Ken Raffensberger

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: August 8, 1917 in York, PA us

Died: November 10, 2002 in York, PA

Buried: Mount Rose Cemetery, York, PA

High School: William Penn HS (York, PA)

Debut: April 25, 1939 (Age 21-260d, 8,647th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 2, 1954 (Age 36-298d)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Kenneth David Raffensberger

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.0

119

154

ERA

3.60

396

282

2151.2

806

WHIP

1.258

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-23 / in Starts: 13-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 1

1944 Pitching Game Log

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1944 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	56	4	Apr 22	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	2	2	0	5	0	0	2.00	1.57	32	14	7	1	0	6	72			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.62	0.560	3.82	0.79%	2.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
2	57	9	Apr 29	PHI		BSN	W,6-3	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	10	3	3	0	4	0	1	2.50	1.85	37	11	11	1	0	10	59			0	0	0	36	4	1	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.131	2.68	0.20%	1.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
3	58	14	May 5	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	W(3-0)	5	9.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.00	1.98	31	9	11	0	0	4	78			0	0	1	29	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.456	4.03	0.98%	3.18	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
4	59	20	May 14(1)	PHI	@	STL	L,3-6	GS-	L(3-1)	8	6.0	11	5	5	1	4	0	0	3.00	1.95	27						33						26					0
5	60	25	May 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-1)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.36	2.13	32	4	18	1	0	3	82			0	0	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.599	4.40	1.29%	4.10	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
6	61	30	May 24	PHI		CHC	L,0-2	CG	L(4-2)	5	9.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	0	2.29	2.11	34	6	13	0	0	7	69			0	0	1	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.173	2.85	0.32%	2.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
7	62	34	May 29	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(4-3)	4	11.0	8	3	3	2	13	1	0	2.32	2.10	42	6	13	0	0	8	80			0	0	0	40	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.091	3.91	0.15%	2.01	1t start tie	11t 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
8	63	39	Jun 2	PHI		STL	L,3-9	GS-6	L(4-4)	3	6.0	7	4	2	2	7	0	0	2.38	2.03	27	5	6	0	0	7	51			1	0	0	24	0	1	1	0	0	1	.84	-0.208	2.34	-0.35%	-1.27	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
9	64	41	Jun 4(1)	PHI		STL	L,2-4	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	2.05	7	5	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.039	.55	0.05%	0.91	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
10	65	43	Jun 7	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-5	GS-8	W(5-4)	2	8.0	9	5	5	1	3	1	0	2.65	2.25	34	4	17	1	0	9	46			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.310	1.23	-0.27%	-1.29	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
11	66	46	Jun 11(1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,5-6	8-GF	BL(5-5)	3	1.1	2	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.84	2.42	8	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.75	-0.706	3.41	-0.53%	-2.45	8b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end d 1
12	67	48	Jun 13(1)	PHI		BSN	L,1-2	CG	L(5-6)	1	9.0	8	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.75	2.42	37	12	11	0	0	8	65			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.169	1.07	0.09%	2.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
13	68	50	Jun 15	PHI		BSN	W,5-4		W(6-6)	1	1.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.70	2.38	7												6					0
14	69	53	Jun 18(1)	PHI		BRO	L,3-7	GS-7	L(6-7)	2	7.0	14	7	5	2	2	0	0	2.97	2.42	38	8	12	0	0	14	25			0	1	0	35	1	1	1	0	0	2	1.00	-0.339	.54	-0.11%	-3.81	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
15	70	57	Jun 23	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-2	GS-7	L(6-8)	4	7.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.86	2.44	25	7	13	0	0	5	63			0	1	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.93	0.184	.44	0.05%	2.25	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
16	71	61	Jun 28	PHI	@	STL	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-8)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.63	2.40	32						83						31	0	0			0
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
