Johnny Podgajny Stats

Johnny Podgajny was born on Thursday, June 10, 1920, in Chester, Pennsylvania. Podgajny was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 15, 1940, with the Philadelphia Phillies. 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 Podgajny baseball stats page.

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Johnny Podgajny



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Birth Name:   John Sigmund Podgajny
Nickname:   Specs
Born On:   06-10-1920  (Gemini)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Chester, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-02-1971 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Chester, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:   St. Francis de Sales Cemetery, Lenni, Pennsylvania
High School:   Chester High School (Chester, PA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   173
First Game:   09-15-1940 (Age 20)
Last Game:   05-13-1946
Draft:   Not Applicable

Johnny Podgajny

Johnny Podgajny Pitching Stats

1940 20 Phillies 4 4 0 1 3 .250 2.83 3 0 0 35.0 135 33 11 14 0 1 - 12 1 1 0 0
1941 21 Phillies 34 24 7 9 12 .429 4.62 8 0 0 181.1 793 191 93 96 8 70 - 53 4 4 0 -
1942 22 Phillies 43 23 11 6 14 .300 3.91 6 0 0 186.2 801 191 81 95 9 63 - 40 3 11 3 -
1943 23 Phillies 13 5 6 4 4 .500 4.22 3 0 0 64.0 275 77 30 32 4 16 - 13 0 0 0 -
1943 23 Pirates 15 5 6 0 4 .000 4.72 0 0 0 34.1 157 37 18 28 1 13 - 7 0 0 0 -
1946 26 Indians 6 0 4 0 0 .000 5.00 0 0 0 9.0 45 13 5 8 0 2 - 4 0 0 0 -
5 Years 115 61 34 20 37 .351 4.20 20 0 0 510.1 2,206 542 238 273 22 165 - 129 8 16 3 0

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Johnny Podgajny Hitting Stats

1940 20 Phillies 4 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 - 0 0 .167 .167 .167
1941 21 Phillies 35 62 1 8 2 0 0 0 3 1 - 14 3 - 0 2 .129 .143 .161
1942 22 Phillies 44 60 5 11 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 15 2 - 0 2 .183 .183 .217
1943 23 Phillies 13 20 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 - 1 0 .250 .286 .250
1943 23 Pirates 21 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143
1946 26 Indians 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
5 Years 123 161 10 27 2 1 0 0 11 1 0 37 6 0 1 4 .168 .178 .193

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Johnny Podgajny Fielding Stats

1940 Phillies P 4 4 105 12 3.0 11 2 9 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .917 2.83
1941 Phillies P 34 24 544 52 1.5 50 10 40 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.48
1942 Phillies P 43 23 560 48 1.1 45 6 39 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .938 2.17
1943 Phillies P 13 5 192 28 2.2 25 6 19 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .893 3.52
1943 Pirates P 15 5 103 19 1.3 17 1 16 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .895 4.46
1946 Indians P 6 0 27 3 0.5 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
P Totals 115 61 1,531 162 1.4 151 27 124 11 8 n/a n/a n/a .932 2.66
5 Years 115 61 1,531 162 1.4 151 27 124 11 8 n/a n/a n/a .932 2.66

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Johnny Podgajny Miscellaneous Stats

1940 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 12.0 12.00 3.09 0.26
1941 Phillies 0 - - 0 1 n/a 0.0 4.4 20.7 0.76 2.63 3.47
1942 Phillies 0 - - 0 1 n/a 0.0 4.0 12.0 0.63 1.93 3.04
1943 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.7 10.0 0.81 1.83 2.25
1943 Pirates 0 - - 0 6 n/a 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.54 1.83 3.41
1946 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.00 4.00 2.00
5 Years 0 0 .000 0 8 n/a 0.0 4.4 14.6 0.78 2.27 2.91

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Johnny Podgajny Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1940 Philadelphia Phillies 22 Undetermined - -
1941 Philadelphia Phillies 17 Undetermined - -
1942 Philadelphia Phillies 20 Undetermined - -
1943 Philadelphia Phillies 17 Undetermined - -
1943 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 Undetermined - -
1946 Cleveland Indians 31 Undetermined - -

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