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Johnny
Rizzo		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: July 30, 1912 in Usa, TX, HOUSTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1938   
Gold Glove 1945   
All-Star Selections 1938    1939    1944   
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
1938 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 9 8 8 6 5 6 8 8 8
1939 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 9 8 8 6 5 5 8 8 8
1940 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 9 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8
1941 28 MIN AL $ 3,250,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 9 8 8 5 5 5 8 7 7
1942 29 MIN AL $ 3,250,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 9 8 8 5 4 5 8 7 7
1943 30 MIN AL $ 3,664,286   7 7 7 7 6 6 9 8 8 5 4 4 8 7 7
1944 31 MIN AL $ 3,664,286   7 7 7 7 6 6 9 8 8 5 4 4 8 7 8
1945 32 SDP NL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 8 5 4 4 7 7 7
1946 33 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 6 5 5 9 8 8 5 4 4 8 7 7
1947 34 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 8 8 8 4 3 3 7 7 7
1948 35 NYG NL $ 1,292,000   5 5 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 9 8 8 6 5 6 8 8 8
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
1938 25 MIN AL 152 574 99 184 44 7 28 97 0 0 57 66 .321 .385 .568 .953 111.4 24.5
1939 26 MIN AL 157 563 79 159 43 1 18 72 1 0 59 64 .282 .350 .458 .809 83.3 15.4
1940 27 MIN AL 117 415 67 118 23 1 16 60 0 0 43 42 .284 .352 .460 .812 64.9 13.7
1941 28 MIN AL 98 353 51 95 20 2 15 66 0 0 35 44 .269 .331 .465 .795 50.8 7.6
1942 29 MIN AL 136 488 77 150 42 1 14 82 0 1 47 67 .307 .367 .484 .850 77.4 12.5
1943 30 MIN AL 47 178 21 52 12 2 5 27 0 0 10 29 .292 .326 .466 .793 24.8 3.3
1944 31 MIN AL 155 605 89 177 42 7 16 86 1 0 43 83 .293 .340 .464 .805 89.9 14.8
1945 32 MIN AL 100 389 63 117 28 2 15 53 0 0 32 54 .301 .352 .499 .851 62.9 11.7
  SDP NL 53 198 35 53 8 3 9 36 0 0 19 31 .268 .332 .475 .807 30.2 5.1
  TOT   153 587 98 170 36 5 24 89 0 0 51 85 .290 .345 .491 .836 93.1 16.8
1946 33 SDP NL 43 105 15 34 6 2 3 22 0 0 7 11 .324 .366 .505 .871 17.3 3.5
  NYA AL 64 185 25 62 17 4 5 37 0 0 10 20 .335 .371 .551 .922 32.9 6.7
  TOT   107 290 40 96 23 6 8 59 0 0 17 31 .331 .369 .534 .903 50.2 10.2
1947 34 NYA AL 86 195 29 56 13 0 7 34 0 0 20 13 .287 .349 .462 .810 29.4 4.4
1948 35 NYG NL 92 144 21 44 5 0 8 35 0 0 14 17 .306 .366 .507 .873 25.1 5.3
11 Years Sim 1300 4392 671 1301 303 32 159 707 2 1 396 541 .296 .354 .488 .842 700.4 128.5
162 Game Average 547 83 162 37 3 19 88 0 0 49 67 .296 .354 .488 .842 87.3  
Career Highs 157 605 99 184 44 7 28 97 1 1 59 85 .331 .385 .568 .953 111.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2875 437 812 192 16 116 460 2 1 241 377 .282 .338 .481 .819 449.9
vs LH   1517 234 489 111 16 43 247 0 0 155 164 .322 .384 .502 .886 272.0
Home 647 2160 346 656 167 14 77 346 2 0 213 270 .304 .366 .501 .867 373.1
Away 653 2232 325 645 136 18 82 361 0 1 183 271 .289 .342 .476 .818 348.8
RISP   1146 0 348 77 9 37 503 0 0 124 158 .304 .363 .483 .847 196.1
Pinch Hitting   182 22 62 14 1 6 52 0 0 10 26 .341 .372 .527 .900 32.1
Close/Late   500 61 145 26 5 20 83 0 0 55 44 .290 .363 .482 .845 84.3
Mar/Apr 258 861 126 252 67 3 30 139 1 1 81 96 .293 .353 .482 .835 139.5
May 242 810 144 257 58 2 37 147 0 0 73 95 .317 .373 .531 .904 148.9
June 237 799 116 245 58 8 25 129 0 0 74 102 .307 .363 .493 .856 135.1
July 208 732 109 204 46 5 23 108 0 0 64 70 .279 .337 .449 .787 107.5
August 156 509 88 140 25 5 23 81 0 0 54 73 .275 .345 .479 .824 82.8
Sep/Oct 199 681 88 203 49 9 21 103 1 0 50 105 .298 .347 .489 .836 108.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1938 25 MIN AL RF 145 142 1242.7 284 11 6 2 .980 2.14   3.9
    LF 5 0 19.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37    
1939 26 MIN AL LF 154 149 1273.7 280 9 8 4 .973 2.04   3.2
    RF 3 0 5.0 3 0 1 0 .750 5.40    
1940 27 MIN AL RF 90 86 759.7 220 4 2 2 .991 2.65   3.5
    LF 25 24 214.7 49 3 1 0 .981 2.18    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1941 28 MIN AL RF 92 91 801.3 193 7 1 1 .995 2.25   3.0
    LF 5 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1942 29 MIN AL RF 128 126 1101.7 265 6 5 0 .982 2.21   3.0
    LF 5 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1943 30 MIN AL RF 46 46 384.7 90 2 3 0 .968 2.15   0.8
