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Johnny Podres Johnny Podres
Full name: John Joseph Podres
Born: September 30, 1932, Witherbee, New York
First Game: April 17, 1953; Final Game: June 21, 1969
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 11" Weight: 170
World Series MVP (1955)
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Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups
Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1953 BRO N                34    36    5   11   0   0   0    1    0        1   1   1               1    1   0  .306  .324  .306   0.0 1953 BRO N
1954 BRO N                38    60    7   17   3   1   0    4    5        5   0   3   2           2    0   0  .283  .328  .367   0.0 1954 BRO N
1955 BRO N                32    60    9   11   2   0   0    5    4   0    5   0   4   0           1    0   1  .183  .234  .217   0.0 1955 BRO N
1957 BRO N                35    72    6   15   4   0   0    4    2   0    5   0   3   0           2    0   1  .208  .230  .264   0.0 1957 BRO N
1958 LA  N                42    71    5    9   0   0   0    4    2   0   17   0   4   2           0    0   0  .127  .147  .127   0.0 1958 LA  N
1959 LA  N                34    65    4   16   1   0   0    4    6   0   13   0   3   1           1    0   0  .246  .306  .262   0.0 1959 LA  N
1960 LA  N Daily Splits   34    66    3    9   0   0   0    3    5   0   15   1  10   1   0   1   0    0   0  .136  .205  .136   0.0 1960 LA  N
1961 LA  N Daily Splits   32    69    3   16   2   0   0    7    2   0    8   0   4   1   0   2   2    0   0  .232  .250  .261   0.0 1961 LA  N
1962 LA  N Daily Splits   40    88    6   14   2   0   1    5    2   0    8   1   5   0   0   5   1    0   0  .159  .187  .216   0.0 1962 LA  N
1963 LA  N Daily Splits   37    64    6    9   2   0   1    8    1   0   11   0   3   3   0   1   0    0   0  .141  .147  .219   0.0 1963 LA  N
1964 LA  N Daily Splits    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   1   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     - 1.000     -   0.0 1964 LA  N
1965 LA  N Daily Splits   27    45    1    8   0   0   0    2    1   0    8   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .178  .196  .178   0.0 1965 LA  N
1966 LA  N                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1966 LA  N
1966 DET A Daily Splits   36    30    5    7   3   0   0    2    2   0    5   0   0   0   0   0   2    0   0  .233  .281  .333   0.0 1966 DET A
1966 Total                37    30    5    7   3   0   0    2    2   0    5   0   0   0   0   0   2    0   0  .233  .281  .333   0.0 1966 Total
1967 DET A Daily Splits   21    20    1    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   2    0   0  .100  .100  .100   0.0 1967 DET A
1969 SD  N Daily Splits   17    16    0    1   0   0   0    1    0   0    3   0   2   1   0   0   0    0   0  .063  .059  .063   0.0 1969 SD  N
Total NL                 405   712   55  136  16   1   2   48   30   0i  99   4  43  11i  0i  9i 10    1   2  .191  .225  .225   0.0 Total NL        
Total AL                  57    50    6    9   3   0   0    2    2   0    9   0   0   0   0   0   4    0   0  .180  .212  .240   0.0 Total AL        
Total            Splits  462   762   61  145  19   1   2   50   32   0i 108   4  43  11i  0i  9i 14    1   2  .190  .224  .226   0.0 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
i - incomplete
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1953 BRO N Daily Splits    1     1    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1953 BRO N
1955 BRO N Daily Splits    2     7    1    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .143  .143  .143 1955 BRO N
1959 LA  N Daily Splits    3     4    1    2   1   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .750 1959 LA  N
1963 LA  N Daily Splits    1     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .250  .250 1963 LA  N
Total            Splits    7    16    2    5   1   0   0    1    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .313  .313  .375 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1960 NL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1960 NL   
1962 NL    Daily Splits    1     1    1    1   1   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 2.000 1962 NL   
Total            Splits    2     1    1    1   1   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 2.000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Pitching RecordPitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1953 BRO N                33  18   3   1   3   0  115    126   518  12   62   54   64       82   6       2   1   0                   9   4   4.23   0.1 1953 BRO N
1954 BRO N                29  21   6   2   4   0  151.2  147   641  13   77   72   53       79   6   5   3   1   0                  11   7   4.27   0.2 1954 BRO N
1955 BRO N                27  24   5   2   0   0  159.1  160   684  15   80   70   57   2  114   4   2   5   4   0                   9  10   3.95   0.1 1955 BRO N
1957 BRO N                31  27  10   6   4   3  196    168   783  15   64   58   44   1  109   3   3   3   1   0                  12   9   2.66   3.4 1957 BRO N
1958 LA  N                39  31  10   2   4   1  210.1  208   890  27   96   87   78   8  143   6   6   4   2   3                  13  15   3.72   0.7 1958 LA  N
1959 LA  N                34  29   6   2   1   0  195    192   823  23   93   89   74   7  145   7   4   8   3   0                  14   9   4.11   1.0 1959 LA  N
1960 LA  N Daily Splits   34  33   8   1   1   0  227.2  217   951  25   88   78   71   9  159   9   3   7   1   1  28   6  20  15  14  12   3.08   2.1 1960 LA  N
1961 LA  N Daily Splits   32  29   6   1   2   0  182.2  192   772  27   81   76   51   2  124   5   4   8   4   0  23   6  20  10  18   5   3.74   1.5 1961 LA  N
1962 LA  N Daily Splits   40  40   8   0   0   0  255    270  1083  20  121  108   71  14  178  13   4   4   3   0  42   8  26  20  15  13   3.81  -0.4 1962 LA  N
1963 LA  N Daily Splits   37  34  10   5   3   1  198.1  196   845  16   91   78   64  13  134  11   3   5   3   4  33   3  17  19  14  12   3.54  -1.4 1963 LA  N
