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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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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 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
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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 82 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 -2 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 -15 8 4 0 0 1
1946 42 TOT 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 Seasons 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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1938 BSN NL 34 P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.15
1939 CIN NL 35 P 10 9 1 6 2 2 .778 0.70 .967 1.09
1940 SLB AL 36 P 28 33 9 22 2 5 .939 1.11 .958 1.05
1941 SLB AL 37 P 24 33 9 24 0 0 1.000 1.38 .958 1.16
1942 SLB AL 38 P 28 39 3 36 0 0 1.000 1.39 .954 1.30
1943 TOT AL 39 P 26 48 10 38 0 5 1.000 1.85 .962 1.27
1943 SLB AL 39 P 20 35 10 25 0 4 1.000 1.75 .963 1.27
1943 WSH AL 39 P 6 13 0 13 0 1 1.000 2.17 .962 1.27
1944 WSH AL 40 P 24 36 7 29 0 2 1.000 1.50 .958 1.14
1945 WSH AL 41 P 26 33 6 25 2 2 .939 1.19 .955 1.28
1946 TOT 42 P 16 25 5 19 1 1 .960 1.50 .956 1.01
1946 WSH AL 42 P 8 8 1 6 1 1 .875 0.88 .950 1.01
1946 BSN NL 42 P 8 17 4 13 0 0 1.000 2.13 .959 1.01
9 Seasons P 184 256 50 199 7 17 .973 1.35 .958 1.18
9 Seasons TOT 184 256 50 199 7 17 .973 1.35 .930 1.18

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--112th

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--231st

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

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Gray InkPitching - 34 (716), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1232), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (887), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December 6, 1937: Purchased by the Boston Bees from the New York Yankees.

May, 1938: Sent from the Boston Bees to Indianapolis (American Association) in an unknown transaction.

August, 1939: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from Indianapolis (American Association).

January 4, 1940: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Browns from the Cincinnati Reds.

August 18, 1943: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Harlond Clift to the Washington Senators for Ellis Clary, Ox Miller and cash.

June 25, 1946: Released by the Washington Senators.

July 1, 1946: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves.

September 5, 1946: Released by the Boston Braves.

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