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Lou Kretlow

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: June 27, 1921 in Apache, OK us

Died: September 12, 2007 in Enid, OK

Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, OK

High School: Putnam City HS (Oklahoma City, OK)

Schools: University of Central Oklahoma (Edmond, OK), University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Debut: September 26, 1946 (Age 25-091d, 10,203rd in major league history)
vs. SLB 9.0 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, W

Last Game: September 23, 1956 (Age 35-088d)
vs. CHW 3.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Louis Henry Kretlow

Nicknames: Lena

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.8

ERA

4.87

199

104

785.1

450

WHIP

1.659

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-15 / in Starts: 7-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 10, Entered with runners on base: 4

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 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	7	3	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,2-5	GS-	L(0-1)	99	5.1	8	5	3	3	1	0	0	5.06	3.82	25						34						22	0	0	0		0
2	8	7	Apr 26(2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS-		4	5.0	7	4	4	5	2	0	0	6.10	4.25	25						34						20	4	0	0		0
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	9	20	May 10	DET		NYY	L,1-6	9-GF		13	0.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.73	4.51	4	1	0	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.013	.41	-0.03%	-0.40	9t 123 1 out d3	9t end d 5
4	10	21	May 11	DET		WSH	L,1-11	7-8		0	2.0	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	7.62	4.28	11	2	3	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.016	.13	-0.03%	-2.94	7t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d10
5	11	26	May 15(2)	DET	@	SLB	L,4-12			3	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.24	4.27	3												2	0	0	0		0
6	12	33	May 23	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	7-GF(8)		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.32	3.92	6	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.012	.20	0.02%	1.14	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
7	13	34	May 24	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	9-GF(10)	L(0-2)	0	1.1	3	2	2	4	0	0	0	6.88	4.51	11	3	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	2	0	0	0	4.83	-0.625	10.74	-0.83%	-2.11	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
8	14	38	May 29	DET		SLB	W,6-4	6-7	W(1-2)	4	1.2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	6.27	4.87	8	1	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.195	3.01	0.21%	1.23	6t -2- 1 out tie	7t 3 out tie
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	15	44	Jun 4	DET		BOS	W,10-9			5	2.2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	5.48	4.53	11												10	1	0	0		0
10	16	47	Jun 6	DET		BOS	L,9-10	GS-7		1	6.1	8	5	5	6	3	1	0	5.86	4.97	32	9	6	0	1	8	34			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.313	3.35	-0.50%	-1.85	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out tie
11	17	53	Jun 12(2)	DET		WSH	W,6-5	GS-9		5	8.0	12	5	5	4	2	1	0	5.80	5.01	40	10	12	0	5	12	36			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.565	5.35	-1.05%	-1.41	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out d1
12	18	61	Jun 22	DET	@	BOS	W,13-4	GS-1		9	0.0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	6.56	5.26	3	0	0	0	0	0	35			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.163	4.68	-0.32%	-1.85	1b start a 1	1b 123 0 out a1
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
13	19	71	Jul 1	DET		CHW	L,0-4			8	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.21	5.06	7												7	1	0	0		0
14	20	73	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,4-8			1	3.0	3	2	2	4	0	0	0	6.20	5.17	15												11	0	0	1		0
15	21	78	Jul 7	DET	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	8	2	2	6	7	0	0	5.44	4.77	37						64						31	2	0	0		0
16	22	86	Jul 17(2)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	GS-4		9	4.0	3	4	2	4	4	1	0	5.37	4.91	19	4	4	0	0	3	44			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.193	.61	-0.07%	-1.89	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
17	23	89	Jul 20	DET		WSH	W,6-5	GS-5		2	4.1	5	4	3	4	1	0	0	5.43	4.91	22	9	3	0	1	5	36			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.46	-0.249	1.15	-0.12%	-1.57	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d1
18	24	93	Jul 24	DET		NYY	L,3-6	11-GF(11)		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	4.89	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.003	.16	0.00%	0.38	11t --3 2 out d4	11t end d 4
19	25	95	Jul 27(1)	DET	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS-2		2	2.0	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	5.82	4.96	12	2	3	1	0	4	29			0	0	0	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.258	.67	-0.11%	-2.98	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
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
20	26	105	Aug 5	DET	@	BOS	L,0-9	8-GF(8)		8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.75	4.94	2	0	2	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.65	8b 123 1 out d9	8b end d 9
21	27	109	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,3-6			4	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	5.57	4.89	9												7	0	0	0		0
22	28	111	Aug 13	DET		SLB	W,12-9		W(3-2)	2	5.2	7	5	5	5	7	0	0	5.77	4.71	28												23	1	0	0		0
23	29	115	Aug 16	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.81	4.72	6	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.006	.04	0.00%	-0.48	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
24	30	122	Aug 21(2)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-7	GS-		4	3.1	6	5	5	3	3	1	1	6.16	4.88	19						28						14	0	0	0		0
25	31	131	Aug 31	DET		BOS	L,4-7	7-GF		9	3.0	2	2	1	3	1	1	0	6.04	5.05	14	5	3	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	-0.011	.42	0.00%	-0.42	7t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
							10-15		W-L:3-2	4.1	76.0	85	58	51	69	41	5	1	6.04	5.05	370	1.32		1%	11%	42	37	8	25%	1	0	1	295	19	1	3	2	0	2	1.35	-2.202	2.74	-2.84%	-13.50

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