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Ed Rakow
Edward Charles Rakow (Rock)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 178 lb.

Debut April 22, 1960
  vs. STL 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER
Final Game September 28, 1967
Born May 30, 1935 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died August 26, 2000 in West Palm Beach, FL

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1960 25 LAD NL   0   1   9   2   0   0   2  0   22.0   30   19   18   5   11    9   0   1   106   3   1  7.36  3.95   54 1.864
 1961 26 KCA AL   2   8  45  11   1   0   8  1  124.7  131   80   66  14   49   81   8   8   556   1   0  4.76  4.15   87 1.444
 1962 27 KCA AL  14  17  42  35  11   2   3  1  235.3  232  126  111  31   98  159   4   9  1007   5   0  4.25  4.21   99 1.402
 1963 28 KCA AL   9  10  34  26   7   1   2  0  174.3  173   85   76  18   61  104   5   8   738   4   0  3.92  3.92  100 1.342
 1964 29 DET AL   8   9  42  13   1   0  12  3  152.3  155   70   63  14   59   96   6   5   654   1   0  3.72  3.66   98 1.405
 1965 30 DET AL   0   0   6   0   0   0   0  0   13.3   14   11    9   2   11   10   0   1    64   0   0  6.08  3.49   58 1.875
 1967 32 ATL NL   3   2  17   3   0   0   2  0   39.3   36   23   23   4   15   25   1   4   168   3   0  5.26  3.34   64 1.297
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .434  36  47 195  90  20   3  29  5  761.3  771  414  366  88  304  484  24  36  3293  17   1  4.33  3.96   91 1.412
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  11  46  21   4   0   6  1  181.3  183   98   87  20   72  115   5   8   785   4   0  4.33  3.96   91 1.412
 Career High     14  17  45  35  11   2  12  3  235.3  232  126  111  31   98  159   8   9  1007   5   1  3.72  4.21  100 1.342

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1960 25 LAD NL   9    6    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   79    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1961 26 KCA AL  45   29    4    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  10  .103  .129  .103  -37    3   3   1   0   0   1
 1962 27 KCA AL  42   82    3    8   1  0   0    1   0  0   1  31  .098  .119  .110  -39    9   5   0   0   1   4
 1963 28 KCA AL  34   57    6    6   1  0   0    0   0  0   5  27  .105  .177  .123  -16    7   2   0   0   0   1
 1964 29 DET AL  42   39    3    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   3  16  .000  .071  .000  -78    0   4   0   0   0   1
 1965 30 DET AL   6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .250  .000  -23    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1967 32 ATL NL  17   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      195  226   16   19   2  0   0    3   0  0  11  90  .084  .130  .093  -38   21  14   1   0   1   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        188   13   16   2  0   0    2   0  0   9  75  .084  .130  .093  -38   17  12   1   0   1   6
 Career High     45   82    6    8   1  0   0    2   0  0   5  31                           9   5   1   0   1   4
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1960 25 LAD NL    6    4    1   6.7   104| .333  .270| .333  .337| .333  .414| .666  .751|  79  .688  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1961 26 KCA AL   34   31    0   0.0   105| .103  .265| .129  .340| .103  .412| .232  .753| -37  .000  -5.8  -0.6   0%
 1962 27 KCA AL   89   83    1   0.3   106| .098  .268| .119  .341| .110  .417| .229  .758| -39  .008 -16.6  -1.7   0%
 1963 28 KCA AL   64   54    1   0.5    99| .105  .262| .177  .329| .123  .404| .300  .734| -16  .020  -9.2  -1.0   0%
 1964 29 DET AL   46   44    0   0.0    98| .000  .258| .071  .327| .000  .401| .071  .727| -78  .000  -9.6  -1.0   0%
 1965 30 DET AL    4    3    0   0.0    93| .000  .253| .250  .323| .000  .388| .250  .711| -23  .000  -0.5   0.0   0%
 1967 32 ATL NL   10   10    0   0.0    90| .000  .257| .000  .319| .000  .377| .000  .696|-100  .000  -2.6  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       253  229    3   0.4   102| .084  .264| .130  .334| .093  .408| .223  .742| -38  .010 -44.4  -4.6   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1960 25 LAD NL P 9 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.56 0.87 2.05 2.09 2 22.0 1961 26 KCA AL P 45 12 19 1 3 .969 .954 0.69 0.83 2.24 2.05 11 124.7 1962 27 KCA AL P 42 17 45 5 3 .925 .958 1.48 0.79 2.37 2.08 35 235.3 1963 28 KCA AL P 34 15 30 1 3 .978 .955 1.32 0.79 2.32 1.99 26 174.3 1964 29 DET AL P 42 16 28 0 2 1.000 .957 1.05 0.72 2.60 1.90 13 152.3 1965 30 DET AL P 6 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.75 0.00 2.03 0 13.3 1967 32 ATL NL P 17 1 5 1 0 .857 .952 0.35 0.78 1.37 1.99 3 39.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1960 25 LAD NL P 9 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.56 0.87 2.05 2.09 2 22.0 1961 26 KCA AL P 45 12 19 1 3 .969 .954 0.69 0.83 2.24 2.05 11 124.7 1962 27 KCA AL P 42 17 45 5 3 .925 .958 1.48 0.79 2.37 2.08 35 235.3 1963 28 KCA AL P 34 15 30 1 3 .978 .955 1.32 0.79 2.32 1.99 26 174.3 1964 29 DET AL P 42 16 28 0 2 1.000 .957 1.05 0.72 2.60 1.90 13 152.3 1965 30 DET AL P 6 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.75 0.00 2.03 0 13.3 1967 32 ATL NL P 17 1 5 1 0 .857 .952 0.35 0.78 1.37 1.99 3 39.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 195 62 131 9 11 .955 .956 0.99 0.79 2.28 2.01 90 761.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 195 62 131 9 11 .955 .956 0.99 0.79 2.28 2.01 90 761
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts/9IP
1962 AL-6.08-9

Innings
1962 AL-235.3-10

Strikeouts
1962 AL-159-8

Games Started
1962 AL-35-4

Comp. Games
1962 AL-11-7

Home Runs Allow.
1962 AL-31-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1962 AL-98-6

Hits Allowed
1962 AL-232-9

Losses
1962 AL-17-1

Earned Runs Allow.
1962 AL-111-1

Wild Pitches
1961 AL-8-6
1962 AL-9-7
1963 AL-8-7

Hit Batsmen
1961 AL-8-6

Batters Faced
1962 AL-1007-9

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 10 (1439) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1957 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

March 30, 1961: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Kansas City Athletics for Howie Reed and cash.

November 18, 1963: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Jerry Lumpe and Dave Wickersham to the Detroit Tigers for Rocky Colavito, Bob Anderson, and $50,000.

May, 1966: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

May, 1966: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

December, 1966: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Julio Navarro to the Atlanta Braves for Chris Cannizzaro and John Herrnstein.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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