Johnny Podgajny

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 173lb (188cm, 78kg)

Born: June 10, 1920 in Chester, PA us

Died: March 2, 1971 in Chester, PA

Buried: St. Francis de Sales Cemetery, Lenni, PA

High School: Chester HS (Chester, PA)

Debut: September 15, 1940 (Age 20-097d, 8,936th in major league history)
vs. STL 8.0 IP, 10 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: May 13, 1946 (Age 25-337d)
vs. SLB 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: John Sigmund Podgajny

Nicknames: Specs

Pronunciation: \puh-JONN-ee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

ERA

4.20

115

510.1

129

WHIP

1.385

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 17	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-7	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
2	9 (4)	Apr 23	PHI		NYG	L,2-5	GS	22	4.1	0	1	1	2	0
3	13 (3)	Apr 26 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,2-10		13	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	17 (3)	May 1	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS	22	4.2	0	1	0	1	0
5	21 (3)	May 5	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
6	26 (4)	May 11	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS	27	6.0	0	5	1	6	1
7	33 (6)	May 19	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	36 (2)	May 22	PHI		BSN	L,7-10	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
9	38 (1)	May 24 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	GS	32	8.1	1	4	0	5	0
10	43 (4)	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-10	GS	18	4.0	1	2	0	3	0
11	46 (2)	May 31 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-7		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	50 (3)	Jun 6	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	53 (2)	Jun 10	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	58 (4)	Jun 16	PHI		PIT	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	63 (4)	Jun 21 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
16	66 (2)	Jun 25	PHI		CHC	L,1-7	GS	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	68 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	PHI		STL	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	70 (1)	Jun 30	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	71	Jul 3	PHI		BRO	L,1-8		4	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
20	73 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,4-5		12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
21	77 (3)	Jul 11	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-12	GS	18	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
22	82 (4)	Jul 15 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,4-9	GS	28	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	86 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-5	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	88 (1)	Jul 21	PHI		STL	L,1-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	91 (2)	Jul 25	PHI		CHC	L,1-4	GS	26	6.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	98 (6)	Aug 2 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	103 (4)	Aug 9 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
28	109 (5)	Aug 15 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	0	1	0	1	0
29	114 (4)	Aug 23 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-3	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	116 (1)	Aug 25	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS	39	8.2	0	3	0	3	1
31	120 (3)	Aug 28 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,5-7	GF	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	123 (2)	Aug 30 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-8	GS	32	6.2	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	126 (2)	Sep 2	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
34	127	Sep 6 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,3-13		0	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	131 (3)	Sep 10	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
36	132	Sep 11	PHI		CIN	L,5-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	136 (3)	Sep 14	PHI		STL	L,3-6		7	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
38	138 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	143 (4)	Sep 20 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-4	GF	31	7.2	0	2	0	2	0
40	147 (3)	Sep 24 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-2	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	148	Sep 25 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-6	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	150 (1)	Sep 26	PHI		BRO	L,3-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
43	151	Sep 27	PHI		BRO	L,3-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							43gm		187.0	6	39	3	48	2