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Ed
Rakow		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 183
 
Born: May 30, 1935 in Usa, PA, PITTSBURGH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1966   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 25 MIN AL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1961 26 MIN AL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1962 27 CLN NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1963 28 CLN NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1964 29 CLN NL $ 500,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1965 30 CLN NL $ 500,000 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1966 31 CLN NL $ 500,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1967 32 KCR AL $ 1,000,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1968 33 KCR AL $ 1,000,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1969 34 BSN NL $ 1,000,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1970 35 BSN NL $ 1,000,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,000,000 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 28 CLN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 29 CLN NL $ 500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 30 CLN NL $ 500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 31 CLN NL $ 500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 32 KCR AL $ 1,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 33 KCR AL $ 1,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 34 BSN NL $ 1,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 35 BSN NL $ 1,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1960 25 MIN AL 2 12 .143 14 14 5 0 0 98.7 104 65 15 57 68 5.93 .269 .363 .451 .814 0.0
    AAA   11 6 .647 19 19 1 0 0 131.0 116 41 13 46 115 2.82 .234 .299 .374 .673  
1961 26 MIN AL 0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 0 24.3 17 7 5 5 13 2.59 .193 .237 .386 .623 2.5
1962 27 CLN NL 6 8 .429 25 19 0 0 0 139.3 145 68 19 60 73 4.39 .270 .347 .441 .787 2.5
1963 28 CLN NL 12 17 .414 77 10 1 0 7 150.3 166 77 9 58 85 4.61 .278 .341 .385 .727 4.2
1964 29 CLN NL 11 6 .647 73 1 0 0 11 87.3 75 34 7 32 45 3.50 .234 .304 .341 .645 10.2
1965 30 CLN NL 4 3 .571 44 0 0 0 6 53.3 41 22 8 21 32 3.71 .212 .292 .399 .691 4.8
1966 31 CLN NL 7 7 .500 89 0 0 0 15 110.0 108 56 12 45 66 4.58 .260 .331 .387 .718 4.5
1967 32 AAA   3 4 .429 66 2 0 0 7 82.7 80 31 8 42 79 3.38 .255 .343 .392 .734  
1968 33 AAA   9 1 .900 65 2 0 0 3 105.3 96 44 9 56 88 3.76 .245 .339 .365 .704  
1969 34 BSN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 8.3 9 2 0 0 6 2.16 .290 .281 .387 .668 0.9
    AAA   1 0 1.000 21 0 0 0 1 30.0 28 16 5 23 25 4.80 .243 .370 .383 .752  
    A   2 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 2 11.3 5 0 0 2 14 0.00 .143 .189 .143 .332  
1970 35 BSN NL 2 2 .500 22 0 0 0 7 33.0 34 19 4 16 22 5.18 .270 .354 .421 .775 2.6
9 Years Sim 44 55 .444 361 44 6 0 46 704.6 699 350 79 294 410 4.47 .259 .333 .403 .736 32.2
4 Years AAA 24 11 .686 171 23 1 0 11 349.0 320 132 35 167 307 3.40 .243 .328 .376 .705  
1 Years A 2 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 2 11.3 5 0 0 2 14 0.00 .143 .189 .143 .332  
5 Years Minors 26 11 .703 187 23 1 0 13 360.3 325 132 35 169 321 3.30 .241 .325 .370 .695  
Season Average 4 6 .400 40 4 0 0 5 78.3 77 38 8 32 45 4.47 .259 .333 .403 .736  
Career Highs 12 17 .647 89 19 5 0 15 150.3 166 77 19 60 85 5.93 .290 .363 .451 .814  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   381 182 50 140 254   .252 .315 .397 .713
vs LH   318 168 29 154 156   .269 .353 .411 .764
Home 25 24 .510 198 19 1 0 26 362.0 342 164 43 148 215 4.08 .250 .323 .393 .716
Away 19 31 .380 163 25 5 0 20 342.7 357 186 36 146 195 4.89 .269 .342 .414 .756
Mar/Apr 7 10 .412 57 10 0 0 8 129.3 119 57 13 58 79 3.97 .244 .325 .374 .698
May 7 8 .467 66 6 0 0 13 112.7 114 51 15 41 56 4.07 .264 .328 .405 .733
June 7 8 .467 59 3 0 0 10 96.3 94 43 7 46 56 4.02 .257 .340 .374 .714
July 3 3 .500 47 0 0 0 5 57.0 55 30 7 20 38 4.74 .257 .321 .416 .736
August 6 11 .353 73 8 3 0 5 132.6 139 80 17 55 78 5.43 .270 .340 .435 .775
Sep/Oct 14 15 .483 59 17 3 0 5 176.6 178 89 20 74 103 4.53 .261 .334 .411 .745
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
1960 25 MIN AL 14 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .033 .033 .033 .067 -2.1 0.0
