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Jim Konstanty
Casimir James Konstanty

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 202 lb.
School Syracuse University

Debut June 18, 1944
Final Game September 19, 1956
Born March 2, 1917 in Strykersville, NY
Died June 11, 1976 in Oneonta, NY

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1944 27 CIN NL   6   4  20  12   5   1   4  0  112.7  113   46   35  11   33   19   1   1   468       0  2.80  3.50  125 1.296
 1946 29 BSN NL   0   1  10   1   0   0   3  0   15.3   17    9    9   2    7    9   0   2    67       0  5.28  3.45   65 1.565
 1948 31 PHI NL   1   0   6   0   0   0   5  2    9.7    7    1    1   0    2    7   0   0    33       0  0.93  3.96  425 0.931
 1949 32 PHI NL   9   5  53   0   0   0  27  7   97.0   98   38   35   9   29   43   1   1   386       1  3.25  3.96  122 1.309
 1950 33 PHI NL  16   7  74   0   0   0  62 22  152.0  108   51   45  11   50   56   0   1   593       3  2.66  4.06  152 1.039 MVP-1,AS
 1951 34 PHI NL   4  11  58   1   0   0  45  9  115.7  127   58   52   9   31   27   0   0   494       2  4.05  3.84   95 1.366
 1952 35 PHI NL   5   3  42   2   2   1  25  6   80.0   87   44   35   9   21   16   0   1   342       0  3.94  3.66   93 1.350
 1953 36 PHI NL  14  10  48  19   7   0  20  5  170.7  198   90   84  18   42   45   3   1   735       0  4.43  4.20   95 1.406
 1954 37 TOT      3   4  42   1   0   0  25  5   68.7   73   29   23   7   18   14   0   1   285       0  3.01  3.87  128 1.325
         PHI NL   2   3  33   1   0   0  19  3   50.3   62   27   21   7   12   11   0   1   215       0  3.75  4.03  107 1.470
         NYY AL   1   1   9   0   0   0   6  2   18.3   11    2    2   0    6    3   0   0    70       0  0.98  3.43  349 0.927
 1955 38 NYY AL   7   2  45   0   0   0  30 11   73.7   68   28   19   5   24   19   0   0   308   2   0  2.32  3.76  162 1.249
 1956 39 TOT      1   1  35   0   0   0  21  7   50.3   61   26   26   7   12   13   0   0   220   1   0  4.65  3.79   82 1.450
         NYY AL   0   0   8   0   0   0   5  2   11.0   15    6    6   3    6    6   0   0    53   0   0  4.91  3.87   79 1.909
         STL NL   1   1  27   0   0   0  16  5   39.3   46   20   20   4    6    7   0   0   167   1   0  4.58  3.77   82 1.322
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .579  66  48 433  36  14   2 267 74  945.7  957  420  364  88  269  268   5   8  3931   3   6  3.46  3.88  112 1.296
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9   6  62   5   2   0  38 10  137.0  138   60   52  12   39   38   0   1   569   0   0  3.46  3.88  112 1.296
 Career High     16  11  74  19   7   1  62 22  170.7  198   90   84  18   50   56   3   2   735   2   3  2.32  4.20  162 1.039
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1944 27 CIN NL  20   34    2   10   0  0   0    2   0      1   5  .294  .314  .294   75   10   3           0   1
 1946 29 BSN NL  10    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   0  .000  .333  .000   -2    0   0           0   0
 1948 31 PHI NL   6    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1949 32 PHI NL  53   17    0    3   0  0   0    1   0      0   4  .176  .176  .176   -4    3   1           0   1
 1950 33 PHI NL  74   37    0    4   0  0   0    3   0      0  13  .108  .108  .108  -42    4   2           0   1 MVP-1,AS
 1951 34 PHI NL  58   19    0    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .158  .158  .211   -1    4   3           0   0
 1952 35 PHI NL  42   14    1    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   2  .071  .133  .143  -23    2   1           0   0
 1953 36 PHI NL  48   50    3   11   0  0   0    5   0  0   0   7  .220  .220  .220   16   11   3           0   0
 1954 37 TOT     42   16    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0       0   0
         PHI NL  33   13    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0       0   0
         NYY AL   9    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0       0   0
 1955 38 NYY AL  45    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .125  .222  .125   -4    1   3   0   0   1   0
 1956 39 TOT     35    2    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   1   0   0   0
         NYY AL   8    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  27    0    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0        .000               0   0   1   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     433  202    7   33   2  0   0   14   0  0   3  41  .163  .179  .173   -4   35  16   1   0   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         76    3   12   1  0   0    5   0  0   1  15  .163  .179  .173   -4   13   6   0   0   0   1
 Career High     74   50    3   11   1  0   0    5   0  0   1  13                          11   3   1   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1944 27 CIN NL   38   28    3   2.9    91| .294  .263| .314  .330| .294  .370| .608  .699|  75  .334  -1.2  -0.1     
