Johnny Broaca

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: October 3, 1909 in Lawrence, MA us

Died: May 16, 1985 in Lawrence, MA

Buried: St. Mary Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Lawrence, MA

High School: Phillips Academy Andover (Andover, MA)

School: Yale University (New Haven, CT)

Debut: June 2, 1934 (Age 24-242d, 7,732nd in major league history)
vs. PHA 1.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1939 (Age 29-355d)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: John Joseph Broaca

Pronunciation: \bro-AH-kah\

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1936 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.8

ERA

4.08

121

674.1

258

WHIP

1.487

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Team Record in Appearances: 1-6 / in Starts: 1-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	93	4	Apr 26	NYY		PHA	W,7-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	0	0	0.00	5.09	37	13	9	2	2	6	68			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	.97	0.330	2.78	0.57%	4.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	94	9	May 2	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	CG	L(1-1)	5	9.0	10	5	2	4	1	0	0	1.00	4.70	41	19	10	0	0	7	50			1	0	0	36	1	1	0	1	0	2	1.42	-0.232	4.94	-0.49%	0.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
3	95	23	May 20	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	CG	L(1-2)	17	9.0	13	3	3	0	1	1	0	1.67	4.61	37	12	15	4	1	9	50			1	3	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	.63	0.098	2.24	0.21%	2.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
4	96	30	May 27	NYY		DET	L,4-5	GS-9		6	8.2	10	4	4	2	5	2	0	2.27	4.88	39	9	15	1	3	8	51			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.44	-0.058	7.40	-0.18%	0.78	1t start tie	9t -23 2 out tie
5	97	35	May 31(2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-8	GS-2	L(1-3)	3	1.1	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.16	4.99	10	2	2	0	0	4	28			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.257	5.12	-0.82%	-3.38	1b start tie	2b 1-- 1 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	98	42	Jun 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-6	L(1-4)	7	5.1	9	5	5	2	0	0	0	3.83	4.90	26	6	9	2	2	9	28			0	0	0	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.368	7.32	-1.22%	-1.94	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	99	74	Jul 16	NYY	@	DET	L,7-14	7-GF(8)		37	1.2	6	5	5	0	0	2	0	4.70	5.43	11	1	4	0	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.002	.37	-0.01%	-3.63	7b -2- 1 out d4	8b end d 9
							1-6		W-L:1-4	5.3	44.0	58	27	23	17	9	5	0	4.70	5.43	201	0.97		7%	6%	49	46	1	0%	3	3	0	179	11	4	0	3	0	5	1.08	-0.489	4.55	-1.94%	-0.83

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