Johnny Babich

Full Name: John Charles Babich	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/185	First Game: June 19, 1934
Birthdate: May 14, 1913	Final Game: August 28, 1941
Birthplace: Albion, California	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: January 19, 2001
Deathplace: Richmond, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on May 14, 1913 in Albion, California, Johnny Babich (John Charles Babich) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 5 year career. Babich broke into the bigs on June 19, 1934 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 4.20 ERA in 135 innings pitched in 1934, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Johnny Babich's best season was 1940, when he posted a 3.73 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 94 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1934	BRO	N	25	18	7	11	4.20	62	76	63	7	0	1	135	148	5	51	3	2
1935	BRO	N	37	24	7	14	6.66	55	124	106	7	2	0	143.1	191	7	52	7	2
1936	BOS	N	3	0	0	0	1.50	1	8	7	0	0	0	6	11	1	6	0	1
1940	PHI	A	31	30	14	13	3.73	94	111	95	16	1	0	229.1	222	16	80	0	1
1941	PHI	A	16	14	2	7	6.09	19	57	53	4	0	0	78.1	85	9	31	2	3
Total	NL		65	42	14	25	5.57	118	208	176	14	2	1	284.1	350	13	109	10	5
Total	AL		47	44	16	20	4.33	113	168	148	20	1	0	307.2	307	25	111	2	4
Total			112	86	30	45	4.93	231	376	324	34	3	1	592	657	38	220	12	9

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1934	BRO	N	P	25	6	36	4	1	.913
1935	BRO	N	P	37	6	31	4	1	.902
1936	BOS	N	P	3	0	2	1	0	.667
1940	PHI	A	P	31	14	42	2	0	.966
1941	PHI	A	P	16	9	19	0	0	1.000
Total			P	112	35	130	11	2	.938

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1934	BRO	N	25	50	4	7	3	.140	.140	.140	0	0	19	0	1	0	0
1935	BRO	N	37	49	4	9	4	.184	.200	.224	2	0	16	1	2	1	2
1936	BOS	N	3	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1940	PHI	A	31	86	4	10	1	.116	.146	.128	1	2	24	1	2	0	3
1941	PHI	A	16	25	2	10	2	.400	.444	.480	2	2	4	0	2	0	1
Total	NL		65	100	8	16	7	.160	.168	.180	2	0	35	1	3	1	2
Total	AL		47	111	6	20	3	.180	.216	.207	3	4	28	1	4	0	4
Total			112	211	14	36	10	.171	.194	.194	5	4	63	2	7	1	6

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Mission (PCL) to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Ray Lucas and cash plus a player to be named (June 12, 1934).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Gene Moore to Boston Bees in exchange for Fred Frankhouse (February 6, 1936).
Traded by Boston Bees with Bobby Reis to New York Yankees (October 27, 1938) as part of trade in which Boston Bees traded Gil English, Johnny Riddle, cash and 3 players to be named later to New York Yankees in exchange for Eddie Miller (August 10, 1938); New York Yankees received Vince DiMaggio (February 4, 1939).
Selected by Philadelphia Athletics from New York Yankees in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 3, 1939).
Traded by New York Yankees with Dick Hearn to Seattle (PCL) in exchange for Cuddles Marshall (December 9, 1944).

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