George Zuverink

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 195lb (193cm, 88kg)

Born: August 20, 1924 in Holland, MI us

Died: September 8, 2014 in Tempe, AZ

Buried: Green Acres Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, AZ

High School: Holland HS (Holland, MI)

School: Hope College (Holland, MI)

Debut: April 21, 1951 (Age 26-244d, 10,787th in major league history)
vs. SLB 1.1 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: June 15, 1959 (Age 34-299d)
vs. DET 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: George Zuverink

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.8

ERA

3.54

265

642.1

223

WHIP

1.344

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-21 / in Starts: 11-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 6

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 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	18	9	Apr 23	CIN		CHC	L,3-10	3-6		99	4.0	7	4	4	1	2	1	0	9.00	5.40	19	6	3	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.124	.93	-0.23%	-1.92	3t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d5
2	19	11	Apr 25(1)	CIN		CHC	L,2-9	8-GF		1	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.00	4.40	9	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.013	.09	-0.02%	-0.96	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 7
				Player went from Cincinnati Redlegs to Detroit Tigers
3	20	11	Apr 30	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	12-GF(12)	S(1)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.71	4.11	4	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.39	0.181	10.54	0.34%	0.45	12b --- 0 out a1	12b end a 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	21	21	May 14	DET		NYY	L,4-6	8-GF		13	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	7.00	4.06	8	3	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.28	-0.006	1.08	-0.02%	-0.07	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
5	22	22	May 15	DET		NYY	L,5-7	1-2		0	1.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.97	3.66	7	1	2	0	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.023	1.69	-0.05%	-0.32	1t 1-- 2 out d4	2t 3 out d5
6	23	27	May 19	DET		PHA	W,4-3	2-8		3	6.2	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	4.76	3.87	24	9	9	1	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	0.060	3.09	0.11%	1.93	2t 1-3 1 out d1	8t 3 out d1
7	24	29	May 22	DET		CHW	L,3-5	9-GF	BS(1)	2	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.09	4.55	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	-0.546	7.48	-1.14%	-1.85	9t 1-3 1 out a1	9t end d 2
8	25	30	May 23	DET		CHW	L,3-4	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.82	4.43	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.034	2.41	0.06%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
9	26	32	May 26	DET		BAL	W,6-3	CG	W(1-0)	2	9.0	8	3	3	3	2	2	1	4.23	5.00	36	14	8	1	1	8	58			0	0	1	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	.78	0.197	1.73	0.26%	1.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
10	27	37	May 31(1)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	GS-7		4	6.0	10	4	4	2	3	0	1	4.54	4.63	32	8	8	1	0	10	37			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.186	2.10	-0.20%	-0.88	1b start tie	7b -23 0 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
11	28	43	Jun 5(1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.59	4.25	30	11	13	0	4	3	80			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.438	1.79	0.47%	4.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
12	29	49	Jun 9	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-7	L(2-1)	3	7.0	7	5	2	3	2	1	0	3.44	4.35	32	12	8	0	1	7	48			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.153	1.33	-0.13%	-1.82	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
13	30	55	Jun 13(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-6	GS-5	L(2-2)	3	5.0	6	5	4	1	1	0	1	3.79	4.25	23	7	7	1	1	6	37			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.06	-0.325	.56	-0.10%	-2.64	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d2
14	31	58	Jun 17	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	3.39	4.03	33	7	18	2	3	7	69			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.41	0.566	.42	0.10%	3.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
15	32	64	Jun 25	DET		WSH	L,3-4	GS-9	L(3-3)	7	8.1	6	4	4	7	4	1	0	3.50	4.20	38	11	10	2	0	6	52			0	0	0	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	.76	-0.069	.08	-0.01%	-0.69	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out d1
16	33	69	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.1	4	3	2	2	3	0	0	3.40	4.04	28	11	9	1	2	3	61			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.15	0.108	.09	0.01%	1.23	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 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
17	34	74	Jul 5(2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	SHO(11)	W(4-3)	4	11.0	3	0	0	4	5	0	0	2.99	3.86	37	14	11	2	4	3	92			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	3	0	0	1.39	0.922	.02	0.01%	5.11	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