1964 LA  N Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0    2.2    5    16   1    5    5    3   1    0   1   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   2  16.88  -0.7 1964 LA  N
1965 LA  N Daily Splits   27  22   2   1   4   1  134    126   560  17   57   51   39   4   63   5   4   6   2   0  26   5  11   9   7   6   3.43  -0.3 1965 LA  N
1966 LA  N Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    1.2    2     8   0    0    0    1   1    1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00   0.0 1966 LA  N
1966 DET A Daily Splits   36  13   2   1  12   4  107.2  106   459  12   48   41   34   3   53   9   5   4   1   0  14   1  10   8   4   5   3.43   0.2 1966 DET A
1966 Total                37  13   2   1  12   4  109.1  108   467  12   48   41   35   4   54  10   6   4   1   0  14   1  10   8   4   5   3.38   0.2 1966 Total
1967 DET A Daily Splits   21   8   0   0   6   1   63.1   58   251  12   29   27   11   2   34   1   0   3   1   0  10   0   3   2   3   1   3.84  -0.4 1967 DET A
1969 SD  N Daily Splits   17   9   1   0   2   0   64.2   66   287   7   34   31   28   3   17   5   3   3   1   0  10   1   3   4   5   6   4.31  -1.0 1969 SD  N
Total NL                 383 319  75  23  28   6 2094   2075  8861 218  949  857  698  65i1348  82  42i 59  26   8 163i 29i 97i 77i141 110   3.68   5.3 Total NL        
Total AL                  57  21   2   1  18   5  171    164   710  24   77   68   45   5   87  10   5   7   2   0  24   1  13  10   7   6   3.58  -0.2 Total AL        
Total            Splits  440 340  77  24  46  11 2265   2239  9571 242 1026  925  743  70i1435  92  47i 66  28   8 187i 30i110i 87i148 116   3.68   5.1 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Pitching RecordWorld Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1953 BRO N Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    2.2    1    13   1    5    1    2   0    0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.38 1953 BRO N
1955 BRO N Daily Splits    2   2   2   1   0   0   18     15    70   1    3    2    4   0   10   0   0   0   0   0   3   1   1   0   2   0   1.00 1955 BRO N
1959 LA  N Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0    9.1    7    42   1    5    5    6   0    4   0   0   0   1   0   2   0   1   1   1   0   4.82 1959 LA  N
1963 LA  N Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.1    6    32   0    1    1    1   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   1   0   1.08 1963 LA  N
Total            Splits    6   6   2   1   0   0   38.1   29   157   3   14    9   13   0   18   1   0   0   2   0   7   1   2   2   4   1   2.11 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching RecordAll-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1960 NL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    2      1    10   0    0    0    3   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1960 NL   
1962 NL    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    2      2     8   0    0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1962 NL   
Total            Splits    2   1   0   0   0   0    4      3    18   0    0    0    3   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1953 BRO N         P   33                       6   17    1    0                          .958
1954 BRO N         P   29                      11   15    1    0                          .963
1955 BRO N         P   27                       7   21    1    2                          .966
1957 BRO N         P   31                       9   32    1    3                          .976
1958 LA  N         P   39                       7   25    2    3                          .941
1959 LA  N         P   34                       6   37    2    5                          .956
1960 LA  N Daily   P   34   33    8   227.2     8   30    1    4   0    3    2    5    1  .974
1961 LA  N Daily   P   32   29    6   182.2     6   26    1    2   0    1    5    4    2  .970
1962 LA  N Daily   P   40   40    8   255       4   31    6    1   0    0    5    6    6  .854
1963 LA  N Daily   P   37   34   10   198.1     2   33    0    1   0    0    3    7    0 1.000
1964 LA  N Daily   P    2    2    0     2.2     0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1965 LA  N Daily   P   27   22    2   134       3   15    1    1   0    1    3    0    2  .947
1966 LA  N Daily   P    1    0    0     1.2     0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1966 DET A Daily   P   36   13    2   107.2     7   14    1    1   0    0    1    2    1  .955
1966 Total         P   37   13    2   109.1     7   15    1    1   0    0    1    2    1  .957
1967 DET A Daily   P   21    8    0    63.1     3    7    0    1   0    0    5    1    0 1.000
1969 SD  N Daily   P   17    9    1    64.2     1    9    0    0   0    0    1    2    0 1.000
Total              P  440  190i  37i 1237.2i   80  313   18   24   0i   5i  25i  27i  12i .956
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1953 BRO N Daily   P    1    1    0     2.2     0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1955 BRO N Daily   P    2    2    2    18       0    2    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1959 LA  N Daily   P    2    2    0     9.1     0    1    0    1   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1963 LA  N Daily   P    1    1    0     8.1     0    2    1    0   0    0    0    0    0  .667
Total              P    6    6    2    38.1     0    6    1    1   0    0    0    0    0  .857
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1960 NL    Daily   P    1    0    0     2       0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1962 NL    Daily   P    1    1    0     2       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
Total              P    2    1    0     4       0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG

TransactionsTransactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1951).

Sent to Detroit Tigers by Los Angeles Dodgers for future considerations (May 10, 1966).

Released by Detroit Tigers (October 20, 1967).

Signed by San Diego Padres (March 21, 1969).


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