Elmer Riddle

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: July 31, 1914 in Columbus, GA us

Died: May 14, 1984 in Columbus, GA

Buried: Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, GA

Debut: October 1, 1939 (Age 25-062d, 7,076th in MLB history)
vs. PIT 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 3, 1949 (Age 35-003d)
vs. BRO 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 7 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Elmer Ray Riddle

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Relatives: Brother of Johnny Riddle

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

W

L

ERA

3.40

G

190

GS

124

SV

IP

1023.0

SO

342

WHIP

1.400

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
1936	21	CLE-min	D	14	16	.467	4.25	35						237.0	219	157	112		139									1.511	8.3		5.3			WAU NORL
1937	22	WSH-min	B	13	6	.684		25						155.0	141	88			79									1.419	8.2		4.6			CHR PIED
1939	24	CIN-min	B,AA	3	5	.375	0.63	15						71.0	69	47	5		29									1.380	8.7		3.7			DHM,INA PIED,AA
1939	24	CIN	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7		2.97	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
1940	25	CIN	NL	1	2	.333	1.87	15	1	12	1	0	2	33.2	30	12	7	0	17	4	9	0	0	0	142	206	3.82	1.396	8.0	0.0	4.5	2.4	0.53
1941	26	CIN	NL	19	4	*.826*	*2.24*	33	22	4	15	4	1	216.2	180	68	54	8	59	4	80	5	0	2	884	161	3.29	1.103	7.5	0.3	2.5	3.3	1.36	MVP-5
1942	27	CIN	NL	7	11	.389	3.69	29	19	5	7	1	0	158.1	157	74	65	7	79	9	78	4	0	2	700	89	3.58	1.491	8.9	0.4	4.5	4.4	0.99
1943	28	CIN	NL	21	11	.656	2.63	36	33	3	19	5	3	260.1	235	87	76	6	107	5	69	2	0	0	1086	127	3.44	1.314	8.1	0.2	3.7	2.4	0.64	MVP-7
1944	29	CIN	NL	2	2	.500	4.05	4	4	0	2	0	0	26.2	25	12	12	0	12	0	6	0	0	0	113	88	3.44	1.388	8.4	0.0	4.1	2.0	0.50
1945	30	CIN	NL	1	4	.200	8.19	12	3	6	0	0	0	29.2	39	27	27	4	27	2	5	0	0	1	146	47	6.69	2.225	11.8	1.2	8.2	1.5	0.19

1947	32	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	8.31	16	3	6	0	0	0	30.1	42	30	28	5	31	2	8	1	0	0	159	51	7.28	2.407	12.5	1.5	9.2	2.4	0.26
1948	33	PIT	NL	12	10	.545	3.49	28	27	1	12	3	1	191.0	184	83	74	17	81	0	63	3	0	9	828	117	4.47	1.387	8.7	0.8	3.8	3.0	0.78	AS
1949	34	PIT	NL	1	8	.111	5.33	16	12	3	1	0	1	74.1	81	45	44	9	45	1	24	4	1	0	341	79	5.42	1.695	9.8	1.1	5.4	2.9	0.53
1950	35	PIT-min	AAA	11	9	.550	4.04	26	25		10	1		165.0	168	86	74		85		70	2	2	2				1.533	9.2		4.6	3.8	0.82	INA AA
1951	36	PIT-min	AAA	1	2	.333	9.53	4			1			17.0	31	20	18	1	16		8	0	0	1				2.765	16.4	0.5	8.5	4.2	0.50	INA AA
10 Yrs				65	52	.556	3.40	190	124	40	57	13	8	1023.0	974	438	387	56	458	27	342	19	1	14	4406	107	3.98	1.400	8.6	0.5	4.0	3.0	0.75
162 Game Avg.				14	11	.556	3.40	41	27	9	12	3	2	222	211	95	84	12	99	6	74	4	0	3	954	107	3.98	1.400	8.6	0.5	4.0	3.0	0.75

CIN (8 yrs)				52	34	.605	3.20	146	85	36	44	10	6	757.2	709	310	269	30	332	26	255	12	0	5	3237	109	3.72	1.374	8.4	0.4	3.9	3.0	0.77
PIT (2 yrs)				13	18	.419	4.00	44	39	4	13	3	2	265.1	265	128	118	26	126	1	87	7	1	9	1169	103	4.74	1.474	9.0	0.9	4.3	3.0	0.69