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Johnny Niggeling

John Arnold Niggeling

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 10, 1903 in Remsen, IA(All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1938 (Age 34)
Teams (by GP): Browns/Senators/Reds/Braves/Bees 1938-1946

Final Game: September 1, 1946 (Age 43)
Died: September 16, 1963 in Le Mars, IA
Buried: St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Remsen, IA
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Standard Batting

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
1938 34 BSN NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 /1
1939 35 CIN NL 10 16 13 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .154 .214 .154 .368 -0 2 0 0 2 1
1940 36 SLB AL 28 54 51 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 .176 .208 .196 .404 4 10 0 0 1 1
1941 37 SLB AL 24 67 60 1 10 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 16 .167 .206 .167 .373 -2 10 4 0 4 1
1942 38 SLB AL 28 81 72 3 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 15 .139 .184 .139 .323 -9 10 5 1 5 1
1943 39 TOT AL 26 75 67 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 13 .119 .157 .134 .291 -15 9 1 0 5 1
1943 39 SLB AL 20 57 49 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 11 .061 .115 .061 .177 -48 3 1 0 5 1
1943 39 WSH AL 6 18 18 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .278 .278 .333 .611 81 6 0 0 0 /1
1944 40 WSH AL 24 77 69 2 9 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 17 .130 .178 .159 .338 -1 11 3 0 4 1
1945 41 WSH AL 26 61 59 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 .119 .148 .136 .283 -14 8 4 0 0 1
1946 42 TOT MLB 16 34 29 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .138 .167 .172 .339 -4 5 2 0 4 1
1946 42 WSH AL 8 14 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .182 .250 .273 .523 50 3 1 0 2 /1
1946 42 BSN NL 8 20 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 2 1 0 2 /1
9 Yrs 184 466 420 16 59 4 1 0 17 0 1 20 100 .140 .181 .155 .336 -5 65 19 1 25
162 Game Avg. 162 410 370 14 52 4 1 0 15 0 18 88 .140 .181 .155 .336 -5 57 17 1 22
WSH (4 yrs) 64 170 157 7 23 3 1 0 6 0 0 7 34 .146 .183 .178 .361 7 28 8 0 6
SLB (4 yrs) 100 259 232 6 32 1 0 0 10 0 1 11 55 .138 .180 .142 .323 -12 33 10 1 15
BSN (2 yrs) 10 21 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .111 .158 .111 .269 -23 2 1 0 2
CIN (1 yr) 10 16 13 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .154 .214 .154 .368 -0 2 0 0 2
AL (7 yrs) 164 429 389 13 55 4 1 0 16 0 1 18 89 .141 .181 .157 .338 -5 61 18 1 21
NL (3 yrs) 20 37 31 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 .129 .182 .129 .311 -13 4 1 0 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1938 34 BSN NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .522 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1939 35 CIN NL 10 16 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 1 0 -0.0 .496 .500 -0.0 -0.0 0 1
1940 36 SLB AL 28 54 -8 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $4,500 1
1941 37 SLB AL 24 67 -10 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $5,000 1
1942 38 SLB AL 28 81 -11 0 0 0 8 -3 -0.3 2 -0 -0.3 .489 .498 -0.3 0.0 -0 $5,000 1
1943 39 SLB AL 20 57 -10 -0 0 0 5 -5 -0.6 2 -4 -0.6 .469 .496 -0.6 0.0 -4 $8,000 1
1943 39 WSH AL 6 18 -0 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .520 .501 0.1 0.0 2 /1
1944 40 WSH AL 24 77 -9 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $10,000 1
1945 41 WSH AL 26 61 -8 0 0 0 5 -2 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .490 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -1 $11,000 1
1946 42 WSH AL 8 14 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .508 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $9,000 /1
1946 42 BSN NL 8 20 -3 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .479 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 /1
9 Seasons 184 466 -61 -0 0 0 45 -16 -1.8 14 -2 -1.8 .490 .499 -1.8 0.0 -2 $52,500
WSH (4 yrs) 64 170 -18 0 0 0 15 -3 -0.3 5 2 -0.3 .495 .500 -0.3 -0.0 2 $30,000
SLB (4 yrs) 100 259 -38 -0 0 0 26 -12 -1.3 8 -4 -1.3 .487 .498 -1.3 0.0 -4 $22,500
BSN (2 yrs) 10 21 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .487 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0
CIN (1 yr) 10 16 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 1 0 -0.0 .496 .500 -0.0 -0.0 0

