Johnny Riddle

John Ludy Riddle (Mutt)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 3, 1905 in Clinton, SC
High School: Riverside Military Academy HS (Gainesville, GA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1930
Teams (by GP): Reds/WhiteSox/Bees/Pirates/Senators 1930-1948

Final Game: September 11, 1948
Died: December 15, 1998 in Indianapolis, IN
Buried: Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, Indianapolis, IN
Relatives: Brother of Elmer Riddle
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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	Pos	Awards
1927	21	SNF	D	22	126	126		36	6	0	5						.286	.286	.452	.738		57					SNF · FLOR
1928	22	QUI,INA	B,AA	59	192	192	4	53	8	1	5		0				.276	.276	.406	.682		78			0		QUI,INA · IIIL,AA
1929	23	INA	AA	60	170	170		46	9	0	1						.271	.271	.341	.612		58					INA · AA
1930	24	INA	AA	41	142	142		51	7	1	3						.359	.359	.486	.845		69					INA · AA
1930	24	CHW	AL	25	64	58	7	14	3	1	0	4	0	0	3	6	.241	.290	.328	.618	59	19		1	2	2

1931	25	INA	AA	116	346	346		101	18	3	5						.292	.292	.405	.697		140					INA · AA
1932	26	INA	AA	109	346	346		98	26	0	3						.283	.283	.384	.668		133					INA · AA
1933	27	INA	AA	89	306	306		89	24	0	1						.291	.291	.379	.670		116					INA · AA
1934	28	INA	AA	87	282	282		83	23	2	5						.294	.294	.443	.738		125					INA · AA
1935	29	INA	AA	82	282	282		92	20	4	0						.326	.326	.426	.752		120					INA · AA
1936	30	INA	AA	115	453	453		147	21	4	5						.325	.325	.422	.746		191					INA · AA
1937	31	INA	AA	104	402	402		132	18	3	2						.328	.328	.403	.731		162					INA · AA
1937	31	TOT	MLB	10	32	29	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.241	.290	.241	.532	39	7	0	1	1	2
1937	31	WSH	AL	8	28	26	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.269	.296	.269	.566	46	7		1	1	/2
1937	31	BSN	NL	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-24	0	0	0	0	/2
1938	32	NYY-min	AA	20	52	52		13	3	0	0						.250	.250	.308	.558		16					KCY · AA
1938	32	BSN	NL	19	61	57	6	16	1	0	0	2	0		4	2	.281	.328	.298	.626	81	17	0	0	0	2

1939	33	NYY-min	AA	100	265	265		62	12	1	3						.234	.234	.321	.555		85					KCY · AA
1940	34	NYY-min	AA	111	314	314		88	15	1	4						.280	.280	.373	.653		117					KCY · AA
1941	35	CIN	NL	10	10	10	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.300	.300	.300	.600	69	3	0	0	0	2

1942	36	CIN-min	A1	95	265	265		70	12	0	1						.264	.264	.321	.585		85					BIR · SOUA
1943	37	CIN-min	A1	92	257	257		73	5	0	0						.284	.284	.304	.588		78					BIR · SOUA
1944	38	CIN-min	A1	93	273	273		90	15	0	0						.330	.330	.385	.714		105					BIR · SOUA
1944	38	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0	/2
1945	39	CIN	NL	23	49	45	0	8	0	0	0	2	0		4	6	.178	.245	.178	.423	20	8	0	0	0	2

1946	40	ATL-min	AAA	78	264	233	24	65	16	0	3	42	2		20	19	.279	.336	.386	.722		90	7	0	11		INA · AA
1947	41	PIT-min	AAA	79	230	210	17	71	9	0	4	24	0		18	10	.338	.390	.438	.828		92	10	0	2		INA · AA
1948	42	PIT	NL	10	17	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.200	.250	.200	.450	22	3	1	0	1	2
7 Yrs				98	233	214	18	51	4	1	0	11	0	0	13	19	.238	.288	.266	.555	52	57	1	2	4
162 Game Avg.				162	385	354	30	84	7	2	0	18	0		21	31	.238	.288	.266	.555	52	94		3	7

CIN (3 yrs)				34	59	55	2	11	0	0	0	2	0		4	7	.200	.254	.200	.454	28	11	0	0	0
BSN (2 yrs)				21	65	60	6	16	1	0	0	2	0		5	2	.267	.323	.283	.606	75	17	0	0	0
WSH (1 yr)				8	28	26	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.269	.296	.269	.566	46	7		1	1
PIT (1 yr)				10	17	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.200	.250	.200	.450	22	3	1	0	1
CHW (1 yr)				25	64	58	7	14	3	1	0	4	0	0	3	6	.241	.290	.328	.618	59	19		1	2

