Lou Kretlow
1946–1956 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, St. Louis Browns
200G
.114AVG
.170OBP
.122SLG
More career statistics
27H
0HR
12RBI
0SB
27–47W–L
785.1IP
450K
4.87ERA
104GS
1SV
1Rare feat
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 | 237 | 236 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 118 | 119 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 269 | 268 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,586 | 3,589 |
| Pitching · p er | 425 | 424 |
| Pitching · p h | 781 | 785 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,356 | 2,359 |
| Pitching · p k | 450 | 451 |
| Pitching · p r | 479 | 480 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | 269 | 237 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .114 | .170 | .122 | .292 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 785.3 | 199 | 104 | 22 | 27 | 47 | 1 | 781 | 479 | 425 | 62 | 522 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 4.87 | 1.659 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1946-09-26 to 1948-09-19
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1953-08-13 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1950-06-04 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1953-04-18 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 108 | 137 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 61 | .124 | .190 | .132 |
| Away | 92 | 131 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 58 | .104 | .130 | .113 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 18 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | .105 | .150 | .105 |
| May | 42 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | .038 | .097 | .038 |
| June | 29 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | .075 | .133 | .075 |
| July | 39 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 30 | .096 | .109 | .096 |
| August | 40 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28 | .115 | .172 | .115 |
| September | 31 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 23 | .217 | .269 | .261 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 34 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | .122 | .114 | .122 |
| cleveland-guardians | 30 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .172 | .242 | .207 |
| detroit-tigers | 28 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .045 | .188 | .045 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 24 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | .163 | .188 | .163 |
| new-york-yankees | 24 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | .143 | .138 | .143 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 21 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .087 | .125 | .087 |
| chicago-white-sox | 19 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .048 | .087 | .048 |
| st-louis-browns | 14 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | .087 | .154 | .130 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  Detroit Tigers | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .500 | 9 | 4 |
| 1948 | Detroit Tigers | 5 | 8 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .500 | 23 | 9 |
| 1949 | Detroit Tigers | 25 | 26 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | 76 | 41 |
| 1950 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns | 21 | 7 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 35 | 24 |
| 1951 |  Chicago White Sox | 26 | 48 | 4 | – | 5 | – | .083 | 137 | 89 |
| 1952 | Chicago White Sox | 19 | 20 | 1 | – | – | – | .050 | 79 | 63 |
| 1953 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns | 31 | 28 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .179 | 101 | 52 |
| 1954 |  Baltimore Orioles | 32 | 51 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .157 | 166 | 82 |
| 1955 | Baltimore Orioles | 15 | 11 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .091 | 38 | 26 |
| 1956 |  Kansas City Athletics | 25 | 33 | 2 | – | – | – | .061 | 119 | 61 |