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Johnny Rizzo
John Costa Rizzo
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 30, 1912 in Houston, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1938
Final Game: September 25, 1942
Died: December 4, 1977 in Houston, TX
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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 25 PIT NL 143 617 555 97 167 31 9 23 111 1 54 61 .301 .368 .514 .882 139 285 16 5 3 *O MVP-6
1939 26 PIT NL 94 384 330 49 86 23 3 6 55 0 42 27 .261 .349 .403 .752 103 133 14 3 9 O
1940 27 TOT NL 143 565 505 71 143 19 2 24 72 3 56 50 .283 .357 .471 .828 129 238 6 2 2 *O/5 MVP-29
1940 27 PIT NL 9 34 28 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 5 5 .179 .324 .214 .538 52 6 1 1 0 /O
1940 27 CIN NL 31 124 110 17 31 6 0 4 17 1 14 14 .282 .363 .445 .808 121 49 1 0 0 O
1940 27 PHI NL 103 407 367 53 107 12 2 20 53 2 37 31 .292 .358 .499 .857 138 183 4 1 2 O/5
1941 28 PHI NL 99 265 235 20 51 9 2 4 24 1 24 34 .217 .295 .323 .618 77 76 8 2 4 O/5
1942 29 BRO NL 78 244 217 31 50 8 0 4 27 2 24 25 .230 .307 .323 .630 83 70 7 0 3 O
5 Seasons 557 2075 1842 268 497 90 16 61 289 7 200 197 .270 .345 .435 .781 116 802 51 12 21
162 Game Avg. 162 604 536 78 145 26 5 18 84 2 58 57 .270 .345 .435 .781 116 233 15 3 6
PIT (3 yrs) 246 1035 913 147 258 55 12 29 168 1 101 93 .283 .360 .464 .824 123 424 31 9 12
PHI (2 yrs) 202 672 602 73 158 21 4 24 77 3 61 65 .262 .333 .430 .764 115 259 12 3 6
BRO (1 yr) 78 244 217 31 50 8 0 4 27 2 24 25 .230 .307 .323 .630 83 70 7 0 3
CIN (1 yr) 31 124 110 17 31 6 0 4 17 1 14 14 .282 .363 .445 .808 121 49 1 0 0

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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1938 PIT NL 25 OF 140 304 284 5 15 1 .951 2.06 .977 2.22 140-0-0 MVP-6
1939 PIT NL 26 OF 86 193 186 2 5 0 .974 2.19 .975 2.17 86-0-0
1940 TOT NL 27 OF 128 307 284 12 11 6 .964 2.31 .978 2.17 93-23-15 MVP-29
1940 PIT NL 27 OF 7 11 9 0 2 0 .818 1.29 .982 2.17 7-0-0
1940 CIN NL 27 OF 30 76 68 6 2 2 .974 2.47 .978 2.17 30-0-0
1940 PHI NL 27 OF 91 220 207 6 7 4 .968 2.34 .977 2.17 56-23-15
1940 PHI NL 27 3B 7 35 6 26 3 2 .914 4.57 .949 2.81 MVP-29
1941 PHI NL 28 OF 62 126 114 8 4 2 .968 1.97 .975 2.15 3-8-53
1941 PHI NL 28 3B 2 5 1 2 2 0 .600 1.50 .960 3.15
1942 BRO NL 29 OF 70 133 124 6 3 1 .977 1.86 .981 2.15 9-0-62
5 Seasons OF 486 1063 992 33 38 10 .964 2.11 .977 2.18 331-31-130
2 Seasons 3B 9 40 7 28 5 2 .875 3.89 .950 2.89
5 Seasons TOT 495 1103 999 61 43 12 .961 2.14 .937 2.19 331-31-130

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1938-NL-6-28%
1940-NL-29-1%
0.30 Career Shares (587th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1938 NL--.514--6th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1938 NL--.882--6th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1938 NL--97--6th

Hits s c a p y
1938 NL--167--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
1938 NL--285--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1938 NL--23--5th
1940 NL--24--3rd

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1938 NL--111--3rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1938 NL--61--8th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1938 NL--139--7th

Runs Created s c a p y
1938 NL--103--6th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1938 NL--29--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1938 NL--2.9--8th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1938 NL--63--5th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1938 NL--.689--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1938 NL--5--3rd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1938 NL--16--10th

AB per HR s c a p y
1938 NL--24.130--5th
1940 NL--21.042--4th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 21 (975), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1454), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1493), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  5. Dante Bichette (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

October 13, 1937: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bernard Cobb (minors), Tom Padden and cash. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Bud Hafey (December 15, 1937) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

May 8, 1940: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cincinnati Reds for Vince DiMaggio.

June 15, 1940: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Philadelphia Phillies for Morrie Arnovich.

December 10, 1941: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Philadelphia Phillies.

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