Johnny Antonelli

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John August Antonelli (born April 12, 1930 in Rochester, New York) is a former left-handed starting pitcher who played for the Boston and Milwaukee Braves, New York and San Francisco Giants, and Cleveland Indians.

Antonelli received the biggest bonus in history to that point when he signed with the Braves for $65,000 in 1948. Rules at the time mandated that he spend two full years on the big league club for receiving a large bonus, but he was little used and then served in Korea. By the time he became a regular in 1953, he showed little of his initial promise. He was dealt to the Giants along with several other players for Bobby Thomson.

The trade ended up being a steal for the Giants. Thompson fractured his ankle early in the 1954 season while Antonelli went 21-7, led the league in ERA (2.30), was selected an All-Star, and led the Giants to a pennant, facing the Cleveland Indians in the World Series. Antonelli started and won Game 2, then came into Game 4 as a reliever to shut down an Indian rally, as the Giants pulled off a surprising sweep. Antonelli pitched well for several more years, making four straight All-Star teams from 1956-59, before his skills suddenly faded.

YEAR TEAM         AGE W   L   PCT   G    GS  CG  SV  GF  IP     H    R    ER   BB   SO    ERA  RSAA
1948 Braves       18   0   0          4   0   0   1   4    4      2    1    1    3    0   2.25    1 
1949 Braves       19   3   7  .300   22  10   3   0   6   96     99   49   38   42   48   3.56    3 
1950 Braves       20   2   3  .400   20   6   2   0   6   59     81   46   38   22   33   5.80  -15 
1953 Braves       23  12  12  .500   31  26  11   1   2  175    167   83   62   71  131   3.19   14 
1954 Giants       24  21   7  .750   39  37  18   2   2  259    209   78   66   94  152   2.29   53 
1955 Giants       25  14  16  .467   38  34  14   1   1  235    206  105   87   82  143   3.33   16 
1956 Giants       26  20  13  .606   41  36  15   1   5  258    225   93   82   75  145   2.86   22 
1957 Giants       27  12  18  .400   40  30   8   0   6  212    228   98   89   67  114   3.78    6 
1958 Giants       28  16  13  .552   41  34  13   3   5  242    216  101   88   87  143   3.27   19 
1959 Giants       29  19  10  .655   40  38  17   1   1  282    247  107   97   76  165   3.10   18 
1960 Giants       30   6   7  .462   41  10   1  11  19  112    106   51   47   47   57   3.78   -6 
1961 Indians      31   0   4  .000   11   7   0   0   0   48     68   39   35   18   23   6.56  -14 
     Braves       31   1   0 1.000    9   0   0   0   4   11     16    9    9    3    8   7.36   -5 
     TOTALS            1   4  .200   20   7   0   0   4   59     84   48   44   21   31   6.71  -19 
     TOTALS          126 110  .534  377 268 102  21  61 1993   1870  860  739  687 1162   3.34  112 
     LG AVERAGE      111 111  .500           82  13     1993   1984  994  880  745 1043   3.98    0

YEAR TEAM          HR  H/9   BR/9  SO/9  BB/9  SO/BB SHO WP  IBB HBP BFP   BK  NW  NL
1948 Braves         0  4.50 11.25  0.00  6.75  0.00   0   0   0   0    17  0   0   0 
1949 Braves         6  9.28 13.41  4.50  3.94  1.14   1   3   0   2   416  0   5   5 
1950 Braves         2 12.36 16.32  5.03  3.36  1.50   1   0   0   4   275  1   1   4 
1953 Braves        15  8.59 12.29  6.74  3.65  1.85   2   3   0   1   763  0  14  10 
1954 Giants        22  7.26 10.70  5.28  3.27  1.62   6   2   0   5  1071  0  21   7 
1955 Giants        24  7.89 11.45  5.48  3.14  1.74   2   3   5  11   986  0  17  13 
1956 Giants        20  7.85 10.57  5.06  2.62  1.93   5   6  10   3  1061  0  20  13 
1957 Giants        19  9.68 12.65  4.84  2.84  1.70   3   3   7   3   915  0  16  14 
1958 Giants        31  8.03 11.38  5.32  3.24  1.64   0   4   7   3  1014  0  17  12 
1959 Giants        29  7.88 10.40  5.27  2.43  2.17   4   1   6   3  1150  0  17  12 
1960 Giants         7  8.52 12.46  4.58  3.78  1.21   1   1  10   2   480  0   6   7 
1961 Indians        8 12.75 16.31  4.31  3.38  1.28   0   1   0   1   225  0   1   3 
     Braves         2 13.09 15.55  6.55  2.45  2.67   0   0   0   0    51  0   0   1 
     TOTALS        10 12.81 16.17  4.73  3.20  1.48   0   1   0   1   276  0   1   4 
     TOTALS       185  8.44 11.72  5.25  3.10  1.69  25  27  45  38  8424  1 135 101 
     LG AVERAGE   210  8.96 12.51  4.71  3.37  1.40  13  45  55  41  8554  4

