Johnny Gorsica
1940–1947 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers
214G
.207AVG
.252OBP
.290SLG
More career statistics
45H
1HR
14RBI
0SB
31–39W–L
723.2IP
272K
4.18ERA
64GS
17SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 217 | 216 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 237 | 236 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,136 | 3,141 |
| Pitching · p er | 336 | 334 |
| Pitching · p hr | 44 | 42 |
| Pitching · p r | 385 | 384 |
| Pitching · p w | 247 | 248 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 214 | 237 | 217 | 23 | 45 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | .207 | .252 | .290 | .542 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 723.7 | 204 | 64 | 22 | 31 | 39 | 17 | 778 | 385 | 336 | 44 | 247 | 272 | 0 | 0 | 4.18 | 1.416 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1940-07-23 to 1940-08-07
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1944-07-23 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1941-07-05 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1941-04-19 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 112 | 126 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | .191 | .230 | .313 |
| Away | 102 | 110 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 22 | .228 | .264 | .267 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .091 | .167 | .182 |
| May | 36 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .162 | .209 | .216 |
| June | 40 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | .160 | .176 | .240 |
| July | 46 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .222 | .308 | .311 |
| August | 41 | 50 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | .283 | .300 | .370 |
| September | 38 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .259 | .250 | .370 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 42 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | .132 | .186 | .208 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 36 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .243 | .256 | .351 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 33 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .206 | .206 | .382 |
| chicago-white-sox | 28 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .087 | .154 | .087 |
| cleveland-guardians | 28 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | .214 | .290 | .286 |
| new-york-yankees | 25 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .273 | .267 | .364 |
| st-louis-browns | 22 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .367 | .406 | .400 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 |  Detroit Tigers | 29 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 7 | – | .197 | 160 | 68 |
| 1941 | Detroit Tigers | 33 | 57 | 17 | – | 3 | – | .298 | 171 | 60 |
| 1942 | Detroit Tigers | 31 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | .100 | 53 | 20 |
| 1943 | Detroit Tigers | 36 | 23 | 4 | – | – | – | .174 | 96 | 43 |
| 1944 | Detroit Tigers | 40 | 52 | 7 | – | 4 | – | .135 | 162 | 47 |
| 1946 | Detroit Tigers | 14 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | .667 | 23 | 14 |
| 1947 | Detroit Tigers | 31 | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | .200 | 57 | 20 |