Ed Linke

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: November 9, 1911 in Chicago, IL us

Died: June 21, 1988 in Chicago, IL

Buried: St. Luke Cemetery, Chicago, IL

Debut: April 27, 1933 (Age 21-169d, 7,596th in major league history)
vs. BOS 8.1 IP, 4 H, 5 SO, 7 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: September 4, 1938 (Age 26-299d)
vs. CLE 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: Edward Karl Linke

Nicknames: Babe

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.7

ERA

5.61

120

449.0

156

WHIP

1.695

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-23 / in Starts: 5-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 13

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 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	64	3	Apr 23	WSH		PHA	L,1-7	8-GF		99	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.70	8	1	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.004	.05	0.01%	1.14	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
2	65	5	Apr 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-12	3-GF(8)		2	6.0	12	9	9	2	4	0	1	10.13	3.20	34	9	6	0	3	12		0	0	0	0	0	30	2	1	1	0	0	1	.31	-0.189	.61	-0.22%	-5.26	3b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 7
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	66	10	May 2	WSH	@	PHA	W,10-7	4-9	W(1-0)	5	5.2	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	6.59	3.06	22	6	6	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.028	.69	0.03%	2.01	4b --- 0 out d4	9b 12- 2 out a3
4	67	16	May 10	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-6	3-GF(8)		7	6.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	5.03	3.30	22	8	6	0	1	5		0	0	1	1	0	20	2	0	0	2	0	0	.14	0.041	.26	0.05%	2.56	3b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
5	68	21	May 16	WSH		BOS	L,5-6	9-GF(12)	BL(1-1)	5	3.2	2	1	1	3	4	0	0	4.63	3.33	16	6	3	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.35	0.132	5.83	0.14%	1.19	9t -23 1 out a1	12t end d 1
6	69	25	May 20	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	GS-7		3	7.0	8	4	4	0	4	0	0	4.75	3.04	28	12	7	1	1	5	49			0	2	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.113	1.87	-0.13%	-0.01	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
7	70	30	May 25	WSH		CHW	L,2-9	9-9		4	0.2	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	5.81	3.14	8	2	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.017	.09	-0.02%	-3.90	9t --- 0 out d4	9t 12- 2 out d8
8	71	33	May 28	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-7	5-GF(8)		2	4.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	5.40	2.94	17	4	3	1	2	4		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.009	.12	0.01%	1.49	5b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 7
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	72	38	Jun 2	WSH	@	DET	L,8-11	7-8	BS(2)	4	1.2	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	5.65	3.42	10	4	0	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.03	-0.252	2.83	-0.21%	-1.78	7b -23 0 out a4	8b 12- 2 out tie
10	73	40	Jun 4	WSH	@	DET	L,3-10	7-GF(8)		1	1.2	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	5.87	3.52	11	0	4	0	1	4		3	3	0	0	0	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	.17	-0.079	.25	-0.07%	-3.71	7b 123 1 out d2	8b end d 7
11	74	43	Jun 7	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-17	3-GF(8)		2	5.1	8	8	5	4	2	1	0	6.18	3.96	28	5	9	2	1	8		3	2	0	0	0	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.024	.02	-0.02%	-6.27	3b 123 2 out d7	8b end d14
12	75	48	Jun 13(2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.91	3.95	7	1	4	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.091	.49	0.05%	1.19	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
13	76	49	Jun 15	WSH		DET	L,8-9	2-9		1	7.1	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	5.26	3.88	27	12	6	2	1	5		2	1	0	1	0	23	0	0	1	2	0	0	.11	0.020	.07	0.01%	2.53	2t 1-3 2 out d6	9t 3 out d7
14	77	58	Jun 26	WSH		CHW	L,5-6	9-GF		10	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.23	3.84	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.038	.87	0.01%	0.47	9t 12- 2 out d1	9t end d 1
15	78	59	Jun 27	WSH		CHW	L,3-5			0	3.0	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.95	3.79	15												14					0
16	79	60	Jun 29	WSH		BOS	T,2-2	8-9		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.78	3.77	8	6	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.057	.13	0.01%	1.14	8t --- 0 out d2	9t 3 out d2
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
17	80	63	Jul 2	WSH		NYY	W,8-3	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.55	3.72	10	2	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.113	.26	0.04%	1.71	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 5
