Karl Drews

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 192lb (193cm, 87kg)

Born: February 22, 1920 in Staten Island, NY us

Died: August 15, 1963 in Dania Beach, FL

Buried: Hollywood Memorial Gardens, Hollywood, FL

High School: Ralph McKee Vocational Technical HS (Staten Island, NY)

Debut: September 8, 1946 (Age 26-198d, 10,169th in major league history)
vs. WSH 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 6 ER, L

Last Game: September 20, 1954 (Age 34-210d)
vs. MLN 0.1 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Karl August Drews

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1947 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

ERA

4.76

218

107

826.2

322

WHIP

1.506

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 72 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 3 walk-off, 7 tying, 27 go ahead

4 Tms
PHI	43
SLB	14
NYY	9
CIN	6

Platoon
vs RHB	37
vs LHB	35

Home/Road
Away	37
Home	35

Outs
0	27
2	23
1	22

14 Opps
BRO	14
BSN/MLN	8
CHC	8
PIT	6
NYY	6
STL	5
CLE	5
NYG	4
CIN	4
PHA	3
SLB	3
DET	3
WSH	2
BOS	1

50 Batters
Ralph Kiner	5
Roy Campanella	5
Del Crandall	3
Tommy Henrich	3
Pete Castiglione	2
Dee Fondy	2
Eddie Joost	2
Jim Gilliam	2
Bobby Brown	2
Duke Snider	2
Solly Hemus	2
Eddie Mathews	2
Carl Furillo	2
Mickey Vernon	2
Paul Minner	1
Jim Hegan	1
Hal Jeffcoat	1
Sherry Robertson	1
Pat Mullin	1
Larry Doby	1
George Shuba	1
Ted Kluszewski	1
Les Moss	1
Red Schoendienst	1
Stan Musial	1
Hank Sauer	1
Pee Wee Reese	1
Joe Adcock	1
Whitey Lockman	1
Sid Gordon	1
Willard Marshall	1
Gus Bell	1
Al Dark	1
Wes Westrum	1
Randy Jackson	1
Roy McMillan	1
Grady Hatton	1
Gil Hodges	1
Roy Cullenbine	1
Dusty Rhodes	1
Hal Peck	1
Sam Chapman	1
Wally Judnich	1
Ray Jablonski	1
Vern Stephens	1
Joe DiMaggio	1
George Kell	1
Ted Williams	1
Paul Lehner	1
Jim Wilson	1

12 Parks
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	21
Yankee Stad (NYC)	11
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	10
Crosley Fld (CIN)	6
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	6
Forbes Fld (PIT)	5
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Polo Grounds (NYC)	3
County Stad (MIL)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
GriffithStad (WAS)	1
Braves Fld (BOS)	1

Where Hit
7	31
9	20
8	3
89	1

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	43
2·HR gms	13
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	38
1--	14
1-3	6
12-	4
-2-	4
123	2
--3	2
-23	2

122 Runs
RISP	20
0 on	38
1 on	20
2 on	12
3 on	2
Any on	34

Inning
1	7
2	4
3	12
4	11
5	13
6	7
7	3
8	6
9	8
Extra	1

1-3	23
4-6	31
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	3
+2	12
+1	8
Tied	23
-1	8
-2	6
-3	4
-4..	2

Ahead	29
Tied	23
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	11
LF	11
1B	10
RF	9
3B	9
SS	8
CF	7
2B	5
P	2

