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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Team Record in Appearances: 16-17 / in Starts: 9-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 9

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	30	3	Apr 19	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	8	2	2	7	2	0	0	2.00	4.67	40	16	7	2	1	8	58			0	2	0	31	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.212	3.62	0.33%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
2	31	8	Apr 25	DET		SLB	W,12-11	GS-2		5	1.2	6	6	4	2	1	0	0	5.06	4.75	13	5	0	0	0	5	22			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	-0.455	2.74	-0.58%	-5.38	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d4
3	32	12	Apr 29	DET		BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	8	3	3	2	4	2	0	4.12	5.07	38	23	2	1	0	7	61			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	2	.86	0.307	1.52	0.33%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	33	19	May 6	DET		NYY	W,7-4	CG	W(2-1)	6	9.0	5	4	3	1	1	1	1	3.77	4.95	34	21	5	0	0	5	63			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.76	0.208	1.95	0.32%	1.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
5	34	25	May 14	DET	@	WSH	L,4-9	GS-5	L(2-2)	7	4.0	11	7	6	1	1	1	0	4.96	5.11	25	10	2	1	0	11	14			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.484	1.87	-0.49%	-4.98	1b start a 2	5b --- 0 out d4
6	35	30	May 19	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	4	2	2	2	3	1	0	4.32	4.92	32	23	0	0	0	4	72			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.465	2.95	0.62%	2.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
7	36	36	May 24	DET		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-2)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.55	4.50	31	20	4	2	0	6	74			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	0.745	2.38	0.85%	5.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
8	37	39	May 27	DET	@	CLE	W,9-6	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.52	4.37	11	6	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	.65	0.087	1.52	0.12%	0.14	7b -2- 0 out a5	9b end a 3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	38	44	Jun 1(1)	DET		BOS	L,6-7	GS-7		4	6.1	8	6	6	4	2	1	0	4.05	4.55	30	11	5	0	1	8	31			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.205	3.03	-0.32%	-0.90	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
10	39	50	Jun 7	DET		WSH	W,10-6	GS-2		5	1.2	5	3	1	0	1	0	0	4.09	4.47	11	5	1	0	0	4	38			0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.218	1.77	-0.27%	-2.38	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d2
11	40	54	Jun 12	DET		PHA	L,3-5	GS-9	L(4-3)	4	8.2	10	4	2	3	3	0	0	3.84	4.30	36	15	6	0	1	9	52			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.57	0.316	3.47	0.42%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out a1
12	41	59	Jun 17(2)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS-7		4	6.1	7	5	5	4	4	2	1	4.11	4.61	31	6	9	0	3	7	39			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.369	2.31	-0.43%	-1.42	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out tie
13	42	61	Jun 19	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.06	4.59	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.008	.35	0.01%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
14	43	65	Jun 24	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	9	1	1	4	0	0	0	3.74	4.54	37	19	5	0	3	9	61			0	1	0	32	0	1	0	3	0	1	1.82	0.516	2.81	0.48%	3.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
15	44	71	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-		5	6.0	9	5	4	1	2	1	0	3.88	4.55	28						37						27					0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	45	77	Jul 5(2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-10	CG(8)	L(5-4)	4	8.0	15	10	8	1	3	0	0	4.29	4.38	42	22	4	1	0	12	18			0	1	0	41	3	1	1	0	0	2	.57	-0.267	.44	-0.13%	-5.61	1b start tie	8b 3 out d9
17	46	81	Jul 12(1)	DET		BOS	L,5-7	GS-4	L(5-5)	6	3.0	6	5	5	3	3	1	0	4.60	4.49	18	4	2	0	1	6	27			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.348	.43	-0.08%	-3.65	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d3
18	47	87	Jul 18	DET		WSH	L,1-8	GS-2	L(5-6)	5	1.2	5	5	5	2	1	0	0	4.96	4.50	12	2	2	2	0	5	24			0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.03	-0.283	.16	-0.03%	-3.66	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d4
19	48	90	Jul 20	DET		NYY	L,6-12	17-GF(17)		1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.03	4.62	3	0	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-1.64	17t -2- 2 out d4	17t end d 6
20	49	95	Jul 26	DET	@	PHA	W,4-2	5-GF	W(6-6)	5	5.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.80	4.54	19	6	7	1	0	6		2	1	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.18	0.474	.01	0.00%	2.93	5b 1-3 0 out a1	9b end a 2
21	50	99	Jul 31(1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6	9-GF(13)	L(6-7)	4	4.0	2	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.87	4.61	17	7	4	1	0	2		3	0	1	0	0	15	1	0	2	0	0	1	2.94	0.232	.00	0.00%	-0.21	9b 123 2 out tie	13b end d 3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	51	105	Aug 7	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-9		6	8.1	8	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.76	4.57	35	12	9	0	1	8	57			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.31	0.037	.00	0.00%	1.28	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out tie
23	52	109	Aug 12(2)	DET		CLE	L,1-4	GS-6	L(6-8)	4	5.2	3	4	2	2	1	0	0	4.69	4.52	24	11	7	1	0	3	50			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.20	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-0.84	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d4
24	53	114	Aug 16	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	L(6-9)	3	8.1	11	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.60	4.44	39	18	14	10	1	1	49			1	0	1	36	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.48	-0.290	.00	0.00%	0.48	1b start tie	9b -23 1 out d1
25	54	121	Aug 21(2)	DET		WSH	L,0-9	GS-6	L(6-10)	4	6.0	9	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.66	4.40	28	11	5	0	1	9	37			1	1	0	26	0	1	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.49	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
26	55	123	Aug 23	DET		WSH	W,6-5	5-GF(10)	W(7-10)	1	5.1	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	4.49	4.35	21	8	4	1	0	2		3	0	1	0	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.65	0.577	.00	0.00%	3.76	5t 123 2 out d1	10t end tie
27	56	127	Aug 27	DET		BOS	W,6-3	1-GF	W(8-10)	3	8.1	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.31	4.25	35	22	1	0	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	0.480	.00	0.00%	4.17	1t 12- 2 out d2	9t end a 3
28	57	130	Aug 31(1)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-5	8-8	BS(1)	3	0.1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.36	4.25	4	2	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	3.06	-0.481	.00	0.00%	-3.03	8b 12- 0 out a4	8b 1-- 1 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	58	133	Sep 1(2)	DET		SLB	W,16-8		W(9-10)	0	7.1	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.22	4.16	28												28					0
30	59	138	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	L,0-6	GS-2	L(9-11)	7	2.0	6	6	6	2	1	1	0	4.49	4.24	14	4	1	0	0	6	19			0	0	0	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	.72	-0.330	.00	0.00%	-4.91	1b start tie	2b 3 out d6
31	60	141	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	4-6		2	2.2	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.47	4.19	10	3	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.41	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-1.01	4b 12- 1 out d2	6b 3 out d5
32	61	143	Sep 14	DET	@	WSH	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.45	4.18	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
33	62	153	Sep 26	DET		CHW	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	11	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.42	4.15	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	0.373	.00	0.00%	1.22	9t -2- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
							16-17		W-L:9-11,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.8	171.0	193	98	84	55	60	14	2	4.42	4.15	756	2.90		5%	3%	159	43	17	41%	5	5	1	690	25	10	8	14	0	17	1.25	1.029	1.39	1.16%	-3.73

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