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Johnny
Broaca		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 215
 
Born: October 3, 1909 in Usa, MA, LAWRENCE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1934   
All-Star Selections 1936    1945   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 24 MON NL $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4
1935 25 MON NL $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4
1936 26 MON NL $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4
1937 27 MON NL $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 7 8 7 4 4 4
1938 28 MON NL $ 1,536,429 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4
1939 29 MON NL $ 3,078,571 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3
1940 30 OAK AL $ 3,078,571 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3
1941 31 OAK AL $ 4,000,000 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3
1942 32 OAK AL $ 4,000,000 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 3 3 3
1943 33 DET AL $ 4,000,000 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 3 3 3
1944 34 STL NL $ 4,000,000 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 4 4 4
1945 35 SEM AL $ 2,600,000 8 6 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3
1946 36 SEM AL $ 2,600,000 8 6 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3
1947 37 BSN NL $ 2,600,000 8 5 6 6 6 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 6 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 24 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1935 25 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1936 26 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1937 27 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1938 28 MON NL $ 1,536,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1939 29 MON NL $ 3,078,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1940 30 OAK AL $ 3,078,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1941 31 OAK AL $ 4,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1942 32 OAK AL $ 4,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1943 33 DET AL $ 4,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1944 34 STL NL $ 4,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1945 35 SEM AL $ 2,600,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1946 36 SEM AL $ 2,600,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1947 37 BSN NL $ 2,600,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1934 24 MON NL 5 10 .333 25 20 8 0 0 150.0 178 75 9 45 57 4.50 .289 .335 .424 .759 5.7
1935 25 MON NL 21 8 .724 32 32 12 0 0 251.3 270 116 18 69 106 4.15 .272 .317 .390 .706 15.0
    AAA   3 4 .429 9 9 1 0 0 65.7 68 20 6 25 65 2.74 .263 .327 .398 .725  
1936 26 MON NL 19 11 .633 40 35 21 1 0 295.3 297 126 22 60 98 3.84 .259 .295 .400 .694 19.3
1937 27 MON NL 8 14 .364 48 18 7 0 3 177.7 211 100 10 40 66 5.07 .298 .332 .423 .756 3.4
1938 28 MON NL 10 9 .526 48 19 5 3 7 178.3 188 79 12 48 83 3.99 .273 .321 .392 .714 11.5
1939 29 MON NL 7 13 .350 56 17 4 0 8 170.7 197 90 16 51 69 4.75 .288 .336 .416 .751 5.2
1940 30 MON NL 6 5 .545 12 12 6 1 0 100.0 117 47 8 25 41 4.23 .292 .331 .434 .765 4.4
  PIT NL 1 3 .250 5 5 2 0 0 40.0 39 19 3 9 27 4.28 .257 .296 .395 .691 1.7
  OAK AL 11 2 .846 15 15 8 1 0 124.0 109 36 8 34 51 2.61 .236 .287 .358 .645 11.7
  TOT   18 10 .643 32 32 16 2 0 264.0 265 102 19 68 119 3.48 .261 .306 .393 .699 17.8
1941 31 OAK AL 15 16 .484 53 27 7 1 8 223.3 243 106 13 82 103 4.27 .277 .339 .400 .738 14.3
1942 32 OAK AL 13 11 .542 55 23 6 1 1 208.3 240 96 11 81 86 4.15 .288 .350 .374 .723 12.7
