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: 6-19 / in Starts: 6-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 1

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	175	3	Apr 20	KCA		CHW	L,3-6	GS-7		99	7.0	6	3	3	4	6	1	0	3.86	4.23	29	6	7	0	0	6	55			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.023	2.48	0.04%	0.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
2	176	8	Apr 26	KCA		CLE	L,2-14	GS-5	L(0-1)	5	4.1	6	9	9	5	1	1	0	9.53	5.81	24	8	4	0	0	6	11			0	0	0	19	2	0	1	0	0	0	.93	-0.411	2.14	-0.57%	-4.99	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out d4
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	177	10	May 1	KCA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	1	1	0	6.20	5.27	35	16	8	0	0	7	63			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.22	0.514	2.24	0.57%	3.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
4	178	14	May 5	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS-6	L(1-2)	3	6.0	8	3	3	4	0	2	0	5.81	6.05	28	10	7	0	1	7	40			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	3	0	1	.63	-0.096	1.31	-0.12%	0.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
5	179	19	May 11	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-1	L(1-3)	5	0.0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	6.49	6.28	3	0	0	0	0	1	38			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.155	2.92	-0.22%	-1.85	1b start tie	1b 123 0 out tie
6	180	23	May 15	KCA		BAL	L,5-9	GS-4	L(1-4)	3	3.1	7	6	3	2	2	0	0	6.67	5.91	18	2	5	0	0	7	28			0	2	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.251	1.58	-0.25%	-3.12	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d4
7	181	24	May 16	KCA		BAL	L,6-8	7-8		0	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	2	0	6.82	6.60	10	2	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.028	.34	-0.03%	-0.96	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d5
8	182	27	May 19	KCA		BOS	W,5-4	GS-7		2	6.0	9	4	4	4	4	0	0	6.69	6.03	29	4	8	2	0	9	38			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.224	1.23	-0.14%	-0.36	1t start tie	7t -23 0 out tie
9	183	32	May 25	KCA	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	W(2-4)	5	9.0	7	3	3	4	4	1	0	5.98	5.69	35	8	12	4	3	7	61			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	0.166	.81	0.08%	1.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
10	184	38	May 30(1)	KCA		DET	L,3-11	GS-7	L(2-5)	4	7.0	11	6	6	4	3	1	0	6.20	5.61	35	8	9	2	1	11	30			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	1	.56	-0.263	.49	-0.14%	-2.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out d6
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
11	185	43	Jun 5	KCA	@	NYY	W,7-4	GS-9	W(3-5)	5	8.0	5	4	4	3	3	3	0	5.98	5.87	32	8	13	0	2	5	56			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	2	.85	0.233	.82	0.13%	0.05	1b start a 4	9b --- 0 out a3
12	186	50	Jun 11(1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-8		5	7.0	4	2	2	4	5	0	0	5.64	5.54	29	10	6	0	0	4	62			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.239	.51	0.06%	2.12	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a2
13	187	54	Jun 15	KCA		BAL	L,0-1	GS-8		3	7.2	1	0	0	4	5	0	0	5.07	5.25	28	9	9	0	0	1	78			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.418	.75	0.16%	3.39	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out tie
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
14	188	81	Jul 15(2)	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-7	GS-2		29	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.98	5.15	5	1	1	0	0	1	54			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.046	.00	0.00%	0.48	1b start tie	2b 1-- 1 out tie
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
15	189	98	Aug 1	KCA		BAL	W,9-4	GS-7	W(4-5)	16	7.0	5	2	2	1	5	1	0	4.78	4.99	28	10	7	1	0	5	63			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	2	.94	0.172	.00	0.00%	1.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
16	190	104	Aug 7(2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-5		5	4.2	4	3	3	8	1	0	0	4.84	5.10	25	2	10	0	0	4	37			1	0	0	16	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.34	-0.153	.00	0.00%	-1.15	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d2
17	191	109	Aug 12	KCA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	L(4-6)	4	9.0	8	6	5	5	6	3	0	4.85	5.28	40	11	10	1	0	8	50			0	0	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	-0.288	.00	0.00%	-1.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
18	192	114	Aug 18	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-3	L(4-7)	5	2.1	3	5	4	3	3	0	0	5.10	5.24	13	3	1	0	0	3	33			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.13	-0.324	.00	0.00%	-3.69	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out d4
19	193	115	Aug 19(1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.05	5.21	4	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
20	194	120	Aug 24	KCA	@	WSH	W,8-4	GS-5		4	4.2	6	4	4	5	4	0	0	5.16	5.15	26	6	5	0	1	6	35			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	-0.139	.00	0.00%	-1.82	1b start a 2	5b -2- 2 out a1
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
21	195	127	Sep 1	KCA	@	DET	L,1-6	GS-6	L(4-8)	7	6.0	8	4	4	3	3	1	0	5.21	5.15	28	8	6	0	0	8	40			0	0	0	25	3	0	1	1	0	0	.70	-0.141	.00	0.00%	-0.83	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
22	196	133	Sep 7	KCA		DET	L,8-12	GS-3	L(4-9)	5	2.1	5	5	5	4	1	0	0	5.49	5.18	17	2	5	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	12	2	0	1	0	1	1	1.41	-0.326	.00	0.00%	-3.13	1t start tie	3t -2- 1 out tie
23	197	135	Sep 9	KCA		DET	L,3-7	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.45	5.16	5	1	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --3 0 out d3	9t end d 4
24	198	145	Sep 21(1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		11	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	5.14	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
25	199	149	Sep 23(2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-5	5-7		1	3.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.34	5.05	13	2	5	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	0	1	0	0	.34	-0.017	.00	0.00%	0.58	5b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
							6-19		W-L:4-9	3.6	119.2	124	76	71	74	61	17	0	5.34	5.05	543	0.97		4%	3%	123	45	1	100%	3	9	0	463	24	2	4	15	3	11	.95	-0.982	.78	-0.41%	-10.02

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