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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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-13 / in Starts: 14-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	15 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 74 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	27 (12-9-6) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 74 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	49 (25-16-8)

Most Driven In
D Murtaugh	2
W Westlake	1
Self	1
C Kluttz	0

Most Driven In By
F Gustine	2
J Hopp	1
D Walker	1
Self	1
D Murtaugh	1
S Rojek	0

1948 Batting Game Log

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1948 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	147	4 (3)	Apr 22	PIT		CHC	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.85	-0.047	2.03	-0.07%	-0.69	P
2	148	9 (4)	Apr 29	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.333	.619	9	.62	-0.028	1.71	-0.05%	-0.24	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	149	13 (3)	May 5	PIT		BSN	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	9	1.40	-0.106	4.94	-0.23%	-0.75	P
4	150	18 (4)	May 10	PIT		BRO	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.182	.348	9	.77	-0.062	2.53	-0.12%	-0.67	P
5	151	22 (3)	May 15	PIT	@	STL	L,3-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.167	.321	9	.98	-0.025	3.13	-0.05%	-0.25	P
6	152	26 (3)	May 20	PIT	@	BSN	W,13-0	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	.118	.167	.176	.343	9	.27	-0.039	.72	-0.06%	-0.21	P
7	153	30 (3)	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.105	.190	.158	.348	9	1.12	-0.018	3.71	-0.04%	-0.01	P
8	154	37 (6)	May 31 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.136	.303	9	.84	-0.015	2.74	-0.03%	-0.82	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	155	43 (5)	Jun 6 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.160	.250	.200	.450	9	1.02	0.124	3.80	0.28%	1.05	P
10	156	49 (5)	Jun 13 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.138	.219	.172	.391	9	.15	-0.015	.48	-0.03%	-0.56	P
11	157	53 (3)	Jun 18	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			0	0	0	.129	.206	.161	.367	9						P
12	158	59 (5)	Jun 24 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-8	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.200	.156	.356	9	.35	-0.009	1.45	-0.02%	-0.11	P
13	159	63 (3)	Jun 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.143	.211	.171	.382	9	1.44	0.041	5.23	0.09%	0.17	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	160	67 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			0	0	0	.158	.220	.184	.404	9						P
15	161	73 (5)	Jul 9	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.146	.205	.171	.375	9	1.03	-0.113	4.68	-0.31%	-1.04	P
16	162	77 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.146	.205	.171	.375	9						P
17	163	79 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,2-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.146	.205	.171	.375	9						P
18	164	83 (3)	Jul 21	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.159	.213	.250	.463	9	.54	0.096	1.21	0.13%	0.60	P
19	165	90 (6)	Jul 28	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-8	GS-0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.191	.240	.277	.517	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	166	96 (5)	Aug 8 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.204	.250	.286	.536	9	1.15	0.008	2.36	0.01%	0.07	P
21	167	103 (6)	Aug 15 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-8	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.259	.280	.539	9						P
22	168	111 (7)	Aug 22	PIT	@	STL	W,4-1	GS-0	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1			0	0	0	.208	.263	.283	.546	9						P
23	169	114 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-4	6-7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.263	.283	.546	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
24	170	116 (1)	Aug 27	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.218	.271	.291	.562	9						P
25	171	122 (5)	Aug 31	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.262	.281	.543	9	.87	-0.044	3.83	-0.12%	-0.33	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	172	127 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-11	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.262	.281	.543	9						P
27	173	132 (4)	Sep 9	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.197	.246	.262	.508	9	1.16	-0.133	5.53	-0.38%	-1.59	P
28	174	133	Sep 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-12	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.246	.262	.508	9						P
29	175	137 (3)	Sep 14 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.250	.485	9	1.10	-0.092	4.86	-0.25%	-0.86	P
							16-13		74	64	6	12	1	0	1	5	4	0	16	0	6		0	0	1	1	.188	.235	.250	.485		.85	-0.477	3.00	-1.23%	-6.24

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