Virgil Jester

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 188lb (180cm, 85kg)

Born: July 23, 1927 in Denver, CO us

Died: February 15, 2016 in Arvada, CO

Buried: Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO

High School: North HS (Denver, CO)

School: University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, CO)

Debut: June 18, 1952 (Age 24-331d, 10,931st in major league history)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: April 23, 1953 (Age 25-274d)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Virgil Milton Jester

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

ERA

3.84

75.0

WHIP

1.480

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-16 / in Starts: 3-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 2

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	55	Jun 18(1)	BSN		CIN	L,6-7	7-8	L(0-1)	99	2.0	2	2	2	2	3	1	0	9.00	8.89	10	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.250	.20	-0.03%	-1.09	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d2
2	2	60	Jun 22(1)	BSN		STL	L,2-7	9-GF		3	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	10.13	7.64	5	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.33	-0.034	.02	0.00%	-1.65	9t -23 1 out d2	9t end d 5
3	3	65	Jun 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.36	5.66	4	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
4	4	68	Jun 30(1)	BSN		NYG	L,7-8	7-7		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.79	4.96	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.45	7t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
5	5	69	Jun 30(2)	BSN		NYG	L,0-4			-1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.76	4.51	4												4			0		0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	6	70	Jul 1	BSN		NYG	L,3-6	8-GF		0	2.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.70	4.74	8	3	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.16	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.09	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
7	7	75	Jul 5	BSN		BRO	L,3-5	6-7		3	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.72	4.56	7	0	6	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.051	.00	0.00%	0.91	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d2
8	8	81	Jul 13(2)	BSN	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	7	9.0	7	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.41	3.68	36	8	16	2	1	6	69			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.541	.00	0.00%	3.29	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
9	9	92	Jul 26	BSN		PIT	L,4-6	CG	L(1-2)	12	9.0	12	6	2	0	0	1	0	2.28	3.73	40	13	16	0	0	11	47			0	0	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.49	-0.436	.00	0.00%	-1.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
10	10	97	Jul 31	BSN		STL	L,3-8	7-8		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.12	3.57	7	2	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.91	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	11	101	Aug 3(2)	BSN		CIN	L,0-4	GS-7	L(1-3)	2	7.0	10	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.21	3.24	29	7	10	0	0	10	51			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.00	0.060	.00	0.00%	1.17	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
12	12	117	Aug 21	BSN	@	STL	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		17	2.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.09	3.27	9	2	3	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	.85	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.94	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
13	13	120	Aug 24(1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-6	L(1-4)	2	6.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	2.42	3.49	27	5	11	0	0	7	46			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.159	.00	0.00%	-0.14	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
14	14	127	Aug 31(1)	BSN		PHI	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-4)	6	9.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.01	3.29	33	9	14	2	0	2	83			1	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.48	0.654	.00	0.00%	4.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	15	134	Sep 6(1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,6-7	GS-8		5	7.1	11	5	5	3	1	0	0	2.51	3.29	33	10	8	1	0	11	34			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.10	0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.17	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a3
16	16	140	Sep 12(1)	BSN		PIT	L,1-8	GS-2	L(2-5)	5	1.2	8	6	6	0	0	1	1	3.30	3.52	14	2	4	2	0	7	15			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.389	.00	0.00%	-5.31	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d6
17	17	145	Sep 16(1)	BSN		STL	L,6-8	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.25	3.57	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.45	7t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
18	18	149	Sep 21	BSN		BRO	L,2-8	8-8		4	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.38	3.56	3	0	2	1	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-3.27	8t 123 2 out d2	8t 3 out d6
19	19	154	Sep 27	BSN	@	BRO	W,11-3	CG	W(3-5)	5	9.0	8	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.33	3.58	37	10	17	9	0	2	61			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.096	.00	0.00%	1.29	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
							3-16		W-L:3-5	3.4	73.0	80	31	27	23	25	5	1	3.33	3.58	315	0.65		11%	1%	67	51	5	100%	3	0	0	286	13	1	4	5	0	1	1.02	0.161	.01	-0.03%	0.32

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