Ken Raffensberger

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: August 8, 1917 in York, PA us

Died: November 10, 2002 in York, PA

Buried: Mount Rose Cemetery, York, PA

High School: William Penn HS (York, PA)

Debut: April 25, 1939 (Age 21-260d, 8,647th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 2, 1954 (Age 36-298d)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Kenneth David Raffensberger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.0

119

154

ERA

3.60

396

282

2151.2

806

WHIP

1.258

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-25 / 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: 20, Entered with runners on base: 15

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	2	4	Apr 20	CHC		STL	W,4-3	8-GF	W(1-0)	99	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.50	7	2	2	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.61	0.465	5.97	0.64%	1.78	8t 123 0 out tie	9t end a 1
2	3	5	Apr 21	CHC		STL	L,4-5	7-8		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.25	3.25	8	1	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.50	0.058	1.24	0.09%	0.95	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
3	4	13	Apr 29	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	5-GF(10)	L(1-1)	7	4.2	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.08	3.23	19	7	5	2	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.10	-0.058	2.68	-0.08%	0.33	5b --- 1 out d3	10b end d 1
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	5	17	May 6	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	5-7		6	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.64	3.27	9	5	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.097	2.33	0.13%	1.37	5t 12- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d1
5	6	20	May 10	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	8-GF		3	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.77	3.46	11	3	3	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.21	-0.032	.38	-0.03%	-1.05	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
6	7	22	May 12	CHC		PIT	W,7-5	9-9	H(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.70	3.90	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.088	2.54	-0.09%	-0.41	9t --- 0 out a2	9t 12- 1 out a2
7	8	26	May 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-6	7-7		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	3.88	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.01	0.121	10.57	0.19%	0.80	7b 123 1 out tie	7b 123 2 out tie
8	9	27	May 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-6	3-6		0	3.2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.08	3.80	15	3	6	1	0	2		3	2	0	1	0	13	2	0	1	0	0	0	.40	-0.006	1.10	-0.01%	1.17	3b 123 1 out d2	6b 3 out d4
9	10	28	May 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-4	6-6	H(2)	0	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.00	3.94	3	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	-0.022	7.73	-0.04%	-0.30	6b -2- 1 out a2	6b 3 out a1
10	11	31	May 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,7-12	1-4		4	3.2	3	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.08	3.50	15	2	2	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.024	1.64	0.04%	0.96	1b 1-- 1 out d3	4b 3 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
11	12	38	Jun 1	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	GS-5		6	5.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	0	2.70	3.22	21	2	7	0	0	7	44			0	1	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.113	1.32	-0.10%	-0.63	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
12	13	42	Jun 4	CHC		PHI	W,12-6	5-5		2	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.04	3.22	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	-0.149	1.90	-0.07%	-1.36	5t 12- 0 out a3	5t 1-3 0 out a2
13	14	48	Jun 9(2)	CHC		BSN	W,15-8		W(2-1)	4	3.1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2.70	3.06	13												13					0
14	15	50	Jun 11(2)	CHC		NYG	L,1-3	9-GF		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	3.06	5	0	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.016	.46	0.01%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
15	16	53	Jun 16(1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-5			4	1.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.53	3.09	5												4					0
16	17	55	Jun 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.45	3.18	6	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.030	1.04	0.02%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
17	18	61	Jun 23(2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	10	2	2	0	2	2	0	2.36	3.66	35						61						35	2	0			0
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
18	19	68	Jul 1	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	GS-7		7	7.0	5	2	1	1	2	0	0	2.20	3.55	27	10	9	1	1	5	62			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.037	.86	0.02%	1.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
19	20	72	Jul 4(2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-5	L(3-2)	2	5.0	7	4	4	2	4	0	0	2.67	3.46	23	7	4	0	0	6	39			1	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.187	.58	-0.11%	-1.43	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
20	21	73	Jul 5	CHC	@	STL	W,11-5	8-GF	S(1)	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	3.45	6	2	3	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.034	.16	0.01%	1.05	8b 1-- 1 out a4	9b end a 6
