Elmer Riddle

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: July 31, 1914 in Columbus, GA us

Died: May 14, 1984 in Columbus, GA

Buried: Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, GA

Debut: October 1, 1939 (Age 25-062d, 8,744th in major league history)
vs. PIT 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 3, 1949 (Age 35-003d)
vs. BRO 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 7 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Elmer Ray Riddle

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Relatives: Brother of Johnny Riddle

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

ERA

3.40

190

124

1023.0

342

WHIP

1.400

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Team Record in Appearances: 23-10 / in Starts: 18-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 5

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 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	17	3	Apr 17	CIN		STL	L,6-7	7-7	BS(1)	99	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	inf	inf	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	-0.470	6.79	-0.66%	-2.62	7t 1-- 0 out a2	7t --- 0 out d1
2	18	9	Apr 24	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	6-6		6	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	18.00	19.78	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.030	1.51	0.05%	0.51	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
3	19	10	Apr 25	CIN	@	STL	L,4-8	2-6		0	4.2	8	4	4	1	1	0	0	9.53	5.96	23	8	5	1	0	8		2	1	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.39	-0.076	1.21	-0.14%	-1.78	2b 1-3 1 out d2	6b 3 out d5
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
4	20	18	May 4	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-3	4-7		8	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.59	4.44	12	4	6	2	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.25	0.069	.50	0.08%	2.14	4b 1-3 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
5	21	22	May 11	CIN		CHC	L,1-9	4-6		6	2.2	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	5.84	4.40	11	4	1	0	0	3		2	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	.24	0.003	.48	0.00%	-0.17	4t 12- 1 out d5	6t 3 out d7
6	22	25	May 14	CIN		BRO	L,2-6	4-8		2	5.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.67	4.05	20	2	11	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	.14	0.028	.21	0.03%	1.37	4t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d6
7	23	30	May 20	CIN		BSN	W,9-6	9-GF	W(1-0)	5	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.91	4.04	6	1	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.032	.32	-0.02%	-0.53	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
8	24	33	May 23	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-4	4-GF	W(2-0)	2	6.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.07	3.65	24	6	8	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.163	.56	0.12%	1.73	4b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 4
9	25	38	May 28	CIN		PIT	L,4-7	3-7		4	4.1	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.45	3.62	16	5	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.038	.11	0.02%	1.99	3t --- 2 out d5	7t 3 out d5
10	26	41	May 30(2)	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	9-GF(13)	BW(3-0)	1	4.2	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.97	3.38	18	5	5	0	0	1		2	1	1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.93	0.662	1.61	0.22%	2.44	9b -23 1 out a1	13b end a 1
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
11	27	45	Jun 2	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS-9	W(4-0)	2	8.0	8	3	3	2	0	1	0	3.05	3.73	34	17	7	0	0	8	52			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.21	-0.064	.69	-0.02%	0.49	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
12	28	50	Jun 9	CIN	@	BRO	W,9-7	9-GF	S(1)	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.98	3.68	5	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	0.090	4.34	0.08%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
13	29	54	Jun 15(1)	CIN		NYG	W,5-2	CG	W(5-0)	5	9.0	8	2	2	3	1	1	0	2.81	3.91	38	10	16	0	0	8	61			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	.88	0.357	1.23	0.30%	2.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
14	30	60	Jun 21	CIN		BRO	W,4-1	CG	W(6-0)	5	9.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	1	2.54	3.58	35	6	13	4	0	6	78			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.395	.80	0.27%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	31	64	Jun 25(1)	CIN		PHI	W,8-3	CG	W(7-0)	3	9.0	11	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.60	3.50	37	10	12	1	0	11	53			1	1	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	-0.017	.63	-0.01%	1.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
