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Johnny Podres played 15 major-league seasons (1953-1969) as a P (440). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 21 | BRO | 34 | 36 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .306 | .630 | 71 |
| 1954 | 22 | BRO | 38 | 60 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .283 | .695 | 87 |
| 1955 | 23 | BRO | 32 | 60 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .183 | .451 | 24 |
| 1957 | 25 | BRO | 35 | 72 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .208 | .494 | 37 |
| 1958 | 26 | LAN | 42 | 71 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .127 | .273 | -24 |
| 1959 | 27 | LAN | 34 | 65 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .246 | .567 | 59 |
| 1960 | 28 | LAN | 34 | 66 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .136 | .342 | -1 |
| 1961 | 29 | LAN | 32 | 69 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .232 | .511 | 40 |
| 1962 | 30 | LAN | 40 | 88 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .159 | .403 | 12 |
| 1963 | 31 | LAN | 37 | 64 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .141 | .366 | 8 |
| 1964 | 32 | LAN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1965 | 33 | LAN | 27 | 45 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .178 | .373 | 10 |
| 1966 | 34 | DET | 36 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .233 | .615 | 82 |
| 1967 | 35 | DET | 21 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .200 | -39 |
| 1969 | 37 | SDN | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .063 | .121 | -65 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 21 | BRO | 33 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 115 | 82 | 64 | 4.23 | 101 |
| 1954 | 22 | BRO | 29 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 151.2 | 79 | 53 | 4.27 | 95 |
| 1955 | 23 | BRO | 27 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 159.1 | 114 | 57 | 3.95 | 102 |
| 1957 | 25 | BRO | 31 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 196 | 109 | 44 | 2.66 | 146 |
| 1958 | 26 | LAN | 39 | 31 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 210.1 | 143 | 78 | 3.72 | 106 |
| 1959 | 27 | LAN | 34 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 195 | 145 | 74 | 4.11 | 96 |
| 1960 | 28 | LAN | 34 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 227.2 | 159 | 71 | 3.08 | 122 |
| 1961 | 29 | LAN | 32 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 182.2 | 124 | 51 | 3.74 | 108 |
| 1962 | 30 | LAN | 40 | 40 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 255 | 178 | 71 | 3.81 | 103 |
| 1963 | 31 | LAN | 37 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 198.1 | 134 | 64 | 3.54 | 93 |
| 1964 | 32 | LAN | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 3 | 16.87 | 21 |
| 1965 | 33 | LAN | 27 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 134 | 63 | 39 | 3.43 | 103 |
| 1966 | 34 | DET | 36 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 107.2 | 53 | 34 | 3.43 | 100 |
| 1966 | 34 | LAN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | — |
| 1967 | 35 | DET | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 63.1 | 34 | 11 | 3.84 | 84 |
| 1969 | 37 | SDN | 17 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 64.2 | 17 | 28 | 4.31 | 83 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | P | 33 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 1954 | P | 29 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 1955 | P | 27 | 24 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 2 |
| 1957 | P | 31 | 27 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 3 |
| 1958 | P | 39 | 31 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 3 |
| 1959 | P | 34 | 29 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 5 |
| 1960 | P | 34 | 33 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 4 |
| 1961 | P | 32 | 29 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| 1962 | P | 40 | 40 | 4 | 31 | 6 | 1 |
| 1963 | P | 37 | 34 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| 1964 | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | P | 27 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 1966 | P | 37 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 1967 | P | 21 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 1969 | P | 17 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Johnny Podres won: Babe Ruth Award 1955 (NL), World Series MVP 1955 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1961.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 15 | 9 / 224 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.