Ralph Houk

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 193lb (180cm, 87kg)

Born: August 9, 1919 in Lawrence, KS us

Died: July 21, 2010 in Winter Haven, FL

Buried: Rolling Hills Cemetery, Winter Haven, FL

High School: Lawrence HS (Lawrence, KS)

Debut: April 26, 1947 (Age 27-260d, 10,322nd in major league history)
vs. WSH 3 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 1, 1954 (Age 34-265d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Ralph George Houk

Nicknames: Major

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.1

158

.272

RBI

OBP

.328

SLG

.323

OPS

.650

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-18 / in Starts: 16-13
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 104 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	73 (41-17-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 104 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	68 (35-21-10)

Most Driven In
B Johnson	4
G McQuinn	3
C Keller	1
J DiMaggio	1
P Rizzuto	1
B Brown	1

Most Driven In By
T Henrich	3
S Stirnweiss	2
P Rizzuto	1
A Clark	1

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	10 (9)	Apr 26	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.333	2.333	8	.48	0.092	1.50	0.17%	1.14	C
2	2	11	Apr 27	NYY		WSH	L,0-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.333	2.333	7						C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	3	13 (1)	May 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.500	.571	1.071	8	.30	-0.032	.93	-0.06%	-1.20	C
4	4	14	May 3 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.417	.455	.871	8	1.79	-0.078	6.04	-0.16%	-0.23	C
5	5	15	May 3 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.417	.455	.871	8						C
6	6	16	May 4	NYY	@	DET	T,2-2	CG(6)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.429	.829	8	1.37	-0.047	3.96	-0.08%	-0.44	C
7	7	17	May 6	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.375	.400	.775	7	1.79	-0.050	5.19	-0.09%	-0.22	C
8	8	20 (2)	May 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.375	.400	.775	5						C
9	9	21	May 13	NYY		SLB	W,9-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.381	.368	.749	6	.43	-0.009	.92	-0.01%	-0.01	C
10	10	22	May 15	NYY		CHW	L,2-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.286	.348	.333	.681	6	1.84	0.063	4.45	0.09%	0.78	C
11	11	23	May 17 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.292	.346	.333	.679	8	1.29	-0.081	3.04	-0.12%	-0.84	C
12	12	24	May 17 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.345	.333	.678	8	1.05	-0.013	2.61	-0.02%	-0.19	C
13	13	28 (3)	May 21	NYY		DET	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.323	.364	.355	.718	7	.43	-0.031	.96	-0.04%	-0.25	C
14	14	29	May 23	NYY		BOS	W,9-0	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.344	.382	.375	.757	7	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.36	C
15	15	35 (5)	May 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.371	.364	.735	7	.46	-0.010	1.42	-0.02%	-0.45	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	16	40 (4)	Jun 3	NYY	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.359	.378	.737	7	1.64	-0.122	7.26	-0.32%	-1.39	C
17	17	42 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,17-8	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.326	.341	.667	7	.77	-0.074	3.53	-0.20%	-1.15	C
18	18	43	Jun 5	NYY	@	DET	W,7-0	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.333	.652	8	.84	-0.024	3.97	-0.07%	-0.22	C
19	19	46 (2)	Jun 8 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.298	.311	.609	8	.29	-0.022	1.23	-0.06%	-0.52	C
20	20	49 (2)	Jun 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.294	.306	.600	8	.59	0.090	2.52	0.23%	0.86	C
21	21	51 (1)	Jun 13	NYY		SLB	L,3-4	7-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.288	.300	.588	7	1.47	-0.040	6.13	-0.10%	-0.21	C
22	22	52	Jun 14	NYY		SLB	W,12-4	CG	5	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.316	.340	.655	8	.25	0.003	.97	0.01%	1.61	C
23	23	56 (3)	Jun 19	NYY		CHW	L,4-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.255	.305	.327	.632	8	1.28	-0.095	6.05	-0.27%	-1.02	C
24	24	57	Jun 20	NYY		DET	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.317	.328	.645	8	.53	0.118	2.72	0.36%	0.84	C
25	25	58	Jun 21 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.317	.328	.645	7						C
26	26	59	Jun 21 (2)	NYY		DET	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.258	.313	.323	.636	8						C
27	27	67 (7)	Jun 29 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.313	.323	.636	7						C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	28	69 (1)	Jul 2	NYY		WSH	W,8-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.324	.323	.647	8	.17	0.005	.98	0.02%	0.53	C
29	29	80 (10)	Jul 13 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.258	.319	.318	.638	7						C
30	30	88 (7)	Jul 20 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.307	.304	.611	8	.97	-0.073	1.70	-0.08%	-0.61	C
31	31	94 (5)	Jul 26	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.295	.292	.587	8	.97	-0.071	1.43	-0.06%	-0.39	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	32	113 (18)	Aug 16	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.300	.297	.597	8	.93	0.020	.77	0.01%	0.23	C
33	33	115 (1)	Aug 19	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.313	.312	.625	8	1.73	0.112	1.07	0.04%	0.82	C
34	34	119 (3)	Aug 22 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.306	.304	.610	8	.62	-0.031	.20	-0.01%	-0.43	C
35	35	121 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.318	.317	.635	8	1.01	0.133	.25	0.02%	0.98	C
36	36	123 (1)	Aug 25	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-9	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.330	.313	.643	8	1.23	0.076	.29	0.01%	0.54	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	37	132 (8)	Sep 3 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.330	.313	.643	7						C
38	38	133	Sep 3 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.354	.337	.691	8	.38	0.034	.04	0.00%	1.15	C
39	39	134	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.354	.337	.691	7						C
40	40	140 (5)	Sep 11 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.350	.326	.676	8	.64	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.42	C
41	41	146 (5)	Sep 16 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,2-8	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.356	.326	.682	8	.28	-0.020	.00	0.00%	0.19	C
							22-18		104	92	7	25	3	1	0	12	11	0	5	1	0		1	2	0	0	.272	.356	.326	.682		.80	-0.212	2.04	-0.78%	-0.17

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