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Karl
Drews		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 213
 
Born: February 22, 1920 in Usa, NY, STATEN ISLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1950   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1946 26 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1947 27 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1948 28 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1949 29 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1950 30 PIT NL $ 1,292,857 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1951 31 PIT NL $ 1,292,857 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1952 32 PIT NL $ 1,400,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1953 33 PIT NL $ 1,400,000 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1954 34 PIT NL $ 1,400,000 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1955 35 PIT NL $ 910,000 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1956 36 TAM AL $ 910,000 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,400,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 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
1946 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1947 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1948 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1949 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1950 30 PIT NL $ 1,292,857   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1951 31 PIT NL $ 1,292,857   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1952 32 PIT NL $ 1,400,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1953 33 PIT NL $ 1,400,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1954 34 PIT NL $ 1,400,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1955 35 PIT NL $ 910,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 36 TAM AL $ 910,000   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 $ 1,400,000   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
1946 26 PIT NL 3 9 .250 15 15 3 0 0 113.0 138 60 11 34 32 4.78 .304 .352 .443 .794 2.3
    AAA   8 10 .444 22 22 2 1 0 154.3 153 60 10 63 82 3.50 .262 .334 .365 .699  
1947 27 PIT NL 12 17 .414 38 38 9 0 0 283.0 303 152 27 121 80 4.83 .275 .347 .415 .763 9.6
1948 28 PIT NL 11 9 .550 27 27 8 1 0 200.0 219 95 22 75 84 4.28 .277 .343 .431 .774 10.9
1949 29 PIT NL 12 19 .387 39 39 5 1 0 271.3 321 174 31 125 114 5.77 .296 .371 .450 .821 4.0
1950 30 PIT NL 8 15 .348 41 18 6 0 6 148.3 174 104 29 64 62 6.31 .293 .363 .513 .876 1.4
1951 31 PIT NL 11 13 .458 32 32 5 0 0 236.3 251 135 30 119 101 5.14 .278 .361 .437 .798 7.0
1952 32 PIT NL 5 6 .455 78 1 0 0 6 95.7 115 60 10 48 34 5.64 .290 .370 .437 .807 2.2
1953 33 PIT NL 5 8 .385 52 0 0 0 10 56.3 73 43 8 22 29 6.87 .323 .383 .504 .888 0.6
1954 34 PIT NL 8 3 .727 54 0 0 0 5 56.3 57 27 4 30 30 4.31 .270 .361 .403 .764 6.5
1955 35 PIT NL 4 8 .333 66 0 0 0 2 70.0 62 33 10 34 28 4.24 .238 .324 .391 .715 4.4
1956 36 AAA   1 5 .167 67 0 0 0 3 49.0 57 25 9 15 36 4.59 .311 .364 .508 .872  
10 Years Sim 79 107 .425 442 170 36 2 29 1530.3 1713 883 182 672 594 5.19 .285 .357 .442 .799 48.8
2 Years AAA 9 15 .375 89 22 2 1 3 203.3 210 85 19 78 118 3.76 .274 .341 .399 .740  
Season Average 7 10 .412 44 17 3 0 2 153.0 171 88 18 67 59 5.19 .285 .357 .442 .799  
Career Highs 12 19 .727 78 39 9 1 10 283.0 321 174 31 125 114 6.87 .323 .383 .513 .888  
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   810 420 83 279 319   .276 .339 .423 .762
vs LH   903 463 99 393 275   .293 .372 .459 .832
Home 40 46 .465 224 84 16 1 16 769.3 858 463 94 339 291 5.42 .284 .357 .445 .801
Away 39 61 .390 218 86 20 1 13 761.0 855 420 88 333 303 4.97 .285 .356 .439 .795
Mar/Apr 8 18 .308 65 19 5 0 2 178.6 219 112 19 79 65 5.64 .304 .373 .448 .820
May 17 22 .436 76 26 4 0 6 242.3 272 149 31 128 88 5.53 .287 .372 .459 .831
June 16 12 .571 75 24 4 0 9 240.0 234 109 19 113 104 4.09 .255 .337 .376 .712
July 9 9 .500 61 23 4 2 4 203.0 208 107 26 86 81 4.74 .265 .338 .434 .772
August 12 24 .333 86 41 5 0 5 347.0 436 226 44 146 135 5.86 .309 .374 .475 .849
Sep/Oct 17 22 .436 79 37 14 0 3 319.3 344 180 43 120 121 5.07 .278 .342 .441 .783
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
1946 26 PIT NL 15 37 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 .054 .054 .081 .135 -1.8 0.0
1947 27 PIT NL 38 90 3 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 35 .078 .088 .100 .188 -2.8 0.0
1948 28 PIT NL 27 69 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 .029 .043 .029 .072 -4.5 0.0
