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Art Houtteman

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 188lb (188cm, 85kg)

Born: August 7, 1927 in Detroit, MI us

Died: May 6, 2003 in Rochester Hills, MI

Buried: Guardian Angels Cemetery, Rochester, MI

High School: Detroit Catholic Central HS (Novi, MI)

Debut: April 29, 1945 (Age 17-265d, 9,936th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 22, 1957 (Age 30-046d)
vs. WSH 2.1 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Arthur Joseph Houtteman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.5

ERA

4.14

325

181

1555.0

639

WHIP

1.390

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-13 / in Starts: 7-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 4

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	15	12	Apr 30	DET		BOS	L,1-7	9-GF		99	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	7.18	4	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.009	.30	-0.02%	-1.11	9t 12- 1 out d4	9t end d 6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	16	28	May 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	7-GF(8)		19	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.05	7	1	4	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.07	0.01%	1.00	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
3	17	38	May 30(2)	DET		SLB	L,3-8			9	2.0	4	3	3	1	2	0	0	5.79	2.68	10												9					0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	18	42	Jun 4(2)	DET		NYY	L,8-17	9-GF		4	1.0	4	6	0	1	1	2	0	4.76	7.44	9	1	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.14	-0.031	.81	-0.11%	-5.52	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 9
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	19	68	Jul 4(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,6-13	3-GF(8)		29	5.1	9	5	5	3	2	2	0	6.55	7.95	28	7	7	0	0	9		1	1	1	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.006	.29	-0.01%	-3.45	3b -2- 2 out d6	8b end d 9
6	20	77	Jul 13(2)	DET		PHA	W,7-6	GS-		8	4.0	6	3	3	0	3	0	0	6.60	6.14	17						41						17					0
7	21	79	Jul 16(1)	DET		WSH	W,9-8	3-7		2	5.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	0	5.85	5.93	21	5	6	0	3	5		0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.39	-0.003	.38	0.00%	0.42	3t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d3
8	22	80	Jul 16(2)	DET		WSH	L,1-10			-1	2.0	2	2	1	1	3	0	0	5.73	5.49	10												9					0
9	23	86	Jul 20(2)	DET		NYY	W,12-11		W(1-0)	3	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.25	5.38	7												6					0
10	24	89	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.40	5.20	6	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.025	.20	-0.01%	-0.55	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
11	25	90	Jul 25	DET	@	PHA	L,5-9	4-7		0	4.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.66	4.74	13	3	5	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.12	0.022	.08	0.01%	2.35	4b -23 0 out d5	7b 3 out d4
12	26	95	Jul 30	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	3-7		4	5.0	5	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.76	4.82	21	6	5	0	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.44	-0.100	.37	-0.05%	-0.70	3b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	27	104	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,2-10	7-GF		10	3.0	5	3	1	0	2	0	0	4.62	4.54	14	5	2	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	.02	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-1.55	7t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 9
14	28	107	Aug 12(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-11	7-8		1	1.0	6	5	5	1	0	0	0	5.68	4.57	10	1	2	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-3.52	7b --- 0 out d6	8b 12- 0 out d9
15	29	119	Aug 22(2)	DET		WSH	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-0)	9	9.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	4.60	4.08	35	10	12	0	0	5	81			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.57	0.597	.04	0.01%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	30	124	Aug 26(1)	DET		BOS	W,12-1	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	1	4.02	4.05	33	12	9	2	2	5	71			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	3	0	0	.81	0.237	.03	0.01%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
17	31	130	Aug 30	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(3-1)	3	9.2	10	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.84	3.83	41	14	9	1	0	10	59			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.49	-0.151	.03	0.00%	1.32	1b start tie	10b 12- 2 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	32	136	Sep 6	DET		SLB	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-1)	6	9.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.38	3.64	30	16	9	0	2	3	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	0.645	.00	0.00%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	33	142	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	W(5-1)	5	9.0	6	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.23	3.61	38	10	16	3	0	5	66			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.331	.00	0.00%	2.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
20	34	148	Sep 17(1)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-6	GS-	L(5-2)	4	7.2	9	6	6	4	4	0	0	3.55	3.57	37						37						32					0
21	35	151	Sep 20(2)	DET		CLE	T,5-5	7-8		2	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.50	3.57	5	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.71	7t 1-- 2 out d3	8t 3 out d3
22	36	152	Sep 22(1)	DET		CLE	W,6-4	CG	W(6-2)	1	9.0	9	4	4	3	4	0	0	3.54	3.50	38	8	14	2	0	9	54			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.141	.00	0.00%	0.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
23	37	156	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	0	3.42	3.33	34	8	11	0	0	7	71			0	1	0	33	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.15	0.251	.00	0.00%	2.06	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
							9-13		W-L:7-2	3.6	110.2	106	51	42	36	58	6	1	3.42	3.33	468	0.99		4%	4%	84	63	6	67%	2	1	0	430	13	2	0	9	0	6	.83	1.918	.10	-0.17%	6.06

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