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Erv Palica

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: February 9, 1928 in Lomita, CA us

Died: May 29, 1982 in Huntington Beach, CA

Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Culver City, CA

High School: Nathaniel Narbonne HS (Harbor City, CA)

Debut: April 21, 1945 (Age 17-071d, 9,924th in major league history)
vs. NYG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1956 (Age 28-228d)
vs. NYY 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Ervin Martin Palica

Pronunciation: \pah-LEE-kuh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.4

ERA

4.22

246

839.1

423

WHIP

1.436

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 24	BRO		PHI	W,11-4	GF	22	6.1	0	2	0	2	0
2	8 (2)	Apr 27	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	10 (1)	Apr 30	BRO	@	PHI	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	19 (8)	May 10	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	20	May 12	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-7		15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	23 (2)	May 17	BRO		BSN	L,3-12	GS	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
7	25 (1)	May 19	BRO		STL	L,7-14		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	28 (2)	May 22	BRO		PIT	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	29	May 23	BRO		CIN	L,5-6		16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	36 (6)	May 31 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,1-10	GS	15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	41 (4)	Jun 5	BRO	@	STL	L,6-9	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	44 (2)	Jun 9	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-6		28	6.2	0	1	0	1	0
13	50 (5)	Jun 17	BRO		CIN	L,3-5		14	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
14	51	Jun 18	BRO		CHC	L,4-6		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
15	58 (6)	Jun 26	BRO		STL	L,3-6	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	61 (2)	Jun 30	BRO		PHI	L,4-13	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	65 (3)	Jul 4	BRO		NYG	W,13-12	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
18	66	Jul 5 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3		4	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
19	70 (3)	Jul 8	BRO		BSN	L,4-7	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
20	72 (1)	Jul 10	BRO	@	NYG	W,15-10		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
21	75 (2)	Jul 16	BRO	@	CIN	W,4-2	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
22	76	Jul 17 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	78 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,3-6	GF	17	3.2	1	0	0	1	0
24	84 (5)	Jul 23	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	32	7.2	1	0	0	1	0
25	85	Jul 25 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-6	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
26	87 (1)	Jul 26	BRO		NYG	L,4-13		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	92 (4)	Jul 31	BRO		PIT	L,2-5	GS	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	94 (1)	Aug 4	BRO		CHC	W,5-4		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	97 (2)	Aug 7	BRO		CIN	L,4-6		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
30	101 (3)	Aug 11	BRO		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	111 (9)	Aug 22	BRO		BSN	L,3-4		20	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	114 (2)	Aug 25 susp	BRO	@	PIT	L,11-12	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	119 (4)	Aug 29 (2)	BRO	@	STL	W,6-4	GS	32	7.1	0	0	0	0	0
34	120	Aug 30 (1)	BRO	@	STL	W,6-5		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	125 (4)	Sep 2	BRO	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	135 (9)	Sep 12	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-5		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	139 (3)	Sep 15 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	142 (2)	Sep 17	BRO		STL	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	147 (4)	Sep 22	BRO		PIT	L,1-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
40	148	Sep 23	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-1		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	151 (2)	Sep 28	BRO		BSN	W,9-8		19	5.0	0	2	0	2	1
							41gm		125.1	5	16	0	21	1