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Jim Konstanty
Full name Casimir James Konstanty Born March 2, 1917, Strykersville, New York Died June 11, 1976, Oneonta, New York Buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Worcester, New York First Game: June 18, 1944 ; Final Game: September 19, 1956 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1.5" Weight: 202 Named NL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1950) Named NL Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News (1950) Named pitcher on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1950) SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1944 CIN N Daily Splits 20 34 2 10 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 .294 .314 .294 0.0 1944 CIN N
1946 BOS N Daily Splits 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0.0 1946 BOS N
1948 PHI N Daily Splits 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1948 PHI N
1949 PHI N Daily Splits 53 17 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .176 .176 .176 0.0 1949 PHI N
1950 PHI N Daily Splits 74 37 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 13 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .108 .108 .108 0.0 1950 PHI N
1951 PHI N Daily Splits 58 19 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .158 .158 .211 0.0 1951 PHI N
1952 PHI N Daily Splits 42 14 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .071 .133 .143 0.0 1952 PHI N
1953 PHI N Daily Splits 48 50 3 11 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 .220 .220 .220 0.0 1953 PHI N
1954 PHI N Daily Splits 33 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1954 PHI N
1954 NY A Daily Splits 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1954 NY A
1954 Total 42 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1954 Total
1955 NY A Daily Splits 45 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 0.0 1955 NY A
1956 NY A Daily Splits 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1956 NY A
1956 STL N Daily Splits 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - .000 - 0.0 1956 STL N
1956 Total 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1956 Total
Total NL (10 Years) 371 189 7 32 2 0 0 14 3 0 40 0 13 1 0 3 3 0 0 .169 .181 .180 0.0 Total NL
Total AL ( 3 Years) 62 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 .143 .077 0.0 Total AL
Total (11 Years) Splits 433 202 7 33 2 0 0 14 3 0 41 1 16 1 0 3 3 0 0 .163 .179 .173 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1950 PHI N Daily Splits 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1950 PHI N
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1950 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1950 NL
Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
1944 CIN N Daily Splits 20 12 5 1 4 0 112.2 113 468 11 46 35 33 7 19 9 1 1 0 18 2 12 6 6 4 2.80 4.50 0.8 1944 CIN N
1946 BOS N Daily Splits 10 1 0 0 3 0 15.1 17 67 2 9 9 7 0 9 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 5.28 7.00 -0.1 1946 BOS N
1948 PHI N Daily Splits 6 0 0 0 4 2 9.2 7 33 0 1 1 2 0 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0.93 - 0.4 1948 PHI N
1949 PHI N Daily Splits 53 0 0 0 27 7 97 98 386 9 38 35 29 1 43 6 1 1 1 17 1 9 8 9 5 3.25 - 1.2 1949 PHI N
1950 PHI N Daily Splits 74 0 0 0 62 22 152 108 593 11 51 45 50 12 56 16 1 0 3 14 6 14 9 16 7 2.66 - 3.8 1950 PHI N
1951 PHI N Daily Splits 58 1 0 0 45 9 115.2 127 494 9 58 52 31 10 27 12 0 0 2 18 6 9 13 4 11 4.05 2.00 -0.4 1951 PHI N
1952 PHI N Daily Splits 42 2 2 1 25 6 80 87 342 9 44 35 21 2 16 3 1 0 0 10 3 5 10 5 3 3.94 4.00 -0.5 1952 PHI N
1953 PHI N Daily Splits 48 19 7 0 20 5 170.2 198 735 18 90 84 42 6 45 7 1 3 0 38 6 19 9 14 10 4.43 5.42 -0.2 1953 PHI N
1954 PHI N Daily Splits 33 1 0 0 19 3 50.1 62 215 7 27 21 12 3 11 5 3 1 0 0 13 5 11 4 2 3 3.75 4.00 -0.2 1954 PHI N
1954 NY A Daily Splits 9 0 0 0 6 2 18.1 11 70 0 2 2 6 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0.98 - 0.7 1954 NY A
1954 Total 42 1 0 0 25 5 68.2 73 285 7 29 23 18 4 14 8 4 1 0 0 15 5 12 4 3 4 3.01 4.00 0.5 1954 Total
1955 NY A Daily Splits 45 0 0 0 30 12 73.2 68 308 5 28 19 24 2 19 6 4 0 0 0 7 1 6 8 7 2 2.32 - 1.4 1955 NY A
1956 NY A Daily Splits 8 0 0 0 5 3 11 15 53 3 6 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.91 - -0.1 1956 NY A
1956 STL N Daily Splits 27 0 0 0 16 5 39.1 46 167 4 20 20 6 1 7 7 1 0 0 0 11 1 2 1 1 1 4.58 - -0.2 1956 STL N
1956 Total 35 0 0 0 21 8 50.1 61 220 7 26 26 12 1 13 7 1 0 0 0 13 2 2 1 1 1 4.65 - -0.3 1956 Total
Total NL (10 Years) 371 36 14 2 225 59 842.2 863 3500 80 384 337 233 42 240 66 4 8 5 6 143 32 83 61 58 45 3.60 4.94 4.6 Total NL
Total AL ( 3 Years) 62 0 0 0 41 17 103 94 431 8 36 27 36 3 28 9 5 0 0 0 11 2 7 8 8 3 2.36 - 2.0 Total AL
Total (11 Years) Splits 433 36 14 2 266 76 945.2 957 3931 88 420 364 269 45 268 75 9 8 5 6 154 34 90 69 66 48 3.46 4.94 6.6 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1950 PHI N Daily Splits 3 1 0 0 0 0 15 9 60 1 4 4 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 2.40 0.00 1950 PHI N
All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1950 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 1950 NL
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1944 CIN N Daily Splits P 20 12 5 112.2 10 25 0 1 0 2 1 6 1 1.000
1946 BOS N Daily Splits P 10 1 0 15.1 2 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
1948 PHI N Daily Splits P 6 0 0 9.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1.000
1949 PHI N Daily Splits P 53 0 0 97 3 25 2 0 0 3 4 6 3 .933
1950 PHI N Daily Splits P 74 0 0 152 12 22 2 3 0 0 4 4 0 .944
1951 PHI N Daily Splits P 58 1 0 115.2 8 29 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 .974
1952 PHI N Daily Splits P 42 2 2 80 6 16 3 1 0 1 4 3 0 .880
1953 PHI N Daily Splits P 48 19 7 170.2 6 33 0 5 0 0 4 2 1 1.000
1954 PHI N Daily Splits P 33 1 0 50.1 1 11 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 1.000
1954 NY A Daily Splits P 9 0 0 18.1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1954 Total P 42 1 0 68.2 5 13 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 1.000
1955 NY A Daily Splits P 45 0 0 73.2 8 11 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 .905
1956 NY A Daily Splits P 8 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1956 STL N Daily Splits P 27 0 0 39.1 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
1956 Total P 35 0 0 50.1 1 5 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1.000
Total (11 Years) Splits P 433 36 14 945.2 61 185 10 14 0 7 34 26 6 .961
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1950 PHI N Daily Splits P 3 1 0 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1950 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Transaction Information
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with cash to Boston Braves in exchange for Max West (April
18, 1946 ).
Sold by Boston Braves to Toronto (International) (June 13, 1946 ).
Claimed on waivers by New York Yankees from Philadelphia Phillies (August 22, 1954 ).
Released by New York Yankees (May 18, 1956 ).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (June 4, 1956 ).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 8, 1956 ).
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