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Boots Poffenberger

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 178lb (178cm, 80kg)

Born: July 1, 1915 in Williamsport, MD us

Died: September 1, 1999 in Williamsport, MD

Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Williamsport, MD

Debut: June 11, 1937 (Age 21-345d, 8,268th in major league history)
vs. BOS 6.2 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: May 21, 1939 (Age 23-324d)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Cletus Elwood Poffenberger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

ERA

4.75

267.1

WHIP

1.683

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-13 / in Starts: 10-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 9

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 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	1	47	Jun 11	DET		BOS	W,6-5	3-GF	W(1-0)	99	6.2	4	1	1	3	1	0	0	1.35	4.25	25	12	5	0	2	4		3	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.75	0.639	6.48	1.42%	4.32	3t 123 1 out d2	9t end a 1
2	2	51	Jun 15	DET	@	WSH	W,9-8	9-GF(15)	W(2-0)	3	6.1	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.69	4.28	24	14	3	0	0	3		2	0	1	0	0	21	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.95	1.125	10.81	2.48%	3.96	9b 1-3 2 out tie	15b end a 1
3	3	56	Jun 23	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	1-GF(8)	L(2-1)	7	7.2	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	0.87	3.54	30	11	7	4	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.321	6.71	0.90%	4.39	1b 12- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
4	4	60	Jun 27	DET	@	NYY	L,5-9	3-7		3	4.2	8	3	3	3	2	0	0	1.78	3.68	24	5	6	0	0	8		2	1	1	0	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.124	4.50	-0.41%	-0.30	3b 1-3 1 out d4	7b 3 out d3
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
5	5	63	Jul 1	DET	@	CHW	L,8-15	GS-3	L(2-2)	3	2.2	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	2.89	4.06	16	6	3	0	2	3	30			0	1	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.208	3.79	-0.44%	-2.58	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d4
6	6	66	Jul 5(1)	DET		CHW	W,8-4	GS-8	W(3-2)	3	7.2	9	4	4	3	1	0	0	3.28	4.07	33	14	6	0	2	9	43			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.126	3.07	0.27%	0.48	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a2
7	7	71	Jul 11	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	5	2	2	5	3	2	0	3.02	4.68	36	12	11	0	1	5	67			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	0.480	4.04	0.77%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
8	8	74	Jul 16	DET		NYY	W,14-7	GS-6	W(5-2)	4	6.0	9	5	5	4	2	1	0	3.55	4.92	26	9	2	0	0	9	32			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	3	0	0	.63	-0.200	1.85	-0.35%	-1.37	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
9	9	77	Jul 19	DET		WSH	W,8-4	CG	W(6-2)	2	9.0	8	4	4	3	2	1	1	3.62	5.01	37	14	9	0	3	8	54			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.83	0.151	1.75	0.19%	1.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
10	10	83	Jul 25	DET		PHA	W,12-9	GS-2		5	1.2	3	5	4	4	0	0	0	4.11	5.16	14	7	0	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.59	-0.391	3.34	-0.49%	-4.28	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d2
11	11	86	Jul 29	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-5		3	5.0	5	6	4	7	0	1	1	4.34	5.57	27	10	5	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	3	0	2	1.40	-0.328	6.02	-0.85%	-2.97	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d2
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
12	12	89	Aug 1(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-11	5-GF(8)		2	4.0	6	4	4	5	1	0	1	4.61	5.66	23	6	4	1	1	6		1	1	0	0	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	.42	-0.078	.65	-0.07%	-1.87	5b -2- 0 out d2	8b end d 7
13	13	92	Aug 4	DET	@	PHA	W,11-7	6-GF	S(1)	2	3.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.40	5.52	10	6	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.256	.60	0.10%	2.40	6b -23 2 out a1	9b end a 4
14	14	97	Aug 8	DET	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG(5)	W(7-2)	3	5.0	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	4.12	5.39	19	13	0	0	0	4	57			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	1	.71	0.174	.53	0.08%	1.85	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a4
15	15	103	Aug 14(2)	DET		SLB	W,20-7	CG	W(8-2)	5	9.0	10	7	6	6	3	2	0	4.31	5.60	42	13	10	1	3	10	38			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	1	0	0	.19	0.052	.12	0.02%	-1.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a13
16	16	109	Aug 21	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS-2		6	1.2	7	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.63	5.59	12	2	3	0	1	6	24			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.315	.45	-0.06%	-3.37	1b start a 3	2b 1-3 2 out d1
17	17	111	Aug 22(2)	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3		W(9-2)	0	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.53	5.55	9												6					0
18	18	113	Aug 24(2)	DET		PHA	L,8-9	GS-2		1	1.1	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.86	5.51	9	2	2	0	0	5	28			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.249	.78	-0.10%	-2.80	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d2
19	19	117	Aug 28	DET		BOS	L,0-3	GS-8	L(9-3)	3	8.0	7	2	1	2	2	0	0	4.56	5.35	34	12	11	0	2	7	62			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	2	.90	0.185	.28	0.03%	2.84	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
Sep/Oct				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	20	122	Sep 2	DET		WSH	W,9-8	GS-4		4	3.1	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	4.76	5.42	19	6	4	0	1	4	31			0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.241	.17	-0.02%	-2.59	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d3
21	21	123	Sep 3	DET		CHW	W,4-3	8-GF	S(2)	0	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.70	5.40	6	3	1	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	0.185	.86	0.03%	0.10	8t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 1
22	22	127	Sep 6(2)	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	W(10-3)	2	9.0	6	2	1	3	1	0	0	4.41	5.28	35	19	6	0	1	6	67			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.372	.10	0.02%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
23	23	131	Sep 10	DET		CLE	L,5-6	GS-7	L(10-4)	3	6.2	10	6	5	5	3	0	0	4.54	5.24	36	13	5	0	2	10	30			0	0	0	31	6	0	1	0	0	1	1.58	-0.346	.04	-0.01%	-2.43	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out d2
24	24	136	Sep 15	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	9-GF	S(3)	4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.50	5.25	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.02	0.224	.17	0.01%	0.57	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
25	25	137	Sep 16	DET	@	WSH	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.46	5.23	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.037	.03	0.00%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
26	26	139	Sep 18(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.39	5.20	7	5	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.048	.01	0.00%	1.16	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
27	27	142	Sep 21(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-12	GS-5	L(10-5)	2	4.2	9	8	8	4	1	1	1	4.79	5.33	27	9	3	1	1	9	11			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.27	-0.238	.00	0.00%	-3.38	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d5
28	28	147	Sep 26(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-9	2-3		4	1.1	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.81	5.34	9	3	0	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.13	2b 1-3 2 out d4	3b 3 out d5
29	29	154	Oct 2	DET		CLE	L,5-12	2-8		5	6.1	7	5	5	3	3	1	0	4.92	5.36	28	9	6	2	0	7		1	0	1	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.15	0.005	.00	0.00%	-1.10	2t 1-- 2 out d5	8t 3 out d9
							16-13		W-L:10-5,Sv:3	3.0	137.1	147	83	75	79	35	9	4	4.92	5.36	624	2.05		3%	6%	142	39	17	18%	3	2	1	530	22	4	2	22	0	12	1.11	1.658	2.34	3.52%	0.54

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