Johnny Niggeling
John Arnold Niggeling
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 10, 1903 in Remsen, IA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1938
Final Game: September 1, 1946
Died: September 16, 1963 in LeMars, IA
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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
1938 34 BSN NL 1 0 1.000 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 11 38 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1939 35 CIN NL 2 1 .667 5.80 10 5 1 2 1 0 40.1 51 28 26 2 13 20 2 0 0 185 66 1.587 11.4 0.4 2.9 4.5 1.54
1940 36 SLB AL 7 11 .389 4.45 28 20 6 10 0 0 153.2 148 88 76 9 69 82 5 0 8 670 103 1.412 8.7 0.5 4.0 4.8 1.19
1941 37 SLB AL 7 9 .438 3.80 24 20 3 13 1 0 168.1 168 83 71 17 63 68 1 0 1 733 114 1.372 9.0 0.9 3.4 3.6 1.08
1942 38 SLB AL 15 11 .577 2.66 28 27 1 16 3 0 206.1 173 76 61 10 93 107 11 0 7 885 139 1.289 7.5 0.4 4.1 4.7 1.15
1943 39 TOT AL 10 10 .500 2.59 26 26 0 12 3 0 201.1 149 67 58 7 74 97 6 0 4 823 127 1.108 6.7 0.3 3.3 4.3 1.31
1943 39 SLB AL 6 8 .429 3.17 20 20 0 7 0 0 150.1 122 61 53 7 57 73 6 0 3 628 105 1.191 7.3 0.4 3.4 4.4 1.28
1943 39 WSH AL 4 2 .667 0.88 6 6 0 5 3 0 51.0 27 6 5 0 17 24 0 0 1 195 362 0.863 4.8 0.0 3.0 4.2 1.41
1944 40 WSH AL 10 8 .556 2.32 24 24 0 14 2 0 206.0 164 65 53 5 88 121 4 0 5 848 141 1.223 7.2 0.2 3.8 5.3 1.38
1945 41 WSH AL 7 12 .368 3.16 26 25 1 8 2 0 176.2 161 80 62 7 73 90 3 0 5 754 98 1.325 8.2 0.4 3.7 4.6 1.23
1946 42 TOT MLB 5 7 .417 3.56 16 14 1 6 0 0 96.0 93 45 38 3 42 34 2 0 3 420 96 1.406 8.7 0.3 3.9 3.2 0.81
1946 42 WSH AL 3 2 .600 4.03 8 6 1 3 0 0 38.0 39 22 17 1 21 10 1 0 0 173 84 1.579 9.2 0.2 5.0 2.4 0.48
1946 42 BSN NL 2 5 .286 3.26 8 8 0 3 0 0 58.0 54 23 21 2 21 24 1 0 3 247 106 1.293 8.4 0.3 3.3 3.7 1.14
9 Seasons 64 69 .481 3.22 184 161 13 81 12 0 1250.2 1111 534 447 60 516 620 34 0 34 5329 113 1.301 8.0 0.4 3.7 4.5 1.20
162 Game Avg. 13 14 .481 3.22 36 32 3 16 2 0 247 219 105 88 12 102 122 7 0 7 1050 113 1.301 8.0 0.4 3.7 4.5 1.20
WSH (4 yrs) 24 24 .500 2.61 64 61 2 30 7 0 471.2 391 173 137 13 199 245 8 0 11 1970 122 1.251 7.5 0.2 3.8 4.7 1.23
SLB (4 yrs) 35 39 .473 3.46 100 87 10 46 4 0 678.2 611 308 261 43 282 330 23 0 19 2916 115 1.316 8.1 0.6 3.7 4.4 1.17
BSN (2 yrs) 3 5 .375 3.45 10 8 0 3 0 0 60.0 58 25 23 2 22 25 1 0 4 258 100 1.333 8.7 0.3 3.3 3.8 1.14
CIN (1 yr) 2 1 .667 5.80 10 5 1 2 1 0 40.1 51 28 26 2 13 20 2 0 0 185 66 1.587 11.4 0.4 2.9 4.5 1.54
AL (7 yrs) 59 63 .484 3.11 164 148 12 76 11 0 1150.1 1002 481 398 56 481 575 31 0 30 4886 117 1.289 7.8 0.4 3.8 4.5 1.20
NL (3 yrs) 5 6 .455 4.40 20 13 1 5 1 0 100.1 109 53 49 4 35 45 3 0 4 443 82 1.435 9.8 0.4 3.1 4.0 1.29

