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Johnny Niggeling
John Arnold Niggeling

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 30, 1938
Final Game September 1, 1946
Born July 10, 1903 in Remsen, IA
Died September 16, 1963 in LeMars, IA

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1938 34 BSN NL   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    2.0    4    2    2   0    1    1   0   1    11       0  9.00  3.44   38 2.500
 1939 35 CIN NL   2   1  10   5   2   1   1  0   40.3   51   28   26   2   13   20   2   0   185       0  5.80  3.84   66 1.587
 1940 36 SLB AL   7  11  28  20  10   0   6  0  153.7  148   88   76   9   69   82   5   8   670       0  4.45  4.60  103 1.412
 1941 37 SLB AL   7   9  24  20  13   1   3  0  168.3  168   83   71  17   63   68   1   1   733       0  3.80  4.31  114 1.372
 1942 38 SLB AL  15  11  28  27  16   3   1  0  206.3  173   76   61  10   93  107  11   7   885       0  2.66  3.69  139 1.289
 1943 39 TOT AL  10  10  26  26  12   3   0  0  201.3  149   67   58   7   74   97   6   4   823       0  2.59  3.30  127 1.108
         SLB AL   6   8  20  20   7   0   0  0  150.3  122   61   53   7   57   73   6   3   628       0  3.17  3.33  105 1.191
         WSH AL   4   2   6   6   5   3   0  0   51.0   27    6    5   0   17   24   0   1   195       0  0.88  3.20  362 0.863
 1944 40 WSH AL  10   8  24  24  14   2   0  0  206.0  164   65   53   5   88  121   4   5   848       0  2.32  3.26  141 1.223
 1945 41 WSH AL   7  12  26  25   8   2   1  0  176.7  161   80   62   7   73   90   3   5   754       0  3.16  3.10   98 1.325
 1946 42 TOT      5   7  16  14   6   0   1  0   96.0   93   45   38   3   42   34   2   3   420       0  3.56  3.41   96 1.406
         WSH AL   3   2   8   6   3   0   1  0   38.0   39   22   17   1   21   10   1   0   173       0  4.03  3.36   84 1.579
         BSN NL   2   5   8   8   3   0   0  0   58.0   54   23   21   2   21   24   1   3   247       0  3.26  3.45  106 1.293
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .481  64  69 184 161  81  12  13  0 1250.7 1111  534  447  60  516  620  34  34  5329       0  3.22  3.65  113 1.301
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  13  36  31  15   2   2  0  246.3  218  105   88  11  101  122   6   6  1050   0   0  3.22  3.65  113 1.301
 Career High     15  12  28  27  16   3   6  0  206.3  173   88   76  17   93  121  11   8   885   0   0  2.32  4.60  141 1.108

