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: 23-19 / in Starts: 17-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 5

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 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	285	2	Apr 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-8	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	3.0	6	6	2	1	0	1	0	6.00	7.81	19	7	5	0	1	6	30			0	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	3	.77	-0.343	1.80	-0.48%	-4.48	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
2	286	6	Apr 23	CIN	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-2)	5	7.0	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.60	4.18	31	7	13	0	0	9	51			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.060	2.42	0.07%	1.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
3	287	11	Apr 29(1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,8-9	GS-6		5	5.0	9	6	6	1	0	2	0	6.00	5.55	24	6	8	0	2	9	24			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.448	2.10	-0.57%	-3.46	1b start a 1	6b --- 0 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
4	288	17	May 5	CIN	@	BRO	L,8-12	GS-2	L(0-3)	5	1.2	5	5	4	1	1	1	0	7.56	6.08	12	5	3	1	0	2	27			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.323	1.62	-0.37%	-4.49	1b start tie	2b 1-3 2 out d5
5	289	19	May 6(2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.13	6.05	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.007	.25	0.01%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
6	290	23	May 12(1)	CIN		STL	W,7-2	CG	W(1-3)	5	9.0	8	2	2	0	4	1	0	5.40	5.03	34	11	14	2	4	5	67			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.114	.86	0.13%	2.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	291	25	May 13(1)	CIN		STL	W,7-2	7-GF	S(1)	0	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.91	4.73	10	2	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.032	.35	0.03%	1.27	7t --- 1 out a4	9t end a 5
8	292	28	May 16	CIN		BSN	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.75	4.65	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	0.163	6.45	0.22%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
9	293	30	May 18	CIN		NYG	L,3-4	GS-6	L(1-4)	1	5.1	2	4	4	4	0	0	1	5.05	4.75	21	9	5	0	0	2	44			0	0	0	15	0	1	0	3	0	0	1.32	-0.271	3.61	-0.44%	-1.93	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out d3
10	294	35	May 24	CIN	@	STL	L,3-11	GS-3	L(1-5)	5	2.2	8	3	3	0	1	1	0	5.40	4.88	16	0	7	1	0	8	31			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.195	1.93	-0.24%	-2.11	1b start tie	3b -23 2 out d3
11	295	36	May 25	CIN	@	STL	W,5-1	7-GF(11)	W(2-5)	0	4.1	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.85	4.73	17	4	6	1	2	4		3	0	0	0	0	15	2	0	1	1	0	0	2.00	0.514	3.61	0.56%	2.76	7b 123 2 out tie	11b end a 4
12	296	39	May 30(1)	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	GS-8	W(3-5)	4	7.2	8	5	2	1	2	0	0	4.47	4.37	33	6	16	1	0	8	50			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.034	1.32	0.04%	-1.21	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 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
13	297	43	Jun 3(1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	W(4-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	4	1	1	3.94	4.21	33	9	13	0	0	6	75			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.422	2.58	0.52%	3.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
14	298	48	Jun 7	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-4	GS-7	W(5-5)	3	6.2	8	4	4	0	4	3	0	4.09	4.51	28	5	12	1	4	7	46			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.050	2.34	-0.08%	-0.72	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 2 out a1
15	299	50	Jun 12	CIN		NYG	L,3-6	CG(10)	L(5-6)	4	10.0	9	6	5	4	3	1	0	4.14	4.49	43	13	14	2	2	9	51			1	1	0	36	4	0	3	1	0	2	1.60	-0.177	5.14	-0.34%	-0.98	1t start tie	10t 3 out d3
16	300	54	Jun 16	CIN		BSN	L,0-3	CG	L(5-7)	3	9.0	6	3	3	1	5	1	0	4.02	4.35	33	7	14	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.168	1.63	0.20%	1.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
17	301	58	Jun 20	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	W(6-7)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	3	1	0	3.73	4.31	30	6	17	4	0	2	76			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.602	2.22	0.60%	3.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
18	302	62	Jun 24(1)	CIN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(7-7)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	1	1	0	3.50	4.31	34	7	18	4	0	6	68			0	0	1	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.512	1.95	0.44%	3.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	303	66	Jun 28	CIN		PIT	L,5-7	GS-4	L(7-8)	3	3.1	9	6	6	0	4	0	0	3.89	4.18	19	1	5	0	2	9	22			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.270	1.44	-0.21%	-3.40	1t start tie	4t -23 1 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
20	304	68	Jul 1(2)	CIN		CHC	L,5-7	6-GF(11)	L(7-9)	2	6.0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.77	4.09	21	5	12	1	2	4		1	0	0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	0.230	2.12	0.15%	1.64	6t -2- 0 out tie	11t end d 2
21	305	70	Jul 3	CIN		STL	W,10-4	GS-6	W(8-9)	1	6.0	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.88	4.13	25	4	13	0	0	6	44			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	-0.111	.66	-0.04%	-0.99	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
22	306	74	Jul 6	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-2	9-GF	S(3)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.87	4.12	1	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.54	0.098	1.72	0.03%	0.50	9b 1-3 2 out a2	9b end a 2
