What years did Jim Konstanty play?

Jim Konstanty played in Major League Baseball from 1944 to 1956.

Was Jim Konstanty a pitcher?

Yes. Jim Konstanty pitched in the major leagues, recording 66 wins and 268 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jim Konstanty hit?

Jim Konstanty hit 0 career home runs with 33 hits.

How many MVP awards did Jim Konstanty win?

Jim Konstanty won 1 MVP award, in 1950.

Did Jim Konstanty win a Cy Young Award?

No. Jim Konstanty did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Jim Konstanty win?

Jim Konstanty won the MVP award (1950). He was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Jim Konstanty's career stats?

In 433 games, Jim Konstanty went 66-48 with a 3.46 ERA, 268 strikeouts, 945.2 innings pitched, and 74 saves. At the plate he had 33 hits and 0 home runs.

What position did Jim Konstanty play?

Jim Konstanty played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Jim Konstanty and how much did he weigh?

Jim Konstanty was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 202 pounds.

What was Jim Konstanty's career ERA?

Jim Konstanty finished with a 3.46 career ERA, going 66-48 with 268 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Jim Konstanty have?

Jim Konstanty recorded 268 career strikeouts.

Is Jim Konstanty in the Hall of Fame?

No. Jim Konstanty has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

How many All-Star Games did Jim Konstanty make?

Jim Konstanty was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

Jim Konstanty

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1944-1956)

Jim Konstanty was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1944 to 1956 for 5 teams, including the Cincinnati Reds, a span of 13 seasons. Across 433 career appearances, he went 66-48 with a 3.46 ERA, 268 strikeouts, and 74 saves. He also batted .163 with 0 home runs. Jim Konstanty was an All-Star and an MVP.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 66–48

ERA 3.46

WHIP 1.30

SO 268

Pitcher PIV -964.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 202 lb
Born: 3/2/1917 in Strykersville, NY, USA
Died: 6/11/1976 in Oneonta, NY, USA
MLB Debut: 1944-06-18
Last Game: 1956-09-19
Awards: All-Star · MVP

Full name: Casimir James Konstanty

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jim Konstanty — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
66	48	433	36	14	2	74	945.2	957	364	88	269	268	3.46	-964.1

Career ERA 3.46 vs. league average 3.94 across their career seasons — 12.1% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Jim Konstanty Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1944	CIN	NL	6	4	20	12	5	1	0	112.2	113	35	33	19	2.80	3.57 (+22%)	-2650.1
1946	BSN	NL	0	1	10	1	0	0	0	15.1	17	9	7	9	5.28	3.59 (-47%)	-339.9
1948	PHI	NL	1	0	6	0	0	0	2	9.2	7	1	2	7	0.93	4.10 (+77%)	0.0
1949	PHI	NL	9	5	53	0	0	0	7	97.0	98	35	29	43	3.25	4.12 (+21%)	890.0
1950	PHI	NL	16	7	74	0	0	0	22	152.0	108	45	50	56	2.66	4.36 (+39%)	2291.9
1951	PHI	NL	4	11	58	1	0	0	9	115.2	127	52	31	27	4.05	4.04 (avg)	628.0
1952	PHI	NL	5	3	42	2	2	1	6	80.0	87	35	21	16	3.94	3.70 (-6%)	-1075.9
1953	PHI	NL	14	10	48	19	7	0	5	170.2	198	84	42	45	4.43	4.14 (-7%)	-378.1
1954	PHI	NL	2	3	33	1	0	0	3	50.1	62	21	12	11	3.75	3.90 (+4%)	-738.5
1954	NYA	AL	1	1	9	0	0	0	2	18.1	11	2	6	3	0.98	3.90 (+75%)	388.7
1955	NYA	AL	7	2	45	0	0	0	11	73.2	68	19	24	19	2.32	4.00 (+42%)	536.1
1956	NYA	AL	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	11.0	15	6	6	6	4.91	3.96 (-24%)	-686.3
1956	SLN	NL	1	1	27	0	0	0	5	39.1	46	20	6	7	4.58	3.96 (-15%)	170.0
Career · 13 seasons			66	48	433	36	14	2	74	945.2	957	364	269	268	3.46	—	-964

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Jim Konstanty — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
433	202	7	33	2	0	0	14	0	3	41	.163	.179	.173	.352	-323

Career AVG .163 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — 37.3% below league average.

Career OBP .179 vs. league average .334 across their career seasons — 46.6% below league average.

Career SLG .173 vs. league average .382 across their career seasons — 54.7% below league average.

