Boots Poffenberger

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 178lb (178cm, 80kg)

Born: July 1, 1915 in Williamsport, MD us

Died: September 1, 1999 in Williamsport, MD

Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Williamsport, MD

Debut: June 11, 1937 (Age 21-345d, 8,268th in major league history)
vs. BOS 6.2 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: May 21, 1939 (Age 23-324d)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Cletus Elwood Poffenberger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

ERA

4.75

267.1

WHIP

1.683

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-16 / in Starts: 8-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 4

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 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	30	5	Apr 23	DET		CLE	L,3-6	5-7		99	3.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.00	3.38	14	6	2	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.041	1.36	0.05%	0.97	5t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d4
2	31	6	Apr 24	DET		CLE	L,4-9	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.25	4.80	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.66	9t --- 0 out d9	9t end d 9
3	32	10	Apr 29	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	2	0	0	1.38	3.97	34	18	5	2	1	6	68			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.04	0.399	2.02	0.47%	4.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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	33	15	May 4	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.23	3.55	33	15	9	0	3	6	72			0	1	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	0.589	2.27	0.61%	4.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
5	34	17	May 7	DET	@	NYY	L,8-12	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	3.53	7	3	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.32	-0.051	.73	-0.07%	-1.39	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
6	35	24	May 18	DET		WSH	L,1-5	GS-5	L(2-1)	10	4.0	8	5	5	3	2	1	0	2.67	4.13	21	8	0	0	0	8	25			0	1	0	18	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.168	1.73	-0.18%	-2.72	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d4
7	36	28	May 22	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	10	3	3	3	2	1	0	2.75	4.36	38	15	8	0	1	10	54			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	0.487	1.94	0.48%	2.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
8	37	31	May 26	DET		NYY	L,1-5	6-GF		3	4.0	2	3	3	4	0	0	1	3.15	4.60	19	11	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.093	1.45	-0.09%	-0.38	6t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
9	38	34	May 29	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(4-1)	2	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	0	0	2.57	4.58	36	24	2	0	0	4	73			3	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.849	3.50	1.01%	4.68	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
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	39	38	Jun 2(1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(4-2)	3	8.0	11	5	5	4	2	1	0	3.00	4.74	39	12	10	0	0	11	38			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	-0.326	2.83	-0.52%	-0.10	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
11	40	43	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS-7		3	6.0	12	5	4	0	1	1	0	3.29	4.75	29	11	5	0	0	12	31			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.018	1.60	0.02%	-0.65	1b start tie	7b -23 0 out a4
12	41	49	Jun 12	DET	@	WSH	W,18-12	GS-		5	3.0	8	11	11	4	0	1	0	4.64	5.05	20						-5						16					0
13	42	51	Jun 15	DET		PHA	L,6-7	4-7	L(4-3)	2	3.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.70	4.98	14	9	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.137	2.23	-0.17%	-0.88	4t --- 0 out d3	7t 123 0 out d1
14	43	56	Jun 19	DET		WSH	L,6-10	1-GF		3	8.2	8	4	4	8	1	0	0	4.64	5.05	41	22	3	2	1	7		3	1	0	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	0	.43	0.011	.87	0.01%	1.98	1t 123 1 out d5	9t end d 5
15	44	58	Jun 21(2)	DET		BOS	W,5-4	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.52	4.97	6	4	1	1	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	0.365	4.89	0.38%	1.16	8t 123 0 out a3	9t end a 1
16	45	62	Jun 25	DET		NYY	L,3-9	6-6		3	0.2	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	4.48	5.01	7	1	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.58	-0.110	1.44	-0.16%	-2.81	6t 1-- 0 out d3	6t 123 2 out d6
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	46	67	Jul 2	DET	@	SLB	L,5-13	2-7	L(4-4)	6	4.1	6	5	5	5	3	0	0	4.78	5.01	23	8	1	0	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.205	1.40	-0.13%	-1.43	2b 12- 2 out d3	7b 1-3 0 out d1
18	47	73	Jul 8(2)	DET		CHW	L,3-5	GS-		5	9.0	10	2	2	5	4	0	1	4.52	4.93	42						58						36					0
19	48	79	Jul 15	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG(6)	L(4-5)	6	5.1	8	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.55	4.87	24	7	7	0	2	7	39			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.026	.53	-0.01%	0.34	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out d3
20	49	83	Jul 20	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	GS-1	L(4-6)	4	0.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.73	4.93	4	0	0	0	0	2	36			1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.222	.13	-0.01%	-2.85	1b start tie	1b 123 0 out d1
21	50	92	Jul 30(2)	DET		PHA	W,8-7	GS-		9	4.0	8	6	5	3	1	2	0	4.98	5.18	22						22						19					0
Sep/Oct				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	51	139	Sep 16	DET		NYY	L,4-6	8-GF		47	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.89	5.14	6	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	.34	0.039	.00	0.00%	1.31	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
23	52	144	Sep 21(2)	DET		PHA	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-6)	4	5.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.66	5.05	18						61						17	0	0			0
24	53	148	Sep 25	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	W(6-6)	3	9.0	10	5	5	1	2	1	0	4.69	5.00	37						48						36	3	0			0
25	54	153	Oct 1	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS-	L(6-7)	5	6.0	6	5	5	6	0	0	0	4.82	5.05	28						34						22					0
							9-16		W-L:6-7,Sv:1	3.6	125.0	145	74	67	66	29	8	2	4.82	5.05	567	3.03		3%	4%	94	44	9	44%	4	2	0	493	19	1	1	12	0	5	1.07	1.460	1.86	1.68%	10.49

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