Johnny Podgajny

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 173lb (188cm, 78kg)

Born: June 10, 1920 in Chester, PA us

Died: March 2, 1971 in Chester, PA

Buried: St. Francis de Sales Cemetery, Lenni, PA

High School: Chester HS (Chester, PA)

Debut: September 15, 1940 (Age 20-097d, 8,936th in major league history)
vs. STL 8.0 IP, 10 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: May 13, 1946 (Age 25-337d)
vs. SLB 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: John Sigmund Podgajny

Nicknames: Specs

Pronunciation: \puh-JONN-ee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

ERA

4.20

115

510.1

129

WHIP

1.385

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-24 / in Starts: 8-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 3

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	5	4	Apr 18	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-7	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	4.28	7	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	.05	0.004	.10	0.01%	0.97	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
2	6	9	Apr 23	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	4.78	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.10	0.003	.16	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
3	7	12	Apr 26	PHI		NYG	W,7-6	10-GF(11)	W(1-0)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.98	7	6	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.254	2.55	0.19%	0.90	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
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	8	17	May 2	PHI		STL	L,2-4	GS-5	L(1-1)	5	5.0	5	3	3	1	0	0	1	2.70	3.98	20	10	3	0	0	5	44			0	0	0	17	0	1	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.141	1.06	-0.11%	-0.75	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
5	9	21	May 7	PHI		CHC	L,2-11	7-GF		4	3.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.15	4.48	16	3	3	0	0	6		0	0	0	1	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.02	0.00%	-1.65	7t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 9
6	10	25	May 13	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-6			5	3.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.38	4.22	12												11					0
7	11	28	May 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	0	0	0	2.52	4.06	35	15	11	3	0	6	68			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	2	0	1	1.73	0.700	.52	0.13%	3.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
8	12	35	May 27	PHI		BRO	L,0-6	GS-6	L(2-2)	9	5.1	7	6	6	2	1	0	0	3.86	3.97	25	6	9	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	23	3	1	0	0	0	1	.66	-0.229	.12	-0.02%	-3.21	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out d5
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	13	42	Jun 2	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(3-2)	5	9.0	7	2	2	6	0	0	0	3.43	4.16	38						59						32	0	0			0
10	14	47	Jun 8(2)	PHI		PIT	W,5-2	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.17	3.92	36						63						35	1	1			0
11	15	53	Jun 15(2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	W(5-2)	6	9.0	9	4	4	3	5	0	0	3.30	3.72	40	21	2	0	1	9	55			1	0	0	37	2	1	0	0	0	1	.76	0.123	.01	0.00%	0.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
12	16	58	Jun 20	PHI	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS-7		4	6.2	13	6	6	5	1	0	0	3.80	3.83	35	15	1	1	0	13	20			0	0	0	30	3	1	1	2	0	0	1.36	-0.406	.01	0.00%	-3.04	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out tie
13	17	63	Jun 25(1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-8	GS-6	L(5-3)	4	5.1	10	7	7	3	1	0	0	4.41	3.85	27	8	5	1	0	10	18			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.22	-0.462	.00	0.00%	-3.32	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 1 out d2
14	18	68	Jun 30	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-9	GS-5	L(5-4)	4	4.0	6	6	6	1	1	1	1	4.91	4.02	22	9	4	0	0	6	26			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.299	.00	0.00%	-4.40	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d5
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
15	19	73	Jul 4(2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-2	GS-7	L(5-5)	3	7.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.71	3.88	28	16	0	0	0	8	55			1	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.059	.00	0.00%	1.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
16	20	76	Jul 12	PHI		PIT	L,1-6	GS-	L(5-6)	7	7.1	6	6	6	4	3	1	0	4.93	4.00	32						41						27					0
17	21	82	Jul 17	PHI		CHC	T,2-2	CG(6)		4	6.0	6	2	1	2	2	1	0	4.71	4.09	28	9	12	4	3	3	54			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.23	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.70	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
18	22	85	Jul 22	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-	L(5-7)	4	0.2	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.96	4.08	6						30						6					0
19	23	91	Jul 27(2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	W(6-7)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.62	3.90	32	12	10	1	0	4	79			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.272	.00	0.00%	3.26	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
20	24	95	Jul 31	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	W(7-7)	3	9.0	6	2	2	4	4	0	1	4.41	3.87	38	22	1	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.163	.00	0.00%	2.09	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
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
21	25	100	Aug 5	PHI		BSN	L,9-10	GS-3		4	2.2	6	4	4	2	3	0	0	4.62	3.84	14	3	0	0	0	6	31			0	1	0	12	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.306	.00	0.00%	-3.22	1t start tie	3t -23 2 out tie
22	26	101	Aug 6	PHI		BSN	L,0-6	8-8		0	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.60	3.85	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.34	8t --3 2 out d6	8t 3 out d6
23	27	103	Aug 9	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-1	GS-7	L(7-8)	2	7.0	5	1	0	2	3	0	1	4.34	3.81	30	10	9	2	4	5	66			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.24	0.197	.00	0.00%	2.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
24	28	108	Aug 13	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-7	GS-3	L(7-9)	3	2.1	3	5	5	3	0	1	0	4.62	3.97	14	5	3	1	0	3	28			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.276	.00	0.00%	-3.77	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out d5
25	29	109	Aug 16	PHI		NYG	L,1-4	1-3		2	2.2	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.66	3.93	13	4	2	1	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.25	1t 12- 1 out d2	3t 3 out d4
26	30	113	Aug 18(2)	PHI		CIN	L,4-5	CG	L(7-10)	1	9.0	8	5	5	6	1	1	0	4.69	4.07	36	12	9	3	0	8	46			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.00	-0.317	.00	0.00%	-0.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
27	31	119	Aug 24(1)	PHI		CHC	W,8-5	GS-	W(8-10)	5	7.0	9	5	5	0	1	0	0	4.77	3.99	28						40						28					0
28	32	122	Aug 26(2)	PHI		CHC	L,3-11			1	1.2	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.84	4.00	9												8					0
29	33	126	Aug 31(2)	PHI		BSN	W,8-5	GS-	W(9-10)	4	5.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.80	3.95	23						44						22					0
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
30	34	129	Sep 3(1)	PHI		BRO	L,1-4	2-GF		2	7.2	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.57	3.91	29	11	11	1	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	2	.21	0.111	.00	0.00%	3.79	2t -2- 1 out d4	9t end d 3
31	35	133	Sep 7(2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-10	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	4.62	3.96	10	2	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-1.11	7b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 9
32	36	137	Sep 13	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-11	L(9-11)	5	10.0	14	5	5	5	3	1	0	4.61	4.02	48	15	12	2	0	13	42			0	0	0	42	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.11	-0.235	.00	0.00%	-1.28	1b start a 1	11b 123 0 out tie
33	37	146	Sep 21(1)	PHI		BRO	L,3-8	GS-5	L(9-12)	7	4.2	3	5	4	4	2	0	0	4.70	4.03	23	8	6	0	0	3	38			1	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	2	.79	-0.340	.00	0.00%	-3.16	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d4
34	38	153	Sep 25	PHI		NYG	L,2-3	GS-		3	7.0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.62	4.00	26						65						24					0
							9-24		W-L:9-12	3.8	181.1	191	96	93	70	53	8	4	4.62	4.00	793	1.94		6%	3%	135	46	4	0%	3	3	0	708	28	9	5	12	0	12	.99	-1.113	.11	0.19%	-10.74

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