Lou Sleater
[edit] Biography
Born on September 8, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri, Lou Sleater (Louis Mortimer Sleater) played for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Braves, Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 7 year career. Sleater broke into the bigs on April 25, 1950 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 5.11 ERA in 81 innings pitched in 1951, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1950
| STL
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| 20
| 8
| 1
| 9
| 5.11
| 33
| 53
| 46
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 81
| 88
| 7
| 53
| 0
| 1
| 5
|
| 1952
| WAS
| A
| 14
| 9
| 4
| 2
| 3.63
| 22
| 29
| 23
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 57
| 56
| 4
| 30
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 7.27
| 1
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.2
| 9
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| TOT
| A
| 18
| 11
| 4
| 3
| 4.11
| 23
| 37
| 30
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 65.2
| 65
| 5
| 35
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 7.71
| 11
| 22
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 25.2
| 33
| 3
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| MIL
| N
| 25
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 3.15
| 32
| 22
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 45.2
| 42
| 6
| 27
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| DET
| A
| 41
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 3.76
| 43
| 33
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 69.1
| 61
| 9
| 28
| 7
| 1
| 1
|
| 1958
| DET
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.75
| 4
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.1
| 3
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 12.86
| 5
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| TOT
| A
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.22
| 9
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12.1
| 17
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 25
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 3.15
| 32
| 22
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 45.2
| 42
| 6
| 27
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 106
| 20
| 10
| 16
| 4.98
| 120
| 159
| 141
| 7
| 1
| 3
| 255
| 264
| 26
| 145
| 7
| 3
| 8
|
| Total
|
|
| 131
| 21
| 12
| 18
| 4.70
| 152
| 181
| 157
| 7
| 1
| 5
| 300.2
| 306
| 32
| 172
| 16
| 3
| 8
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1950
| STL
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1952
| WAS
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| TOT
| A
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| MIL
| N
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1957
| DET
| A
| P
| 41
| 0
| 69.1
| 2
| 11
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| .813
|
| 1958
| DET
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 5.1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .750
|
| 1958
| TOT
| A
| P
| 10
| 0
| 12.1
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| .833
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 131
| 0
| 81.2
| 11
| 47
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 1
| .906
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1950
| STL
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| 25
| 31
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .226
| .273
| .290
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| WAS
| A
| 15
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .050
| .050
| .050
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| TOT
| A
| 19
| 22
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .045
| .045
| .045
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 21
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .154
| .154
| .154
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1956
| MIL
| N
| 25
| 10
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .500
| .545
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| DET
| A
| 41
| 20
| 4
| 5
| 3
| 7
| .250
| .286
| .700
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1958
| DET
| A
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 4.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| TOT
| A
| 13
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| .143
| .143
| .571
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 25
| 10
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .500
| .545
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 120
| 93
| 7
| 16
| 4
| 10
| .172
| .198
| .323
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 145
| 103
| 8
| 21
| 4
| 12
| .204
| .234
| .340
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Braves (1946).
- Released by Boston Braves (1947).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (1947).
- Sold by Chicago Cubs to New York Giants (1949).
- Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Browns from New York Giants (April 10, 1950).
- Sold by St. Louis Browns to New York Yankees with Bobby Hogue and Kermit Wahl (July 31, 1951).
- Returned to St. Louis Browns (September 16, 1951).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns with Fred Marsh to Washington Senators in exchange for Cass Michaels (May 12, 1952).
- Sold by Washington Senators to Toronto (International) (May, 1954).
- Sold by Toronto (International) to New York Yankees (October 16, 1954).
- Sold by New York Yankees to Kansas City Athletics (April 28, 1955).
- Selected by Milwaukee Braves from Kansas City Athletics in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 27, 1955).
- Released by Milwaukee Braves (April 11, 1957).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (@April 20, 1957).
- Sold by Detroit Tigers to Baltimore Orioles (June 2, 1958).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (October 16, 1959).
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