Johnny Podgajny

John Sigmund Podgajny (Specs)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 173 lb.

Born: June 10, 1920 in Chester, PA
High School: Chester HS (Chester, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1940
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Pirates/Indians 1940-1946

Final Game: May 13, 1946
Died: March 2, 1971 in Chester, PA
Buried: St. Francis de Sales Cemetery, Lenni, PA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1939	19	PHI-min	D	15	10	.600	2.92	31						194.0	190	82	63		76							1.371	8.8		3.5			MOU · GAFL
1940	20	PHI-min	C	18	7	.720	2.57	30						214.0	183	82	61		67							1.168	7.7		2.8			OTO · CAML
1940	20	PHI	NL	1	3	.250	2.83	4	4	0	3	0	0	35.0	33	14	11	0	1	12	1	0	1	135	139	0.971	8.5	0.0	0.3	3.1	12.00
1941	21	PHI	NL	9	12	.429	4.62	34	24	7	8	0	0	181.1	191	96	93	8	70	53	4	0	4	793	80	1.439	9.5	0.4	3.5	2.6	0.76
1942	22	PHI	NL	6	14	.300	3.91	43	23	11	6	0	0	186.2	191	95	81	9	63	40	11	3	3	801	84	1.361	9.2	0.4	3.0	1.9	0.63
1943	23	TOT	NL	4	8	.333	4.39	28	10	12	3	0	0	98.1	114	60	48	5	29	20	0	1	0	432	78	1.454	10.4	0.5	2.7	1.8	0.69
1943	23	PHI	NL	4	4	.500	4.22	13	5	6	3	0	0	64.0	77	32	30	4	16	13	0	1	0	275	80	1.453	10.8	0.6	2.3	1.8	0.81
1943	23	PIT	NL	0	4	.000	4.72	15	5	6	0	0	0	34.1	37	28	18	1	13	7	0	0	0	157	75	1.456	9.7	0.3	3.4	1.8	0.54

1944	24	STL-CLE-min	AA	9	5	.643	5.29	27	16	2	6	0		131.0	184	88	77		44	38	5	1	0			1.740	12.6		3.0	2.6	0.86	CLB,BLT · AA,IL
1945	25	CLE-min	AA	20	11	.645	3.78	66	15		7	2		226.0	256	134	95		71	58	3	0	4			1.447	10.2		2.8	2.3	0.82	BLT · IL
1946	26	CLE-min	AAA	12	11	.522	3.40	46	16		9	3		172.0	166	80	65		52	55	4	2	3			1.267	8.7		2.7	2.9	1.06	BLT · IL
1946	26	CLE	AL	0	0		5.00	6	0	4	0	0	0	9.0	13	8	5	0	2	4	0	0	0	45	69	1.667	13.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	2.00
1947	27	CLE-min	AAA	13	18	.419	4.73	59	25		9	0		213.0	249	131	112		70	44	5	2	3			1.498	10.5		3.0	1.9	0.63	BLT · IL
1948	28	CLE-min	AAA	9	12	.429	3.44	40	12		6	1		131.0	143	59	50		43	30	1	1	1			1.420	9.8		3.0	2.1	0.70	BLT · IL
1949	29	BOS-BAL-min	AA,AAA	7	3	.700	4.78	26	0		0	0		81.0	100	57	43		35	1	0	1	0			1.667	11.1		3.9	0.1	0.03	BIR,BLT · SOUA,IL
1950	30	ATL-min	AAA	1	3	.250	4.50	22			0			34.0	49	23	17	2	19	9	2	0	1			2.000	13.0	0.5	5.0	2.4	0.47	MLW · AA
5 Yrs				20	37	.351	4.20	115	61	34	20	0	0	510.1	542	273	238	22	165	129	16	4	8	2206	83	1.385	9.6	0.4	2.9	2.3	0.78
162 Game Avg.				8	14	.351	4.20	44	24	13	8	0	0	197	209	105	92	9	64	50	6	2	3	852	83	1.385	9.6	0.4	2.9	2.3	0.78

PHI (4 yrs)				20	33	.377	4.14	94	56	24	20	0	0	467.0	492	237	215	21	150	118	16	4	8	2004	84	1.375	9.5	0.4	2.9	2.3	0.79
PIT (1 yr)				0	4	.000	4.72	15	5	6	0	0	0	34.1	37	28	18	1	13	7	0	0	0	157	75	1.456	9.7	0.3	3.4	1.8	0.54
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		5.00	6	0	4	0	0	0	9.0	13	8	5	0	2	4	0	0	0	45	69	1.667	13.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	2.00

