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Johnny Broaca
John Joseph Broaca

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 190 lb.
School Yale University

Debut June 2, 1934
Final Game September 23, 1939
Born October 3, 1909 in Lawrence, MA
Died May 16, 1985 in Lawrence, MA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1934 24 NYY AL  12   9  26  24  13   1   1  0  177.3  203   94   82   9   65   74   1   1   792       1  4.16  4.09   98 1.511
 1935 25 NYY AL  15   7  29  27  14   2   1  0  201.0  199   96   80  16   79   78   0   1   873       1  3.58  4.05  113 1.383
 1936 26 NYY AL  12   7  37  27  12   1   6  3  206.0  235  110   97  16   66   84   0   1   903       0  4.24  4.69  111 1.461
 1937 27 NYY AL   1   4   7   6   3   0   1  0   44.0   58   27   23   5   17    9   0   0   201       0  4.70  4.44   94 1.705
 1939 29 CLE AL   4   2  22   2   0   0   9  0   46.0   53   39   24   5   28   13   0   1   216       0  4.70  4.39   93 1.761
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .603  44  29 121  86  42   4  18  3  674.3  748  366  306  51  255  258   1   4  2985       2  4.08  4.30  105 1.487
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14   9  39  28  13   1   5  0  221.3  245  120  100  16   83   84   0   1   980   0   0  4.08  4.30  105 1.487
 Career High     15   9  37  27  14   2   9  3  206.0  235  110   97  16   79   84   1   1   903   0   1  3.58  4.69  113 1.383

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 24 NYY AL  26   66    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   4  33  .030  .086  .030  -68    2   4           0    
 1935 25 NYY AL  29   80    4   12   0  0   0    4   0  0   4  36  .150  .190  .150   -9   12   5           0    
 1936 26 NYY AL  37   82    2    9   0  0   0    5   0  1   1  40  .110  .120  .110  -42    9   3           0    
 1937 27 NYY AL   7   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0    
 1939 29 CLE AL  22   12    2    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .000  .077  .000  -78    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      121  254   10   23   0  0   0    9   0  1  10 119  .091  .125  .091  -43   23  13   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        340   13   31   0  0   0   12   0  1  13 159  .091  .125  .091  -43   31  17   0   0   0   0
 Career High     37   82    4   12   0  0   0    5   0  1   4  40                          12   5   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1934 24 NYY AL   74   68    0   0.0   106| .030  .279| .086  .352| .030  .402| .116  .754| -68  .000 -16.4  -1.6   0%
 1935 25 NYY AL   89   73    2   0.7   107| .150  .281| .190  .353| .150  .406| .340  .759|  -9  .028 -13.0  -1.2   0%
 1936 26 NYY AL   86   77    1   0.3   119| .110  .295| .120  .370| .110  .433| .230  .803| -42  .006 -18.7  -1.7   0%
 1937 27 NYY AL   15   15    0   0.0   118| .000  .291| .000  .367| .000  .434| .000  .800|-100  .000  -4.4  -0.4   0%
 1939 29 CLE AL   13   12    0   0.0   111| .000  .283| .077  .357| .000  .418| .077  .775| -78  .000  -3.3  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       277  245    3   0.3   111| .091  .286| .125  .359| .091  .416| .216  .775| -43  .006 -55.8  -5.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1934 24 NYY AL P 26 3 25 1 1 .966 .956 1.08 1.11 1.42 2.14 24 177.3 1935 25 NYY AL P 29 4 28 2 1 .941 .950 1.10 1.12 1.43 2.15 27 201.0 1936 26 NYY AL P 37 6 29 0 0 1.000 .956 0.95 1.04 1.53 1.99 27 206.0 1937 27 NYY AL P 7 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 0.71 1.09 1.02 2.05 6 44.0 1939 29 CLE AL P 22 0 8 1 2 .889 .952 0.36 0.98 1.57 1.92 2 46.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1934 24 NYY AL P 26 3 25 1 1 .966 .956 1.08 1.11 1.42 2.14 24 177.3 1935 25 NYY AL P 29 4 28 2 1 .941 .950 1.10 1.12 1.43 2.15 27 201.0 1936 26 NYY AL P 37 6 29 0 0 1.000 .956 0.95 1.04 1.53 1.99 27 206.0 1937 27 NYY AL P 7 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 0.71 1.09 1.02 2.05 6 44.0 1939 29 CLE AL P 22 0 8 1 2 .889 .952 0.36 0.98 1.57 1.92 2 46.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 121 14 94 5 4 .956 .954 0.89 1.07 1.44 2.08 86 674.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 121 14 94 5 4 .956 .954 0.89 1.07 1.44 2.08 86 674
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1935 AL-3.58-9
1936 AL-4.24-9

Wins
1935 AL-15-10

Won-Loss %
1935 AL-.682-3
1936 AL-.632-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1936 AL-1.461-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1935 AL-8.91-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1936 AL-2.88-8

Strikeouts/9IP
1935 AL-3.49-10

Saves
1936 AL-3-6

Shutouts
1935 AL-2-9

Home Runs Allow.
1935 AL-16-8

SO to Walk
1934 AL-1.14-10
1936 AL-1.27-5

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 26 (873) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (981) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1611) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

November 19, 1938: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the New York Yankees.

April 15, 1940: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Cleveland Indians.

June 5, 1940: Returned to the Cleveland Indians by the New York Giants following previous purchase.

June 5, 1940: Released by the Cleveland Indians.


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