Johnny Podres
John Joseph Podres
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: September 30, 1932 in Witherbee, NY
High School: Mineville (Witherbee, NY)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1953
Final Game: June 21, 1969
Died: January 13, 2008 in Glen Falls, NY
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Standard Fielding

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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
1953 BRO NL 20 P 33 24 6 17 1 0 .958 0.70 .954 0.87
1954 BRO NL 21 P 29 21 151.2 27 11 15 1 0 .963 1.54 0.90 .959 2.07 0.87
1955 BRO NL 22 P 27 24 159.1 29 7 21 1 2 .966 1.58 1.04 .948 2.04 0.83
1957 BRO NL 24 P 31 27 196.0 42 9 32 1 3 .976 1.88 1.32 .962 2.06 0.82
1958 LAD NL 25 P 39 31 210.1 34 7 25 2 3 .941 1.37 0.82 .956 1.97 0.77 AS
1959 LAD NL 26 P 34 29 195.0 45 6 37 2 5 .956 1.98 1.26 .953 1.99 0.82
1960 LAD NL 27 P 34 33 227.2 39 8 30 1 4 .974 1.50 1.12 .962 2.09 0.87 AS
1961 LAD NL 28 P 32 29 182.2 33 6 26 1 2 .970 1.58 1.00 .958 2.18 0.88 MVP-14
1962 LAD NL 29 P 40 40 255.0 41 4 31 6 1 .854 1.24 0.88 .954 2.07 0.82 AS
1963 LAD NL 30 P 37 34 198.1 35 2 33 0 1 1.000 1.59 0.95 .949 2.06 0.84
1964 LAD NL 31 P 2 2 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 0.85
1965 LAD NL 32 P 27 22 134.0 19 3 15 1 1 .947 1.21 0.67 .958 2.08 0.81
1966 TOT MLB 33 P 37 13 109.4 23 7 15 1 1 .957 1.81 0.59 .948 1.99 0.75
1966 LAD NL 33 P 1 0 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 1.00 .900 2.16 0.70
1966 DET AL 33 P 36 13 107.2 22 7 14 1 1 .955 1.76 0.58 .950 1.99 0.75
1967 DET AL 34 P 21 8 63.1 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.42 0.48 .960 1.96 0.74
1969 SDP NL 36 P 17 9 64.2 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.39 0.59 .960 1.95 0.78
15 Seasons P 440 322 2150.0 411 80 313 18 24 .956 1.65 0.89 .955 2.05 0.82
15 Seasons TOT 440 322 2150.0 411 80 313 18 24 .956 1.65 0.89 .912 2.05 0.82
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1953 BRO NL 20 34 34 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BRO NL 21 38 21 38 38 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
1955 BRO NL 22 32 24 32 32 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
1957 BRO NL 24 35 27 35 35 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1958 LAD NL 25 42 31 42 42 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1959 LAD NL 26 34 29 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 LAD NL 27 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 LAD NL 28 32 29 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 LAD NL 29 40 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 LAD NL 30 37 34 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 LAD NL 31 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 LAD NL 32 27 22 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 DET AL 33 36 13 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 LAD NL 33 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 DET AL 34 21 8 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SDP NL 36 17 9 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 462 322 462 462 440 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 12
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 BRO NL 21 651 80% 31% 20 90% 1 9 3 6 15 13 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 90%
1955 BRO NL 22 699 75% 26% 26 77% 0 6 0 6 21 15 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 5 40%
1957 BRO NL 24 797 81% 32% 39 79% 0 7 1 6 31 23 7 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 5 80%
1958 LAD NL 25 904 75% 29% 31 84% 0 6 0 6 27 20 5 2 0 0 2 0 5 5 5 0 2 100%
1959 LAD NL 26 843 74% 25% 46 80% 2 6 0 2 39 24 9 2 0 0 2 0 5 4 5 0 10 100%
1960 LAD NL 27 970 76% 33% 31 90% 0 6 1 5 30 24 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 100%
1961 LAD NL 28 788 77% 29% 25 96% 1 8 0 6 26 17 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1962 LAD NL 29 1105 77% 28% 39 72% 1 3 1 2 33 23 1 6 0 1 5 4 1 0 1 0 10 60%
1963 LAD NL 30 862 77% 30% 40 78% 2 2 0 2 34 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 55%
1964 LAD NL 31 17 82% 24% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 LAD NL 32 573 82% 24% 15 93% 0 3 0 3 16 11 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1966 DET AL 33 470 81% 26% 13 92% 0 7 0 7 13 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 80%
1966 LAD NL 33 8 75% 0% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1967 DET AL 34 262 82% 28% 7 100% 0 3 0 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 100%
1969 SDP NL 36 285 84% 28% 9 100% 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 9234 78% 29% 342 84% 7 66 6 53 303 227 35 17 1 3 13 8 24 18 21 3 76 79%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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