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Boots Poffenberger
Cletus Elwood Poffenberger

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 178 lb.

Debut June 11, 1937
Final Game May 21, 1939
Born July 1, 1915 in Williamsport, MD
Died September 1, 1999 in Williamsport, VA

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1937 21 DET AL  10   5  29  16   5   0  10  3  137.3  147   83   71   8   79   35   4   2   625       0  4.65  4.67  100 1.646
 1938 22 DET AL   6   7  25  15   8   1   6  1  125.0  147   74   67   8   66   28   2   2   569       0  4.82  5.03  104 1.704
 1939 23 BRO NL   0   0   3   1   0   0   1  0    5.0    7    3    3   1    4    2   0   0    26       0  5.40  4.03   75 2.200
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .571  16  12  57  32  13   1  17  4  267.3  301  160  141  17  149   65   6   4  1220       0  4.75  4.83  102 1.683
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12   9  43  24   9   0  12  3  204.0  229  122  107  12  113   49   4   3   932   0   0  4.75  4.83  102 1.683
 Career High     10   7  29  16   8   1  10  3  137.3  147   83   71   8   79   35   4   2   625   0   0  4.65  5.03  104 1.646

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 21 DET AL  29   51    5   11   3  0   0    3   0  0   0   8  .216  .216  .275   22   14   2           0    
 1938 22 DET AL  25   44    0    8   0  0   0    2   0  0   2   9  .182  .217  .182   -2    8   1           0    
 1939 23 BRO NL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       57   96    5   19   3  0   0    5   0  0   2  18  .198  .214  .229   10   22   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        273   14   54   9  0   0   14   0  0   6  51  .198  .214  .229   10   63   9   0   0   0   0
 Career High     29   51    5   11   3  0   0    3   0  0   2   9                          14   2   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 21 DET AL   53   42    3   1.9   119| .216  .292| .216  .368| .275  .435| .491  .803|  22  .134  -6.4  -0.6   0%
 1938 22 DET AL   47   37    2   1.4   124| .182  .299| .217  .379| .182  .445| .399  .824|  -2  .083  -7.4  -0.7   0%
 1939 23 BRO NL    1    1    0   0.0   107| .000  .285| .000  .351| .000  .407| .000  .758|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       101   80    5   1.6   121| .198  .295| .214  .373| .229  .440| .443  .812|  10  .107 -14.0  -1.3     

* 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 ------+
1937 21 DET AL P 29 8 32 1 3 .976 .955 1.38 1.09 2.62 2.05 16 137.3 1938 22 DET AL P 25 5 17 1 1 .957 .952 0.88 1.12 1.58 2.11 15 125.0 1939 23 BRO NL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.10 3.60 2.16 1 5.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 21 DET AL P 29 8 32 1 3 .976 .955 1.38 1.09 2.62 2.05 16 137.3 1938 22 DET AL P 25 5 17 1 1 .957 .952 0.88 1.12 1.58 2.11 15 125.0 1939 23 BRO NL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.10 3.60 2.16 1 5.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 57 13 51 2 4 .970 .954 1.12 1.10 2.15 2.08 32 267.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 57 13 51 2 4 .970 .954 1.12 1.10 2.16 2.08 32 267
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.

Won-Loss %
1937 AL-.667-7

Saves
1937 AL-3-9

Hit Batsmen
1937 AL-4-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1725) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
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 

April 9, 1939: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Detroit Tigers.


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