Ed Rakow
Los Angeles Dodgers 1960; Kansas City Athletics 1961–1963; Detroit Tigers 1964–1965; Atlanta Braves 1967
Percentile snapshot
1963 season — qualified pitchers
of 72 qualified 1963 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 79.3 | 80.4 | .305 | -0.6 |
| 1961 | 45 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .129 | .103 | .232 | -54.1 | -37.7 | .112 | 0.2 |
| 1962 | 42 | 89 | 82 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .098 | .119 | .110 | .229 | -58.5 | -39.3 | .109 | 1.7 |
| 1963 | 34 | 64 | 57 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .177 | .123 | .300 | -26.4 | -16.3 | .153 | 1.4 |
| 1964 | 42 | 46 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 | -95.6 | -78.1 | .053 | 1.0 |
| 1965 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 2.4 | -22.4 | .185 | -0.3 |
| 1967 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127.3 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.7 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 22.0 | 7.36 | 1.864 | 3.68 | 6.29 | 160.8 | 53.1 | -0.6 |
| 1961 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 66 | 49 | 81 | 14 | 124.7 | 4.76 | 1.444 | 5.85 | 4.04 | 97.1 | 87.2 | 0.2 |
| 1962 | 42 | 35 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 232 | 111 | 98 | 159 | 31 | 235.3 | 4.25 | 1.402 | 6.08 | 4.18 | 99.9 | 98.5 | 1.7 |
| 1963 | 34 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 173 | 76 | 61 | 104 | 18 | 174.3 | 3.92 | 1.342 | 5.37 | 3.75 | 96.9 | 98.6 | 1.4 |
| 1964 | 42 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 155 | 63 | 59 | 96 | 14 | 152.3 | 3.72 | 1.405 | 5.67 | 3.67 | 100.1 | 98.6 | 1.0 |
| 1965 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 13.3 | 6.08 | 1.875 | 6.75 | 5.32 | 152.5 | 57.5 | -0.3 |
| 1967 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 23 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 39.3 | 5.26 | 1.297 | 5.72 | 3.93 | 117.4 | 63.6 | -0.7 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962-04-27 | BAL @ ATH Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1960-05-08 | PHI @ LAD Gameday | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1963-05-25 | ATH @ LAA Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1961-06-27 | BAL @ ATH Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1962-09-15 | BAL @ ATH Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962-08-06 | ATH @ TEX Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| 1963-04-23 | DET @ ATH Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 1962-06-02 | BOS @ ATH Gameday | 7.2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 1962-08-25 | ATH @ MIN Gameday | 7.0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 1962-09-15 | BAL @ ATH Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.