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Steve Sundra

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: March 27, 1910 in Luxor, PA us

Died: March 23, 1952 in Cleveland, OH

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH

Debut: April 17, 1936 (Age 26-021d, 7,988th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 28, 1946 (Age 36-062d)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Steven Richard Sundra

Nicknames: Smokey

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1939 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.6

ERA

4.17

168

859.1

214

WHIP

1.472

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
1932	22	CLE-min	B,D	16	10	.615	1.69	35						239.0	262	138	45		81									1.435	9.9		3.1			QUI,BUR IIIL,MSVL
1933	23	CLE-min	C	14	12	.538	4.11	27						195.0	217	110	89		52									1.379	10.0		2.4			ZAN MATL
1935	25	CLE-NYY-min	AA	9	7	.563	4.53	36	8					157.0	180	90	79		56									1.503	10.3		3.2			MNE,NWK AA,IL
1936	26	NYY-min	AA	12	9	.571	2.84	29	26					187.0	165	82	59		65									1.230	7.9		3.1			NWK IL
1936	26	NYY	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	9		5.31	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50

1937	27	NYY-min	AA	15	4	.789	3.09	27	25					201.0	194	83	69		57									1.249	8.7		2.6			NWK IL
1938	28	NYY	AL	6	4	.600	4.80	25	8	15	3	0	0	93.2	107	61	50	7	43	3	33	0	0	4	416	95	4.69	1.601	10.3	0.7	4.1	3.2	0.77
1939	29	NYY	AL	11	1	.917	2.76	24	11	8	8	1	0	120.2	110	43	37	7	56	1	27	0	0	3	521	158	4.29	1.376	8.2	0.5	4.2	2.0	0.48
1940	30	NYY	AL	4	6	.400	5.53	27	8	10	2	0	2	99.1	121	68	61	11	42	1	26	1	0	2	457	73	4.66	1.641	11.0	1.0	3.8	2.4	0.62
1941	31	WSH	AL	9	13	.409	5.29	28	23	3	11	0	0	168.1	203	108	99	11	61	5	50	1	0	6	760	76	3.69	1.568	10.9	0.6	3.3	2.7	0.82
1942	32	TOT	AL	9	6	.600	4.24	26	17	3	8	0	0	144.1	165	80	68	3	44	1	31	1	0	5	634	88	2.85	1.448	10.3	0.2	2.7	1.9	0.70
1942	32	WSH	AL	1	3	.250	5.61	6	4	0	2	0	0	33.2	43	24	21	1	15	0	5	1	0	2	158	66	3.59	1.723	11.5	0.3	4.0	1.3	0.33
1942	32	SLB	AL	8	3	.727	3.82	20	13	3	6	0	0	110.2	122	56	47	2	29	1	26	0	0	3	476	98	2.62	1.364	9.9	0.2	2.4	2.1	0.90
1943	33	SLB	AL	15	11	.577	3.25	32	29	3	13	3	0	208.0	212	89	75	10	66	6	44	0	1	4	884	104	3.81	1.337	9.2	0.4	2.9	1.9	0.67
1944	34	SLB	AL	2	0	1.000	1.42	3	3	0	2	0	0	19.0	15	3	3	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	75	262	3.44	1.000	7.1	0.5	1.9	0.5	0.25
1945			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service - US Army)
1946	36	SLB	AL	0	0		11.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	9	9	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	26	37	3.80	3.000	20.3	0.0	6.8	2.3	0.33
9 Yrs				56	41	.577	4.17	168	99	44	47	4	2	859.1	944	461	398	50	321	17	214	3	1	25	3782	94	3.88	1.472	9.9	0.5	3.4	2.2	0.67
162 Game Avg.				14	10	.577	4.17	43	25	11	12	1	1	219	240	117	101	13	82	4	55	1	0	6	963	94	3.88	1.472	9.9	0.5	3.4	2.2	0.67

NYY (4 yrs)				21	11	.656	4.22	77	27	34	13	1	2	315.2	340	172	148	25	143	5	87	1	0	9	1403	103	4.53	1.530	9.7	0.7	4.1	2.5	0.61
SLB (4 yrs)				25	14	.641	3.42	57	45	7	21	3	0	341.2	358	157	130	13	102	7	72	0	1	8	1461	103	3.40	1.346	9.4	0.3	2.7	1.9	0.71
WSH (2 yrs)				10	16	.385	5.35	34	27	3	13	0	0	202.0	246	132	120	12	76	5	55	2	0	8	918	74	3.67	1.594	11.0	0.5	3.4	2.5	0.72