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1938 34 BSN NL 1 0 0 1.000 .325 .000 0.3 0.0
1939 35 CIN NL 16 13 0 0.0 105 .250 .154 .283 .214 .349 .154 .404 .368 .753 -0 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .273 .077 .000
1940 36 SLB AL 54 43 2 1.2 113 .237 .176 .282 .208 .355 .196 .427 .404 .782 4 .073 -7.4 -0.7 .286 .059 .020
1941 37 SLB AL 67 58 2 0.9 109 .227 .167 .279 .206 .356 .167 .411 .373 .768 -2 .048 -9.2 -0.9 .241 .050 .000
1942 38 SLB AL 81 72 2 0.8 96 .175 .139 .268 .184 .343 .139 .375 .323 .718 -9 .042 -10.8 -1.2 .209 .042 .000
1943 39 TOT AL 75 66 2 0.8 88 .148 .119 .257 .157 .332 .134 .355 .291 .687 -15 .058 -10.0 -1.1 .180 .045 .015
1943 39 SLB AL 57 53 0 0.0 89 .079 .061 .260 .115 .334 .061 .358 .177 .693 -48 .000 -9.5 -1.1 .104 .041 .000
1943 39 WSH AL 18 13 2 4.2 84 .313 .278 .252 .278 .325 .333 .347 .611 .672 81 .546 -0.5 -0.1 .462 .056 .056
1944 40 WSH AL 77 67 2 0.8 87 .173 .130 .262 .178 .328 .159 .358 .338 .686 -1 .050 -9.2 -1.0 .238 .087 .029
1945 41 WSH AL 61 56 1 0.5 81 .149 .119 .251 .148 .321 .136 .341 .283 .662 -14 .022 -8.4 -0.9 .179 .051 .017
1946 42 TOT MLB 34 31 1 0.9 92 .200 .138 .261 .167 .336 .172 .369 .339 .705 -4 .054 -4.0 -0.4 .222 .069 .034
1946 42 WSH AL 14 12 1 2.2 91 .250 .182 .257 .250 .330 .273 .369 .523 .699 50 .242 -0.7 -0.1 .400 .182 .091
1946 42 BSN NL 20 19 0 0.0 94 .167 .111 .264 .111 .339 .111 .369 .222 .709 -37 .000 -3.3 -0.4 .118 .000 .000
9 Yrs 466 406 12 0.8 95 .184 .140 .266 .181 .339 .155 .376 .336 .715 -5 .044 -60.6 -6.4 .223 .060 .014
162 Game Avg. 410 357 11 0.8 95 .184 .140 .266 .181 .339 .155 .376 .336 .715 -5 .044 -60.6 -6.4 .223 .060 .014
WSH (4 yrs) 170 148 6 1.1 85 .187 .146 .256 .183 .325 .178 .351 .361 .676 7 .087 -18.8 -2.1 .246 .076 .032
SLB (4 yrs) 259 226 6 0.7 102 .181 .138 .272 .180 .347 .142 .392 .323 .739 -12 .035 -36.9 -3.8 .209 .047 .004
BSN (2 yrs) 21 19 0 0.0 93 .167 .111 .264 .158 .339 .111 .369 .269 .708 -23 -3.0 -0.3 .176 .056 .000
CIN (1 yr) 16 13 0 0.0 105 .250 .154 .283 .214 .349 .154 .404 .368 .753 -0 -1.9 -0.2 .273 .077 .000
AL (7 yrs) 429 374 12 0.9 95 .183 .141 .266 .181 .338 .157 .376 .338 .714 -5 .052 -55.7 -5.9 .224 .059 .015
NL (3 yrs) 37 32 0 0.0 98 .200 .129 .272 .182 .343 .129 .384 .311 .727 -13 -4.9 -0.5 .214 .065 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1938 34 BSN NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.00 0%
1939 35 CIN NL 16 0.0% 31.3% 6.3% 0.0% 0% 5.00 2.6 13.0 50%
1940 36 SLB AL 54 0.0% 24.1% 3.7% 1.9% 11% 6.50 3.9 51.0 70%
1941 37 SLB AL 67 0.0% 23.9% 4.5% 0.0% 0% 5.33 3.8 10.0 66%
1942 38 SLB AL 81 0.0% 18.5% 3.7% 0.0% 0% 5.00 4.8 36.0 70%
1943 39 TOT AL 75 0.0% 17.3% 4.0% 1.3% 13% 4.33 5.2 67.0 72%
1943 39 SLB AL 57 0.0% 19.3% 5.3% 0.0% 0% 3.67 4.5 49.0 67%
1943 39 WSH AL 18 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 5.6% 20% 9.0 89%
1944 40 WSH AL 77 0.0% 22.1% 5.2% 1.3% 11% 4.25 4.1 23.0 68%
1945 41 WSH AL 61 0.0% 19.7% 3.3% 1.6% 14% 6.00 4.9 29.5 2.14 77%
1946 42 TOT MLB 34 0.0% 26.5% 2.9% 2.9% 25% 9.00 3.2 29.0 1.25 59%
1946 42 WSH AL 14 0.0% 21.4% 7.1% 7.1% 50% 3.00 3.7 11.0 57%
1946 42 BSN NL 20 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 1.00 60%
9 Yrs 466 0.0% 21.5% 4.3% 1.1% 9% 5.00 4.2 24.7 1.94 69%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.0% 8.9% 6.1% 26% 1.02 9.9 69.2 8.5 0.95 79%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1938 34 BSN NL 0.3 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 35 CIN NL -1.9 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 36 SLB AL -7.4 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 37 SLB AL -9.2 -0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 38 SLB AL -10.8 -1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 39 TOT AL -10.0 -1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 39 SLB AL -9.5 -1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 39 WSH AL -0.5 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 40 WSH AL -9.2 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 41 WSH AL -8.4 -0.9 61 -0.9 0.3 -1.2 .91 -1.0 -0.0 -12.2 -1.4 0.99 -9.9 0
1946 42 TOT MLB -4.0 -0.4 14 -0.2 0.1 -0.4 1.02 -0.2 -0.0 -3.2 -0.3 1.08 -2.1 0
1946 42 WSH AL -0.7 -0.1 4 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .89 0.1 -0.0 0.0 0.0 1.18 0.5 0
1946 42 BSN NL -3.3 -0.4 10 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 1.07 -0.3 0.0 -3.2 -0.3 1.04 -2.6 0
9 Yrs -60.6 -6.4 75 -1.2 0.4 -1.6 .93 -1.2 -0.1 -15.4 -1.8 1.01 -12.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1945 41 WSH AL 0 0 22% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0
1946 42 TOT MLB 0 0 20% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 42 WSH AL 0 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 42 BSN NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 0 0 20% 18 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1945 41 WSH AL 61 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 9 4 44% 12 1 8% 41 2 5% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
1946 42 TOT MLB 34 71% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 200% 4 2 50% 5 0 0% 10 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1946 42 WSH AL 14 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1946 42 BSN NL 20 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
9 Yrs 95 40% 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 25 625% 13 19 146% 17 1 6% 51 2 4% 6 1 17% 2 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 49% 810% 101% 37% 14% 52% 56%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1938 34 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0
1939 35 12 17 13 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 .154 .267 .154 .421 15 2 0 0 2
1940 36 40 71 64 4 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 18 .172 .221 .188 .408 7 12 0 0 3
1941 37 64 138 124 5 21 1 0 0 8 0 0 7 34 .169 .214 .177 .391 3 22 4 0 7
1942 38 92 219 196 8 31 1 0 0 10 0 0 10 49 .158 .203 .163 .366 -1 32 9 1 12
1943 39 118 294 263 11 39 2 0 0 11 0 1 13 62 .148 .191 .156 .347 -5 41 10 1 17
1944 40 142 371 332 13 48 2 1 0 14 0 1 17 79 .145 .189 .157 .345 -4 52 13 1 21
1945 41 168 432 391 15 55 3 1 0 16 0 1 19 91 .141 .182 .153 .336 -5 60 17 1 21
1946 42 184 466 420 16 59 4 1 0 17 0 1 20 100 .140 .181 .155 .336 -5 65 19 1 25

