Dizzy Trout

Q: When was Dizzy Trout born?

Dizzy Trout was born on June 29, 1915.

Q: Where was Dizzy Trout born?

Dizzy Trout was born in Sandcut, IN .

Q: How tall was Dizzy Trout?

Dizzy Trout was 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Dizzy Trout weigh when playing?

Dizzy Trout weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Dizzy Trout in the Hall of Fame?

Dizzy Trout has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Dizzy Trout have?

Dizzy Trout had 1,256 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Dizzy Trout played for?

Dizzy Trout played for 3 teams; the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles.

Q: How many World Series has Dizzy Trout won?

Dizzy Trout won 1 World Series.

Q: When did Dizzy Trout retire?

Dizzy Trout last played in 1957.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: June 29, 1915 in Sandcut, IN us

Died: February 28, 1972 in Harvey, IL

Buried: Homewood Memorial Gardens, Homewood, IL

Debut: April 25, 1939 (Age 23-300d, 8,647th in major league history)
vs. SLB 3.1 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: September 11, 1957 (Age 42-074d)
vs. KCA 0.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Paul Howard Trout

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Relatives: Father of Steve Trout

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

49.9

170

161

ERA

3.23

521

322

2725.2

1256

WHIP

1.353

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1937	22	DET-min	AA	14	16	.467	4.41	41	31		14			259.0	294	139	127		118		109	5	1	8				1.591	10.2		4.1	3.8	0.92	TOL AA
1938	23	DET-min	A1	22	6	.786	2.12	37	27	9	24	4		233.0	180	71	55		94		115	3	2	3				1.176	7.0		3.6	4.4	1.22	BMT TL
1939	24	DET	AL	9	10	.474	3.61	33	22	6	6	0	2	162.0	168	82	65	5	74	6	72	4	1	5	716	135	3.55	1.494	9.3	0.3	4.1	4.0	0.97
1940	25	DET	AL	3	7	.300	4.47	33	10	6	1	0	2	100.2	125	60	50	4	54	4	64	3	0	3	469	106	3.94	1.778	11.2	0.4	4.8	5.7	1.19
1941	26	DET	AL	9	9	.500	3.74	37	18	11	6	1	2	151.2	144	76	63	7	84	3	88	2	1	4	671	121	3.92	1.503	8.5	0.4	5.0	5.2	1.05
1942	27	DET	AL	12	18	.400	3.43	35	29	5	13	1	0	223.0	214	98	85	15	89	7	91	4	1	8	965	115	3.38	1.359	8.6	0.6	3.6	3.7	1.02
1943	28	DET	AL	20	12	.625	2.48	44	30	14	18	5	6	246.2	204	83	68	6	101	4	111	0	0	6	1019	141	3.30	1.236	7.4	0.2	3.7	4.1	1.10	MVP-11
1944	29	DET	AL	27	14	.659	2.12	49	40	6	33	7	0	*352.1*	*314*	104	83	9	83	9	144	4	0	2	*1421*	167	2.94	1.127	8.0	0.2	2.1	3.7	1.73	AS,MVP-2
1945	30	DET	AL	18	15	.545	3.14	41	31	9	18	4	2	246.1	252	108	86	8	79	7	97	0	1	5	1041	113	3.30	1.344	9.2	0.3	2.9	3.5	1.23	MVP-17
1946	31	DET	AL	17	13	.567	2.34	38	32	6	23	5	3	276.1	244	85	72	11	97	5	151	3	1	2	1142	157	3.09	1.234	7.9	0.4	3.2	4.9	1.56
1947	32	DET	AL	10	11	.476	3.48	32	26	6	9	2	2	186.1	186	85	72	6	65	1	74	3	1	2	795	109	3.39	1.347	9.0	0.3	3.1	3.6	1.14	AS
1948	33	DET	AL	10	14	.417	3.43	32	23	6	11	2	2	183.2	193	87	70	6	73	4	91	2	1	3	803	128	3.42	1.448	9.5	0.3	3.6	4.5	1.25
1949	34	DET	AL	3	6	.333	4.40	33	0	24	0	0	3	59.1	68	35	29	2	21	1	19	0	0	1	261	95	3.37	1.500	10.3	0.3	3.2	2.9	0.90
1950	35	DET	AL	13	5	.722	3.75	34	20	6	11	1	4	184.2	190	84	77	13	64	1	88	5	0	0	791	125	3.67	1.375	9.3	0.6	3.1	4.3	1.38	MVP-12
1951	36	DET	AL	9	14	.391	4.04	42	22	17	7	0	8	191.2	172	98	86	13	75	6	89	1	0	4	797	103	3.62	1.289	8.1	0.6	3.5	4.2	1.19
1952	37	TOT	AL	10	13	.435	3.92	36	19	11	2	0	2	160.2	163	78	70	7	87	11	77	3	0	5	719	100	3.68	1.556	9.1	0.4	4.9	4.3	0.89
1952	37	DET	AL	1	5	.167	5.33	10	2	4	0	0	1	27.0	30	16	16	4	19	3	20	0	0	2	128	72	4.95	1.815	10.0	1.3	6.3	6.7	1.05
1952	37	BOS	AL	9	8	.529	3.64	26	17	7	2	0	1	133.2	133	62	54	3	68	8	57	3	0	3	591	108	3.42	1.504	9.0	0.2	4.6	3.8	0.84