18	35	78	Jul 9	DET		BAL	L,5-7	GS-6	L(4-4)	3	5.0	10	6	6	2	2	0	0	3.40	3.80	27	10	3	0	1	10	23			0	1	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.340	.00	0.00%	-2.65	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d2
19	36	82	Jul 15(2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS-9	W(5-4)	5	8.2	7	2	2	5	3	0	0	3.29	3.77	38	9	14	1	2	7	60			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.32	0.241	.00	0.00%	2.23	1b start a 1	9b 12- 2 out a2
20	37	86	Jul 18(2)	DET	@	NYY	W,8-6	7-GF	S(2)	2	3.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.36	3.74	14	5	4	0	1	3		2	2	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.59	0.041	.00	0.00%	-1.17	7b -23 0 out a5	9b end a 2
21	38	90	Jul 21	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(5-5)	2	8.0	6	4	4	1	0	3	0	3.44	4.02	30	13	10	0	2	6	53			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	-0.135	.00	0.00%	-0.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
22	39	94	Jul 25	DET	@	WSH	L,3-11	1-5		3	4.1	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.39	3.98	17	6	6	0	1	4		2	1	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.034	.00	0.00%	0.24	1b 1-3 2 out d2	5b 3 out d2
23	40	98	Jul 29(1)	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	1	3.30	3.88	35	8	13	6	1	7	67			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.300	.00	0.00%	2.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
24	41	103	Aug 2	DET		WSH	L,6-11	GS-5	L(6-6)	3	5.0	8	7	3	1	3	3	0	3.38	4.09	25	8	5	0	2	8	33			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.369	.00	0.00%	-4.68	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
25	42	108	Aug 7	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(7-6)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	2	1	0	3.22	4.09	34	14	11	1	3	5	73			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.462	.00	0.00%	3.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
26	43	112	Aug 12	DET		CLE	L,1-10	GS-6	L(7-7)	4	6.0	9	7	7	2	1	2	1	3.52	4.25	30	6	11	2	1	9	25			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.255	.00	0.00%	-4.22	1t start tie	6t 3 out d7
27	44	116	Aug 15(2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-7	9-GF	S(3)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	4.24	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.18	0.197	.00	0.00%	0.49	9b 1-3 2 out a1	9b end a 1
28	45	117	Aug 17	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	L(7-8)	1	8.1	7	4	3	4	3	0	0	3.50	4.18	38	17	8	0	3	6	54			0	0	0	34	1	0	2	0	0	2	1.88	-0.743	.00	0.00%	-1.25	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out d1
29	46	122	Aug 21	DET		CHW	L,1-2	GS-7	L(7-9)	3	7.0	6	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.46	4.18	27	15	3	0	0	6	58			0	0	0	26	2	0	1	3	0	2	1.01	0.079	.00	0.00%	1.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
30	47	124	Aug 24	DET	@	BOS	W,8-7	9-GF	S(4)	2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	4.17	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.01	0.207	.00	0.00%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
31	48	127	Aug 27	DET	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS-7	L(7-10)	2	6.1	9	4	4	2	6	1	0	3.52	4.14	30	8	6	1	0	8	43			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-1.68	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d4
32	49	131	Aug 31	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-8	L(7-11)	3	7.0	14	5	4	1	4	0	0	3.58	4.05	38	15	8	1	1	10	34			2	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.23	-0.341	.00	0.00%	-3.22	1b start a 1	8b 1-3 0 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
33	50	138	Sep 6(2)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-10	W(8-11)	5	9.0	11	2	1	1	5	1	2	3.46	4.03	42	12	12	1	2	10	63			0	0	0	39	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.09	-0.028	.00	0.00%	1.77	1b start a 2	10b -2- 0 out a1
34	51	141	Sep 10	DET		PHA	L,5-6	GS-4		3	3.1	7	4	4	1	2	2	0	3.59	4.13	17	3	4	1	0	7	31			0	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.234	.00	0.00%	-2.64	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d4
35	52	146	Sep 16	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	L(8-12)	5	9.0	9	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.61	4.14	39	11	13	1	2	9	53			0	0	0	35	1	0	1	1	0	1	.75	-0.108	.00	0.00%	0.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
36	53	150	Sep 20	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-6	W(9-12)	3	5.0	5	1	1	3	3	1	0	3.56	4.17	23	5	8	0	0	4	53			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.18	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 0 out a3
37	54	154	Sep 25	DET	@	CLE	L,1-11	GS-5	L(9-13)	4	4.1	7	6	6	3	2	0	0	3.75	4.16	21	7	2	0	0	7	24			0	1	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	.70	-0.184	.00	0.00%	-2.16	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d3
							16-21		W-L:9-13,Sv:4,BSv:1	3.0	209.0	211	99	87	63	72	23	8	3.75	4.16	897	1.15		5%	7%	202	51	11	55%	4	6	1	808	29	5	8	13	3	14	1.10	-0.283	.50	-0.54%	-4.95

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