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Johnny Podgajny
John Sigmund Podgajny (Specs)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 173 lb.

Debut September 15, 1940
Final Game May 13, 1946
Born June 10, 1920 in Chester, PA
Died March 2, 1971 in Chester, PA

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1940 20 PHI NL   1   3   4   4   3   0   0  0   35.0   33   14   11   0    1   12   1   1   135       0  2.83  3.89  137 0.971
 1941 21 PHI NL   9  12  34  24   8   0   7  0  181.3  191   96   93   8   70   53   4   4   793       0  4.62  3.71   80 1.439
 1942 22 PHI NL   6  14  43  23   6   0  11  0  186.7  191   95   81   9   63   40  11   3   801       3  3.91  3.31   85 1.361
 1943 23 TOT NL   4   8  28  10   3   0  12  0   98.3  114   60   48   5   29   20   0   0   432       0  4.39  3.41   78 1.454
         PHI NL   4   4  13   5   3   0   6  0   64.0   77   32   30   4   16   13   0   0   275       0  4.22  3.37   80 1.453
         PIT NL   0   4  15   5   0   0   6  0   34.3   37   28   18   1   13    7   0   0   157       0  4.72  3.47   74 1.456
 1946 26 CLE AL   0   0   6   0   0   0   4  0    9.0   13    8    5   0    2    4   0   0    45       0  5.00  3.33   67 1.667
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .351  20  37 115  61  20   0  34  0  510.3  542  273  238  22  165  129  16   8  2206       3  4.20  3.51   84 1.385
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  14  44  23   7   0  13  0  197.0  209  105   91   8   63   49   6   3   852   0   1  4.20  3.51   84 1.385
 Career High      9  14  43  24   8   0  12  0  186.7  191   96   93   9   70   53  11   4   801   0   3  3.91  3.71   85 1.361

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1940 20 PHI NL   4   12    0    2   0  0   0    1   0      0   4  .167  .167  .167   -6    2   0           0   0
 1941 21 PHI NL  35   62    1    8   2  0   0    3   0      1  14  .129  .143  .161  -13   10   3           0   2
 1942 22 PHI NL  44   60    5   11   0  1   0    5   0      0  15  .183  .183  .217   19   13   2           0   2
 1943 23 TOT NL  34   27    4    6   0  0   0    2   0      0   4  .222  .250  .222   38    6   1           1   0
         PHI NL  13   20    2    5   0  0   0    2   0      0   3  .250  .286  .250   58    5   1           1   0
         PIT NL  21    7    2    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .143  .143  .143  -18    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      123  161   10   27   2  1   0   11   0  0   1  37  .168  .178  .193    8   31   6   0   0   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        212   13   36   3  1   0   14   0  0   1  49  .168  .178  .193    8   41   8   0   0   1   5
 Career High     44   62    5   11   2  1   0    5   0  0   1  15                          13   3   0   0   1   2
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1940 20 PHI NL   12   10    0   0.0    95| .167  .267| .167  .331| .167  .384| .334  .715|  -6  .000  -1.7  -0.2     
 1941 21 PHI NL   66   59    1   0.4    91| .129  .261| .143  .331| .161  .368| .304  .699| -13  .017  -9.3  -1.0     
 1942 22 PHI NL   62   53    2   1.0    83| .183  .250| .183  .321| .217  .348| .400  .669|  19  .082  -6.4  -0.7     
 1943 23 TOT NL   29   22    1   1.2    87| .222  .262| .250  .330| .222  .356| .472  .686|  38  .106  -2.2  -0.2     
         PHI NL   22   16    1   1.7    86| .250  .260| .286  .328| .250  .353| .536  .681|  58  .175  -1.1  -0.1     
         PIT NL    7    6    0   0.0    92| .143  .268| .143  .337| .143  .364| .286  .701| -18  .000  -1.1  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       169  144    4   0.8    88| .168  .258| .178  .327| .193  .359| .371  .687|   8  .044 -19.6  -2.1     

* 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 ------+
1940 20 PHI NL P 4 2 9 1 0 .917 .965 2.75 1.10 2.83 2.21 4 35.0 1941 21 PHI NL P 34 10 40 2 4 .962 .965 1.47 1.09 2.48 2.23 24 181.3 1942 22 PHI NL P 43 6 39 3 2 .938 .968 1.05 1.17 2.17 2.35 23 186.7 1943 23 TOT NL P 28 7 35 5 2 .894 .961 1.50 1.16 3.85 2.27 10 98.3 PHI NL P 13 6 19 3 2 .893 .962 1.92 1.16 3.52 2.26 5 64.0 PIT NL P 15 1 16 2 0 .895 .960 1.13 1.16 4.46 2.28 5 34.3 1946 26 CLE AL P 6 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 0.50 1.02 3.00 2.00 0 9.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1940 20 PHI NL P 4 2 9 1 0 .917 .965 2.75 1.10 2.83 2.21 4 35.0 1941 21 PHI NL P 34 10 40 2 4 .962 .965 1.47 1.09 2.48 2.23 24 181.3 1942 22 PHI NL P 43 6 39 3 2 .938 .968 1.05 1.17 2.17 2.35 23 186.7 1943 23 TOT NL P 28 7 35 5 2 .894 .961 1.50 1.16 3.85 2.27 10 98.3 PHI NL P 13 6 19 3 2 .893 .962 1.92 1.16 3.52 2.26 5 64.0 PIT NL P 15 1 16 2 0 .895 .960 1.13 1.16 4.46 2.28 5 34.3 1946 26 CLE AL P 6 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 0.50 1.02 3.00 2.00 0 9.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 115 27 124 11 8 .932 .964 1.31 1.13 2.66 2.28 61 510.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 115 27 124 11 8 .932 .964 1.31 1.13 2.66 2.28 61 510
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.

Games
1942 NL-43-3

Losses
1942 NL-14-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1941 NL-93-4
1942 NL-81-10

Hit Batsmen
1941 NL-4-8
1942 NL-11-1

Youngest Player
1940 NL-20-3
1941 NL-21-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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 

June 15, 1943: Traded by the Philadelphia Blue Jays to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dutch Dietz.

September 30, 1943: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Johnny Wyrostek and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for Preacher Roe.


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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