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Johnny
Podgajny		  
Nickname: Specs
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 178
 
Born: June 10, 1920 in Usa, PA, CHESTER
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 20 SEM AL   9 3 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 7
1941 21 SEM AL   9 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 6
1942 22 SEM AL   9 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1943 23 SEM AL   9 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6
1944 24 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5
1945 25 SEM AL   9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1946 26 SEM AL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1947 27 SEM AL $ 300,000 10 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5
1948 28 SEM AL   10 5 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 4
1950 30 BSN NL $ 400,000 10 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
1951 31 BSN NL $ 400,000 9 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
1952 32 BSN NL   9 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
1953 33 BSN NL   8 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 400,000 10 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 20 SEM AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1941 21 SEM AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1942 22 SEM AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1943 23 SEM AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1944 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1945 25 SEM AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1946 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1947 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1948 28 SEM AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1950 30 BSN NL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1951 31 BSN NL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1952 32 BSN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1953 33 BSN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1940 20 AAA   2 2 .500 4 4 1 0 0 29.0 41 16 3 5 16 4.97 .333 .359 .488 .847  
    AA   7 9 .438 20 20 3 1 0 145.7 139 45 8 38 111 2.78 .249 .296 .343 .640  
1941 21 AA   12 4 .750 22 22 5 4 0 166.3 127 42 6 46 126 2.27 .213 .269 .293 .562  
1942 22 AAA   5 5 .500 12 12 1 1 0 78.7 91 37 6 28 44 4.23 .283 .340 .401 .741  
    AA   6 4 .600 15 15 1 0 0 105.0 94 29 6 36 89 2.49 .237 .301 .333 .634  
1943 23 AA   7 3 .700 14 14 1 1 0 96.7 84 36 5 39 90 3.35 .231 .306 .311 .617  
1944 24 SEM AL 0 1 .000 11 0 0 0 0 16.0 29 20 3 8 6 11.25 .397 .457 .575 1.032 0.0
    AAA   7 6 .538 22 22 1 0 0 146.0 163 66 13 79 89 4.07 .283 .370 .410 .780  
1945 25 AAA   4 5 .444 11 11 0 0 0 68.7 90 34 7 25 45 4.46 .310 .365 .452 .817  
    AA   7 6 .538 17 17 1 1 0 114.3 96 39 12 52 109 3.07 .225 .310 .336 .645  
1946 26 SEM AL 7 6 .538 33 13 8 1 3 134.7 145 64 16 64 45 4.28 .278 .359 .432 .791 9.1
    AAA   3 3 .500 8 8 1 0 0 48.3 41 25 2 23 33 4.66 .224 .311 .339 .649  
1947 27 SEM AL 1 4 .200 52 1 1 0 1 68.0 72 51 11 51 17 6.75 .272 .389 .438 .827 0.0
1948 28 SEM AL 2 3 .400 37 4 0 0 0 76.7 98 63 7 60 27 7.40 .314 .420 .458 .879 0.0
1950 30 AA   0 1 .000 11 0 0 0 0 14.3 17 8 1 5 14 5.02 .298 .355 .439 .793  
    A   3 0 1.000 14 0 0 0 0 11.0 3 0 0 1 11 0.00 .097 .125 .097 .222  
1951 31 AAA   5 0 1.000 32 0 0 0 0 53.3 43 24 2 32 38 4.05 .216 .325 .302 .626  
1952 32 AAA   1 0 1.000 14 0 0 0 0 29.0 33 19 6 20 24 5.90 .280 .384 .508 .893  
1953 33 AAA   3 0 1.000 26 0 0 0 0 46.0 22 10 4 23 37 1.96 .139 .249 .247 .495  
4 Years Sim 10 14 .417 133 18 9 1 4 295.3 344 198 37 183 95 6.03 .294 .389 .449 .838 9.1
8 Years AAA 30 21 .588 129 57 4 1 0 499.0 524 231 43 235 326 4.17 .266 .345 .395 .739  
6 Years AA 39 27 .591 99 88 11 7 0 642.3 557 199 38 216 539 2.79 .232 .296 .325 .621  
1 Years A 3 0 1.000 14 0 0 0 0 11.0 3 0 0 1 11 0.00 .097 .125 .097 .222  
15 Years Minors 72 48 .600 242 145 15 8 0 1152.3 1084 430 81 452 876 3.36 .247 .317 .355 .672  
Season Average 2 3 .400 33 4 2 0 1 73.8 86 49 9 45 23 6.03 .294 .389 .449 .838  
Career Highs 7 6 .538 52 13 8 1 3 134.7 145 64 16 64 45 11.25 .397 .457 .575 1.032  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   174 89 13 69 48   .303 .377 .433 .810
vs LH   170 109 24 114 47   .285 .400 .465 .865