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1938 34 1 0 1.000 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 11 38 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 38
1939 35 3 1 .750 5.95 12 5 1 2 1 0 42.1 55 30 28 2 14 21 2 0 1 196 64 1.630 11.7 0.4 3.0 4.5 1.50 64
1940 36 10 12 .455 4.78 40 25 7 12 1 0 196.0 203 118 104 11 83 103 7 0 9 866 93 1.459 9.3 0.5 3.8 4.7 1.24 93
1941 37 17 21 .447 4.32 64 45 10 25 2 0 364.1 371 201 175 28 146 171 8 0 10 1599 101 1.419 9.2 0.7 3.6 4.2 1.17 101
1942 38 32 32 .500 3.72 92 72 11 41 5 0 570.2 544 277 236 38 239 278 19 0 17 2484 111 1.372 8.6 0.6 3.8 4.4 1.16 111
1943 39 42 42 .500 3.43 118 98 11 53 8 0 772.0 693 344 294 45 313 375 25 0 21 3307 114 1.303 8.1 0.5 3.6 4.4 1.20 114
1944 40 52 50 .510 3.19 142 122 11 67 10 0 978.0 857 409 347 50 401 496 29 0 26 4155 118 1.286 7.9 0.5 3.7 4.6 1.24 118
1945 41 59 62 .488 3.19 168 147 12 75 12 0 1154.2 1018 489 409 57 474 586 32 0 31 4909 115 1.292 7.9 0.4 3.7 4.6 1.24 115
1946 42 64 69 .481 3.22 184 161 13 81 12 0 1250.2 1111 534 447 60 516 620 34 0 34 5329 113 1.301 8.0 0.4 3.7 4.5 1.20 113

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1938 34 0 0 9.00 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 2.500 18.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 2
1939 35 1 3 .250 5.79 42.0 54 30 27 2 14 21 2 1.619 11.6 3.0 4.5 1.50 0.4 10
1940 36 9 8 .529 3.78 162.0 143 76 68 9 67 86 5 1.296 7.9 3.7 4.8 1.28 0.5 28
1941 37 11 8 .579 3.38 176.0 168 73 66 17 63 71 1 1.313 8.6 3.2 3.6 1.13 0.9 24
1942 38 15 8 .652 2.79 213.0 186 73 66 11 100 110 12 1.343 7.9 4.2 4.6 1.10 0.5 28
1943 39 14 8 .636 3.06 203.0 167 77 69 8 83 98 7 1.232 7.4 3.7 4.3 1.18 0.4 26
1944 40 15 7 .682 2.82 201.0 181 70 63 6 97 118 4 1.383 8.1 4.3 5.3 1.22 0.3 24
1945 41 9 10 .474 4.21 173.0 189 90 81 8 86 88 4 1.590 9.8 4.5 4.6 1.02 0.4 26
1946 42 5 5 .500 4.22 96.0 103 50 45 3 47 34 2 1.563 9.7 4.4 3.2 0.72 0.3 16
9 Seasons 79 57 .581 3.46 1268.0 1195 541 487 64 558 627 37 1.382 8.5 4.5 1.12 0.5 184

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1942 AL  2.661 (7th)
1943 AL  2.593 (9th)
1944 AL  2.316 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1942 AL  15 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1942 AL  .577 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1943 AL  1.108 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL  7.546 (2nd)
1943 AL  6.661 (2nd)
1944 AL  7.165 (2nd)
1945 AL  8.202 (5th)
Career  7.995 (113th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL  4.667 (5th)
1943 AL  4.336 (9th)
1944 AL  5.286 (2nd)
1945 AL  4.585 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1942 AL  107 (5th)
1944 AL  121 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1942 AL  3 (9th)
1943 AL  3 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1941 AL  17 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1942 AL  93 (5th)
1943 AL  74 (8th)
1944 AL  88 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 AL  .218 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1945 AL  12 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1940 AL  8 (5th)
1942 AL  7 (3rd)
1943 AL  4 (9th)
1944 AL  5 (8th)
1945 AL  5 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1940 AL  5 (3rd)
1942 AL  11 (1st)
1943 AL  6 (2nd)
1944 AL  4 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1942 AL  139 (8th)
1943 AL  127 (8th)
1944 AL  141 (5th)
Career  113 (234th)

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 37 (649), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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