Johnny Podgajny

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 173lb (188cm, 78kg)

Born: June 10, 1920 in Chester, PA us

Died: March 2, 1971 in Chester, PA

Buried: St. Francis de Sales Cemetery, Lenni, PA

High School: Chester HS (Chester, PA)

Debut: September 15, 1940 (Age 20-097d, 8,936th in major league history)
vs. STL 8.0 IP, 10 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: May 13, 1946 (Age 25-337d)
vs. SLB 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: John Sigmund Podgajny

Nicknames: Specs

Pronunciation: \puh-JONN-ee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

ERA

4.20

115

510.1

129

WHIP

1.385

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-22 / in Starts: 4-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 5

1943 Pitching Game Log

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1943 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	82	1	Apr 24	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-11	5-8		99	3.2	8	6	6	1	1	0	0	14.73	2.93	19	3	9	4	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.049	1.32	-0.07%	-3.79	5b --- 0 out d2	8b -23 2 out d6
2	83	4	Apr 28	PHI		BRO	L,3-4	9-GF(10)	L(0-1)	3	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	11.12	3.01	9	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.92	-0.210	7.06	-0.30%	-0.17	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
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	84	7	May 2(2)	PHI		BSN	W,6-5	6-GF(12)	W(1-1)	3	6.1	9	1	1	2	1	0	0	6.00	3.15	28	11	7	1	1	7		1	0	0	1	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.46	0.214	3.75	0.20%	1.79	6t -2- 2 out d4	12t end d 1
4	85	11	May 6	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(2-1)	3	10.0	5	2	2	5	3	0	0	4.09	3.34	39	15	11	0	0	5	72			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.36	0.426	2.33	0.44%	2.43	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
5	86	13	May 8	PHI		NYG	L,5-7	9-GF	BS(1)	1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.43	3.91	2	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	-0.796	3.28	-0.83%	-2.61	9t 12- 2 out a1	9t end d 2
6	87	17	May 13(2)	PHI		CIN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-2)	4	7.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.99	3.57	29	11	7	1	0	8	54			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.014	1.79	0.02%	0.92	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
7	88	21	May 17	PHI		CHC	W,8-4	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	8	4	4	3	0	0	0	3.99	3.59	37						52						34	2	0			0
8	89	26	May 23(1)	PHI		PIT	L,1-4	GS-7	L(3-3)	5	7.0	9	4	2	1	1	0	0	3.77	3.47	32	10	11	1	3	9	47			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.10	-0.174	2.76	-0.26%	-1.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
9	90	29	May 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-7	7-GF(8)		3	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.64	3.44	6	4	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.03	0.00%	0.55	7b 1-3 1 out d6	8b end d 7
10	91	30	May 28	PHI	@	CIN	L,8-11	7-GF(8)	L(3-4)	0	2.0	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.04	3.47	12	2	4	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	-0.292	3.51	-0.36%	-2.13	7b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 3
11	92	34	May 31(1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,10-4	CG	W(4-4)	2	9.0	10	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.03	3.55	35						52						34	1	1			0
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
12	93	38	Jun 3	PHI	@	STL	L,2-8	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.20	3.52	10	5	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.013	.14	-0.02%	-1.07	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 6
13	94	44	Jun 13(1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-6			9	4.0	7	2	2	0	2	2	0	4.22	3.81	17												17					0
				Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to Pittsburgh Pirates
14	95	50	Jun 17	PIT		CHC	L,2-3	5-GF(7)		3	3.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.03	3.80	10	9	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.151	1.67	0.19%	1.37	5t --- 0 out d1	7t end d 1
15	96	55	Jun 22	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-1	GS-7	L(4-5)	4	7.0	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	3.65	3.75	27	14	7	2	1	3	68			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.146	2.78	0.22%	2.01	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
16	97	60	Jun 27(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-3	L(4-6)	4	3.0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	3.71	14	5	5	0	0	4	43			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.252	3.20	-0.50%	-2.70	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
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
17	98	64	Jul 1(1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-6	GS-7	L(4-7)	3	7.0	11	5	4	1	1	0	0	3.64	3.63	34	13	10	2	1	9	37			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	1	.78	-0.123	1.88	-0.18%	-2.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
18	99	71	Jul 5(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-9			3	1.1	2	4	1	2	1	0	0	3.69	3.66	11												8					0
19	100	74	Jul 10	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-23	GS-1	L(4-8)	4	0.1	4	6	5	2	0	0	0	4.20	3.73	7	0	1	0	0	4	19			0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.325	3.34	-0.54%	-4.06	1b start tie	1b 123 1 out d3
20	101	81	Jul 18(1)	PIT		STL	L,4-7	9-GF		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.15	3.72	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.17	0.01%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
21	102	82	Jul 18 susp	PIT		STL	L,5-6	5-6		-1	2.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.26	3.69	10	4	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	-0.213	6.13	-0.46%	-1.09	5t --- 0 out d1	6t 3 out d2
22	103	85	Jul 22(1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-3	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.22	3.71	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.007	.20	0.01%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
23	104	91	Jul 26	PIT		BRO	L,6-10	10-GF(10)		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	3.71	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.001	.08	0.00%	0.21	10t 1-- 2 out d4	10t end d 4
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
24	105	99	Aug 3	PIT		BSN	L,1-6	6-8		7	2.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.09	3.66	7	3	3	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.010	.03	0.00%	1.65	6t 123 2 out d6	8t 3 out d6
25	106	115	Aug 18(1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	5-5		14	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.24	3.79	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.239	.14	-0.02%	-1.56	5b --- 0 out tie	5b 3 out d2
26	107	127	Aug 28	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GS-		9	2.0	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.44	3.82	11						37						8					0
27	108	131	Aug 30(2)	PIT		STL	L,3-8	8-GF		1	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.44	3.83	8	6	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.09	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
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
28	109	137	Sep 6(1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.39	3.79	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
							6-22		W-L:4-8,BSv:1	3.6	98.1	114	60	48	29	20	5	0	4.39	3.79	432	1.47		5%	3%	76	48	9	33%	0	3	0	387	17	1	3	2	0	7	1.10	-1.693	2.38	-2.46%	-10.13

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