1943 33 DET AL 18 18 .500 42 42 15 5 0 320.0 317 140 32 85 152 3.94 .256 .303 .398 .701 20.1
1944 34 STL NL 4 8 .333 53 11 1 0 4 130.7 138 67 14 50 65 4.62 .273 .335 .411 .746 6.8
1945 35 SEM AL 20 13 .606 39 38 18 3 0 292.3 272 115 28 93 109 3.54 .247 .305 .379 .685 20.3
1946 36 SEM AL 2 4 .333 9 5 1 0 1 38.7 50 29 9 12 21 6.75 .309 .352 .525 .877 0.0
    AAA   0 3 .000 13 0 0 0 6 13.7 15 11 4 3 8 7.25 .283 .321 .547 .869  
    A   2 0 1.000 33 0 0 0 2 21.3 9 3 2 2 19 1.27 .136 .162 .258 .419  
1947 37 BSN NL 0 1 .000 5 2 1 0 0 15.0 13 7 2 9 8 4.20 .232 .333 .375 .708 0.7
15 Years Sim 160 146 .523 537 321 122 16 32 2715.6 2879 1248 215 793 1142 4.14 .271 .320 .400 .720 152.9
2 Years AAA 3 7 .300 22 9 1 0 6 79.3 83 31 10 28 73 3.52 .266 .326 .423 .750  
1 Years A 2 0 1.000 33 0 0 0 2 21.3 9 3 2 2 19 1.27 .136 .162 .258 .419  
3 Years Minors 5 7 .417 55 9 1 0 8 100.7 92 34 12 30 92 3.04 .243 .299 .394 .693  
Season Average 11 10 .524 38 22 8 1 2 194.0 205 89 15 56 81 4.14 .271 .320 .400 .720  
Career Highs 21 18 .724 56 42 21 5 8 320.0 317 140 32 93 152 6.75 .309 .352 .525 .877  
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   1319 595 94 320 650   .257 .301 .377 .677
vs LH   1560 653 121 473 492   .285 .341 .421 .762
Home 86 75 .534 284 166 59 9 12 1416.6 1522 677 119 416 612 4.30 .274 .324 .405 .730
Away 74 71 .510 253 155 63 8 22 1298.9 1357 571 96 377 530 3.96 .268 .319 .393 .713
Mar/Apr 21 29 .420 90 59 17 2 4 476.6 532 238 32 139 200 4.49 .279 .328 .403 .731
May 35 21 .625 94 59 23 4 6 494.3 504 213 40 139 208 3.88 .264 .314 .385 .698
June 27 27 .500 88 59 19 3 1 486.6 551 247 39 146 200 4.57 .285 .335 .420 .755
July 27 24 .529 73 54 23 2 3 445.7 473 204 44 133 210 4.12 .270 .322 .414 .736
August 28 27 .509 106 52 22 5 12 463.0 452 196 34 140 182 3.81 .256 .310 .381 .691
Sep/Oct 22 18 .550 86 38 20 1 8 349.3 367 150 26 96 142 3.86 .273 .321 .392 .713
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
1934 24 MON NL 25 50 3 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 11 .140 .154 .160 .314 0.3 0.0
1935 25 MON NL 32 88 2 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 24 .057 .095 .080 .174 -1.8 0.0
1936 26 MON NL 40 96 2 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 27 .052 .090 .083 .173 -3.3 0.0
1937 27 MON NL 48 50 1 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 20 .100 .100 .160 .260 -0.8 0.0
1938 28 MON NL 48 56 3 5 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 13 .089 .089 .179 .268 -1.3 0.0
1939 29 MON NL 56 48 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 14 .083 .083 .167 .250 -1.4 0.0
1940 30 MON NL 12 36 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .028 .028 .028 .056 -2.5 0.0
  PIT NL 5 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .071 .133 .071 .205 -0.3 0.0
  OAK AL 15 44 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 .045 .045 .045 .091 -2.7 0.0
  TOT   32 94 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38 .043 .053 .043 .095 -5.5 0.0
1941 31 OAK AL 53 61 6 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 24 .115 .156 .131 .287 0.1 0.0
1942 32 OAK AL 55 57 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 27 .123 .123 .158 .281 -0.4 0.0
1943 33 DET AL 42 112 5 14 6 0 0 4 0 0 2 27 .125 .140 .179 .319 -0.2 0.0
1944 34 STL NL 53 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .038 .107 .038 .146 -1.0 0.0
1945 35 SEM AL 39 105 3 6 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 40 .057 .056 .067 .122 -4.2 0.0
1946 36 SEM AL 9 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0 0.0
