Ralph Birkofer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 213lb (180cm, 96kg)

Born: November 5, 1908 in Cincinnati, OH us

Died: March 16, 1971 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

Debut: April 25, 1933 (Age 24-171d, 7,590th in major league history)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 11, 1937 (Age 28-248d)
vs. NYG 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Ralph Joseph Birkofer

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.5

ERA

4.19

132

544.0

224

WHIP

1.458

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

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	PIT	@	STL	L,1-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 19	PIT	@	STL	W,14-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	7 (3)	Apr 26	PIT		STL	L,1-10	GS	35	6.2	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	11 (3)	May 1	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
5	15 (3)	May 5	PIT		NYG	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
6	20 (4)	May 11	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	GS	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	24 (3)	May 18	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-3	GS	30	5.2	0	2	0	2	0
8	28 (3)	May 22	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-4	CG	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	33 (4)	May 28 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	37 (3)	Jun 1	PIT		STL	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	42 (4)	Jun 6 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	46 (3)	Jun 12	PIT		BRO	L,7-9	GS	16	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
13	48 (1)	Jun 14	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	GF	16	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	50 (1)	Jun 16	PIT		NYG	L,2-5	GS	14	2.1	1	0	0	1	0
15	54 (3)	Jun 21 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,1-4	GS	19	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	56 (1)	Jun 22	PIT		BSN	W,7-6	GF	19	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	60 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	GS	18	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
18	64 (3)	Jun 30	PIT		CHC	L,4-6	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	69 (4)	Jul 6	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-9	GF	17	3.1	0	0	1	1	0
20	71 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,11-4	GF	0	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	75 (3)	Jul 12 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-11	GS	8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
22	76	Jul 13	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-7	GF	6	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
23	79 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	83 (3)	Jul 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-8		17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	85 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,10-13	GF	30	6.2	0	4	0	4	1
26	87 (1)	Jul 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-9		0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
27	94 (6)	Jul 31 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS	26	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	97 (2)	Aug 3	PIT	@	STL	L,3-9	GF	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	102 (4)	Aug 8 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,4-7		0	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	111 (8)	Aug 17 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,3-7	GF	4	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
31	119 (7)	Aug 25 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,8-12		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	120	Aug 26	PIT		BSN	L,5-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	121	Aug 27	PIT		BSN	W,8-5		0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	125 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	130 (4)	Sep 6	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	132 (1)	Sep 10	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	134 (1)	Sep 12	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	138 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	143 (4)	Sep 22 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	146 (2)	Sep 25	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	148 (1)	Sep 27	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
							41gm		204.0	2	39	3	44	1