#25 Ed Rakow, Starting Pitcher, 34 yrs, Oakland Athletics

#25 Ed Rakow, Starting Pitcher, 34 yrs, Oakland Athletics
Sunday, 8/6/1970

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Ed Rakow

5/30/1936
34
USA,PA,
5"11
183

Starting Pitcher
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3.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 12,000,000
1973
7 Year(s), 139 Days (1343 total Days)
130 Day(s)
9 Year(s), 77 Days (1625 total Days)
9 Year(s)
Out of Option Years

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	5	10	5	89-92 Mph
Versus LHB	5	9	5
Versus RHB	5	10	5
Talent	5	9	6

Pitching Ratings
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8
54
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Splitfinger-Fastball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	3	1	1	2
Versus LHP	1	3	1	1	2
Versus RHP	1	3	1	1	2
Talent	1	1	1	1	10

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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 6 (Range), .969 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
6/14	CAL	L 3-4	*	8.2	8	4	4	2	8	L
6/19	@NYY	W 6-5	*	8	10	5	5	1	3	W
6/30	@CHA	L 2-6	*	8	9	6	6	0	5	L
7/8	KC	W 6-2	*	9	8	2	2	0	6	W	PoG
7/12	@WS2	W 6-0	*	9	2	0	0	3	3	W	PoG
7/16	BAL	L 0-1	*	9	4	1	1	3	3	L
7/20	CLE	W 3-2	*	9	8	2	2	1	8	W	PoG
7/24	@BOS	L 3-7	*	8	12	7	3	1	4	L
7/29	NYY	L 3-13	*	2.2	10	9	9	0	2	L
8/2	@MIL	W 3-2	*	8.2	5	1	0	0	10	W	PoG

Pitching Stats 1970

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	18	18	11	7	0	2.86	151.0	130	54	48	18	87	14	77.8	3	12	66.7
Projected	27	27	17	11	0	2.86	228.0	197	82	73	27	132

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	0	0	9.1	7.7	5.2	1.1	1	0	.0	0	0	.0	2.14

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	219	53	10	3	5	28	29	11	23	0	0	3	.242	.288	.384	.671
vs. RHB	358	77	10	2	5	24	25	7	64	0	0	1	.215	.229	.296	.525

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	9	9	5	4	0	3.51	74.1	67	29	29	12	53
Road	9	9	6	3	0	2.23	76.2	63	25	19	6	34
This Week	1	1	1	0	0	0.00	8.2	5	1	0	0	10
Last Week	2	2	0	2	0	10.13	10.2	22	16	12	1	6

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	1	1	0	1	0	5.00	9.0	10	5	5	3	7
May	4	4	3	1	0	1.80	35.0	26	7	7	4	20
June	6	6	4	2	0	3.31	51.2	45	20	19	3	24
July	6	6	3	3	0	3.28	46.2	44	21	17	8	26
August	1	1	1	0	0	0.00	8.2	5	1	0	0	10

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1961	35	35	10	18	0	5.14	273.1	297	172	156	50	119	161	15	0	1.52	.288	STL
1962	40	40	17	16	0	4.05	320.0	316	156	144	36	126	205	24	0	1.38	.286	STL
1963	15	11	3	7	0	8.35	73.1	101	73	68	15	32	50	4	0	1.81	.345	STL
1964	27	27	15	12	0	4.51	215.1	215	121	108	29	49	127	19	1	1.23	.272	STL
1965	18	3	0	2	0	6.65	43.1	52	35	32	4	10	26	2	0	1.43	.327	STL
1966	10	10	4	5	0	5.19	78.0	98	51	45	8	18	58	5	0	1.49	.344	STL
1967	7	0	4	0	0	1.59	11.1	8	3	2	1	4	7	0	0	1.06	.206	STL
1968	32	32	15	9	0	3.13	276.0	242	111	96	33	54	181	18	2	1.07	.253	STL
1969	21	21	6	12	0	4.05	166.2	172	79	75	29	19	106	14	0	1.15	.273	DET
1970	18	18	11	7	0	2.86	151.0	130	54	48	10	18	87	14	3	0.98	.250	DET OAK
Total	223	197	85	88	0	4.33	1608.1	1631	855	774	215	449	1008	115	6	1.29	.281

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1961, AAA	5	5	3	0	0	2.21	36.2	26	10	9	1	16	29	1	0	1.15	.245
1963, AAA	11	11	7	2	0	1.62	88.2	65	20	16	3	16	96	4	2	0.91	.277
1966, AAA	22	22	9	9	0	2.49	177.1	162	58	49	13	30	162	6	1	1.08	.304
1967, AAA	9	9	4	2	0	3.11	66.2	59	25	23	6	16	65	0	0	1.13	.293

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1961	35	101	8	3	0	0	0	4	1	42	0	0	.079	.088	.109	.197	STL
1962	40	111	11	2	0	0	3	7	0	37	0	1	.099	.098	.117	.215	STL
1963	15	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	.080	.080	.080	.160	STL
1964	27	78	6	2	0	0	3	2	1	26	0	0	.077	.087	.103	.190	STL
1965	18	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	STL
1966	10	28	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	13	0	0	.036	.069	.036	.105	STL
1967	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	STL
1968	32	97	11	3	0	0	5	6	3	25	0	0	.113	.139	.144	.283	STL
1969	21	56	5	2	1	1	2	2	0	26	0	0	.089	.089	.214	.304	DET
1970	18	56	5	1	1	0	3	3	0	19	0	0	.089	.089	.143	.232	DET OAK
Total	223	566	50	13	2	1	16	28	6	200	0	1	.088	.097	.124	.221

Fielding Stats 1970

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INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

.935

151.0

2.74

Player History

Injured on 8/7/1963 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks...
Injured on 6/26/1965 with a Strained Back, out for one week...
Injured on 4/20/1967 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks...
Injured on 6/11/1967 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks...
Injured on 3/8/1968 with a Fractured Hip, out for 7 weeks...
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/12/1969 to a 5-year deal worth $12,000,000 per year...
Hit first career homerun on 4/26/1969, off Don Sutton (CLE)...
Injured on 6/10/1969 with a Spasms Back, out for 4 weeks...
Injured on 8/13/1969 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks...
Traded from Detroit to Oakland on 6/21/1970 (Going to DET: 3B Bill Robinson, P Dock Ellis, P Paul Edmondson. Going to OAK: P Ed Rakow)...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

ERA 1968 - 3.13 - 3rd	WHIP 1964 - 1.23 - 6th 1968 - 1.07 - 1st 1969 - 1.15 - 8th	Losses 1961 - 18 - 8th	IP 1962 - 320.0 - 10th	K's 1962 - 205 - 9th
BB 1962 - 126 - 8th	CG 1961 - 15 - 9th 1962 - 24 - 7th 1964 - 19 - 10th

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