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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

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

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-8	GS	19	3.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
2	6 (3)	Apr 23	CIN	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	11 (4)	Apr 29 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,8-9	GS	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	17 (5)	May 5	CIN	@	BRO	L,8-12	GS	12	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	19 (1)	May 6 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-8	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	23 (3)	May 12 (1)	CIN		STL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	25 (1)	May 13 (1)	CIN		STL	W,7-2	GF	10	2.2	1	1	0	2	0
8	28 (2)	May 16	CIN		BSN	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	30 (1)	May 18	CIN		NYG	L,3-4	GS	21	5.1	0	0	1	1	0
10	35 (4)	May 24	CIN	@	STL	L,3-11	GS	16	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
11	36	May 25	CIN	@	STL	W,5-1	GF	17	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
12	39 (2)	May 30 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	GS	33	7.2	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	43 (3)	Jun 3 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
14	48 (4)	Jun 7	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-4	GS	28	6.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
15	50 (1)	Jun 12	CIN		NYG	L,3-6	CG	43	10.0	1	3	1	5	0	P
16	54 (3)	Jun 16	CIN		BSN	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	58 (3)	Jun 20	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	62 (3)	Jun 24 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	66 (3)	Jun 28	CIN		PIT	L,5-7	GS	19	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	68 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,5-7	GF	21	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	P
21	70 (1)	Jul 3	CIN		STL	W,10-4	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	74 (3)	Jul 6	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	77 (2)	Jul 14	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	82 (4)	Jul 17 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-10	GS	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	87 (4)	Jul 22 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	92 (4)	Jul 28	CIN		NYG	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	97 (4)	Aug 1	CIN		PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	98	Aug 2	CIN		PHI	L,5-7		10	1.2	0	2	0	2	0
29	101 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,8-9	GS	27	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	104 (2)	Aug 8 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-5	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	107 (2)	Aug 10	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	0	2	0	2	0
32	112 (4)	Aug 15	CIN		CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	116 (3)	Aug 19 (1)	CIN		STL	L,4-5	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	120 (3)	Aug 24 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-5	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	126 (5)	Aug 27 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	131 (4)	Sep 2 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	135 (3)	Sep 5	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
38	137 (1)	Sep 7	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	142 (4)	Sep 12	CIN		BRO	W,6-3	GS	7	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
40	146 (3)	Sep 16 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	148 (1)	Sep 20	CIN		NYG	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	152 (3)	Sep 25	CIN		STL	W,7-3	CG	55	14.0	0	2	0	2	0
							42gm		248.2	5	31	3	39	1