1947 37 BSN NL 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
14 Years Sim 537 859 31 70 19 0 3 38 0 0 17 282 .081 .099 .114 .213 -20.9 0.0
162 Game Average 259 9 21 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 85 .081 .099 .114 .213 -6.3  
Career Highs 56 112 6 14 6 0 1 8 0 0 4 40 .140 .156 .179 .319 0.3  
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   596 23 47 13 0 2 22 0 0 15 189 .079 .101 .111 .212 -19.4
vs LH   263 8 23 6 0 1 16 0 0 2 93 .087 .093 .122 .215 -8.6
Home 284 418 14 35 10 0 0 20 0 0 12 146 .084 .108 .108 .216 -13.0
Away 253 441 17 35 9 0 3 18 0 0 5 136 .079 .089 .120 .209 -15.0
RISP   214 0 15 5 0 0 34 0 0 5 75 .070 .088 .093 .182 -8.8
Close/Late   63 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .111 .136 .127 .263 -1.0
Mar/Apr 78 149 5 12 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 43 .081 .081 .094 .174 -6.7
May 71 158 4 11 3 0 1 7 0 0 3 54 .070 .086 .108 .194 -6.0
June 77 156 7 8 2 0 1 9 0 0 3 58 .051 .068 .083 .151 -7.8
July 66 150 7 14 4 0 1 5 0 0 5 37 .093 .121 .140 .261 -2.5
August 78 145 4 13 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 60 .090 .101 .117 .219 -4.6
Sep/Oct 68 101 4 12 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 30 .119 .152 .158 .311 -0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1934 24 MON NL P 25 20 150.0 10 33 2 0 .956 2.58    
1935 25 MON NL P 32 32 251.3 27 46 1 3 .986 2.61    
1936 26 MON NL P 40 35 295.3 15 43 3 3 .951 1.77    
1937 27 MON NL P 48 18 177.7 6 34 1 1 .976 2.03    
1938 28 MON NL P 48 19 178.3 15 35 1 4 .980 2.52    
1939 29 MON NL P 56 17 170.7 12 22 2 0 .944 1.79    
1940 30 MON NL P 12 12 100.0 6 20 0 2 1.000 2.34    
  PIT NL P 5 5 40.0 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.48    
  OAK AL P 15 15 124.0 8 25 0 3 1.000 2.40    
  TOT   P 32 32 264.0 17 53 0 6 1.000 2.39    
1941 31 OAK AL P 53 27 223.3 15 27 3 4 .933 1.69    
1942 32 OAK AL P 55 23 208.3 11 40 0 1 1.000 2.20    
1943 33 DET AL P 42 42 320.0 18 56 2 5 .974 2.08    
1944 34 STL NL P 53 11 130.7 6 28 0 3 1.000 2.34    
1945 35 SEM AL P 39 38 292.3 17 48 2 4 .970 2.00    
1946 36 SEM AL P 9 5 38.7 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.33    
1947 37 BSN NL P 5 2 15.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.60    
Career Totals   537 321 2715.6 173 477 17 35 .975 2.15    
Career Highs   56 42 320.0 27 56 3 6 1.000 3.60    
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
1934 24 MON NL 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 0 10.3 12 9 1 3 1 7.84 .293 .341 .439 .780
1935 25 MON NL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 15.7 23 14 1 5 8 8.05 .338 .384 .456 .839
1936 26 MON NL 1 1 .500 4 2 1 0 1 13.7 23 15 2 4 3 9.88 .390 .429 .610 1.039
1937 27 MON NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.7 6 0 0 0 1 0.00 .375 .375 .375 .750
1940 30 OAK AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 6 5 3 3 2 6.43 .214 .290 .536 .826
1942 32 OAK AL 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 1 8.7 11 7 0 5 4 7.27 .314 .400 .343 .743
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 4 .429 21 5 2 0 2 59.0 81 50 7 20 19 7.63 .328 .378 .478 .856
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
1934 24 MON NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1935 25 MON NL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1936 26 MON NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1937 27 MON NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 30 OAK AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1936-7-3.84
1943-6-3.94
