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: 5-20 / in Starts: 1-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 7

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 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	160	10	Apr 25(1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-9	1-5		99	4.2	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	2.83	19	5	9	3	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.093	1.74	0.19%	2.19	1b 1-3 1 out d3	5b 3 out d3
2	161	13	Apr 28	BRO	@	STL	L,5-6	5-8		2	4.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.08	3.09	22	8	11	5	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	-0.216	4.62	-0.42%	-0.57	5b 1-- 0 out a1	8b 3 out d1
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	162	25	May 14	BRO		STL	L,1-10	5-6		15	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.69	3.52	10	3	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.036	1.49	0.08%	1.06	5t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d4
4	163	29	May 18	BRO		CHC	L,1-7	7-8		3	1.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.75	3.40	8	3	4	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.053	.94	-0.12%	-2.64	7t --- 0 out d4	8t -2- 1 out d6
5	164	32	May 22	BRO		PIT	W,3-1	2-8	W(1-0)	3	5.2	5	0	0	6	3	0	0	2.55	3.76	27	6	12	4	0	0		3	0	0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.378	5.09	0.71%	3.87	2t 123 1 out d1	8t 1-- 0 out a2
6	165	37	May 27	BRO		PHI	L,5-11	5-6		4	1.2	2	2	2	0	1	2	0	3.26	4.88	6	3	1	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.64	-0.110	2.20	-0.23%	-0.26	5t 1-3 1 out d3	6t 3 out d3
7	166	38	May 28	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-17	6-7		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	4.65	6	2	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.009	.20	0.02%	1.03	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
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
8	167	49	Jun 8	BRO	@	STL	L,3-10	7-GF(8)		10	2.0	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	3.09	4.37	10	7	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.010	.16	-0.03%	-0.98	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 7
9	168	54	Jun 13(1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-5	7-7	H(1)	4	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.38	4.31	4	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	-0.001	10.21	0.00%	0.01	7b --- 0 out a2	7b 1-3 2 out a2
10	169	63	Jun 22	BRO		CIN	L,1-13	9-GF		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.24	4.16	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d12	9t end d12
11	170	65	Jun 24	BRO		CIN	W,9-6	3-8	W(2-0)	1	5.0	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.30	4.40	20	11	8	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.212	4.36	0.65%	0.65	3t --- 0 out d1	8t --- 0 out a2
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
12	171	71	Jul 1	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-5	5-GF(8)	L(2-1)	6	4.0	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.97	4.66	18	5	8	2	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	14	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.31	-0.309	10.72	-1.52%	-1.94	5b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
13	172	77	Jul 6	BRO		NYG	L,2-5	8-GF		4	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.00	4.48	8	3	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	.40	-0.003	3.43	-0.01%	0.06	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
14	173	80	Jul 9	BRO		PHI	W,7-5	10-GF(10)	W(3-1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.89	4.43	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	0.143	6.31	0.29%	0.53	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
15	174	83	Jul 11(2)	BRO		PHI	L,1-3	8-GF		1	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.92	4.40	8	2	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.016	3.54	-0.04%	0.06	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
16	175	85	Jul 15(1)	BRO	@	MLN	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.83	4.25	3	0	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.040	1.51	0.10%	1.40	8b --3 0 out d2	8b end d 2
17	176	86	Jul 15(2)	BRO	@	MLN	L,8-9	9-GF	BL(3-2)	-1	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.28	4.25	3	1	1	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	-0.960	13.79	-2.30%	-3.80	9b 12- 2 out a3	9b end d 1
18	177	91	Jul 20	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	7	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.11	3.88	25	2	18	6	0	2	53			3	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.077	3.65	0.17%	1.09	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
19	178	95	Jul 24	BRO	@	STL	W,7-6	GS-7		3	6.2	6	4	0	2	3	1	1	3.59	3.99	29	9	13	4	0	1	55			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	.94	-0.165	3.29	-0.35%	-0.54	1b start a 3	7b --- 2 out tie
20	179	100	Jul 29	BRO		CHC	L,5-6	GS-4	L(3-3)	4	3.0	2	5	5	4	1	1	0	4.20	4.32	15	4	5	1	0	1	32			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.254	5.22	-0.86%	-2.42	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d1
21	180	102	Jul 31	BRO		MLN	L,7-15	3-5		1	2.1	5	5	5	2	1	2	0	4.81	4.76	14	2	9	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.134	1.56	-0.45%	-3.96	3t --- 0 out d3	5t 1-- 1 out d8
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
22	181	107	Aug 5	BRO		STL	L,4-13	3-4		4	1.2	5	4	4	0	0	1	0	5.28	4.91	10	2	6	3	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.198	2.56	-0.50%	-3.19	3t --- 1 out d2	4t 3 out d6
23	182	121	Aug 22(1)	BRO		PHI	L,2-6	8-9		16	1.1	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	5.31	4.96	10	2	6	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.12	-0.022	.83	-0.09%	-1.55	8t --- 0 out d5	9t 123 1 out d4
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
24	183	137	Sep 6(2)	BRO		PIT	L,7-9	1-5		14	4.2	4	2	2	3	2	0	0	5.21	4.85	20	6	7	2	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	.56	-0.105	2.65	-0.30%	-0.94	1t 12- 1 out d3	5t 3 out d5
25	184	147	Sep 17	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-9	7-GF(8)		10	2.0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	5.32	4.81	10	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.005	.08	-0.01%	-1.00	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 8
							5-20		W-L:3-3,BSv:1,Hld:1	2.9	67.2	77	45	40	31	25	9	1	5.32	4.81	311	0.63		20%	0%	15	47	13	46%	4	2	0	270	15	2	2	4	3	3	.84	-1.573	3.62	-4.99%	-11.29

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