Johnny Babich
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[edit] Biography
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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | BRO | N | 25 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 4.20 | 62 | 76 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 135 | 148 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1935 | BRO | N | 37 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 6.66 | 55 | 124 | 106 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 143.1 | 191 | 7 | 52 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 1936 | BOS | N | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1940 | PHI | A | 31 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3.73 | 94 | 111 | 95 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 229.1 | 222 | 16 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1941 | PHI | A | 16 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 6.09 | 19 | 57 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 78.1 | 85 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | NL | 65 | 42 | 14 | 25 | 5.57 | 118 | 208 | 176 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 284.1 | 350 | 13 | 109 | 0 | 10 | 5 | |
| Total | AL | 47 | 44 | 16 | 20 | 4.33 | 113 | 168 | 148 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 307.2 | 307 | 25 | 111 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Total | 112 | 86 | 30 | 45 | 4.93 | 231 | 376 | 324 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 592 | 657 | 38 | 220 | 0 | 12 | 9 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
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| 1934 | BRO | N | P | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .913 |
| 1935 | BRO | N | P | 37 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .902 |
| 1936 | BOS | N | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| 1940 | PHI | A | P | 31 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .966 |
| 1941 | PHI | A | P | 16 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 112 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 130 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .938 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | BRO | N | 25 | 50 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .140 | .140 | .140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | BRO | N | 37 | 49 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | .184 | .200 | .224 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1936 | BOS | N | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | PHI | A | 31 | 86 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .116 | .146 | .128 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1941 | PHI | A | 16 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | .400 | .444 | .480 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | NL | 65 | 100 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 7 | .160 | .168 | .180 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | AL | 47 | 111 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 3 | .180 | .216 | .207 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 112 | 211 | 14 | 36 | 0 | 10 | .171 | .194 | .194 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 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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