1961 26 MIN AL 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1962 27 CLN NL 25 48 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 14 .063 .082 .083 .165 -1.7 0.0
1963 28 CLN NL 77 25 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .120 .120 .120 .240 -0.4 0.0
1964 29 CLN NL 73 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4 0.3
1965 30 CLN NL 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1966 31 CLN NL 89 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
7 Years Sim 337 114 2 8 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 37 .070 .078 .088 .166 -4.4 0.3
162 Game Average 54 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 .070 .078 .088 .166 -2.1  
Career Highs 89 48 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 14 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4  
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   81 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 25 .062 .073 .074 .147 -4.1
vs LH   33 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .091 .091 .121 .212 -1.2
Home 182 53 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 12 .038 .056 .057 .112 -3.2
Away 62 61 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 25 .098 .098 .115 .213 -2.1
RISP   28 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .071 .071 .143 .214 -1.1
Close/Late   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Mar/Apr 31 29 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 10 .103 .103 .138 .241 -0.6
May 44 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .118 .118 .118 .235 -0.4
June 23 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .091 .000 .091 -0.6
July 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
August 35 18 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .111 .111 .167 .278 -0.3
Sep/Oct 20 38 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .026 .026 .026 .053 -3.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1960 25 MIN AL P 14 14 98.7 6 16 2 2 .917 2.01    
1961 26 MIN AL P 15 0 24.3 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.59    
1962 27 CLN NL P 25 19 139.3 9 30 0 4 1.000 2.52    
1963 28 CLN NL P 77 10 150.3 8 33 0 1 1.000 2.45    
1964 29 CLN NL P 73 1 87.3 1 17 1 1 .947 1.86    
1965 30 CLN NL P 44 0 53.3 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.03    
1966 31 CLN NL P 89 0 110.0 9 22 0 5 1.000 2.54    
1969 34 BSN NL P 2 0 8.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08    
1970 35 BSN NL P 22 0 33.0 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.45    
Career Totals   361 44 704.6 40 140 3 14 .984 2.30    
Career Highs   89 19 150.3 9 33 2 5 1.000 2.59    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1964 29 CLN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 3 0 1 2 13.50 .462 .500 .462 .962
1965 30 CLN NL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.7 3 3 1 2 0 10.15 .250 .357 .500 .857
1966 31 CLN NL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.7 3 2 0 5 3 6.77 .300 .533 .300 .833
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 2 .000 8 0 0 0 0 7.3 12 8 1 8 5 9.84 .343 .465 .429 .894
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1963-7-17
 Winning Pct
1964-8-.647
 Saves
1964-6-11
1966-2-15
 Games Pitched
1963-9-77
1964-7-73
1966-1-89
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 43rd overall pick, by Minnesota in 1960
Injured on 5/27/1960 with a Inflamed Bicep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Had first career hit on 8/16/1960, off Jim O'toole (MON)
Earned first career win on 8/28/1960
Injured on 6/15/1962 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 7 weeks
7/1/1963: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $500,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 7/7/1963 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/18/1967 to a 4-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Injured on 5/20/1967 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/2/1968 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Traded from Kansas City to Boston (N) on 7/31/1969 (Going to KCR: LF Mike Hershberger, LF Dave Nicholson, 2B Johnny Goryl. Going to BSN: RF Rocky Colavito, 2B Julio Gotay, P Ed Rakow, CF Willie Davis)
 
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