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Johnny
Podres		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 192
 
Born: September 30, 1932 in Usa, NY, WITHERBEE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1953 20 CLE AL   7 6 5 5 7 6 6 7 6 6
1954 21 CLE AL   7 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1955 22 CLE AL $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1956 23 CLE AL $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1957 24 CLE AL $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6
1958 25 CLE AL $ 400,000 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6
1959 26 CLE AL $ 400,000 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1960 27 CLE AL $ 400,000 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6
1961 28 CLE AL $ 400,000 6 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1962 29 CLE AL $ 400,000 6 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6
1963 30 CLE AL $ 914,286 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 7 6 6
1964 31 CLE AL $ 1,130,000 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 6
1965 32 CLN NL $ 723,894 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,130,000 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 7 6 6
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
1953 20 CLE AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1954 21 CLE AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1955 22 CLE AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1956 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1957 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1958 25 CLE AL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1959 26 CLE AL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1960 27 CLE AL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1961 28 CLE AL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1962 29 CLE AL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1963 30 CLE AL $ 914,286   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1964 31 CLE AL $ 1,130,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1965 32 CLN NL $ 723,894   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,130,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
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
1953 20 AAA   10 11 .476 30 30 1 0 0 215.0 184 75 18 80 160 3.14 .231 .302 .342 .644  
1954 21 AAA   8 3 .727 19 19 2 1 0 132.0 115 44 11 53 82 3.00 .234 .308 .346 .654  
1955 22 CLE AL 1 4 .200 19 5 0 0 1 60.3 56 30 8 33 22 4.48 .248 .338 .394 .732 3.2
1956 23 CLE AL 6 11 .353 28 22 4 0 0 169.3 166 81 18 63 87 4.31 .261 .325 .399 .725 8.7
1957 24 CLE AL 7 15 .318 32 32 1 0 0 218.3 234 117 27 95 123 4.82 .271 .342 .431 .773 7.4
1958 25 AAA   12 11 .522 29 29 7 3 0 202.0 202 90 29 66 160 4.01 .258 .316 .420 .736  
1959 26 AAA   5 10 .333 23 23 3 2 0 165.3 155 58 16 56 174 3.16 .245 .307 .370 .677  
1960 27 CLE AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.3 7 5 1 3 6 8.44 .304 .385 .478 .863 0.0
    AAA   14 9 .609 28 28 2 0 0 203.0 178 66 15 65 201 2.93 .232 .292 .339 .631  
1961 28 AAA   21 5 .808 30 30 6 3 0 224.3 182 67 20 74 218 2.69 .220 .284 .346 .630  
1962 29 CLE AL 8 6 .571 82 0 0 0 9 109.0 114 47 14 37 48 3.88 .273 .331 .411 .743 9.2
1963 30 CLE AL 9 8 .529 53 0 0 0 7 71.7 74 32 6 29 34 4.02 .267 .339 .390 .729 5.8
1964 31 CLE AL 8 5 .615 66 0 0 0 6 79.3 75 32 8 39 49 3.63 .250 .338 .380 .718 6.3
1965 32 AAA   11 10 .524 23 23 1 0 0 144.3 159 75 20 51 106 4.68 .270 .329 .427 .756  
7 Years Sim 39 49 .443 284 59 5 0 23 713.3 726 344 82 299 369 4.34 .265 .336 .408 .744 40.6
7 Years AAA 81 59 .579 182 182 22 9 0 1286.0 1175 475 129 445 1101 3.32 .241 .304 .369 .673  
Season Average 5 7 .417 40 8 0 0 3 101.9 103 49 11 42 52 4.34 .265 .336 .408 .744  
Career Highs 9 15 .615 82 32 4 0 9 218.3 234 117 27 95 123 8.44 .304 .385 .478 .863  
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   498 240 54 212 235   .267 .342 .409 .751
vs LH   228 104 28 87 134   .259 .326 .407 .733
Home 18 20 .474 151 30 1 0 9 383.0 378 168 50 146 195 3.95 .258 .325 .411 .736
Away 21 29 .420 133 29 4 0 15 330.3 348 176 32 153 174 4.80 .272 .350 .405 .755
