Lou Kretlow

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: June 27, 1921 in Apache, OK us

Died: September 12, 2007 in Enid, OK

Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, OK

High School: Putnam City HS (Oklahoma City, OK)

Schools: University of Central Oklahoma (Edmond, OK), University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Debut: September 26, 1946 (Age 25-091d, 10,203rd in major league history)
vs. SLB 9.0 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, W

Last Game: September 23, 1956 (Age 35-088d)
vs. CHW 3.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Louis Henry Kretlow

Nicknames: Lena

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.8

ERA

4.87

199

104

785.1

450

WHIP

1.659

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-22 / in Starts: 7-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 7

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	97	4	Apr 18	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	2-7		99	6.0	1	0	0	8	6	0	1	0.00	5.09	28	6	6	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.256	3.73	0.36%	1.92	2t 123 0 out a2	7t 3 out tie
2	98	8	Apr 24	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-0	GS-1		5	0.1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.00	6.38	4	0	1	0	0	0	48			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.105	4.01	-0.18%	-1.08	1b start a 2	1b 123 1 out a2
May				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
3	99	16	May 2	CHW		NYY	W,8-7	2-3		7	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	6.34	7	0	3	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.005	3.15	-0.01%	0.20	2t -2- 1 out d2	3t 3 out d3
4	100	17	May 3(1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	6.04	4	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.018	.76	0.03%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
5	101	26	May 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-7	GS-2		8	1.2	2	3	3	5	1	1	0	2.53	7.94	11	3	0	0	0	2	35			0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.277	4.68	-0.57%	-2.75	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out a1
6	102	27	May 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.31	7.99	4	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.007	.51	0.02%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
7	103	34	May 22	CHW	@	DET	L,0-7	3-5		8	2.2	2	2	1	3	2	0	0	2.51	7.34	14	2	5	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.19	-0.010	.58	-0.02%	-0.12	3b 12- 1 out d5	5b 3 out d7
8	104	42	May 30(2)	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	GS-5		7	4.1	4	5	3	5	3	1	0	3.38	7.41	22	6	4	0	0	4	37			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	-0.352	4.78	-0.73%	-2.71	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d2
Jun				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
9	105	46	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,2-18	8-GF		3	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.48	6.90	8	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.03	8t --- 0 out d15	9t end d16
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
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Browns
10	106	74	Jul 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-13	8-GF(8)		27	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.32	6.84	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
11	107	77	Jul 5(1)	SLB		DET	L,7-10	9-GF		3	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.57	6.61	5	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
12	108	81	Jul 8	SLB		CLE	W,6-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	2	6.1	10	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.72	5.80	30	8	8	1	2	10	41			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.15	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.36	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a2
13	109	85	Jul 12(1)	SLB	@	DET	L,7-8	GS-2		3	1.2	3	6	1	3	1	1	0	3.82	6.28	11	1	3	0	0	3	33			0	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.59	-0.439	.00	0.00%	-4.34	1b start tie	2b -2- 2 out d3
14	110	92	Jul 19(2)	SLB		WSH	L,4-13	GS-3	L(1-1)	6	2.0	5	4	4	2	3	0	0	4.68	6.05	13	1	2	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.217	.00	0.00%	-1.98	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out tie
15	111	94	Jul 23	SLB		PHA	L,4-7	6-7		3	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.41	5.88	7	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.072	.00	0.00%	1.02	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d1
16	112	95	Jul 24(1)	SLB		BOS	L,0-8	4-GF		0	6.0	6	3	3	5	2	0	0	4.43	5.67	28	7	8	0	2	6		0	0	0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.040	.00	0.00%	0.05	4t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 8
17	113	101	Jul 29	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-9	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	5.0	6	5	4	2	2	1	0	4.73	5.66	23	6	7	1	0	6	37			0	0	0	21	1	2	0	0	0	1	.66	-0.213	.00	0.00%	-2.43	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
18	114	103	Jul 31	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-11	2-GF(8)		1	6.1	5	3	3	6	4	0	0	4.67	5.48	31	8	8	1	2	5		1	0	0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	.12	-0.017	.00	0.00%	0.09	2b 1-- 2 out d8	8b end d 6
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
19	115	108	Aug 6	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS-5		5	4.2	6	4	4	4	1	0	0	4.92	5.42	23	8	4	2	1	6	33			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.218	.00	0.00%	-1.74	1b start a 3	5b -2- 2 out tie
20	116	111	Aug 9(2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-12	5-GF(8)		2	4.0	2	3	2	1	3	0	0	4.90	5.18	16	5	5	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	-1.06	5b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 9
21	117	115	Aug 13	SLB		DET	W,1-0	GS-10		3	10.0	8	0	0	4	6	0	0	4.20	4.81	40	12	11	1	0	7	78			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.62	0.832	.00	0.00%	5.09	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
22	118	119	Aug 18(1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-6	L(1-3)	4	6.0	4	2	2	4	2	1	0	4.11	4.91	26	6	11	1	0	3	54			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.028	.00	0.00%	1.08	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
23	119	124	Aug 22	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-5	L(1-4)	3	5.0	5	4	3	4	4	1	0	4.19	4.98	22	5	4	0	1	5	43			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	1	.98	-0.140	.00	0.00%	-1.58	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
24	120	128	Aug 27(2)	SLB		PHA	W,3-1	GS-		4	7.0	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.86	4.86	27						61						25			0		0
25	121	131	Aug 30(2)	SLB		WSH	L,3-9	2-4		2	1.1	6	5	5	1	0	0	0	4.30	4.86	11	0	4	0	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-4.05	2t 12- 2 out d3	4t 12- 0 out d7
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
26	122	133	Sep 2	SLB		NYY	L,1-9	8-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.28	4.85	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.44	8t 12- 2 out d7	8t 3 out d7
27	123	134	Sep 3	SLB		NYY	L,5-8	7-8		0	1.1	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	4.42	4.92	9	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.137	.00	0.00%	-1.90	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 12- 1 out d3
28	124	137	Sep 6	SLB		DET	L,2-5	GS-3	L(1-5)	2	2.1	8	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.60	4.87	15	4	2	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.244	.00	0.00%	-2.89	1t start tie	3t -23 1 out d3
29	125	139	Sep 7(2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-10	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.59	4.80	8	1	4	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-0.69	7b 1-3 0 out tie	8b end d 3
30	126	143	Sep 12	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-6		4	5.0	7	5	5	3	2	1	0	4.81	4.87	25	4	9	2	0	7	32			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.37	-0.233	.00	0.00%	-2.03	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out a1
31	127	150	Sep 20(2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	7-7		7	0.2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.87	4.91	6	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-1.27	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 123 2 out d3
							9-22		W-L:1-5	3.4	101.2	106	67	55	82	52	7	1	4.87	4.91	482	0.86		6%	4%	97	42	13	46%	1	3	0	394	20	4	0	9	0	8	.91	-1.772	.69	-1.09%	-21.98

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