What key details about johnny gorsica can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: john joseph perry gorsica , born gorczyca -lrb- march 29 , 1915 -- december 16 , 1998 -rrb- , was an american professional baseball player , a right-handed pitcher who worked in 204 major league games over seven seasons -lrb- 1940 -- 1944 ; 1946 -- 1947 -rrb- for the detroit tigers . he stood tall and weighed . born in bayonne , new jersey , gorsica went to west virginia university before signing his first professional contract and making his debut as a first baseman with a west virginia-based minor league team , the class d beckley bengals , in 1937 . he converted to pitcher the following year and broke into the major leagues with the tigers on april 22 at age 25 . the 1940 tigers won the american league pennant , finishing ahead of the cleveland indians in a race that went to the season 's last game . as a rookie , gorsica split 14 decisions . he appeared in 29 games pitched , 20 as a starter , and threw five complete games with two shutouts . he excelled in the 1940 world series against the cincinnati reds , allowing only one run for a 0.79 earned run average in 11 1/3 innings pitched , and striking out four . he pitched 4 1/3 innings in game 2 and 6 1/3 innings in game 6 , both times coming in to relieve starter schoolboy rowe . cincinnati won the series , however , in seven games . relying on an overhand sinkerball , gorscia both started and relieved during his major league career , making 64 career starts . he was among the league leaders in saves -lrb- as yet an unofficial statistic -rrb- three straight years from 1942 -- 1944 , and collected 17 saves during his mlb tenure . gorsica served in the united states navy during world war ii and missed the baseball season , when the tigers won the world championship . all told , he allowed 778 hits and 247 bases on balls in 723 2/3 mlb innings pitched , with 272 strikeouts .
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- finalteam is detroit tigers- finalyear is 1947- death place is charlottesville , virginia- statlabel is win -- loss record earned run average innings pitched- position is pitcher- statvalue is 31 -- 39 4.18 723 2/3- throws is right- debutteam is detroit tigers- bats is right- debutdate is april 22- death date is 16 december 1998- birth date is 29 march 1915- finaldate is september 17- name is johnny gorsica- birth place is bayonne , new jersey- debutyear is 1940