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Johnny Gorsica Stats

Johnny Gorsica was born on Monday, March 29, 1915, in Bayonne, New Jersey. Gorsica was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 22, 1940, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Johnny Gorsica baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:	John Joseph Perry Gorczyca
Nickname:	Johnny
Born On:	03-29-1915
Born In:	Bayonne, New Jersey
Zodiac:	Aries
Died On:	12-16-1998
Died In:	Charlottesville, Virginia
Cemetery:	Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, West Virginia

College:	West Virginia University
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-02
Weight:	180
First Game:	04-22-1940 (Age 25)
Last Game:	09-17-1947
Draft:	Not Applicable

Johnny Gorsica Johnny Gorsica Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1940	Tigers	29	20	2	7	7	.500	4.33	5	2	0	160.0	692	170	77	85	10	57	-	68	2	4	1	-
1941	Tigers	33	21	10	9	11	.450	4.47	8	1	2	171.0	753	193	85	98	14	55	-	59	5	2	1	-
1942	Tigers	28	0	19	3	2	.600	4.75	0	0	4	53.0	242	63	28	31	2	26	-	19	0	3	0	-
1943	Tigers	35	4	18	4	5	.444	3.36	1	0	5	96.1	406	88	36	43	3	40	-	45	2	2	1	-
1944	Tigers	34	19	8	6	14	.300	4.11	8	1	4	162.0	696	192	74	88	5	32	-	47	1	4	1	-
1946	Tigers	14	0	7	0	0	.000	4.56	0	0	1	23.2	105	28	12	13	5	11	-	14	0	0	0	-
1947	Tigers	31	0	16	2	0	1.000	3.75	0	0	1	57.2	242	44	24	27	5	26	-	20	1	2	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
7 Years		204	64	80	31	39	.443	4.18	22	4	17	723.2	3,136	778	336	385	44	247	-	272	11	17	4	-

Johnny Gorsica Johnny Gorsica Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1940	Tigers	29	62	6	12	0	2	1	0	7	3	-	15	1	-	0	1	.194	.231	.306
1941	Tigers	33	57	5	17	1	0	0	0	3	6	-	7	3	-	0	3	.298	.365	.316
1942	Tigers	31	10	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	-	1	1	-	0	0	.100	.100	.300
1943	Tigers	36	23	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	-	6	2	-	0	0	.174	.208	.261
1944	Tigers	40	52	7	7	2	1	0	0	4	2	-	6	0	-	0	3	.135	.167	.212
1946	Tigers	14	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	0	0	.667	.667	1.000
1947	Tigers	31	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	-	7	0	-	0	0	.200	.273	.300
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
7 Years		214	217	23	45	5	5	1	0	14	13	-	42	7	-	0	7	.207	.252	.290

Johnny Gorsica Johnny Gorsica Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1940 Tigers	P	29	20	480	72	2.5	68	15	53	4	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.944	3.83	-
1941 Tigers	P	33	21	513	64	1.9	62	10	52	2	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.969	3.26	-
1942 Tigers	P	28	0	159	35	1.3	34	5	29	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	5.77	-
1943 Tigers	P	35	4	289	40	1.1	40	10	30	0	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.74	-
1944 Tigers	P	34	19	486	61	1.8	59	17	42	2	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	3.28	-
1946 Tigers	P	14	0	71	5	0.4	4	2	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.800	1.52	-
1947 Tigers	P	31	0	173	21	0.7	21	9	12	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.28	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		204	64	2,171	298	1.5	288	68	220	10	14	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	3.58	--
7 Years		204	64	2,171	298	1.5	288	68	220	10	14	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	3.58	--

Johnny Gorsica Johnny Gorsica Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1940 Tigers	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	62.0	4.1	8.9	1.19	3.83	3.21
1941 Tigers	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	8.1	19.0	1.07	3.11	2.89
1942 Tigers	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	10.0	0.0	0.73	3.23	4.42
1943 Tigers	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.8	0.0	1.13	4.20	3.74
1944 Tigers	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	8.7	13.0	1.47	2.61	1.78
1946 Tigers	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.27	5.32	4.18
1947 Tigers	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.77	3.12	4.06
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
7 Years	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	217.0	5.2	15.5	1.10	3.38	3.07

Johnny Gorsica Johnny Gorsica Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1940 Detroit Tigers	26, 34	Undetermined	-	Stats
1941 Detroit Tigers	15	Undetermined	-	-
1942 Detroit Tigers	15	Undetermined	-	-
1943 Detroit Tigers	15	Undetermined	-	-
1944 Detroit Tigers	15	Undetermined	-	-
1946 Detroit Tigers	35	Undetermined	-	-
1947 Detroit Tigers	24	Undetermined	-	-
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