942
Final Game April 24, 1947
Born June 1, 1911 in Cumberland, WA
Died February 22, 1967 in Santa Clara, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1942 31 BSN NL  10  10  35  22   5   1   5  0  147.7  146   66   58  12   52   43   4   3   633       0  3.53  3.31   94 1.341
 1943 32 BSN NL   0   1   3   1   0   0   1  0    6.7   10    5    4   2    4    3   0   0    32       0  5.40  3.37   62 2.100
 1947 36 PIT NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    1.0    3    1    1   0    0    0   0   0     6       0  9.00  4.23   47 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .476  10  11  39  23   5   1   6  0  155.3  159   72   63  14   56   46   4   3   671       0  3.65  3.32   91 1.384
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  12  42  25   5   1   6  0  170.0  174   78   69  15   61   50   4   3   735   0   0  3.65  3.32   91 1.384
 Career High     10  10  35  22   5   1   5  0  147.7  146   66   58  12   52   43   4   3   633   0   0  3.53  3.31   94 1.341

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 31 BSN NL  35   51    3    9   2  0   0    1   0      2  16  .176  .208  .216   25   11   2           0   0
 1943 32 BSN NL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       39   52    3    9   2  0   0    1   0  0   2  16  .173  .204  .212   23   11   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        216   12   37   8  0   0    4   0  0   8  66  .173  .204  .212   23   46   8   0   0   0   0
 Career High     35   51    3    9   2  0   0    1   0  0   2  16                          11   2   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1942 31 BSN NL   55   44    2   1.2    85| .176  .254| .208  .325| .216  .352| .424  .678|  25  .112  -4.9  -0.5     
 1943 32 BSN NL    1    1    0   0.0    88| .000  .262| .000  .331| .000  .356| .000  .687|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        56   45    2   1.2    85| .173  .254| .204  .325| .212  .352| .416  .678|  23  .108  -5.2  -0.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1942 31 BSN NL P 35 4 27 1 2 .969 .969 0.89 1.17 1.89 2.35 22 147.7 1943 32 BSN NL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.17 2.69 2.28 1 6.7 1947 36 PIT NL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.90 9.00 1.80 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1942 31 BSN NL P 35 4 27 1 2 .969 .969 0.89 1.17 1.89 2.35 22 147.7 1943 32 BSN NL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.17 2.69 2.28 1 6.7 1947 36 PIT NL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.90 9.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 39 4 30 1 2 .971 .969 0.87 1.16 1.97 2.35 23 155.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 39 4 30 1 2 .971 .969 0.87 1.16 1.97 2.35 23 155
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Home Runs Allow.
1942 NL-12-7

Hit Batsmen
1942 NL-4-10

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

September 10, 1938: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Hollywood (PCL).

April 10, 1939: Assigned to the Hollywood (PCL) by the St. Louis Browns.

March 25, 1947: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Boston Braves.


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