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: 5-11 / in Starts: 4-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 1

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 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	175	5	Apr 24(1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	GS-7		99	7.0	4	1	1	3	2	0	0	1.29	3.23	27	9	9	0	0	4	64			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	.96	0.264	2.58	0.43%	2.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
2	176	11	Apr 30	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS-2	L(0-1)	5	1.0	4	5	5	2	1	2	1	6.75	7.26	10	1	1	0	0	4	24			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.335	2.61	-0.56%	-4.49	1b start tie	2b --- 0 out d5
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	177	17	May 6	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-3	L(0-2)	5	2.1	8	4	4	1	0	0	0	8.71	6.48	14	2	3	0	0	8	24			1	0	0	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.283	1.77	-0.31%	-3.46	1b start tie	3b --3 1 out d4
4	178	20	May 8(2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,11-8	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	7.30	6.16	8	1	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.088	3.11	0.12%	0.97	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
5	179	29	May 19	PIT		BSN	L,2-3	GS-9	L(0-3)	10	8.2	6	3	3	4	1	0	0	5.57	5.13	35	10	14	2	2	6	57			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.163	3.87	0.24%	2.34	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out tie
6	180	32	May 22	PIT		PHI	L,5-6		L(0-4)	2	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.73	4.92	5												5	1	0	0		0
7	181	34	May 25	PIT		BRO	L,6-8	7-GF		2	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	5.04	4.59	12	3	6	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.085	.95	0.08%	1.56	7t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
8	182	38	May 29	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	GS-9	W(1-4)	3	8.2	10	2	2	6	4	0	0	4.28	4.35	41	11	10	2	0	10	54			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.299	1.01	0.17%	2.31	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 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	183	44	Jun 5	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-4	GS-7		6	7.0	8	4	4	5	4	2	1	4.43	4.92	31	10	7	4	0	4	44			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.14	-0.144	.75	-0.06%	-0.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
10	184	50	Jun 11	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(1-5)	5	8.0	9	4	4	3	2	1	0	4.44	4.89	35	8	13	1	0	9	47			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.351	.43	-0.07%	0.07	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
11	185	56	Jun 18	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	GS-7	L(1-6)	6	7.0	5	2	2	3	0	0	1	4.20	4.81	31	9	13	5	3	5	56			1	0	0	26	0	2	1	0	0	1	1.09	0.095	.40	0.02%	1.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
12	186	61	Jun 23	PIT		PHI	L,3-9	GS-6	L(1-7)	4	5.2	8	5	5	3	1	2	0	4.55	5.14	27	7	8	1	0	8	31			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.378	.21	-0.06%	-2.22	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d2
13	187	64	Jun 26	PIT		BRO	L,3-15	7-7		2	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.96	5.12	4	0	3	2	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.012	.02	0.00%	-2.19	7t -23 0 out d5	7t 1-3 1 out d8
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	188	72	Jul 6	PIT		STL	W,4-3	GS-2		9	1.0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4.88	5.22	8	2	2	0	0	1	48			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.132	.50	-0.03%	-1.33	1t start tie	2t 123 0 out a1
15	189	84	Jul 20	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-6	GS-5		13	4.2	3	3	3	5	3	1	1	4.95	5.41	21	4	7	4	2	1	44			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.24	-0.042	.57	-0.01%	0.19	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out tie
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
16	190	97	Aug 3	PIT		BRO	L,5-10	GS-7	L(1-8)	13	7.0	7	7	7	5	2	1	0	5.33	5.46	31	9	13	8	0	2	32			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	.61	-0.204	.06	-0.01%	-3.37	1t start tie	7t 3 out d7
							5-11		W-L:1-8,Sv:1	4.2	74.1	81	44	44	45	24	9	5	5.33	5.46	340	0.77		16%	4%	64	44	2	100%	2	3	0	286	12	4	1	9	0	3	1.07	-0.887	1.22	-0.05%	-5.64

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