21	22	81	Jul 14(2)	CHC		NYG	L,0-2	GS-8	L(3-3)	8	8.0	6	2	1	2	3	1	0	2.40	3.59	31	10	10	1	5	6	65			0	1	0	29	0	0	1	1	0	1	.94	0.096	.43	0.03%	1.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
22	23	85	Jul 18	CHC		BRO	L,4-7	9-GF		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.38	3.56	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.019	.11	0.00%	1.54	9t 123 1 out d3	9t end d 3
23	24	86	Jul 19	CHC		BRO	W,11-4	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.34	3.53	4	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.005	.02	0.00%	1.30	9t 123 0 out a8	9t end a 7
24	25	87	Jul 20	CHC		PHI	L,3-9	8-GF		0	2.0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	3.52	10	4	3	0	2	3		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.04	-0.005	.01	0.00%	-0.44	8t -2- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
25	26	90	Jul 23	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	W(4-3)	2	9.0	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.12	3.39	36	11	12	4	0	8	70			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.260	.15	0.02%	3.09	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a5
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
26	27	100	Aug 3	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	W(5-3)	10	9.0	5	1	1	0	5	1	0	2.00	3.38	31	12	9	0	0	5	78			0	2	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.30	0.643	.19	0.06%	3.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
27	28	103	Aug 7	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	10-10		3	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.00	3.42	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.76	-0.116	.97	-0.01%	-0.39	10b 1-3 1 out a2	10b 123 1 out a2
28	29	105	Aug 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	GS-6	L(5-4)	1	5.2	6	4	4	2	4	1	1	2.27	3.55	26	8	5	0	1	6	43			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.128	.07	-0.01%	-1.58	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d4
29	30	107	Aug 11(1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	8-8	L(5-5)	1	0.0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	3.55	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.48	-0.337	.15	-0.01%	-2.34	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 1-3 0 out d1
30	31	109	Aug 13	CHC		STL	L,1-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	3.54	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
31	32	113	Aug 17	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	9-9		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	3.54	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	0.047	.02	0.00%	0.75	9t 123 2 out d1	9t 3 out d1
32	33	116	Aug 21	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	10-10	L(5-6)	3	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	2.42	3.71	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.426	.07	-0.01%	-1.84	10t --- 0 out tie	10t -2- 2 out d2
33	34	119	Aug 24	CHC		BRO	L,3-11	GS-2	L(5-7)	2	1.1	2	5	2	1	0	1	0	2.58	3.87	9	4	2	0	0	2	35			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.234	.07	-0.01%	-2.59	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out d2
34	35	120	Aug 25(1)	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	8-GF(10)	W(6-7)	0	3.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.59	3.85	11	8	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.95	-0.128	.03	0.00%	0.42	8t --- 0 out d1	10t end d 1
35	36	121	Aug 25(2)	CHC		NYG	L,8-12	7-7	BL(6-8)	-1	0.2	5	4	4	0	0	1	0	2.94	3.98	7	3	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.644	.04	-0.01%	-3.84	7t --- 0 out a2	7t -2- 2 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
36	37	129	Sep 2(1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	7-7		7	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	3.97	3	0	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.07	7b --3 1 out d3	7b 3 out d4
37	38	131	Sep 4	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.89	3.94	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
38	39	139	Sep 14	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.86	3.89	3	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
39	40	140	Sep 15(1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-7			0	2.0	4	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.98	3.84	11												10					0
40	41	142	Sep 17	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-8	8-GF	BW(7-8)	1	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.01	3.81	8	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.01	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
41	42	150	Sep 25(2)	CHC		PIT	W,6-4		S(3)	7	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.96	3.78	6												6					0
42	43	151	Sep 26	CHC		PIT	L,6-7	3-3		0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.95	3.80	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.15	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.28	3t 1-3 0 out d2	3t 123 1 out d2
43	44	152	Sep 27	CHC	@	STL	L,1-11	GS-7	L(7-9)	0	7.0	12	8	8	2	5	2	0	3.40	3.95	34	13	2	1	0	12	24			2	0	0	32	4	1	1	0	0	0	.71	-0.308	.00	0.00%	-4.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d7
							18-25		W-L:7-9,Sv:3,BSv:2,Hld:2	2.6	113.2	120	54	43	29	59	10	3	3.40	3.95	483	1.29		4%	5%	95	52	31	23%	3	5	0	444	19	4	7	4	0	6	.96	-0.985	.76	0.65%	2.34

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