17	72	66	Jul 2(2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(8-8)	3	9.0	11	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.58	2.35	36						61						35	1	1			0
18	73	70	Jul 6	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-	L(8-9)	3	5.2	12	6	6	1	3	0	0	2.89	2.34	30						23						27					0
19	74	74	Jul 9(2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-7	7-7	BL(8-10)	2	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.03	2.34	2	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	-0.353	.44	-0.04%	-1.61	7b --- 0 out a1	7b -2- 0 out tie
20	75	75	Jul 14	PHI		NYG	L,1-2	GS-7	L(8-11)	4	7.0	7	2	2	4	5	0	1	3.01	2.40	32	5	10	1	2	7	56			1	1	0	25	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.02	0.060	.07	0.00%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
21	76	80	Jul 19	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(9-11)	4	9.0	6	2	1	1	7	0	0	2.88	2.34	34						75						33	1	0			0
22	77	83	Jul 21	PHI		PIT	L,3-5			1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.84	2.33	7												6					0
23	78	86	Jul 23(2)	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	GS-8	L(9-12)	1	8.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.81	2.42	29	8	15	1	0	5	65			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.086	.01	0.00%	1.64	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
24	79	90	Jul 27(2)	PHI		STL	L,0-5	GS-6	L(9-13)	3	6.0	5	5	3	1	7	0	0	2.87	2.36	26	4	9	0	0	5	52			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	2	.78	-0.214	.00	0.00%	-2.27	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
25	80	91	Jul 29	PHI		CHC	L,2-4			1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	2.36	4												3					0
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
26	81	95	Aug 4	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(9-14)	5	9.0	6	4	4	3	2	2	0	2.92	2.56	35	6	18	0	0	6	58			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.54	-0.203	.00	0.00%	0.23	1b start tie	10b --- 0 out d1
27	82	99	Aug 9	PHI	@	STL	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(9-15)	4	8.0	9	4	3	1	5	0	0	2.94	2.53	34	18	2	1	1	8	54			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	1	0	1	.94	-0.289	.00	0.00%	-0.09	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
28	83	105	Aug 14	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	W(10-15)	4	9.0	11	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.84	2.52	38						63						37	1	0			0
29	84	109	Aug 18	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	W(11-15)	3	9.0	9	2	1	3	4	0	0	2.76	2.53	39						64						36	0	0			0
30	85	115	Aug 25(1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,9-7	GS-6		6	5.1	6	4	4	2	3	0	0	2.87	2.54	24	1	12	0	0	6	41			0	0	0	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.268	.00	0.00%	-1.44	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out a1
31	86	122	Aug 30	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-10	GS-3	L(11-16)	4	3.0	10	6	6	0	0	0	0	3.09	2.54	16	2	4	1	0	10	15			0	0	0	16	3	1	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.345	.00	0.00%	-4.61	1b start tie	3b 3 out d6
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
32	87	128	Sep 4(1)	PHI		NYG	L,0-7	GS-7	L(11-17)	4	6.2	14	7	7	0	1	0	0	3.29	2.53	34	12	8	0	0	13	19			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.189	.00	0.00%	-4.12	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d7
33	88	131	Sep 8	PHI		BRO	L,3-4	CG	L(11-18)	3	9.0	10	4	4	2	4	0	0	3.32	2.53	38	7	15	1	0	10	53			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	-0.238	.00	0.00%	0.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
34	89	135	Sep 15	PHI		NYG	W,7-3	CG	W(12-18)	6	9.0	5	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.31	2.53	37	8	16	1	0	5	67			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	2	.50	0.172	.00	0.00%	1.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
35	90	141	Sep 20(2)	PHI		CIN	L,4-6	GS-5	L(12-19)	4	5.0	6	5	5	0	3	1	0	3.43	2.57	21	6	6	0	0	6	38			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.263	.00	0.00%	-2.72	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
36	91	145	Sep 24(1)	PHI		STL	L,3-4	CG(16)	L(12-20)	3	16.0	13	4	3	1	5	1	0	3.32	2.60	62	22	21	1	0	13	86			0	0	0	61	3	1	0	2	0	3	1.69	0.681	.00	0.00%	3.28	1t start tie	16t 3 out d1
37	92	152	Sep 29	PHI		PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(13-20)	4	9.0	7	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.20	2.58	33	4	14	1	0	7	77			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.448	.00	0.00%	4.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
							14-23		W-L:13-20,BSv:2	3.4	258.2	257	102	92	45	136	8	2	3.20	2.58	1061	0.69		3%	1%	186	57	1	100%	2	4	3	988	38	12	7	9	0	11	1.13	-0.076	1.19	2.64%	6.13

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