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American baseball player (1917-1998)

Baseball player
Johnny Grodzicki
Pitcher
Born: (1917-02-26)February 26, 1917
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died: May 2, 1998(1998-05-02) (aged 81)
Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Batted: RightThrew: Right
MLB debut
April 18, 1941, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
September 17, 1947, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
Win–loss record2–2
Earned run average4.43
Strikeouts20
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John Grodzicki (February 26, 1917 – May 2, 1998) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. A native of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, he pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1941, 1946 and 1947. The right-hander stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg).

A top pitching prospect before the outbreak of World War II, Grodzicki would pitch in 24 games (23 in a relief role) for the Cardinals, winning 2 and losing 2, with an earned run average of 4.43. He allowed 31 hits and 34 bases on balls in 402⁄3 MLB innings pitched, with 20 strikeouts.

Grodzicki's baseball career was interrupted by four years of military service. He served in the United States Army's 17th Airborne Division and became a paratrooper. In combat in Germany on March 29, 1945, Grodzicki sustained shrapnel wounds to both legs. He was awarded a Purple Heart, and required surgery and extensive rehabilitation to resume his baseball career after the war's end.

Grodzicki's professional playing career — spent entirely in the Cardinal organization — stretched from 1936 through 1952, including 11 years in minor league baseball. He later managed in the Redbird farm system, scouted for the Cardinals, then became a minor league instructor for the Detroit Tigers for over a dozen years. He then spent a season (1979) as the Tigers' MLB pitching coach. He died at age 81 in Daytona Beach, Florida.

References

  1. ^ "Johnny Grodzicki Stats". baseball-reference.com. sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
  2. "Baseball in Wartime – John Grodzicki". Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  3. "Tigers All-Time Coaches". Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved October 3, 2009.

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Preceded byFred Gladding Detroit Tigers pitching coach
1979 		Succeeded byRoger Craig
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