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, 6,873rd in MLB 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

17.5

W

L

ERA

3.22

G

184

GS

161

SV

IP

1250.2

SO

620

WHIP

1.301

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Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1929	25	WLO	D	15	4	.789		23						175.0	158	65			45								1.160	8.1		2.3			WLO MSVL
1930	26	EVN	B	19	10	.655	2.89	35						224.0	207	96	72		84								1.299	8.3		3.4			EVN IIIL
1931	27	DMO	A	17	12	.586	3.65	37						244.0	205	120	99		107								1.279	7.6		3.9			DMO WL
1933	29	WKB,KCY,NVL	A,AA	14	18	.438	3.76	38						268.0	293	134	112		73								1.366	9.8		2.5			WKB,KCY,NVL NYPL,AA,SOUA
1934	30	BOS-min	A,AA	17	10	.630	3.09	35						198.0	205	89	68		70								1.389	9.3		3.2			REA,KCY NYPL,AA
1935	31	PIT-min	A,AA	9	3	.750	1.22	21	8					103.0	90	25	14		24								1.107	7.9		2.1			OKC,KCY TL,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	INA	AA	14	11	.560	4.31	32	28					211.0	200	119	101		86								1.355	8.5		3.7			INA AA
1938	34	BSN	NL	1	0	1.000	9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	11	46	3.42	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	20	2	0	0	185	67	3.74	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	82	5	0	8	670	104	3.98	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	68	1	0	1	733	114	4.31	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	107	11	0	7	885	140	3.52	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	97	6	0	4	823	129	3.09	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	73	6	0	3	628	106	3.30	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	24	0	0	1	195	366	2.47	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	121	4	0	5	848	141	3.02	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	90	3	0	5	754	98	3.33	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	34	2	0	3	420	96	3.46	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	10	1	0	0	173	84	3.94	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	24	1	0	3	247	107	3.15	1.293	8.4	0.3	3.3	3.7	1.14
1947	43	SFG-min	A	12	8	.600	3.41	20						161.0	161	74	61		46								1.286	9.0		2.6			SXC WL
9 Yrs				64	69	.481	3.22	184	161	13	81	12	0	1250.2	1111	534	447	60	516	620	34	0	34	5329	114	3.51	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	122	7	0	7	1050	114	3.51	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	245	8	0	11	1970	123	3.15	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	330	23	0	19	2916	116	3.77	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	25	1	0	4	258	101	3.15	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	20	2	0	0	185	67	3.74	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	575	31	0	30	4886	118	3.52	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	45	3	0	4	443	83	3.39	1.435	9.8	0.4	3.1	4.0	1.29

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

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