Johnny Rizzo Stats

Johnny Rizzo was born on Tuesday, July 30, 1912, in Houston, Texas. Rizzo was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 19, 1938, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. 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 Rizzo baseball stats page.

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Johnny Rizzo
 
 
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Birth Name:   John Costa Rizzo
Nickname:   Johnny
Born On:   07-30-1912  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Houston, Texas
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-04-1977 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Houston, Texas
Cemetery:   Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Texas
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   04-19-1938 (Age 25)
Last Game:   09-25-1942
Draft:   Not Applicable
Johnny Rizzo

Johnny Rizzo 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
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Johnny Rizzo

Johnny Rizzo Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1938 26 Pirates 143 555 97 167 31 9 23 1 111 54 - 61 3 - 5 16 .301 .368 .514
1939 27 Pirates 94 330 49 86 23 3 6 0 55 42 - 27 9 - 3 14 .261 .349 .403
1940 28 Pirates 9 28 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 5 - 5 0 - 1 1 .179 .324 .214
1940 28 Reds 31 110 17 31 6 0 4 0 17 14 - 14 0 - 0 1 .282 .363 .445
1940 28 Phillies 103 367 53 107 12 2 20 0 53 37 - 31 2 - 1 4 .292 .358 .499
1941 29 Phillies 99 235 20 51 9 2 4 0 24 24 - 34 4 - 2 8 .217 .295 .323
1942 30 Dodgers 78 217 31 50 8 0 4 0 27 24 - 25 3 - 0 7 .230 .307 .323
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
5 Years 557 1,842 268 497 90 16 61 1 289 200 - 197 21 - 12 51 .270 .345 .435
Johnny Rizzo

Johnny Rizzo Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1938 Pirates LF 140 140 3,606 304 2.2 289 284 5 15 1 n/a n/a n/a .951 2.16
1939 Pirates LF 86 85 2,205 193 2.2 188 186 2 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.30
1940 Phillies CF 24 22 552 60 2.5 59 59 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .983 2.89
1940 Phillies LF 55 54 1,314 1,129 20.5 1,124 1,118 6 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .996 23.10
1940 Pirates LF 7 7 195 11 1.6 9 9 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .818 1.25
1940 Phillies RF 15 15 342 31 2.1 30 30 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.37
1940 Reds LF 30 30 768 76 2.5 74 68 6 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.60
1940 Phillies 3B 7 7 162 35 5.0 32 6 26 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .914 5.33
1941 Phillies 3B 2 1 - 5 2.5 3 1 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .600 0.00
1941 Phillies CF 9 4 105 118 13.1 117 117 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .992 30.09
1941 Phillies LF 4 3 72 10 2.5 9 9 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .900 3.38
1941 Phillies RF 51 42 924 198 3.9 196 188 8 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .990 5.73
1942 Dodgers LF 8 3 54 16 2.0 15 15 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .938 7.50
1942 Dodgers RF 63 54 1,098 1,117 17.7 1,115 1,109 6 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .998 27.42
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
LF Totals 330 322 8,214 1,739 5.3 1,708 1,689 19 31 5 n/a n/a n/a .982 5.61
RF Totals 129 111 2,364 1,346 10.4 1,341 1,327 14 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .996 15.32
CF Totals 33 26 657 178 5.4 176 176 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .989 7.23
3B Totals 9 8 162 40 4.4 35 7 28 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .875 5.83
5 Years 501 467 11,397 3,303 6.6 3,260 3,199 61 43 10 n/a n/a n/a .987 7.72
Johnny Rizzo

Johnny Rizzo Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1938 Pirates 1 - - 3 0 n/a 24.1 9.1 5.0 - - -
1939 Pirates 0 - - 8 0 n/a 55.0 12.2 6.0 - - -
1940 Pirates 0 - - 2 0 n/a 0.0 5.6 14.0 - - -
1940 Reds 1 - - 1 0 n/a 27.5 7.9 6.5 - - -
1940 Phillies 2 - - 5 0 n/a 18.4 11.8 6.9 - - -
1941 Phillies 1 - - 34 0 n/a 58.8 6.9 9.8 - - -
1942 Dodgers 2 - - 8 0 n/a 54.3 8.7 8.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
5 Years 7 - - 61 0 n/a 30.2 9.4 6.4 - - -
Johnny Rizzo

Johnny Rizzo Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1938 Pittsburgh Pirates 12 Undetermined - -
1939 Pittsburgh Pirates 12 Undetermined - -
1940 Pittsburgh Pirates 7 Undetermined - -
1940 Cincinnati Reds 21 Undetermined - -
1940 Philadelphia Phillies 33 Undetermined - -
1941 Philadelphia Phillies 5 Undetermined - -
1942 Brooklyn Dodgers 32 Undetermined - -


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