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Ernie Johnson
Ernest Rudolph Johnson

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 151 lb.

Debut August 5, 1912
Final Game September 28, 1925
Born April 29, 1888 in Chicago, IL
Died May 1, 1952 in Monrovia, CA

Father of Don Johnson

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 24 CHW AL  21   42    7   11   0  1   0    5   0      1      .262  .279  .310   70   13   1           0    
 1915 27 SLM FL 152  512   58  123  18 10   7   67  32     46  35  .240  .305  .355   90  182  23           2    
 1916 28 SLB AL  74  236   29   54   9  3   0   19  13     30  23  .229  .323  .292   89   69   9           3    
 1917 29 SLB AL  80  199   28   49   6  2   2   20  13     12  16  .246  .296  .327   93   65  11           2    
 1918 30 SLB AL  29   34    7    9   1  0   0    0   4      0   2  .265  .286  .294   77   10   0           1    
 1921 33 CHW AL 142  613   93  181  28  7   1   51  22 13  29  24  .295  .328  .369   78  226  21           1    
 1922 34 CHW AL 144  603   85  153  17  3   0   56  21 18  40  30  .254  .304  .292   56  176  26           4    
 1923 35 TOT AL  31   91   11   27   3  1   1    9   2  1   4   6  .297  .333  .385   88   35   2           1    
         CHW AL  12   53    5   10   2  0   0    1   2  1   3   5  .189  .246  .226   25   12   1           1    
         NYY AL  19   38    6   17   1  1   1    8   0  0   1   1  .447  .462  .605  177   23   1           0    
 1924 36 NYY AL  64  119   24   42   4  8   3   12   1  6  11   7  .353  .412  .597  158   71   3           1    
 1925 37 NYY AL  76  170   30   48   5  1   5   17   6  3   8  10  .282  .315  .412   85   70   4           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     813 2619  372  697  91 36  19  256 114 41 181 153  .266  .317  .350   81  917 100   0   0  15   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        522   74  139  18  7   4   51  23  8  36  30  .266  .317  .350   81  183  20   0   0   3   0
 Career High    152  613   93  181  28 10   7   67  32 18  46  35  .295  .328  .369   90  226  26   0   0   4   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 24 CHW AL   44   32    4   3.3    89| .262  .269| .279  .337| .310  .354| .589  .691|  70  .424  -1.9  -0.2     
 1915 27 SLM FL  583  412   55   3.6    90| .240  .268| .305  .336| .355  .359| .660  .695|  90  .494  -4.8  -0.5     
 1916 28 SLB AL  278  191   22   3.1    79| .229  .251| .323  .324| .292  .328| .615  .652|  89  .454  -2.1  -0.2     
 1917 29 SLB AL  224  161   19   3.2    77| .246  .250| .296  .321| .327  .324| .623  .644|  93  .474  -2.3  -0.3     
 1918 30 SLB AL   35   25    3   3.3    80| .265  .257| .286  .328| .294  .328| .580  .655|  77  .469  -1.1  -0.1     
 1921 33 CHW AL  664  466   73   4.2   113| .295  .298| .328  .364| .369  .419| .697  .783|  78  .413 -21.3  -2.0  62%
 1922 34 CHW AL  673  494   51   2.8   110| .254  .293| .304  .358| .292  .411| .596  .770|  56  .271 -39.3  -3.9  53%
 1923 35 TOT AL   98   67   14   5.6   108| .297  .290| .333  .360| .385  .401| .718  .762|  88  .580  -1.9  -0.2  66%
         CHW AL   58   45    3   1.8   107| .189  .289| .246  .359| .226  .399| .472  .758|  25  .146  -5.8  -0.6  66%
         NYY AL   40   22   11  13.4   109| .447  .292| .462  .363| .605  .404|1.067  .767| 177  .872   3.9   0.4   0%
 1924 36 NYY AL  134   86   26   8.0   112| .353  .298| .412  .368| .597  .409|1.009  .777| 158  .715   9.0   0.9  14%
 1925 37 NYY AL  182  129   22   4.6   114| .282  .297| .315  .367| .412  .416| .727  .784|  85  .448  -5.1  -0.5  66%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     2915 2063  289   3.8   101| .266  .282| .317  .349| .350  .387| .667  .736|  81  .432 -71.0  -7.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 ------+
