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Don Johnson
Donald Spore Johnson (Pep)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.
School Oregon State University

Debut September 26, 1943
Final Game May 16, 1948
Born December 7, 1911 in Chicago, IL
Died April 6, 2000 in Laguna Beach, CA

Son of Ernie Johnson

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 31 CHC NL  10   42    5    8   2  0   0    1   0      2   4  .190  .227  .238   35   10   1           0   0
 1944 32 CHC NL 154  608   50  169  37  1   2   71   8     28  48  .278  .311  .352   86  214   7           1  11 AS
 1945 33 CHC NL 138  557   94  168  23  2   2   58   9     32  34  .302  .343  .361   97  201  22           3  10 MVP-21,AS
 1946 34 CHC NL  83  314   37   76  10  1   1   19   6     26  39  .242  .306  .290   71   91  10           3   7
 1947 35 CHC NL 120  402   33  104  17  2   3   26   2     24  45  .259  .302  .333   71  134   7           1   5
 1948 36 CHC NL   6   12    0    3   0  0   0    0   1      0   1  .250  .250  .250   38    3   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      511 1935  219  528  89  6   8  175  26  0 112 171  .273  .315  .337   82  653  47   0   0   8  34
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        613   69  167  28  2   3   55   8  0  36  54  .273  .315  .337   82  207  15   0   0   3  11
 Career High    154  608   94  169  37  2   3   71   9  0  32  48  .302  .343  .361   97  214  22   0   0   3  11
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 31 CHC NL   45   35    2   1.5    89| .190  .264| .227  .332| .238  .358| .465  .690|  35  .151  -3.6  -0.4     
 1944 32 CHC NL  644  457   66   3.9    94| .278  .268| .311  .335| .352  .376| .663  .712|  86  .464 -11.7  -1.2     
 1945 33 CHC NL  614  421   68   4.3    95| .302  .271| .343  .340| .361  .374| .704  .714|  97  .505  -2.4  -0.2     
 1946 34 CHC NL  353  255   27   2.8    91| .242  .260| .306  .335| .290  .364| .596  .699|  71  .343 -11.8  -1.3     
 1947 35 CHC NL  434  310   40   3.4   102| .259  .269| .302  .344| .333  .399| .635  .743|  71  .365 -16.7  -1.6     
 1948 36 CHC NL   12   10    1   2.6    99| .250  .264| .250  .338| .250  .391| .500  .728|  38  .279  -1.1  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2102 1488  204   3.7    95| .273  .268| .315  .338| .337  .378| .652  .716|  82  .430 -47.2  -4.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1943 31 CHC NL 2B 10 32 35 3 8 .957 .970 6.70 5.40 1944 32 CHC NL 2B 154 385 462 47 85 .947 .963 5.50 5.04 AS 1945 33 CHC NL 2B 138 309 440 19 74 .975 .967 5.43 5.05 AS 1946 34 CHC NL 2B 83 192 228 8 34 .981 .970 5.06 5.09 1947 35 CHC NL 2B 108 255 291 17 65 .970 .975 5.06 5.19 3B 6 5 11 0 4 1.000 .947 2.67 2.80 1948 36 CHC NL 2B 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 4.85 3B 2 1 2 2 1 .600 .938 1.50 2.80
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1943 31 CHC NL 2B 10 32 35 3 8 .957 .970 6.70 5.40 1944 32 CHC NL 2B 154 385 462 47 85 .947 .963 5.50 5.04 1945 33 CHC NL 2B 138 309 440 19 74 .975 .967 5.43 5.05 1946 34 CHC NL 2B 83 192 228 8 34 .981 .970 5.06 5.09 1947 35 CHC NL 2B 108 255 291 17 65 .970 .975 5.06 5.19 1948 36 CHC NL 2B 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 4.85 1947 35 CHC NL 3B 6 5 11 0 4 1.000 .947 2.67 2.80 1948 36 CHC NL 3B 2 1 2 2 1 .600 .938 1.50 2.80
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 495 1175 1457 94 267 .966 .968 5.32 5.09 3B 8 6 13 2 5 .905 .945 2.38 2.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 503 1181 1470 96 272 .965 .968 5.27 5.05
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1945   WS    CHC DET     L   7  29   4   5  2  1  0   0   0   8  .172  .172  .310   1  0   4   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1945   CHC NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1944   CHC NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
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.

All-Star
1944
1945

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1945-NL-21-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Batting Average
1945 NL-.302-9

Games
1944 NL-154-7

At Bats
1944 NL-608-4

Runs
1945 NL-94-10

Doubles
1944 NL-37-4

Singles
1944 NL-129-7
1945 NL-141-6

Hit By Pitch
1946 NL-3-10

Sac. Hits
1945 NL-22-1

Outs
1944 NL-457-2

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 11 (1309) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3464) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 12.5 (1006) (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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  4. Joe Boley (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ray Hayworth (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

April 18, 1949: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

May 17, 1949: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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