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Johnny Gorsica
John Joseph Perry Gorsica
born John Joseph Perry Gorczyca

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 29, 1915 in Bayonne, NJ
School: West Virginia University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1940
Final Game: September 17, 1947
Died: December 16, 1998 in Charlottesville, VA
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1940	25	DET	AL	7	7	.500	4.33	29	20	2	5	2	0	160.0	170	85	77	10	57	68	4	1	2	692	109	1.419	9.6	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.19
1941	26	DET	AL	9	11	.450	4.47	33	21	10	8	1	2	171.0	193	98	85	14	55	59	2	1	5	753	101	1.450	10.2	0.7	2.9	3.1	1.07
1942	27	DET	AL	3	2	.600	4.75	28	0	19	0	0	4	53.0	63	31	28	2	26	19	3	0	0	242	83	1.679	10.7	0.3	4.4	3.2	0.73
1943	28	DET	AL	4	5	.444	3.36	35	4	18	1	0	5	96.1	88	43	36	3	40	45	2	1	2	406	105	1.329	8.2	0.3	3.7	4.2	1.13
1944	29	DET	AL	6	14	.300	4.11	34	19	8	8	1	4	162.0	192	88	74	5	32	47	4	1	1	696	87	1.383	10.7	0.3	1.8	2.6	1.47

1946	31	DET	AL	0	0		4.56	14	0	7	0	0	1	23.2	28	13	12	5	11	14	0	0	0	105	80	1.648	10.6	1.9	4.2	5.3	1.27
1947	32	DET	AL	2	0	1.000	3.75	31	0	16	0	0	1	57.2	44	27	24	5	26	20	2	0	1	242	101	1.214	6.9	0.8	4.1	3.1	0.77
7 Seasons				31	39	.443	4.18	204	64	80	22	4	17	723.2	778	385	336	44	247	272	17	4	11	3136	98	1.416	9.7	0.5	3.1	3.4	1.10
162 Game Avg.				8	10	.443	4.18	52	16	20	6	1	4	184	197	98	85	11	63	69	4	1	3	796	98	1.416	9.7	0.5	3.1	3.4	1.10

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
1940	25	DET	AL	WS	L	CIN	0	0		0.79	2	0	1	0	0	0	11.1	6	1	1	0	4	1	4	0	0	0	44	0.882	4.8	0.0	3.2	3.2	1.00
1 WS							0	0		0.79	2	0	1	0	0	0	11.1	6	1	1	0	4	1	4	0	0	0	44	0.882	4.8	0.0	3.2	3.2	1.00

Cumulative Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1940	25	7	7	.500	4.33	29	20	2	5	2	0	160.0	170	85	77	10	57	68	4	1	2	692	109	1.419	9.6	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.19	109
1941	26	16	18	.471	4.40	62	41	12	13	3	2	331.0	363	183	162	24	112	127	6	2	7	1445	105	1.435	9.9	0.7	3.0	3.5	1.13	105
1942	27	19	20	.487	4.45	90	41	31	13	3	6	384.0	426	214	190	26	138	146	9	2	7	1687	102	1.469	10.0	0.6	3.2	3.4	1.06	102
1943	28	23	25	.479	4.23	125	45	49	14	3	11	480.1	514	257	226	29	178	191	11	3	9	2093	102	1.441	9.6	0.5	3.3	3.6	1.07	102
1944	29	29	39	.426	4.20	159	64	57	22	4	15	642.1	706	345	300	34	210	238	15	4	10	2789	98	1.426	9.9	0.5	2.9	3.3	1.13	98
1945	30	29	39	.426	4.20	159	64	57	22	4	15	642.1	706	345	300	34	210	238	15	4	10	2789	98	1.426	9.9	0.5	2.9	3.3	1.13	98
1946	31	29	39	.426	4.22	173	64	64	22	4	16	666.0	734	358	312	39	221	252	15	4	10	2894	98	1.434	9.9	0.5	3.0	3.4	1.14	98
1947	32	31	39	.443	4.18	204	64	80	22	4	17	723.2	778	385	336	44	247	272	17	4	11	3136	98	1.416	9.7	0.5	3.1	3.4	1.10	98

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1940	25	10	8	.556	3.59	168.0	161	74	67	9	54	71	4	1.280	8.6	2.9	3.8	1.31	0.5	29
1941	26	11	9	.550	3.80	180.0	187	84	76	14	53	62	2	1.333	9.4	2.7	3.1	1.17	0.7	33
1942	27	2	3	.400	4.83	54.0	65	32	29	2	27	19	3	1.704	10.8	4.5	3.2	0.70	0.3	28
1943	28	5	5	.500	3.75	96.0	94	44	40	3	43	45	2	1.427	8.8	4.0	4.2	1.05	0.3	35
1944	29	8	10	.444	4.44	162.0	203	89	80	5	34	47	4	1.463	11.3	1.9	2.6	1.38	0.3	34

1946	31	1	1	.500	5.09	23.0	30	14	13	5	12	14	0	1.826	11.7	4.7	5.5	1.17	2.0	14
1947	32	3	3	.500	4.19	58.0	48	30	27	5	28	20	2	1.310	7.4	4.3	3.1	0.71	0.8	31
7 Seasons		40	39	.506	4.03	741.0	788	367	332	43	251	278	17	1.402	9.6		3.4	1.11	0.5	204

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1941 AL 2.895 (7th) 1944 AL 1.778 (4th)	Saves s c a p y 1942 AL 4 (6th) 1943 AL 5 (9th) 1944 AL 4 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1940 AL 2 (9th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1940 AL .563 (6th)
Losses s c a p y 1944 AL 14 (7th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1940 AL 4 (8th) 1944 AL 4 (6th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1942 AL 19 (5th) 1943 AL 18 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Pitching - 14 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Similar Pitchers

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Bob Porterfield (995) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charlie Leibrandt (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Zach Day (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim McDonald (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Roric Harrison (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sarge Connally (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cal McLish (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 14 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50