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Earl Johnson
Earl Douglas Johnson (Lefty)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.
School Saint Mary's College of California

Debut July 20, 1940
Final Game June 3, 1951
Born April 2, 1919 in Redmond, WA
Died December 3, 1994 in Seattle, WA

Brother of Chet Johnson

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1940 21 BOS AL   6   2  17  10   2   0   2  0   70.3   69   33   32   0   39   26   2   3   309       0  4.09  4.51  110 1.536
 1941 22 BOS AL   4   5  17  12   4   0   3  0   93.7   90   57   47   4   51   46   3   2   420       0  4.52  4.15   92 1.505
 1946 27 BOS AL   5   4  29   5   0   0  14  3   80.0   78   39   33   5   39   40   2   1   356       0  3.71  3.68   99 1.463
 1947 28 BOS AL  12  11  45  17   6   3  17  8  142.3  129   63   47   7   62   65   2   1   596       1  2.97  3.89  131 1.342
 1948 29 BOS AL  10   4  35   3   1   0  21  5   91.3   98   49   46   7   42   45   0   2   402       1  4.53  4.37   96 1.533
 1949 30 BOS AL   3   6  19   3   0   0   8  0   49.3   65   45   41   1   29   20   4   1   237       1  7.48  4.37   58 1.905
 1950 31 BOS AL   0   0  11   0   0   0   4  0   13.7   18   11   11   0    8    6   1   0    65       0  7.24  4.90   68 1.902
 1951 32 DET AL   0   0   6   0   0   0   2  1    5.7    9    5    4   0    2    2   0   1    26       0  6.35  4.16   66 1.941
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .556  40  32 179  50  13   3  71 17  546.3  556  302  261  24  272  250  14  11  2411       3  4.30  4.13   96 1.516
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11   9  53  14   3   0  21  5  162.0  165   89   77   7   80   74   4   3   715   0   0  4.30  4.13   96 1.516
 Career High     12  11  45  17   6   3  21  8  142.3  129   63   47   7   62   65   4   3   596   0   1  2.97  4.51  131 1.342

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1940 21 BOS AL  18   27    3    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  10  .074  .074  .074  -62    2   0           0   1
 1941 22 BOS AL  17   34    4   10   0  0   0    2   0  0   2   8  .294  .333  .294   66   10   3           0   1
 1946 27 BOS AL  29   22    4    5   2  0   0    4   0  0   4   9  .227  .346  .318   82    7   1           0   1
 1947 28 BOS AL  46   44    1   12   1  0   0    4   0  0   1  10  .273  .289  .295   58   13   2           0   3
 1948 29 BOS AL  35   31    2    3   0  0   0    3   0  0   1   9  .097  .125  .097  -42    3   1           0   2
 1949 30 BOS AL  19   11    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   7  .000  .083  .000  -78    0   0           0   0
 1950 31 BOS AL  11    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      181  171   15   32   3  0   0   13   0  0   9  53  .187  .228  .205   15   35   7   0   0   0   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        153   13   29   3  0   0   12   0  0   8  47  .187  .228  .205   15   31   6   0   0   0   7
 Career High     46   44    4   12   2  0   0    4   0  0   4  10                          13   3   0   0   0   3
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1940 21 BOS AL   27   26    0   0.0   114| .074  .284| .074  .358| .074  .431| .148  .788| -62  .000  -6.7  -0.6   0%
 1941 22 BOS AL   39   28    3   2.9   108| .294  .278| .333  .355| .294  .410| .627  .764|  66  .285  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1946 27 BOS AL   27   19    2   2.8   100| .227  .270| .346  .346| .318  .389| .664  .735|  82  .328  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1947 28 BOS AL   47   37    4   2.9   102| .273  .270| .289  .352| .295  .389| .584  .741|  58  .337  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1948 29 BOS AL   33   31    0   0.0   110| .097  .279| .125  .365| .097  .403| .222  .768| -42  .000  -6.6  -0.7   0%
 1949 30 BOS AL   12   11    0   0.0   112| .000  .279| .083  .372| .000  .405| .083  .778| -78  .000  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1950 31 BOS AL    2    2    0   0.0   122| .000  .290| .000  .380| .000  .435| .000  .814|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       187  154    9   1.6   107| .187  .276| .228  .356| .205  .404| .433  .760|  15  .125 -21.7  -2.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1940 21 BOS AL P 17 2 19 0 1 1.000 .955 1.24 1.05 2.69 2.04 10 70.3 1941 22 BOS AL P 17 3 27 0 3 1.000 .958 1.76 1.16 2.88 2.14 12 93.7 1946 27 BOS AL P 29 5 12 1 1 .944 .950 0.59 1.01 1.91 2.01 5 80.0 1947 28 BOS AL P 45 4 31 2 5 .946 .956 0.78 0.95 2.21 1.92 17 142.3 1948 29 BOS AL P 35 6 25 0 2 1.000 .963 0.89 0.91 3.06 2.02 3 91.3 1949 30 BOS AL P 19 3 5 1 0 .889 .964 0.42 1.01 1.46 2.12 3 49.3 1950 31 BOS AL P 11 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.55 0.96 3.94 2.04 0 13.7 1951 32 DET AL P 6 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 0.33 0.98 3.16 2.05 0 5.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1940 21 BOS AL P 17 2 19 0 1 1.000 .955 1.24 1.05 2.69 2.04 10 70.3 1941 22 BOS AL P 17 3 27 0 3 1.000 .958 1.76 1.16 2.88 2.14 12 93.7 1946 27 BOS AL P 29 5 12 1 1 .944 .950 0.59 1.01 1.91 2.01 5 80.0 1947 28 BOS AL P 45 4 31 2 5 .946 .956 0.78 0.95 2.21 1.92 17 142.3 1948 29 BOS AL P 35 6 25 0 2 1.000 .963 0.89 0.91 3.06 2.02 3 91.3 1949 30 BOS AL P 19 3 5 1 0 .889 .964 0.42 1.01 1.46 2.12 3 49.3 1950 31 BOS AL P 11 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.55 0.96 3.94 2.04 0 13.7 1951 32 DET AL P 6 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 0.33 0.98 3.16 2.05 0 5.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 179 24 126 4 13 .974 .957 0.84 0.99 2.47 2.03 50 546.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 179 24 126 4 13 .974 .957 0.84 0.99 2.47 2.03 50 546
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    BOS STL     L   3   0   2.70  1  0  0  0   3.1   1   1   2   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    BOS STL     L   3   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Won-Loss %
1948 AL-.714-3

Games
1947 AL-45-3

Saves
1946 AL-3-8
1947 AL-8-5
1948 AL-5-6

Shutouts
1947 AL-3-5

Games Finished
1946 AL-14-9
1948 AL-21-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 14 (1251) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1189) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 7.0 (1065) (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 

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

October 1, 1950: Released by the Boston Red Sox. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

November 15, 1950: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

June 15, 1951: Released by the Detroit Tigers.


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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