JOHNNY ANTONELLI LEAGUE LEADERSHIP RANKINGS

1950 NL WORST RSAA T9TH -15

1953 NL COMPLETE GAMES T8TH 11; STRIKEOUTS 7TH 131; ERA 5TH 3.19; HITS/9 IP 9TH 8.59; STRIKEOUTS/9 IP 3RD 6.74; STRIKEOUTS/WALKS 7TH 1.85; SHUTOUTS T10TH 2; NEUTRAL WINS T8TH 14

1954 NL WINS T2ND 21; WINNING PERCENTAGE 1ST .750; GAMES STARTED T2ND 37; COMPLETE GAMES 4TH 18; INNINGS PITCHED 5TH 259; WALKS 5TH 94; STRIKEOUTS 4TH 152; ERA 1ST 2.29; RSAA 1ST 53; HITS/9 IP 1ST 7.26; BASERUNNERS/9 IP 2ND 10.70; STRIKEOUTS/9 IP 4TH 5.28; STRIKEOUTS/WALKS 6TH 1.62; SHUTOUTS 1ST 6; HIT BY PITCHES T8TH 5; BATTERS FACED 6TH 1071; NEUTRAL WINS 2ND 21

1955 NL WINS T5TH 14; LOSSES T2ND 16; GAMES STARTED T2ND 34; COMPLETE GAMES T4TH 14; INNINGS PITCHED 5TH 235; HITS 10TH 206; RUNS 9TH 105; WALKS T3RD 82; STRIKEOUTS T4TH 143; ERA 6TH 3.33; RSAA 8TH 16; HITS/9 IP 4TH 7.89; BASERUNNERS/9 IP 9TH 11.45; STRIKEOUTS/9 IP 6TH 5.48; STRIKEOUTS/WALKS 9TH 1.74; SHUTOUTS T7TH 2; HIT BY PITCHES 2ND 11; BATTERS FACED 6TH 986; NEUTRAL WINS T2ND 17; NEUTRAL LOSSES 8TH 13

1956 NL WINS T2ND 20; LOSSES T10TH 13; WINNING PERCENTAGE 9TH .606; GAMES STARTED T4TH 36; COMPLETE GAMES 6TH 15; INNINGS PITCHED 6TH 258; HITS 6TH 225; STRIKEOUTS 6TH 145; ERA 3RD 2.86; RSAA 4TH 22; HITS/9 IP 6TH 7.85; BASERUNNERS/9 IP 6TH 10.57; STRIKEOUTS/9 IP 7TH 5.06; STRIKEOUTS/WALKS 10TH 1.93; SHUTOUTS T2ND 5; WILD PITCHES T9TH 6; BATTERS FACED 5TH 1061; NEUTRAL WINS T1ST 20; NEUTRAL LOSSES T8TH 13

1957 NL LOSSES T2ND 18; HITS 8TH 228; SHUTOUTS T5TH 3; NEUTRAL WINS T5TH 16; NEUTRAL LOSSES T3RD 14

1958 NL WINS 6TH 16; LOSSES T7TH 13; WINNING PERCENTAGE 8TH .552; GAMES STARTED T5TH 34; COMPLETE GAMES 7TH 13; INNINGS PITCHED 7TH 242; HITS 8TH 216; WALKS 7TH 87; STRIKEOUTS T3RD 143; ERA 6TH 3.27; RSAA 5TH 19; HOME RUNS T1ST 31; HITS/9 IP 6TH 8.03; BASERUNNERS/9 IP 6TH 11.38; BATTERS FACED 7TH 1014; NEUTRAL WINS T5TH 17; NEUTRAL LOSSES T8TH 12

1959 NL WINS 4TH 19; WINNING PERCENTAGE 2ND .655; GAMES STARTED 2ND 38; COMPLETE GAMES T5TH 17; INNINGS PITCHED 3RD 282; HITS 6TH 247; RUNS 8TH 107; EARNED RUNS 8TH 97; WALKS 10TH 76; STRIKEOUTS 4TH 165; ERA 7TH 3.10; HOME RUNS 3RD 29; HITS/9 IP 5TH 7.88; BASERUNNERS/9 IP 5TH 10.40; STRIKEOUTS/9 IP 10TH 5.27; STRIKEOUTS/WALKS 8TH 2.17; SHUTOUTS T1ST 4; BATTERS FACED 3RD 1150; NEUTRAL WINS T3RD 17

1960 NL SAVES T5TH 11; INTENTIONAL WALKS T6TH 10