 1946 29 BSN NL    3    2    0   0.0    93| .000  .264| .333  .339| .000  .369| .333  .708|  -2  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1948 31 PHI NL    3    3    0   0.0   100| .000  .267| .000  .341| .000  .394| .000  .735|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1949 32 PHI NL   18   16    1   1.7   101| .176  .267| .176  .340| .176  .399| .352  .739|  -4  .136  -2.5  -0.2     
 1950 33 PHI NL   39   36    0   0.0   106| .108  .267| .108  .344| .108  .414| .216  .758| -42  .000  -7.7  -0.8     
 1951 34 PHI NL   22   19    1   1.4   102| .158  .266| .158  .340| .211  .403| .369  .743|  -1  .107  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1952 35 PHI NL   16   14    0   0.0    96| .071  .260| .133  .333| .143  .387| .276  .720| -23  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1953 36 PHI NL   53   42    2   1.3   109| .220  .273| .220  .344| .220  .425| .440  .769|  16  .079  -6.3  -0.6   0%
 1954 37 TOT      16   16    0   0.0   106| .000  .271| .000  .343| .000  .414| .000  .757|-100  .000  -4.7  -0.5   0%
         PHI NL   13   13    0   0.0   108| .000  .273| .000  .344| .000  .422| .000  .766|-100  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
         NYY AL    3    3    0   0.0    96| .000  .262| .000  .337| .000  .383| .000  .719|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1955 38 NYY AL   12   10    0   0.0   102| .125  .265| .222  .344| .125  .395| .347  .739|  -4  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1956 39 TOT       3    3    0   0.0   102| .000  .264| .000  .340| .000  .402| .000  .743|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         NYY AL    2    2    0   0.0   104| .000  .264| .000  .345| .000  .402| .000  .748|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         STL NL    1    1    0   0.0      |           | .000  .331|           |           |      .000   0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      223  189    7   1.0   102| .163  .267| .179  .340| .173  .404| .352  .744|  -4  .057 -30.2  -3.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1944 27 CIN NL P 20 10 25 0 1 1.000 .962 1.75 1.09 2.80 2.14 12 112.7 1946 29 BSN NL P 10 2 5 0 1 1.000 .959 0.70 1.01 4.12 2.24 1 15.3 1948 31 PHI NL P 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.17 0.92 0.93 2.13 0 9.7 1949 32 PHI NL P 53 3 25 2 0 .933 .952 0.53 0.91 2.60 2.04 0 97.0 1950 33 PHI NL P 74 12 22 2 3 .944 .960 0.46 0.97 2.01 2.12 0 152.0 AS 1951 34 PHI NL P 58 8 29 1 1 .974 .961 0.64 0.96 2.88 2.14 1 115.7 1952 35 PHI NL P 42 6 16 3 1 .880 .952 0.52 0.98 2.48 2.18 2 80.0 1953 36 PHI NL P 48 6 33 0 5 1.000 .956 0.81 0.87 2.06 2.06 19 170.7 1954 37 TOT P 42 5 13 0 0 1.000 .957 0.43 0.88 2.36 2.06 1 68.6 PHI NL P 33 1 11 0 0 1.000 .960 0.36 0.87 2.15 2.08 1 50.3 NYY AL P 9 4 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.93 2.95 2.02 0 18.3 1955 38 NYY AL P 45 8 11 2 1 .905 .955 0.42 0.83 2.32 1.99 0 73.7 1956 39 TOT P 35 1 5 0 1 1.000 .952 0.17 0.83 1.07 2.02 0 50.3 NYY AL P 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.12 0.82 0.82 1.88 0 11.0 STL NL P 27 0 5 0 1 1.000 .962 0.19 0.83 1.15 2.06 0 39.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1944 27 CIN NL P 20 10 25 0 1 1.000 .962 1.75 1.09 2.80 2.14 12 112.7 1946 29 BSN NL P 10 2 5 0 1 1.000 .959 0.70 1.01 4.12 2.24 1 15.3 1948 31 PHI NL P 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.17 0.92 0.93 2.13 0 9.7 1949 32 PHI NL P 53 3 25 2 0 .933 .952 0.53 0.91 2.60 2.04 0 97.0 1950 33 PHI NL P 74 12 22 2 3 .944 .960 0.46 0.97 2.01 2.12 0 152.0 1951 34 PHI NL P 58 8 29 1 1 .974 .961 0.64 0.96 2.88 2.14 1 115.7 1952 35 PHI NL P 42 6 16 3 1 .880 .952 0.52 0.98 2.48 2.18 2 80.0 1953 36 PHI NL P 48 6 33 0 5 1.000 .956 0.81 0.87 2.06 2.06 19 170.7 1954 37 TOT P 42 5 13 0 0 1.000 .957 0.43 0.88 2.36 2.06 1 68.6 PHI NL P 33 1 11 0 0 1.000 .960 0.36 0.87 2.15 2.08 1 50.3 NYY AL P 9 4 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.93 2.95 2.02 0 18.3 1955 38 NYY AL P 45 8 11 2 1 .905 .955 0.42 0.83 2.32 1.99 0 73.7 1956 39 TOT P 35 1 5 0 1 1.000 .952 0.17 0.83 1.07 2.02 0 50.3 NYY AL P 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.12 0.82 0.82 1.88 0 11.0 STL NL P 27 0 5 0 1 1.000 .962 0.19 0.83 1.15 2.06 0 39.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 433 61 185 10 14 .961 .958 0.57 0.92 2.34 2.09 36 945.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 433 61 185 10 14 .961 .958 0.57 0.92 2.34 2.09 36 946
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1950   WS    PHI NYY     L   3   1   2.40  0  1  0  0  15     9   4   4   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1950   WS    PHI NYY     L   3   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1950   PHI NL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1950   PHI NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1950 *

