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Johnny Rizzo
John Costa Rizzo

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 19, 1938
Final Game September 25, 1942
Born July 30, 1912 in Houston, TX
Died December 4, 1977 in Houston, TX

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 25 PIT NL 143  555   97  167  31  9  23  111   1     54  61  .301  .368  .514  139  285   3           5  16 MVP-6
 1939 26 PIT NL  94  330   49   86  23  3   6   55   0     42  27  .261  .349  .403  103  133   9           3  14
 1940 27 TOT NL 143  505   71  143  19  2  24   72   3     56  50  .283  .357  .471  129  238   2           2   6 MVP-29
         PIT NL   9   28    1    5   1  0   0    2   0      5   5  .179  .324  .214   52    6   0           1   1
         CIN NL  31  110   17   31   6  0   4   17   1     14  14  .282  .363  .445  121   49   0           0   1
         PHI NL 103  367   53  107  12  2  20   53   2     37  31  .292  .358  .499  138  183   2           1   4
 1941 28 PHI NL  99  235   20   51   9  2   4   24   1     24  34  .217  .295  .323   77   76   4           2   8
 1942 29 BRO NL  78  217   31   50   8  0   4   27   2     24  25  .230  .307  .323   83   70   3           0   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      557 1842  268  497  90 16  61  289   7  0 200 197  .270  .345  .435  116  802  21   0   0  12  51
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        536   78  145  26  5  18   84   2  0  58  57  .270  .345  .435  116  233   6   0   0   3  15
 Career High    143  555   97  167  31  9  24  111   3  0  56  61  .301  .368  .514  139  285   9   0   0   5  16
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 25 PIT NL  617  407  103   6.8   100| .301  .276| .368  .340| .514  .393| .882  .733| 139  .689  28.6   2.9     
 1939 26 PIT NL  384  267   46   4.6   102| .261  .278| .349  .343| .403  .397| .752  .740| 103  .503   2.7   0.3     
 1940 27 TOT NL  565  370   85   6.2    96| .283  .268| .357  .333| .471  .386| .828  .719| 129  .655  19.7   1.9     
         PIT NL   34   24    2   2.2    97| .179  .270| .324  .335| .214  .389| .538  .724|  52  .229  -1.6  -0.2     
         CIN NL  124   80   18   6.1    99| .282  .273| .363  .338| .445  .393| .808  .730| 121  .646   3.4   0.3     
         PHI NL  407  266   65   6.6    95| .292  .267| .358  .331| .499  .384| .857  .715| 138  .680  17.9   1.8     
 1941 28 PHI NL  265  196   22   3.0    91| .217  .261| .295  .331| .323  .368| .618  .699|  77  .357  -7.2  -0.7     
 1942 29 BRO NL  244  177   21   3.2    88| .230  .258| .307  .331| .323  .359| .630  .689|  83  .421  -4.7  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      2075 1417  277   5.2    97| .270  .270| .345  .336| .435  .385| .780  .721| 116  .588  39.2   3.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1938 25 PIT NL OF 140 284 5 15 1 .951 .976 2.06 2.22 140 0 0 1939 26 PIT NL OF 86 186 2 5 0 .974 .975 2.19 2.17 86 0 0 1940 27 TOT NL OF 128 284 12 11 6 .964 .977 2.31 2.17 93 23 15 PIT NL OF 7 9 0 2 0 .818 .978 1.29 2.17 7 0 0 CIN NL OF 30 68 6 2 2 .974 .978 2.47 2.17 30 0 0 PHI NL OF 91 207 6 7 4 .968 .977 2.34 2.17 56 23 15 3B 7 6 26 3 2 .914 .947 4.57 2.81 1941 28 PHI NL OF 62 114 8 4 2 .968 .975 1.97 2.15 3 8 53 3B 2 1 2 2 0 .600 .938 1.50 3.15 1942 29 BRO NL OF 70 124 6 3 1 .977 .981 1.86 2.15 9 0 62
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1940 27 PHI NL 3B 7 6 26 3 2 .914 .947 4.57 2.81 1941 28 PHI NL 3B 2 1 2 2 0 .600 .938 1.50 3.15 1938 25 PIT NL OF 140 284 5 15 1 .951 .976 2.06 2.22 140 0 0 1939 26 PIT NL OF 86 186 2 5 0 .974 .975 2.19 2.17 86 0 0 1940 27 TOT NL OF 128 284 12 11 6 .964 .977 2.31 2.17 93 23 15 PIT NL OF 7 9 0 2 0 .818 .978 1.29 2.17 7 0 0 CIN NL OF 30 68 6 2 2 .974 .978 2.47 2.17 30 0 0 PHI NL OF 91 207 6 7 4 .968 .977 2.34 2.17 56 23 15 1941 28 PHI NL OF 62 114 8 4 2 .968 .975 1.97 2.15 3 8 53 1942 29 BRO NL OF 70 124 6 3 1 .977 .981 1.86 2.15 9 0 62
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 486 992 33 38 10 .964 .977 2.11 2.18 331 31 130 3B 9 7 28 5 2 .875 .946 3.89 2.89 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 495 999 61 43 12 .961 .976 2.14 2.19
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1938-NL-6-0.29
1940-NL-29-0.01
Car-580-0.30 shares

Slugging %
1938 NL-.514-6

OPS
1938 NL-.882-6

Runs
1938 NL-97-6

Hits
1938 NL-167-9

Total Bases
1938 NL-285-5

Home Runs
1938 NL-23-5
1940 NL-24-3

RBI
1938 NL-111-3

Strikeouts
1938 NL-61-8

Adjusted OPS+
1938 NL-139-7

Runs Created
1938 NL-103-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1938 NL-29-9

Batting Wins
1938 NL-2.9-8

Extra-Base Hits
1938 NL-63-5

Offensive Win%
1938 NL-.689-7

Hit By Pitch
1938 NL-5-3

Grounded into Double Plays
1938 NL-16-10

At Bats per Home Run
1938 NL-24.1-5
1940 NL-21.0-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 21 (963) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.0 (1488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.5 (1414) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

October 13, 1937: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later, Tom Padden, Bernard Cobb (minors), 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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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