Rudy Kallio

Infobox MLB retired
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textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Rudolph Kallio
position=Pitcher
birthdate=birth date|1892|12|14|mf=y
Portland, Oregon
deathdate=death date and age|1979|4|6|1892|12|14
Newport, Oregon
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bats=Switch
throws=Right
debutdate=April 25
debutyear=1918
debutteam=Detroit Tigers
finaldate=May 12
finalyear=1925
finalteam=Boston Red Sox
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=9-18
stat2label=Strikeouts| stat2value=75
stat3label=ERA
stat3value=4.17
teams=
*Detroit Tigers (by|1918–by|1919)
*Boston Red Sox (by|1925)
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Rudolph Kallio (December 14, 1892 – April 6, 1979) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for two different teams between the by|1918 and by|1925. Listed at 5' 10", 160 lb., Kallio batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Portland, Oregon.

Kallio entered the majors in 1918 with the Detroit Tigers, playing for them two years before joining the Boston Red Sox. In his rookie season, he showed promise as a solid starter for Detroit, going 8-14 with 70 strikeouts and a 3.62 ERA in 181⅓ innings pitched. But he developed a cronic bursitis that eventually ended his career, pitching only 22 innings the next season. He went 1-4 for the Red Sox in 1925, his last major league season.

In a three-year career, Kallio posted a 9-18 record with a 4.17 ERA in 49 appearances, including 27 starts, 10 complete games, two shutouts, one save, 75 strikeouts, and 222⅓ innings of work.

Following his playing career, Kallio worked as a coach and traveling secretary for the Portland Beavers (1943) and later scouted for the Chicago Cubs (1946). He died in Newport, Oregon at age 86.

External links

*Baseballstats |br=k/kalliru01 |fangraphs=1006680&position=P |cube=K/Rudy-Kallio
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rudy_Kallio BR Bullpen]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/K/Pkallr101.htm Retrosheet]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/historical/mlb_player_locator_results.jsp?playerLocator=kallio MLB.com] Historical statistics

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