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Johnny Podres | Major Leaguer 1953-1969

Full Name: John Joseph Podres
Born: September 30,1932 in Witherbee, New York
Height: 5-11 Weight: 192 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Mineville (NY)
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Transactions: [Jan 1,1951] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Dodgers. [May 10,1966] - Sent to Tigers by Dodgers for future considerations. [Oct 20,1967] - Released by Tigers. [Mar 21,1969] - Signed as Free Agent by Padres.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1953	Brooklyn	NL	20	Brk	MLB	9	4	4.23	33	18	3	1	3	0	115.0	126	62	54	12	64	82	2	0	9.86	0.94	5.01	6.42	1.65	--
1954	Brooklyn	NL	21	Brk	MLB	11	7	4.27	29	21	6	2	4	0	151.2	147	77	72	13	53	79	3	0	8.72	0.77	3.15	4.69	1.32	--
1955	Brooklyn	NL	22	Brk	MLB	9	10	3.95	27	24	5	2	0	0	159.1	160	80	70	15	57	114	5	0	9.04	0.85	3.22	6.44	1.36	--
1957	Brooklyn	NL	24	Brk	MLB	12	9	2.66	31	27	10	6	4	3	196.0	168	64	58	15	44	109	3	0	7.71	0.69	2.02	5.01	1.08	49%
1958	LA Dodgers	NL	25	La	MLB	13	15	3.72	39	31	10	2	4	1	210.1	208	96	87	27	78	143	4	3	8.90	1.16	3.34	6.12	1.36	43%
1959	LA Dodgers	NL	26	La	MLB	14	9	4.11	34	29	6	2	1	0	195.0	192	93	89	23	74	145	8	0	8.86	1.06	3.42	6.69	1.36	41%
1960	LA Dodgers	NL	27	La	MLB	14	12	3.08	34	33	8	1	1	0	227.2	217	88	78	25	71	159	7	1	8.58	0.99	2.81	6.29	1.27	49%
1961	LA Dodgers	NL	28	La	MLB	18	5	3.74	32	29	6	1	2	0	182.2	192	81	76	27	51	124	8	0	9.46	1.33	2.51	6.11	1.33	43%
1962	LA Dodgers	NL	29	La	MLB	15	13	3.81	40	40	8	0	0	0	255.0	270	121	108	20	71	178	4	0	9.53	0.71	2.51	6.28	1.34	42%
1963	LA Dodgers	NL	30	La	MLB	14	12	3.54	37	34	10	5	3	1	198.1	196	91	78	16	64	134	5	4	8.89	0.73	2.90	6.08	1.31	49%
1964	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	0	2	16.92	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.2	5	5	5	1	3	0	1	0	16.92	3.38	10.15	0.00	3.01	62%
1965	LA Dodgers	NL	32	La	MLB	7	6	3.43	27	22	2	1	4	1	134.0	126	57	51	17	39	63	6	0	8.46	1.14	2.62	4.23	1.23	41%
1966	LA Dodgers	NL	33	La	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	10.84	0.00	5.42	5.42	1.81	--
	Detroit	AL	33	Det	MLB	4	5	3.43	36	13	2	1	12	4	107.2	106	48	41	12	34	53	4	0	8.86	1.00	2.84	4.43	1.30	49%
1967	Detroit	AL	34	Det	MLB	3	1	3.84	21	8	0	0	6	1	63.1	58	29	27	12	11	34	3	0	8.24	1.71	1.56	4.83	1.09	55%
1969	San Diego	NL	36	Sd	MLB	5	6	4.31	17	9	1	0	2	0	64.2	66	34	31	7	28	17	3	0	9.19	0.97	3.90	2.37	1.45	59%

