Karl Drews Notable

b. February 22, 1920 · New York Yankees 1946–1948, St. Louis Browns 1948–1949, Philadelphia Phillies 1951–1954, Cincinnati Redlegs 1954

Karl Drews played for four clubs across nine seasons as a pitcher, opening with the New York Yankees in 1946 and closing with the Cincinnati Redlegs in 1954.

He went 44 and 53 with a 4.76 earned run average, pitching 826 innings in 218 games. He struck out 322, completed 26 of his 107 starts and threw 7 shutouts. Across 218 games he batted .083, with 21 hits and 10 runs. He finished with 2 doubles and 1 stolen base.

He was born in Staten Island, NY, USA on February 22, 1920, and died on August 15, 1963. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1946	NYY	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1947	NYY	30	27	1	1	0	0	3	6	0	.037
1948	NYY/SLB	39	15	2	0	0	0	4	7	0	.000
1949	SLB	31	46	0	0	0	0	7	22	0	.000
1951	PHI	5	8	0	2	0	0	1	5	0	.250
1952	PHI	33	82	2	9	1	2	5	29	1	.110
1953	PHI	47	59	3	7	0	1	4	20	0	.119
1954	CIN/PHI	30	16	2	2	1	2	4	6	0	.125
Career	—	218	254	10	21	2	5	28	95	1	.083

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1946	NYY	0	1	3	1	0	6.1	6	6	6	4	8.53
1947	NYY	6	6	30	10	1	91.2	92	50	55	45	4.91
1948	NYY/SLB	5	5	39	4	3	76.0	78	50	69	22	5.92
1949	SLB	4	12	31	23	0	139.2	180	103	66	35	6.64
1951	PHI	1	0	5	3	0	23.0	29	16	7	13	6.26
1952	PHI	14	15	33	30	0	228.2	213	69	52	96	2.72
1953	PHI	9	10	47	27	3	185.1	218	93	50	72	4.52
1954	CIN/PHI	5	4	30	9	0	76.0	97	50	27	35	5.92
Career	—	44	53	218	107	7	826.2	913	437	332	322	4.76

On this day & linked events

1920

Born February 22, 1920

Staten Island, NY, USA

1963

Died August 15, 1963

Image: Bowman, public domain