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George Zuverink

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 195lb (193cm, 88kg)

Born: August 20, 1924 in Holland, MI us

Died: September 8, 2014 in Tempe, AZ

Buried: Green Acres Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, AZ

High School: Holland HS (Holland, MI)

School: Hope College (Holland, MI)

Debut: April 21, 1951 (Age 26-244d, 10,787th in major league history)
vs. SLB 1.1 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: June 15, 1959 (Age 34-299d)
vs. DET 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: George Zuverink

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.8

ERA

3.54

265

642.1

223

WHIP

1.344

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-30 / in Starts: 3-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 19

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	55	3	Apr 14	DET		CLE	L,3-5	1-5		99	4.1	4	2	2	0	2	1	0	4.15	4.44	15	5	4	0	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	.85	0.021	2.25	0.03%	0.71	1t 123 2 out d2	5t 3 out d3
2	56	7	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,1-9	6-6		6	0.1	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	7.71	4.94	5	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.018	.23	-0.03%	-2.41	6t --- 0 out d6	6t 12- 1 out d8
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	57	23	May 8(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	10-GF(11)	L(0-1)	16	1.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	7.94	4.84	8	1	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.93	-0.225	15.07	-0.52%	-0.88	10b 1-- 1 out tie	11b end d 1
4	58	36	May 24	DET	@	KCA	W,9-6	6-6		15	0.2	2	4	4	2	0	1	0	12.79	7.58	6	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.424	2.11	-0.62%	-3.61	6b --- 0 out a4	6b --- 2 out tie
5	59	40	May 29	DET		CHW	L,3-9	4-8		4	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	7.15	6.07	22	12	5	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	.02	0.006	.07	0.01%	1.44	4t --- 0 out d8	8t 3 out d8
6	60	42	May 30(2)	DET		KCA	L,4-5	9-GF(11)	L(0-2)	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	6.28	5.02	12	4	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	-0.035	3.44	-0.04%	0.46	9t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 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
7	61	48	Jun 5(2)	DET		BAL	L,5-6	GS-3	L(0-3)	5	3.0	5	3	3	1	1	1	0	6.75	5.37	15	5	4	1	0	4	37			0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.187	1.71	-0.22%	-1.54	1t start tie	3t 3 out d2
8	62	52	Jun 9	DET		NYY	L,3-7	7-GF		3	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.75	4.73	9	4	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.022	.32	0.04%	1.46	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
9	63	55	Jun 14	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	10-GF(10)	L(0-4)	4	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.00	4.80	5	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	-0.364	6.52	-0.59%	-0.94	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
10	64	61	Jun 22	DET	@	BOS	L,7-12	5-7		7	2.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.79	5.11	9	4	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.026	.35	-0.02%	0.55	5b 12- 2 out d5	7b 3 out d3
11	65	66	Jun 26(2)	DET	@	WSH	L,4-12	4-4		3	0.0	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	6.17	5.80	3	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.159	.64	-0.08%	-2.24	4b --3 1 out d1	4b 1-3 1 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
12	66	72	Jul 2	DET	@	KCA	L,10-11	4-5		5	1.2	4	3	3	3	2	0	1	6.84	5.89	13	2	1	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	.53	-0.114	.47	-0.06%	-2.82	4b -2- 1 out d3	5b 3 out d6
13	67	73	Jul 3	DET	@	KCA	L,8-9	14-GF(14)	L(0-5)	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	7.11	6.35	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	-0.363	1.43	-0.15%	-0.77	14b --- 0 out tie	14b end d 1
14	68	77	Jul 7	DET		CHW	L,1-12	7-GF		3	3.0	6	4	2	0	2	0	0	6.99	5.79	17	6	4	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	2	.01	-0.006	.01	0.00%	-2.54	7t --- 0 out d7	9t end d11
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Baltimore Orioles
15	69	84	Jul 17(1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-5	L(0-6)	9	5.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	2	6.75	5.46	23	7	2	1	0	7	42			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	2	0	0	.83	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-0.46	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
16	70	87	Jul 19	BAL	@	DET	L,4-12	4-6		1	3.0	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	6.94	5.50	12	2	6	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-1.54	4b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d4
17	71	92	Jul 24(1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	6.81	5.68	8	4	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.04	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
18	72	94	Jul 26(1)	BAL		DET	L,6-8	9-9		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.64	5.60	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d2	9t 3 out d2
19	73	95	Jul 26(2)	BAL		DET	L,2-7	6-GF		-1	3.1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.12	5.32	13	5	4	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.006	.00	0.00%	1.11	6t 123 2 out d5	9t end d 5
20	74	96	Jul 27(1)	BAL		DET	L,4-8	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.84	5.19	7	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.92	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
