Johnny Gorsica

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: March 29, 1915 in Bayonne, NJ us

Died: December 16, 1998 in Charlottesville, VA

Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, WV

School: West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)

Debut: April 22, 1940 (Age 25-024d, 8,873rd in major league history)
vs. CHW 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 17, 1947 (Age 32-172d)
vs. PHA 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: John Joseph Perry Gorsica

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.4

ERA

4.18

204

723.2

272

WHIP

1.416

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-18 / in Starts: 9-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	13 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 65 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	19 (12-5-2)
Avg. MLBer w/ 65 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	42 (21-13-7)

Most Driven In
D Meyer	1

Most Driven In By
H Greenberg	1
B Campbell	1
D Bartell	1
B McCosky	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	5 (4)	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	3-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.51	-0.026	1.29	-0.04%	-0.30	P
2	2	9 (3)	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,9-11	3-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.42	-0.012	1.39	-0.02%	-0.20	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	3	18 (8)	May 8	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	4	22 (3)	May 12	DET		CHW	L,3-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
5	5	29 (6)	May 24	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
6	6	33 (3)	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	2-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.37	-0.019	1.42	-0.04%	-0.44	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	7	38 (4)	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-9	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.143	.429	.571	9						P
8	8	43 (4)	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.273	.364	9	.67	-0.072	3.18	-0.21%	-1.05	P
9	9	49 (5)	Jun 15 (2)	DET		WSH	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			1	0	0	.067	.067	.200	.267	9						P
10	10	54 (4)	Jun 21	DET		NYY	L,7-12	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.067	.067	.200	.267	9						P
11	11	59 (4)	Jun 26	DET		BOS	L,1-3	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.053	.053	.158	.211	9						P
12	12	64 (4)	Jun 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG(7)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.087	.087	.174	.261	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	13	71 (6)	Jul 6 (2)	DET		SLB	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.154	.231	9	.68	-0.057	3.49	-0.18%	-0.75	P
14	14	77 (5)	Jul 14 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.143	.214	9	1.15	-0.044	5.91	-0.14%	-0.40	P
15	15	82 (4)	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	W,10-8	GS-3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.069	.100	.138	.238	9	1.40	0.024	10.05	0.10%	0.29	P
16	16	87 (4)	Jul 23	DET		WSH	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.097	.125	.161	.286	9	.66	-0.002	3.88	-0.01%	-0.06	P
17	17	92 (4)	Jul 27 (2)	DET		PHA	W,8-7	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.114	.139	.171	.310	9	1.10	-0.071	6.45	-0.25%	-0.99	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	18	100 (7)	Aug 3 (2)	DET		BOS	W,14-2	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	1		1	0	1			0	0	0	.132	.175	.263	.438	9						P
19	19	105 (4)	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS-9	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.227	.310	.537	9	.34	0.057	2.14	0.22%	1.17	P
20	20	111 (5)	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.234	.295	.529	9	1.57	0.014	18.67	0.10%	0.20	P
21	21	116 (4)	Aug 18	DET		CHW	L,5-7	GS-0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.217	.265	.326	.591	9						P
22	22	122 (5)	Aug 24 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.250	.306	.556	9	.84	-0.073	4.66	-0.24%	-0.79	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	23	127 (4)	Sep 1	DET	@	SLB	L,2-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.241	.294	.535	9	.71	-0.038	4.61	-0.15%	-0.39	P
24	24	134 (6)	Sep 7	DET		SLB	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.232	.283	.515	9	1.54	-0.078	13.35	-0.41%	-0.68	P
25	25	137 (2)	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,11-7	0-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.241	.291	.532	9						P
26	26	141 (3)	Sep 15	DET		WSH	L,1-6	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.241	.291	.532	9						P
27	27	145 (3)	Sep 18 (2)	DET		PHA	L,6-13	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.242	.322	.564	9	.61	-0.020	6.70	-0.13%	-0.45	P
28	28	150 (4)	Sep 22	DET		CLE	L,5-10	3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.242	.322	.564	9						P
29	29	154 (3)	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.197	.234	.311	.546	9						P
							11-18		65	61	6	12	0	2	1	7	3	0	15	0	1		0	1	0	0	.197	.234	.311	.546		.83	-0.417	5.92	-1.38%	-4.84

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