Kettle Wirts Stats

Kettle Wirts was born on Saturday, October 30, 1897, in Consumne, California. Wirts was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 20, 1921, with the Chicago Cubs. 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 Kettle Wirts baseball stats page.
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Kettle Wirts
 
 
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Birth Name:   Elwood Vernon Wirts
Nickname:   Kettle
Born On:   10-30-1897  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Consumne, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-12-1968 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Sacramento, California
Cemetery:   St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Sacramento, California
High School:   Undetermined
College:   Saint Mary's College of California
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   07-20-1921 (Age 23)
Last Game:   07-02-1924
Draft:   Not Applicable
Kettle Wirts

Kettle Wirts 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
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
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Kettle Wirts Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1921 24 Cubs 7 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 0 - 0 - .182 .182 .182
1922 25 Cubs 31 58 7 10 2 0 1 1 6 12 - 15 0 - 0 - .172 .314 .259
1923 26 Cubs 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 0 0 - 0 - .200 .429 .200
1924 27 White Sox 6 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 1 - 0 - .083 .214 .083
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
4 Years 49 86 9 14 2 0 1 1 8 16 - 20 1 - 0 - .163 .294 .221
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Kettle Wirts Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1921 Cubs C 5 2 78 16 3.2 16 13 3 0 1 0 3 2 1.000 5.54
1922 Cubs C 27 16 408 63 2.3 61 55 6 2 1 3 13 1 .968 4.04
1923 Cubs C 3 1 24 10 3.3 10 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 11.25
1924 White Sox C 5 4 75 16 3.2 16 9 7 0 0 2 2 4 1.000 5.76
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
C Totals 40 23 585 105 2.6 103 87 16 2 2 5 19 7 .981 4.75
4 Years 40 23 585 105 2.6 103 87 16 2 2 5 19 7 .981 4.75
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Kettle Wirts Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1921 Cubs 0 0 .000 2 0 n/a 0.0 3.7 11.0 - - -
1922 Cubs 0 0 .000 5 0 n/a 58.0 3.9 9.7 - - -
1923 Cubs 0 0 .000 3 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 5.0 - - -
1924 White Sox 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.0 0.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
4 Years 1 0 1.000 10 0 n/a 86.0 4.3 10.8 - - -
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Kettle Wirts Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1921 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1922 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1923 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1924 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -




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