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Harry Perkowski

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 196lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: September 6, 1922 in Dante, VA us

Died: April 20, 2016 in Beckley, WV

Buried: Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity, WV

High School: Trap Hill HS (Surveyor, WV)

Debut: September 13, 1947 (Age 25-007d, 10,370th in major league history)
vs. NYG 3.1 IP, 8 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 18, 1955 (Age 33-012d)
vs. CIN 0.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Harry Walter Perkowski

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.9

ERA

4.37

184

697.2

296

WHIP

1.495

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1946	23	CIN-min	C,A	23	6	.793	2.03	34			24	6		231.0	183	78	52		81		209	1	0	1				1.143	7.1		3.2	8.1	2.58	OGD,CLM PION,SALL
1947	24	CIN-min	A	17	12	.586	3.57	32			20	2		247.0	234	126	98		85		133	2	0	5				1.291	8.5		3.1	4.8	1.56	CLM SALL
1947	24	CIN	NL	0	0		3.68	3	1	1	0	0	0	7.1	12	3	3	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	35	118	5.10	2.045	14.7	1.2	3.7	2.5	0.67

1948	25	CIN-min	AA	22	10	.688	2.98	40	34		21	3		263.0	231	111	87		105		163	6	0	8				1.278	7.9		3.6	5.6	1.55	TUL TL
1949	26	CIN-min	AAA	14	12	.538	3.70	32	29		18	2		209.0	205	95	86		88		138	1	0	2				1.402	8.8		3.8	5.9	1.57	SYR IL
1949	26	CIN	NL	1	1	.500	4.56	5	3	0	2	0	0	23.2	21	14	12	2	14	1	3	0	0	0	105	93	5.13	1.479	8.0	0.8	5.3	1.1	0.21
1950	27	CIN	NL	0	0		5.24	22	0	11	0	0	0	34.1	36	21	20	6	23	4	19	1	0	0	159	81	5.85	1.718	9.4	1.6	6.0	5.0	0.83
1951	28	CIN	NL	3	6	.333	2.82	35	7	8	1	0	1	102.0	96	42	32	2	46	1	56	1	0	5	435	145	3.02	1.392	8.5	0.2	4.1	4.9	1.22
1952	29	CIN	NL	12	10	.545	3.80	33	24	3	11	1	0	194.0	197	91	82	9	89	6	86	3	0	3	852	98	3.53	1.474	9.1	0.4	4.1	4.0	0.97
1953	30	CIN	NL	12	11	.522	4.52	33	25	5	7	2	2	193.0	204	107	97	26	62	2	70	1	0	1	821	96	4.60	1.378	9.5	1.2	2.9	3.3	1.13
1954	31	CIN	NL	2	8	.200	6.11	28	12	4	3	1	0	95.2	100	71	65	16	62	1	32	1	0	3	433	69	5.88	1.693	9.4	1.5	5.8	3.0	0.52
1955	32	CHC	NL	3	4	.429	5.29	25	4	14	0	0	2	47.2	53	32	28	3	25	4	28	0	0	1	215	79	3.58	1.636	10.0	0.6	4.7	5.3	1.12
1956	33	CHC-min	Opn,AA	8	8	.500	4.30	30	18		6	1		138.0	156	80	66	12	60	1	86	3	0	2				1.565	10.2	0.8	3.9	5.6	1.43	LOS,TUL PCL,TL
1957	34	CHC-min	AA	4	3	.571	3.73	41	1		0	0		70.0	78	39	29	3	42	4	34	1	0	6				1.714	10.0	0.4	5.4	4.4	0.81	MEM SOUA
1958	35	CHC-min	AA	12	4	.750	2.76	43	6		5	1		101.0	79	35	31	9	28	2	71	2	0	1				1.059	7.0	0.8	2.5	6.3	2.54	FTW TL
1960	37	DET-min	AAA	7	4	.636	4.65	59	0		0	0		89.0	98	58	46	9	46	2	69	3	0	6				1.618	9.9	0.9	4.7	7.0	1.50	DEN AA
8 Yrs				33	40	.452	4.37	184	76	46	24	4	5	697.2	719	381	339	65	324	19	296	7	0	13	3055	94	4.26	1.495	9.3	0.8	4.2	3.8	0.91
162 Game Avg.				9	10	.452	4.37	48	20	12	6	1	1	182	188	100	89	17	85	5	77	2	0	3	799	94	4.26	1.495	9.3	0.8	4.2	3.8	0.91

CIN (7 yrs)				30	36	.455	4.31	159	72	32	24	4	3	650.0	666	349	311	62	299	15	268	7	0	12	2840	95	4.31	1.485	9.2	0.9	4.1	3.7	0.90
CHC (1 yr)				3	4	.429	5.29	25	4	14	0	0	2	47.2	53	32	28	3	25	4	28	0	0	1	215	79	3.58	1.636	10.0	0.6	4.7	5.3	1.12