Erv Palica
1945–1956 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Dodgers
262G
.198AVG
.238OBP
.251SLG
More career statistics
48H
1HR
17RBI
2SB
41–55W–L
839.1IP
423K
4.22ERA
80GS
12SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 243 | 244 |
| Batting · Walks | 13 | 12 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,640 | 3,655 |
| Pitching · p er | 394 | 395 |
| Pitching · p h | 806 | 807 |
| Pitching · p hr | 72 | 71 |
| Pitching · p k | 423 | 424 |
| Pitching · p r | 432 | 431 |
| Pitching · p w | 399 | 400 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 262 | 267 | 243 | 22 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | .198 | .238 | .251 | .489 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 839.3 | 246 | 80 | 20 | 41 | 55 | 12 | 806 | 432 | 394 | 72 | 399 | 423 | 0 | 0 | 4.22 | 1.436 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1951-07-04 to 1954-04-25
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1950-05-09 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 10 strikeouts | 1948-08-11 | 1 in 113 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 13 hits allowed | 1950-08-26 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 123 | 103 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 22 | .194 | .223 | .237 |
| Away | 139 | 164 | 30 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 41 | .199 | .226 | .258 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 20 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | .231 | .276 | .231 |
| May | 48 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .114 | .149 | .136 |
| June | 44 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .150 | .269 | .150 |
| July | 64 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | .192 | .207 | .250 |
| August | 46 | 59 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | .273 | .288 | .364 |
| September | 39 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14 | .191 | .188 | .277 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 38 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | .146 | .213 | .220 |
| new-york-giants | 35 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .267 | .222 | .267 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 27 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | .216 | .250 | .351 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 26 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .083 | .083 | .167 |
| cincinnati-reds | 25 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .200 | .167 |
| chicago-cubs | 25 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .190 | .182 | .190 |
| boston-braves | 19 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .263 | .300 | .421 |
| new-york-yankees | 11 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .217 | .208 | .217 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1947 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 |
| 1948 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 45 | 39 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .128 | 125 | 75 |
| 1949 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 49 | 20 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .150 | 97 | 44 |
| 1950 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 48 | 68 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .221 | 201 | 131 |
| 1951 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 20 | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | .154 | 53 | 15 |
| 1953 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1.000 | 6 | 3 |
| 1954 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 28 | 16 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .250 | 67 | 25 |
| 1955 |  Baltimore Orioles | 33 | 55 | 13 | – | 3 | – | .236 | 169 | 68 |
| 1956 | Baltimore Orioles | 30 | 32 | 5 | – | – | – | .156 | 116 | 62 |