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Joe Presko

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: October 7, 1928 in Kansas City, MO us

Died: February 5, 2019 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Resurrection North Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

High School: North Kansas City HS (Kansas City, MO)

Debut: May 3, 1951 (Age 22-208d, 10,807th in major league history)
vs. PHI 4.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: May 7, 1958 (Age 29-212d)
vs. WSH 3.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Joseph Edward Presko

Nicknames: Baby Joe or Little Joe

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

ERA

4.61

128

490.1

202

WHIP

1.426

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-15 / in Starts: 8-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 3

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	16	3	Apr 17	STL		PIT	L,3-5	GS-		99	7.0	4	3	2	3	0	0	0	2.57	3.68	30						56						27			0		0
2	17	12	Apr 29	STL		BRO	L,1-4	GS-7	L(0-1)	11	6.1	8	4	3	4	5	0	0	3.38	3.22	31	5	16	7	0	1	44			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.018	2.74	-0.02%	-0.09	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d2
May				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
3	18	19	May 6	STL		NYG	W,9-4	CG	W(1-1)	6	9.0	7	4	4	3	5	1	0	3.63	3.42	38	10	12	0	2	7	59			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.107	1.79	-0.14%	0.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
4	19	25	May 13	STL	@	BRO	L,8-14	GS-3	L(1-2)	6	2.0	5	5	5	2	1	1	0	5.18	4.03	13	2	7	5	0	1	25			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.260	1.25	-0.24%	-3.39	1b start tie	3b 1-3 0 out d3
5	20	31	May 21(2)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-8	GS-5	L(1-3)	7	4.2	8	6	5	1	3	1	1	5.90	4.22	24	4	7	0	0	8	28			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.282	1.76	-0.31%	-2.99	1b start a 1	5b --3 2 out d4
6	21	35	May 25	STL	@	CIN	W,7-6	1-4		3	3.1	5	4	4	3	3	2	0	6.40	4.93	18	2	5	0	0	5		1	1	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.391	1.20	-0.18%	-3.02	1b 1-- 0 out a2	4b --- 1 out tie
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
7	22	41	Jun 1(1)	STL		NYG	W,8-7			6	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.27	4.88	3												3			0		0
8	23	43	Jun 2	STL		NYG	W,5-4	4-6	W(2-3)	0	3.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	6.00	4.86	10	4	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.011	.74	0.01%	0.40	4t --- 0 out d1	6t 3 out d2
9	24	46	Jun 5	STL		BSN	L,3-8	1-8		2	7.2	6	2	2	0	3	0	0	5.36	4.29	28	8	11	2	0	6		2	2	0	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	.12	-0.065	.10	-0.03%	0.64	1t -23 1 out d4	8t 3 out d8
10	25	51	Jun 10	STL		BRO	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(3-3)	4	10.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.36	3.92	33	16	12	3	0	2	83			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.51	0.795	.88	0.28%	4.68	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
11	26	55	Jun 15(1)	STL	@	NYG	W,14-12	GS-2		4	1.2	6	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.88	3.93	11	2	2	1	1	6	24			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.27	-0.327	.74	-0.12%	-4.37	1b start tie	2b -2- 2 out d5
12	27	60	Jun 18	STL	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	W(4-3)	2	9.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.34	3.65	29	8	14	2	4	5	75			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.272	.30	0.08%	3.17	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
13	28	66	Jun 24(1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-6	GS-4	L(4-4)	5	4.0	5	4	4	1	1	2	0	4.61	3.97	17	5	8	4	0	2	36			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.222	.77	-0.13%	-2.09	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
14	29	70	Jun 28	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-		3	6.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.48	3.87	24						54						22			0		0
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
15	30	75	Jul 3	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	4	1	0	4.10	3.81	32						76						30			0		0
16	31	87	Jul 17	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	W(6-4)	13	9.0	10	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.90	3.76	40	18	7	0	0	9	57			0	0	0	35	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.58	0.353	1.16	0.16%	2.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
17	32	93	Jul 25	STL	@	BRO	W,8-4	GS-5		7	5.0	3	4	3	7	3	1	0	3.98	3.97	24	8	5	4	0	1	43			0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.242	.40	-0.05%	-1.62	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d2
18	33	98	Jul 30	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	GS-7	L(6-5)	4	7.0	4	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.88	4.04	27	8	10	2	0	4	60			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.047	.80	0.03%	1.17	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
19	34	102	Aug 3	STL	@	PHI	L,0-6	GS-4	L(6-6)	3	3.2	4	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.00	4.13	15	4	6	1	0	4	40			0	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.154	.90	-0.08%	-1.36	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d3
20	35	103	Aug 5	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3		W(7-6)	1	2.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.93	4.05	9												8			0		0
21	36	108	Aug 9	STL	@	CIN	L,3-12	GS-6	L(7-7)	3	5.2	8	4	4	2	3	0	0	4.05	3.97	28	8	8	1	0	7	38			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.025	1.64	0.02%	0.36	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out a1
22	37	113	Aug 14	STL		PIT	L,3-5	GS-	L(7-8)	4	9.2	9	5	5	4	7	2	0	4.09	4.04	41						54						37			0		0
23	38	122	Aug 24	STL		BRO	L,4-10	GS-2	L(7-9)	9	1.1	4	6	4	3	0	1	0	4.33	4.20	12	4	4	4	0	1	23			1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	.93	-0.387	3.06	-0.77%	-5.43	1t start tie	2t -23 1 out d5
24	39	126	Aug 27	STL		PHI	L,2-7	3-5		2	3.0	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.44	4.20	18	6	4	0	2	6		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	.26	-0.083	.03	-0.01%	-1.60	3t --- 0 out d4	5t 3 out d7
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	40	136	Sep 7	STL		PIT	W,4-3			10	2.2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.35	4.14	12												11			0		0
26	41	139	Sep 11	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3			3	7.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.13	4.04	29												27			0		0
27	42	148	Sep 21	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	2-7	L(7-10)	9	5.1	6	2	2	4	2	1	0	4.11	4.13	24	5	7	0	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.54	-0.091	.00	0.00%	0.54	2b -2- 1 out a1	7b 1-3 2 out d1
28	43	153	Sep 27	STL		CHC	L,1-4	7-8		5	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.11	4.12	8	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.07	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d4
							13-15		W-L:7-10	4.3	146.2	140	74	67	57	64	16	1	4.11	4.12	628	0.87		13%	4%	82	49	4	75%	1	5	0	563	16	3	1	8	0	6	1.02	-1.153	1.07	-1.51%	-12.66

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