Ed Rakow
Ed Rakow | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: (1935-05-30)May 30, 1935 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
Died: August 26, 2000(2000-08-26) (aged 65) West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. | |
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 22, 1960, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 28, 1967, for the Atlanta Braves | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 36–47 |
Earned run average | 4.33 |
Strikeouts | 484 |
Teams | |
Edward Charles Rakow (May 30, 1935 – August 26, 2000), nicknamed "Rock", was an American professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher appeared in 195 games in Major League Baseball during all or parts of seven seasons (1960–65; 1967) as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers and Atlanta Braves. He stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 178 pounds (81 kg).
Formative years
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 30, 1935 or 1936, Rakow signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers during the team's last season in Brooklyn, 1957. After three minor league seasons, he spent part of the 1960 season on the Los Angeles Dodgers' roster. He worked in nine games, two as a starting pitcher, and lost his only decision, giving up 18 earned runs, 30 hits and 11 bases on balls in 22 innings pitched. The following spring, he was traded to the Athletics, where he would appear in 121 games over the next three years.
Career
In 1962, Rakow led the A's in games started (35), innings pitched (2351⁄3), complete games (11), shutouts (2) and games won (14). He led the American League in losses (17) and earned runs (111), and finished eighth in the league in strikeouts (159, which led the Athletics).
Traded with Jerry Lumpe and Dave Wickersham from the Athletics to the Detroit Tigers for Rocky Colavito, Bob Anderson and $50,000 on November 18, 1963,[1] his first year as a Tiger saw Rakow lower his earned run average to a career-best 3.72 in 34 games and 1741⁄3 innings pitched in 1964, but it was his last full season in the majors. Detroit farmed him out to Triple-A in May 1965.
Rakow subsequently remained in the minor leagues for the remainder of his career, except for the 17 games he played with the Atlanta Braves during the latter weeks of the 1967 season.
Rakow retired after 1968, his 12th pro season.
He had allowed 771 hits and 304 bases on balls in 7611⁄3 big-league innings pitched, with 484 strikeouts, 20 complete games and five saves. Of his 195 MLB appearances, 90 came as a starting pitcher.
Later years
In 1989, at age 54, Rakow was a player-coach for the West Palm Beach Tropics of the Senior Professional Baseball Association.
References
- ^ Tigers trade Colavito to Athletics
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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