1945-8-3.54
 Wins
1935-3-21
1936-6-19
1943-7-18
1945-6-20
 Losses
1941-8-16
1943-7-18
 Winning Pct
1935-1-.724
1936-7-.633
1945-9-.606
 Saves
1938-7-7
1939-8-8
1941-8-8
 Games Pitched
1937-9-48
1939-6-56
1944-8-53
Games Started
1943-9-42
 Complete Games
1936-5-21
1943-4-15
1945-2-18
 Shutouts
1936-9-1
1938-2-3
1941-8-1
1942-8-1
1943-1-5
1945-1-3
 Innings Pitched
1943-6-320.0
 Hits Allowed
1943-7-317
 Homeruns Allowed
1936-8-22
1943-2-32
1945-8-28
Strikeouts
1943-7-152
 Walks per 9IP
1935-9-2.5
1936-6-1.8
1937-8-2.0
1943-6-2.4
1945-7-2.9
 Hits per 9IP
1936-10-9.1
1943-9-8.9
 WHiP
1936-3-1.21
1943-2-1.26
1945-6-1.25
 OAVG
1936-9-.259
1943-8-.256
 OOBP
1936-3-.295
1943-2-.303
1945-5-.305
OSLG
1942-10-.374
 OOPS
1936-10-.694
1943-9-.701
1945-9-.685
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 83    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  4. Dave Ferriss (941)
  5. Danny Darwin (937)
  6. Claude Passeau (935)
  7. Lefty Grove (934)
  8. Schoolboy Rowe (932)
  9. Steve Hargan (931)
  10. Harvey Haddix (925)
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  1. Bob Kuzava (989)
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  3. Joey Jay (987)
  4. Bill Wight (980)
  5. Russ Meyer (980)
  6. Sandy Koufax (978)
  7. Jack Fisher (978)
  8. Seth Morehead (973)
  9. Kent Greenfield (969)
  10. Dick Ellsworth (969)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Montreal in 1934
Had first career hit on 4/21/1934, off Hod Lisenbee (DET)
Earned first career win on 5/7/1934
Injured on 5/26/1934 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/22/1934 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/1/1934 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1934
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Won World Series with Montreal in 1936
Hit first career homerun on 5/27/1937, off Ed Durham (BRK)
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,536,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,078,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,078,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Pittsburgh on 6/1/1940 (Going to MON: C Cliff Bolton, C Joe Schultz. Going to PIT: CF Jo-jo White, P Johnny Broaca, 2B Mark Koenig)
Injured on 6/20/1940 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Pittsburgh to Oakland on 7/31/1940 (Going to PIT: SS Bill Nagel. Going to OAK: P Johnny Broaca)
8/16/1940: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1941, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA
Won World Series with Oakland in 1942
Traded from Oakland to Boston (N) on 2/1/1943 (Going to OAK: P Johnny Vander meer. Going to BSN: C Ray Lamanno, P Johnny Broaca, P Hugh East)
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 2/1/1943 (Going to BSN: P Ed Hanyzewski, P Russ Meers. Going to DET: P Johnny Broaca)
Injured on 6/25/1943 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Traded from Detroit to St. Louis on 2/1/1944 (Going to DET: 2B Moe Franklin. Going to STL: P Johnny Broaca, LF Red Worthington, RF Vince Barton)
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/9/1945 to a 4-year deal worth $2,600,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1945, winning 2 games with a 2.12 ERA
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Traded from Seattle to Boston (N) on 2/1/1947 (Going to BSN: P Joe Haynes, P Pretzel Pezzullo, P Johnny Broaca, P Bucky Jacobs. Going to SEM: P Vito Tamulis, C Frankie Hayes)
Injured on 5/3/1947 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
 
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