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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Team Record in Appearances: 16-25 / in Starts: 4-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 16

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 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	4	5	Apr 24	BRO		PHI	W,11-4	3-GF	W(1-0)	99	6.1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.00	3.86	22	10	8	2	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.103	1.59	0.16%	2.91	3t 123 2 out tie	9t end a 7
2	5	8	Apr 27	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.96	6	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.073	1.26	0.10%	0.99	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
3	6	10	Apr 30	BRO	@	PHI	W,11-2	CG	W(2-0)	2	9.0	6	2	2	4	2	0	0	1.04	3.80	36	12	17	7	0	1	65			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	.51	0.155	1.22	0.22%	2.37	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a9
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
4	7	19	May 10	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(2-1)	9	8.0	6	4	4	4	1	1	0	2.13	4.38	33	15	10	3	0	3	51			3	1	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	.77	-0.057	2.28	-0.10%	0.09	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
5	8	20	May 12	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-7	6-9	H(1)	1	3.0	3	4	4	3	1	1	0	3.18	4.91	15	4	6	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	0.099	2.44	0.14%	-2.13	6b -2- 1 out a1	9b --- 1 out a2
6	9	23	May 17	BRO		BSN	L,3-12	GS-2	L(2-2)	4	1.2	5	4	4	0	2	0	0	4.20	4.66	10	1	6	4	0	1	31			0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.314	2.62	-0.51%	-3.20	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d3
7	10	25	May 19	BRO		STL	L,7-14	4-5		1	1.0	2	4	4	4	2	0	0	5.23	4.85	9	1	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.065	.93	-0.09%	-3.72	4t -2- 1 out d4	5t 12- 1 out d8
8	11	28	May 22	BRO		PIT	L,1-3	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.06	4.79	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.40	0.019	.57	0.02%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
9	12	29	May 23	BRO		CIN	L,5-6	6-8	BL(2-3)	0	3.0	3	2	2	4	2	1	0	5.14	5.22	16	4	5	1	0	1		2	1	1	0	0	12	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.07	-0.126	2.37	-0.09%	0.06	6t -23 0 out a2	8t 3 out d1
10	13	36	May 31(2)	BRO		NYG	L,1-10	GS-3	L(2-4)	7	2.2	5	5	5	2	4	1	0	5.97	5.33	15	1	6	4	0	2	30			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.213	1.70	-0.25%	-2.05	1t start tie	3t -23 2 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
11	14	41	Jun 5	BRO	@	STL	L,6-9	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.90	5.20	9	2	6	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.005	.19	-0.01%	0.06	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 3
12	15	44	Jun 9	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-6	1-7		3	6.2	8	3	3	0	2	0	2	5.63	4.89	28	10	13	7	1	1		0	0	0	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.27	-0.060	.58	-0.08%	0.34	1b --- 1 out d3	7b 3 out d2
13	16	50	Jun 17	BRO		CIN	L,3-5	4-7		7	3.1	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	5.44	4.69	14	4	6	4	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.150	2.25	-0.17%	-0.65	4t 123 2 out a1	7t 3 out d2
14	17	51	Jun 18	BRO		CHC	L,4-6	8-8	BS(2)	0	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.58	4.74	4	1	2	1	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.08	-0.535	4.97	-0.52%	-2.85	8t 123 1 out a2	8t 12- 2 out d2
15	18	58	Jun 26	BRO		STL	L,3-6	8-GF		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.37	4.68	8	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.013	.18	0.02%	1.04	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
16	19	61	Jun 30	BRO		PHI	L,4-13	8-GF		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.17	4.50	8	1	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.04	8t --- 0 out d10	9t end d10
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	20	65	Jul 4	BRO		NYG	W,13-12	9-GF	W(3-4)	3	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.10	4.44	3	0	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.005	.10	0.00%	0.28	9t --- 1 out d3	9t end d 3
18	21	66	Jul 5(1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	5-6		0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.98	4.40	4	2	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.093	.79	0.05%	0.98	5b 1-3 2 out d1	6b 3 out d1
19	22	70	Jul 8	BRO		BSN	L,4-7	9-GF		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.95	4.39	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.002	.12	0.00%	0.51	9t 1-3 2 out d5	9t end d 5
20	23	72	Jul 10	BRO	@	NYG	W,15-10	1-3		1	1.2	0	2	2	3	1	0	0	5.12	4.46	7	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	.81	-0.027	1.22	-0.02%	0.20	1b -2- 1 out d3	3b 12- 0 out tie
21	24	75	Jul 16	BRO	@	CIN	W,4-2	9-GF	S(1)	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.06	4.45	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.54	0.103	3.81	0.09%	0.51	9b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