Mar/Apr 6 11 .353 52 5 0 0 5 99.0 104 48 14 51 51 4.36 .269 .354 .437 .791
May 8 3 .727 54 7 1 0 3 110.3 106 51 13 47 44 4.16 .252 .328 .386 .713
June 8 10 .444 52 11 0 0 6 124.7 143 63 12 51 61 4.55 .294 .361 .430 .791
July 6 11 .353 46 13 1 0 3 134.6 148 82 18 61 69 5.48 .284 .359 .440 .799
August 3 8 .273 34 13 2 0 1 125.7 114 43 13 36 77 3.08 .241 .295 .374 .669
Sep/Oct 8 6 .571 46 10 1 0 6 119.0 111 57 12 53 67 4.31 .243 .322 .382 .704
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
1955 22 CLE AL 19 16 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .188 .176 .188 .364 0.8 0.0
1956 23 CLE AL 28 48 2 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .125 .160 .188 .348 0.9 0.0
1957 24 CLE AL 32 72 6 14 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 10 .194 .203 .250 .453 3.7 0.0
1962 29 CLE AL 82 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 1.2 0.6
1963 30 CLE AL 53 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
5 Years Sim 214 141 9 25 8 0 0 8 0 0 3 21 .177 .192 .234 .426 6.3 0.6
162 Game Average 106 6 18 6 0 0 6 0 0 2 15 .177 .192 .234 .426 4.8  
Career Highs 82 72 6 14 4 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 3.7  
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   78 5 15 5 0 0 3 0 0 2 8 .192 .213 .256 .469 3.2
vs LH   63 4 10 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 13 .159 .167 .206 .373 0.9
Home 115 68 4 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 8 .147 .181 .176 .357 0.9
Away 73 73 5 15 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 13 .205 .203 .288 .490 3.3
RISP   27 0 3 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 3 .111 .103 .148 .252 -0.6
Close/Late   7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .286 .429 0.1
Mar/Apr 21 14 1 3 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .214 .200 .429 .629 1.1
May 9 19 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .053 .053 .053 .105 -1.2
June 27 22 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .318 .318 .409 .727 2.5
July 28 27 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .148 .143 .185 .328 0.0
August 14 30 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 .167 .242 .200 .442 1.3
Sep/Oct 12 29 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .172 .172 .207 .379 0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1955 22 CLE AL P 19 5 60.3 3 11 0 0 1.000 2.09    
1956 23 CLE AL P 28 22 169.3 12 33 2 2 .957 2.39    
1957 24 CLE AL P 32 32 218.3 14 47 2 3 .968 2.51    
1960 27 CLE AL P 4 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1962 29 CLE AL P 82 0 109.0 4 21 0 1 1.000 2.06    
1963 30 CLE AL P 53 0 71.7 1 12 0 1 1.000 1.63    
1964 31 CLE AL P 66 0 79.3 1 20 2 3 .913 2.38    
Career Totals   284 59 713.3 36 144 6 10 .968 2.27    
Career Highs   82 32 218.3 14 47 2 3 1.000 2.51    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1964 31 CLE AL 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 1 8.7 13 9 3 6 2 9.35 .361 .452 .722 1.175
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 1 8.7 13 9 3 6 2 9.35 .361 .452 .722 1.175
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1962-8-9
 Games Pitched
1962-2-82
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1953
Injured on 4/12/1954 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 8-9 weeks
Had first career hit on 6/29/1955, off Ralph Branca (NYA)
Earned first career win on 7/11/1955
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $400,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $400,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/9/1959 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $400,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $400,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $400,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $914,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,130,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/8/1964 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/3/1965 to a 2-year deal worth $723,894 per year
3/3/1965: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (N)
 
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