NL (6 yrs)				65	141	130	9	30	1	0	0	4	0		10	11	.231	.286	.238	.524	49	31	1	0	1
AL (2 yrs)				33	92	84	9	21	3	1	0	7	0	0	3	8	.250	.292	.310	.602	55	26		2	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1930	24	CHW	AL	25	64	-4	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.489	.498	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	2

1937	31	WSH	AL	8	28	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.478	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1937	31	BSN	NL	2	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.479	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
1938	32	BSN	NL	19	61	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.498	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	2

1941	35	CIN	NL	10	10	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	2

1944	38	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
1945	39	CIN	NL	23	49	-5	0	0	1	0	-3	-0.3	2	-2	-0.2	.485	.498	-0.3	0.2	-3	$	2

1948	42	PIT	NL	10	17	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.485	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	2
7 Seasons				98	233	-14	0	0	1	2	-11	-1.1	7	-4	-0.4	.489	.499	-0.5	0.3	-4	$

CIN (3 yrs)				34	59	-5	0	0	1	1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.489	.499	-0.3	0.2	-3	$
BSN (2 yrs)				21	65	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.496	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
WSH (1 yr)				8	28	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.478	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
PIT (1 yr)				10	17	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.485	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
CHW (1 yr)				25	64	-4	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.489	.498	-0.1	0.1	-1	$

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
1930	24	CHW	AL	64	46	5	2.9	112	.269	.241	.290	.290	.354	.328	.426	.618	.780	59	.251	-3.6	-0.3	.523	.138	.086

1937	31	TOT	MLB	32	23	2	2.3	111	.259	.241	.283	.290	.355	.241	.420	.532	.775	39	.186	-2.6	-0.2	.409	.034	.000
1937	31	WSH	AL	28	20	2	2.6	113	.292	.269	.285	.296	.359	.269	.424	.566	.784	46	.221	-2.2	-0.2	.421	.000	.000
1937	31	BSN	NL	4	3	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.267	.250	.328	.000	.379	.250	.707	-24	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.333	.333	.000
1938	32	BSN	NL	61	41	6	3.9	90	.291	.281	.262	.328	.325	.298	.373	.626	.698	81	.448	-1.3	-0.1	.512	.088	.018

1941	35	CIN	NL	10	7	1	3.8	94	.333	.300	.266	.300	.336	.300	.375	.600	.711	69	.463	-0.5	-0.1	.429	.000	.000

1945	39	CIN	NL	49	37	2	1.4	95	.205	.178	.271	.245	.340	.178	.374	.423	.714	20	.121	-4.9	-0.5	.324	.089	.000

1948	42	PIT	NL	17	14	1	1.9	104	.231	.200	.271	.250	.346	.200	.401	.450	.747	22	.174	-1.7	-0.2	.308	.067	.000
7 Yrs				233	168	17	2.7	101	.262	.238	.275	.288	.342	.266	.396	.555	.738	52	.265	-14.6	-1.5	.439	.089	.028
162 Game Avg.				385	278	28	2.7	101	.262	.238	.275	.288	.342	.266	.396	.555	.738	52	.265	-14.6	-1.5	.439	.089	.028

BSN (2 yrs)				65	44	6	3.7	90	.276	.267	.263	.323	.325	.283	.374	.606	.698	75	.416	-1.7	-0.2	.500	.100	.017
CIN (3 yrs)				59	44	3	1.8	95	.229	.200	.270	.254	.340	.200	.374	.454	.714	28	.175	-5.4	-0.6	.341	.073	.000
WSH (1 yr)				28	20	2	2.6	113	.292	.269	.285	.296	.359	.269	.424	.566	.784	46	.221	-2.2	-0.2	.421	.000	.000
PIT (1 yr)				17	14	1	1.9	104	.231	.200	.271	.250	.346	.200	.401	.450	.747	22	.174	-1.7	-0.2	.308	.067	.000
CHW (1 yr)				64	46	5	2.9	112	.269	.241	.290	.290	.354	.328	.426	.618	.780	59	.251	-3.6	-0.3	.523	.138	.086

NL (6 yrs)				141	102	10	2.6	94	.252	.231	.267	.286	.333	.238	.377	.524	.710	49	.284	-8.8	-0.9	.406	.085	.008
AL (2 yrs)				92	66	7	2.8	113	.276	.250	.288	.292	.355	.310	.426	.602	.781	55	.242	-5.8	-0.5	.492	.095	.060

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1930	24	CHW	AL	64	0.0%	9.4%	4.7%	6.3%	29%	2.00	9.7		14.5		81%