22	25	76	Jul 17(1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-4	8-GF	S(2)	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.90	4.36	8	2	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.066	1.38	0.07%	0.97	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 4
23	26	78	Jul 18(1)	BRO	@	STL	L,3-6	8-GF(11)	L(3-5)	0	3.2	4	4	4	4	3	1	0	5.18	4.56	17	4	4	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	12	2	1	3	1	0	0	3.15	-0.392	8.87	-0.66%	-1.99	8b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 3
24	27	84	Jul 23	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-8	W(4-5)	4	7.2	6	2	2	4	5	0	0	4.88	4.40	32	7	16	7	0	0	60			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.294	3.24	0.55%	1.76	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a2
25	28	85	Jul 25(1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-6	9-GF	S(3)	1	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.85	4.40	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.76	0.173	34.55	0.41%	0.44	9b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
26	29	87	Jul 26	BRO		NYG	L,4-13	7-8		0	2.0	2	2	2	3	2	1	0	4.96	4.60	11	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.008	.12	-0.02%	-0.96	7t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d8
27	30	92	Jul 31	BRO		PIT	L,2-5	GS-7		4	6.0	5	1	1	3	1	0	1	4.71	4.59	27	8	14	9	0	0	56			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.075	4.55	0.16%	1.20	1t start tie	7t --3 0 out a1
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
28	31	94	Aug 4	BRO		CHC	W,5-4	6-7		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.59	4.52	7	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.076	1.52	0.13%	1.04	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
29	32	97	Aug 7	BRO		CIN	L,4-6	8-8		2	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.88	4.54	5	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.81	-0.066	3.44	-0.17%	-0.99	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 1-3 2 out d3
30	33	101	Aug 11	BRO		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	10	2	0	4.60	4.50	36	9	13	7	0	2	71			0	2	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.264	6.43	0.73%	2.69	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
31	34	111	Aug 22	BRO		BSN	L,3-4	4-8	L(5-6)	10	5.0	6	2	2	0	3	1	0	4.55	4.48	20	7	7	3	0	3		2	0	0	0	1	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.057	15.57	-0.31%	1.61	4t 12- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
32	35	114	Aug 25 susp	BRO	@	PIT	L,11-12	GS-7		2	6.0	8	5	5	0	8	2	0	4.72	4.48	26	3	14	10	0	1	44			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.211	3.71	-0.60%	-1.93	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a4
33	36	119	Aug 29(2)	BRO	@	STL	W,6-4	GS-8		3	7.1	6	2	1	4	6	0	0	4.49	4.36	32	8	13	6	0	1	62			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.062	9.65	0.31%	1.04	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a2
34	37	120	Aug 30(1)	BRO	@	STL	W,6-5	8-8	W(6-6)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.46	4.33	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.012	2.40	0.07%	0.94	8b 12- 1 out d3	8b 3 out d3
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
35	38	125	Sep 2	BRO	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS-4		2	3.0	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	4.66	4.30	14	5	5	3	0	2	35			0	0	0	13	3	1	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.234	8.45	-1.24%	-2.19	1b start tie	4b -2- 0 out a1
36	39	135	Sep 12	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-5	5-6		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.58	4.28	6	2	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.039	.55	0.05%	1.01	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
37	40	139	Sep 15(1)	BRO		CIN	L,2-3	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.54	4.25	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.040	1.17	0.05%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
38	41	142	Sep 17	BRO		STL	L,2-4	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.46	4.19	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.049	.60	0.06%	1.04	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
39	42	147	Sep 22	BRO		PIT	L,1-5	6-6		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.45	4.18	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.008	.02	0.00%	0.45	6t 12- 2 out d5	6t 3 out d5
40	43	148	Sep 23	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-1	7-8	H(2)	0	1.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.41	4.19	6	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.052	.05	0.00%	-0.39	7b -2- 1 out a1	8b 123 1 out a4
41	44	151	Sep 28	BRO		BSN	W,9-8	3-8		4	5.0	4	3	3	2	1	2	0	4.45	4.37	19	8	5	1	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.02	3t 12- 0 out a2	8t -2- 0 out a2
							16-25		W-L:6-6,Sv:3,BSv:2,Hld:2	2.7	125.1	112	63	62	58	75	13	3	4.45	4.37	532	0.72		25%	0%	27	51	30	27%	5	4	1	466	25	6	10	11	0	4	1.00	-0.574	3.68	-1.44%	3.57

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