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Chief Johnson
George Howard Johnson (Murphy or Big Murph)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 16, 1913
Final Game September 30, 1915
Born March 30, 1886 in Winnebago, NE
Died June 11, 1922 in Des Moines, IA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1913 27 CIN NL  14  16  44  31  13   3   7  0  269.0  251  137   90   8   86  107   7   6  1107       2  3.01  3.23  107 1.253
 1914 28 TOT      9  10  21  20  12   2   0  0  138.0  163   80   50   2   35   79   4   2   583       0  3.26  3.10   95 1.435
         CIN NL   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  0    4.0    6    4    3   0    2    1   0   0    20       0  6.75  2.92   43 2.000
         KCP FL   9  10  20  19  12   2   0  0  134.0  157   76   47   2   33   78   4   2   563       0  3.16  3.11   98 1.418
 1915 29 KCP FL  17  17  46  34  19   4   6  2  281.3  253  121   86   5   71  118   8  13  1126       0  2.75  2.94  107 1.152
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .482  40  43 111  85  44   9  13  2  688.3  667  338  226  15  192  304  19  21  2816       2  2.95  3.09  104 1.248
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  14  38  29  15   3   4  0  238.7  231  117   78   5   66  105   6   7   976   0   0  2.95  3.09  104 1.248
 Career High     17  17  46  34  19   4   7  2  281.3  253  137   90   8   86  118   8  13  1126   0   2  2.75  3.23  107 1.152

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 27 CIN NL  44   88    6   10   0  0   1    5   1      9  38  .114  .196  .148   -1   13   3           0    
 1914 28 TOT     21   49    4    6   1  1   1    2   0      1  23  .122  .157  .245   15   12   1           1    
         CIN NL   1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   0       1.000               0   0           0    
         KCP FL  20   49    3    6   1  1   1    2   0      0  23  .122  .140  .245   10   12   1           1    
 1915 29 KCP FL  46   87    2   11   2  0   1    8   2      6  39  .126  .200  .184   15   16   4           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      111  224   12   27   3  1   3   15   3  0  16 100  .121  .189  .183    8   41   8   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        327   18   39   4  1   4   22   4  0  23 146  .121  .189  .183    8   60  12   0   0   4   0
 Career High     46   88    6   11   2  1   1    8   2  0   9  39                          16   4   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 27 CIN NL  100   81    3   1.0    91| .114  .270| .196  .334| .148  .367| .344  .701|  -1  .077 -11.8  -1.3     
 1914 28 TOT      52   44    1   0.6    90| .122  .268| .157  .333| .245  .362| .402  .695|  15  .033  -5.4  -0.6     
         CIN NL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .331|           |           |             0.3   0.0     
         KCP FL   51   44    1   0.6    90| .122  .268| .140  .333| .245  .362| .385  .695|  10  .033  -5.7  -0.6     
 1915 29 KCP FL   99   80    3   1.0    84| .126  .258| .200  .325| .184  .347| .384  .672|  15  .087  -8.7  -1.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       251  205    7   0.9    88| .121  .265| .189  .330| .183  .358| .372  .688|   8  .070 -25.8  -2.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 27 CIN NL P 44 1 75 6 2 .927 .955 1.73 1.57 2.54 2.61 31 269.0 1914 28 TOT P 21 1 27 4 1 .875 .946 1.33 1.93 1.83 3.03 20 138.0 CIN NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.70 1 4.0 KCP FL P 20 1 27 4 1 .875 .946 1.40 1.95 1.88 3.04 19 134.0 1915 29 KCP FL P 46 13 94 12 4 .899 .956 2.33 1.97 3.42 3.08 34 281.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1913 27 CIN NL P 44 1 75 6 2 .927 .955 1.73 1.57 2.54 2.61 31 269.0 1914 28 TOT P 21 1 27 4 1 .875 .946 1.33 1.93 1.83 3.03 20 138.0 CIN NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.70 1 4.0 KCP FL P 20 1 27 4 1 .875 .946 1.40 1.95 1.88 3.04 19 134.0 1915 29 KCP FL P 46 13 94 12 4 .899 .956 2.33 1.97 3.42 3.08 34 281.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 111 15 196 22 7 .906 .954 1.90 1.80 2.76 2.89 85 688.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 111 15 196 22 7 .906 .954 1.90 1.80 2.76 2.89 85 688
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1915 FL-1.152-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1915 FL-2.27-8

Games
1913 NL-44-6
1915 FL-46-4

Innings
1915 FL-281.3-9

Strikeouts
1915 FL-118-10

Games Started
1915 FL-34-6

Shutouts
1913 NL-3-8

Home Runs Allow.
1913 NL-8-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1913 NL-86-9

SO to Walk
1915 FL-1.66-8

Losses
1913 NL-16-8
1915 FL-17-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1913 NL-90-9

Wild Pitches
1913 NL-6-7
1915 FL-13-1

Batters Faced
1915 FL-1126-7

       

Gray Ink: Pitching - 13 (1298) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) Pitching - 13.0 (589) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1459) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

April 20, 1914: Jumped from the Cincinnati Reds to the Kansas City Packers.


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