Major League Totals - 15 Season(s)						148	116	3.68	440	340	77	24	46	11	2,265.0	2239	1026	925	242	743	1435	66	8	8.90	0.96	2.95	5.70	1.32	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1953	Brooklyn	NL	20	Brk	MLB	p		34	36	5	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1		1		1	.306	*.311	.306	*617	--
1954	Brooklyn	NL	21	Brk	MLB	p		38	60	7	17	3	1	0	4	0	0	5	5	0		3	2	2	.283	.328	.367	695	--
1955	Brooklyn	NL	22	Brk	MLB	p		32	60	9	11	2	0	0	5	0	1	4	5	0	0	4	0	1	.183	.234	.217	451	--
1957	Brooklyn	NL	24	Brk	MLB	p	9	35	72	6	15	4	0	0	4	0	1	2	5	0	0	3	0	2	.208	.230	.264	494	46%
1958	LA Dodgers	NL	25	La	MLB	p	9	42	71	5	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	17	0	0	4	2	0	.127	.147	.127	274	38%
1959	LA Dodgers	NL	26	La	MLB	p	9	34	65	4	16	1	0	0	4	0	0	6	13	0	0	3	1	1	.246	.306	.262	568	51%
1960	LA Dodgers	NL	27	La	MLB	p	9	34	66	3	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	15	1	0	10	1	0	.136	.205	.136	341	54%
1961	LA Dodgers	NL	28	La	MLB	p	9	32	69	3	16	2	0	0	7	0	0	2	8	0	0	4	1	2	.232	.250	.261	511	56%
1962	LA Dodgers	NL	29	La	MLB	p	9	40	88	6	14	2	0	1	5	0	0	2	8	1	0	5	0	1	.159	.187	.216	403	44%
1963	LA Dodgers	NL	30	La	MLB	p	9	37	64	6	9	2	0	1	8	0	0	1	11	0	0	3	3	0	.141	.147	.219	366	45%
1964	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	p	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	---	1.000	---	---	0%
1965	LA Dodgers	NL	32	La	MLB	p	9	27	45	1	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	1	0	0	.178	.196	.178	374	41%
1966	LA Dodgers	NL	33	La	MLB	p	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Detroit	AL	33	Det	MLB	p	9	36	30	5	7	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	.233	.281	.333	614	50%
1967	Detroit	AL	34	Det	MLB	p	9	21	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	200	62%
1969	San Diego	NL	36	Sd	MLB	p	9	17	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	.063	.059	.063	122	67%

Major League Totals - 15 Season(s)								462	762	61	145	19	1	2	50	1	2	32	108	4		43		14	.190		.226	---	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1953	Brooklyn	NL	20		Ws	0	1	3.38	1		0			0	2.2	1		1		2	0			3.38	---	6.77	0.00	1.13	--
1955	Brooklyn	NL	22		Ws	2	0	1.00	2		2			0	18.0	15		2		4	10			7.50	---	2.00	5.00	1.06	--
1959	LA Dodgers	NL	26		Ws	1	0	4.82	2		0			0	9.1	7		5		6	4			6.75	---	5.79	3.86	1.39	--
1963	LA Dodgers	NL	30		Ws	1	0	1.08	1		0			0	8.1	6		1		1	4			6.48	---	1.08	4.32	0.84	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						4	1	2.11	6		2			0	38.1	29		9		13	18			6.81	---	3.05	4.23	1.10	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1953	Brooklyn	NL	20	Brk	Ws	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	--
1955	Brooklyn	NL	22	Brk	Ws	2	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	--
1959	LA Dodgers	NL	26	La	Ws	3	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1250	--
1963	LA Dodgers	NL	30	La	Ws	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						7	16	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.313	.375	688	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1953	Brooklyn	NL	20	Brk	MLB	P	33		115	6	17	1	24	0	-	-	-	.958	1.80

1954	Brooklyn	NL	21	Brk	MLB	P	29		151.2	11	15	1	27	0	-	-	-	.963	1.54

1955	Brooklyn	NL	22	Brk	MLB	P	27		159.1	7	21	1	29	2	-	-	-	.966	1.58

1957	Brooklyn	NL	24	Brk	MLB	P	31		196	9	32	1	42	3	-	-	-	.976	1.88

1958	LA Dodgers	NL	25	La	MLB	P	39		210.1	7	25	2	34	3	-	-	-	.941	1.37

1959	LA Dodgers	NL	26	La	MLB	P	34		195	6	37	2	45	5	-	-	-	.956	1.98

1960	LA Dodgers	NL	27	La	MLB	P	34		227.2	8	30	1	39	4	-	-	-	.974	1.50

1961	LA Dodgers	NL	28	La	MLB	P	32		182.2	6	26	1	33	2	-	-	-	.970	1.58

1962	LA Dodgers	NL	29	La	MLB	P	40		255	4	31	6	41	1	-	-	-	.854	1.24

1963	LA Dodgers	NL	30	La	MLB	P	37		198.1	2	33	0	35	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.59

1964	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	P	2		2.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

1965	LA Dodgers	NL	32	La	MLB	P	27		134	3	15	1	19	1	-	-	-	.947	1.21

1966	Detroit	AL	33	Det	MLB	P	36		107.2	7	14	1	22	1	-	-	-	.955	1.76
1966	LA Dodgers	NL	33	La	MLB	P	1		1.2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	5.40

1967	Detroit	AL	34	Det	MLB	P	21		63.1	3	7	0	10	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.42

1969	San Diego	NL	36	Sd	MLB	P	17		64.2	1	9	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.39

Awards

[1955] - World Series Most Valuable Player [1958] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1960] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1961] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #14) [1962] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1975] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (3 votes - 0.83%) [1976] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (2 votes - 0.52%) [1977] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (3 votes - 0.78%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955 and the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1959 and 1963.

Notes: Played in 3 All-Star games during his career (1958, 1960, 1962)

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