NL (4 yrs)				20	37	.351	4.18	109	61	30	20	0	0	501.1	529	265	233	22	163	125	16	4	8	2161	84	1.380	9.5	0.4	2.9	2.2	0.77
AL (1 yr)				0	0		5.00	6	0	4	0	0	0	9.0	13	8	5	0	2	4	0	0	0	45	69	1.667	13.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	2.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1940	20	PHI	NL	35.0	4	4	14	3.60	4.42	0.01	0.00	99.1	4.36	3	0.3		-0.0	0.6	7	.585	.502	$
1941	21	PHI	NL	181.1	34	24	96	4.76	4.42	-0.34	0.00	99.6	4.74	0	0.0	1.0	-0.1	1.6	19	.500	.500	$
1942	22	PHI	NL	186.2	43	23	95	4.58	3.99	-0.17	0.00	98.1	4.08	-9	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.5	6	.477	.494	$
1943	23	PHI	NL	64.0	13	5	32	4.50	4.10	-0.25	0.00	98.1	4.27	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	4	.486	.499	$
1943	23	PIT	NL	34.1	15	5	28	7.34	3.96	0.06	0.00	100.9	3.94	-13	-1.4	1.0	-0.0	-1.1	-10	.409	.492	$

1946	26	CLE	AL	9.0	6	0	8	8.00	4.21	-0.02	0.00	96.0	4.06	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.431	.497	$
5 Seasons				510.1	115	61	273	4.81	4.19	-0.21	0.00	98.8	4.35	-24	-2.6	1.0	-0.3	1.5	23	.477	.497	$

PHI (4 yrs)				467.0	94	56	237	4.57	4.21	-0.23	0.00	98.7	4.38	-7	-0.8	1.0	-0.3	3.0	36	.491	.499	$
PIT (1 yr)				34.1	15	5	28	7.34	3.96	0.06	0.00	100.9	3.94	-13	-1.4	1.0	-0.0	-1.1	-10	.409	.492	$
CLE (1 yr)				9.0	6	0	8	8.00	4.21	-0.02	0.00	96.0	4.06	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.431	.497	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1940	20	PHI	NL	135	0.0%	8.9%	0.7%	3.0%	12%	89%
1941	21	PHI	NL	793	1.0%	6.7%	8.8%	2.3%	9%	82%
1942	22	PHI	NL	801	1.1%	5.0%	7.9%	2.3%	9%	83%
1943	23	TOT	NL	432	1.2%	4.6%	6.7%	2.3%	9%	84%
1943	23	PHI	NL	275	1.5%	4.7%	5.8%	3.3%	12%	84%
1943	23	PIT	NL	157	0.6%	4.5%	8.3%			83%

1946	26	CLE	AL	45	0.0%	8.9%	4.4%			87%
5 Yrs				2206	1.0%	5.9%	7.5%	2.2%	9%	83%
MLB Averages					1.2%	9.1%	8.8%	2.8%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1940	20	1	3	.250	2.83	4	4	0	3	35.0	33	14	11	0	1	12	1	0	1	135	139	0.971	8.5	0.0	0.3	3.1	12.00	139
1941	21	10	15	.400	4.33	38	28	7	11	216.1	224	110	104	8	71	65	5	0	5	928	86	1.364	9.3	0.3	3.0	2.7	0.92	86
1942	22	16	29	.356	4.13	81	51	18	17	403.0	415	205	185	17	134	105	16	3	8	1729	85	1.362	9.3	0.4	3.0	2.3	0.78	85
1943	23	20	37	.351	4.18	109	61	30	20	501.1	529	265	233	22	163	125	16	4	8	2161	84	1.380	9.5	0.4	2.9	2.2	0.77	84
1944	24	20	37	.351	4.18	109	61	30	20	501.1	529	265	233	22	163	125	16	4	8	2161	84	1.380	9.5	0.4	2.9	2.2	0.77	84
1945	25	20	37	.351	4.18	109	61	30	20	501.1	529	265	233	22	163	125	16	4	8	2161	84	1.380	9.5	0.4	2.9	2.2	0.77	84
1946	26	20	37	.351	4.20	115	61	34	20	510.1	542	273	238	22	165	129	16	4	8	2206	83	1.385	9.6	0.4	2.9	2.3	0.78	83

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1940	20	2	1	.667	3.09	35.0	35	13	12	0	1	12	1	1.029	9.0	0.3	3.1	12.00	0.0	4
1941	21	8	12	.400	4.95	182.0	201	111	100	8	74	53	4	1.511	9.9	3.7	2.6	0.72	0.4	34
1942	22	8	12	.400	4.82	183.0	216	109	98	10	71	39	12	1.568	10.6	3.5	1.9	0.55	0.5	43
1943	23	4	6	.400	5.14	98.0	126	62	56	6	32	20	0	1.612	11.6	2.9	1.8	0.63	0.6	28

1946	26	0	1	.000	5.40	10.0	14	7	6	0	2	5	0	1.600	12.6	1.8	4.5	2.50	0.0	6
5 Yrs		22	32	.407	4.82	508.0	592	302	272	24	180	129	17	1.520	10.5		2.3	0.72	0.4	115

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1942 NL 43 (3rd)	Losses s c a p y 1942 NL 14 (8th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1941 NL 93 (4th) 1942 NL 81 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1941 NL 4 (8th) 1942 NL 11 (1st)
Youngest s c a p y 1940 NL born 1920-06-10 (3rd) 1941 NL born 1920-06-10 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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