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Johnny Babich
John Charles Babich

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 185 lb.

Debut June 19, 1934
Final Game August 28, 1941
Born May 14, 1913 in Albion, CA
Died January 19, 2001

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1934 21 BRO NL   7  11  25  19   7   0   4  1  135.0  148   76   63   5   51   62   2   3   589       0  4.20  3.90   93 1.474
 1935 22 BRO NL   7  14  37  24   7   2   9  0  143.3  191  124  106   7   52   55   2   7   669       0  6.66  3.98   60 1.695
 1936 23 BSN NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  0    6.0   11    8    7   1    6    1   1   0    33       0 10.50  3.86   37 2.833
 1940 27 PHA AL  14  13  31  30  16   1   1  0  229.3  222  111   95  16   80   94   1   0   988       0  3.73  4.42  119 1.317 MVP-19
 1941 28 PHA AL   2   7  16  14   4   0   1  0   78.3   85   57   53   9   31   19   3   2   343       0  6.09  4.19   69 1.481
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .400  30  45 112  87  34   3  17  1  592.0  657  376  324  38  220  231   9  12  2622       0  4.93  4.16   84 1.481
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  15  38  29  11   1   5  0  202.0  224  128  110  12   75   78   3   4   895   0   0  4.93  4.16   84 1.481
 Career High     14  14  37  30  16   2   9  1  229.3  222  124  106  16   80   94   3   7   988   0   0  3.73  4.42  119 1.317

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 21 BRO NL  25   50    4    7   0  0   0    3   0      0  19  .140  .140  .140  -23    7   1           0   0
 1935 22 BRO NL  37   49    4    9   2  0   0    4   1      0  16  .184  .200  .224   15   11   2           1   2
 1936 23 BSN NL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1940 27 PHA AL  31   86    4   10   1  0   0    1   0  0   2  24  .116  .146  .128  -28   11   2           1   3 MVP-19
 1941 28 PHA AL  16   25    2   10   2  0   0    2   0  0   2   4  .400  .444  .480  146   12   2           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      112  211   14   36   5  0   0   10   1  0   4  63  .171  .194  .194    4   41   7   0   0   2   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        305   20   52   7  0   0   14   1  0   6  91  .171  .194  .194    4   59  10   0   0   3   9
 Career High     37   86    4   10   2  0   0    4   1  0   2  24                          12   2   0   0   1   3
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1934 21 BRO NL   51   44    1   0.6   100| .140  .281| .140  .335| .140  .399| .280  .735| -23  .023  -8.6  -0.9     
 1935 22 BRO NL   52   44    2   1.2   102| .184  .283| .200  .338| .224  .403| .424  .742|  15  .078  -5.9  -0.6     
 1936 23 BSN NL    1    1    0   0.0    98| .000  .278| .000  .337| .000  .390| .000  .727|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1940 27 PHA AL   91   81    2   0.7   109| .116  .277| .146  .350| .128  .420| .274  .769| -28  .024 -16.4  -1.6   0%
 1941 28 PHA AL   29   18    5   7.4   105| .400  .273| .444  .349| .480  .402| .924  .752| 146  .696   1.8   0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       224  188   10   1.4   105| .171  .279| .194  .344| .194  .409| .388  .752|   4  .097 -29.4  -2.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1934 21 BRO NL P 25 6 36 4 1 .913 .959 1.68 1.12 2.80 2.27 19 135.0 1935 22 BRO NL P 37 6 31 4 1 .902 .959 1.00 1.18 2.32 2.31 24 143.3 1936 23 BSN NL P 3 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.67 1.17 3.00 2.25 0 6.0 1940 27 PHA AL P 31 14 42 2 0 .966 .956 1.81 1.05 2.20 2.04 30 229.3 1941 28 PHA AL P 16 9 19 0 0 1.000 .959 1.75 1.16 3.22 2.14 14 78.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1934 21 BRO NL P 25 6 36 4 1 .913 .959 1.68 1.12 2.80 2.27 19 135.0 1935 22 BRO NL P 37 6 31 4 1 .902 .959 1.00 1.18 2.32 2.31 24 143.3 1936 23 BSN NL P 3 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.67 1.17 3.00 2.25 0 6.0 1940 27 PHA AL P 31 14 42 2 0 .966 .956 1.81 1.05 2.20 2.04 30 229.3 1941 28 PHA AL P 16 9 19 0 0 1.000 .959 1.75 1.16 3.22 2.14 14 78.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 112 35 130 11 2 .938 .958 1.47 1.13 2.51 2.17 87 592.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 112 35 130 11 2 .938 .958 1.47 1.13 2.51 2.17 87 592
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1940-AL-19-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Wins
1940 AL-14-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1940 AL-1.317-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1940 AL-8.71-8

Innings
1940 AL-229.3-9

Games Started
1940 AL-30-10

Losses
1935 NL-14-7
1940 AL-13-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1935 NL-106-6

Wild Pitches
1935 NL-7-5

Batters Faced
1940 AL-988-10

Youngest Player
1934 NL-21-8

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 10 (1439) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1779) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 12, 1934: Traded by the Mission (PCL) to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ray Lucas and cash plus a player to be named.

February 6, 1936: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Gene Moore to the Boston Bees for Fred Frankhouse.

October 27, 1938: Sent by the Boston Bees to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on August 10, 1938. The Boston Bees sent players to be named later, Gil English, Johnny Riddle, and cash to the New York Yankees for Eddie Miller. The Boston Bees sent Bobby Reis (October 27, 1938), Johnny Babich (October 27, 1938), and Vince DiMaggio (February 4, 1939) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

October 3, 1939: Drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics from the New York Yankees in the 1939 rule 5 draft.

December 9, 1944: Traded by the New York Yankees with Dick Hearn (minors) to the Seattle (PCL) for Cuddles Marshall.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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