Joe Presko

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: October 7, 1928 in Kansas City, MO us

Died: February 5, 2019 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Resurrection North Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

High School: North Kansas City HS (Kansas City, MO)

Debut: May 3, 1951 (Age 22-208d, 10,807th in major league history)
vs. PHI 4.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: May 7, 1958 (Age 29-212d)
vs. WSH 3.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Joseph Edward Presko

Nicknames: Baby Joe or Little Joe

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

ERA

4.61

128

490.1

202

WHIP

1.426

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-21 / in Starts: 9-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 3

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	44	4	Apr 20	STL		MLN	W,9-4	GS-	W(1-0)	99	8.0	8	4	4	1	1	1	1	4.50	4.72	35						50						33					0
2	45	10	Apr 29	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	GS-10		8	9.1	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.08	3.40	33	13	12	3	2	4	82			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.655	3.19	1.10%	4.68	1b start tie	10b -2- 1 out tie
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	46	15	May 6	STL	@	BRO	L,3-7	GS-6	L(1-1)	6	6.0	7	5	5	2	2	2	0	3.47	4.39	26	10	10	3	0	2	38			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.195	3.47	-0.41%	-1.66	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
4	47	20	May 12	STL		PHI	L,5-6	GS-	L(1-2)	5	8.1	5	3	2	3	1	1	0	3.13	4.55	33						61						30					0
5	48	24	May 17	STL		NYG	L,6-9	GS-2	L(1-3)	4	1.2	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	3.78	4.84	11	3	6	4	1	2	31			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.204	2.63	-0.39%	-2.17	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d3
6	49	27	May 20	STL		PIT	W,11-6	GS-6	W(2-3)	2	5.1	10	6	6	3	6	0	0	4.66	4.46	31	12	0	0	0	10	27			0	0	0	28	3	1	0	0	0	2	.75	0.027	2.11	0.05%	-2.21	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out a5
7	50	32	May 25	STL	@	CHC	W,14-3	GS-6	W(3-3)	4	5.2	6	2	2	4	2	1	0	4.47	4.69	27	6	9	0	0	6	47			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.136	2.76	0.28%	0.84	1b start a 2	6b 12- 2 out a6
8	51	36	May 28	STL	@	CIN	T,10-10	10-10		2	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.87	4.76	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	-0.239	10.03	-0.53%	-1.01	10b --- 0 out a2	10b 12- 0 out a2
9	52	38	May 30(1)	STL		MLN	L,2-5	GS-6	L(3-4)	1	6.0	4	5	5	4	1	2	0	5.19	5.22	25	7	9	2	3	4	41			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.56	-0.181	2.70	-0.53%	-1.77	1t start tie	6t 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
10	53	45	Jun 5	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(3-5)	5	8.0	6	5	3	1	3	0	0	4.94	4.80	32	12	15	5	0	1	56			0	0	0	31	1	2	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.161	2.26	-0.35%	-0.55	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
11	54	50	Jun 10	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	GS-8	W(4-5)	4	7.0	6	1	1	3	3	1	0	4.55	4.81	28	9	7	0	4	6	61			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.224	1.47	0.22%	1.73	1b start a 1	8b 12- 0 out a4
12	55	55	Jun 15	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(4-6)	4	8.0	9	3	3	4	1	0	0	4.42	4.71	36	10	12	0	4	9	49			1	1	0	31	0	1	2	0	0	0	1.02	-0.016	2.39	-0.02%	1.45	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
13	56	60	Jun 20	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(5-6)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.04	4.56	32						73						29					0
14	57	65	Jun 25	STL		NYG	L,4-9	GS-7	L(5-7)	4	6.0	5	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.18	4.54	23	10	4	0	0	5	48			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.031	3.31	-0.07%	0.23	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a1
15	58	70	Jun 29	STL		CHC	L,2-6	GS-6	L(5-8)	3	5.2	7	5	5	4	1	2	1	4.40	4.84	29	7	9	0	1	7	32			1	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.128	3.22	-0.29%	-1.22	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 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	59	75	Jul 4(2)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.2	4	4	4	3	6	1	0	4.43	4.77	28	6	9	0	0	4	58			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.29	-0.314	4.28	-0.63%	0.02	1b start tie	8b --3 2 out d1