Awards
1950-NL-MVP
1950-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1950-NL-1-0.85
Car-278-0.85 shares

Wins
1953 NL-14-9

Won-Loss %
1949 NL-.643-9
1950 NL-.696-4

Bases on Balls/9IP
1953 NL-2.21-6

Games
1949 NL-53-2
1950 NL-74-1
1951 NL-58-3
1953 NL-48-7
1955 AL-45-6

Saves
1949 NL-7-2
1950 NL-22-1
1951 NL-9-3
1952 NL-6-7
1953 NL-5-9
1955 AL-11-4

Games Finished
1949 NL-27-4
1950 NL-62-1
1951 NL-45-1
1952 NL-25-8
1953 NL-20-10
1954 NL-19-10
1955 AL-30-4

Oldest Player
1954 NL-37-7
1955 AL-38-8
1956 AL-39-4
1956 NL-39-4

   

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (458) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 35 (669) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 14.0 (530) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 21.0 (576) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1942 Season: Sent from the Springfield (Eastern) to the Cincinnati Reds in an unknown transaction.

April 18, 1946: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with cash to the Boston Braves for Max West.

June 13, 1946: Purchased by the Toronto (International) from the Boston Braves.

Before 1948 Season: Obtained by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Toronto (International) as part of a minor league working agreement.

August 22, 1954: Selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the Philadelphia Phillies.

May 18, 1956: Released by the New York Yankees.

June 4, 1956: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 8, 1956: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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