Ralph Birkofer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 213lb (180cm, 96kg)

Born: November 5, 1908 in Cincinnati, OH us

Died: March 16, 1971 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

Debut: April 25, 1933 (Age 24-171d, 7,590th in major league history)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 11, 1937 (Age 28-248d)
vs. NYG 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Ralph Joseph Birkofer

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.5

ERA

4.19

132

544.0

224

WHIP

1.458

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-26 / in Starts: 11-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 5

1934 Pitching Game Log

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1934 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	10	1	Apr 17	PIT	@	STL	L,1-7	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.18	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.003	.05	0.01%	1.13	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
2	11	3	Apr 19	PIT	@	STL	W,14-4	CG	W(1-0)	1	9.0	8	4	3	5	0	0	0	2.45	4.36	40	17	10	3	0	8	52			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	2	.34	0.133	.96	0.23%	1.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
3	12	7	Apr 26	PIT		STL	L,1-10	GS-7	L(1-1)	6	6.2	11	6	4	2	2	1	1	3.57	4.94	35	9	10	0	1	11	32			1	0	1	32	1	1	1	0	0	2	.96	-0.177	2.72	-0.30%	-2.73	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	13	11	May 1	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.70	4.31	32	9	15	5	4	5	74			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.379	2.18	0.66%	3.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
5	14	15	May 5	PIT		NYG	W,6-3	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.78	4.11	36	10	13	1	4	7	61			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.252	3.74	0.46%	1.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
6	15	20	May 11	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	GS-9		5	9.0	11	4	4	2	4	0	1	3.02	3.94	41	19	4	1	1	11	51			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.115	4.59	-0.23%	0.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
7	16	24	May 18	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-3	GS-6	W(4-1)	6	5.2	7	3	3	5	0	1	1	3.22	4.47	30	7	10	3	0	7	38			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.004	2.38	0.01%	-0.77	1b start a 5	6b 123 2 out a5
8	17	28	May 22	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-4	CG	W(5-1)	3	7.0	9	4	4	0	5	2	0	3.45	4.60	30						48						30	3	1			0
9	18	33	May 28(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(5-2)	5	8.0	5	1	1	2	4	1	0	3.17	4.59	31	12	9	0	1	4	70			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.257	3.70	0.71%	3.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	19	37	Jun 1	PIT		STL	W,4-3	GS-8		3	8.0	6	3	2	2	1	0	0	3.07	4.49	34	20	5	0	1	6	59			1	0	0	32	2	1	0	1	0	2	1.33	0.001	4.52	0.00%	1.34	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
11	20	42	Jun 6(2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	5	1	0	0	2.84	4.51	37	10	16	4	2	5	69			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	2	1.20	0.450	3.96	0.89%	3.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
12	21	46	Jun 12	PIT		BRO	L,7-9	GS-3		5	2.1	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.19	4.52	16	5	1	0	0	7	26			0	1	0	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.357	3.80	-0.68%	-3.82	1t start tie	3t -23 1 out tie
13	22	48	Jun 14	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	8-GF(10)	L(6-3)	1	3.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.18	4.52	16	6	2	1	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.64	-0.029	7.74	-0.05%	0.63	8t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
14	23	50	Jun 16	PIT		NYG	L,2-5	GS-3	L(6-4)	1	2.1	6	4	4	1	3	0	0	3.50	4.45	14	3	1	0	0	6	31			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.215	3.36	-0.43%	-2.33	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d2
15	24	54	Jun 21(1)	PIT		BSN	L,1-4	GS-4	L(6-5)	4	3.0	7	3	3	3	0	1	0	3.68	4.65	19	5	4	0	1	7	30			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.181	1.65	-0.19%	-2.22	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out d2
16	25	56	Jun 22	PIT		BSN	W,7-6	4-GF	W(7-5)	0	5.1	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	3.48	4.56	19	14	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.21	0.237	1.52	0.18%	0.34	4t -23 2 out d1	9t end a 1
17	26	60	Jun 26(1)	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	GS-4	L(7-6)	3	3.2	6	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.71	4.65	18	4	4	0	2	6	33			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.199	1.57	-0.21%	-2.08	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d4
18	27	64	Jun 30	PIT		CHC	L,4-6	GS-4	L(7-7)	3	4.0	9	6	6	1	4	0	0	4.08	4.55	21	2	5	2	0	9	23			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.437	2.85	-0.57%	-3.83	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	28	69	Jul 6	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-9	5-GF(8)		5	3.1	8	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.20	4.50	17	6	0	0	0	8		2	2	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.107	.24	-0.12%	-3.00	5b 12- 2 out d3	8b end d 8
