Johnny Niggeling
1938–1946 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
184G
.140AVG
.181OBP
.155SLG
More career statistics
59H
0HR
15RBI
0SB
64–69W–L
1,250.2IP
620K
3.22ERA
161GS
1Rare feat
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 · RBI | 15 | 17 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,329 | 5,330 |
| Pitching · p er | 447 | 448 |
| Pitching · p hr | 60 | 64 |
| Pitching · p w | 516 | 515 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 184 | 466 | 420 | 16 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 65 | .140 | .181 | .155 | .336 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,250.7 | 184 | 161 | 81 | 64 | 69 | 0 | 1,111 | 534 | 447 | 60 | 516 | 620 | 0 | 0 | 3.22 | 1.301 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1940-05-30 to 1940-06-15
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1942-06-05 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1941-09-12 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 13 innings pitched | 1945-06-15 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 93 | 223 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 46 | .141 | .170 | .166 |
| Away | 91 | 243 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 54 | .140 | .169 | .144 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 13 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | .217 | .296 | .261 |
| May | 36 | 84 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | .153 | .190 | .167 |
| June | 33 | 89 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 22 | .113 | .157 | .150 |
| July | 36 | 87 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | .148 | .161 | .148 |
| August | 37 | 107 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 24 | .160 | .168 | .160 |
| September | 29 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .094 | .125 | .109 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 34 | 105 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 24 | .208 | .229 | .219 |
| detroit-tigers | 29 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 18 | .094 | .157 | .094 |
| new-york-yankees | 26 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .125 | .189 | .188 |
| cleveland-guardians | 24 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | .123 | .116 | .138 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 17 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .143 | .180 | .167 |
| chicago-white-sox | 14 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .067 | .061 | .067 |
| st-louis-browns | 12 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .161 | .206 | .161 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .154 | .133 | .154 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |  Boston Braves | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| 1939 |  Cincinnati Reds | 10 | 13 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .154 | 40 | 20 |
| 1940 |  St. Louis Browns | 28 | 51 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .176 | 153 | 82 |
| 1941 | St. Louis Browns | 24 | 60 | 10 | – | 6 | – | .167 | 168 | 68 |
| 1942 | St. Louis Browns | 28 | 72 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .139 | 206 | 107 |
| 1943 | St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 26 | 67 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .119 | 201 | 97 |
| 1944 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 24 | 69 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .130 | 206 | 121 |
| 1945 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 26 | 59 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .119 | 176 | 90 |
| 1946 | Boston Braves, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 16 | 29 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .138 | 96 | 34 |