Johnny Vergez
1931–1936 · bats R / throws R · New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
672G
.255AVG
.311OBP
.385SLG
More career statistics
593H
52HR
292RBI
22SB
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 | 2,323 | 2,325 |
| Batting · Doubles | 114 | 115 |
| Batting · Hits | 593 | 594 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 303 | 302 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,537 | 2,540 |
| Batting · RBI | 292 | 295 |
| Batting · Walks | 171 | 172 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 672 | 2,537 | 2,323 | 258 | 593 | 114 | 16 | 52 | 292 | 171 | 303 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 895 | .255 | .311 | .385 | .696 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1932-09-13 to 1932-09-21
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1934-07-07 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1933-07-18 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1933-06-11 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 346 | 1262 | 299 | 38 | 173 | 94 | 138 | .260 | .311 | .420 |
| Away | 326 | 1278 | 295 | 14 | 122 | 78 | 164 | .251 | .292 | .353 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 73 | 287 | 79 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 35 | .303 | .345 | .433 |
| May | 120 | 448 | 92 | 4 | 42 | 34 | 58 | .226 | .281 | .307 |
| June | 119 | 436 | 113 | 16 | 73 | 28 | 36 | .282 | .323 | .487 |
| July | 136 | 516 | 125 | 10 | 63 | 39 | 81 | .268 | .318 | .409 |
| August | 128 | 484 | 98 | 11 | 54 | 31 | 51 | .220 | .267 | .326 |
| September | 96 | 369 | 87 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 41 | .252 | .290 | .371 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-braves | 96 | 376 | 97 | 10 | 39 | 17 | 30 | .277 | .303 | .417 |
| cincinnati-reds | 96 | 348 | 77 | 6 | 47 | 20 | 39 | .240 | .279 | .374 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 95 | 337 | 75 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 47 | .241 | .285 | .350 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 94 | 369 | 77 | 13 | 49 | 40 | 69 | .238 | .317 | .406 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 91 | 328 | 76 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 38 | .247 | .277 | .341 |
| chicago-cubs | 90 | 343 | 79 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 35 | .252 | .297 | .351 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 84 | 337 | 84 | 8 | 48 | 27 | 36 | .274 | .329 | .410 |
| new-york-giants | 26 | 102 | 29 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 8 | .315 | .373 | .543 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 |  New York Giants | 152 | 565 | 157 | 13 | 81 | 11 | .278 | – | – |
| 1932 | New York Giants | 118 | 377 | 98 | 6 | 44 | 1 | .260 | – | – |
| 1933 | New York Giants | 123 | 459 | 124 | 16 | 72 | 1 | .270 | – | – |
| 1934 | New York Giants | 108 | 320 | 65 | 7 | 29 | 1 | .203 | – | – |
| 1935 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 148 | 546 | 136 | 9 | 63 | 8 | .249 | – | – |
| 1936 | Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals | 23 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 6 | – | .241 | – | – |