Johnny Gorsica

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: March 29, 1915 in Bayonne, NJ us

Died: December 16, 1998 in Charlottesville, VA

Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, WV

School: West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)

Debut: April 22, 1940 (Age 25-024d, 8,873rd in major league history)
vs. CHW 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 17, 1947 (Age 32-172d)
vs. PHA 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: John Joseph Perry Gorsica

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.4

ERA

4.18

204

723.2

272

WHIP

1.416

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-18 / in Starts: 9-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 4

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	5	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	3-7		99	5.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.00	2.80	18	8	2	0	0	5		2	1	1	1	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.118	1.41	0.18%	2.86	3b 12- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
2	2	9	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,9-11	3-7		5	5.0	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	1.80	3.70	21	9	3	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.21	0.044	.68	0.09%	1.06	3t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d7
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	3	18	May 8	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5			9	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.25	3.66	10												8					0
4	4	22	May 12	DET		CHW	L,3-4			3	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.80	3.60	11												10					0
5	5	29	May 24	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		11	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.69	3.43	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.036	1.59	0.06%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
6	6	33	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	2-6		4	4.1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.33	3.14	19	9	2	0	0	6		1	0	1	1	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	.18	0.020	.71	0.05%	1.55	2b -2- 2 out d6	6b 3 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	7	38	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-9	GS-	L(0-1)	4	6.0	9	6	4	3	1	1	0	2.39	3.87	29						32						25					0
8	8	43	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	9	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.29	3.70	37	17	8	1	1	8	61			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.43	0.557	6.82	1.60%	3.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
9	9	49	Jun 15(2)	DET		WSH	W,8-0	SHO	W(2-1)	6	9.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	1	1.83	3.61	33						81						29	0	0			0
10	10	54	Jun 21	DET		NYY	L,7-12	GS-3	L(2-2)	5	2.0	6	6	6	4	1	0	0	2.91	3.80	16	5	1	0	0	5	17			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.286	5.05	-0.76%	-4.18	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out d5
11	11	59	Jun 26	DET		BOS	L,1-3	GS-	L(2-3)	4	8.1	7	3	2	3	3	0	0	2.80	3.73	35						59						32					0
12	12	64	Jun 30(2)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	W(3-3)	3	7.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.63	3.63	28						65						25	1	0			0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	13	71	Jul 6(2)	DET		SLB	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-3)	5	9.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.29	3.46	34	17	6	0	1	3	81			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.656	5.80	2.02%	5.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	14	77	Jul 14(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	GS-6	L(4-4)	7	6.0	8	3	3	1	2	1	1	2.47	3.62	30	15	3	0	0	8	45			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.121	6.77	-0.37%	0.27	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
15	15	82	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	W,10-8	GS-3		3	2.0	6	7	7	2	0	0	0	3.20	3.68	14	5	2	0	0	5	14			0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.428	7.80	-1.85%	-4.86	1b start a 1	3b 12- 0 out d2
16	16	87	Jul 23	DET		WSH	L,3-6	GS-6	L(4-5)	4	6.0	10	5	5	1	3	0	0	3.51	3.60	28	7	7	0	3	10	34			1	1	0	27	4	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.158	5.97	-0.56%	-1.33	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
17	17	92	Jul 27(2)	DET		PHA	W,8-7	GS-9	W(5-5)	3	8.0	11	7	5	2	3	1	0	3.69	3.69	36	20	0	0	0	11	37			0	2	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.35	-0.341	7.98	-1.21%	-2.52	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	18	100	Aug 3(2)	DET		BOS	W,14-2	CG	W(6-5)	6	9.0	5	2	1	0	4	1	0	3.45	3.68	32						75						32	1	0			0
19	19	105	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS-9	W(7-5)	3	8.0	10	5	5	4	3	1	0	3.61	3.80	36	18	1	0	0	10	41			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	.72	0.114	4.60	0.44%	0.18	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a3
20	20	111	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-7		5	6.2	4	3	3	1	3	0	1	3.64	3.75	25	13	3	0	0	4	56			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.111	12.75	0.79%	0.60	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a1
21	21	116	Aug 18	DET		CHW	L,5-7	GS-		4	4.0	6	3	3	5	2	0	0	3.74	3.82	22						35						17					0
22	22	122	Aug 24(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS-7		5	7.0	7	5	5	4	3	0	0	3.89	3.82	32	15	4	1	2	6	42			2	0	1	28	3	0	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.167	3.94	-0.55%	-0.92	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	23	127	Sep 1	DET	@	SLB	L,2-8	GS-6	L(7-6)	7	6.0	9	5	5	3	3	1	0	4.05	3.90	28	11	2	0	0	9	34			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.55	-0.146	3.61	-0.57%	-1.57	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
24	24	134	Sep 7	DET		SLB	W,5-4	GS-7		5	7.0	9	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.04	3.89	29	10	7	3	1	9	46			0	0	0	27	1	0	2	2	0	0	1.11	0.063	9.68	0.33%	1.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
25	25	137	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,11-7			3	4.0	7	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.18	3.99	20												18					0
26	26	141	Sep 15	DET		WSH	L,1-6	6-7		3	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.20	3.97	6	3	0	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.007	6.50	0.04%	0.46	6t 123 2 out d3	7t 3 out d4
27	27	145	Sep 18(2)	DET		PHA	L,6-13	GS-9	L(7-7)	2	8.1	8	8	8	4	4	1	0	4.44	4.03	36	18	3	0	0	7	35			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.36	-0.355	15.07	-2.36%	-1.52	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out tie
28	28	150	Sep 22	DET		CLE	L,5-10	3-4		3	2.0	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	4.50	4.13	10	5	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.060	5.59	-0.83%	-1.43	3t 1-3 0 out d4	4t 3 out d7
29	29	154	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-		5	4.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.39	4.10	13						60						12					0
							11-18		W-L:7-7	4.4	160.0	170	85	78	57	68	10	4	4.39	4.10	692	3.83		2%	3%	115	48	8	38%	6	6	1	624	27	2	2	9	0	8	.95	-0.336	6.46	-3.47%	-0.77

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