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Johnny Antonelli
John August Antonelli
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 12, 1930 in Rochester, NY
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1948
Final Game: September 4, 1961
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1948 18 BSN NL 0 0 2.25 4 0 4 0 0 1 4.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 17 170 1.250 4.5 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
1949 19 BSN NL 3 7 .300 3.56 22 10 6 3 1 0 96.0 99 49 38 6 42 48 2 0 3 416 107 1.469 9.3 0.6 3.9 4.5 1.14
1950 20 BSN NL 2 3 .400 5.93 20 6 6 2 1 0 57.2 81 46 38 2 22 33 4 1 0 275 65 1.786 12.6 0.3 3.4 5.2 1.50
1953 23 MLN NL 12 12 .500 3.18 31 26 2 11 2 1 175.1 167 83 62 15 71 131 1 0 3 763 124 1.357 8.6 0.8 3.6 6.7 1.85
1954 24 NYG NL 21 7 .750 2.30 39 37 2 18 6 2 258.2 209 78 66 22 94 152 5 0 2 1071 177 1.171 7.3 0.8 3.3 5.3 1.62 AS,MVP-3
1955 25 NYG NL 14 16 .467 3.33 38 34 1 14 2 1 235.1 206 105 87 24 82 5 143 11 0 3 986 121 1.224 7.9 0.9 3.1 5.5 1.74
1956 26 NYG NL 20 13 .606 2.86 41 36 5 15 5 1 258.1 225 93 82 20 75 10 145 3 0 6 1061 132 1.161 7.8 0.7 2.6 5.1 1.93 AS,MVP-14
1957 27 NYG NL 12 18 .400 3.77 40 30 6 8 3 0 212.1 228 98 89 19 67 7 114 3 0 3 915 104 1.389 9.7 0.8 2.8 4.8 1.70 AS
1958 28 SFG NL 16 13 .552 3.28 41 34 5 13 0 3 241.2 216 101 88 31 87 7 143 3 0 4 1014 116 1.254 8.0 1.2 3.2 5.3 1.64 AS
1959 29 SFG NL 19 10 .655 3.10 40 38 1 17 4 1 282.0 247 107 97 29 76 6 165 3 0 1 1150 122 1.145 7.9 0.9 2.4 5.3 2.17 AS
1960 30 SFG NL 6 7 .462 3.77 41 10 19 1 1 11 112.1 106 51 47 7 47 10 57 2 0 1 480 93 1.362 8.5 0.6 3.8 4.6 1.21
1961 31 TOT 1 4 .200 6.75 20 7 4 0 0 0 58.2 84 48 44 10 21 0 31 1 0 1 276 58 1.790 12.9 1.5 3.2 4.8 1.48
1961 31 CLE AL 0 4 .000 6.56 11 7 0 0 0 0 48.0 68 39 35 8 18 0 23 1 0 1 225 60 1.792 12.8 1.5 3.4 4.3 1.28
1961 31 MLN NL 1 0 1.000 7.59 9 0 4 0 0 0 10.2 16 9 9 2 3 0 8 0 0 0 51 49 1.781 13.5 1.7 2.5 6.8 2.67
12 Seasons 126 110 .534 3.34 377 268 61 102 25 21 1992.1 1870 860 739 185 687 45 1162 38 1 27 8424 116 1.283 8.4 0.8 3.1 5.2 1.69
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .534 3.34 40 28 6 11 3 2 210 197 91 78 20 72 123 4 0 3 888 116 1.283 8.4 0.8 3.1 5.2 1.69
SFG (7 yrs) 108 84 .563 3.13 280 219 39 86 21 19 1600.2 1437 633 556 152 528 45 919 30 0 20 6677 124 1.228 8.1 0.9 3.0 5.2 1.74
MLN (5 yrs) 18 22 .450 3.88 86 42 22 16 4 2 343.2 365 188 148 25 141 0 220 7 1 6 1522 100 1.472 9.6 0.7 3.7 5.8 1.56
CLE (1 yr) 0 4 .000 6.56 11 7 0 0 0 0 48.0 68 39 35 8 18 0 23 1 0 1 225 60 1.792 12.8 1.5 3.4 4.3 1.28
NL (12 yrs) 126 106 .543 3.26 366 261 61 102 25 21 1944.1 1802 821 704 177 669 45 1139 37 1 26 8199 119 1.271 8.3 0.8 3.1 5.3 1.70
AL (1 yr) 0 4 .000 6.56 11 7 0 0 0 0 48.0 68 39 35 8 18 0 23 1 0 1 225 60 1.792 12.8 1.5 3.4 4.3 1.28

