Howie Pollet
Howard Joseph Pollet
Born: June 26, 1921
New Orleans, LA USA
Deceased: 1974
Houston, TX USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PR
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 175
Career: 1941-1956
Minor League Statistics
Howie Pollet compiled a career record of 131 wins and 116 losses in his 407-game career with the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox. He began playing during the 1941 season and last took the field during the 1956 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1941 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.93 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 70.0 | 55 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 295 |
1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.88 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 109.3 | 102 | 43 | 35 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 466 |
1943 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1.75 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 118.3 | 83 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 456 |
1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 21 | 10 | .677 | 2.10 | 40 | 32 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 266.0 | 228 | 84 | 62 | 12 | 86 | 0 | 107 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1083 |
1947 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.34 | 37 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 176.3 | 195 | 96 | 85 | 11 | 87 | 0 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 784 |
1948 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 8 | .619 | 4.54 | 36 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 186.3 | 216 | 102 | 94 | 10 | 67 | 0 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 826 |
1949 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 20 | 9 | .690 | 2.77 | 39 | 28 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 230.7 | 228 | 80 | 71 | 9 | 59 | 0 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 964 |
1950 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.29 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 232.3 | 228 | 103 | 85 | 19 | 68 | 0 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 973 |
1951 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.38 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
1951 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 10 | .375 | 5.04 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 128.7 | 149 | 81 | 72 | 24 | 51 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 568 |
1952 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 7 | 16 | .304 | 4.12 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 214.0 | 217 | 111 | 98 | 22 | 71 | 0 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 904 |
1953 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 1 | .500 | 10.66 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
1953 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.12 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 111.3 | 120 | 62 | 51 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 495 |
1954 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.58 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 128.3 | 131 | 60 | 51 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 562 |
1955 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.61 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 61.0 | 62 | 41 | 38 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 267 |
1956 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 119 |
1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3.09 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23.3 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 96 |
Totals | 131 | 116 | .530 | 3.51 | 403 | 278 | 53 | 116 | 25 | 20 | 2107.3 | 2096 | 957 | 821 | 146 | 745 | 4 | 934 | 23 | 1 | 34 | 8980 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1941 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .179 | .207 | .214 | .421 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 27 | 40 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .226 | .368 | .290 | .659 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1943 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 16 | 45 | 43 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .163 | .182 | .186 | .368 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 40 | 100 | 87 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .161 | .215 | .207 | .422 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 37 | 66 | 65 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .231 | .242 | .308 | .550 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1948 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 38 | 76 | 68 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .118 | .155 | .132 | .287 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 39 | 93 | 82 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .195 | .267 | .207 | .474 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 38 | 91 | 84 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .143 | .191 | .167 | .358 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .000 | .750 | .000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 21 | 45 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .139 | .244 | .139 | .383 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 31 | 78 | 68 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .191 | .276 | .191 | .467 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 25 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .129 | .206 | .129 | .335 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 20 | 51 | 47 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .277 | .292 | .319 | .611 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 24 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .400 | .471 | .533 | 1.004 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 407 | 790 | 698 | 54 | 129 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 159 | .185 | .244 | .215 | .459 | 150 | 14 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1941 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .741 | |
1943 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | |
1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 59 | 4 | 9 | .944 | 1.675 | |
1947 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.027 | |
1948 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 44 | 2 | 2 | .961 | 1.361 | |
1949 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 1.077 | |
1950 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 40 | 4 | 5 | .930 | 1.432 | |
1951 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.333 | |
1951 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | |
1952 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 48 | 3 | 2 | .948 | 1.774 | |
1953 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | |
1953 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .880 | .880 | |
1954 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 20 | 20 | 128.3 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.964 | 1.400 |
1955 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 24 | 7 | 61.0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.246 | .917 |
1956 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 11 | 4 | 26.3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.392 | .636 |
1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 19 | 0 | 23.3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.700 | .368 |
Totals | 403 | 31 | 239.0 | 82 | 396 | 20 | 32 | .960 | 18.000 | 1.186 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
Totals | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | P | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
Totals | 3 | 2 | 10.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Awards
1946 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1949 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1949 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
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