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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
Schools: 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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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

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
1940 25 DET AL 29 66 62 6 12 0 2 1 7 0 0 3 15 .194 .231 .306 .537 33 19 1 0 1 1
1941 26 DET AL 33 66 57 5 17 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 7 .298 .365 .316 .681 74 18 3 0 3 1
1942 27 DET AL 31 11 10 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .300 .400 7 3 0 0 1 1
1943 28 DET AL 36 26 23 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 .174 .208 .261 .469 32 6 0 0 2 1
1944 29 DET AL 40 54 52 7 7 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 6 .135 .167 .212 .378 5 11 3 0 0 1
1946 31 DET AL 14 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 350 3 0 0 0 1
1947 32 DET AL 31 11 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .200 .273 .300 .573 57 3 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 214 237 217 23 45 5 5 1 14 0 0 13 42 .207 .252 .290 .542 42 63 7 0 7
162 Game Avg. 162 179 164 17 34 4 4 1 11 0 0 10 32 .207 .252 .290 .542 42 48 5 0 5

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
1940 25 DET AL WS CIN L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1940 DET AL 25 P 29 72 15 53 4 2 .944 2.34 .957 1.05
1941 DET AL 26 P 33 64 10 52 2 3 .969 1.88 .959 1.16
1942 DET AL 27 P 28 35 5 29 1 0 .971 1.21 .957 1.30
1943 DET AL 28 P 35 40 10 30 0 3 1.000 1.14 .962 1.27
1944 DET AL 29 P 34 61 17 42 2 5 .967 1.74 .959 1.14
1946 DET AL 31 P 14 5 2 2 1 0 .800 0.29 .960 1.01
1947 DET AL 32 P 31 21 9 12 0 1 1.000 0.68 .952 0.95
7 Seasons P 204 298 68 220 10 14 .966 1.41 .958 1.14
7 Seasons TOT 204 298 68 220 10 14 .966 1.41 .925 1.14

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 InkPitching - 14 (1289), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1635), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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