OrderPos
3rd	13
4th	12
5th	11
1st	8
8th	8
2nd	8
6th	8
7th	2
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	35
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1947-05-19	Hal Peck	CLE	@	NYY	ahead 4-1	t 7	0	---	1	1	7	4%	95%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1947-06-08 (1)	Les Moss	SLB		NYY	tied 1-1	b 2	2	1--	2	8	2	21%	73%		Home Run; W. Judnich Scores
3	3	3	2	1947-06-08 (1)	Vern Stephens	SLB		NYY	ahead 3-1	b 3	1	1-3	3	5	6	12%	94%		Home Run; P. Lehner Scores; J. Heath Scores
4	4	4	1	1947-06-22	Roy Cullenbine	DET	@	NYY	behind 3-6	t 9	2	1--	2	2	3	2%	3%		Home Run; S. Webb Scores
5	5	5	1	1947-06-29 (1)	Mickey Vernon	WSH		NYY	ahead 2-0	b 6	0	---	1	3	3	6%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	1947-09-16 (2)	Paul Lehner	SLB	@	NYY	ahead 4-0	t 4	1	1--	2	2	8	6%	96%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Line Drive); B. Dillinger Scores
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1948-04-27	Eddie Joost	PHA		NYY	behind 1-3	b 3	1	---	1	1	6	11%	41%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	2	1	1948-05-08 (1)	Pat Mullin	DET	@	NYY	ahead 2-0	t 9	1	---	1	6	9	5%	96%		Home Run
9	9	3	1	1948-07-21 (2)	Jim Hegan	CLE	@	NYY	tied 8-8	t 8	1	123	4	8	2	28%	96%		Home Run; J. Gordon Scores; K. Keltner Scores; W. Judnich Scores
10	10	4	1	1948-08-12 (2)	Wally Judnich	CLE	@	SLB	ahead 25-1	t 8	0	---	1	1	9	0%	100%		Home Run
11	11	5	1	1948-08-29 (1)	Ted Williams	BOS		SLB	behind 0-1	b 1	0	12-	3	3	7	18%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. DiMaggio Scores; J. Pesky Scores
12	12	6	1	1948-08-31	Tommy Henrich	NYY		SLB	ahead 7-4	b 8	2	--3	2	3	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Brown Scores
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1949-05-06	Sherry Robertson	WSH	@	SLB	ahead 4-3	t 3	0	---	1	3	4	10%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	2	1	1949-05-11	Sam Chapman	PHA	@	SLB	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1	6	8
15	15	3	2	1949-05-11	Eddie Joost	PHA	@	SLB	behind 1-3	t 5	2	-2-	2	1	6
16	16	4	1	1949-05-24	Bobby Brown	NYY		SLB	behind 1-2	b 3	2	-2-	2	6	5	21%	63%		Home Run; T. Henrich Scores
17	17	5	1	1949-06-22 (2)	Bobby Brown	NYY		SLB	tied 7-7	b 5	0	---	1	6	5	14%	71%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
18	18	6	2	1949-06-22 (2)	Tommy Henrich	NYY		SLB	tied 8-8	b 6	2	1--	2	4	9	28%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Woodling Scores
19	19	7	1	1949-07-06	George Kell	DET	@	SLB	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	5	9%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	8	1	1949-08-05 (1)	Tommy Henrich	NYY		SLB	ahead 3-1	b 4	2	12-	3	3	3	16%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Lopat Scores; P. Rizzuto Scores
21	21	9	2	1949-08-05 (1)	Joe DiMaggio	NYY		SLB	ahead 6-1	b 4	2	---	1	4	8	3%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	10	1	1949-08-18	Larry Doby	CLE	@	SLB	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1-3	3	4	8	18%	74%		Home Run; D. Mitchell Scores; M. Vernon Scores
23	23	11	2	1949-08-18	Mickey Vernon	CLE	@	SLB	ahead 4-0	t 2	1	1-3	3	3	3	8%	94%		Home Run; D. Mitchell Scores; L. Boudreau Scores
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1951-09-12	Ralph Kiner	PIT		PHI	ahead 2-1	b 3	0	1-3	3	4	7	11%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Metkovich Scores; F. Thomas Scores
25	25	2	1	1951-09-28	Roy Campanella	BRO	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	---	1	5	2	9%	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1952-05-23	Roy Campanella	BRO	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	2	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	2	2	1952-05-23	Roy Campanella	BRO	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	123	4	4	2	27%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hodges Scores; B. Morgan Scores; J. Robinson Scores
28	28	3	1	1952-06-01 (2)	Pete Castiglione	PIT		PHI	behind 0-1	b 9	0	---	1	1	5	44%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	4	2	1952-06-01 (2)	Ralph Kiner	PIT		PHI	tied 1-1	b 9	2	---	1	4	7	47%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	5	1	1952-06-10	Paul Minner	CHC		PHI	tied 3-3	b 4	0	---	1	9	1	13%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	6	2	1952-06-10	Hank Sauer	CHC		PHI	ahead 4-3	b 5	0	---	1	4	7	11%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	7	1	1952-06-15 (1)	Gus Bell	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1	5	9	9%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	8	1	1952-07-04 (1)	Eddie Mathews	BSN		PHI	tied 1-1	b 11	2	---	1	5	5	47%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	9	1	1952-07-17 (2)	Ralph Kiner	PIT		PHI	tied 2-2	b 9	0	1--	2	4	7	29%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); G. Metkovich Scores
35	35	10	1	1952-08-02	Solly Hemus	STL	@	PHI	behind 1-6	t 9	0	---	1	2	6	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	11	1	1952-08-09 (1)	Roy Campanella	BRO	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	2	20%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Robinson Scores
