Ken Raffensberger Stats

Ken Raffensberger was born on Wednesday, August 8, 1917, in York, Pennsylvania. Raffensberger was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 25, 1939, with the St. Louis Cardinals. 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 Ken Raffensberger baseball stats page.
"I didn't go along with it (Phillies manager Ben Chapman had instructed pitchers to throw the ball at Jackie Robinson when there were two strikes in the count). I never believed in throwing at a guy." - Ken Raffensberger

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Ken Raffensberger

Ken Raffensberger Autograph on a 1993 Topps Archive (#276)

Ken Raffensberger Autograph on a 1993 Topps Archive (#276)
 

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Birth Name:   Kenneth David Raffensberger
Nickname:   Ken
Born On:   08-08-1917  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   York, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-10-2002 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   York, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:   Mount Rose Cemetery, York, Pennsylvania
High School:   William Penn High School (York, PA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   04-25-1939 (Age 21)
Last Game:   06-02-1954
Draft:   Not Applicable
Ken Raffensberger

Ken Raffensberger 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
1939 22 Cardinals 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.0 5 2 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 -
1940 23 Cubs 43 10 16 7 9 .438 3.37 3 0 3 114.2 480 120 43 54 10 29 - 55 1 2 1 -
1941 24 Cubs 10 1 5 0 1 .000 4.50 0 0 0 18.0 73 17 9 9 0 7 - 5 0 0 0 -
1943 26 Phillies 1 1 0 0 1 .000 1.13 1 0 0 8.0 33 7 1 3 0 2 - 3 0 0 0 -
1944 27 Phillies 37 31 5 13 20 .394 3.06 18 3 0 258.2 1,091 257 88 101 9 45 - 136 1 2 1 -
1945 28 Phillies 5 4 0 0 3 .000 4.44 1 0 0 24.1 116 28 12 19 3 14 - 6 0 0 0 -
1946 29 Phillies 39 23 10 8 15 .348 3.63 14 2 6 196.0 819 203 79 89 10 39 - 73 2 1 0 -
1947 30 Phillies 10 7 0 2 6 .250 5.49 3 1 0 41.0 176 50 25 30 4 8 - 16 0 1 0 -
1947 30 Reds 19 15 3 6 5 .545 4.13 7 0 1 106.2 472 132 49 54 11 29 - 38 0 0 0 -
1948 31 Reds 40 24 9 11 12 .478 3.84 7 4 0 180.1 772 187 77 88 15 37 - 57 0 1 0 -
1949 32 Reds 41 38 1 18 17 .514 3.39 20 5 0 284.0 1,190 289 107 129 23 80 - 103 2 2 1 -
1950 33 Reds 38 35 1 14 19 .424 4.26 18 4 0 239.0 1,026 271 113 127 34 40 - 87 0 2 0 -
1951 34 Reds 42 33 8 16 17 .485 3.44 14 5 5 248.2 1,008 232 95 108 30 38 - 81 3 6 0 -
1952 35 Reds 38 33 5 17 13 .567 2.81 18 6 1 247.0 1,006 247 77 85 18 45 - 93 1 2 0 -
1953 36 Redlegs 26 26 0 7 14 .333 3.93 9 1 0 174.0 734 200 76 87 23 33 - 47 0 0 0 -
1954 37 Redlegs 6 1 2 0 2 .000 7.84 0 0 0 10.1 50 15 9 10 2 3 0 5 0 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
15 Years 396 282 66 119 154 .436 3.60 133 31 16 2,151.2 9,051 2,257 860 993 192 449 0 806 10 19 3 -
Ken Raffensberger

Ken Raffensberger Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1939 22 Cardinals 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1940 23 Cubs 43 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 18 2 - 0 0 .167 .167 .167
1941 24 Cubs 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 1 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1943 26 Phillies 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1944 27 Phillies 38 80 1 11 0 0 0 0 3 3 - 38 13 - 0 1 .138 .169 .138
1945 28 Phillies 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1946 29 Phillies 39 60 5 10 3 0 0 0 1 2 - 23 9 - 0 2 .167 .194 .217
1947 30 Phillies 10 15 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 0 - 0 0 .267 .267 .267
1947 30 Reds 19 37 1 6 0 0 0 0 5 1 - 22 2 - 0 0 .162 .184 .162
1948 31 Reds 40 62 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 27 3 - 0 2 .113 .141 .129
1949 32 Reds 41 90 7 16 4 0 1 0 3 2 - 31 12 - 1 1 .178 .204 .256
1950 33 Reds 38 82 7 11 2 0 1 0 9 4 - 21 3 - 0 2 .134 .174 .195
1951 34 Reds 42 82 4 10 2 0 0 0 0 4 - 31 6 - 0 2 .122 .163 .146
1952 35 Reds 38 75 5 8 1 0 1 0 1 2 - 32 11 - 0 0 .107 .130 .160
1953 36 Redlegs 26 57 2 8 3 0 1 0 8 0 - 22 8 - 0 3 .140 .140 .246
1954 37 Redlegs 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
15 Years 397 688 38 97 16 0 4 0 31 20 - 280 70 0 1 13 .141 .166 .182
Ken Raffensberger