    LF 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1944 31 MIN AL RF 147 145 1273.0 308 3 8 2 .975 2.20   3.0
    LF 7 0 12.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.25    
1945 32 MIN AL RF 97 95 844.1 219 6 6 3 .974 2.40   2.0
    LF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  SDP NL RF 52 51 435.9 113 3 3 1 .975 2.40   1.3
    LF 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  TOT   RF 149 146 1280.0 332 9 9 4 .974 2.40   3.3
      LF 1 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1946 33 SDP NL RF 26 22 177.4 44 1 1 0 .978 2.28   0.5
    LF 5 2 25.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  NYA AL RF 39 33 312.0 77 1 2 0 .975 2.25   1.2
    LF 8 4 45.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.58   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.92   0.0
    3B 1 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 65 55 489.4 121 2 3 0 .976 2.26   1.8
      LF 13 6 71.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.54   0.0
      CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
      3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1947 34 NYA AL RF 27 24 205.0 56 1 3 0 .950 2.50   0.4
    1B 11 11 97.0 106 3 7 11 .940 10.11   0.1
    LF 25 7 92.3 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.56    
1948 35 NYG NL RF 18 8 91.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.27   0.7
    LF 13 8 76.0 20 0 1 0 .952 2.37    
    1B 9 7 57.0 72 4 0 4 1.000 12.00   0.2
  RF 910 869 7633.4 1895 45 41 11 .979 2.29   23.4
  LF 254 194 1781.0 398 14 10 5 .976 2.08   3.2
  1B 20 18 154.0 178 7 7 15 .964 10.81   0.3
  CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1187 1081 9573.4 2472 66 58 31 .978 2.39   26.9
Career Highs   157 149 1286.0 334 11 10 11 .995 4.78    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1948 35 NYG NL 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .429 .857
Career Post-Season Batting 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .429 .857
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1938-9-.321
 On-Base Pct
1938-10-.385
 Slugging Pct
1938-3-.568
 OPS
1938-4-.953
 XR
1938-5-111.4
 Games
1939-4-157
At-Bats
1944-5-605
 Hits
1944-8-177
 Total Bases
1938-4-326
1944-7-281
 Doubles
1938-8-44
1939-8-43
1942-10-42
1944-10-42
 Triples
1944-7-7
 Homeruns
1938-2-28
RBIs
1938-10-97
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1938
Had first career hit on 4/6/1938, off Harry Gumbert (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/1938, off Curt Davis (CLE)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1938, hitting .476 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Hit for the cycle against Detroit on 6/15/1938
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 6/15/1938
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Won Bronze Rookie in 1938, hitting .321 with 28 HR, 97 RBI
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Injured on 8/7/1940 with a Broken Ulna, out for 5-6 weeks
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,250,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (A) on 7/19/1941
Injured on 7/25/1941 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,250,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 4/19/1942
Injured on 8/13/1942 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/24/1943 with a Fractured Hand, out for 8 weeks
Hit for the cycle against San Diego on 9/10/1943
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 6/7/1944
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
9/22/1944: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $5,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Minnesota to San Diego on 7/31/1945 (Going to MIN: 2B Joe Rullo. Going to SDP: RF Johnny Rizzo)
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1945
Traded from San Diego to New York (A) on 6/1/1946 (Going to SDP: 3B Nap Reyes, 1B Tommy Henrich. Going to NYA: LF Roberto Ortiz, RF Johnny Rizzo, 3B Ellis Clary)
Injured on 7/10/1946 with a Fractured Knee, out for 5 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1946, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 13 RBI
Injured on 7/26/1947 with a Ruptured Achilles Tendon, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/2/1948 to a 1-year deal worth $1,292,000 per year
 
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