Bob Savage

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Full Name: John Robert Savage	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/180	First Game: June 24, 1942
Birthdate: December 1, 1921	Final Game: May 4, 1949
Birthplace: Manchester, New Hampshire	MLB Experience: 5 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Born on December 1, 1921 in Manchester, New Hampshire, Bob Savage (John Robert Savage) played for the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 5 year career. Savage broke into the bigs on June 24, 1942 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 4.06 ERA in 164 innings pitched in 1946, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bob Savage's best season was 1947, when he posted a 3.76 ERA and struck out 56 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1942	PHI	A	8	3	0	1	3.23	10	16	11	0	0	0	30.2	24	0	31	0	1	0
1946	PHI	A	40	19	3	15	4.06	78	80	74	7	1	2	164	164	5	93	0	0	2
1947	PHI	A	44	8	8	10	3.76	56	71	61	2	1	2	146	135	8	55	0	1	0
1948	PHI	A	33	1	5	1	6.21	26	55	52	1	0	5	75.1	98	9	33	0	5	0
1949	STL	A	4	0	0	0	6.43	1	5	5	0	0	0	7	12	1	3	0	0	0
Total			129	31	16	27	4.32	171	227	203	10	2	9	423	433	23	215	0	7	2

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1942	PHI	A	P	8	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1946	PHI	A	P	40	0	0	4	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1947	PHI	A	P	44	0	0	6	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1948	PHI	A	P	33	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	STL	A	P	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	129	0	0	15	47	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.954

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1942	PHI	A	8	9	0	1	0	0	.111	.273	.111	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
1946	PHI	A	40	41	3	5	0	0	.122	.308	.122	0	0	11	22	0	1	0	0	0
1947	PHI	A	44	40	1	2	0	0	.050	.095	.050	0	0	2	18	0	2	0	0	0
1948	PHI	A	33	13	2	1	0	0	.077	.250	.077	0	0	3	6	0	2	0	0	0
1949	STL	A	4	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			129	104	6	9	0	0	.087	.221	.087	0	0	18	51	0	5	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Browns from Philadelphia Athletics (December 16, 1948).

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