37	37	12	1	1952-08-23	Willard Marshall	CIN		PHI	tied 2-2	b 8	1	---	1	3	9	30%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	13	1	1952-09-23 (1)	George Shuba	BRO		PHI	behind 1-4	b 4	2	---	1	5	7	9%	25%		Home Run (CF-RF)
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1953-04-16	Pete Castiglione	PIT		PHI	ahead 4-2	b 4	2	-2-	2	2	5	12%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Pollet Scores/unER; P. Castiglione Scores/unER
40	40	2	1	1953-05-01	Jim Wilson	MLN	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	1	9	1	10%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	3	1	1953-05-10	Roy Campanella	BRO		PHI	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	12-	3	5	2	15%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Snider Scores; J. Robinson Scores
42	42	4	1	1953-05-18	Del Crandall	MLN		PHI	ahead 1-0	b 5	1	---	1	8	2	11%	80%		Home Run (Deep CF)
43	43	5	1	1953-05-25	Carl Furillo	BRO	@	PHI	behind 4-6	t 6	0	1--	2	8	9	22%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Cox Scores
44	44	6	1	1953-06-03 (2)	Solly Hemus	STL	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	6	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	7	2	1953-06-03 (2)	Red Schoendienst	STL	@	PHI	tied 3-3	t 5	1	---	1	2	4	14%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	8	1	1953-06-09	Dee Fondy	CHC	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	3	16%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Miksis Scores
47	47	9	2	1953-06-09	Ralph Kiner	CHC	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	-2-	2	5	7	14%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Fondy Scores
48	48	10	1	1953-06-14 (2)	Grady Hatton	CIN	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 7	1	---	1	1	4	20%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	11	1	1953-06-20	Roy McMillan	CIN		PHI	tied 0-0	b 5	2	---	1	8	6	15%	67%		Home Run
50	50	12	1	1953-06-28	Ray Jablonski	STL		PHI	behind 0-3	b 6	0	12-	3	6	5	28%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Musial Scores; E. Slaughter Scores
51	51	13	1	1953-07-02	Pee Wee Reese	BRO		PHI	ahead 3-0	b 5	1	--3	2	2	6	5%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Gilliam Scores
52	52	14	1	1953-07-08	Gil Hodges	BRO	@	PHI	behind 1-2	t 4	1	---	1	5	7	12%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
53	53	15	2	1953-07-08	Carl Furillo	BRO	@	PHI	ahead 4-2	t 5	2	-23	3	6	9	17%	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Robinson Scores; G. Hodges Scores
54	54	16	1	1953-07-19 (1)	Dee Fondy	CHC	@	PHI	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	1	3	3	10%	38%		Home Run
55	55	17	2	1953-07-19 (1)	Hal Jeffcoat	CHC	@	PHI	tied 2-2	t 4	1	1-3	3	8	8	22%	79%		Home Run; J. Garagiola Scores; T. Brown Scores
56	56	18	1	1953-08-01	Eddie Mathews	MLN		PHI	ahead 4-0	b 8	1	---	1	3	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF)
57	57	19	1	1953-08-02 (2)	Joe Adcock	MLN		PHI	ahead 3-1	b 8	0	-23	3	5	3	2%	100%		Home Run; E. Mathews Scores; A. Pafko Scores
58	58	20	1	1953-08-09 (2)	Randy Jackson	CHC		PHI	tied 3-3	b 3	0	---	1	5	5	11%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	21	1	1953-08-16 (2)	Al Dark	NYG		PHI	behind 0-3	b 3	1	1--	2	2	6	17%	42%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Williams Scores
60	60	22	2	1953-08-16 (2)	Whitey Lockman	NYG		PHI	behind 2-3	b 6	2	---	1	5	3	18%	52%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	23	3	1953-08-16 (2)	Dusty Rhodes	NYG		PHI	tied 3-3	b 6	2	---	1	6	9	18%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	24	1	1953-08-22 (1)	Wes Westrum	NYG	@	PHI	behind 0-4	t 3	0	---	1	8	2	6%	21%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	25	1	1953-08-26	Sid Gordon	MLN	@	PHI	behind 4-6	t 9	0	---	1	7	7	9%	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	26	1	1953-09-12	Ted Kluszewski	CIN		PHI	behind 1-2	b 5	1	1--	2	4	3	26%	68%		Home Run; G. Bell Scores
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	1954-05-17	Stan Musial	STL	@	PHI	ahead 6-0	t 9	1	1--	2	4	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Schoendienst Scores
66	66	2	1	1954-06-08	Ralph Kiner	CHC		PHI	ahead 4-2	b 7	2	1--	2	3	7	9%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Fondy Scores
67	67	3	1	1954-06-24	Jim Gilliam	BRO		CIN	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	10%	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
68	68	4	2	1954-06-24	Duke Snider	BRO		CIN	behind 3-4	b 3	0	1--	2	3	8	18%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Reese Scores
69	69	5	1	1954-07-10	Del Crandall	MLN	@	CIN	behind 0-2	t 5	1	---	1	8	2	11%	33%		Home Run (Deep LF)
70	70	6	1	1954-07-22	Duke Snider	BRO	@	CIN	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	---	1	3	8	11%	75%		Home Run (Deep CF)
71	71	7	1	1954-08-08	Jim Gilliam	BRO		CIN	ahead 4-3	b 6	0	1-3	3	7	4	10%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Hodges Scores; C. Furillo Scores
72	72	8	1	1954-09-04	Del Crandall	MLN	@	CIN	tied 1-1	t 4	1	1--	2	6	2	21%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Pafko Scores

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