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Johnny Podgajny

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Full Name: John Sigmund Podgajny Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/173 First Game: September 15, 1940
Birthdate: June 10, 1920 Final Game: May 13, 1946
Birthplace: Chester, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: March 2, 1971
Deathplace: Chester, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on June 10, 1920 in Chester, Pennsylvania, Johnny Podgajny (John Sigmund Podgajny) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 5 year career. Podgajny broke into the bigs on September 15, 1940 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 4.62 ERA in 181.1 innings pitched in 1941, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Johnny Podgajny's best season was 1941, when he posted a 4.62 ERA and struck out 53 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
1940 PHI N 4 4 1 3 2.83 12 14 11 3 0 0 35 33 0 1 0 1 1
1941 PHI N 34 24 9 12 4.62 53 96 93 8 0 0 181.1 191 8 70 0 4 4
1942 PHI N 43 23 6 14 3.91 40 95 81 6 0 0 186.2 191 9 63 0 3 11
1943 PIT N 15 5 0 4 4.72 7 28 18 0 0 0 34.1 37 1 13 0 0 0
1943 PHI N 13 5 4 4 4.22 13 32 30 3 0 0 64 77 4 16 0 0 0
1943 TOT N 28 10 4 8 4.39 20 60 48 3 0 0 98.1 114 5 29 0 0 0
1946 CLE A 6 0 0 0 5.00 4 8 5 0 0 0 9 13 0 2 0 0 0
Total NL 109 61 20 37 4.18 125 265 233 20 0 0 501.1 529 22 163 0 8 16
Total AL 6 0 0 0 5.00 4 8 5 0 0 0 9 13 0 2 0 0 0
Total 115 61 20 37 4.20 129 273 238 20 0 0 510.1 542 22 165 0 8 16

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1940 PHI N P 4 0 0 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1941 PHI N P 34 0 0 10 40 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1942 PHI N P 43 0 0 6 39 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1943 PIT N P 15 0 0 1 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .895
1943 PHI N P 13 0 0 6 19 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .893
1943 TOT N P 28 0 0 7 35 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .894
1946 CLE A P 6 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 115 0 0 27 124 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 .932

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1940 PHI N 4 12 0 2 0 1 .167 .167 .167 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1941 PHI N 35 62 1 8 0 3 .129 .143 .161 2 0 1 14 0 3 0 0 2
1942 PHI N 44 60 5 11 0 5 .183 .183 .217 0 1 0 15 0 2 0 0 2
1943 PIT N 21 7 2 1 0 0 .143 .143 .143 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1943 PHI N 13 20 2 5 0 2 .250 .286 .250 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0
1943 TOT N 34 27 4 6 0 2 .222 .250 .222 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0
1946 CLE A 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 117 161 10 27 0 11 .168 .178 .193 2 1 1 37 1 6 0 0 4
Total AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 123 161 10 27 0 11 .168 .178 .193 2 1 1 37 1 6 0 0 4

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Dutch Dietz (June 15, 1943).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Johnny Wyrostek and cash to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Preacher Roe (September 30, 1943).

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