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: 10-18

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 11, Entered with runners on base: 11

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 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	63	9	Apr 21	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	9-GF	S(1)	99	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.07	2	1	1	0	1	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.80	0.191	11.32	0.27%	0.53	9b 123 1 out a3	9b end a 2
2	64	12	Apr 24	DET		CHW	W,2-1	9-GF	W(1-0)	2	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.87	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.44	0.140	8.27	0.20%	0.52	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
3	65	17	Apr 29	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2		S(2)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.45	3												3					0
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
4	66	21	May 3(1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-7	7-GF	W(2-0)	3	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.59	3.84	12	5	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.049	5.68	0.10%	0.42	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
5	67	28	May 10(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	9-GF(10)	BL(2-1)	6	1.0	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	4.05	4.17	10	2	0	0	0	5		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	1	2	0	0	0	3.74	-0.680	15.94	-1.74%	-4.03	9b 1-3 0 out a3	10b end d 1
6	68	38	May 22	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	6-GF(8)		11	2.2	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	5.79	4.00	14	3	2	1	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1	1	0	0	.69	0.003	1.59	0.01%	-0.72	6b -23 1 out d1	8b end d 4
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	69	50	Jun 3	DET	@	PHA	L,1-5			11	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.23	4.39	4												1					0
8	70	51	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	W,8-7			0	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	5.73	4.53	5												4					0
9	71	56	Jun 7(2)	DET	@	WSH	L,0-8			2	2.0	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	5.54	4.46	14												12					0
10	72	59	Jun 13	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	7-7		5	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.27	4.78	4	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.98	0.124	5.98	0.15%	0.68	7b -2- 1 out tie	7b 3 out tie
11	73	63	Jun 16(2)	DET		NYY	L,3-5	4-6		2	2.1	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	5.63	4.51	13	5	0	0	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.054	1.27	-0.06%	-0.19	4t 123 2 out d2	6t 3 out d4
12	74	70	Jun 23	DET		BOS	L,2-6			6	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.00	4.13	6												6					0
13	75	74	Jun 27	DET		PHA	W,6-5		W(3-1)	3	4.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.50	3.75	17												16					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
14	76	80	Jul 4(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-10	5-GF(8)		6	4.0	7	4	4	2	2	0	1	5.19	3.69	21	6	3	0	2	7		0	0	1	1	0	17	2	0	1	0	0	0	.27	-0.036	.42	-0.03%	-2.21	5b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 7
15	77	88	Jul 13	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.82	3.61	8	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.068	.81	0.05%	0.93	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
16	78	91	Jul 16	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6			2	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.80	3.60	9												7					0
17	79	94	Jul 19(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.50	3.38	7	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.069	.08	0.01%	0.94	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
18	80	98	Jul 24	DET		NYY	L,0-3	9-GF		4	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.64	3.28	6	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.033	.02	0.00%	-0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
19	81	103	Jul 30(2)	DET		PHA	L,6-7	2-8	L(3-2)	5	6.1	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	4.58	3.37	23	12	4	0	0	6		2	0	0	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.201	.00	0.00%	0.68	2t 12- 0 out d4	8t 12- 1 out d2
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
20	82	108	Aug 4	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.46	3.41	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.69	-0.088	.00	0.00%	0.44	8b 12- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
21	83	130	Aug 28	DET	@	WSH	W,10-7	6-6		23	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.43	3.47	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.25	6b 123 2 out d2	6b 3 out d3
22	84	132	Aug 30(1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-7	3-7		1	4.2	5	3	3	4	2	0	1	4.57	3.57	23	5	7	1	0	4		3	2	0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-1.60	3b 123 1 out d2	7b 3 out d7
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	85	137	Sep 3	DET	@	BOS	L,0-2	6-7		3	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.44	3.59	4	3	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.062	.00	0.00%	1.26	6b 123 2 out d2	7b 3 out d2
24	86	140	Sep 7(1)	DET		SLB	W,5-3		S(3)	3	2.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.62	3.59	9												8					0
25	87	143	Sep 10	DET		BOS	W,5-4	9-GF	S(4)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.53	3.56	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	0.165	.00	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
26	88	145	Sep 12	DET		PHA	W,6-5	7-7		1	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.80	3.55	7	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.180	.00	0.00%	-1.49	7t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d3
27	89	148	Sep 14	DET		WSH	L,6-8	8-GF		1	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.67	3.51	6	1	3	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.16	8t -2- 2 out d2	9t end d 3
28	90	149	Sep 16	DET		NYY	L,1-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.58	3.45	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
							10-18		W-L:3-2,Sv:4,BSv:1	3.2	53.0	63	31	27	26	20	2	3	4.58	3.45	243	2.46		2%	4%	47		25	28%	2	3	0	204	5	1	6	4	0	0	1.10	-0.526	2.05	-1.05%	-3.72

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