20	29	71	Jul 8(1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,11-4		W(8-7)	1	4.0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.05	4.51	16												14					0
21	30	75	Jul 12(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-11	GS-1	L(8-8)	3	0.2	5	6	2	0	0	0	0	4.18	4.50	8	1	2	0	0	5	26			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.311	2.12	-0.33%	-3.93	1b start tie	1b 12- 2 out d4
22	31	76	Jul 13	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-7	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.11	4.46	6	2	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	.05	0.005	.07	0.00%	1.03	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
23	32	79	Jul 15(2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	4.45	4	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.04	0.003	.04	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
24	33	83	Jul 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-8	2-4		5	3.0	7	4	4	1	3	0	0	4.28	4.39	17	5	1	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.38	-0.329	.44	-0.06%	-2.50	2b --- 0 out a2	4b 3 out d1
25	34	85	Jul 22(2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,10-13	2-GF(8)		0	6.2	8	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.26	4.36	30	15	4	0	1	8		2	2	0	0	0	28	3	0	0	2	0	1	.01	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-1.09	2b 12- 1 out d8	8b end d10
26	35	87	Jul 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-9			1	3.1	5	4	4	2	0	0	0	4.43	4.38	16												14					0
27	36	94	Jul 31(2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS-6		6	5.1	6	5	4	5	0	1	0	4.52	4.54	26	7	8	1	0	6	33			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.396	.05	-0.01%	-2.23	1b start a 2	6b --- 1 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	37	97	Aug 3	PIT	@	STL	L,3-9	2-GF(8)		2	7.0	9	5	4	1	4	0	0	4.55	4.43	31	14	3	0	0	9		1	1	2	0	0	30	3	1	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.029	.01	0.00%	-1.13	2b --3 0 out d3	8b end d 7
29	38	102	Aug 8(1)	PIT		CHC	L,4-7			4	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	4.71	4.50	6												6					0
30	39	111	Aug 17(1)	PIT		NYG	L,3-7	9-GF		8	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.75	4.59	4	1	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-1.77	9t 1-3 1 out d1	9t end d 4
31	40	119	Aug 25(2)	PIT		PHI	L,8-12	9-9		7	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.88	4.61	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-1.50	9t --- 0 out d2	9t -23 0 out d2
32	41	120	Aug 26	PIT		BSN	L,5-8	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.84	4.58	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.54	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
33	42	121	Aug 27	PIT		BSN	W,8-5		W(9-8)	0	8.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.71	4.52	30												27					0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	43	125	Sep 2(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(9-9)	5	8.0	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	4.53	4.56	33	9	15	0	0	6	64			2	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	1	.97	0.090	.00	0.00%	2.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
35	44	130	Sep 6	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	W(10-9)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.34	4.47	33	9	12	1	4	7	71			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.08	0.406	.00	0.00%	3.36	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
36	45	132	Sep 10	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-7	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.32	4.48	4	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.095	.00	0.00%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
37	46	134	Sep 12	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(10-10)	1	8.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.27	4.42	33	14	6	2	0	8	55			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	-0.078	.00	0.00%	1.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
38	47	138	Sep 19(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	GS-7	L(10-11)	6	7.0	11	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.31	4.39	32	6	11	1	4	11	39			1	0	0	30	2	1	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-0.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
39	48	143	Sep 22(1)	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(11-11)	2	9.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.15	4.31	31	17	4	0	1	5	76			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	0.590	.00	0.00%	3.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
40	49	146	Sep 25	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.13	4.30	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
41	50	148	Sep 27	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(11-12)	1	8.0	9	4	3	3	7	0	0	4.10	4.23	36	8	12	2	3	6	54			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.144	.00	0.00%	0.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
							15-26		W-L:11-12,Sv:1	3.1	204.0	227	106	93	66	71	11	5	4.10	4.23	898	1.39		6%	7%	197	48	9	100%	9	3	1	818	34	10	2	12	0	17	.95	-0.442	1.77	-0.02%	-3.89

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