18	81	67	Jul 5(2)	WSH	@	PHA	T,2-2	GS-10		2	10.0	7	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.16	3.57	37	8	19	3	0	7	73			1	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.67	0.448	.43	0.07%	3.81	1b start a 2	10b 3 out tie
19	82	68	Jul 9	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-16	4-GF(8)		3	4.1	10	9	8	7	1	2	1	4.88	4.18	30	5	6	1	0	10		3	3	0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.126	.03	-0.03%	-8.74	4b 123 2 out d3	8b end d14
20	83	74	Jul 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-11	4-6		6	2.1	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.08	4.23	12	2	3	0	0	5		2	1	0	0	1	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.032	.01	0.00%	-2.29	4b 1-3 2 out d5	6b 3 out d8
21	84	76	Jul 18	WSH	@	DET	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.01	4.16	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.61	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
22	85	81	Jul 24(1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS-7	W(2-1)	5	7.0	12	5	5	1	2	1	0	5.13	4.23	33	7	11	5	1	12	34			0	0	0	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-0.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
23	86	86	Jul 28	WSH		CHW	W,11-8	GS-5	W(3-1)	3	5.0	8	5	4	2	4	1	0	5.24	4.29	24	3	7	1	0	8	35			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	1	.78	-0.130	.01	0.00%	-2.15	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
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
24	87	90	Aug 1	WSH		CLE	L,2-11	6-6		3	0.2	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	5.60	4.26	7	2	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.130	.00	0.00%	-3.69	6t --- 0 out d3	6t 1-- 2 out d7
25	88	93	Aug 5	WSH		SLB	L,4-7	5-8		3	3.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.40	4.25	11	7	3	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.019	.00	0.00%	2.11	5t --3 2 out d7	8t 3 out d5
26	89	94	Aug 6	WSH		DET	L,3-10	7-GF		0	3.0	6	3	3	0	2	1	0	5.51	4.31	14	4	4	2	0	4		2	2	0	0	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-1.79	7t -23 0 out d3	9t end d 7
27	90	99	Aug 10(2)	WSH		PHA	W,8-6	3-9	W(4-1)	3	6.1	10	2	2	3	1	1	0	5.35	4.44	31	8	9	1	0	10		0	0	0	0	0	28	2	1	2	0	0	0	1.32	0.206	.00	0.00%	1.41	3t --- 0 out d1	9t 1-- 1 out a2
28	91	103	Aug 14	WSH		BOS	W,8-3	GS-7	W(5-1)	3	6.0	5	3	2	5	2	0	0	5.22	4.47	29	13	5	0	0	4	49			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-0.43	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a2
29	92	108	Aug 18	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-3		3	3.0	3	5	4	2	1	1	0	5.40	4.59	15	5	4	0	0	3	34			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	2	.86	-0.303	.00	0.00%	-3.18	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
30	93	110	Aug 20	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-1	8-GF	S(2)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.34	4.57	5	2	2	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	0.282	.00	0.00%	1.48	8b 123 2 out a2	9b end a 2
31	94	112	Aug 25	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-6	7-GF	BW(6-1)	4	3.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.35	4.56	14	8	1	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.097	.00	0.00%	-0.22	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
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
32	95	124	Sep 5	WSH		NYY	L,5-10	6-7		10	0.2	2	3	3	2	0	0	1	5.55	4.63	7	1	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-3.44	6t 12- 2 out d5	7t -23 1 out d6
33	96	128	Sep 7(2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-4	7-GF	S(3)	1	3.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.41	4.60	12	4	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	0.520	.00	0.00%	1.87	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
34	97	132	Sep 9(2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,12-10	GS-4		1	4.0	4	4	4	4	1	1	0	5.53	4.74	20	3	8	1	1	4	35			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-1.68	1b start tie	4b 3 out a5
35	98	137	Sep 14	WSH		DET	L,6-11	9-GF		4	1.0	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	5.56	4.70	6	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	.07	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-1.43	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
36	99	149	Sep 28(1)	WSH		NYY	L,0-9	7-GF		13	2.1	2	2	2	3	3	1	1	5.60	4.82	12	1	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.02	0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.39	7t 12- 2 out d7	9t end d 9
							11-23		W-L:6-1,Sv:3,BSv:3	2.8	128.2	158	89	80	59	62	11	4	5.60	4.82	594	1.08		7%	4%	143	44	29	52%	2	4	2	523	29	9	7	8	0	8	.79	0.335	.43	-0.29%	-24.45

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