Johnny Podres Stats

Johnny Podres was born on Friday, September 30, 1932, in Witherbee, New York. Podres was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 17, 1953, with the Brooklyn Dodgers. 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 Podres baseball stats page.

"I have said this many times: I've had many good pitchers on my teams during my career, including the best in the business in Sandy Koufax, and I am sure that all these pitchers will agree that if a club had to win one game, it would be (Johnny) Podres that would get the call." - Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Buzzie Bavasi on Bloomberg.com (Larry DiTore, 01/14/2008)

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Johnny Podres

Johnny Podres Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archive (#263)

Johnny Podres Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archive (#263)
 

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Birth Name:   John Joseph Podres
Nickname:   Johnny
Born On:   09-30-1932  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Witherbee, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-13-2008 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Glens Falls, New York
Cemetery:   St. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Moriah, New York
High School:   Mineville High School (Witherbee, NY)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   192
First Game:   04-17-1953 (Age 20)
Last Game:   06-21-1969
Draft:   Not Applicable
Johnny Podres

Johnny Podres Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1953 21 Dodgers 33 18 3 9 4 .692 4.23 3 1 0 115.0 518 126 54 62 12 64 - 82 2 1 0 -
1954 22 Dodgers 29 21 4 11 7 .611 4.27 6 2 0 151.2 641 147 72 77 13 53 0 79 3 1 0 -
1955 23 Dodgers 27 24 0 9 10 .474 3.95 5 2 0 159.1 684 160 70 80 15 57 2 114 5 4 0 -
1957 25 Dodgers 31 27 4 12 9 .571 2.66 10 6 3 196.0 783 168 58 64 15 44 1 109 3 1 0 -
1958 26 Dodgers 39 31 4 13 15 .464 3.72 10 2 1 210.1 890 208 87 96 27 78 8 143 4 2 3 -
1959 27 Dodgers 34 29 1 14 9 .609 4.11 6 2 0 195.0 823 192 89 93 23 74 7 145 8 3 0 -
1960 28 Dodgers 34 33 1 14 12 .538 3.08 8 1 0 227.2 951 217 78 88 25 71 9 159 7 1 1 -
1961 29 Dodgers 32 29 2 18 5 .783 3.74 6 1 0 182.2 772 192 76 81 27 51 2 124 8 4 0 -
1962 30 Dodgers 40 40 0 15 13 .536 3.81 8 0 0 255.0 1,083 270 108 121 20 71 14 178 4 3 0 -
1963 31 Dodgers 37 34 3 14 12 .538 3.54 10 5 1 198.1 845 196 78 91 16 64 13 134 5 3 4 -
1964 32 Dodgers 2 2 0 0 2 .000 16.87 0 0 0 2.2 16 5 5 5 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 -
1965 33 Dodgers 27 22 4 7 6 .538 3.43 2 1 1 134.0 560 126 51 57 17 39 4 63 6 2 0 -
1966 34 Dodgers 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.2 8 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -
1966 34 Tigers 36 13 12 4 5 .444 3.43 2 1 4 107.2 459 106 41 48 12 34 3 53 4 1 0 -
1967 35 Tigers 21 8 6 3 1 .750 3.84 0 0 1 63.1 251 58 27 29 12 11 2 34 3 1 0 -
1969 37 Padres 17 9 2 5 6 .455 4.31 1 0 0 64.2 287 66 31 34 7 28 3 17 3 1 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
15 Years 440 340 46 148 116 .561 3.68 77 24 11 2,265.0 9,571 2,239 925 1,026 242 743 70 1,435 66 28 8 -
Johnny Podres