Ken Raffensberger Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1939 Cardinals P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1940 Cubs P 43 10 344 24 0.6 24 6 18 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.88
1941 Cubs P 10 1 54 9 0.9 9 2 7 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1943 Phillies P 1 1 24 3 3.0 2 0 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 2.25
1944 Phillies P 37 31 776 45 1.2 43 10 33 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .956 1.50
1945 Phillies P 5 4 73 8 1.6 7 1 6 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 2.59
1946 Phillies P 39 23 588 33 0.8 33 7 26 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.52
1947 Phillies P 10 7 123 16 1.6 15 5 10 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .938 3.29
1947 Reds P 19 15 320 21 1.1 20 2 18 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .952 1.69
1948 Reds P 40 24 541 35 0.9 32 4 28 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .914 1.60
1949 Reds P 41 38 852 48 1.2 47 6 41 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .979 1.49
1950 Reds P 38 35 717 44 1.2 43 7 36 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 1.62
1951 Reds P 42 33 746 39 0.9 36 5 31 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .923 1.30
1952 Reds P 38 33 741 48 1.3 47 9 38 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .979 1.71
1953 Redlegs P 26 26 522 50 1.9 48 7 41 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .960 2.48
1954 Redlegs P 6 1 31 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 396 282 6,455 423 1.1 406 71 335 17 17 n/a n/a n/a .960 1.70
15 Years 396 282 6,455 423 1.1 406 71 335 17 17 n/a n/a n/a .960 1.70
Ken Raffensberger

Ken Raffensberger Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1939 Cardinals 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 9.00 0.00
1940 Cubs 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.7 0.0 1.90 4.32 2.28
1941 Cubs 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.71 2.50 3.50
1943 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.50 3.38 2.25
1944 Phillies 0 - - 0 1 n/a 0.0 2.1 26.7 3.02 4.73 1.57
1945 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.43 2.22 5.18
1946 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.6 60.0 1.87 3.35 1.79
1947 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.1 0.0 2.00 3.51 1.76
1947 Reds 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.7 7.4 1.31 3.21 2.45
1948 Reds 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 0.0 1.54 2.84 1.85
1949 Reds 0 - - 0 0 n/a 90.0 2.9 30.0 1.29 3.26 2.54
1950 Reds 0 - - 0 0 n/a 82.0 3.9 9.1 2.18 3.28 1.51
1951 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.6 0.0 2.13 2.93 1.38
1952 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 75.0 2.3 75.0 2.07 3.39 1.64
1953 Redlegs 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 57.0 2.6 7.1 1.42 2.43 1.71
1954 Redlegs 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.67 4.35 2.61
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
15 Years 0 1 .000 0 1 n/a 172.0 2.5 22.2 1.80 3.37 1.88
Ken Raffensberger

Ken Raffensberger Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1939 St. Louis Cardinals 23 Undetermined - -
1940 Chicago Cubs 16 Undetermined - -
1941 Chicago Cubs 14, 16 Undetermined - -
1943 Philadelphia Phillies 15 Undetermined - -
1944 Philadelphia Phillies 15 Undetermined Stats -
1945 Philadelphia Phillies 15 Undetermined n/a -
1946 Philadelphia Phillies 16 Undetermined - -
1947 Philadelphia Phillies 16 Undetermined - -
1947 Cincinnati Reds 36 Undetermined - -
1948 Cincinnati Reds 36 Undetermined - -
1949 Cincinnati Reds 36 Undetermined - -
1950 Cincinnati Reds 36 Undetermined - -
1951 Cincinnati Reds 36 Undetermined - -
1952 Cincinnati Reds 36 Undetermined - -
1953 Cincinnati Redlegs 36 Undetermined - -
1954 Cincinnati Redlegs 36 Undetermined - -




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