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Ralph Birkofer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 213lb (180cm, 96kg)

Born: November 5, 1908 in Cincinnati, OH us

Died: March 16, 1971 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

Debut: April 25, 1933 (Age 24-171d, 7,590th in major league history)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 11, 1937 (Age 28-248d)
vs. NYG 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Ralph Joseph Birkofer

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.5

ERA

4.19

132

544.0

224

WHIP

1.458

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-23 / in Starts: 11-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 6

1935 Pitching Game Log

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1935 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	51	3	Apr 18	PIT		CIN	L,4-9	5-6		99	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	27.00	1.18	7	0	2	1	0	4		2	0	1	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.086	1.29	-0.13%	-2.24	5t 12- 2 out d3	6t 1-- 2 out d6
2	52	14	Apr 30	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-3	GS-6	L(0-1)	11	5.2	5	3	3	4	3	0	1	8.10	4.23	28	7	8	1	1	5	46			0	0	0	23	3	0	1	0	0	1	.93	-0.033	2.19	-0.05%	-0.41	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	53	18	May 6	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-6	GS-2		5	1.1	6	5	4	0	0	1	0	11.25	5.68	10	3	1	0	0	6	24			0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.416	2.53	-0.55%	-4.29	1b start a 1	2b --- 1 out tie
4	54	22	May 11(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	10.00	5.74	5	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.33	-0.027	.92	-0.05%	-0.48	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
5	55	25	May 14	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	W(1-1)	2	9.0	11	1	1	3	3	0	0	5.50	4.63	40	11	12	0	2	11	61			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.200	.87	0.23%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
6	56	28	May 17	PIT		BRO	L,1-7	6-GF		2	3.2	8	3	3	0	3	0	0	5.82	4.11	19	4	4	0	1	8		1	0	2	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.025	.66	-0.04%	-0.80	6t 1-- 1 out d3	9t end d 6
7	57	32	May 21	PIT		NYG	L,4-9	6-6		3	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	6.65	4.71	2	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.112	1.64	-0.20%	-2.73	6t 1-- 1 out d3	6t --- 1 out d6
8	58	38	May 27	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.35	4.55	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.020	.99	0.03%	0.55	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	59	46	Jun 7	PIT		CIN	L,4-13	2-3		10	1.0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	6.85	4.75	6	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.052	1.22	-0.09%	-1.68	2t --- 2 out d5	3t -2- 2 out d7
10	60	51	Jun 12	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-3	6-GF	W(2-1)	4	4.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.86	4.66	15	3	7	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.247	3.49	0.59%	3.42	6b 1-3 0 out d1	9b end a 4
11	61	55	Jun 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-12	GS-3	L(2-2)	3	3.0	6	6	5	2	3	1	0	6.75	4.94	17	6	0	0	0	6	26			2	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.293	2.50	-0.60%	-4.25	1b start tie	3b 3 out d6
12	62	59	Jun 22(1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-4	GS-9		5	9.0	10	4	4	4	9	1	0	6.13	4.72	40	8	9	0	4	10	56			1	0	0	36	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.52	0.034	6.85	0.09%	0.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
13	63	63	Jun 25	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-7	GS-	L(2-3)	2	2.1	7	6	5	0	1	0	0	6.86	4.59	16						22						15					0
14	64	66	Jun 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-8	2-2		2	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.29	4.59	3	0	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.065	1.09	-0.14%	-3.00	2b --3 2 out d5	2b --3 2 out d8
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	65	75	Jul 7	PIT		CHC	L,1-13	6-8		8	3.0	5	3	3	0	2	0	0	7.40	4.40	14	8	0	0	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.012	.08	-0.02%	-1.36	6t --- 0 out d7	8t 3 out d10
16	66	76	Jul 10	PIT		NYG	L,3-10	9-GF		2	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	7.83	4.38	6	1	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.015	.08	-0.02%	-2.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 7
17	67	80	Jul 16	PIT		BRO	L,3-9	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.66	4.35	3	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.55	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
