Elmer Riddle

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: July 31, 1914 in Columbus, GA us

Died: May 14, 1984 in Columbus, GA

Buried: Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, GA

Debut: October 1, 1939 (Age 25-062d, 8,744th in major league history)
vs. PIT 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 3, 1949 (Age 35-003d)
vs. BRO 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 7 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Elmer Ray Riddle

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Relatives: Brother of Johnny Riddle

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

ERA

3.40

190

124

1023.0

342

WHIP

1.400

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-13 / in Starts: 14-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 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	147	4	Apr 22	PIT		CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	2	0	0	6	3	0	0	0.00	4.09	33	13	9	0	1	2	80			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.02	0.551	2.42	0.79%	4.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
2	148	9	Apr 29	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	1.00	3.31	36	17	6	0	1	7	67			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.326	3.88	0.54%	2.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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	149	13	May 5	PIT		BSN	W,3-2	GS-8		5	8.0	9	2	0	3	0	0	1	0.69	3.60	36	20	4	0	2	8	57			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.25	0.157	4.40	0.33%	2.09	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
4	150	18	May 10	PIT		BRO	W,4-2	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	5	2	2	5	6	1	0	1.03	3.84	37	14	10	5	0	2	70			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.443	4.86	0.88%	2.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
5	151	22	May 15	PIT	@	STL	L,3-8	GS-5	L(3-1)	4	4.0	11	8	7	2	1	1	0	2.54	4.17	24	8	4	0	0	9	9			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.261	2.50	-0.50%	-5.72	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out d6
6	152	26	May 20	PIT	@	BSN	W,13-0	SHO	W(4-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.06	3.88	30	13	10	1	1	4	80			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.171	1.00	0.28%	4.46	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a13
7	153	30	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(4-2)	4	8.0	10	4	4	4	4	1	0	2.41	4.03	38	11	10	3	1	9	46			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.089	2.91	-0.18%	-0.12	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
8	154	37	May 31(2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(5-2)	5	9.0	7	2	2	1	8	1	0	2.35	3.85	35	11	8	0	0	7	72			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.395	4.14	0.77%	2.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
9	155	43	Jun 6(2)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	CG	W(6-2)	5	9.0	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.43	3.72	35	7	17	0	0	6	64			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	0.178	7.06	0.40%	1.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
10	156	49	Jun 13(2)	PIT		PHI	W,9-2	CG	W(7-2)	6	9.0	7	2	2	6	2	0	0	2.39	3.78	37	13	9	0	0	7	61			0	1	1	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.088	1.23	0.17%	2.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
11	157	53	Jun 18	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-0	SHO	W(8-2)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.15	3.62	35						81						33	1	0	0		0
12	158	59	Jun 24(2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-8	GS-5	L(8-3)	5	5.0	7	6	6	3	1	0	1	2.60	3.68	24	11	7	5	0	1	27			3	1	1	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.239	2.47	-0.59%	-3.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
13	159	63	Jun 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-9		4	8.0	13	4	4	2	7	2	0	2.74	3.78	38	12	5	1	0	12	45			0	1	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.024	5.11	-0.05%	-0.12	1b start tie	9b --- 0 out a1
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
14	160	67	Jul 4(2)	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	CG	W(9-3)	4	9.0	4	2	2	6	4	1	0	2.68	3.90	37						69						31	1	0	0		0
15	161	73	Jul 9	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(9-4)	4	8.0	7	2	2	3	5	1	0	2.66	3.92	34	16	5	1	0	5	62			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.048	5.15	0.13%	1.80	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
16	162	77	Jul 15(2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-10	GS-1	L(9-5)	5	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.02	3.94	6	0	1	0	0	4	22			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.338	5.86	-0.80%	-4.18	1t start tie	1t -2- 1 out d4
17	163	79	Jul 18(1)	PIT		BSN	L,2-10	GS-1	L(9-6)	2	0.0	5	5	5	1	0	1	0	3.38	4.07	6	0	0	0	0	5	19			0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.391	4.68	-0.95%	-5.39	1t start tie	1t 1-- 0 out d5
18	164	83	Jul 21	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	GS-8		2	7.0	6	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.34	4.06	29	12	5	0	2	6	55			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.37	-0.212	3.08	-0.29%	0.09	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out tie
19	165	90	Jul 28	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-8	GS-	L(9-7)	6	6.0	9	6	6	2	2	1	0	3.59	4.12	29						30						26	1	0	0		0
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
20	166	96	Aug 8(1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	GS-7	L(9-8)	10	6.1	6	6	2	4	0	1	0	3.56	4.23	30	14	6	0	0	6	41			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.44	-0.293	2.95	-0.36%	-1.65	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d2
21	167	103	Aug 15(1)	PIT		STL	L,3-8	GS-		6	7.0	9	3	2	3	0	1	0	3.51	4.31	32						46						29	2	0	0		0
22	168	111	Aug 22	PIT	@	STL	W,4-1	GS-	W(10-8)	6	9.0	8	1	1	4	2	1	0	3.37	4.36	38						65						33	1	0	0		0
23	169	116	Aug 27	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	GS-		4	8.0	7	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.37	4.39	33						55						30	0	0	0		0
24	170	122	Aug 31	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	GS-7	W(11-8)	3	7.0	8	4	3	2	2	1	0	3.39	4.41	33	18	7	1	2	4	47			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.21	-0.165	5.34	-0.44%	-0.42	1t start tie	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	171	127	Sep 5(2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-11	GS-3	L(11-9)	4	2.1	3	2	2	3	1	1	0	3.45	4.50	13	2	5	0	0	2	41			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.142	3.56	-0.31%	-1.39	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d2
26	172	132	Sep 9	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	W(12-9)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	1	3.33	4.44	34	13	11	1	0	5	73			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.245	3.94	0.70%	3.37	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
27	173	133	Sep 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-12	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.31	4.46	5	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.73	0.192	32.68	0.66%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
28	174	137	Sep 14(2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-7	GS-6	L(12-10)	2	6.0	10	6	6	3	1	1	0	3.49	4.51	31	15	9	5	0	3	26			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.301	3.46	-0.80%	-2.87	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
							15-13		W-L:12-10,Sv:1	4.2	191.0	184	83	74	82	71	17	3	3.49	4.51	828	1.62		6%	3%	114	52	0	---%	6	5	2	733	30	2	0	11	0	6	1.13	0.339	3.98	0.38%	3.00

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