Al Widmar

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Full Name: Albert Joseph Widmar	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/185	First Game: April 25, 1947
Birthdate: March 20, 1925	Final Game: April 17, 1952
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: October 15, 2005
Deathplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on March 20, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio, Al Widmar (Albert Joseph Widmar) played for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 5 year career. Widmar broke into the bigs on April 25, 1947 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 4.46 ERA in 82.2 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Al Widmar's best season was 1950, when he posted a 4.76 ERA and struck out 78 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1947	BOS	A	2	0	0	0	13.50	1	2	2	0	0	0	1.1	1	1	2	0	0	0
1948	STL	A	49	0	2	6	4.46	34	42	41	0	0	1	82.2	88	4	48	0	6	0
1950	STL	A	36	26	7	15	4.76	78	115	103	8	1	4	194.2	211	16	74	0	1	3
1951	STL	A	26	16	4	9	6.52	28	84	78	4	0	0	107.2	157	19	52	0	2	2
1952	CHI	A	1	0	0	0	4.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	0
Total			114	42	13	30	5.21	143	244	225	12	1	5	388.1	461	41	176	0	9	5

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1947	BOS	A	P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1948	STL	A	P	49	0	0	4	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	STL	A	P	36	0	0	17	32	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	STL	A	P	26	0	0	10	22	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1952	CHI	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	114	0	0	31	76	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.991

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1947	BOS	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948	STL	A	49	10	1	3	0	0	.300	.364	.400	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
1950	STL	A	36	67	1	10	0	4	.149	.186	.179	2	0	3	22	0	2	0	0	3
1951	STL	A	26	30	2	5	0	3	.167	.242	.200	1	0	3	11	0	6	0	0	0
1952	CHI	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			114	107	4	18	0	7	.168	.219	.206	4	0	7	37	0	8	0	0	3

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1942).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Roy Partee, Jim Wilson, Eddie Pellagrini, Pete Layden, Joe Ostrowski and $310000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Vern Stephens and Jack Kramer (November 17, 1947).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Sherm Lollar and Tom Upton to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Dick Littlefield, Joe DeMaestri, Gus Niarhos, Gordon Goldsberry and Jim Rivera (November 27, 1951).

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