Lou Kretlow

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Louis Henry Kretlow (June 27, 1921 – September 12, 2007)[1] was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in the Major Leagues (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers (1946; 1948–49), St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles (1950, 1953, 1954–55), Chicago White Sox (1950–53), and Kansas City Athletics (1956). The native of Apache, Oklahoma, threw and batted right-handed, stood Script error: No such module "convert". tall and weighed Script error: No such module "convert".. Kretlow attended the University of Oklahoma, and appeared in two games for the Sooners.[2] He left college and served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II (1943–45), before beginning his pro career in 1946.[1]

Over ten MLB seasons, Kretlow posted a 27–47 won–lost record in 199 games pitched (104 started), with 22 complete games, three shutouts, 43 games finished, one save, a 4.87 earned run average and 1.659 WHIP. In <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />785+1⁄3 innings pitched, he allowed 781 hits, 479 runs (425 earned) and 522 bases on balls. He was credited with 450 strikeouts.

Lou Kretlow died in Enid of natural causes at the age of 86. Kretlow's funeral occurred in Enid, Oklahoma.[1]

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