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 34 BSN NL   2    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   0       1.000               0   0           0   0
 1939 35 CIN NL  10   13    3    2   0  0   0    1   0      1   5  .154  .214  .154   -0    2   2           0   0
 1940 36 SLB AL  28   51    1    9   1  0   0    1   0  0   2  13  .176  .208  .196    4   10   1           0   0
 1941 37 SLB AL  24   60    1   10   0  0   0    6   0  0   3  16  .167  .206  .167   -2   10   4           0   4
 1942 38 SLB AL  28   72    3   10   0  0   0    2   0  0   3  15  .139  .184  .139   -9   10   5           1   5
 1943 39 TOT AL  26   67    3    8   1  0   0    1   0  1   3  13  .119  .157  .134  -15    9   5           0   1
         SLB AL  20   49    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  1   3  11  .061  .115  .061  -48    3   5           0   1
         WSH AL   6   18    2    5   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .278  .278  .333   82    6   0           0   0
 1944 40 WSH AL  24   69    2    9   0  1   0    3   0  0   4  17  .130  .178  .159   -2   11   4           0   3
 1945 41 WSH AL  26   59    2    7   1  0   0    2   0  0   2  12  .119  .148  .136  -15    8   0           0   4
 1946 42 TOT     16   29    1    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   9  .138  .167  .172   -4    5   4           0   2
         WSH AL   8   11    1    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .182  .250  .273   50    3   2           0   1
         BSN NL   8   18    0    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   6  .111  .111  .111  -37    2   2           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      184  420   16   59   4  1   0   17   0  1  20 100  .140  .181  .155   -5   65  25   0   0   1  19
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        370   14   52   4  1   0   15   0  1  18  88  .140  .181  .155   -5   57  22   0   0   1  17
 Career High     28   72    3   10   1  1   0    6   0  1   4  17                          11   5   0   0   1   5
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 34 BSN NL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .325|           |           |             0.3   0.0     
 1939 35 CIN NL   16   13    0   0.0   104| .154  .281| .214  .347| .154  .402| .368  .750|  -0  .000  -1.9  -0.2     
 1940 36 SLB AL   54   43    2   1.2   113| .176  .282| .208  .355| .196  .427| .404  .782|   4  .072  -7.4  -0.7   0%
 1941 37 SLB AL   67   58    2   0.9   109| .167  .279| .206  .356| .167  .411| .373  .768|  -2  .048  -9.2  -0.9   0%
 1942 38 SLB AL   81   72    2   0.8    95| .139  .267| .184  .341| .139  .373| .323  .715|  -9  .042 -10.7  -1.1   0%
 1943 39 TOT AL   75   66    2   0.8    87| .119  .257| .157  .331| .134  .354| .291  .685| -15  .058  -9.9  -1.2   0%
         SLB AL   57   53    0   0.0    89| .061  .258| .115  .333| .061  .356| .176  .689| -48  .000  -9.4  -1.1   0%
         WSH AL   18   13    2   4.2    84| .278  .252| .278  .325| .333  .347| .611  .672|  82  .546  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1944 40 WSH AL   77   67    2   0.8    88| .130  .263| .178  .329| .159  .360| .337  .689|  -2  .050  -9.3  -1.0   0%
 1945 41 WSH AL   61   56    1   0.5    82| .119  .252| .148  .323| .136  .343| .284  .665| -15  .021  -8.5  -0.9   0%
 1946 42 TOT      34   31    1   0.9    92| .138  .261| .167  .335| .172  .369| .339  .704|  -4  .055  -4.0  -0.5   0%
         WSH AL   14   12    1   2.2    91| .182  .257| .250  .330| .273  .369| .523  .699|  50  .242  -0.7  -0.1   0%
         BSN NL   20   19    0   0.0    93| .111  .264| .111  .339| .111  .369| .222  .708| -37  .000  -3.3  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       466  406   12   0.8    95| .140  .266| .181  .339| .155  .376| .336  .715|  -5  .045 -60.6  -6.5     