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1954 24 NYG NL WS W CLE 1 0 1.000 0.84 2 1 1 1 0 1 10.2 8 1 1 1 7 0 12 0 0 0 47 1.406 6.8 0.8 5.9 10.1 1.71
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.84 2 1 1 1 0 1 10.2 8 1 1 1 7 0 12 0 0 0 47 1.406 6.8 0.8 5.9 10.1 1.71
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1948 18 BSN NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1949 19 BSN NL 22 31 25 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .120 .154 .120 .274 -24 3 0 0 5 1
1950 20 BSN NL 20 16 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -32 2 1 0 0 1
1953 23 MLN NL 31 69 62 7 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 14 .177 .215 .210 .425 14 13 0 0 4 1
1954 24 NYG NL 39 106 98 6 16 0 0 2 9 0 0 4 25 .163 .196 .224 .421 9 22 2 0 4 0 1 AS,MVP-3
1955 25 NYG NL 38 90 82 8 17 1 0 4 15 0 0 3 18 .207 .230 .366 .596 55 30 1 0 3 2 0 1
1956 26 NYG NL 49 97 89 7 14 3 0 3 4 0 0 2 26 .157 .176 .292 .468 24 26 2 0 6 0 0 1 AS,MVP-14
1957 27 NYG NL 47 82 72 8 11 0 1 3 8 0 0 8 19 .153 .235 .306 .540 45 22 1 0 1 1 0 1 AS
1958 28 SFG NL 47 91 84 9 19 2 1 1 7 0 0 2 26 .226 .244 .310 .554 47 26 4 0 5 0 0 1 AS
1959 29 SFG NL 43 108 101 4 16 2 0 2 10 0 0 1 26 .158 .175 .238 .412 10 24 2 1 5 0 0 1 AS
1960 30 SFG NL 42 37 34 2 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 6 .235 .278 .294 .572 61 10 2 0 1 0 0 1
1961 31 TOT 21 17 16 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .375 .625 67 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
1961 31 CLE AL 12 16 15 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .267 .267 .400 .667 78 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
1961 31 MLN NL 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Seasons 403 744 679 56 121 12 3 15 59 1 0 26 175 .178 .209 .271 .480 28 184 15 1 35 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 299 273 23 49 5 1 6 24 0 10 70 .178 .209 .271 .480 28 74 6 0 14
SFG (7 yrs) 305 611 560 44 101 8 3 15 54 1 0 22 146 .180 .212 .286 .497 32 160 14 1 25 3 0
MLN (5 yrs) 86 117 104 8 16 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 26 .154 .185 .173 .358 -3 18 1 0 9 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 12 16 15 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .267 .267 .400 .667 78 6 0 0 1 0 0
NL (12 yrs) 391 728 664 52 117 10 3 15 59 1 0 26 172 .176 .207 .268 .476 26 178 15 1 34 3 0
AL (1 yr) 12 16 15 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .267 .267 .400 .667 78 6 0 0 1 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 24 NYG NL WS CLE W 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1948 BSN NL 18 P 4 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.75 .967 0.90
1949 BSN NL 19 P 22 23 5 14 4 0 .826 0.86 .961 0.91
1950 BSN NL 20 P 20 16 2 13 1 0 .938 0.75 .962 0.97
1953 MLN NL 23 P 31 41 6 34 1 3 .976 1.29 .956 0.87
1954 NYG NL 24 P 39 37 258.2 66 10 54 2 3 .970 0.0 0.0 2.23 1.64 .959 2.07 0.87 AS,MVP-3
1955 NYG NL 25 P 38 34 235.1 55 7 46 2 2 .964 0.0 0.0 2.03 1.39 .949 2.04 0.83
1956 NYG NL 26 P 41 36 258.1 61 11 49 1 5 .984 0.0 0.0 2.09 1.46 .966 2.05 0.83 AS,MVP-14
1957 NYG NL 27 P 40 30 212.1 39 9 27 3 3 .923 0.0 0.0 1.53 0.90 .964 2.06 0.82 AS
1958 SFG NL 28 P 41 34 241.2 41 10 27 4 3 .902 0.0 0.0 1.38 0.90 .959 1.97 0.77 AS
1959 SFG NL 29 P 40 38 282.0 54 8 44 2 3 .963 0.0 0.0 1.66 1.30 .954 1.99 0.82 AS
1960 SFG NL 30 P 41 10 112.1 21 2 19 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.68 0.51 .962 2.09 0.87
1961 TOT 31 P 20 7 58.2 15 2 12 1 2 .933 0.0 0.0 2.15 0.70 .953 2.07 0.85
1961 CLE AL 31 P 11 7 48.0 13 1 11 1 2 .923 0.0 0.0 2.25 1.09 .954 2.04 0.83
1961 MLN NL 31 P 9 0 10.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.69 0.22 .950 2.19 0.88
12 Seasons P 377 226 1659.1 435 72 342 21 24 .952 0.0 0.0 2.25 1.10 .958 2.03 0.85
12 Seasons TOT 377 226 1659.1 435 72 342 21 24 .952 0.0 0.0 2.25 1.10 .910 2.03 0.85