23	307	77	Jul 14	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-9)	7	9.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.60	3.94	34	6	15	0	0	6	80			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.324	.44	0.11%	4.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
24	308	82	Jul 17(2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-10	GS-4	L(9-10)	2	3.0	5	6	6	0	1	1	1	3.93	4.01	16	5	5	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.255	.96	-0.18%	-4.46	1b start tie	4b --3 0 out d5
25	309	87	Jul 22(1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	W(10-10)	4	9.0	8	3	3	0	5	2	0	3.87	4.03	34	10	12	0	0	7	64			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	.52	0.270	.48	0.15%	1.52	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
26	310	92	Jul 28	CIN		NYG	L,1-3	GS-7	L(10-11)	5	7.0	6	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.87	4.01	27	4	15	0	0	6	55			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.034	.12	0.00%	0.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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
27	311	97	Aug 1	CIN		PHI	W,1-0	SHO	W(11-11)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.64	3.91	31	7	19	0	5	4	80			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.735	.02	0.01%	4.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
28	312	98	Aug 2	CIN		PHI	L,5-7	8-9	BL(11-12)	0	1.2	5	3	3	0	0	1	0	3.78	3.98	10	4	1	0	0	5		3	3	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.591	.04	-0.01%	-3.39	8t 123 0 out a4	9t 1-- 2 out d2
29	313	101	Aug 5(1)	CIN		BRO	L,8-9	GS-6	L(11-13)	2	5.1	8	9	6	0	4	3	1	3.98	4.14	27	5	14	7	0	3	26			2	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	-0.545	.03	-0.01%	-6.25	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d6
30	314	104	Aug 8(1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-5	8-GF	S(4)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	4.13	4	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.110	.01	0.00%	0.61	8b --- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
31	315	107	Aug 10	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(11-14)	1	9.2	9	4	4	4	1	1	2	3.94	4.20	43	12	15	0	5	9	52			0	0	0	37	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.58	-0.074	.01	0.00%	0.21	1b start tie	10b 123 2 out d1
32	316	112	Aug 15	CIN		CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(12-14)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.74	4.08	32	8	15	1	3	6	76			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.743	.00	0.00%	4.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
33	317	116	Aug 19(1)	CIN		STL	L,4-5	GS-3	L(12-15)	3	3.0	7	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.88	4.05	17	1	6	3	0	7	30			0	0	0	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.35	-0.282	.00	0.00%	-2.49	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
34	318	120	Aug 24(1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-5	GS-7	L(12-16)	4	7.0	6	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.88	4.09	28	6	11	0	0	6	52			1	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.030	.00	0.00%	0.24	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
35	319	126	Aug 27(2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS-8	L(12-17)	2	7.0	9	3	3	1	3	3	0	3.88	4.21	30	9	13	4	0	4	49			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.93	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out d3
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	320	131	Sep 2(1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-0	SHO	W(13-17)	5	9.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.71	4.13	28	9	17	1	0	1	86			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.55	0.310	.00	0.00%	4.57	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
37	321	135	Sep 5	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-3	9-GF	S(5)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.70	4.11	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	0.113	.00	0.00%	1.19	9b 1-3 1 out a3	9b end a 3
38	322	137	Sep 7	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	GS-7		1	7.0	7	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.70	4.04	27	5	13	4	0	7	53			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.152	.00	0.00%	0.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
39	323	142	Sep 12	CIN		BRO	W,6-3	GS-2		4	1.1	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.76	4.11	7	1	3	0	0	2	41			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.131	.00	0.00%	-1.52	1t start tie	2t 1-- 1 out a1
40	324	146	Sep 16(2)	CIN		BSN	W,4-0	SHO	W(14-17)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.61	4.04	32	11	13	0	0	5	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.316	.00	0.00%	4.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
41	325	148	Sep 20	CIN		NYG	W,3-1	GS-8	W(15-17)	3	8.0	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.53	4.00	31	10	15	0	0	3	71			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.28	0.248	.00	0.00%	3.02	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
42	326	152	Sep 25	CIN		STL	W,7-3	CG(14)	W(16-17)	4	14.0	12	3	3	2	8	0	0	3.44	3.87	55	13	22	3	0	10	82			0	0	0	52	3	0	2	1	0	0	1.90	0.830	.00	0.00%	4.03	1t start tie	14t 3 out tie
							23-19		W-L:16-17,Sv:5,BSv:1	2.9	248.2	232	108	95	38	81	29	6	3.44	3.87	1008	0.58		6%	5%	207	54	11	27%	8	2	1	946	46	6	9	16	0	13	1.13	2.642	1.14	0.28%	14.27

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