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Johnny Niggeling

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: July 10, 1903 in Remsen, IA us

Died: September 16, 1963 in Le Mars, IA

Buried: St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Remsen, IA

Debut: April 30, 1938 (Age 34-294d, 8,480th in major league history)
vs. PHI 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 1, 1946 (Age 43-053d)
vs. PHI 9.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: John Arnold Niggeling

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.7

ERA

3.22

184

161

1250.2

620

WHIP

1.301

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1934	30	BOS-min	A	17	9	.654	3.05	34						195.0	202	87	66		67									1.379	9.3		3.1			REA NYPL
1935	31	PIT-min	AA	0	1	.000	1.50	3						12.0	16	6	2		3									1.583	12.0		2.3			KCY AA
1936	32	CHW-min	AA	18	15	.545	3.64	48	26					267.0	271	124	108		87									1.341	9.1		2.9			KCY AA
1937	33	NYY-min	AA	9	14	.391	5.50	36	19					180.0	219	134	110		81									1.667	11.0		4.1			KCY,NWK AA,IL
1938	34	BSN	NL	1	0	1.000	9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	11	46	3.55	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
1939	35	CIN-min	AA	15	7	.682	3.13	22	22					164.0	142	67	57		54									1.195	7.8		3.0			INA AA
1939	35	CIN	NL	2	1	.667	5.80	10	5	1	2	1	0	40.1	51	28	26	2	13	1	20	2	0	0	185	67	3.36	1.587	11.4	0.4	2.9	4.5	1.54
1940	36	SLB	AL	7	11	.389	4.45	28	20	6	10	0	0	153.2	148	88	76	9	69	3	82	5	0	8	670	104	3.59	1.412	8.7	0.5	4.0	4.8	1.19
1941	37	SLB	AL	7	9	.438	3.80	24	20	3	13	1	0	168.1	168	83	71	17	63	9	68	1	0	1	733	114	3.98	1.372	9.0	0.9	3.4	3.6	1.08
1942	38	SLB	AL	15	11	.577	2.66	28	27	1	16	3	0	206.1	173	76	61	10	93	10	107	11	0	7	885	140	3.18	1.289	7.5	0.4	4.1	4.7	1.15
1943	39	TOT	AL	10	10	.500	2.59	26	26	0	12	3	0	201.1	149	67	58	7	74	4	97	6	0	4	823	129	3.33	1.108	6.7	0.3	3.3	4.3	1.31
1943	39	SLB	AL	6	8	.429	3.17	20	20	0	7	0	0	150.1	122	61	53	7	57	4	73	6	0	3	628	106	3.55	1.191	7.3	0.4	3.4	4.4	1.28
1943	39	WSH	AL	4	2	.667	0.88	6	6	0	5	3	0	51.0	27	6	5	0	17	0	24	0	0	1	195	366	2.71	0.863	4.8	0.0	3.0	4.2	1.41
1944	40	WSH	AL	10	8	.556	2.32	24	24	0	14	2	0	206.0	164	65	53	5	88	6	121	4	0	5	848	141	2.71	1.223	7.2	0.2	3.8	5.3	1.38
1945	41	WSH	AL	7	12	.368	3.16	26	25	1	8	2	0	176.2	161	80	62	7	73	1	90	3	0	5	754	98	3.48	1.325	8.2	0.4	3.7	4.6	1.23
1946	42	TOT	MLB	5	7	.417	3.56	16	14	1	6	0	0	96.0	93	45	38	3	42	6	34	2	0	3	420	96	3.12	1.406	8.7	0.3	3.9	3.2	0.81
1946	42	WSH	AL	3	2	.600	4.03	8	6	1	3	0	0	38.0	39	22	17	1	21	2	10	1	0	0	173	84	3.60	1.579	9.2	0.2	5.0	2.4	0.48
1946	42	BSN	NL	2	5	.286	3.26	8	8	0	3	0	0	58.0	54	23	21	2	21	4	24	1	0	3	247	107	2.81	1.293	8.4	0.3	3.3	3.7	1.14
1947	43	NYG-min	A	12	8	.600	3.41	20			14	1		161.0	161	74	61		46		87	2		3				1.286	9.0		2.6	4.9	1.89	SXC WL
9 Yrs				64	69	.481	3.22	184	161	13	81	12	0	1250.2	1111	534	447	60	516	40	620	34	0	34	5329	114	3.33	1.301	8.0	0.4	3.7	4.5	1.20
162 Game Avg.				13	14	.481	3.22	36	32	3	16	2	0	247	219	105	88	12	102	8	122	7	0	7	1050	114	3.33	1.301	8.0	0.4	3.7	4.5	1.20

WSH (4 yrs)				24	24	.500	2.61	64	61	2	30	7	0	471.2	391	173	137	13	199	9	245	8	0	11	1970	123	3.07	1.251	7.5	0.2	3.8	4.7	1.23
SLB (4 yrs)				35	39	.473	3.46	100	87	10	46	4	0	678.2	611	308	261	43	282	26	330	23	0	19	2916	116	3.55	1.316	8.1	0.6	3.7	4.4	1.17
BSN (2 yrs)				3	5	.375	3.45	10	8	0	3	0	0	60.0	58	25	23	2	22	4	25	1	0	4	258	101	2.83	1.333	8.7	0.3	3.3	3.8	1.14
CIN (1 yr)				2	1	.667	5.80	10	5	1	2	1	0	40.1	51	28	26	2	13	1	20	2	0	0	185	67	3.36	1.587	11.4	0.4	2.9	4.5	1.54

AL (7 yrs)				59	63	.484	3.11	164	148	12	76	11	0	1150.1	1002	481	398	56	481	35	575	31	0	30	4886	118	3.35	1.289	7.8	0.4	3.8	4.5	1.20
NL (3 yrs)				5	6	.455	4.40	20	13	1	5	1	0	100.1	109	53	49	4	35	5	45	3	0	4	443	83	3.04	1.435	9.8	0.4	3.1	4.0	1.29