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

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-34 / in Starts: 9-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 6

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 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	39	4	Apr 17	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		99	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.07	3	0	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.002	.03	0.00%	-0.66	8b -23 1 out d5	8b end d 7
2	40	9	Apr 23	PHI		NYG	L,2-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	5	4.1	8	5	5	2	3	0	0	9.00	2.07	22	4	5	0	0	8	28			0	1	0	20	3	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.291	1.28	-0.29%	-3.83	1t start tie	5t --3 1 out d5
3	41	13	Apr 26(2)	PHI		BRO	L,2-10	4-6		2	3.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	7.88	2.20	13	3	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.020	.28	-0.02%	-0.77	4t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d6
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
4	42	17	May 1	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-5	L(0-2)	4	4.2	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	8.53	2.62	22	5	10	1	0	5	30			0	0	0	20	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.408	.99	-0.21%	-3.16	1b start tie	5b --3 2 out d3
5	43	21	May 5	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(1-2)	3	9.0	10	2	1	2	4	0	0	5.40	2.30	39	19	6	0	1	8	63			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.68	0.345	1.22	0.15%	1.75	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
6	44	26	May 11	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS-6	L(1-3)	5	6.0	8	3	3	2	0	1	0	5.20	2.94	27	14	3	0	0	8	42			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.179	.75	-0.07%	-0.48	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
7	45	33	May 19	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	GS-8	W(2-3)	7	8.0	4	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.29	2.88	28	16	4	2	0	3	69			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	0.210	.22	0.03%	2.27	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
8	46	36	May 22	PHI		BSN	L,7-10			2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.21	2.87	3												3					0
9	47	38	May 24(1)	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	GS-9		1	8.1	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.83	2.72	32	10	15	3	0	7	59			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.091	.31	-0.01%	0.87	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out tie
10	48	43	May 30(1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-10	GS-4	L(2-4)	5	4.0	4	4	3	2	1	1	0	4.07	3.02	18	6	5	0	1	4	39			1	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.215	.14	-0.02%	-2.32	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
11	49	46	May 31(2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-7			0	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.35	3.06	5												4					0
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
12	50	50	Jun 6	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.26	3.10	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.012	.02	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
13	51	53	Jun 10	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS-7	L(2-5)	3	6.0	3	5	4	2	0	0	2	4.45	3.20	26	12	8	3	1	2	46			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.55	-0.292	.04	0.00%	-1.30	1b start tie	7b 123 0 out tie
14	52	58	Jun 16	PHI		PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(3-5)	5	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.97	3.00	32	11	12	1	0	5	73			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.91	0.300	.00	0.00%	2.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
15	53	63	Jun 21(2)	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	CG	L(3-6)	4	9.0	9	2	0	3	0	0	2	3.50	3.09	43	12	17	2	0	9	62			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	4	1.69	0.047	.00	0.00%	1.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
16	54	66	Jun 25	PHI		CHC	L,1-7	GS-3	L(3-7)	3	3.0	4	5	5	4	0	0	1	3.94	3.24	18	9	0	0	0	4	27			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.329	.00	0.00%	-3.77	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
17	55	68	Jun 28(2)	PHI		STL	L,1-3	9-GF		2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.89	3.23	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.41	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
18	56	70	Jun 30	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS-5	L(3-8)	1	5.0	8	4	3	2	0	0	0	3.98	3.23	22	6	7	0	1	7	35			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.01	-0.258	.00	0.00%	-1.81	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
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
19	57	71	Jul 3	PHI		BRO	L,1-8	7-8		2	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.90	3.18	4	1	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.009	.00	0.00%	1.22	7t 12- 1 out d5	8t 3 out d5
20	58	73	Jul 4(2)	PHI		BRO	L,4-5	4-6		0	2.2	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	3.78	3.23	12	3	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.060	.00	0.00%	1.26	4t 1-- 1 out d3	6t 3 out d3
