Karl Drews
Karl August Drews
Born: February 22, 1920
Staten Island, NY US
Deceased: August 15, 1963
Dania Beach, FL US
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 192
Career: 1939-1960
Major League Statistics
Karl Drews compiled a career record of 156 wins and 121 losses and a 4.09 ERA in his 451-game pitching career with the Butler Yankees, Akron Yankees, Norfolk Tars, Amsterdam Rugmakers, Augusta Tigers, Evansville Bees, Newark Bears, Binghamton Triplets, Kansas City Blues, Baltimore Orioles, Oakland Oaks, Buffalo Bisons, Nashville Vols, Indianapolis Indians, Mexico City Diablos Rojos and Miami Marlins. He began playing during the 1939 season and last took the field during the 1960 campaign.
 Kansas City Blues |
 Baltimore Orioles |
 Oakland Oaks |
 Buffalo Bisons |
 Nashville Vols |
 Mexico City Diablos Rojos |
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Pitching:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | D | PASA2 | Butler Yankees | 16 | 5 | .762 | 3.66 | 31 | 192.0 | 160 | 109 | 78 | 123 | ||||||||||||
| 1940 | B | PIED | Norfolk Tars | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.64 | 6 | 33.0 | 34 | 21 | 17 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| 1940 | C | MATL | Akron Yankees | 11 | 8 | .579 | 6.05 | 30 | 171.0 | 208 | 132 | 115 | 125 | ||||||||||||
| 1941 | C | CAML | Amsterdam Rugmakers | 8 | 6 | .571 | 6.54 | 25 | 128.0 | 153 | 111 | 93 | 92 | ||||||||||||
| 1941 | B | SALL2 | Augusta Tigers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 81.00 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1941 | B | PIED | Norfolk Tars | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.08 | 2 | 13.0 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 1942 | B | PIED | Norfolk Tars | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.00 | 2 | 9.0 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 1942 | B | IIIL | Evansville Bees | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.81 | 26 | 131.0 | 125 | 87 | 70 | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 1944 | AA | IL | Newark Bears | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1944 | A | EL | Binghamton Triplets | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3.19 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 186.0 | 151 | 92 | 66 | 106 | 158 | 13 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 1945 | AA | IL | Newark Bears | 19 | 9 | .679 | 2.70 | 33 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 240.0 | 193 | 90 | 72 | 113 | 115 | 14 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| 1946 | AAA | AA2 | Kansas City Blues | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.36 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 182.0 | 174 | 80 | 68 | 75 | 89 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 1950 | AAA | IL | Baltimore Orioles | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.11 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 92.0 | 84 | 51 | 42 | 47 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 1951 | AAA | IL | Baltimore Orioles | 17 | 13 | .567 | 2.85 | 38 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 253.0 | 211 | 90 | 80 | 89 | 127 | 16 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 1955 | Open | PCL | Oakland Oaks | 9 | 13 | .409 | 4.71 | 47 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 197.0 | 224 | 120 | 103 | 20 | 62 | 109 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1956 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3.84 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 171.0 | 186 | 79 | 73 | 17 | 49 | 88 | 11 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 1957 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.91 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 129.0 | 136 | 66 | 56 | 20 | 33 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1958 | AAA | AA2 | Indianapolis Indians | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.19 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 42 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1958 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1958 | AA | SOUA | Nashville Vols | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | AAA | IL | Miami Marlins | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | 10 | 8 | .556 | 5.39 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 162.0 | 211 | 117 | 97 | 19 | 37 | 4 | 85 | 8 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 156 | 121 | .563 | 4.09 | 451 | 211 | 2 | 107 | 18 | 0 | 2332.3 | 2311 | 1288 | 1061 | 81 | 1089 | 6 | 899 | 94 | 5 | 30 | 0 |
Batting:
| Year | Level | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | D | PASA2 | Butler Yankees | 32 | 68 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .103 | .206 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 1940 | C | MATL | Akron Yankees | 30 | 64 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1941 | B | PIED | Norfolk Tars | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 1941 | C | CAML | Amsterdam Rugmakers | 25 | 53 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .340 | .585 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 1942 | B | IIIL | Evansville Bees | 31 | 53 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .189 | .189 | .226 | .415 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1944 | A | EL | Binghamton Triplets | 26 | 73 | 61 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .180 | .286 | .262 | .548 | 16 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 1945 | AA | IL | Newark Bears | 33 | 96 | 86 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .174 | .228 | .186 | .414 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1946 | AAA | AA2 | Kansas City Blues | 28 | 76 | 66 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .152 | .233 | .152 | .384 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 1950 | AAA | IL | Baltimore Orioles | 22 | 36 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .100 | .182 | .133 | .315 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 1951 | AAA | IL | Baltimore Orioles | 46 | 101 | 90 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 34 | .156 | .216 | .222 | .439 | 20 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 1955 | Open | PCL | Oakland Oaks | 47 | 69 | 63 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 27 | .190 | .239 | .222 | .461 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1956 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | 29 | 63 | 55 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .145 | .242 | .145 | .387 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1957 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | 31 | 52 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .119 | .245 | .143 | .388 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1958 | AA | SOUA | Nashville Vols | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 1958 | AAA | AA2 | Indianapolis Indians | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | AAA | IL | Miami Marlins | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1960 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | 28 | 68 | 58 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | .172 | .258 | .172 | .430 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 449 | 882 | 799 | 52 | 123 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 190 | .154 | .210 | .183 | .393 | 146 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | D | PASA2 | Butler Yankees | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| 1940 | B | PIED | Norfolk Tars | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| 1940 | C | MATL | Akron Yankees | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| 1941 | C | CAML | Amsterdam Rugmakers | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| 1941 | B | PIED | Norfolk Tars | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| 1941 | B | SALL2 | Augusta Tigers | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| 1942 | B | IIIL | Evansville Bees | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| 1942 | B | PIED | Norfolk Tars | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| 1944 | AA | IL | Newark Bears | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| 1944 | A | EL | Binghamton Triplets | P | 26 | 6 | 51 | 9 | 3 | .864 | 2.192 |
| 1945 | AA | IL | Newark Bears | P | 33 | 17 | 63 | 3 | 7 | .964 | 2.424 |
| 1946 | AAA | AA2 | Kansas City Blues | P | 24 | 16 | 38 | 4 | 2 | .931 | 2.250 |
| 1950 | AAA | IL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 22 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.045 |
| 1951 | AAA | IL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 38 | 30 | 50 | 1 | 4 | .988 | 2.105 |
| 1955 | Open | PCL | Oakland Oaks | P | 47 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 1 | .974 | .809 |
| 1956 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | P | 29 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 1 | .907 | 1.345 |
| 1957 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | P | 31 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 0 | .905 | 1.226 |
| 1958 | AA | SOUA | Nashville Vols | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| 1958 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| 1958 | AAA | AA2 | Indianapolis Indians | P | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .133 |
| 1959 | AAA | IL | Miami Marlins | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| 1960 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | P | 28 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.036 |
| Totals | 451 | 108 | 334 | 28 | 20 | .940 | .980 |
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