Johnny Podres Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1953 21 Dodgers 34 36 5 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 1 - 1 1 .306 .324 .306
1954 22 Dodgers 38 60 7 17 3 1 0 0 4 5 - 5 3 2 0 2 .283 .328 .367
1955 23 Dodgers 32 60 9 11 2 0 0 0 5 4 0 5 4 0 0 1 .183 .234 .217
1957 25 Dodgers 35 72 6 15 4 0 0 0 4 2 0 5 3 0 0 2 .208 .230 .264
1958 26 Dodgers 42 71 5 9 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 17 4 2 0 0 .127 .147 .127
1959 27 Dodgers 34 65 4 16 1 0 0 0 4 6 0 13 3 1 0 1 .246 .306 .262
1960 28 Dodgers 34 66 3 9 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 15 10 1 1 0 .136 .205 .136
1961 29 Dodgers 32 69 3 16 2 0 0 0 7 2 0 8 4 1 0 2 .232 .250 .261
1962 30 Dodgers 40 88 6 14 2 0 1 0 5 2 0 8 5 0 1 1 .159 .187 .216
1963 31 Dodgers 37 64 6 9 2 0 1 0 8 1 0 11 3 3 0 0 .141 .147 .219
1964 32 Dodgers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000
1965 33 Dodgers 27 45 1 8 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 .178 .196 .178
1966 34 Dodgers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1966 34 Tigers 36 30 5 7 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 2 .233 .281 .333
1967 35 Tigers 21 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100
1969 37 Padres 17 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 .063 .059 .063
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
15 Years 462 762 61 145 19 1 2 0 50 32 0 108 43 11 4 14 .190 .224 .226
Johnny Podres

Johnny Podres Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1953 Dodgers P 33 18 345 24 0.7 23 6 17 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .958 1.80
1954 Dodgers P 29 21 455 27 0.9 26 11 15 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .963 1.54
1955 Dodgers P 27 24 478 29 1.1 28 7 21 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .966 1.58
1957 Dodgers P 31 27 588 42 1.4 41 9 32 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .976 1.88
1958 Dodgers P 39 31 631 34 0.9 32 7 25 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .941 1.37
1959 Dodgers P 34 29 585 45 1.3 43 6 37 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .956 1.98
1960 Dodgers P 34 33 683 39 1.1 38 8 30 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .974 1.50
1961 Dodgers P 32 29 548 33 1.0 32 6 26 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .970 1.58
1962 Dodgers P 40 40 765 41 1.0 35 4 31 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .854 1.24
1963 Dodgers P 37 34 595 35 0.9 35 2 33 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.59
1964 Dodgers P 2 2 8 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1965 Dodgers P 27 22 402 19 0.7 18 3 15 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .947 1.21
1966 Dodgers P 1 0 5 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.40
1966 Tigers P 36 13 323 22 0.6 21 7 14 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .955 1.76
1967 Tigers P 21 8 190 10 0.5 10 3 7 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.42
1969 Padres P 17 9 194 10 0.6 10 1 9 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.39
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 440 340 6,795 411 0.9 393 80 313 18 24 n/a n/a n/a .956 1.56
15 Years 440 340 6,795 411 0.9 393 80 313 18 24 n/a n/a n/a .956 1.56
Johnny Podres

Johnny Podres Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1953 Dodgers 1 0 1.000 1 1 n/a 0.0 36.0 36.0 1.28 6.42 5.01
1954 Dodgers 0 0 .000 9 1 n/a 0.0 12.0 15.0 1.49 4.69 3.15
1955 Dodgers 0 1 .000 1 4 n/a 0.0 12.0 12.0 2.00 6.44 3.22
1957 Dodgers 0 1 .000 0 4 n/a 0.0 14.4 18.0 2.48 5.01 2.02
1958 Dodgers 0 0 .000 0 3 n/a 0.0 4.2 17.8 1.83 6.12 3.34
1959 Dodgers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.0 16.3 1.96 6.69 3.42
1960 Dodgers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.4 22.0 2.24 6.29 2.81
1961 Dodgers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 8.6 9.9 2.43 6.11 2.51
1962 Dodgers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 88.0 11.0 17.6 2.51 6.28 2.51
1963 Dodgers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 64.0 5.8 8.0 2.09 6.08 2.90
1964 Dodgers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 10.12
1965 Dodgers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.6 22.5 1.62 4.23 2.62
1966 Dodgers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 5.40 5.40
1966 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.0 15.0 1.56 4.43 2.84
1967 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.0 0.0 3.09 4.83 1.56
1969 Padres 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.3 16.0 0.61 2.37 3.90
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
15 Years 1 2 .333 11 13 n/a 381.0 7.1 15.2 1.93 5.70 2.95
Johnny Podres

Johnny Podres Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1953 Brooklyn Dodgers 45 Undetermined - Stats
1954 Brooklyn Dodgers 45 Undetermined - -
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers 45 Undetermined - Stats
1957 Brooklyn Dodgers 45 Undetermined - -
1958 Los Angeles Dodgers 22 Undetermined Stats -
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1966 Detroit Tigers 22 Undetermined - -
1967 Detroit Tigers 22 Undetermined - -
1969 San Diego Padres 45 Undetermined - -


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