Home 4 5 .444 67 9 3 1 2 152.7 179 110 17 104 51 6.48 .293 .396 .433 .829
Away 6 9 .400 66 9 6 0 2 142.7 165 88 20 79 44 5.55 .294 .381 .467 .848
Mar/Apr 1 2 .333 12 0 0 0 0 12.3 21 14 3 9 7 10.22 .368 .455 .614 1.069
May 1 0 1.000 19 0 0 0 0 26.0 16 12 4 16 9 4.16 .178 .302 .333 .635
June 3 5 .375 29 9 6 0 1 99.7 106 63 14 64 32 5.69 .272 .374 .441 .815
July 4 5 .444 33 8 3 1 0 96.7 115 62 6 51 26 5.77 .303 .386 .404 .790
August 1 0 1.000 17 1 0 0 2 28.7 40 21 4 20 6 6.59 .348 .444 .557 1.001
Sep/Oct 0 2 .000 23 0 0 0 1 32.0 46 26 6 23 15 7.31 .329 .423 .514 .938
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1941 21 AA   1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
1942 22 AA   6 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6  
1943 23 AAA   4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
    AA   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1944 24 SEM AL 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6  
1946 26 SEM AL 33 41 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .171 .190 .171 .361 0.9 0.0
1947 27 SEM AL 52 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.6 0.1
1948 28 SEM AL 37 18 1 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 5 .222 .263 .389 .652 2.1 0.1
1950 30 A   1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .667 .750 .667 1.417 0.9  
4 Years Sim 133 69 7 13 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 18 .188 .211 .232 .443 3.2 0.2
2 Years AAA 10 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7  
3 Years AA 8 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.3  
1 Years A 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .667 .750 .667 1.417 0.9  
6 Years Minors 19 15 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .200 .250 .267 .517 0.6  
162 Game Average 84 8 15 0 0 1 7 0 0 2 21 .188 .211 .232 .443 3.9  
Career Highs 52 41 5 7 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 10 .286 .286 .389 .652 2.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   35 5 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 11 .171 .216 .257 .473 1.8
vs LH   34 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .206 .206 .206 .412 0.9
Home 67 36 3 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 10 .167 .211 .250 .461 1.7
Away 66 33 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .212 .212 .212 .424 1.0
RISP   15 0 3 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .400 .600 1.3
Close/Late   6 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2.2
Mar/Apr 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
May 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 1.4
June 29 29 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .172 .226 .172 .398 0.9
July 23 28 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .179 .179 .179 .357 0.3
August 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Sep/Oct 13 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1944 24 SEM AL P 11 0 16.0 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.25    
1946 26 SEM AL P 33 13 134.7 8 30 0 4 1.000 2.54    
1947 27 SEM AL P 52 1 68.0 1 23 1 1 .960 3.18    
1948 28 SEM AL P 37 4 76.7 4 20 2 1 .923 2.82    
Career Totals   133 18 295.3 13 77 3 7 .968 2.74    
Career Highs   52 13 134.7 8 30 2 4 1.000 3.18    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Shutouts
1946-9-1
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Seattle (M) in 1940
Injured on 4/18/1940 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 7/14/1940 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 5/20/1941 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 6/29/1945 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 4/3/1946 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Had first career hit on 6/4/1946, off Ernie White (BRK)
Earned first career win on 6/16/1946
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1946, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Hit first career homerun on 5/31/1948, off Clyde King (CLE)
Released by Seattle on 10/14/1948
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/8/1949 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 4/2/1949
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/5/1950 to a 2-year deal worth $400,000 per year
 
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