Johnny Riddle

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: October 3, 1905 in Clinton, SC us

Died: December 15, 1998 in Indianapolis, IN

Buried: Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, Indianapolis, IN

High School: Riverside Military Academy HS (Gainesville, GA)

School: University of Georgia (Athens, GA)

Debut: April 17, 1930 (Age 24-196d, 7,057th in major league history)
vs. CLE 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 11, 1948 (Age 42-344d)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: John Ludy Riddle

Nicknames: Mutt

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Relatives: Brother of Elmer Riddle

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

214

.238

RBI

OBP

.288

SLG

.266

OPS

.555

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	10-15 / in Starts: 10-10
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 64 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	32 (13-13-6) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 64 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	43 (21-13-8)

Most Driven In
B Cissell	2
S Jolley	1
J Moore	1
A Shires	1
I Jeffries	0

Most Driven In By
B Hunnefield	2
T Lyons	1
C Reynolds	1
I Jeffries	1
J Kerr	1
B Cissell	1

1930 Batting Game Log

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1930 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	1	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	W,8-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	.83	-0.046	2.17	-0.07%	-0.49	C
2	2	2	Apr 19	CHW		SLB	L,2-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	8	.44	-0.012	1.21	-0.02%	-0.24	C
3	3	3	Apr 21	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	8	1.20	-0.064	2.95	-0.10%	-0.12	C
4	4	4	Apr 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	8	1.14	0.028	3.15	0.05%	0.23	C
5	5	5	Apr 25	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	8	1.12	-0.062	3.52	-0.12%	-0.64	C
6	6	10 (4)	Apr 30	CHW	@	DET	L,4-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	8						C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	7	11	May 2	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.222	.176	.399	8	.30	-0.024	.90	-0.04%	-0.82	C
8	8	12	May 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.222	.176	.399	8						C
9	9	15 (2)	May 6	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.211	.167	.377	8	.99	-0.027	2.46	-0.04%	-0.27	C
10	10	16	May 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6	3-9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.238	.200	.438	8	.74	-0.043	1.91	-0.07%	-0.48	C
11	11	17	May 8	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	8	1.03	-0.049	2.59	-0.08%	-0.38	C
12	12	18	May 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-14	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.160	.222	.160	.382	8	.54	-0.029	1.38	-0.04%	-0.67	C
13	13	19	May 10	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS-9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.179	.233	.214	.448	8	1.04	-0.011	2.61	-0.02%	-0.04	C
14	14	20	May 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.167	.219	.200	.419	8						C
15	15	23 (2)	May 17 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.257	.303	.560	8	.58	0.099	1.16	0.12%	1.01	C
16	16	26 (2)	May 20 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,3-7	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.270	.314	.585	8	1.23	-0.082	2.47	-0.10%	-0.67	C
17	17	27	May 20 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,5-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.270	.314	.585	8						C
18	18	28	May 21	CHW		DET	W,9-3	CG	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.211	.268	.289	.558	8	1.11	-0.203	1.55	-0.17%	-1.65	C
19	19	31 (2)	May 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.220	.289	.293	.582	8	.86	0.004	1.42	0.00%	-0.37	C
20	20	34 (2)	May 27 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.209	.277	.279	.556	8	1.09	0.018	1.57	0.02%	0.12	C
21	21	35	May 27 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,8-9	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.271	.273	.544	8	1.20	-0.036	1.50	-0.03%	-0.38	C
22	22	37 (1)	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS-0	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.234	.294	.319	.613	8						C
23	23	38	May 31	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.296	.320	.616	8	1.11	0.001	1.01	0.00%	-0.21	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	24	39	Jun 1	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.241	.293	.315	.608	8						C
25	25	40	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,7-13	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.290	.328	.618	8	.23	-0.019	.22	-0.01%	0.45	C
							10-15		64	58	7	14	3	1	0	5	3	0	6	1	2		2		0	0	.241	.290	.328	.618		.83	-0.557	1.76	-0.71%	-5.63

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