Roger Wolff
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Roger Wolff | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Evansville, Illinois, U.S. | April 10, 1911|
Died: March 23, 1994 Chester, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 82)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 20, 1941, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
Last MLB appearance | |
August 25, 1947, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 52–69 |
Earned run average | 3.41 |
Strikeouts | 430 |
Teams | |
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Roger Francis Wolff (April 10, 1911 – March 23, 1994) was an American
Baseball career
Wolff's professional career began in 1930 and he spent 12 full seasons in the
Stellar 1945 campaign
As a member of Washington's four-knuckleball-pitcher starting rotation (along with Mickey Haefner, Dutch Leonard and Johnny Niggeling), Wolff helped lead the Senators to a second-place finish, only 11⁄2 games behind the eventual world champion Detroit Tigers. He posted a 20–10 won–lost record and a 2.12 earned run average, and placed in the American League's Top 10 in multiple statistical categories:[1]
- Most Valuable Player(seventh)
- Wins Above Replacement (sixth, with 5.6; third in WAR for pitchers, with 6.0)
- Games Won(third, with 20)
- Winning Percentage (sixth, with .667)
- Walks Plus Hits Per Inning Pitched(first, with 1.012)
- Earned Run Average(third, with 2.12)
- Strikeouts (tied for fifth, with 108)
- Complete Games(tied for third, with 21)
- Shutouts (tied for fourth, with four)
- Innings Pitched (sixth, with 250)
Wolff threw a one-hit shutout on June 19 against Philadelphia at Griffith Stadium, allowing only a fourth-inning double to Hal Peck.[2] No All-Star Game was played in 1945 due to travel restrictions caused by the war. Wolff returned to the Senators' rotation in 1946 and led the staff with a 2.58 ERA in 122 innings pitched, but he fashioned only a 5–8 won–lost mark. He was traded to Cleveland in March 1947, and worked in 20 games for the Indians and Pirates before leaving pro baseball.
Wolff's career won–lost record was 52–69 with an
After baseball, he worked in private business and was the longtime athletic director at the
See also
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Vitty, Cort, Roger Wolff, Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project
- Roger Wolff at Find a Grave