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Johnny Podres

Johnny Podres

1953–1969  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws L  ·  5'11", 170 lb  ·  b. 1932 Witherbee, NY

Career 148–116 · 3.68 ERA · 1,435 SO · 2265.0 IP · 462 G · 145 H · 2 HR · 50 RBI · .190 AVG

Seasons leading his league
4
2 best in baseball 2 league only
10 Top-5 finishes
2 Title seasons
4 Categories led
1957 Best season

Spanning 1957–1963, peaking at 3 titles in 1957.

Team records #8 Dodgers career SO #10 Dodgers career W

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,384th League titles 4
  • 1,235th Best in baseball 2
  • 2,600th Top-5 finishes 10

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Pitcher Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1963 1.000
Shutouts 1 1st — 1957 6
Walks + Hits / IP 1 1st — 1957 NL 1.08
Earned Run Average 1 1st — 1957 NL 2.66
Strikeouts / 9 — #3 — 1955 #3 1959 #3
Strikeouts — #3 — 1958 #3

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1963 1 P FPCT 1.000
1957 3 ERA 2.66 WHIP 1.08 SHO 6

Pitching

  led the league   15 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1953 BRO NL 9 4 4.23 33 18 0 115.0 126 54 12 64 82 1.65
1954 BRO NL 11 7 4.27 29 21 0 151.2 147 72 13 53 79 1.32
1955 BRO NL 9 10 3.95 27 24 0 159.1 160 70 15 57 114 1.36
1957 BRO NL 12 9 2.66 31 27 3 196.0 168 58 15 44 109 1.08
1958 LAN NL 13 15 3.72 39 31 1 210.1 208 87 27 78 143 1.36
1959 LAN NL 14 9 4.11 34 29 0 195.0 192 89 23 74 145 1.36
1960 LAN NL 14 12 3.08 34 33 0 227.2 217 78 25 71 159 1.27
1961 LAN NL 18 5 3.74 32 29 0 182.2 192 76 27 51 124 1.33
1962 LAN NL 15 13 3.81 40 40 0 255.0 270 108 20 71 178 1.34
1963 LAN NL 14 12 3.54 37 34 1 198.1 196 78 16 64 134 1.31
1964 LAN NL 0 2 16.88 2 2 0 2.2 5 5 1 3 0 3.00
1965 LAN NL 7 6 3.43 27 22 1 134.0 126 51 17 39 63 1.23
1966 DET +1 AL 4 5 3.38 37 13 4 109.1 108 41 12 35 54 1.31
1967 DET AL 3 1 3.84 21 8 1 63.1 58 27 12 11 34 1.09
1969 SDN NL 5 6 4.31 17 9 0 64.2 66 31 7 28 17 1.45
Career — — 148 116 3.68 440 340 11 2265.0 2,239 925 242 743 1,435 1.32

Batting

15 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1953 BRO NL 34 36 5 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .306 .324 .306 .630
1954 BRO NL 38 60 7 17 3 1 0 4 5 5 0 .283 .328 .367 .695
1955 BRO NL 32 60 9 11 2 0 0 5 4 5 0 .183 .234 .217 .451
1957 BRO NL 35 72 6 15 4 0 0 4 2 5 0 .208 .230 .264 .494
1958 LAN NL 42 71 5 9 0 0 0 4 2 17 0 .127 .147 .127 .273
1959 LAN NL 34 65 4 16 1 0 0 4 6 13 0 .246 .306 .262 .567
1960 LAN NL 34 66 3 9 0 0 0 3 5 15 0 .136 .205 .136 .342
1961 LAN NL 32 69 3 16 2 0 0 7 2 8 0 .232 .250 .261 .511
1962 LAN NL 40 88 6 14 2 0 1 5 2 8 0 .159 .187 .216 .403
1963 LAN NL 37 64 6 9 2 0 1 8 1 11 0 .141 .147 .219 .366
1964 LAN NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 1.000 — —
1965 LAN NL 27 45 1 8 0 0 0 2 1 8 0 .178 .196 .178 .373
1966 DET +1 AL 37 30 5 7 3 0 0 2 2 5 0 .233 .281 .333 .615
1967 DET AL 21 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .100 .100 .100 .200
1969 SDN NL 17 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 .063 .059 .063 .121
Career — — 462 762 61 145 19 1 2 50 32 108 1 .190 .224 .226 .449

Fielding

1 position
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1953 BRO NL P 33 — — 6 17 1 0 24 .958 0.70
1954 BRO NL P 29 21 151.2 11 15 1 0 27 .963 0.90
1955 BRO NL P 27 24 159.1 7 21 1 2 29 .966 1.04
1957 BRO NL P 31 27 196.0 9 32 1 3 42 .976 1.32
1958 LAN NL P 39 31 210.1 7 25 2 3 34 .941 0.82
1959 LAN NL P 34 29 195.0 6 37 2 5 45 .956 1.26
1960 LAN NL P 34 33 227.2 8 30 1 4 39 .974 1.12
1961 LAN NL P 32 29 182.2 6 26 1 2 33 .970 1.00
1962 LAN NL P 40 40 255.0 4 31 6 1 41 .854 0.88
1963 LAN NL P 37 34 198.1 2 33 0 1 35 1.000 0.95
1964 LAN NL P 2 2 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1965 LAN NL P 27 22 134.0 3 15 1 1 19 .947 0.67
1966 DET AL P 37 13 109.1 7 15 1 1 23 .957 0.59
1967 DET AL P 21 8 63.1 3 7 0 1 10 1.000 0.48
1969 SDN NL P 17 9 64.2 1 9 0 0 10 1.000 0.59
Career — — P 440 322 2150.0 80 313 18 24 411 .956 0.89