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Bob Kuzava

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-2, 202lb (188cm, 91kg)

Born: May 28, 1923 in Wyandotte, MI us

Died: May 15, 2017 in Wyandotte, MI

Buried: Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Grosse Ile, MI

Debut: September 21, 1946 (Age 23-116d, 10,196th in major league history)
vs. DET 8.0 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 7 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1957 (Age 34-124d)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Robert Leroy Kuzava

Nicknames: Sarge

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

ERA

4.05

213

862.0

446

WHIP

1.466

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-14 / in Starts: 10-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 5

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	7	12	May 1(1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-6	9-9		99	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	---	---	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.05	-0.099	18.45	-0.16%	-1.00	9b 123 2 out a2	9b 123 2 out a1
2	8	13	May 1(2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,14-11	3-9	W(1-0)	-1	6.2	10	6	6	1	3	0	0	8.10	2.51	31	7	10	0	1	10		1	1	0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	1	.59	0.109	1.63	0.18%	-1.19	3b 1-- 0 out tie	9b 12- 2 out a7
3	9	14	May 3	CHW		WSH	L,12-14	9-9	BS(1)	1	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	9.39	3.95	5	1	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	-0.634	6.82	-1.08%	-1.49	9t --- 0 out a1	9t 3 out d1
4	10	18	May 7	CHW		NYY	L,1-8			3	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.97	3.48	9												8	0	0	0		0
5	11	21	May 10	CHW		PHA	L,0-5			2	0.0	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	9.58	4.06	3												1	0	0	0		0
6	12	24	May 13	CHW		CLE	W,11-10	4-5		2	1.2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	9.75	3.93	8	2	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.059	1.93	-0.07%	-0.58	4t 12- 1 out d2	5t 3 out d4
7	13	29	May 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-6	7-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.00	3.66	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.050	1.33	0.06%	0.57	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	14	41	Jun 2	CHW		NYY	L,7-12	2-4		13	2.2	3	4	2	4	3	0	0	8.62	3.85	16	1	5	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	.30	-0.118	.52	-0.12%	-3.54	2t 1-- 0 out d4	4t 12- 2 out d6
9	15	42	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,7-9	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	7.64	3.81	9	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.047	.96	0.04%	1.01	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
10	16	45	Jun 5(2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	5-GF	W(2-0)	1	5.0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	5.96	3.66	20	3	9	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.510	1.51	0.26%	2.53	5t --- 0 out d1	9t end a 1
11	17	55	Jun 16(2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(2-1)	10	8.0	10	5	5	4	3	1	0	5.87	3.98	36	6	13	0	0	10	41			1	1	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.195	.44	-0.06%	-0.78	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
12	18	60	Jun 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	7	4	4	4	4	0	0	5.45	3.75	36	11	10	1	2	7	57			0	1	1	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.60	0.132	.16	0.01%	0.61	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
13	19	67	Jun 26(2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-0	GS-8	W(4-1)	5	7.0	5	0	0	4	4	0	0	4.63	3.65	28	10	5	0	0	5	67			2	1	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	0.328	.09	0.01%	2.59	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	20	71	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-		5	4.2	4	5	5	5	1	0	0	5.08	3.80	23						32						18	1	0	0		0
15	21	76	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,9-6	GS-8		3	7.2	12	6	6	3	6	0	0	5.34	3.58	37	8	8	0	0	12	34			0	1	1	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.35	-0.284	.03	0.00%	-2.39	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out tie
16	22	83	Jul 16	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	CG	W(5-1)	9	9.0	6	1	0	4	2	0	0	4.63	3.56	35	7	16	1	4	6	71			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.19	0.348	.01	0.00%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	23	88	Jul 20	CHW		BOS	W,8-7	CG	W(6-1)	3	9.0	10	7	7	2	4	1	0	4.91	3.58	40	12	14	0	1	8	41			0	0	0	38	0	2	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.187	.01	0.00%	-2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
18	24	92	Jul 26	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-11	GS-6	L(6-2)	5	6.0	2	1	1	6	2	0	0	4.66	3.67	24	6	8	0	0	2	60			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.196	.00	0.00%	2.42	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
19	25	98	Jul 31(2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(7-2)	4	10.0	6	1	1	8	3	1	0	4.26	3.88	43	6	20	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	0.803	.00	0.00%	4.28	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	26	102	Aug 6	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS-6		5	6.0	6	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.27	3.82	28	9	8	1	0	5	48			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	1	.96	-0.026	.00	0.00%	0.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
21	27	107	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-3		4	3.0	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.41	3.84	15	3	5	1	0	5	33			0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.149	.00	0.00%	-1.45	1b start tie	3b 3 out tie
22	28	112	Aug 16	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-2)	4	9.0	3	0	0	5	4	0	0	4.05	3.80	34						80						28	1	0	0		0
23	29	117	Aug 21(2)	CHW		CLE	L,4-7	GS-5	L(8-3)	4	4.1	4	5	5	6	5	0	0	4.29	3.82	21	2	4	0	0	4	34			0	1	1	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	-0.218	.00	0.00%	-1.66	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out tie
24	30	122	Aug 26(2)	CHW		BOS	L,7-10	GS-	L(8-4)	4	2.2	5	4	4	1	7	0	0	4.50	3.70	15						38						14	0	1	0		0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	31	135	Sep 8	CHW		SLB	W,3-1	CG	W(9-4)	12	9.0	5	1	1	5	5	0	1	4.25	3.68	38	15	7	0	0	5	73			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.52	0.491	.00	0.00%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
26	32	139	Sep 14	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	W(10-4)	5	9.0	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	3.97	3.58	36	14	12	1	1	6	75			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	2	.80	0.244	.00	0.00%	3.61	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
27	33	144	Sep 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(10-5)	5	8.0	3	3	3	10	7	0	0	3.94	3.63	36	11	6	1	0	2	61			2	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	0	.99	0.029	.00	0.00%	1.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
28	34	148	Sep 25(2)	CHW		SLB	L,2-6	2-GF(6)		4	4.1	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.88	3.59	16	5	4	0	0	4		2	0	0	2	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.032	.00	0.00%	1.47	2t 12- 2 out d4	6t end d 4
29	35	151	Sep 29	CHW		CLE	L,3-8	GS-9	L(10-6)	3	8.1	13	8	6	2	2	2	0	4.02	3.71	39	12	10	2	0	13	29			0	1	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	3	1.05	-0.369	.00	0.00%	-4.63	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out d5
							15-14		W-L:10-6,BSv:1	3.5	156.2	139	76	70	91	83	6	1	4.02	3.71	685	0.87		3%	4%	120	53	9	33%	8	10	3	580	24	4	3	10	0	11	1.18	0.981	.32	-0.91%	6.39

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