Career OPS .352 vs. league average .717 across their career seasons — 50.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Jim Konstanty Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1944	CIN	NL	20	34	2	10	0	2	1	5	.294	—	—	—	—	0.0
1946	BSN	NL	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1948	PHI	NL	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1949	PHI	NL	53	17	0	3	0	1	0	4	.176	—	—	—	—	0.0
1950	PHI	NL	74	37	0	4	0	3	0	13	.108	—	—	—	—	0.0
1951	PHI	NL	58	19	0	3	1	0	0	5	.158	—	—	—	—	0.0
1952	PHI	NL	42	14	1	1	1	2	1	2	.071	—	—	—	—	0.0
1953	PHI	NL	48	50	3	11	0	5	0	7	.220	.264 (-17%)	.335 (-34%)	.397 (-45%)	.733 (-40%)	-323.0
1954	PHI	NL	33	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1954	NYA	AL	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1955	NYA	AL	45	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
1956	NYA	AL	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1956	SLN	NL	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			433	202	7	33	2	14	3	41	.163	—	—	—	—	-323

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jim Konstanty — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250

Playoff Batting by Year

Jim Konstanty — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1950	WS	PHI	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250

Playoff Career Pitching

Jim Konstanty — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	3	1	0	15.0	9	4	4	3	2.40

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jim Konstanty — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1950	WS	PHI	0	1	3	1	0	15.0	9	4	4	3	2.40

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Jim Konstanty — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	217	89	4	11	0	4	.124
Away	216	111	3	22	0	10	.198

Pitching — Home / Away

Jim Konstanty — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	217	480.2	488	180	150	144	3.37
Away	216	465.0	465	177	120	126	3.43

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jim Konstanty — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1956-09-19	STL	BRO	—	1.1	2	2	2	1	0	0
1956-09-16	STL	PIT	—	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0
1956-09-03	STL	CHC	—	2.0	5	4	4	0	1	2
1956-09-02	STL	ATL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956-08-29	STL	PHI	—	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0
1956-08-18	STL	CHC	—	2.0	5	1	1	0	1	0
1956-08-16	STL	ATL	—	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0
1956-08-12	STL	CHC	—	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0
1956-08-09	STL	ATL	—	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0
1956-08-07	STL	CIN	W	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jim Konstanty — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	433	1	61	185	10	14

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jim Konstanty — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1944	CIN	P	20	0	10	25	0	1
1946	BSN	P	10	0	2	5	0	1
1948	PHI	P	6	0	0	1	0	0
1949	PHI	P	53	0	3	25	2	0
1950	PHI	P	74	0	12	22	2	3
1951	PHI	P	58	0	8	29	1	1
1952	PHI	P	42	0	6	16	3	1
1953	PHI	P	48	0	6	33	0	5
1954	PHI	P	33	1	1	11	0	0
1954	NYA	P	9	0	4	2	0	0
1955	NYA	P	45	0	8	11	2	1
1956	NYA	P	8	0	1	0	0	0
1956	SLN	P	27	0	0	5	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Jim Konstanty Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	433

Awards & Honors

Jim Konstanty — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1950	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P3
1950	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P2
1950	Most Valuable Player
1950	TSN All-Star	P
1950	TSN Pitcher of the Year

College History

Jim Konstanty — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Syracuse University	Syracuse	NY	1937, 1938, 1939

Award Voting History

Jim Konstanty — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1950	Most Valuable Player	NL	1st	286.0	336	18

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Jim Konstanty: the record in brief

Jim Konstanty's major league career runs from a debut on June 18, 1944 to a final game on September 19, 1956. Konstanty played for the Cincinnati Reds (1944), the Boston Braves (1946), the Philadelphia Phillies (1948 through 1954), the New York Yankees (1954 through 1956), and the St. Louis Cardinals (1956). Konstanty, born on March 2, 1917, in Strykersville, NY, USA, is listed as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. Size on record: 6'1" and 202 pounds. Konstanty's death is recorded on June 11, 1976, in Oneonta, NY, USA. The given name on file is Casimir James Konstanty.

Across 433 games (36 starts), Konstanty recorded 66 wins against 48 losses with a 3.46 ERA. The same table counts 268 strikeouts, 14 complete games, and 74 saves. That 3.46 ERA compares with a 3.94 league average across the same seasons, 12.1% better. Konstanty won 16 games in 1950, the most of any season listed. Konstanty saved 22 games in 1950, the season high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jim Konstanty

What years did Jim Konstanty play?: Jim Konstanty played in Major League Baseball from 1944 to 1956.
Was Jim Konstanty a pitcher?: Yes. Jim Konstanty pitched in the major leagues, recording 66 wins and 268 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jim Konstanty hit?: Jim Konstanty hit 0 career home runs with 33 hits.
What teams did Jim Konstanty play for?: Jim Konstanty played for 5 teams: the Cincinnati Reds (1944), the Boston Braves (1946), the Philadelphia Phillies (1948–1954), the New York Yankees (1954–1956), and the St. Louis Cardinals (1956).
How many MVP awards did Jim Konstanty win?: Jim Konstanty won 1 MVP award, in 1950.
Did Jim Konstanty win a Cy Young Award?: No. Jim Konstanty did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Jim Konstanty win?: Jim Konstanty won the MVP award (1950). He was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Jim Konstanty's career stats?: In 433 games, Jim Konstanty went 66-48 with a 3.46 ERA, 268 strikeouts, 945.2 innings pitched, and 74 saves. At the plate he had 33 hits and 0 home runs.
What position did Jim Konstanty play?: Jim Konstanty played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Jim Konstanty and how much did he weigh?: Jim Konstanty was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 202 pounds.
What was Jim Konstanty's career ERA?: Jim Konstanty finished with a 3.46 career ERA, going 66-48 with 268 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Jim Konstanty have?: Jim Konstanty recorded 268 career strikeouts.
Is Jim Konstanty in the Hall of Fame?: No. Jim Konstanty has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Jim Konstanty make?: Jim Konstanty was selected to 1 All-Star Game.