Denny Galehouse Dennis Ward Galehouse Bats Right Throws Right Height 6'1 Weight 195 Born December 7, 1911 Marshalville, OH Died October 14, 1998 Doylestown, OH

Pitching  

 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 1935 23 HAR   0   0  .000   0   1   0   0   0    0.2    0    0    0    0    0   0  0.00  4.16  inf  
 1936 24 HAR   9   5  .643   0  27  12   2   0  104.1  113   52   37   32   49   3  3.19  4.32  135  
 1938 26 MON   3   1  .750   1  51   4   0   0   95.0   95   46   44   50   74  13  4.17  4.28  103  
 1942 30 STL   5  19  .208   0  41  31   1   1  149.1  190  105   93   74  112   9  5.60  4.04   72  
 1943 31 STL   4  15  .211   0  32  29   5   2  188.0  201  115   93   65  112  18  4.45  4.08   92  

 1944 32 STL   4  13  .235   7  70   5   0   0  130.0  179   96   87   62  101  12  6.02  4.32   72  
 1945 33 STL   Military Service                                                                     
 1946 34 STL   2  12  .143   0  22  20   1   0  104.0  132   65   59   37   78   8  5.11  3.97   78 
 1947 35 STL   8  16  .333   1  49  36   0   0  229.0  273  125  109   68   70  18  4.28  4.63  108 
 1948 36 STL   1   0 1.000   0   7   0   0   0   14.2   16   10    9    7    4   3  5.52  4.45   81 
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
  9 Seasons   36  81  .308   9 300 137   9   3 1015.0 1199  614  531  395  600  84  4.71  4.26   91
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg   5  12  .293   1  45  20   1   0  151.0  178   91   79   59   89  12  4.71 
 Career High   9  19  .643   7  70  36   5   2  229.0  273  125  109   74  112  18  3.19            
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 2 Yrs.  HAR   9   5  .643   0  28  12   2   0  105.0  113   52   37   32   49   3  3.17  4.32  136
 1 Yrs.  MON   3   1  .750   1  51   4   0   0   95.0   95   46   44   50   74  13  4.17  4.28  103
 5 Yrs.  STL  24  75  .242   8 221 121   7   3  815.0  991  516  450  313  477  68  4.97  4.25   86  
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Stats are Year-Value-Rank

Innings 1947-229.0-2

Losses 1942-19-2 1944-13-9 1947-16-2

Transactions January 1, 1934: Drafted 2nd round (12th overall) by Harlem. January 1, 1937: Traded by Harlem with Buddy Myer to St Louis for their First Round Pick in 1937. December 19, 1937: Traded by St Louis with Harry Danning and the First Round Pick in 1938 to Montgomery for Pepper Martin, Ben Chapman, Russ Bauers and Don Padgett. January 1, 1942: Traded by Montgomery with Eddie Smith and the second-round pick in the 1942 draft to St Louis for their first-round pick in 1942 draft.

Biography In his career, he posted a 109-118 record with a 3.97 ERA in 2,004 innings pitched. He recorded 13 saves and 851 strikeouts. He was 22 years old when he made his debut with the Indians in 1934. He pitched 200.2 innings in 1947 for the Indians, posting a 9-14 record with a 4.57 ERA. Some of his best seasons came for the St. Louis Browns. He was 12-12 in 1942 and 11-11 in 1943. He only posted two winning seasons in his career -- 8-7 for the Indians in 1936 and 11-7 for the Red Sox in 1947. According to reports, Galehouse pitched for the Brown on Sundays at the start of the 1944 season. For the rest of the week, he was working in a factory to support the war effort. Galehouse was the winning pitcher in the first game of the 1944 World Series, but lost 2-0 in Game 5. In 1948, Galehouse was the starting pitcher for the Red Sox in the one-game playoff against the Indians. Cleveland won the game 8-3 and went on to beat the Boston Braves in the World Series.