16	32	69	Jun 30	CIN		CHC	W,7-1	CG	W(8-0)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	6	1	0	2.41	3.43	32	6	13	2	0	7	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.147	.15	0.04%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
17	33	74	Jul 6	CIN		STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-0)	5	9.0	3	0	0	4	2	0	0	2.16	3.46	34	12	13	1	0	3	79			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.468	.71	0.22%	4.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
18	34	78	Jul 13(1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-0	SHO	W(10-0)	6	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.96	3.39	33	13	12	2	0	5	78			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.366	.37	0.11%	4.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
19	35	83	Jul 17	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	W(11-0)	3	9.0	10	4	4	2	1	0	0	2.14	3.37	38	15	10	0	0	10	50			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.86	0.448	.82	0.12%	0.35	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a1
20	36	87	Jul 23	CIN		BRO	L,4-5	GS-8	L(11-1)	5	8.0	9	5	3	1	4	0	0	2.22	3.29	35	9	12	0	0	9	51			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.364	1.54	-0.28%	-1.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
21	37	92	Jul 29	CIN		NYG	W,7-4	GS-3		5	3.0	7	4	4	1	0	1	0	2.48	3.41	17	3	6	2	0	7	28			0	0	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.250	.51	-0.10%	-2.58	1t start tie	3t 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
22	38	97	Aug 3(1)	CIN		BSN	L,0-5	GS-7	L(11-2)	4	7.0	7	3	1	1	3	0	1	2.41	3.37	31	11	8	1	0	7	57			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	1	0	2	1.00	-0.028	.80	-0.01%	0.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
23	39	103	Aug 9	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	W(12-2)	5	9.0	8	2	1	2	4	1	1	2.31	3.44	39	11	13	1	0	8	67			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	.71	0.206	.03	0.01%	2.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
24	40	107	Aug 16	CIN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(13-2)	6	9.0	3	1	0	2	3	0	0	2.17	3.40	32	11	13	3	0	3	80			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.89	0.411	.13	0.04%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
25	41	113	Aug 20(2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-0	SHO	W(14-2)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.04	3.36	34	9	14	0	0	6	76			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.647	.34	0.09%	4.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
26	42	118	Aug 24(2)	CIN	@	NYG	W,6-4	GS-9	W(15-2)	3	8.0	8	4	3	2	4	1	1	2.10	3.42	34	7	12	1	0	8	54			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	1	0	1	.90	0.026	.39	0.01%	-0.12	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a3
27	43	122	Aug 30	CIN		STL	L,0-2	CG	L(15-3)	5	9.0	5	2	0	5	2	0	0	1.99	3.45	38	10	16	1	0	5	70			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.16	0.094	.26	0.01%	2.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
Sept				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
28	44	127	Sep 3	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(15-4)	3	8.0	6	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.05	3.43	30	12	8	1	0	6	58			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.030	.01	0.00%	0.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
29	45	133	Sep 7(2)	CIN	@	STL	W,5-2	CG(8)	W(16-4)	3	8.0	7	2	1	3	2	0	0	2.01	3.43	33	13	8	0	0	7	61			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.07	0.273	.00	0.00%	2.05	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a3
30	46	137	Sep 12	CIN		NYG	W,8-4	CG	W(17-4)	4	9.0	9	4	4	2	2	0	0	2.11	3.41	36	12	11	0	0	9	53			0	0	0	33	4	0	1	2	0	0	.94	-0.172	.00	0.00%	0.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
31	47	141	Sep 16	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	GS-9		3	9.0	6	3	0	2	4	0	0	2.01	3.37	36	13	12	1	1	5	71			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.69	0.095	.00	0.00%	1.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
32	48	148	Sep 21	CIN		PIT	W,2-0	SHO	W(18-4)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.93	3.33	33	9	15	0	0	5	77			0	1	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.45	0.632	.00	0.00%	4.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
33	49	153	Sep 27	CIN	@	PIT	W,15-9	GS-7	W(19-4)	5	6.1	11	9	8	3	1	1	0	2.20	3.41	33	8	10	2	0	11	15			0	1	0	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.221	.00	0.00%	-6.61	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out a5
							23-10		W-L:19-4,Sv:1,BSv:2	4.1	216.2	180	67	53	59	80	8	5	2.20	3.41	883	0.88		5%	0%	178	61	9	44%	5	6	0	800	29	4	4	16	0	16	.99	3.924	.51	0.55%	34.73

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