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Ralph Birkofer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 213lb (180cm, 96kg)

Born: November 5, 1908 in Cincinnati, OH us

Died: March 16, 1971 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

Debut: April 25, 1933 (Age 24-171d, 7,590th in major league history)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 11, 1937 (Age 28-248d)
vs. NYG 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Ralph Joseph Birkofer

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.5

ERA

4.19

132

544.0

224

WHIP

1.458

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 18	PIT		CIN	L,4-9		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	14 (10)	Apr 30	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-3	GS	28	5.2	0	0	1	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	18 (3)	May 6	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-6	GS	10	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
4	22 (3)	May 11 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
5	25 (2)	May 14	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	28 (2)	May 17	PIT		BRO	L,1-7	GF	19	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
7	32 (3)	May 21	PIT		NYG	L,4-9		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	38 (5)	May 27	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	46 (7)	Jun 7	PIT		CIN	L,4-13		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	51 (4)	Jun 12	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-3	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	55 (3)	Jun 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-12	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	59 (3)	Jun 22 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	63 (3)	Jun 25	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-7	GS	0	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
14	66 (2)	Jun 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-8		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	75 (8)	Jul 7	PIT		CHC	L,1-13		14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	76	Jul 10	PIT		NYG	L,3-10	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	80 (3)	Jul 16	PIT		BRO	L,3-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	81	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,4-5	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	83 (1)	Jul 18	PIT		BRO	L,3-5		5	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
20	89 (5)	Jul 24 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,8-6	GS	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	98 (8)	Jul 31 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	103 (4)	Aug 6	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
23	107 (3)	Aug 10	PIT		CIN	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	110 (2)	Aug 12	PIT		CIN	W,7-4	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	112 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-4	GS	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	115 (2)	Aug 17 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	119 (3)	Aug 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-5	GS	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	124 (4)	Aug 26	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
29	129 (4)	Aug 31	PIT		CHC	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	133 (3)	Sep 5	PIT		BRO	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	138 (4)	Sep 10 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	141 (2)	Sep 13	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	143 (1)	Sep 15	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	147 (3)	Sep 19	PIT		BSN	W,7-6	GS	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
35	148	Sep 21	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	151 (2)	Sep 24	PIT	@	STL	L,2-11		3	0.0	0	0	1	1	0
37	153 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-9	GF	25	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
							37gm		150.0	3	18	4	25	1