Lou Kretlow Stats

Lou Kretlow was born on Monday, June 27, 1921, in Apache, Oklahoma. Kretlow was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 26, 1946, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Lou Kretlow baseball stats page.
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Lou Kretlow

Lou Kretlow Autograph on a 1983 Bowman Reprint (#50)

Lou Kretlow Autograph on a 1983 Bowman Reprint (#50)
 

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Birth Name:   Louis Henry Kretlow
Nickname:   Lena or Lou
Born On:   06-27-1921  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Apache, Oklahoma
Year of Death Data Died On:   09-12-2007 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Enid, Oklahoma
Cemetery:   Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, Oklahoma
High School:   Putnam City High School (Oklahoma City, OK)
College:   Central State (Oklahoma)
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   09-26-1946 (Age 25)
Last Game:   09-23-1956
Draft:   Not Applicable
Lou Kretlow

Lou Kretlow Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1946 25 Tigers 1 1 0 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 0 9.0 36 7 3 3 2 2 - 4 0 0 0 -
1948 27 Tigers 5 2 2 2 1 .667 4.63 1 0 0 23.1 101 21 12 14 1 11 - 9 0 0 0 -
1949 28 Tigers 25 10 8 3 2 .600 6.16 1 0 0 76.0 368 85 52 58 5 69 - 40 5 1 0 -
1950 29 Browns 9 2 6 0 2 .000 11.93 0 0 0 14.1 84 25 19 19 2 18 - 10 0 2 0 -
1950 29 White Sox 11 1 5 0 0 .000 3.80 0 0 0 21.1 105 17 9 13 1 27 - 14 0 0 0 -
1951 30 White Sox 26 18 0 6 9 .400 4.20 7 1 0 137.0 602 129 64 77 7 74 - 89 3 3 0 -
1952 31 White Sox 19 11 3 4 4 .500 2.96 4 2 1 79.0 344 52 26 31 5 56 - 63 3 1 0 -
1953 32 White Sox 9 3 3 0 0 .000 3.48 0 0 0 20.2 102 12 8 11 2 30 - 15 2 1 0 -
1953 32 Browns 22 11 6 1 5 .167 5.11 0 0 0 81.0 380 93 46 56 5 52 - 37 3 0 0 -
1954 33 Orioles 32 20 2 6 11 .353 4.37 5 0 0 166.2 730 169 81 83 12 82 0 82 2 1 0 -
1955 34 Orioles 15 5 5 0 4 .000 8.22 0 0 0 38.1 192 50 35 39 3 27 0 26 4 1 0 -
1956 35 Athletics 25 20 3 4 9 .308 5.31 3 0 0 118.2 542 121 70 75 17 74 4 61 3 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
10 Years 199 104 43 27 47 .365 4.87 22 3 1 785.1 3,586 781 425 479 62 522 4 450 25 10 0 -
Lou Kretlow

Lou Kretlow Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1946 25 Tigers 1 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 .500 .500 .750
1948 27 Tigers 5 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 .500 .500 .500
1949 28 Tigers 25 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 16 1 - 0 0 .000 .037 .000
1950 29 Browns 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1950 29 White Sox 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1951 30 White Sox 26 48 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 2 - 24 1 - 0 1 .083 .120 .083
1952 31 White Sox 19 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 - 14 2 - 0 0 .050 .174 .100
1953 32 White Sox 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 0 - 0 0 .000 .200 .000
1953 32 Browns 22 25 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 14 2 - 0 0 .200 .200 .200
1954 33 Orioles 32 51 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 5 - 19 4 0 0 0 .157 .232 .157
1955 34 Orioles 15 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091
1956 35 Athletics 25 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19 4 0 0 0 .061 .162 .061
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
10 Years 200 237 7 27 2 0 0 0 12 16 0 118 16 0 0 1 .114 .170 .122
Lou Kretlow

Lou Kretlow Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1946 Tigers P 1 1 27 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.00
1948 Tigers P 5 2 70 5 1.0 5 0 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.93
1949 Tigers P 25 10 228 27 1.1 25 2 23 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .926 2.96
1950 Browns P 9 2 43 2 0.2 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.26
1950 White Sox P 11 1 64 1 0.1 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.42
1951 White Sox P 26 18 411 30 1.2 27 5 22 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .900 1.77
1952 White Sox P 19 11 237 10 0.5 10 1 9 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.14
1953 White Sox P 9 3 62 10 1.1 9 3 6 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .900 3.92
1953 Browns P 22 11 243 13 0.6 10 3 7 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .769 1.11
1954 Orioles P 32 20 500 34 1.1 34 4 30 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.84
1955 Orioles P 15 5 115 12 0.8 12 1 11 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.82
1956 Athletics P 25 20 356 23 0.9 21 5 16 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .913 1.59
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 199 104 2,356 168 0.8 157 24 133 11 9 n/a n/a n/a .935 1.80
10 Years 199 104 2,356 168 0.8 157 24 133 11 9 n/a n/a n/a .935 1.80
Lou Kretlow

Lou Kretlow Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1946 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.0 4.0 2.00 4.00 2.00
1948 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 8.0 8.0 0.82 3.47 4.24
1949 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.6 26.0 0.58 4.74 8.17
1950 Browns 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.56 6.28 11.30
1950 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.52 5.91 11.39
1951 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 9.6 1.20 5.85 4.86
1952 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.4 0.0 1.13 7.18 6.38
1953 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.50 6.53 13.06
1953 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.8 25.0 0.71 4.11 5.78
1954 Orioles 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.7 51.0 1.00 4.43 4.43
1955 Orioles 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.8 5.5 0.96 6.10 6.34
1956 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.82 4.63 5.61
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
10 Years 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 2.0 19.8 0.86 5.16 5.98
Lou Kretlow

Lou Kretlow Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1946 Detroit Tigers 35 Undetermined - -
1948 Detroit Tigers 30 Undetermined - -
1949 Detroit Tigers 36 Undetermined - -
1950 St. Louis Browns 25 Undetermined - -
1950 Chicago White Sox 28 Undetermined - -
1951 Chicago White Sox 23 Undetermined - -
1952 Chicago White Sox 23 Undetermined - -
1953 Chicago White Sox 23 Undetermined - -
1953 St. Louis Browns 22 Undetermined - -
1954 Baltimore Orioles 23 Undetermined - -
1955 Baltimore Orioles 23 Undetermined - -
1956 Kansas City Athletics 18, 23 Undetermined - -




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