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1954 *
1956 *
1957
1958
1959-1 *
1959-2

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1954-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1954-NL-3-46%
1956-NL-14-5%
0.51 Career Shares (419th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1953 NL--3.183--5th
1954 NL--2.296--1st
1955 NL--3.327--6th
1956 NL--2.857--3rd
1958 NL--3.277--6th
1959 NL--3.096--7th

Wins s c a p y
1954 NL--21--2nd
1955 NL--14--5th
1956 NL--20--2nd
1958 NL--16--6th
1959 NL--19--4th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1954 NL--.750--1st
1956 NL--.606--10th
1959 NL--.655--4th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1954 NL--1.171--2nd
1955 NL--1.224--6th
1956 NL--1.161--6th
1958 NL--1.254--7th
1959 NL--1.145--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 NL--8.572--9th
1954 NL--7.272--1st
1955 NL--7.878--4th
1956 NL--7.839--6th
1958 NL--8.044--6th
1959 NL--7.883--5th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 NL--6.724--3rd
1954 NL--5.289--4th
1955 NL--5.469--6th
1956 NL--5.052--7th
1959 NL--5.266--10th

Saves s c a p y
1960 NL--11--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1954 NL--258.7--5th
1955 NL--235.3--5th
1956 NL--258.3--6th
1958 NL--241.7--7th
1959 NL--282.0--3rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1953 NL--131--7th
1954 NL--152--4th
1955 NL--143--4th
1956 NL--145--6th
1958 NL--143--3rd
1959 NL--165--4th

Games Started s c a p y
1954 NL--37--2nd
1955 NL--34--2nd
1956 NL--36--4th
1958 NL--34--5th
1959 NL--38--2nd

Complete Games s c a p y
1953 NL--11--8th
1954 NL--18--4th
1955 NL--14--4th
1956 NL--15--6th
1958 NL--13--7th
1959 NL--17--5th

Shutouts s c a p y
1953 NL--2--10th
1954 NL--6--1st
1955 NL--2--7th
1956 NL--5--2nd
1957 NL--3--5th
1959 NL--4--1st
Career--25--173rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1958 NL--31--1st
1959 NL--29--3rd
Career--185--235th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1954 NL--94--5th
1955 NL--82--3rd
1958 NL--87--7th
1959 NL--76--10th

Hits s c a p y
1955 NL--206--10th
1956 NL--225--6th
1957 NL--228--8th
1958 NL--216--8th
1959 NL--247--6th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1953 NL--1.845--7th
1954 NL--1.617--6th
1955 NL--1.744--9th
1956 NL--1.933--10th
1959 NL--2.171--8th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 NL--.770--10th
1954 NL--.766--7th
1956 NL--.697--2nd
1957 NL--.805--9th

Losses s c a p y
1955 NL--16--2nd
1956 NL--13--10th
1957 NL--18--2nd
1958 NL--13--7th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1959 NL--97--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1956 NL--6--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 NL--5--8th
1955 NL--11--2nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1954 NL--1071--6th
1955 NL--986--6th
1956 NL--1061--5th
1958 NL--1014--7th
1959 NL--1150--3rd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1953 NL--124--7th
1954 NL--177--1st
1955 NL--121--3rd
1956 NL--132--3rd
1958 NL--116--8th
1959 NL--122--10th
Career--116--177th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1948 NL--0--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1948 NL--0--1st

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1948 NL--0--1st

Youngest s c a p y
1948 NL--born 1930-04-12--1st
1949 NL--born 1930-04-12--1st
1950 NL--born 1930-04-12--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (202), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 130 (130), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 50 (257), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3892), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 14 (530), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 29, 1948: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

February 1, 1954: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Billy Klaus, Don Liddle, Ebba St. Claire and $50,000 to the New York Giants for Sam Calderone and Bobby Thomson.

December 3, 1960: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Willie Kirkland to the Cleveland Indians for Harvey Kuenn.

July 4, 1961: Purchased by the Milwaukee Braves from the Cleveland Indians.

October 11, 1961: Purchased by the New York Mets from the Milwaukee Braves.

February 23, 1962: Returned to the Milwaukee Braves by the New York Mets following previous purchase.

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