1937	31	TOT	MLB	32	0.0%	6.3%	3.1%	0.0%	0%	2.00	14.5		9.7		84%
1937	31	WSH	AL	28	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		13.0		8.7		86%
1937	31	BSN	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%		0.00					75%
1938	32	BSN	NL	61	0.0%	3.3%	6.6%	1.6%	6%	0.50	28.5		28.5		90%

1941	35	CIN	NL	10	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		10.0				90%

1945	39	CIN	NL	49	0.0%	12.2%	8.2%	0.0%	0%	1.50	7.5		22.5		80%

1948	42	PIT	NL	17	0.0%	11.8%	5.9%	0.0%	0%	2.00	7.5			0.60	76%
7 Yrs				233	0.0%	8.2%	5.6%	2.2%	10%	1.46	11.3		19.5	0.60	84%
MLB Averages					1.4%	8.8%	8.7%	6.5%	27%	1.02	10.1	65.8	8.1	0.97	79%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1930	24	CHW	AL	-3.6	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1937	31	TOT	MLB	-2.6	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1937	31	WSH	AL	-2.1	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1937	31	BSN	NL	-0.5	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1938	32	BSN	NL	-1.2	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1941	35	CIN	NL	-0.5	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1944	38	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	39	CIN	NL	-4.9	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	42	PIT	NL	-1.7	-0.2	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.86	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.89	-1.4	0
7 Yrs				-14.5	-1.4	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.86	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.89	-1.4	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	42	PIT	NL	0	0	25%	3	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				0	0	27%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	42	PIT	NL	17	17%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				17	17%	51			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	400%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			3043%			212%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1930	24	25	64	58	7	14	3	1	4	3	6	.241	.290	.328	.618	59	19		1	2
1931	25	25	64	58	7	14	3	1	4	3	6	.241	.290	.328	.618	59	19		1	2
1932	26	25	64	58	7	14	3	1	4	3	6	.241	.290	.328	.618	59	19		1	2
1933	27	25	64	58	7	14	3	1	4	3	6	.241	.290	.328	.618	59	19		1	2
1934	28	25	64	58	7	14	3	1	4	3	6	.241	.290	.328	.618	59	19		1	2
1935	29	25	64	58	7	14	3	1	4	3	6	.241	.290	.328	.618	59	19		1	2
1936	30	25	64	58	7	14	3	1	4	3	6	.241	.290	.328	.618	59	19		1	2
1937	31	35	96	87	9	21	3	1	7	4	8	.241	.290	.299	.589	52	26	0	2	3
1938	32	54	157	144	15	37	4	1	9	8	10	.257	.305	.299	.604	63	43	0	2	3
1939	33	54	157	144	15	37	4	1	9	8	10	.257	.305	.299	.604	63	43	0	2	3
1940	34	54	157	144	15	37	4	1	9	8	10	.257	.305	.299	.604	63	43	0	2	3
1941	35	64	167	154	17	40	4	1	9	8	11	.260	.305	.299	.604	63	46	0	2	3
1942	36	64	167	154	17	40	4	1	9	8	11	.260	.305	.299	.604	63	46	0	2	3
1943	37	64	167	154	17	40	4	1	9	8	11	.260	.305	.299	.604	63	46	0	2	3
1944	38	65	167	154	17	40	4	1	9	8	11	.260	.305	.299	.604	63	46	0	2	3
1945	39	88	216	199	17	48	4	1	11	12	17	.241	.291	.271	.562	54	54	0	2	3
1946	40	88	216	199	17	48	4	1	11	12	17	.241	.291	.271	.562	54	54	0	2	3
1947	41	88	216	199	17	48	4	1	11	12	17	.241	.291	.271	.562	54	54	0	2	3
1948	42	98	233	214	18	51	4	1	11	13	19	.238	.288	.266	.555	52	57	1	2	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1930	24	26	66	60	7	14	3	1	0	4	0	3	6	.233	.281	.317	.598	5	25

1937	31	10	34	31	2	8	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	.258	.303	.258	.561	2	10
1938	32	20	65	61	7	18	1	0	0	2	0	4	2	.295	.338	.311	.650	6	19

1941	35	10	10	10	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.300	.600	1	10

1945	39	24	51	47	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	4	6	.170	.235	.170	.406	2	23

1948	42	10	19	17	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.235	.278	.235	.513	1	10
6 Yrs		100	245	226	19	55	4	1	0	11	0	13	19	.243	.290	.270	.560	17	97
162 Game Avg.		162	397	366	31	89	6	2	0	18	0	21	31	.243	.290	.270	.560	28	97

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

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