George Zuverink

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 195lb (193cm, 88kg)

Born: August 20, 1924 in Holland, MI us

Died: September 8, 2014 in Tempe, AZ

Buried: Green Acres Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, AZ

High School: Holland HS (Holland, MI)

School: Hope College (Holland, MI)

Debut: April 21, 1951 (Age 26-244d, 10,787th in major league history)
vs. SLB 1.1 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: June 15, 1959 (Age 34-299d)
vs. DET 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: George Zuverink

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.8

ERA

3.54

265

642.1

223

WHIP

1.344

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-8		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	5 (2)	Apr 21	BAL		WSH	L,4-8		27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	6	Apr 22 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-3	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	9 (2)	Apr 26	BAL		NYY	W,7-5	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
5	11 (1)	Apr 28	BAL	@	WSH	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	12	Apr 29 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,8-6	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
7	13	Apr 29 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	14	May 1	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	16 (1)	May 4	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	18 (1)	May 6 (1)	BAL		DET	W,6-2	GF	6	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
11	19	May 6 (2)	BAL		DET	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	20	May 7	BAL		DET	W,4-3	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	21	May 8	BAL		KCA	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	26 (4)	May 13 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	27	May 15	BAL	@	KCA	W,9-5	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	28	May 16	BAL	@	KCA	W,8-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	29	May 18	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	30	May 19	BAL	@	DET	W,5-4	GF	7	1.2	1	1	0	2	1	P
19	36 (5)	May 28	BAL		WSH	W,6-5		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	37	May 29	BAL		WSH	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	39 (1)	May 30 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,5-4	GF	6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	44 (4)	Jun 4	BAL		CHW	L,4-13	GF	8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	47 (2)	Jun 7	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	50 (2)	Jun 9 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,7-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	52 (1)	Jun 11	BAL		DET	W,5-4		16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	54 (1)	Jun 13	BAL		DET	L,0-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	55	Jun 15	BAL	@	KCA	W,1-0		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	60 (4)	Jun 20	BAL	@	CHW	L,8-12		10	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
29	61	Jun 21	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	62	Jun 22	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	63	Jun 24 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	5	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
32	65 (1)	Jun 26	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	67 (1)	Jun 29	BAL		BOS	L,6-7	GF	12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	71 (3)	Jul 3	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	19	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	73 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	W,7-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	76 (2)	Jul 8 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-8		14	2.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
37	85 (8)	Jul 19	BAL		CHW	L,2-3		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	86	Jul 21 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,3-4		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	88 (1)	Jul 22	BAL		CLE	L,0-8		12	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
40	90 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,11-5		12	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
41	91	Jul 25	BAL	@	DET	L,2-6		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	95 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	96	Jul 29 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-4	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	97	Jul 30	BAL	@	KCA	W,4-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	98	Jul 31	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-1	GF	1	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	100 (1)	Aug 2	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-3		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	101	Aug 3	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-13	GF	2	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
48	103 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-4		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
49	105 (1)	Aug 8	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-7	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
50	114 (8)	Aug 18 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	115	Aug 18 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,2-6	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
52	117 (1)	Aug 21	BAL		KCA	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	118	Aug 22	BAL		KCA	L,2-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	123 (4)	Aug 26 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	127 (3)	Sep 1	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-4		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	128	Sep 2	BAL	@	BOS	W,11-10		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
57	130 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	132 (1)	Sep 6	BAL	@	WSH	L,5-7		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	133	Sep 7 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,5-7	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	145 (11)	Sep 19	BAL	@	DET	L,1-9		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	147 (1)	Sep 22	BAL		WSH	W,8-6		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	150 (2)	Sep 25	BAL		NYY	L,6-11		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							62gm		97.1	8	17	0	25	2