#2 Orel Funke, Reliever, 32 yrs, Chicago (A) White Sox

#2 Orel Funke, Reliever, 32 yrs, Chicago (A) White Sox
Sunday, 10/19/1983

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Orel Funke

12/19/1950
32
Pittsfield, MA
6"1
195

Reliever
R
R

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Minimal
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4 / 6 (Popular)
0 / 6 (Unknown)
Good
Normal
Durable
5.0 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 350,000
1985
10 Year(s), 48 Days (1768 total Days)
172 Day(s)
14 Year(s)

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	0	0	0	95-99 Mph
Versus LHB	0	0	0
Versus RHB	0	0	0
Talent	8	10	9

Pitching Ratings
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Holding Runners :

2
61
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Sinker

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	0	0	0	0	0
Versus LHP	0	0	0	0	0
Versus RHP	0	0	0	0	0
Talent	2	4	1	5	3

Running & Bunting Ratings
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2
1
2
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 10 (Range), .941 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
9/14	@MIN	W 10-0		1.1	1	0	0	0	0
9/18	OAK	W 4-1		1	1	0	0	1	1
9/19	MIN	W 5-1		1.2	0	0	0	0	1	SV
9/25	@OAK	L 6-7		0.2	1	0	0	0	0
9/27	@MIL	L 5-7		1.2	2	1	1	0	1
10/2	@BAL	W 15-3		1.2	3	0	0	0	1
10/4	BAL	W 3-1		1	0	0	0	0	0	W
10/6	BAL	L 2-8		0.1	0	0	0	0	0
10/8	@BAL	L 3-12		1.1	2	1	1	1	1
10/9	@BAL	L 2-4		1	2	0	0	0	0

Pitching Stats 1983

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	70	0	9	5	3	3.96	77.1	95	40	34	12	30	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	70	0	9	5	3	3.96	77.0	95	40	34	12	30

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	20	6	33.3	70	23	12.5	11.1	3.5	1.4	32	11	34.4	51	22	43.1	3.84

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	161	46	12	1	1	19	18	6	11	0	0	0	.286	.310	.391	.701
vs. RHB	164	49	13	0	2	32	22	6	19	0	0	0	.299	.322	.415	.736

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	34	0	5	1	1	5.36	40.1	53	26	24	7	21
Road	36	0	4	4	2	2.43	37.0	42	14	10	5	9
Postseason	5	0	1	0	0	1.69	5.1	7	1	1	1	2
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	3	0	0	0	0	3.38	2.2	4	1	1	1	1

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	9	0	1	1	0	3.55	12.2	14	5	5	1	5
May	10	0	3	1	0	4.85	13.0	17	7	7	2	4
June	9	0	1	0	0	4.38	12.1	14	6	6	3	8
July	14	0	1	0	1	2.63	13.2	15	7	4	2	4
August	17	0	2	3	1	6.57	12.1	22	12	9	3	3
Sept./Oct.	11	0	1	0	1	2.03	13.1	13	3	3	1	6

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1971	38	0	2	1	0	8.57	34.2	51	35	33	4	21	13	0	0	2.08	.356	NYA KCR
1973	2	0	0	0	0	10.13	2.2	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.88	.400	KCR
1974	22	0	1	0	0	5.66	41.1	68	29	26	1	9	19	0	0	1.86	.404	KCR
1975	37	0	2	6	23	3.66	39.1	39	17	16	1	7	26	0	0	1.17	.304	KCR
1976	28	0	5	2	1	2.80	45.0	49	15	14	1	7	16	0	0	1.24	.298	KCR
1977	53	0	1	4	4	2.30	47.0	37	15	12	1	11	20	0	0	1.02	.238	KCR
1978	59	0	10	4	0	2.39	79.0	65	23	21	4	11	42	0	0	0.96	.256	KCR
1979	72	0	3	5	28	4.80	80.2	103	55	43	2	16	50	0	0	1.48	.349	KCR CHA,AL
1980	64	0	8	3	30	3.30	71.0	72	31	26	2	14	35	0	0	1.21	.297	CHA
1981	42	0	2	3	18	2.08	52.0	47	13	12	1	6	27	0	0	1.02	.287	CHA
1982	43	0	2	6	2	3.79	54.2	69	28	23	2	13	31	0	0	1.50	.347	CHA
1983	70	0	9	5	3	3.96	77.1	95	40	34	3	12	30	0	0	1.38	.315	CHA
Total	530	0	45	39	109	3.79	624.2	699	304	263	22	128	310	0	0	1.32	.314