1949 29 PIT NL 39 85 4 6 1 0 2 9 0 0 3 22 .071 .112 .153 .265 -0.8 0.0
1950 30 PIT NL 41 38 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .105 .103 .105 .208 -0.4 0.0
1951 31 PIT NL 32 81 2 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 31 .074 .071 .086 .158 -3.7 0.0
1952 32 PIT NL 78 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0
1955 35 PIT NL 66 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
8 Years Sim 336 409 13 28 5 0 2 23 0 0 4 142 .068 .081 .095 .177 -14.6 0.0
162 Game Average 197 6 13 2 0 0 11 0 0 1 68 .068 .081 .095 .177 -7.1  
Career Highs 78 90 4 7 2 0 2 9 0 0 3 35 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2  
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   248 6 14 3 0 0 10 0 0 2 97 .056 .071 .069 .140 -14.1
vs LH   161 7 14 2 0 2 13 0 0 2 45 .087 .096 .137 .233 -4.1
Home 171 187 7 12 3 0 0 14 0 0 3 59 .064 .082 .080 .163 -9.1
Away 165 222 6 16 2 0 2 9 0 0 1 83 .072 .080 .108 .188 -9.1
RISP   96 0 7 1 0 1 21 0 0 0 31 .073 .079 .115 .194 -3.9
Close/Late   34 1 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 15 .088 .088 .176 .265 -0.5
Mar/Apr 38 41 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .024 .024 .024 .049 -3.3
May 42 56 2 3 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 17 .054 .053 .071 .124 -3.4
June 36 61 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 23 .082 .125 .115 .240 -1.8
July 30 55 3 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 27 .055 .086 .127 .213 -2.0
August 67 95 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 35 .053 .052 .053 .105 -6.1
Sep/Oct 37 101 5 11 1 0 1 8 0 0 1 30 .109 .117 .149 .265 -1.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1946 26 PIT NL P 15 15 113.0 9 23 0 2 1.000 2.55    
1947 27 PIT NL P 38 38 283.0 21 65 1 6 .989 2.73    
1948 28 PIT NL P 27 27 200.0 7 40 0 2 1.000 2.12    
1949 29 PIT NL P 39 39 271.3 25 64 1 6 .989 2.95    
1950 30 PIT NL P 41 18 148.3 9 34 1 3 .977 2.61    
1951 31 PIT NL P 32 32 236.3 12 61 1 8 .986 2.78    
1952 32 PIT NL P 78 1 95.7 8 20 2 0 .933 2.63    
1953 33 PIT NL P 52 0 56.3 2 12 1 1 .933 2.24    
1954 34 PIT NL P 54 0 56.3 5 19 0 1 1.000 3.83    
1955 35 PIT NL P 66 0 70.0 6 15 0 2 1.000 2.70    
Career Totals   442 170 1530.3 104 353 7 31 .985 2.69    
Career Highs   78 39 283.0 25 65 2 8 1.000 3.83    
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
1952 32 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500
1954 34 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 1.7 3 0 0 3 3 0.00 .375 .545 .375 .920
1955 35 PIT NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 4.3 6 3 2 0 2 6.24 .316 .316 .632 .947
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 7.3 10 3 2 3 5 3.69 .323 .382 .516 .898
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1947-7-17
1949-6-19
 Saves
1950-10-6
1953-7-10
 Games Pitched
1952-4-78
1955-7-66
 Hits Allowed
1947-9-303
1949-5-321
 Homeruns Allowed
1949-8-31
1950-4-29
 Walks Allowed
1947-10-121
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Ralph Branca (958)
  2. Sam Nahem (942)
  3. Jim McAndrew (939)
  4. Virgil Trucks (938)
  5. Bill Bonham (938)
  6. Gene Schott (937)
  7. Bump Hadley (936)
  8. Tex Hughson (929)
  9. Whitey Ford (928)
  10. Joe Bowman (927)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Dave Wickersham (995)
  2. Dick Ellsworth (980)
  3. John Hiller (978)
  4. Jack Fisher (976)
  5. Whitey Wilshere (974)
  6. George Brunet (974)
  7. Rollie Sheldon (971)
  8. Al Yeargin (970)
  9. Dean Stone (965)
  10. Bob Kuzava (964)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 36th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1946
Earned first career win on 8/25/1946
Had first career hit (double) on 9/27/1946, off Charlie Bowles (MON)
Injured on 3/12/1948 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 7/14/1949, off Billy Pierce (TAM)
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,292,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,292,857 through salary arbitration
4/2/1951: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
9/1/1951: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $1,400,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952
7/31/1954: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $910,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Pittsburgh to Tampa Bay on 2/1/1956 (Going to PIT: P Billy Hoeft, 3B Billy Johnson. Going to TAM: LF Roy Sievers, 3B Eddie Yost, P Karl Drews)
Injured on 7/27/1956 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 4-5 weeks
 
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