1957	42	BAL-min	Opn	0	2	.000		3															0											VAN PCL
1957	42	BAL	AL	0	0		81.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	2.46	12.000	108.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
15 Yrs				170	161	.514	3.23	521	322	134	158	28	38	2725.2	2641	1166	979	112	1046	69	1256	34	7	50	11615	124	3.40	1.353	8.7	0.4	3.5	4.1	1.20
162 Game Avg.				14	13	.514	3.23	42	26	11	13	2	3	220	213	94	79	9	84	6	101	3	1	4	937	124	3.40	1.353	8.7	0.4	3.5	4.1	1.20
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
DET (14 yrs)				161	153	.513	3.20	493	305	126	156	28	37	2591.2	2504	1101	922	109	978	61	1199	31	7	47	11019	125	3.40	1.344	8.7	0.4	3.4	4.2	1.23
BOS (1 yr)				9	8	.529	3.64	26	17	7	2	0	1	133.2	133	62	54	3	68	8	57	3	0	3	591	108	3.42	1.504	9.0	0.2	4.6	3.8	0.84
BAL (1 yr)				0	0		81.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	2.46	12.000	108.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1939	24	DET	AL	-0.1	35	60	57	7	12	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	9	.211	.224	.281	.505	25	.228	6	16	1	0	2		0	1/H
1940	25	DET	AL	-0.2	33	33	31	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	9	.129	.182	.129	.311	-21	.148	-41	4	1	0	0		0	1
1941	26	DET	AL	0.0	40	54	50	5	9	1	1	0	5	0	0	4	10	.180	.241	.240	.481	23	.227	11	12	1	0	0		0	1/H
1942	27	DET	AL	0.3	36	83	75	9	16	3	0	1	7	1	0	4	16	.213	.253	.293	.546	49	.260	36	22	1	0	4		0	1/H
1943	28	DET	AL	0.5	45	97	91	9	20	5	0	1	6	2	0	2	8	.220	.237	.308	.544	54	.266	44	28	1	0	4		0	1/H	MVP-11
1944	29	DET	AL	1.6	51	144	133	18	36	4	1	5	24	2	0	9	28	.271	.317	.429	.745	108	.349	105	57	2	0	2		0	1/H	AS,MVP-2
1945	30	DET	AL	0.6	42	104	102	11	25	3	2	2	11	1	1	2	23	.245	.260	.373	.632	77	.291	68	38	3	0	0		0	1/H	MVP-17
1946	31	DET	AL	0.3	40	111	103	7	20	3	0	3	10	1	1	4	34	.194	.224	.311	.535	44	.240	26	32	1	0	4		0	1/H
1947	32	DET	AL	0.5	34	77	68	5	11	2	1	3	15	0	0	8	19	.162	.250	.353	.603	64	.281	55	24	0	0	1		0	1/H	AS
1948	33	DET	AL	0.3	32	77	69	6	15	3	0	1	2	0	0	5	14	.217	.270	.304	.575	51	.272	39	21	2	0	2		0	1
1949	34	DET	AL	0.0	33	14	14	2	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.357	.500	30	.222	8	5	0	0	0		0	1
1950	35	DET	AL	0.2	34	72	63	6	12	1	1	1	10	0	0	6	20	.190	.261	.286	.547	38	.253	21	18	2	0	3		0	1	MVP-12
1951	36	DET	AL	0.8	42	67	52	6	14	1	0	1	7	0	0	11	13	.269	.406	.346	.752	105	.365	113	18	2	1	3		0	1
1952	37	2TM	AL	0.0	36	55	53	4	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	21	.170	.185	.226	.412	11	.183	-11	12	1	0	1		0	1
1952	37	DET	AL	0.1	10	10	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	86	.303	75	3	0	0	1		0	1
1952	37	BOS	AL	-0.1	26	45	44	3	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	18	.136	.156	.205	.360	-3	.159	-29	9	1	0	0		0	1

1957	42	BAL	AL	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
15 Yrs				4.6	535	1048	961	99	205	28	7	20	110	7	2	59	226	.213	.260	.319	.579	56	.271	44	307	18	1	26	0	0	1H
162 Game Avg				1.4	162	317	291	30	62	8	2	6	33	2	1	18	68	.213	.260	.319	.579	56	.271	44	93	5	0	8		0