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1969, AA	19	0	5	4	6	1.84	29.1	22	6	6	0	12	16	0	0	1.16	.253
1969, AAA	14	0	1	1	5	2.41	18.2	17	7	5	2	10	9	0	0	1.45	.250
1970, AAA	45	0	4	9	19	3.75	50.1	60	23	21	5	17	39	0	0	1.53	.342
1971, A	10	0	0	1	7	0.63	14.1	7	1	1	0	3	11	0	0	0.70	.189
1971, AA	9	0	3	1	1	0.64	14.0	7	2	1	0	3	9	0	0	0.71	.171
1972, A	35	0	3	8	17	2.53	46.1	44	13	13	1	11	30	0	0	1.19	.299
1973, A	19	0	3	0	11	0.36	25.0	12	1	1	0	5	18	0	0	0.68	.185
1973, AAA	17	0	1	1	8	0.96	18.2	11	2	2	0	2	8	0	0	0.70	.196
1975, A	12	0	0	0	9	1.04	17.1	7	2	2	0	0	18	0	0	0.40	.175

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1977	5	0	0	0	0	5.40	5.0	6	3	3	0	4	0	0
1980	7	0	0	1	2	2.70	10.0	10	3	3	1	11	0	0
1983	5	0	1	0	0	1.69	5.1	7	1	1	1	2	0	0
Total	17	0	1	1	2	3.10	20.1	23	7	7	2	17	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1971	38	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	NYA KCR
1973	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	KCR
1974	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	KCR
1975	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	KCR
1976	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	KCR
1977	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	KCR
1978	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	KCR
1979	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	KCR CHA,AL
1980	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CHA
1981	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CHA
1982	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CHA
Total	460	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000

Fielding Stats 1983

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

77.1

1.98

Player History

Drafted in 59th round, 932nd overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1901...
Had first career hit on 9/12/1901, off Ronald Wallerstein (BRO)...
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Detroit in 1945...
Traded from Detroit to Boston (A) on 3/1/1945 (Going to DET: CF John Harnden. Going to BOS: 1B Luke Fender, 1B Arlen Taggart, P Zeke Tanner)...
Traded from Boston (A) to Brooklyn on 3/1/1945 (Going to BRO: 1B Arlen Taggart, 1B Pony Ragland. Going to BOS: RF Ken Heinz)...
Had first career hit on 9/2/1946, off George Thorogood (NY1)...
Hit first career homerun on 6/4/1947, off Joe Grieco (SLN)...
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (N) on 9/4/1952...
Won WORLD SERIES with Brooklyn in 1952...
Drafted in 3rd round, 72nd overall pick, by New York (N) in 1969...
Traded from New York (N) to Chicago (A) on 3/2/1969 (Going to NYN: 2B Fidel Montoya, P Warren Wilcox. Going to CHA: 2B Terry Moreland, SS Sebastian Gomez, P Orel Funke, RF Harold Kennison, RF John
Keegan)...
Traded from Chicago (A) to New York (A) on 5/16/1969 (Going to CHA: P Fredrick Reed, P Walter White. Going to NYA: P Dennis Ragsdale, P Boyce Nealon, P Orel Funke)...
Traded from New York (A) to Kansas City on 3/1/1971 (Going to KCR: P Scott Pearson, P Mitch Weaver, P Orlando Negron, P Alvin Brinson, P Orel Funke. Going to NYA: P Johnny Gimpus)...
Earned first career win on 7/3/1971...
Had first career hit (double) on 9/15/1971, off Shooter McGavin (CAL)...
Won WORLD SERIES with Kansas City in 1977...
Traded from Kansas City to Chicago (A) on 6/16/1979 (Going to CHA: LF Tim Hendershot, 2B Beemer Hoolihan, CF Tremayne Epps, P Orel Funke. Going to KCR: DH Josh Hutchins, P Inocencio Diaz)...
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game...
Injured on 7/21/1982 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Saves
1975 - 23 - 10th
1979 - 28 - 4th
1980 - 30 - 3rd
1981 - 18 - 6th

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