#6 Johnny "Specs" Podgajny, Starting Pitcher, 29 yrs, New York (N) Giants Friday, 10/20/1949 |
| Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Johnny Podgajny Specs 6/10/1920 29 USA,PA,CHESTER 6"2 183
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average Some ability 2 / 6 (Fair) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good Normal Normal 4.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 3,514,286 1949 6 Year(s), 117 Days (1149 total Days) 172 Day(s) 6 Year(s), 117 Days (1149 total Days) 9 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 2 | 8 | 10 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
Versus RHB | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
Talent | 3 | 9 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 59 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 6 (Range), .951 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 40 | 40 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3.73 | 315.2 | 313 | 143 | 131 | 77 | 104 | 12 | 30.0 | 3 | 22 | 55.0 |
Projected | 40 | 40 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3.73 | 315.0 | 313 | 143 | 131 | 77 | 104 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 8.9 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 16 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 2.92 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 680 | 180 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 80 | 82 | 57 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .265 | .319 | .362 | .681 |
vs. RHB | 536 | 133 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 61 | 20 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .248 | .271 | .313 | .585 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 19 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3.82 | 155.2 | 142 | 69 | 66 | 38 | 57 |
Road | 21 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3.66 | 160.0 | 171 | 74 | 65 | 39 | 47 |
Postseason | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.40 | 15.0 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.43 | 7.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.19 | 48.0 | 48 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 10 |
May | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.16 | 57.0 | 49 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 22 |
June | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.70 | 49.2 | 59 | 37 | 37 | 19 | 15 |
July | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.72 | 48.1 | 53 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 14 |
August | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.37 | 57.0 | 47 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 24 |
Sept./Oct. | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.56 | 55.2 | 57 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 19 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1943 | 27 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 4.01 | 222.0 | 257 | 112 | 99 | 7 | 75 | 76 | 20 | 2 | 1.50 | .317 | NYN |
1944 | 42 | 42 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 4.93 | 336.0 | 412 | 202 | 184 | 16 | 110 | 124 | 25 | 1 | 1.55 | .327 | NYN |
1945 | 34 | 34 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 3.81 | 285.2 | 330 | 151 | 121 | 14 | 103 | 101 | 28 | 1 | 1.52 | .311 | NYN |
1946 | 34 | 34 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 3.97 | 281.1 | 302 | 138 | 124 | 13 | 98 | 112 | 25 | 2 | 1.42 | .293 | NYN,NL |
1947 | 42 | 42 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 3.81 | 324.0 | 351 | 156 | 137 | 13 | 112 | 119 | 16 | 3 | 1.43 | .300 | NYN |
1948 | 38 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4.38 | 289.2 | 344 | 150 | 141 | 12 | 92 | 92 | 11 | 1 | 1.51 | .315 | NYN |
1949 | 40 | 40 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3.73 | 315.2 | 313 | 143 | 131 | 9 | 77 | 104 | 12 | 3 | 1.24 | .276 | NYN,NL |
Total | 257 | 257 | 130 | 86 | 0 | 4.10 | 2054.1 | 2309 | 1052 | 937 | 84 | 667 | 728 | 137 | 13 | 1.45 | .306 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1940, A | 31 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 2.09 | 267.0 | 224 | 71 | 62 | 14 | 73 | 270 | 16 | 4 | 1.11 | .292 |
1941, AAA | 28 | 28 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 4.31 | 217.0 | 261 | 115 | 104 | 12 | 95 | 109 | 12 | 3 | 1.64 | .339 |
1942, AAA | 28 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 3.40 | 206.1 | 219 | 91 | 78 | 10 | 61 | 88 | 12 | 4 | 1.36 | .299 |
1943, AAA | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3.03 | 116.0 | 107 | 44 | 39 | 2 | 48 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 1.34 | .282 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1948 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.14 | 7.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.40 | 15.0 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.32 | 22.0 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1943 | 27 | 77 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .104 | .146 | .130 | .276 | NYN |
1944 | 42 | 120 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 0 | .108 | .115 | .150 | .265 | NYN |
1945 | 34 | 102 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .162 | .206 | .368 | NYN |
1946 | 34 | 105 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | .057 | .065 | .067 | .131 | NYN,NL |
1947 | 42 | 123 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | .106 | .106 | .138 | .244 | NYN |
1948 | 38 | 116 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | .086 | .102 | .095 | .197 | NYN |
1949 | 40 | 128 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | .086 | .099 | .125 | .224 | NYN,NL |
Total | 257 | 771 | 75 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 41 | 13 | 313 | 0 | 0 | .097 | .112 | .130 | .241 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 40 | 40 | 29 | 51 | 1 | 82 | 2 | .976 | 315.2 | 2.34 | | | | |
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Drafted in 3rd round, 38th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1940... Injured on 7/28/1942 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks... Injured on 8/8/1942 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks... Earned first career win on 6/14/1943... Had first career hit (double) on 6/22/1943, off Al Javery (CIN)... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1943, going 6-0, 2.72... Hit first career homerun on 6/17/1945, off Bill Perrin (BSN)... Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game... Injured on 7/7/1946 with a Broken Hand, out for 5 weeks... 1/31/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,085,714 through salary arbitration... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1947, going 5-2, 2.39... 1/31/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,514,286 through salary arbitration... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1948, going 5-1, 3.10... 1/31/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,514,286 through salary arbitration... Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1949, going 6-0, 2.37...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1943 - 4.01 - 6th 1945 - 3.81 - 4th 1946 - 3.97 - 8th 1947 - 3.81 - 3rd 1948 - 4.38 - 9th
| WHIP 1947 - 1.43 - 6th
| Wins 1943 - 17 - 8th 1946 - 20 - 5th 1947 - 21 - 4th
| Losses 1944 - 20 - 4th 1945 - 17 - 8th
| IP 1944 - 336.0 - 8th 1946 - 281.1 - 10th 1947 - 324.0 - 4th
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CG 1944 - 25 - 9th 1945 - 28 - 3rd 1946 - 25 - 4th
| SHO 1943 - 2 - 5th 1946 - 2 - 5th 1947 - 3 - 3rd
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