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1938 34 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 2
1939 35 11 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 10
1940 36 29 56 53 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 2 14 .170 .200 .189 .389 2 28
1941 37 25 69 62 1 10 0 0 0 6 0 3 17 .161 .200 .161 .361 2 24
1942 38 30 86 77 4 11 0 0 0 2 0 3 16 .143 .185 .143 .328 2 28
1943 39 27 81 72 3 10 1 0 0 1 0 4 14 .139 .184 .153 .337 2 26
1944 40 25 81 73 2 10 0 1 0 3 0 4 18 .137 .182 .164 .346 2 24
1945 41 28 64 62 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 2 13 .113 .141 .129 .270 1 26
1946 42 17 36 31 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 9 .161 .188 .194 .381 1 16
9 Yrs 194 491 444 14 62 4 1 0 16 0 21 106 .140 .180 .153 .333 12 184
162 Game Avg. 162 410 371 12 52 3 1 0 13 0 18 89 .140 .180 .153 .333 10 184

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Oldest s c a p y
1940 AL  born 1903-07-10 (9th)
1941 AL  born 1903-07-10 (8th)
1942 AL  born 1903-07-10 (7th)
1943 AL  born 1903-07-10 (5th)
1944 AL  born 1903-07-10 (6th)
1945 AL  born 1903-07-10 (5th)
1946 NL  born 1903-07-10 (1st)
1946 AL  born 1903-07-10 (3rd)

                                         

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