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Howie Pollet

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Full Name: Howard Joseph Pollet Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/175 First Game: August 20, 1941
Birthdate: June 26, 1921 Final Game: September 23, 1956
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: August 8, 1974
Deathplace: Houston, Texas
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on June 26, 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Howie Pollet (Howard Joseph Pollet) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 14 year career. Pollet broke into the bigs on August 20, 1941 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 1.93 ERA in 70 innings pitched in 1941, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Howie Pollet's best season was 1946, when he posted a 2.10 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 107 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
1941 STL N 9 8 5 2 1.93 37 18 15 6 2 0 70 55 1 27 0 4 1
1942 STL N 27 13 7 5 2.88 42 43 35 5 2 0 109.1 102 7 39 0 5 2
1943 STL N 16 14 8 4 1.75 61 26 23 12 5 0 118.1 83 2 32 0 2 2
1946 STL N 40 32 21 10 2.10 107 84 62 22 4 5 266 228 12 86 0 1 5
1947 STL N 37 24 9 11 4.34 73 96 85 9 0 2 176.1 195 11 87 0 4 3
1948 STL N 36 26 13 8 4.54 80 102 94 11 0 0 186.1 216 10 67 0 3 2
1949 STL N 39 28 20 9 2.77 108 80 71 17 5 1 230.2 228 9 59 0 2 2
1950 STL N 37 30 14 13 3.29 117 103 85 14 2 2 232.1 228 19 68 0 4 1
1951 STL N 6 2 0 3 4.38 10 10 6 0 0 1 12.1 10 1 8 0 0 0
1951 PIT N 21 21 6 10 5.04 47 81 72 4 1 0 128.2 149 24 51 0 2 1
1951 TOT N 27 23 6 13 4.98 57 91 78 4 1 1 141 159 25 59 0 2 1
1952 PIT N 31 30 7 16 4.12 90 111 98 9 1 0 214 217 22 71 0 1 3
1953 PIT N 5 2 1 1 1.66 8 15 15 0 0 0 12.2 27 2 6 0 0 0
1953 CHI N 25 16 5 6 4.12 45 62 51 2 0 1 111.1 120 6 44 0 1 1
1953 TOT N 30 18 6 7 4.79 53 77 66 2 0 1 124 147 8 50 0 1 1
1954 CHI N 20 20 8 10 3.58 58 60 51 4 2 0 128.1 131 4 54 1 1 0
1955 CHI N 24 7 4 3 5.61 27 41 38 1 1 5 61 62 11 27 3 2 0
1956 PIT N 19 0 0 4 3.09 10 10 8 0 0 3 23.1 18 3 8 1 1 0
1956 CHI A 11 4 3 1 4.10 14 15 12 0 0 0 26.1 27 2 11 0 1 0
1956 Total 30 4 3 5 3.62 24 25 20 0 0 3 49.2 45 5 19 1 2 0
Total NL 392 273 128 115 3.50 920 942 809 116 25 20 2081 2069 144 734 5 33 23
Total AL 11 4 3 1 4.10 14 15 12 0 0 0 26.1 27 2 11 0 1 0
Total 403 277 131 116 3.51 934 957 821 116 25 20 2107.1 2096 146 745 5 34 23

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1941 STL N P 9 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1942 STL N P 27 0 0 4 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1943 STL N P 16 0 0 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1946 STL N P 40 0 0 8 59 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1947 STL N P 37 0 0 5 33 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1948 STL N P 36 0 0 5 44 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1949 STL N P 39 0 0 9 33 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1950 STL N P 37 0 0 13 40 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 .930
1951 STL N P 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 PIT N P 21 0 0 5 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 TOT N P 27 0 0 5 26 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 PIT N P 31 0 0 7 48 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .948
1953 PIT N P 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 CHI N P 25 0 0 8 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .880
1953 TOT N P 30 0 0 8 15 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .885
1954 CHI N P 20 20 128.1 6 22 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 1.000
1955 CHI N P 24 0 0 7 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 PIT N P 19 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 CHI A P 11 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 Total P 30 0 0 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 403 20 128.1 82 396 20 32 0 0 3 3 0 .960

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1941 STL N 9 28 0 5 0 3 .179 .207 .214 1 0 1 12 0 1 0 0 0
1942 STL N 27 31 2 7 0 7 .226 .368 .290 2 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 0
1943 STL N 16 43 3 7 0 1 .163 .182 .186 1 0 1 9 0 1 0 0 0
1946 STL N 40 87 2 14 0 7 .161 .215 .207 4 0 6 23 0 7 0 0 2
1947 STL N 37 65 5 15 0 5 .231 .242 .308 1 2 1 13 0 0 0 0 2
1948 STL N 38 68 6 8 0 4 .118 .155 .132 1 0 3 9 0 5 0 0 2
1949 STL N 39 82 10 16 0 6 .195 .267 .207 1 0 8 18 0 3 0 0 2
1950 STL N 38 84 7 12 0 3 .143 .191 .167 2 0 5 18 0 2 0 0 2
1951 STL N 6 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .750 .000 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PIT N 21 36 3 5 0 1 .139 .244 .139 0 0 5 12 0 4 0 0 0
1951 TOT N 27 37 4 5 0 1 .135 .289 .135 0 0 8 13 0 4 0 0 0
1952 PIT N 31 68 4 13 0 4 .191 .276 .191 0 0 8 17 0 2 0 0 2
1953 PIT N 5 3 1 1 0 2 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1953 CHI N 25 31 2 4 0 0 .129 .206 .129 0 0 3 6 0 3 0 0 0
1953 TOT N 30 34 3 5 0 2 .147 .216 .147 0 0 3 6 0 4 0 0 0
1954 CHI N 20 47 6 13 0 4 .277 .292 .319 2 0 1 6 0 3 0 0 2
1955 CHI N 24 15 0 6 0 0 .400 .471 .533 2 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 0
1956 PIT N 19 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1956 CHI A 12 8 1 3 0 1 .375 .375 .375 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
1956 Total 31 9 2 3 0 1 .333 .400 .333 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0
Total NL 395 690 53 126 0 47 .183 .243 .213 17 2 55 156 0 36 0 0 14
Total AL 12 8 1 3 0 1 .375 .375 .375 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
Total 407 698 54 129 0 48 .185 .244 .215 17 2 55 159 0 37 0 0 14

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1939).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Bill Howerton, Ted Wilks, Joe Garagiola and Dick Cole to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Cliff Chambers and Wally Westlake (June 15, 1951).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Ralph Kiner, Joe Garagiola and George Metkovich to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Toby Atwell, Bob Schultz, Preston Ward, George Freese, Bob Addis, Gene Hermanski and $150000 (June 4, 1953).
  • Released by Chicago Cubs (October 3, 1955).
  • Signed by Chicago White Sox (April 16, 1956).
  • Released by Chicago White Sox (July 13, 1956).
  • Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (July 15, 1956).
  • Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (October 8, 1956).

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