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: 7-24

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 11, Entered with runners on base: 8

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 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	174	9	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,0-6	8-GF(8)		99	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	-0.33	3	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.006	.14	-0.01%	-1.14	8b 12- 1 out d4	8b end d 6
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
2	175	24	May 16	DET	@	PHA	L,5-11	4-GF(8)		19	4.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.69	2.49	16	7	6	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.03	0.01%	1.53	4b -2- 1 out d10	8b end d 7
3	176	28	May 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	3-6		3	4.0	3	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.89	3.96	17	5	4	0	1	3		2	2	0	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	.35	-0.072	1.74	-0.22%	-0.52	3b -23 0 out d2	6b 3 out d6
4	177	33	May 25(2)	DET		CHW	L,2-5			4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.61	3.64	3												3					0
5	178	38	May 30(2)	DET		SLB	L,3-8			4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	3.53	4												4					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
6	179	42	Jun 4(2)	DET		NYY	L,8-17	5-6		4	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.63	3.63	10	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.008	2.06	-0.03%	-0.03	5t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d5
7	180	45	Jun 9	DET		PHA	L,3-11			4	1.1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.60	3.94	8												5					0
8	181	48	Jun 11(2)	DET		PHA	L,0-4			1	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.00	3.51	9												9					0
9	182	50	Jun 15(2)	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	3.43	6	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.007	.19	0.02%	0.90	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
10	183	52	Jun 19	DET	@	PHA	L,4-8			3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.66	3.56	2												1					0
11	184	53	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	6-GF(8)		0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.31	3.58	11	6	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.016	.37	0.03%	1.38	6b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
12	185	56	Jun 22	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	6-GF(8)		1	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	3.47	11	5	4	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.031	.65	0.05%	1.38	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
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
13	186	67	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	8-8		10	0.1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	2.36	3.46	4	2	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.41	-0.165	3.74	-0.26%	-1.80	8b -2- 0 out a4	8b 12- 1 out a2
14	187	71	Jul 6(2)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-4		S(1)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	3.43	4												4					0
15	188	77	Jul 13(2)	DET		PHA	W,7-6			6	2.0	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.03	3.59	11												9					0
16	189	79	Jul 16(1)	DET		WSH	W,9-8	8-8	W(1-0)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.93	3.59	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.027	.56	0.02%	0.48	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
17	190	80	Jul 16(2)	DET		WSH	L,1-10			-1	3.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.91	3.68	12												10					0
18	191	86	Jul 20(2)	DET		NYY	W,12-11			3	3.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.68	3.68	10												8					0
19	192	90	Jul 25	DET	@	PHA	L,5-9	2-4		4	1.2	4	4	4	3	1	0	0	3.49	3.81	13	4	1	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.111	.56	-0.04%	-3.13	2b 12- 1 out d2	4b -23 0 out d5
20	193	93	Jul 27(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.40	3.73	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
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
21	194	99	Aug 5	DET		CLE	L,4-8	8-GF		8	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.46	3.78	10	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.03	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
22	195	107	Aug 12(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-11	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	3.75	4	3	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.58	8b 12- 0 out d9	8b end d11
23	196	118	Aug 22(1)	DET		WSH	W,7-6	1-5		9	5.0	8	5	5	2	4	1	0	3.97	3.87	25	8	3	0	0	8		1	1	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.255	.01	0.00%	-2.96	1t -2- 0 out tie	5t 3 out d6
24	197	123	Aug 25	DET		PHA	L,5-7			2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	3.85	2												2					0
25	198	125	Aug 26(2)	DET		BOS	L,1-9			0	2.2	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	3.88	4.13	11												9					0
26	199	127	Aug 27(2)	DET		BOS	L,4-5	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.81	4.21	5	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.016	.02	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
27	200	128	Aug 28	DET		BOS	L,3-13			0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.74	4.15	4												4					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
28	201	133	Sep 1(1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	9-GF	W(2-0)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.67	4.12	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
29	202	137	Sep 7	DET		SLB	L,0-3	9-GF		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.64	4.07	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.10	9t --- 2 out d3	9t end d 3
30	203	143	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.83	4.31	10	5	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	.42	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-1.08	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
31	204	149	Sep 17(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	4-5		3	1.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.75	4.34	6	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.89	4b 12- 2 out d5	5b 3 out d5
							7-24		W-L:2-0,Sv:1	3.0	57.2	44	27	24	26	20	4	2	3.75	4.34	243	1.72		0%	1%	32		13	62%	1	0	0	212	9	2	1	1	0	3	.35	-0.520	.55	-0.45%	-3.16

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