Erv Palica

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: February 9, 1928 in Lomita, CA us

Died: May 29, 1982 in Huntington Beach, CA

Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Culver City, CA

High School: Nathaniel Narbonne HS (Harbor City, CA)

Debut: April 21, 1945 (Age 17-071d, 9,924th in major league history)
vs. NYG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1956 (Age 28-228d)
vs. NYY 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Ervin Martin Palica

Pronunciation: \pah-LEE-kuh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.4

ERA

4.22

246

839.1

423

WHIP

1.436

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	7-23 / in Starts: 5-9
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 32 PAs	0
Actual Runners on Base	26 (13-7-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 32 PAs	3
Avg. Runners on Base	20 (10-6-3)

Most Driven In By
T Francona	2
B Hale	1
B Nieman	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	233	3 (2)	Apr 19	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.11	-0.059	2.49	-0.08%	-0.54	P
2	234	8 (4)	Apr 25	BAL		NYY	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.34	-0.065	2.62	-0.08%	-0.51	P
3	235	10 (1)	Apr 27	BAL	@	WSH	L,5-8	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	236	14 (3)	May 1	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.98	-0.099	3.14	-0.09%	-0.85	P
5	237	19 (4)	May 6 (2)	BAL		DET	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	.80	0.077	1.20	0.07%	0.76	P
6	238	23 (3)	May 11	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	9	1.93	-0.151	4.21	-0.20%	-1.36	P
7	239	28 (4)	May 16	BAL	@	KCA	W,8-6	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	9	1.03	-0.102	2.11	-0.13%	-0.92	P
8	240	32 (3)	May 20 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.40	-0.074	3.29	-0.10%	-0.57	P
9	241	37 (4)	May 29	BAL		WSH	L,5-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.158	.316	9	.71	-0.017	1.13	-0.02%	-0.15	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	242	42 (4)	Jun 3 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,0-12	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.158	.158	.316	9						P
11	243	48 (5)	Jun 8	BAL		KCA	W,6-3	GS-3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.150	.150	.300	9	.91	-0.047	.75	-0.02%	-0.79	P
12	244	50 (1)	Jun 9 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,7-5	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.150	.150	.300	9						P
13	245	53 (2)	Jun 12	BAL		DET	L,1-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.150	.150	.300	9						P
14	246	60 (6)	Jun 20	BAL	@	CHW	L,8-12	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.150	.150	.300	9						P
15	247	69 (8)	Jun 30 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,3-6	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.150	.150	.300	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	248	89 (19)	Jul 24 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,7-9	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.150	.150	.300	6						P
17	249	91 (1)	Jul 25	BAL	@	DET	L,2-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.150	.150	.300	9						P
18	250	95 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.136	.136	.273	9	1.92	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.97	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	251	99 (3)	Aug 1	BAL	@	KCA	L,4-9	6-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.136	.136	.273	7						P
20	252	101 (1)	Aug 3	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-13	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.136	.136	.273	9						P
21	253	106 (4)	Aug 9	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.136	.136	.273	9						P
22	254	109 (2)	Aug 12 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-6	2-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.47	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.60	P
23	255	115 (5)	Aug 18 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	.54	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.03	P
24	256	121 (5)	Aug 25	BAL		DET	L,3-7	4-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.148	.148	.296	9	.96	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	257	129 (7)	Sep 3 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS-9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.172	.172	.345	9	.69	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.22	P
26	258	133 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,5-7	9-10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.172	.172	.345	7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
27	259	135 (1)	Sep 8	BAL		BOS	L,1-6	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.172	.172	.345	9						P
28	260	141 (5)	Sep 15	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-1	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.50	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.11	P
29	261	145 (3)	Sep 19	BAL	@	DET	L,1-9	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	8						P
30	262	149 (3)	Sep 24	BAL		NYY	W,5-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.156	.156	.156	.313	9	1.51	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-0.79	P
							7-23		32	32	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.156	.156	.156	.313		1.19	-0.780	1.62	-0.65%	-7.43

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