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Pretzel Pezzullo	Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 180   Born: December 10, 1910 in Usa, CT, BRIDGEPORT

Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections	1942

Ratings - Pitching     Help
								Stuff						Control						Movement
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Endurance			vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA
1935	24	NYG	NL		5			3		3		3		3		3		3		5		5		5
1936	25	NYG	NL		4			3		3		3		4		3		3		4		4		4
1937	26	NYG	NL		4			4		4		4		4		4		4		5		5		5
1938	27	NYG	NL		3			4		4		4		5		4		4		6		6		6
1939	28	BSN	NL	$ 300,000	3			5		5		5		6		5		5		6		6		6
1940	29	BSN	NL	$ 300,000	3			5		5		5		6		6		6		6		6		6
1941	30	BSN	NL	$ 300,000	3			5		5		5		6		6		6		6		6		6
1942	31	BSN	NL	$ 300,000	3			5		5		5		6		6		6		7		7		7
1943	32	BSN	NL	$ 350,000	3			5		5		5		6		6		6		7		7		7
1944	33	BSN	NL	$ 350,000	3			5		5		5		6		6		6		6		6		6
1945	34	BSN	NL	$ 350,000	3			5		5		5		6		5		5		6		6		6
1946	35	SEM	AL	$ 1,000,000	3			5		5		5		6		5		5		6		6		6
1947	36	BSN	NL	$ 1,000,000	3			4		4		4		5		4		5		3		3		3
OOTP6 Min Ratings					3			3		3		3		3		3		3		3		3		3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 1,000,000	5			5		5		5		6		6		6		7		7		7

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1935	24	NYG	NL					2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1936	25	NYG	NL					2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1937	26	NYG	NL					2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1938	27	NYG	NL					2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1939	28	BSN	NL	$ 300,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1940	29	BSN	NL	$ 300,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1941	30	BSN	NL	$ 300,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1942	31	BSN	NL	$ 300,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1943	32	BSN	NL	$ 350,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1944	33	BSN	NL	$ 350,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1945	34	BSN	NL	$ 350,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1946	35	SEM	AL	$ 1,000,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1947	36	BSN	NL	$ 1,000,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings								2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 1,000,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3

Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS	PWS
1935	24	A		5	1	.833	78	0	0	0	7	75.0	69	22	2	32	47	2.64	.258	.338	.337	.675
1936	25	A		4	2	.667	62	0	0	0	7	51.0	43	12	0	33	30	2.12	.236	.353	.286	.639
1937	26	A		5	4	.556	81	0	0	0	9	89.0	73	25	3	29	69	2.53	.227	.291	.293	.584
1938	27	AAA		1	1	.500	30	0	0	0	2	27.0	36	19	4	9	19	6.33	.316	.366	.491	.857
		A		2	1	.667	42	0	0	0	5	46.0	38	9	2	12	43	1.76	.224	.275	.318	.592
1939	28	BSN	NL	2	2	.500	16	0	0	0	3	23.0	16	5	1	8	7	1.96	.198	.283	.272	.554	2.7
		AA		4	2	.667	38	0	0	0	2	29.7	18	5	0	9	29	1.52	.184	.252	.255	.507
1940	29	BSN	NL	5	7	.417	36	0	0	0	12	37.0	45	22	0	27	14	5.35	.298	.413	.358	.771	1.2
1941	30	BSN	NL	3	5	.375	36	0	0	0	16	40.0	43	22	5	20	15	4.95	.276	.354	.436	.790	3.5
1942	31	BSN	NL	4	6	.400	49	0	0	0	8	48.0	65	25	5	19	16	4.69	.319	.373	.446	.819	3.5
1943	32	BSN	NL	6	8	.429	80	0	0	0	17	83.0	99	53	11	37	34	5.75	.291	.364	.429	.793	3.8
1944	33	BSN	NL	5	3	.625	35	0	0	0	14	37.7	48	22	4	18	16	5.26	.314	.387	.438	.825	3.5
1945	34	BSN	NL	5	6	.455	63	0	0	0	11	78.0	77	27	6	30	27	3.12	.260	.328	.372	.700	11.4
1946	35	TAM	AL	0	2	.000	33	0	0	0	2	28.3	37	24	3	14	3	7.62	.311	.385	.479	.864	0.0
		AAA		0	3	.000	21	0	0	0	0	15.3	24	19	4	14	7	11.15	.358	.469	.597	1.066
1947	36	AA		3	3	.500	42	0	0	0	3	49.3	38	13	5	19	34	2.37	.224	.302	.353	.655
8 Years Sim				30	39	.435	348	0	0	0	83	375.0	430	200	35	173	132	4.80	.287	.362	.410	.772	29.6
2 Years AAA				1	4	.200	51	0	0	0	2	42.3	60	38	8	23	26	8.08	.331	.407	.530	.937
2 Years AA				7	5	.583	80	0	0	0	5	79.0	56	18	5	28	63	2.05	.209	.284	.317	.601
4 Years A				16	8	.667	263	0	0	0	28	261.0	223	68	7	106	189	2.34	.237	.315	.309	.623
8 Years Minors				24	17	.585	394	0	0	0	35	382.3	339	124	20	157	278	2.92	.244	.321	.339	.660
Season Average				3	4	.429	43	0	0	0	10	46.9	53	25	4	21	16	4.80	.287	.362	.410	.772
Career Highs				6	8	.625	80	0	0	0	17	83.0	99	53	11	37	34	7.62	.319	.413	.479	.864

Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
vs RH										287	128	24	102	89		.296	.363	.426	.789
vs LH										143	72	11	71	43		.269	.355	.380	.736
Home	18	17	.514	174	0	0	0	30	197.0	200	100	15	86	60	4.57	.267	.343	.376	.719
Away	12	22	.353	174	0	0	0	53	178.0	230	100	20	87	72	5.06	.306	.378	.444	.822
Mar/Apr	6	9	.400	69	0	0	0	9	72.0	87	40	6	30	24	5.00	.303	.369	.418	.787
May	2	13	.133	79	0	0	0	16	86.3	127	70	10	48	32	7.30	.342	.418	.488	.906
June	6	7	.462	61	0	0	0	15	65.3	63	30	4	41	17	4.13	.257	.364	.351	.715
July	6	2	.750	42	0	0	0	12	42.0	42	16	7	10	15	3.43	.250	.292	.411	.703
August	7	3	.700	51	0	0	0	15	59.3	61	23	4	29	22	3.49	.264	.346	.364	.710
Sep/Oct	3	5	.375	46	0	0	0	16	50.0	50	21	4	15	22	3.78	.253	.305	.379	.684

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1937	26	A		4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1939	28	BSN	NL	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0
1940	29	BSN	NL	36	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.4	0.0
1941	30	BSN	NL	36	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.7	0.3
1942	31	BSN	NL	49	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	0.0
1943	32	BSN	NL	80	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0
1944	33	BSN	NL	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0
1945	34	BSN	NL	63	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0
1946	35	TAM	AL	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0
		AAA		6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.1
1947	36	AA		5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
8 Years Sim				348	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.214	.214	.214	.429	0.2	0.3
1 Years AAA				6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.1
1 Years AA				5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1 Years A				4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
3 Years Minors				15	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
162 Game Average					6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	0.1
Career Highs				80	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.7

Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.6
vs LH		8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	0.7
Home	92	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.6
Away	157	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-0.5
RISP		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2
Close/Late		4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.2
Mar/Apr	47	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3
May	29	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.5
June	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2
July	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
August	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2
Sep/Oct	15	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.4

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF
1939	28	BSN	NL	P	16	0	23.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.17
1940	29	BSN	NL	P	36	0	37.0	3	8	0	1	1.000	2.68
1941	30	BSN	NL	P	36	0	40.0	3	8	0	0	1.000	2.48
1942	31	BSN	NL	P	49	0	48.0	0	10	0	0	1.000	1.88
1943	32	BSN	NL	P	80	0	83.0	4	20	1	1	.960	2.60
1944	33	BSN	NL	P	35	0	37.7	4	7	0	0	1.000	2.63
1945	34	BSN	NL	P	63	0	78.0	9	16	1	4	.962	2.88
1946	35	TAM	AL	P	33	0	28.3	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.59
Career Totals					348	0	375.0	26	74	2	6	.980	2.40
Career Highs					80	0	83.0	9	20	1	4	1.000	2.88

Pitching Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. Season Rankings are League Based.

Saves 1940-3-12 1941-3-16 1942-9-8 1943-4-17 1944-4-14 1945-6-11 Games Pitched 1943-4-80 1945-4-63

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)    Gray Ink Test: 20    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)

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History

Drafted in 5th round, 77th overall pick, by New York (G) in 1935

Injured on 4/10/1936 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks

Traded from New York (G) to Boston (N) on 2/13/1939 (Going to NYG: SS Otto Bluege. Going to BSN: P Al Epperly, P Pretzel Pezzullo)

Earned first career win on 9/25/1939

Had first career hit on 5/25/1940, off Ken Heintzelman (SLC)

Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game

2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration

2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration

2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration

Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/16/1946 to a 4-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year

Traded from Tampa Bay to Seattle on 7/1/1946 (Going to SEM: P Bucky Jacobs, P Pretzel Pezzullo. Going to TAM: P Early Wynn, P Howie Krist, P Hal Manders)

Traded from Seattle to Boston (N) on 2/1/1947 (Going to BSN: P Joe Haynes, P Pretzel Pezzullo, P Johnny Broaca, P Bucky Jacobs. Going to SEM: P Vito Tamulis, C Frankie Hayes)

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