* 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 ------+
1938 34 BSN NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.15 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1939 35 CIN NL P 10 1 6 2 2 .778 .959 0.70 1.09 1.56 2.19 5 40.3 1940 36 SLB AL P 28 9 22 2 5 .939 .957 1.11 1.05 1.82 2.04 20 153.7 1941 37 SLB AL P 24 9 24 0 0 1.000 .959 1.38 1.16 1.76 2.14 20 168.3 1942 38 SLB AL P 28 3 36 0 0 1.000 .956 1.39 1.30 1.70 2.31 27 206.3 1943 39 TOT AL P 26 10 38 0 5 1.000 .964 1.85 1.27 2.15 2.27 26 201.3 SLB AL P 20 10 25 0 4 1.000 .964 1.75 1.27 2.10 2.27 20 150.3 WSH AL P 6 0 13 0 1 1.000 .963 2.17 1.27 2.29 2.28 6 51.0 1944 40 WSH AL P 24 7 29 0 2 1.000 .960 1.50 1.14 1.57 2.09 24 206.0 1945 41 WSH AL P 26 6 25 2 2 .939 .954 1.19 1.28 1.58 2.24 25 176.7 1946 42 TOT P 16 5 19 1 1 .960 .956 1.50 1.01 2.25 2.15 14 96.0 WSH AL P 8 1 6 1 1 .875 .946 0.88 1.01 1.66 2.01 6 38.0 BSN NL P 8 4 13 0 0 1.000 .960 2.12 1.01 2.64 2.23 8 58.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1938 34 BSN NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.15 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1939 35 CIN NL P 10 1 6 2 2 .778 .959 0.70 1.09 1.56 2.19 5 40.3 1940 36 SLB AL P 28 9 22 2 5 .939 .957 1.11 1.05 1.82 2.04 20 153.7 1941 37 SLB AL P 24 9 24 0 0 1.000 .959 1.38 1.16 1.76 2.14 20 168.3 1942 38 SLB AL P 28 3 36 0 0 1.000 .956 1.39 1.30 1.70 2.31 27 206.3 1943 39 TOT AL P 26 10 38 0 5 1.000 .964 1.85 1.27 2.15 2.27 26 201.3 SLB AL P 20 10 25 0 4 1.000 .964 1.75 1.27 2.10 2.27 20 150.3 WSH AL P 6 0 13 0 1 1.000 .963 2.17 1.27 2.29 2.28 6 51.0 1944 40 WSH AL P 24 7 29 0 2 1.000 .960 1.50 1.14 1.57 2.09 24 206.0 1945 41 WSH AL P 26 6 25 2 2 .939 .954 1.19 1.28 1.58 2.24 25 176.7 1946 42 TOT P 16 5 19 1 1 .960 .956 1.50 1.01 2.25 2.15 14 96.0 WSH AL P 8 1 6 1 1 .875 .946 0.88 1.01 1.66 2.01 6 38.0 BSN NL P 8 4 13 0 0 1.000 .960 2.12 1.01 2.64 2.23 8 58.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 184 50 199 7 17 .973 .958 1.35 1.18 1.79 2.18 161 1250.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 184 50 199 7 17 .973 .958 1.35 1.18 1.79 2.18 161 1251
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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.

ERA
1942 AL-2.66-7
1943 AL-2.59-9
1944 AL-2.32-4

Wins
1942 AL-15-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1943 AL-1.108-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1942 AL-7.55-2
1943 AL-6.66-2
1944 AL-7.17-2
1945 AL-8.20-5

Strikeouts/9IP
1942 AL-4.67-5
1943 AL-4.34-9
1944 AL-5.29-2
1945 AL-4.58-3

Strikeouts
1942 AL-107-5
1944 AL-121-5

Shutouts
1942 AL-3-9
1943 AL-3-5

Home Runs Allow.
1941 AL-17-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1942 AL-93-5
1943 AL-74-8
1944 AL-88-5

Losses
1945 AL-12-9

Wild Pitches
1940 AL-8-5
1942 AL-7-3
1943 AL-4-9
1944 AL-5-8
1945 AL-5-6

Hit Batsmen
1940 AL-5-3
1942 AL-11-1
1943 AL-6-2
1944 AL-4-6

Adjusted ERA+
1942 AL-139-8
1943 AL-127-8
1944 AL-141-5

Oldest Player
1940 AL-36-9
1941 AL-37-8
1942 AL-38-7
1943 AL-39-5
1944 AL-40-6
1945 AL-41-5
1946 AL-42-3
1946 NL-42-1

       

Gray Ink: Pitching - 34 (687) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 9.0 (887) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (1220) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

December 6, 1937: Purchased by the Boston Bees from the New York Yankees.

May, 1938: Sent from the Boston Bees to the Indianapolis (American Association) in an unknown transaction.

August, 1939: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Indianapolis (American Association).

January 4, 1940: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Browns from the Cincinnati Reds.

August 18, 1943: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Harlond Clift to the Washington Senators for Ellis Clary, Ox Miller, and cash.

July 7, 1946: Released by the Washington Senators.

July 9, 1946: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

September 4, 1946: Released by the Boston Braves.


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