21	75	98	Jul 28	BAL		DET	L,5-7	8-GF		0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.67	5.11	5	2	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.76	8t -2- 2 out d5	9t end d 3
22	76	100	Jul 30	BAL		CLE	L,0-7	6-GF		1	3.1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.29	4.92	14	8	2	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	.02	0.003	.00	0.00%	1.59	6t 1-- 2 out d7	9t end d 7
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
23	77	104	Aug 3(1)	BAL		KCA	W,4-3	GS-8		3	8.0	9	3	1	0	2	0	0	4.71	4.49	30	8	11	2	0	9	58			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	2	.94	-0.018	.00	0.00%	0.66	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
24	78	109	Aug 7	BAL		CHW	T,2-2	9-GF(12)		3	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.40	4.32	14	10	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	2	2.28	0.596	.00	0.00%	2.20	9t 1-- 0 out tie	12t end tie
25	79	113	Aug 14(2)	BAL		NYY	L,6-20	4-7		6	3.2	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.15	4.24	16	3	5	1	0	4		3	1	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	1	0	.08	0.008	.00	0.00%	1.89	4t 123 1 out d8	7t 3 out d6
26	80	116	Aug 16	BAL	@	WSH	W,7-2	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.03	4.16	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.96	8b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 5
27	81	118	Aug 20	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	4-4		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.99	4.14	3	0	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.101	.00	0.00%	-0.60	4b -23 1 out a1	4b 3 out d1
28	82	121	Aug 23(2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,10-3	GS-7	W(1-6)	2	6.0	7	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.03	4.12	25	3	13	1	0	7	48			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.164	.00	0.00%	0.05	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a5
29	83	125	Aug 26	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-3	7-8	L(1-7)	2	1.1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	4.08	4.30	6	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	-0.162	.00	0.00%	-0.27	7b --- 0 out tie	8b --- 1 out d1
30	84	127	Aug 29(2)	BAL	@	DET	W,4-3	GS-5		2	4.1	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	4.08	4.41	17	7	3	2	0	4	46			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.41	0.058	.00	0.00%	0.77	1b start a 2	5b -2- 1 out a1
31	85	128	Aug 30	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-7	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.03	4.38	3	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
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
32	86	130	Sep 2	BAL		BOS	L,3-8	5-GF	L(1-8)	2	4.1	5	5	1	2	2	0	2	3.93	4.37	23	9	3	0	0	5		3	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.18	-0.262	.00	0.00%	-2.43	5t 123 2 out d1	9t end d 5
33	87	132	Sep 4	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	7-GF		1	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.80	4.28	9	3	4	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.219	.00	0.00%	2.34	7t 12- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
34	88	136	Sep 8	BAL		CLE	L,3-5	10-GF(10)		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.76	4.30	5	3	0	0	0	1		1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.79	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.17	10t 1-- 0 out d1	10t end d 2
35	89	139	Sep 11(1)	BAL		KCA	L,3-4	GS-8		2	7.2	7	3	3	0	6	0	0	3.74	4.02	29	6	10	1	0	7	59			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	1	1	1.22	0.360	.00	0.00%	2.19	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a2
36	90	142	Sep 13(2)	BAL		CHW	L,6-9	3-8		1	5.0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.55	3.97	21	7	8	1	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	1	.98	0.106	.00	0.00%	-0.34	3t 1-3 2 out a4	8t --- 2 out a3
37	91	145	Sep 16(1)	BAL		WSH	W,5-4	7-GF	S(2)	2	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.47	3.91	7	1	4	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.41	0.363	.00	0.00%	1.39	7t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
38	92	146	Sep 16(2)	BAL		WSH	W,8-7	9-GF	W(2-8)	-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.44	3.88	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.129	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
39	93	147	Sep 17	BAL		WSH	W,3-1	8-GF	S(3)	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.39	3.85	5	1	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.06	0.232	.00	0.00%	1.10	8t -2- 1 out a1	9t end a 2
40	94	150	Sep 20(2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-4	8-GF	S(4)	2	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.34	3.82	5	1	1	1	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.13	0.055	.00	0.00%	0.00	8b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
41	95	151	Sep 21	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-7	9-GF(13)	BW(3-8)	0	5.0	3	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.36	3.80	22	3	9	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.20	0.244	.00	0.00%	-0.44	9b 123 0 out a5	13b end a 1
42	96	156	Sep 25	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-4	6-7	BW(4-8)	3	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.45	3.79	10	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	-0.207	.00	0.00%	-1.05	6b --- 0 out a1	7b 3 out tie
							11-30		W-L:4-8,Sv:4,BSv:2	2.4	114.2	117	56	44	31	44	11	5	3.45	3.79	487	1.09		5%	0%	114	48	35	37%	4	0	0	439	17	2	4	16	3	13	1.01	-0.288	.58	-2.25%	-1.02

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