Ken Raffensberger
1939–1954 · bats R / throws L · Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, NLS, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
397G
.141AVG
.166OBP
.182SLG
More career statistics
97H
4HR
31RBI
0SB
119–154W–L
2,151.2IP
806K
3.59ERA
282GS
16SV
4Rare feats
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 | 688 | 687 |
| Batting · Hits | 97 | 96 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 280 | 282 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 779 | 777 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,051 | 9,027 |
| Pitching · p er | 859 | 866 |
| Pitching · p hr | 192 | 190 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,455 | 6,450 |
| Pitching · p k | 806 | 810 |
| Pitching · p r | 994 | 997 |
| Pitching · p w | 449 | 450 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 397 | 779 | 688 | 38 | 97 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 280 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 125 | .141 | .166 | .182 | .348 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,151.7 | 396 | 282 | 133 | 119 | 154 | 16 | 2,257 | 994 | 859 | 192 | 449 | 806 | 0 | 0 | 3.59 | 1.258 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1940-07-14 to 1940-08-03
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1947-05-18 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1948-05-31 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 45 | 13 strikeouts | 1944-05-29 | 1 in 861 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 200 | 381 | 54 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 124 | .163 | .165 | .205 |
| Away | 197 | 396 | 42 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 158 | .118 | .134 | .158 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 31 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .048 | .046 | .048 |
| May | 72 | 112 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 43 | .112 | .134 | .133 |
| June | 74 | 126 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 45 | .157 | .198 | .194 |
| July | 71 | 160 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 61 | .125 | .131 | .169 |
| August | 76 | 162 | 30 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 58 | .205 | .198 | .267 |
| September | 72 | 148 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 52 | .135 | .135 | .188 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 79 | 165 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58 | .143 | .158 | .163 |
| chicago-cubs | 62 | 149 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 54 | .167 | .161 | .220 |
| boston-braves | 58 | 117 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 49 | .151 | .179 | .179 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 54 | 91 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 28 | .152 | .154 | .203 |
| new-york-giants | 50 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 29 | .085 | .120 | .099 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 40 | 81 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 26 | .110 | .099 | .219 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 37 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | .155 | .152 | .190 |
| cincinnati-reds | 15 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .062 | .105 | .062 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 1940 |  Chicago Cubs | 43 | 30 | 5 | – | – | – | .167 | 113 | 59 |
| 1941 | Chicago Cubs | 10 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 18 | 5 |
| 1943 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 8 | 3 |
| 1944 | Philadelphia Phillies | 38 | 79 | 10 | – | 3 | – | .127 | 258 | 136 |
| 1945 | Philadelphia Phillies | 5 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 24 | 6 |
| 1946 | Philadelphia Phillies | 39 | 60 | 10 | – | 1 | – | .167 | 196 | 72 |
| 1947 | Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies | 29 | 52 | 10 | – | 5 | – | .192 | 147 | 54 |
| 1948 |  Cincinnati Reds | 40 | 62 | 7 | – | – | – | .113 | 180 | 58 |
| 1949 | Cincinnati Reds | 41 | 90 | 16 | 1 | 3 | – | .178 | 283 | 103 |
| 1950 | Cincinnati Reds | 38 | 82 | 11 | 1 | 9 | – | .134 | 239 | 87 |
| 1951 | Cincinnati Reds | 42 | 82 | 10 | – | – | – | .122 | 248 | 81 |
| 1952 | Cincinnati Reds | 38 | 75 | 8 | 1 | 1 | – | .107 | 247 | 93 |
| 1953 | Cincinnati Reds | 26 | 57 | 8 | 1 | 8 | – | .140 | 174 | 47 |
| 1954 | Cincinnati Reds | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .500 | 10 | 5 |