18	68	81	Jul 17(1)	PIT		BRO	L,4-5	7-GF		0	3.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	7.20	4.32	13	1	6	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.124	.60	0.05%	1.64	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 1
19	69	83	Jul 18	PIT		BRO	L,3-5	6-7		0	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.97	4.21	5	1	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.019	.04	0.00%	1.11	6t 1-- 1 out d5	7t 3 out d5
20	70	89	Jul 24(1)	PIT		PHI	W,8-6	GS-	W(3-3)	5	7.0	12	5	4	2	6	0	0	6.75	3.98	36						39						34					0
21	71	98	Jul 31(2)	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	10-GF(11)	W(4-3)	6	2.0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	6.53	3.89	8	1	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	-0.138	1.03	-0.04%	0.09	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	72	103	Aug 6	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(4-4)	5	8.0	4	2	0	3	6	0	0	5.77	3.76	31	8	10	0	2	4	73			3	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.117	.17	0.02%	2.29	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
23	73	107	Aug 10	PIT		CIN	L,0-2	CG	L(4-5)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	3	1	1	5.33	3.90	38	9	16	2	0	7	66			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.164	.11	0.01%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
24	74	110	Aug 12	PIT		CIN	W,7-4	6-GF	S(1)	1	4.0	3	1	1	2	0	0	1	5.18	3.98	18	4	8	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.246	.12	0.01%	1.18	6t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
25	75	112	Aug 14(2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-4	GS-		1	5.0	7	3	3	0	3	0	0	5.19	3.86	21						44						21					0
26	76	115	Aug 17(2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(5-5)	2	9.0	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	4.80	3.72	34	6	17	0	0	7	73			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.503	.26	0.08%	4.25	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
27	77	119	Aug 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-5	GS-4	L(5-6)	3	3.0	5	3	3	1	3	0	1	4.93	3.70	16	5	2	0	2	4	39			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.178	.14	-0.02%	-2.45	1b start tie	4b 12- 0 out d3
28	78	124	Aug 26	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-2	CG	W(6-6)	4	9.0	11	2	2	3	5	0	0	4.68	3.65	39	8	12	2	0	11	59			0	0	0	36	1	2	0	2	0	0	.47	0.021	.08	0.00%	2.72	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a8
29	79	129	Aug 31	PIT		CHC	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-6)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	4.32	3.58	33	4	20	3	3	5	78			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.350	.56	0.15%	4.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	80	133	Sep 5	PIT		BRO	W,5-4	GS-8	W(8-6)	4	8.0	8	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.33	3.59	33	12	11	0	4	7	49			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.100	.05	0.00%	0.37	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
31	81	138	Sep 10(2)	PIT		NYG	L,2-4	CG	L(8-7)	4	9.0	7	4	1	1	5	0	0	4.11	3.51	35	7	15	3	2	7	67			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.66	-0.292	.00	0.00%	0.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
32	82	141	Sep 13	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	9-GF		2	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.14	3.49	6	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
33	83	143	Sep 15	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	CG	W(9-7)	1	9.0	8	3	1	2	2	0	0	3.95	3.49	37	23	2	0	0	8	63			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	0.384	.00	0.00%	1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
34	84	147	Sep 19	PIT		BSN	W,7-6	GS-1		3	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.12	3.51	6	1	1	1	0	3	33			0	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.245	.00	0.00%	-2.80	1t start tie	1t -2- 2 out d3
35	85	148	Sep 21	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.09	3.51	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
36	86	151	Sep 24	PIT	@	STL	L,2-11	5-5		2	0.0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	4.15	3.51	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	.24	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-2.50	5b --- 0 out d4	5b -23 0 out d5
37	87	153	Sep 29(2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-9	4-GF(8)		4	5.0	3	5	1	4	5	0	0	4.07	3.51	25	7	6	0	0	3		0	0	3	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	2	.66	-0.213	.00	0.00%	-2.46	4b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
							14-23		W-L:9-7,Sv:1	3.1	150.1	173	87	68	42	80	5	6	4.07	3.51	675	0.85		4%	7%	143	51	8	25%	16	2	0	612	33	9	2	6	0	9	.88	0.074	1.00	-0.69%	-0.02

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