Johnny Niggeling Notable

b. July 10, 1903 · Boston Bees 1938, Cincinnati Reds 1939, St. Louis Browns 1940–1943, Washington Senators 1943–1946, Boston Braves 1946

Johnny Niggeling played for five clubs across nine seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Boston Bees in 1938 and closing with the Boston Braves in 1946.

He went 64 and 69 with a 3.22 earned run average, pitching 1,250.7 innings in 184 games. He struck out 620, completed 81 of his 161 starts and threw 12 shutouts. Across 184 games he batted .140, with 59 hits and 16 runs. He finished with 4 doubles.

He was born in Remsen, IA, USA on July 10, 1903, and died on September 16, 1963. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1938	BSN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	—
1939	CIN	10	13	3	2	0	0	1	1	5	.154
1940	SLB	28	51	1	9	1	0	1	2	13	.176
1941	SLB	24	60	1	10	0	0	6	3	16	.167
1942	SLB	28	72	3	10	0	0	2	3	15	.139
1943	SLB/WSH	26	67	3	8	1	0	1	3	13	.119
1944	WSH	24	69	2	9	0	1	3	4	17	.130
1945	WSH	26	59	2	7	1	0	2	2	12	.119
1946	BSN/WSH	16	29	1	4	1	0	1	1	9	.138
Career	—	184	420	16	59	4	1	17	20	100	.140

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1938	BSN	1	0	2	0	2.0	4	2	1	1	9.00
1939	CIN	2	1	10	5	40.1	51	26	13	20	5.80
1940	SLB	7	11	28	20	153.2	148	76	69	82	4.45
1941	SLB	7	9	24	20	168.1	168	71	63	68	3.80
1942	SLB	15	11	28	27	206.1	173	61	93	107	2.66
1943	SLB/WSH	10	10	26	26	201.1	149	58	74	97	2.59
1944	WSH	10	8	24	24	206.0	164	53	88	121	2.32
1945	WSH	7	12	26	25	176.2	161	62	73	90	3.16
1946	BSN/WSH	5	7	16	14	96.0	93	38	42	34	3.56
Career	—	64	69	184	161	1250.2	1111	447	516	620	3.22

On this day & linked events

1903

Born July 10, 1903

Remsen, IA, USA

1963

Died September 16, 1963

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