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Johnny Broaca

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: October 3, 1909 in Lawrence, MA us

Died: May 16, 1985 in Lawrence, MA

Buried: St. Mary Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Lawrence, MA

High School: Phillips Academy Andover (Andover, MA)

School: Yale University (New Haven, CT)

Debut: June 2, 1934 (Age 24-242d, 7,732nd in major league history)
vs. PHA 1.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1939 (Age 29-355d)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: John Joseph Broaca

Pronunciation: \bro-AH-kah\

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1936 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.8

ERA

4.08

121

674.1

258

WHIP

1.487

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-12 / in Starts: 14-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 1

1934 Pitching Game Log

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1934 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	40	Jun 2	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-8	GS-2		99	1.0	5	5	4	1	0	0	1	36.00	9.18	11	2	3	0	1	4	24			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.60	-0.443	6.03	-1.01%	-5.08	1b start a 4	2b -2- 0 out d1
2	2	46	Jun 9	NYY		PHA	L,2-4	CG	L(0-1)	6	9.0	3	4	3	4	6	1	0	6.30	5.08	35	12	10	2	0	3	69			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.07	-0.115	4.36	-0.28%	0.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
3	3	49	Jun 14	NYY		SLB	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-1)	4	9.0	1	0	0	6	10	0	0	3.32	4.08	33	7	9	2	0	1	89			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.72	0.302	3.47	0.88%	4.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
4	4	55	Jun 20(1)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GS-8		5	8.0	8	2	2	4	2	1	0	3.00	4.59	34	12	9	0	3	7	56			0	0	0	28	3	1	2	1	0	0	1.18	0.225	6.39	0.73%	2.35	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
5	5	61	Jun 25	NYY		CHW	W,13-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	10	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.75	4.04	36	9	11	5	0	10	63			1	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	0	0	.69	0.105	2.98	0.27%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	6	65	Jul 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	7	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.60	3.74	34	22	2	1	0	7	68			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.360	5.45	1.18%	2.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
7	7	70	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	12	3	3	0	1	2	0	2.67	4.09	40	12	15	0	2	12	52			0	0	0	40	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.185	3.60	0.61%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
8	8	75	Jul 12	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(4-2)	6	8.0	8	4	4	5	2	0	0	2.90	4.15	37	10	15	3	3	5	47			0	0	0	31	0	0	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.018	8.88	-0.10%	0.62	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
9	9	80	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-13	GS-3	L(4-3)	4	2.0	8	7	5	3	0	0	0	3.52	4.26	17	1	5	0	0	8	13			0	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.400	6.59	-1.41%	-4.86	1b start a 2	3b 12- 0 out d3
10	10	81	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,14-15	8-8		0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.48	4.22	3	0	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.048	4.16	-0.16%	-0.34	8b 123 1 out d1	8b 3 out d3
11	11	83	Jul 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-7		1	6.2	8	4	4	4	3	0	0	3.66	4.21	33	8	10	2	1	8	41			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	-0.209	6.55	-0.62%	-0.43	1b start a 3	7b 1-3 2 out tie
12	12	89	Jul 25	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	9	4	1	3	5	0	0	3.36	4.08	39	16	8	2	1	7	61			0	0	0	36	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.453	9.12	1.49%	1.56	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	13	96	Aug 1	NYY		BOS	L,4-7	GS-5	L(5-4)	6	4.1	8	7	6	2	1	1	0	3.83	4.23	24	9	7	0	1	5	20			3	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.363	6.39	-1.34%	-4.00	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d4
14	14	102	Aug 7(2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	GS-7	L(5-5)	5	7.0	15	6	6	1	2	0	0	4.12	4.14	35	16	1	0	0	15	24			1	1	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.214	5.93	-0.78%	-2.12	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d4
15	15	107	Aug 12(2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	W(6-5)	4	9.0	7	1	1	5	3	1	0	3.84	4.28	37	13	9	1	0	7	67			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	2	.94	0.331	4.57	0.97%	4.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
16	16	110	Aug 15	NYY		DET	W,8-2	CG	W(7-5)	2	9.0	10	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.69	4.11	37	13	10	1	4	10	63			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	1	.66	0.244	3.93	0.87%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
17	17	115	Aug 19(2)	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(8-5)	3	9.0	8	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.49	3.96	35	11	12	1	0	7	72			2	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	0.650	6.38	1.82%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
18	18	118	Aug 22(2)	NYY		CLE	L,4-10	8-GF		2	2.0	4	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.73	4.04	12	4	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	.40	-0.044	1.39	-0.09%	-2.91	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 6
19	19	121	Aug 25(2)	NYY		CLE	W,9-3	CG	W(9-5)	2	9.0	10	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.68	3.99	38	11	12	1	2	10	56			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.065	2.93	0.12%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
20	20	125	Aug 29	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	GS-8	L(9-6)	3	8.0	4	3	3	5	4	0	0	3.66	3.99	31	8	10	3	2	4	61			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.056	2.27	0.10%	1.35	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	21	131	Sep 3(2)	NYY		PHA	L,3-10	GS-4	L(9-7)	4	3.2	7	6	6	3	2	1	0	3.95	4.10	19	6	3	0	0	5	22			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.355	1.92	-0.38%	-4.07	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d4
22	22	134	Sep 8	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	W(10-7)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.77	4.06	35	12	12	1	3	5	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.74	0.260	1.37	0.29%	4.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
23	23	137	Sep 11(1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-4	GS-9	W(11-7)	2	8.2	9	4	2	6	3	0	0	3.68	4.09	40	9	13	0	4	9	51			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	2	.89	0.286	2.01	0.39%	0.99	1b start a 1	9b 1-3 2 out a3
24	24	142	Sep 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-7	L(11-8)	4	6.0	9	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.76	4.09	28	17	0	0	0	9	36			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.035	2.77	-0.05%	0.00	1b start tie	7b -23 0 out d1
25	25	146	Sep 20	NYY	@	DET	W,11-7	CG	W(12-8)	3	9.0	14	7	3	2	3	1	0	3.72	4.12	45	23	14	2	5	3	40			1	0	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	1	.62	0.037	.13	0.01%	-1.80	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
26	26	152	Sep 29(1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-8	GS-4	L(12-9)	8	3.1	13	8	8	2	1	0	0	4.06	4.12	23	5	2	0	0	13	1			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.20	-0.339	.00	0.00%	-5.35	1b start a 1	4b 1-- 1 out d6
							14-12		W-L:12-9	3.8	177.1	203	94	80	65	74	9	1	4.06	4.12	791	1.31		6%	7%	179	49	3	67%	10	2	0	715	26	5	3	13	0	16	.97	0.976	4.26	3.49%	6.88

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