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| Ed Rakow | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born:(1935-05-30)May 30, 1935 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
| Died: August 26, 2000(2000-08-26) (aged 65) West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. | |
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 22, 1960, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 28, 1967, for the Atlanta Braves | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 36–47 |
| Earned run average | 4.33 |
| Strikeouts | 484 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
Edward Charles Rakow (May 30, 1935 – August 26, 2000), nicknamed "Rock", was an American professionalbaseball player. The right-handedpitcher appeared in 195games inMajor League Baseball during all or parts of seven seasons (1960–65; 1967) as a member of theLos Angeles Dodgers,Kansas City Athletics,Detroit Tigers andAtlanta Braves. He stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 178 pounds (81 kg).
Born inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 30, 1935 or 1936, Rakow signed with theBrooklyn Dodgers during the team's last season inBrooklyn, 1957. After threeminor league seasons, he spent part of the 1960 season on theLos Angeles Dodgers' roster. He worked in nine games, two as astarting pitcher, and lost his onlydecision, giving up 18earned runs, 30hits and 11bases on balls in 22innings pitched. The following spring, he was traded to the Athletics, where he would appear in 121 games over the next three years.
In 1962, Rakow led the A's in games started (35), innings pitched (2351⁄3),complete games (11),shutouts (2) andgames won (14). He led theAmerican League inlosses (17) and earned runs (111), and finished eighth in the league in strikeouts (159, which led the Athletics).
Traded withJerry Lumpe andDave Wickersham from theAthletics to theDetroit Tigers forRocky Colavito,Bob Anderson and $50,000 on November 18, 1963,[1] his first year as a Tiger saw Rakow lower his earned run average to a career-best 3.72 in 34 games and 1741⁄3 innings pitched in 1964, but it was his last full season in the majors. Detroit farmed him out toTriple-A in May 1965.
Rakow subsequently remained in the minor leagues for the remainder of his career, except for the 17 games he played with the Atlanta Braves during the latter weeks of the 1967 season.
Rakow retired after 1968, his 12th pro season.
He had allowed 771 hits and 304 bases on balls in 7611⁄3 big-league innings pitched, with 484 strikeouts, 20 complete games and fivesaves. Of his 195 MLB appearances, 90 came as a starting pitcher.
In 1989, at age 54, Rakow was a player-coach for theWest Palm Beach Tropics of theSenior Professional Baseball Association.[2]