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Elmer Riddle

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: July 31, 1914 in Columbus, GA us

Died: May 14, 1984 in Columbus, GA

Buried: Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, GA

Debut: October 1, 1939 (Age 25-062d, 8,744th in major league history)
vs. PIT 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 3, 1949 (Age 35-003d)
vs. BRO 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 7 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Elmer Ray Riddle

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Relatives: Brother of Johnny Riddle

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

ERA

3.40

190

124

1023.0

342

WHIP

1.400

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Team Record in Appearances: 25-11 / in Starts: 22-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 1

1943 Pitching Game Log

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1943 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	79	3	Apr 24	CIN		STL	L,1-2	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	7	2	0	4	1	0	0	0.00	3.77	39	13	14	1	0	7	66			0	1	0	33	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.26	0.120	3.68	0.21%	1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
2	80	6	Apr 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS-9	W(1-1)	3	8.2	5	1	1	6	4	0	0	0.51	3.79	35	10	10	1	3	5	68			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.291	3.25	0.43%	2.37	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out a2
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	81	10	May 2(2)	CIN	@	STL	L,3-6	GS-1	L(1-2)	3	0.2	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	2.45	3.91	7	1	1	0	0	4	27			0	0	0	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	.86	-0.325	2.40	-0.54%	-3.88	1b start tie	1b --3 2 out d4
4	82	11	May 3	CIN		PIT	W,7-5	7-GF	S(1)	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.11	3.64	12	3	5	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.192	3.89	0.30%	1.30	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
5	83	16	May 9(1)	CIN		CHC	L,2-13	GS-6	L(1-3)	5	5.2	9	9	7	4	0	0	0	4.00	3.88	30	7	10	2	0	9	15			0	0	0	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	.86	-0.328	2.58	-0.59%	-4.85	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d7
6	84	19	May 13(2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-1	GS-7	W(2-3)	3	6.2	9	1	1	5	3	0	0	3.48	3.90	30	5	9	1	0	8	50			0	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.180	4.01	0.26%	1.47	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a1
7	85	24	May 18	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-1	GS-8		4	7.2	5	1	1	5	4	0	0	3.05	3.84	32	7	11	1	0	5	64			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.135	3.22	0.16%	2.05	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out tie
8	86	30	May 27	CIN		PHI	W,7-0	SHO	W(3-3)	8	9.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.50	3.67	30	15	7	2	0	4	79			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.314	1.10	0.29%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
9	87	35	May 31(1)	CIN		NYG	W,6-4	GS-9	W(4-3)	3	8.2	11	4	4	1	5	0	0	2.75	3.40	38	8	14	1	0	10	50			0	0	0	37	1	1	0	0	0	1	.57	0.107	.87	0.10%	-0.30	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a2
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
10	88	41	Jun 6	CIN		BSN	W,4-3	CG(14)	W(5-3)	5	14.0	10	3	3	2	6	1	0	2.59	3.35	52	15	19	2	0	10	84			1	1	0	48	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.707	2.60	0.89%	3.08	1t start tie	14t 3 out tie
11	89	44	Jun 13(1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,10-6	GS-6	W(6-3)	6	5.2	5	3	2	9	1	0	0	2.63	3.62	29	6	8	1	0	5	41			0	0	0	19	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.09	-0.048	2.58	-0.07%	-1.14	1b start a 1	6b 123 2 out a4
12	90	49	Jun 17	CIN	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	1	2.46	3.56	35	12	12	4	0	5	74			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	.93	0.309	3.23	0.65%	3.19	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
13	91	54	Jun 21	CIN		STL	L,2-6	GS-6	L(7-4)	3	6.0	10	6	4	3	2	0	0	2.69	3.55	32	6	12	3	0	9	31			0	1	0	28	2	2	1	0	0	1	1.26	-0.418	3.98	-0.79%	-3.40	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
14	92	58	Jun 27(1)	CIN		PIT	W,6-3	CG	W(8-4)	5	9.0	7	3	0	5	5	0	0	2.45	3.52	40	11	12	0	0	7	67			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.20	0.126	2.40	0.15%	0.91	1t start tie	9t 3 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
15	93	63	Jul 1	CIN	@	BRO	W,10-9	12-GF(12)	S(2)	3	1.0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	2.52	3.60	7	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.13	0.079	9.60	0.07%	-0.56	12b --- 0 out a2	12b end a 1
16	94	64	Jul 2	CIN	@	BRO	W,8-0	SHO	W(9-4)	0	9.0	7	0	0	6	0	0	0	2.32	3.68	37	7	17	1	0	7	67			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	0	.59	0.171	1.13	0.20%	3.99	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a8
17	95	70	Jul 7(1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	W(10-4)	4	9.0	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.22	3.63	33	16	8	1	0	3	77			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	.75	0.238	.72	0.14%	2.87	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