1912 24 CHW AL SS 16 23 37 1 3 .984 .920 3.75 5.06 1915 27 SLM FL SS 152 348 477 51 64 .942 .929 5.43 5.01 1916 28 SLB AL SS 60 115 192 21 19 .936 .938 5.12 4.92 3B 12 11 17 3 1 .903 .940 2.33 3.23 1917 29 SLB AL SS 39 77 106 15 8 .924 .931 4.69 4.84 2B 18 34 51 9 9 .904 .959 4.72 4.94 3B 14 11 40 1 2 .981 .941 3.64 3.23 1918 30 SLB AL SS 11 6 17 5 1 .821 .939 2.09 5.23 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 1921 33 CHW AL SS 141 291 494 44 80 .947 .941 5.57 5.15 1922 34 CHW AL SS 141 259 468 37 74 .952 .946 5.16 5.03 1923 35 TOT AL SS 27 45 57 6 13 .944 .947 3.78 4.79 CHW AL SS 12 24 35 5 9 .922 .947 4.92 4.79 NYY AL SS 15 21 22 1 4 .977 .947 2.87 4.79 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.30 1924 36 NYY AL 2B 27 54 74 6 12 .955 .966 4.74 5.39 SS 9 2 4 1 1 .857 .952 0.67 4.83 3B 2 4 3 0 0 1.000 .946 3.50 3.00 1925 37 NYY AL 2B 34 58 90 7 17 .955 .962 4.35 5.31 SS 28 30 17 2 4 .959 .944 1.68 4.68 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 3.00
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1917 29 SLB AL 2B 18 34 51 9 9 .904 .959 4.72 4.94 1924 36 NYY AL 2B 27 54 74 6 12 .955 .966 4.74 5.39 1925 37 NYY AL 2B 34 58 90 7 17 .955 .962 4.35 5.31 1916 28 SLB AL 3B 12 11 17 3 1 .903 .940 2.33 3.23 1917 29 SLB AL 3B 14 11 40 1 2 .981 .941 3.64 3.23 1918 30 SLB AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 1923 35 NYY AL 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.30 1924 36 NYY AL 3B 2 4 3 0 0 1.000 .946 3.50 3.00 1925 37 NYY AL 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 3.00 1912 24 CHW AL SS 16 23 37 1 3 .984 .920 3.75 5.06 1915 27 SLM FL SS 152 348 477 51 64 .942 .929 5.43 5.01 1916 28 SLB AL SS 60 115 192 21 19 .936 .938 5.12 4.92 1917 29 SLB AL SS 39 77 106 15 8 .924 .931 4.69 4.84 1918 30 SLB AL SS 11 6 17 5 1 .821 .939 2.09 5.23 1921 33 CHW AL SS 141 291 494 44 80 .947 .941 5.57 5.15 1922 34 CHW AL SS 141 259 468 37 74 .952 .946 5.16 5.03 1923 35 TOT AL SS 27 45 57 6 13 .944 .947 3.78 4.79 CHW AL SS 12 24 35 5 9 .922 .947 4.92 4.79 NYY AL SS 15 21 22 1 4 .977 .947 2.87 4.79 1924 36 NYY AL SS 9 2 4 1 1 .857 .952 0.67 4.83 1925 37 NYY AL SS 28 30 17 2 4 .959 .944 1.68 4.68
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 624 1196 1869 183 267 .944 .938 4.91 5.01 2B 79 146 215 22 38 .943 .963 4.57 5.25 3B 32 27 62 4 3 .957 .941 2.78 3.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 735 1369 2146 209 308 .944 .940 4.78 4.95
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1923   WS    NYY NYG     W   2   0   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     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.

Games
1915 FL-152-9

At Bats
1921 AL-613-4
1922 AL-603-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1922 AL-673-10

Home Runs
1915 FL-7-6

RBI
1915 FL-67-9

Stolen Bases
1915 FL-32-7
1921 AL-22-4
1922 AL-21-4

Singles
1921 AL-145-6

Sac. Hits
1915 FL-23-9

Caught Stealing
1921 AL-13-6
1922 AL-18-4

Power/Speed Number
1915 FL-11.5-5

At Bats per Home Run
1915 FL-73.1-9

Outs
1921 AL-466-2
1922 AL-494-1

Gray Ink: Batting - 17 (1079) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2754) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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 

February 10, 1916: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the St. Louis Terriers.

May 31, 1923: Selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the Chicago White Sox.

October 28, 1925: Sent by the New York Yankees to the St Paul (American Association) to complete an earlier deal made on May, 1925. The New York Yankees sent players to be named later, Oscar Roettger, and cash to the St Paul (American Association) for Mark Koenig. The New York Yankees sent Fred Hofmann (May 15, 1925) and Ernie Johnson (October 28, 1925) to the St Paul (American Association) to complete the trade.


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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