Johnny Gorsica

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: March 29, 1915 in Bayonne, NJ us

Died: December 16, 1998 in Charlottesville, VA

Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, WV

School: West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)

Debut: April 22, 1940 (Age 25-024d, 8,873rd in major league history)
vs. CHW 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 17, 1947 (Age 32-172d)
vs. PHA 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: John Joseph Perry Gorsica

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.4

ERA

4.18

204

723.2

272

WHIP

1.416

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-25 / in Starts: 1-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 14

1943 Pitching Game Log

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1943 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	91	3	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3			99	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.65	2												2					0
2	92	6	Apr 28	DET		SLB	W,4-2	8-GF	S(1)	3	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.45	5	3	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.100	3.05	0.14%	0.67	8t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	93	9	May 2	DET		CLE	L,2-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	3	6.0	6	3	2	2	0	1	0	2.35	4.87	24	8	11	5	1	3	48			0	2	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	.82	-0.086	2.57	-0.16%	-0.26	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
4	94	14	May 9(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.86	4.10	8	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.029	.61	0.05%	0.84	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
5	95	17	May 13	DET		PHA	L,1-2		L(0-2)	3	4.1	4	1	1	3	2	0	1	1.93	4.23	18												13					0
6	96	20	May 16(1)	DET		WSH	L,1-7	6-7		2	1.1	5	4	4	3	1	0	0	4.11	4.55	11	1	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	1	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.064	.93	-0.11%	-3.44	6t --- 0 out d3	7t -23 1 out d6
7	97	24	May 23(1)	DET		BOS	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.02	4.51	1	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	0.108	10.97	0.18%	0.30	9t -2- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
8	98	28	May 29	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	9-GF	S(3)	5	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	4.43	3	0	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.053	4.72	0.09%	-0.67	9b -23 1 out a4	9b end a 2
9	99	30	May 30(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.91	4.56	11	4	3	0	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	.42	-0.167	1.09	-0.26%	-2.13	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 4
10	100	32	May 31(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.43	4.28	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.042	.88	0.08%	0.84	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	101	36	Jun 4	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1		W(1-2)	3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.22	4.25	3												2					0
12	102	37	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	L,3-6	6-GF(8)		0	3.0	2	3	1	4	0	0	0	4.07	4.54	15	7	2	0	0	2		0	0	2	0	0	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	.60	-0.149	2.44	-0.37%	-1.77	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
13	103	41	Jun 10	DET		CHW	L,5-11	1-7		4	6.2	8	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.77	4.11	30	8	6	1	3	8		2	0	1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.059	1.73	0.10%	2.09	1t -23 1 out d4	7t 3 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	104	63	Jul 4(1)	DET		NYY	L,0-1	7-GF		23	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.44	3.92	10	6	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.130	3.00	0.28%	1.37	7t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
15	105	67	Jul 6	DET		WSH	W,4-3	13-GF(16)	W(2-2)	1	4.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.32	3.73	15	10	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.14	0.071	7.38	0.15%	0.83	13t --- 0 out tie	16t end d 1
16	106	71	Jul 10	DET		PHA	L,1-6	8-GF		3	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.18	3.64	6	4	0	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.060	.95	-0.14%	-1.03	8t 123 1 out d2	9t end d 5
17	107	74	Jul 15	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	3-6		4	3.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.91	3.69	12	6	4	0	2	0		2	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	0.009	.13	0.02%	2.09	3b 12- 1 out d7	6b 3 out d7
18	108	77	Jul 18(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,12-4	7-GF	S(4)	2	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.72	3.60	11	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.05	0.005	.15	0.01%	1.27	7b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 8
19	109	79	Jul 21	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	9-GF	BS(1)	2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	3.60	1	0	1	0	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.08	-0.484	16.60	-0.79%	-1.14	9b -23 1 out a1	9b end d 1
20	110	85	Jul 25(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(2-3)	3	8.0	2	3	1	2	3	0	1	2.48	3.52	29	22	1	1	0	0	71			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	.93	-0.146	2.56	-0.24%	0.38	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
21	111	88	Jul 28(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	8-GF(8)	BL(2-4)	2	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.77	3.50	6	1	2	0	0	3		2	2	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	-0.598	5.18	-0.70%	-2.60	8b 12- 0 out a2	8b end d 2
22	112	90	Jul 30(2)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS-		1	6.0	6	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.79	3.65	23						52						22					0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	113	95	Aug 3(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-12	3-6		3	3.1	8	5	5	2	4	0	0	3.34	3.57	20	6	0	0	0	8		2	0	0	0	0	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.038	1.45	-0.06%	-3.15	3b -23 2 out d2	6b 3 out d7
24	114	97	Aug 7	DET		CHW	L,4-7	3-7		3	4.1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.13	3.48	18	8	4	0	2	5		1	0	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.005	.35	0.00%	1.13	3t -2- 2 out d5	7t 3 out d4
25	115	102	Aug 13	DET		WSH	L,3-11	2-6		5	4.2	5	4	3	2	2	0	0	3.30	3.45	22	8	5	1	1	5		3	3	0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.072	.17	-0.07%	-3.66	2t 123 1 out d4	6t 3 out d11
26	116	106	Aug 17	DET		PHA	W,4-3		S(5)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.28	3.45	1												1					0
27	117	111	Aug 21	DET		BOS	L,6-7	GS-		3	1.2	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.69	3.45	10						29						8					0
28	118	115	Aug 24(1)	DET		NYY	L,1-2	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.64	3.45	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.033	.43	0.02%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
29	119	117	Aug 25(1)	DET		NYY	L,5-7	4-9	L(2-5)	0	4.2	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.65	3.38	21	2	7	1	2	6		2	0	0	1	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.43	-0.114	.88	-0.04%	0.21	4t 12- 2 out d4	9t 1-- 1 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	120	129	Sep 7(2)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	3-9	W(3-5)	12	6.0	6	3	2	3	4	0	0	3.61	3.34	25	8	4	0	1	6		2	0	1	1	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	1	.90	0.117	.03	0.00%	1.37	3t 12- 0 out d2	9t 1-3 0 out a3
31	121	134	Sep 11	DET		CLE	L,2-7	8-GF		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.53	3.34	8	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.91	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
32	122	136	Sep 14(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-7	6-6		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.49	3.31	3	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.89	6b -23 0 out d4	6b 3 out d5
33	123	139	Sep 17	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	8-9	W(4-5)	2	1.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.44	3.36	6	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.91	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-0.01	8b --- 0 out d1	9b 12- 1 out a1
34	124	148	Sep 26(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-6			8	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.36	3.38	9												8					0
35	125	151	Sep 29(1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-8			2	2.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.27	3.35	8												7					0
							10-25		W-L:4-5,Sv:5,BSv:2	2.8	96.1	88	43	35	41	44	2	2	3.27	3.35	405	2.16		5%	8%	64	50	27	48%	7	6	0	355	17	4	2	7	0	6	.76	-1.324	1.69	-1.82%	-4.21

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