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: 13-21 / in Starts: 7-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 5

1944 Pitching Game Log

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1944 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	126	2	Apr 19	DET		SLB	L,1-3	9-GF		99	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	6.68	6	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.55	0.016	1.19	0.02%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
2	127	11	Apr 30(2)	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	W(1-0)	10	9.0	7	2	2	1	2	1	0	1.80	4.28	33	16	7	0	0	7	66			0	2	0	31	1	1	0	2	0	2	1.23	0.270	1.79	0.24%	2.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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	128	17	May 7(2)	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	L(1-1)	6	9.0	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	2.84	3.47	36						54						35	2	0			0
4	129	23	May 14(2)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-0	SHO	W(2-1)	6	9.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.93	3.11	29						83						28	0	0			0
5	130	25	May 16	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4		L(2-2)	1	1.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.15	3.19	7												6					0
6	131	28	May 19	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(3-2)	2	9.0	7	1	0	0	8	0	0	1.64	2.65	34						79						34	0	0			0
7	132	33	May 25	DET		PHA	L,0-2	GS-	L(3-3)	5	8.0	10	2	2	2	2	0	0	1.75	2.70	35						54						31					0
8	133	38	May 29	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	1.46	2.64	35						77						34	0	0			0
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
9	134	43	Jun 2	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	1.26	2.60	36						73						35	0	0			0
10	135	50	Jun 12	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-4	L(5-4)	9	3.1	6	5	5	2	2	0	1	1.86	2.68	20	3	6	0	2	6	28			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.47	-0.299	4.32	-0.53%	-2.10	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out tie
11	136	52	Jun 14(2)	DET	@	CLE	W,11-3		S(1)	1	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.78	2.70	10												9					0
12	137	55	Jun 17	DET		SLB	L,0-5	GS-6	L(5-5)	2	6.0	5	4	4	3	2	1	1	2.11	2.97	26	11	4	0	1	5	45			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.119	3.19	-0.22%	-1.15	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
13	138	59	Jun 21	DET		CLE	L,7-9	GS-	L(5-6)	3	2.1	7	5	3	0	0	0	0	2.39	2.96	13						27						13					0
14	139	62	Jun 24	DET	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG(8)	L(5-7)	2	8.0	15	7	7	2	1	0	0	2.90	2.98	40	14	8	2	1	15	23			0	0	0	37	4	0	1	1	0	1	.61	-0.214	1.65	-0.35%	-3.12	1b start tie	8b 3 out d6
15	140	65	Jun 28	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.83	3.01	6	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	.16	0.014	.19	0.01%	0.86	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
16	141	67	Jun 30	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS-	L(5-8)	1	7.0	7	4	1	0	1	0	0	2.72	2.96	29						54						26					0
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
17	142	72	Jul 4(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS-	L(5-9)	3	7.0	12	7	7	1	3	1	0	3.15	3.04	33						27						32					0
18	143	82	Jul 15(2)	DET		CHW	W,8-2	6-GF	S(2)	10	4.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.03	3.04	14	8	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.08	0.254	1.26	0.18%	3.38	6t -23 0 out a3	9t end a 6
19	144	85	Jul 18	DET		WSH	W,6-5	GS-7		2	6.2	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	3.09	3.04	25	10	10	2	4	4	54			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.127	1.16	0.09%	-0.10	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a1
20	145	90	Jul 23(1)	DET		PHA	L,3-13	GS-1	L(5-10)	4	0.0	4	5	3	0	0	0	0	3.33	3.04	5	1	0	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.327	3.31	-0.52%	-3.98	1t start tie	1t 12- 0 out d3
21	146	93	Jul 25	DET		BOS	L,3-7			1	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.02	6												6					0
22	147	95	Jul 27	DET		BOS	L,1-6	3-7		1	4.2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.24	3.02	17	7	5	0	0	3		1	0	0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.079	.58	0.08%	2.40	3t 1-- 1 out d4	7t 3 out d4
23	148	98	Jul 30(1)	DET		NYY	L,2-10	4-7		2	3.2	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	3.22	3.01	18	8	3	0	0	7		3	1	1	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	1	.23	-0.017	.28	-0.01%	-1.03	4t 123 1 out d4	7t 3 out d7
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
24	149	107	Aug 12	DET	@	WSH	W,12-5	6-GF	S(3)	12	4.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.12	2.98	17	7	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.026	.22	0.03%	1.72	6b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 7
25	150	110	Aug 14	DET	@	PHA	L,5-7	4-5	L(5-11)	1	1.2	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.29	2.96	9	1	2	2	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.503	2.89	-0.53%	-3.72	4b 12- 1 out a3	5b 3 out d2
26	151	115	Aug 18(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	L(5-12)	3	8.0	16	7	6	1	1	1	0	3.49	3.05	40						24						38	1	1			0
27	152	119	Aug 21	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	6-GF(8)		2	3.0	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.54	3.15	12	2	6	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.050	.66	-0.12%	-0.60	6b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
28	153	126	Aug 30	DET		CHW	L,3-8	GS-	L(5-13)	8	5.1	10	6	5	0	0	0	0	3.72	3.14	24						26						24					0
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
29	154	129	Sep 2	DET	@	SLB	W,6-3		W(6-13)	2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	3.14	2												2					0
30	155	132	Sep 4(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS-6	L(6-14)	1	5.1	7	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.82	3.11	23	6	7	1	2	7	39			0	1	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.364	8.91	-1.70%	-1.97	1b start a 2	6b -2- 1 out d1
31	156	136	Sep 9	DET		CLE	W,15-6			4	2.0	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.89	3.13	11												10					0
32	157	138	Sep 10(2)	DET		CLE	L,4-7			0	4.1	4	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.90	3.17	20												17					0
33	158	147	Sep 22(2)	DET		BOS	W,8-6	GS-		11	3.2	9	6	6	2	1	0	0	4.15	3.19	21						18						19					0
34	159	153	Sep 29(1)	DET		WSH	W,5-2	8-GF	S(4)	6	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.11	3.17	5	2	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.132	21.68	1.69%	1.06	8t -23 2 out a2	9t end a 3
							13-21		W-L:6-14,Sv:4	3.0	162.0	192	88	74	32	47	5	4	4.11	3.17	697	1.60		5%	6%	73	46	10	30%	1	5	0	648	16	4	2	9	0	6	.84	-0.975	2.64	-1.64%	-5.58

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