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: 7-22 / in Starts: 5-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 5

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	218	3	Apr 19	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	7	4	4	4	3	0	0	5.14	3.23	32	6	12	3	0	7	46			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.093	2.27	-0.13%	0.09	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
2	219	8	Apr 25	BAL		NYY	L,2-4	GS-7	L(0-2)	5	7.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	0	5.14	3.58	29	6	10	1	2	7	49			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.274	2.12	-0.32%	-0.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
3	220	10	Apr 27	BAL	@	WSH	L,5-8	7-GF(8)	L(0-3)	1	2.0	4	3	1	0	2	0	0	5.06	3.18	11	3	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	.62	-0.305	1.14	-0.34%	-2.00	7b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 3
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	221	14	May 1	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	GS-7		3	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.91	2.94	27	10	8	3	0	4	66			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	0.236	1.63	0.23%	2.33	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
5	222	19	May 6(2)	BAL		DET	W,4-3	GS-8	W(1-3)	4	7.0	6	2	2	3	1	1	0	3.60	3.47	30	8	12	2	0	6	55			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.260	1.71	0.24%	1.95	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a3
6	223	23	May 11	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(1-4)	4	8.1	5	3	3	4	4	0	0	3.52	3.34	35	10	12	0	1	5	61			0	0	0	30	1	1	2	0	0	1	1.64	-0.082	3.58	-0.11%	-0.02	1b start a 1	9b 123 1 out d1
7	224	28	May 16	BAL	@	KCA	W,8-6	GS-6	W(2-4)	4	5.0	11	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.74	3.25	25	8	4	1	0	11	33			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.183	2.07	-0.23%	-1.39	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a3
8	225	32	May 20(2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-5	GS-7	L(2-5)	3	7.0	8	5	5	5	6	0	0	4.11	3.18	33	11	3	2	0	8	42			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.107	2.01	-0.15%	-1.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
9	226	37	May 29	BAL		WSH	L,5-6	GS-5	L(2-6)	8	4.1	4	3	3	3	1	1	0	4.28	3.49	19	7	4	2	0	4	41			1	0	1	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.155	1.39	-0.15%	-1.51	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d3
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
10	227	42	Jun 3(1)	BAL		CHW	L,0-12	GS-3	L(2-7)	4	2.2	6	5	5	3	2	0	0	4.87	3.52	17	3	3	0	0	6	25			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.13	-0.307	2.11	-0.34%	-3.79	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d5
11	228	48	Jun 8	BAL		KCA	W,6-3	GS-3		4	2.2	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.10	3.57	13	1	7	0	0	3	38			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.026	.60	-0.01%	-1.89	1t start tie	3t -2- 2 out a3
12	229	50	Jun 9(2)	BAL		KCA	W,7-5	6-7	W(3-7)	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.94	3.58	6	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.088	.80	0.06%	0.95	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d1
13	230	53	Jun 12	BAL		DET	L,1-8	8-GF		2	2.0	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	4.78	3.51	11	4	3	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	2	.13	-0.041	.16	-0.03%	-3.07	8t 12- 0 out d3	9t end d 7
14	231	60	Jun 20	BAL	@	CHW	L,8-12	5-5	L(3-8)	7	0.0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	5.06	3.60	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.113	1.38	-0.06%	-1.01	5b --- 0 out tie	5b 12- 0 out tie
15	232	69	Jun 30(2)	BAL		BOS	L,3-6	5-5		9	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.98	3.60	5	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.016	.10	0.00%	0.48	5t --- 0 out d4	5t 3 out d4
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
16	233	89	Jul 24(1)	BAL	@	DET	L,7-9	6-6		23	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	5.18	3.75	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-1.47	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d4
17	234	91	Jul 25	BAL	@	DET	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.16	3.74	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.38	8b --3 2 out d4	8b end d 4
18	235	95	Jul 29(1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS-7	L(3-9)	3	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	0	4.79	3.46	25	2	10	0	0	5	69			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.227	.00	0.00%	2.73	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
19	236	99	Aug 1	BAL	@	KCA	L,4-9	6-GF(8)		2	2.2	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.86	3.41	12	5	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	.07	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-1.26	6b -2- 1 out d4	8b end d 7
20	237	101	Aug 3	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-13	7-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.79	3.45	5	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.48	7b --- 0 out d10	8b 12- 0 out d10
21	238	106	Aug 9	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-3	8-8		5	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.77	3.44	2	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.01	8b --- 0 out d2	8b 1-- 1 out d2
22	239	109	Aug 12(1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-6	2-GF(8)		2	7.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.38	3.33	26	5	12	1	0	3		3	3	1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	2	0	.15	-0.009	.00	0.00%	2.39	2b 123 0 out d3	8b end d 4
23	240	115	Aug 18(2)	BAL		NYY	L,2-6	GS-7	L(3-10)	5	7.0	8	6	6	3	3	1	0	4.63	3.43	31	8	9	1	0	8	37			0	0	0	25	1	2	0	2	1	1	.47	-0.282	.00	0.00%	-2.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
24	241	121	Aug 25	BAL		DET	L,3-7	4-7		6	4.0	3	1	1	3	4	0	0	4.53	3.40	18	5	3	1	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.124	.00	0.00%	-0.12	4t 12- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
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
25	242	129	Sep 3(1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG(8)	L(3-11)	8	8.0	9	6	5	3	3	2	1	4.62	3.63	38	6	16	2	0	9	42			1	0	0	34	1	0	1	0	0	1	.42	-0.164	.00	0.00%	-1.95	1b start tie	8b 3 out d6
26	243	135	Sep 8	BAL		BOS	L,1-6	6-7		4	2.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.53	3.63	10	0	6	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.95	6t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d6
27	244	141	Sep 15	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-1	6-9	W(4-11)	6	3.2	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.38	3.50	14	1	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.343	.00	0.00%	1.60	6b --- 0 out a1	9b 1-3 2 out a3
28	245	145	Sep 19	BAL	@	DET	L,1-9	7-7		3	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.53	3.61	3	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-1.75	7b --- 0 out d5	7b --- 1 out d7
29	246	149	Sep 24	BAL		NYY	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	3	1	3	2	0	4.49	3.74	27	5	12	0	0	6	55			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.081	.00	0.00%	0.33	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
							7-22		W-L:4-11	4.0	116.1	117	64	58	50	62	10	1	4.49	3.74	512	0.73		7%	1%	117	47	9	89%	4	1	1	442	17	7	3	7	7	7	.81	-1.304	1.10	-1.34%	-12.16

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