21	59	77	Jul 11	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-12	GS-4		6	3.1	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	4.14	3.25	18	9	2	0	0	5	26			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.286	.00	0.00%	-2.69	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out a1
22	60	82	Jul 15(2)	PHI	@	STL	L,4-9	GS-6	L(3-9)	3	5.1	9	8	3	1	2	0	1	4.19	3.21	28	15	0	0	0	9	29			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	3	1.38	-0.502	.00	0.00%	-4.34	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 1 out d3
23	61	86	Jul 19(1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-5	GS-8	W(4-9)	3	8.0	11	5	5	1	1	1	0	4.30	3.26	33	8	12	0	0	11	40			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-1.67	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a3
24	62	88	Jul 21	PHI		STL	L,1-6	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.26	3.23	3	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.41	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
25	63	91	Jul 25	PHI		CHC	L,1-4	GS-7	L(4-10)	3	6.1	8	4	4	0	3	1	0	4.34	3.22	26	8	8	2	0	7	44			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.121	.00	0.00%	-0.58	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d2
Aug				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
26	64	98	Aug 2(1)	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	8-GF		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.26	3.19	6	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.82	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
27	65	103	Aug 9(1)	PHI		NYG	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(4-11)	6	10.0	6	3	3	6	1	0	1	4.14	3.25	41	15	13	1	0	5	63			0	1	0	33	2	1	2	2	0	1	1.55	-0.180	.00	0.00%	1.09	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
28	66	109	Aug 15(2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	L(4-12)	5	9.2	9	4	3	4	2	0	0	4.04	3.22	42						55						38	1	1			0
29	67	114	Aug 23(1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-3			7	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.05	3.21	10												8					0
30	68	116	Aug 25	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS-9	W(5-12)	1	8.2	12	4	4	4	3	1	0	4.05	3.28	39	19	1	0	0	12	43			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.07	0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.64	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a2
31	69	120	Aug 28(2)	PHI	@	STL	L,5-7			2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.03	3.27	4												4					0
32	70	123	Aug 30(2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-8	GS-7	L(5-13)	1	6.2	9	7	7	2	1	2	1	4.26	3.43	32	11	9	1	0	8	27			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.399	.00	0.00%	-2.36	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out d2
Sept				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
33	71	126	Sep 2	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5			2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4.25	3.47	3												1					0
34	72	127	Sep 6(1)	PHI		BSN	L,3-13			3	1.0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	4.34	3.46	7												7					0
35	73	131	Sep 10	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	GS-8		3	8.0	6	1	1	2	1	1	0	4.18	3.50	32	11	12	4	0	6	65			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.189	.00	0.00%	2.27	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
36	74	132	Sep 11	PHI		CIN	L,5-8	11-GF(11)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.16	3.49	3	1	1	1	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.022	.00	0.00%	0.21	11t 123 0 out d1	11t end d 3
37	75	136	Sep 14	PHI		STL	L,3-6	8-9	BL(5-14)	2	1.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.23	3.49	7	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.04	-0.256	.00	0.00%	-0.63	8t --- 0 out a1	9t 1-- 1 out tie
38	76	138	Sep 16(1)	PHI		CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(6-14)	1	9.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	4.07	3.37	35						75						35	1	1			0
39	77	143	Sep 20(2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-4	1-GF(8)		3	7.2	5	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.94	3.36	31	8	12	0	0	5		2	1	2	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.035	.00	0.00%	2.23	1b 1-3 1 out d2	8b end d 2
40	78	147	Sep 24(2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-2	GS-2		3	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	3.90	3.40	9	2	3	0	0	1	50			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.12	1b start tie	2b 3 out d1
41	79	148	Sep 25(1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-6	6-GF(8)		0	3.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.88	3.39	13	8	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	.33	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.32	6b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
42	80	150	Sep 26	PHI		BRO	L,3-8	6-6		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.88	3.39	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.29	6t -2- 2 out d6	6t 3 out d6
43	81	151	Sep 27	PHI		BRO	L,3-4	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.86	3.37	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.41	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
							9-34		W-L:6-14,BSv:1	2.9	186.2	192	94	80	62	40	8	11	3.86	3.37	803	1.41		5%	1%	155	47	11	45%	5	5	0	714	24	9	2	18	0	12	1.09	-2.601	.21	-0.45%	-10.53

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