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Ralph Birkofer
Ralph Joseph Birkofer (Lefty)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 213 lb.

Debut April 25, 1933
Final Game July 11, 1937
Born November 5, 1908 in Cincinnati, OH
Died March 16, 1971 in Cincinnati, OH

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1933 24 PIT NL   4   2   9   8   3   1   1  0   50.7   43   22   13   1   17   20   1   2   207       0  2.31  3.30  143 1.184
 1934 25 PIT NL  11  12  41  24  11   0  13  1  204.0  227  106   93  11   66   71   5   2   898       0  4.10  4.10  100 1.436
 1935 26 PIT NL   9   7  37  18   8   1  12  1  150.3  173   87   68   5   42   80   6   3   675       0  4.07  4.10  101 1.430
 1936 27 PIT NL   7   5  34  13   2   0  14  0  109.3  130   73   57   4   41   44   5   1   495       0  4.69  4.06   86 1.564
 1937 28 BRO NL   0   2  11   1   0   0   5  0   29.7   45   28   22   3    9    9   0   0   145       0  6.67  4.02   60 1.820
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .525  31  28 132  64  24   2  45  2  544.0  618  316  253  24  175  224  17   8  2420       0  4.19  4.01   96 1.458
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10   9  45  22   8   0  15  0  188.7  214  109   87   8   60   77   5   2   839   0   0  4.19  4.01   96 1.458
 Career High     11  12  41  24  11   1  14  1  204.0  227  106   93  11   66   80   6   3   898   0   0  2.31  4.10  143 1.184

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 24 PIT NL   9   22    1    7   0  0   0    4   0      0   4  .318  .318  .318   82    7   0           0   0
 1934 25 PIT NL  41   75    6   17   3  0   0   11   0      1  14  .227  .237  .267   33   20   2           0   0
 1935 26 PIT NL  38   58    5   14   3  1   0    4   0      0   8  .241  .254  .328   53   19   0           1   1
 1936 27 PIT NL  34   41    5    9   1  0   0    3   0      1   9  .220  .238  .244   29   10   0           0   1
 1937 28 BRO NL  12   11    1    3   0  0   0    0   0      1   4  .273  .333  .273   65    3   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      134  207   18   50   7  1   0   22   0  0   3  39  .242  .256  .285   45   59   2   0   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        250   22   60   8  1   0   27   0  0   4  47  .242  .256  .285   45   71   2   0   0   1   2
 Career High     41   75    6   17   3  1   0   11   0  0   1  14                          20   2   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1933 24 PIT NL   22   15    2   3.6    91| .318  .274| .318  .327| .318  .375| .636  .702|  82  .440  -0.6  -0.1     
 1934 25 PIT NL   78   60    5   2.2   106| .227  .290| .237  .345| .267  .412| .504  .757|  33  .200  -7.2  -0.7     
 1935 26 PIT NL   59   45    5   3.0   106| .241  .289| .254  .345| .328  .412| .582  .757|  53  .303  -4.1  -0.4     
 1936 27 PIT NL   42   33    2   1.6   105| .220  .288| .238  .348| .244  .404| .482  .751|  29  .126  -4.2  -0.4     
 1937 28 BRO NL   12    8    1   3.3   103| .273  .282| .333  .344| .273  .400| .606  .745|  65  .366  -0.5  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       213  161   15   2.5   104| .242  .287| .256  .344| .285  .406| .541  .749|  45  .243 -16.7  -1.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1933 24 PIT NL P 9 1 10 0 0 1.000 .965 1.22 1.28 1.95 2.36 8 50.7 1934 25 PIT NL P 41 2 39 3 1 .932 .960 1.00 1.12 1.81 2.27 24 204.0 1935 26 PIT NL P 37 3 18 4 1 .840 .959 0.57 1.18 1.26 2.31 18 150.3 1936 27 PIT NL P 34 1 14 7 0 .682 .949 0.44 1.16 1.24 2.32 13 109.3 1937 28 BRO NL P 11 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.45 1.20 1.52 2.39 1 29.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1933 24 PIT NL P 9 1 10 0 0 1.000 .965 1.22 1.28 1.95 2.36 8 50.7 1934 25 PIT NL P 41 2 39 3 1 .932 .960 1.00 1.12 1.81 2.27 24 204.0 1935 26 PIT NL P 37 3 18 4 1 .840 .959 0.57 1.18 1.26 2.31 18 150.3 1936 27 PIT NL P 34 1 14 7 0 .682 .949 0.44 1.16 1.24 2.32 13 109.3 1937 28 BRO NL P 11 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.45 1.20 1.52 2.39 1 29.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 132 7 86 14 2 .869 .959 0.70 1.16 1.54 2.31 64 544.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 132 7 86 14 2 .869 .959 0.70 1.16 1.54 2.31 64 544
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases On Balls Allow.
1934 NL-66-9

Hit Batsmen
1934 NL-5-8
1935 NL-6-9
1936 NL-5-9

HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

December 4, 1936: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Cookie Lavagetto to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ed Brandt.

July 11, 1937: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Lindsay Brown and cash.


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