Johnny Gee was born on Tuesday, December 7, 1915, in Syracuse, New York. Gee was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 17, 1939, 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 Gee baseball stats page.
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Johnny GeeJohnny Gee Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1939 | 24 | Pirates | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 94 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1941 | 26 | Pirates | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 41 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
1943 | 28 | Pirates | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 351 | 89 | 39 | 42 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
1944 | 29 | Pirates | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
1944 | 29 | Giants | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 17.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 59 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
1945 | 30 | Giants | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
1946 | 31 | Giants | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.99 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47.1 | 216 | 60 | 21 | 27 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
6 Years | 44 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.41 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 175.1 | 795 | 209 | 86 | 110 | 8 | 64 | 6 | 65 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny GeeJohnny Gee Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1939 | 24 | Pirates | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .143 | .000 |
1941 | 26 | Pirates | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
1943 | 28 | Pirates | 15 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .179 | .192 |
1944 | 29 | Pirates | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
1944 | 29 | Giants | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1945 | 30 | Giants | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1946 | 31 | Giants | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .231 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
6 Years | 44 | 51 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .157 | .204 | .196 |
Johnny GeeJohnny Gee Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1939 Pirates | P | 3 | 3 | 59 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .875 | 3.20 |
1941 Pirates | P | 3 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.23 |
1943 Pirates | P | 15 | 10 | 246 | 8 | 0.5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .875 | 0.77 |
1944 Pirates | P | 4 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.59 |
1944 Giants | P | 4 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 5.79 |
1945 Giants | P | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.00 |
1946 Giants | P | 13 | 6 | 142 | 9 | 0.7 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .889 | 1.52 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
P Totals | 44 | 21 | 526 | 32 | 0.7 | 29 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .906 | 1.49 | |
6 Years | 44 | 21 | 526 | 32 | 0.7 | 29 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .906 | 1.49 |
Johnny GeeJohnny Gee Miscellaneous Stats |
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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 |
1939 Pirates | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.60 | 7.32 | 4.58 |
1941 Pirates | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.40 | 2.45 | 6.14 |
1943 Pirates | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 0.67 | 1.98 | 2.96 |
1944 Pirates | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.60 | 2.38 | 3.97 |
1944 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.79 | 0.00 |
1945 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.50 | 3.00 | 6.00 |
1946 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1.47 | 4.18 | 2.85 |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
6 Years | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.0 | 12.8 | 1.02 | 3.34 | 3.29 |
Johnny GeeJohnny Gee Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1939 Pittsburgh Pirates | 42 | Undetermined | - | - |
1941 Pittsburgh Pirates | 24 | Undetermined | - | - |
1943 Pittsburgh Pirates | 26 | Undetermined | - | - |
1944 Pittsburgh Pirates | 26 | Undetermined | - | - |
1944 New York Giants | 20 | Undetermined | - | - |
1945 New York Giants | 20 | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1946 New York Giants | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
Johnny Gee Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Did you know that Johnny Gee was often called "Long John Gee" by the media and, until Randy Johnson made his Major League debut in 1988, Whiz was once the tallest ballplayer in history?
Johnny Gee
Former Pitcher, 72
CORTLAND, N.Y., Jan. 25 (AP) - Johnny Gee, who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants in the 1940's and played basketball with the Syracuse Nationals, died Saturday. He was 72 years old.
He stood 6 feet 9 inches, and was the tallest player in major league history.
Mr. Gee is survived by his wife, Suzanne; two sons, John A. Gee, 30, of Cortland, and Thomas R. Gee, of Rochester; and three daughters, Corlann Bush, of Bozeman, Mont., Nancy Pearson of Troy, Mich., and Katherine Gee, of Carthage, N.Y.
Source: The New York Times. AP Wire. January 26, 1988. Page 27.
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