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Johnny Couch
John Daniel Couch

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.
School Stanford University

Debut April 11, 1917
Final Game September 21, 1925
Born March 31, 1891 in Vaughn, MT
Died December 8, 1975 in Palo Alto, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1917 26 DET AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   0  0   13.3   13   16    4   0    1    1   0   0    52       0  2.70  2.63   98 1.050
 1922 31 CIN NL  16   9  43  34  18   2   5  1  264.0  301  132  114  13   56   45   5   2  1128       0  3.89  3.98  102 1.352
 1923 32 TOT NL   4  11  30  15   3   0   6  0  134.3  189  105   84   6   36   32   3   2   613       2  5.63  4.20   75 1.675
         CIN NL   2   7  19   8   1   0   6  0   69.3   98   60   46   2   15   14   0   2   310       1  5.97  3.87   65 1.630
         PHI NL   2   4  11   7   2   0   0  0   65.0   91   45   38   4   21   18   3   0   303       1  5.26  4.55   87 1.723
 1924 33 PHI NL   4   8  37   6   3   0  13  3  137.0  170   97   72  13   39   23   1   2   614       1  4.73  4.45   94 1.526
 1925 34 PHI NL   5   6  34   7   2   1  14  2   94.3  112   71   57   9   39   11   1   2   429       0  5.44  4.73   87 1.601
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .460  29  34 147  62  26   3  38  6  643.0  785  421  331  41  171  112  10   8  2836       3  4.63  4.21   91 1.487
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  11  47  20   8   0  12  1  209.0  255  136  107  13   55   36   3   2   922   0   0  4.63  4.21   91 1.487
 Career High     16  11  43  34  18   2  14  3  264.0  301  132  114  13   56   45   5   2  1128   0   2  3.89  4.73  102 1.352

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1917 26 DET AL   3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   0  .000  .200  .000  -39    0   0           0    
 1922 31 CIN NL  43   91    3   12   1  2   0   10   0  0   6  28  .132  .186  .187   -3   17   3           0    
 1923 32 TOT NL  31   47    3   10   1  0   0    3   0  1   1  16  .213  .245  .234   25   11   1           1    
         CIN NL  19   23    2    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   8  .174  .208  .174    3    4   1           0    
         PHI NL  12   24    1    6   1  0   0    1   0  1   0   8  .250  .280  .292   45    7   0           1    
 1924 33 PHI NL  37   49    3   10   0  0   2    3   1  0   1  12  .204  .220  .327   38   16   2           0    
 1925 34 PHI NL  34   31    1    5   0  0   1    2   0  0   0   6  .161  .161  .258    2    8   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      148  222   10   37   2  2   3   18   1  1   9  62  .167  .203  .234   12   52   7   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        243   11   41   2  2   3   20   1  1  10  68  .167  .203  .234   12   57   8   0   0   1   0
 Career High     43   91    3   12   1  2   2   10   1  1   6  28                          17   3   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1917 26 DET AL    5    4    0   0.0    80| .000  .255| .200  .326| .000  .330| .200  .656| -39  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
 1922 31 CIN NL  100   82    3   1.0   110| .132  .299| .186  .356| .187  .415| .373  .772|  -3  .050 -14.4  -1.4   0%
 1923 32 TOT NL   50   39    2   1.4   111| .213  .299| .245  .358| .234  .416| .479  .774|  25  .094  -5.3  -0.5   0%
         CIN NL   25   20    1   1.4   105| .174  .291| .208  .349| .174  .405| .382  .754|   3  .091  -3.3  -0.3   0%
         PHI NL   25   19    1   1.4   116| .250  .307| .280  .367| .292  .427| .572  .793|  45  .099  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1924 33 PHI NL   52   41    4   2.6   114| .204  .304| .220  .361| .327  .424| .547  .785|  38  .266  -4.9  -0.5 100%
 1925 34 PHI NL   32   27    1   1.0   121| .161  .310| .161  .369| .258  .443| .419  .812|   2  .048  -5.0  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       239  193   10   1.4   112| .167  .301| .203  .359| .234  .420| .437  .778|  12  .094 -30.1  -3.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1917 26 DET AL P 3 1 6 1 0 .875 .946 2.33 1.83 4.74 3.05 0 13.3 1922 31 CIN NL P 43 9 65 0 3 1.000 .957 1.72 1.29 2.52 2.38 34 264.0 1923 32 TOT NL P 30 8 26 4 1 .895 .960 1.13 1.34 2.28 2.41 15 134.3 CIN NL P 19 3 14 3 0 .850 .960 0.89 1.34 2.21 2.42 8 69.3 PHI NL P 11 5 12 1 1 .944 .960 1.55 1.34 2.35 2.41 7 65.0 1924 33 PHI NL P 37 3 40 2 1 .956 .964 1.16 1.42 2.82 2.52 6 137.0 1925 34 PHI NL P 34 3 30 2 2 .943 .957 0.97 1.35 3.15 2.44 7 94.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1917 26 DET AL P 3 1 6 1 0 .875 .946 2.33 1.83 4.74 3.05 0 13.3 1922 31 CIN NL P 43 9 65 0 3 1.000 .957 1.72 1.29 2.52 2.38 34 264.0 1923 32 TOT NL P 30 8 26 4 1 .895 .960 1.13 1.34 2.28 2.41 15 134.3 CIN NL P 19 3 14 3 0 .850 .960 0.89 1.34 2.21 2.42 8 69.3 PHI NL P 11 5 12 1 1 .944 .960 1.55 1.34 2.35 2.41 7 65.0 1924 33 PHI NL P 37 3 40 2 1 .956 .964 1.16 1.42 2.82 2.52 6 137.0 1925 34 PHI NL P 34 3 30 2 2 .943 .957 0.97 1.35 3.15 2.44 7 94.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 147 24 167 9 7 .955 .959 1.30 1.36 2.67 2.44 62 643.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 147 24 167 9 7 .955 .959 1.30 1.36 2.67 2.44 62 643
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.

Won-Loss %
1922 NL-.640-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1922 NL-1.91-8

Games
1922 NL-43-8
1924 NL-37-10

Saves
1924 NL-3-4
1925 NL-2-8

Innings
1922 NL-264.0-6

Games Started
1922 NL-34-5

Comp. Games
1922 NL-18-10

Shutouts
1922 NL-2-6

Home Runs Allow.
1922 NL-13-8
1924 NL-13-7

Hits Allowed
1922 NL-301-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1922 NL-114-4

Batters Faced
1922 NL-1128-6

Games Finished
1925 NL-14-8

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 20 (1047) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1323) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1587) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

August 2, 1923: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Cincinnati Reds.


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