DET (14 Yrs)				4.8	507	1003	917	96	199	28	7	19	107	7	2	58	208	.217	.264	.325	.589	58	.276	47	298	17	1	26		0	1H
BOS (1 Yr)				-0.1	26	45	44	3	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	18	.136	.156	.205	.360	-3	.159	-29	9	1	0	0		0	1
BAL (1 Yr)				0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos
1940	25	DET	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1945	30	DET	WS	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	/1
2 Yrs				3	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	/1
162 Game Avg				162	378	378	0	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	54	0	0	0	0

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1939	24	DET	AL	P	33	22	6	162.0	30	3	23	4	1	.867	.951	1.44	1.92	0.79	1.89	5	8	4	33.3		0
1940	25	DET	AL	P	33	10	1	101.0	32	5	25	2	1	.938	.956	2.67	2.04	0.91	2.01	3	9	10	52.6	42.1	0
1941	26	DET	AL	P	37	18	6	152.0	39	7	30	2	3	.949	.960	2.19	2.14	1.00	2.11	4	7	5	41.7	41.6	0
1942	27	DET	AL	P	35	29	13	223.0	86	24	56	6	6	.930	.957	3.23	2.31	2.29	2.30	8	7	5	41.7		0
1943	28	DET	AL	P	44	30	18	247.0	91	20	67	4	1	.956	.963	3.17	2.27	1.98	2.30	6	14	9	39.1		1	MVP-11
1944	29	DET	AL	P	49	40	33	352.0	119	21	94	4	8	.966	.960	2.94	2.09	2.35	2.10	2	6	7	53.8		1	AS,MVP-2
1945	30	DET	AL	P	41	31	18	246.0	87	13	65	9	9	.897	.955	2.85	2.24	1.90	2.23	5	6	10	62.5	44.8	0	MVP-17
1946	31	DET	AL	P	38	32	23	276.0	86	17	64	5	6	.942	.951	2.64	2.01	2.13	1.99	2	8	7	46.7		0
1947	32	DET	AL	P	32	26	9	186.0	65	22	40	3	4	.954	.955	3.00	1.92	1.94	1.90	2	5	5	50.0	48.6	1	AS
1948	33	DET	AL	P	32	23	11	183.2	53	11	37	5	7	.906	.963	2.35	2.02	1.50	1.99	3	3	7	70.0	47.3	1
1949	34	DET	AL	P	33	0	0	59.1	26	4	19	3	4	.885	.962	3.49	2.12	0.70	2.09	1	0	0			0
1950	35	DET	AL	P	34	20	11	184.2	58	15	43	0	5	*1.000*	.950	2.83	2.03	1.71	1.99	0	2	2	50.0		0	MVP-12
1951	36	DET	AL	P	42	22	7	191.2	66	18	47	1	6	.985	.953	3.05	2.07	1.55	2.06	4	9	6	40.0	45.1	1
1952	37	2TM	AL	P	36	19	2	160.2	50	13	35	2	2	.960	.966	2.69	2.10	1.33	2.10	5	6	6	50.0	45.3	0
1952	37	DET	AL	P	10	2	0	27.0	12	4	7	1	0	.917	.966	3.67	2.10	1.10	2.10	2	0	1	100.0	45.0	0
1952	37	BOS	AL	P	26	17	2	133.2	38	9	28	1	2	.974	.966	2.49	2.10	1.42	2.10	3	6	5	45.5	45.3	0

1957	42	BAL	AL	P	2	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	2.70	0.00	2.00	0	0	0			0
15 Yrs					521	322	158	2725.1	888	193	645	50	63	.944	.957	2.77	2.10	1.61	2.08	50	90	83	48.0	24.2	5

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					Standard									Range Factor		Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	SB	CS	Awards
1940	25	DET	WS	P	1	1	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50	1.00	0	0

1945	30	DET	WS	P	2	1	13.2	7	2	5	0	0	1.000	4.61	3.50	0	0
2 Yrs					3	2	15.2	8	2	6	0	0	1.000	4.60	2.67	0	0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Dizzy Trout born?

Dizzy Trout was born on June 29, 1915.

Where was Dizzy Trout born?

Dizzy Trout was born in Sandcut, IN.

How tall was Dizzy Trout?

Dizzy Trout was 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Dizzy Trout weigh when playing?

Dizzy Trout weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Dizzy Trout play?

Dizzy Trout played 15 seasons.

Is Dizzy Trout in the Hall of Fame?

Dizzy Trout has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Dizzy Trout play?

Dizzy Trout was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Dizzy Trout have?

Dizzy Trout had 1,256 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Dizzy Trout played for?

Dizzy Trout played for 3 teams; the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles.

How many World Series has Dizzy Trout won?

Dizzy Trout won 1 World Series.

When did Dizzy Trout retire?

Dizzy Trout last played in 1957.

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