18	96	75	Jul 10	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	W(11-4)	2	9.0	8	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.20	3.66	35	11	11	1	0	8	64			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	2	0	0	.76	0.284	.74	0.17%	1.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
19	97	78	Jul 15	CIN		CHC	L,0-8	GS-3	L(11-5)	4	2.0	5	5	5	2	1	0	0	2.51	3.68	12	3	1	0	0	5	25			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.326	1.34	-0.22%	-4.04	1t start tie	3t --3 0 out d4
20	98	79	Jul 17	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	9-GF	S(3)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	3.67	2	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.76	0.268	6.60	0.18%	0.84	9t 12- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
21	99	82	Jul 21(1)	CIN		BRO	W,11-1	CG	W(12-5)	3	9.0	8	1	1	4	1	0	0	2.40	3.68	38	11	14	0	0	8	64			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.119	.62	0.07%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
22	100	87	Jul 25(1)	CIN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	W(13-5)	3	9.0	8	3	3	4	2	2	0	2.44	3.84	35	13	8	3	0	8	57			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	3	0	1	.87	0.062	.44	0.02%	0.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
23	101	92	Jul 30(1)	CIN		BSN	W,2-0	SHO	W(14-5)	4	9.0	3	0	0	5	2	0	0	2.30	3.85	33	9	14	0	0	3	78			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.540	.26	0.08%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
24	102	97	Aug 3	CIN		NYG	L,3-5	GS-9	L(14-6)	3	8.2	13	5	5	1	1	0	0	2.45	3.79	39	13	11	1	0	13	38			0	1	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	-0.260	.31	-0.04%	-1.49	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out d2
25	103	101	Aug 8(1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-7	L(14-7)	4	6.2	10	4	3	3	2	0	0	2.51	3.78	32	11	6	0	0	10	39			0	1	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.172	.42	-0.04%	-1.39	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d3
26	104	105	Aug 14(1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	W(15-7)	5	9.0	9	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.49	3.73	34	9	12	0	0	9	61			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	3	0	0	.91	0.213	.12	0.02%	1.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
27	105	111	Aug 18(1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(15-8)	3	8.0	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	2.57	3.78	32	11	10	0	0	6	53			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.155	.30	-0.04%	-0.56	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
28	106	116	Aug 22(1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-7	W(16-8)	3	6.0	9	3	3	4	1	1	0	2.63	3.86	29	9	6	0	0	9	39			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.43	-0.033	.54	-0.01%	-0.30	1b start a 2	7b 123 0 out a3
29	107	121	Aug 29(1)	CIN		STL	W,5-3	GS-7	W(17-8)	6	6.2	8	3	3	2	0	0	0	2.67	3.85	30	8	12	0	0	8	44			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.118	.44	0.04%	-0.52	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out a2
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
30	108	125	Sep 2	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	L(17-9)	3	9.0	8	3	3	4	0	0	0	2.69	3.86	36	10	14	0	0	8	55			0	1	0	30	3	1	1	0	0	0	.83	-0.044	.06	0.00%	0.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
31	109	130	Sep 6(1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,10-1	CG	W(18-9)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.62	3.81	36	11	12	1	0	8	68			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.210	.00	0.00%	2.87	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a9
32	110	135	Sep 12(1)	CIN		PIT	W,1-0	SHO	W(19-9)	5	9.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.52	3.74	28	8	14	2	0	1	88			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.693	.00	0.00%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
33	111	138	Sep 19(1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-10	GS-2	L(19-10)	6	1.0	6	6	5	1	0	0	0	2.70	3.75	11	2	2	1	0	6	18			2	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.325	.00	0.00%	-4.37	1b start tie	2b 123 0 out d3
34	112	140	Sep 22(1)	CIN		NYG	W,4-2	CG	W(20-10)	2	9.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.67	3.71	37	13	11	1	0	8	64			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.188	.00	0.00%	1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
35	113	146	Sep 26(1)	CIN		BSN	W,2-0	SHO	W(21-10)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.58	3.70	32	14	10	0	0	4	77			0	2	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.609	.00	0.00%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
36	114	152	Sep 30	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	CG	L(21-11)	3	9.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	1	2.59	3.66	35	10	12	0	0	8	61			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	2	0	0	.71	0.029	.00	0.00%	0.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
							25-11		W-L:21-11,Sv:3	3.5	260.1	235	87	75	107	71	6	2	2.59	3.66	1084	0.90		5%	1%	232	56	2	0%	9	14	0	956	44	10	8	24	0	9	1.05	3.868	1.42	2.06%	26.93

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