17	60	80	Jul 10	STL		MLN	L,2-5	GS-3	L(5-9)	5	3.0	6	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.47	4.73	15	3	5	1	0	6	38			1	0	0	14	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.054	5.95	-0.16%	-0.38	1t start tie	3t 3 out d1
18	61	87	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	L,6-14	GS-4		7	3.1	8	5	5	2	2	0	0	4.75	4.69	20	5	11	4	0	0	24			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.158	3.42	-0.25%	-1.75	1b start a 2	4b 12- 1 out a3
19	62	92	Jul 22	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	GS-5		3	4.0	5	4	4	1	0	2	0	4.90	4.87	17	9	3	1	2	4	35			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.178	1.93	-0.20%	-1.78	1b start a 1	5b --- 0 out a1
20	63	95	Jul 26	STL	@	PHI	W,8-6	3-3		3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.89	4.89	3	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.017	1.24	0.01%	0.25	3b 1-- 2 out d2	3b 3 out d2
21	64	96	Jul 28	STL		PIT	W,6-4	6-GF	S(1)	1	4.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.72	4.79	12	5	6	0	2	0		0	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	0.385	1.12	0.20%	2.16	6t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 2
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	65	100	Aug 1	STL		BRO	L,4-11	GS-2	L(5-10)	3	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	4.87	4.85	11	3	6	4	0	1	35			1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.193	.99	-0.16%	-1.92	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
23	66	103	Aug 4	STL		PHI	L,1-8	6-7		2	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.89	4.82	6	1	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.005	.12	0.00%	-0.12	6t -2- 2 out d5	7t 3 out d6
24	67	108	Aug 9	STL		NYG	W,6-2	CG	W(6-10)	4	9.0	5	2	2	6	4	0	1	4.69	4.77	39	9	16	6	3	3	67			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	0	.96	0.273	.52	0.09%	2.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
25	68	111	Aug 12(1)	STL	@	MLN	L,2-8	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.79	4.80	6	0	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.009	.02	0.00%	-1.49	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 6
26	69	118	Aug 19	STL		CHC	L,3-5	GS-6	L(6-11)	6	5.2	4	4	3	4	3	1	0	4.79	4.85	24	8	5	0	1	4	46			0	0	0	19	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.18	-0.080	.03	0.00%	-0.57	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d1
27	70	121	Aug 22	STL		CIN	W,5-4	2-5		2	2.1	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.71	4.82	12	0	5	1	2	3		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.012	.03	0.00%	0.31	2t 1-- 2 out d1	5t 12- 0 out a1
28	71	127	Aug 28	STL	@	PIT	W,10-9	GS-5		5	4.2	8	6	6	0	1	1	0	4.93	4.83	22	12	2	0	1	7	25			0	0	0	22	2	1	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.308	.00	0.00%	-3.44	1b start a 1	5b --- 2 out tie
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
29	72	131	Sep 1	STL	@	BRO	L,5-12	GS-3	L(6-12)	3	2.2	7	4	4	1	1	0	1	5.09	4.81	16	4	9	5	0	0	28			0	1	0	14	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.09	-0.271	.00	0.00%	-2.87	1b start a 1	3b 1-3 2 out d3
30	73	136	Sep 6(1)	STL	@	MLN	L,1-3	GS-	L(6-13)	4	3.0	5	3	3	2	2	1	0	5.17	4.87	16						37						14					0
31	74	140	Sep 9	STL		NYG	L,3-8	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.13	4.85	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.54	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
32	75	143	Sep 12	STL		PIT	L,7-8			2	6.2	2	3	2	3	4	0	0	5.03	4.76	26												22					0
33	76	153	Sep 22(2)	STL		MLN	W,10-7	GS-6		9	5.0	9	3	3	2	1	0	1	5.04	4.74	24	7	4	0	0	9	36			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.22	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.31	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d1
34	77	156	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.01	4.73	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.55	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
							12-21		W-L:6-13,Sv:1	3.8	161.2	165	95	90	65	56	19	5	5.01	4.73	706	0.97		11%	8%	104	45	3	0%	5	3	0	631	19	8	5	12	0	6	.97	-1.004	2.10	-2.02%	-9.63

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