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Johnny Johnson
John Clifford Johnson (Swede)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 182 lb.
School Eastern Michigan University

Debut April 19, 1944
Final Game September 25, 1945
Born September 29, 1914 in Belmore, OH
Died June 26, 1991 in Iron Mountain, MI

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1944 29 NYY AL   0   2  22   1   0   0   8  3   26.7   25   14   12   0   24   11   1   0   134       0  4.05  3.50   86 1.838
 1945 30 CHW AL   3   0  29   0   0   0  19  4   69.7   85   39   33   2   35   38   1   3   323       0  4.26  3.33   78 1.722
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .600   3   2  51   1   0   0  27  7   96.3  110   53   45   2   59   49   2   3   457       0  4.20  3.38   80 1.754
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3   2  66   1   0   0  35  9  125.7  143   69   58   2   77   64   2   3   597   0   0  4.20  3.38   80 1.754
 Career High      3   2  29   1   0   0  19  4   69.7   85   39   33   2   35   38   1   3   323   0   0  4.26  3.33   78 1.722

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1944 29 NYY AL  22    6    1    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .667  227    4   0           0   0
 1945 30 CHW AL  29   14    1    4   2  0   0    2   0  0   3   6  .286  .412  .429  147    6   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       51   20    2    7   3  0   0    2   0  0   3   7  .350  .435  .500  171   10   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         64    6   22  10  0   0    6   0  0  10  22  .350  .435  .500  171   32   3   0   0   0   0
 Career High     29   14    1    4   2  0   0    2   0  0   3   6                           6   1   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1944 29 NYY AL    6    3    2  18.0    94| .500  .271| .500  .339| .667  .371|1.167  .710| 227  .939   1.0   0.1   0%
 1945 30 CHW AL   18   11    2   4.9    86| .286  .258| .412  .330| .429  .351| .841  .680| 147  .605   1.1   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons        24   14    4   7.7    88| .350  .262| .435  .332| .500  .357| .935  .689| 171  .775   2.1   0.2   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 ------+
1944 29 NYY AL P 22 2 1 1 0 .750 .968 0.14 1.14 1.01 2.09 1 26.7 1945 30 CHW AL P 29 1 10 1 1 .917 .957 0.38 1.28 1.42 2.23 0 69.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1944 29 NYY AL P 22 2 1 1 0 .750 .968 0.14 1.14 1.01 2.09 1 26.7 1945 30 CHW AL P 29 1 10 1 1 .917 .957 0.38 1.28 1.42 2.23 0 69.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 51 3 11 2 1 .875 .959 0.27 1.22 1.31 2.20 1 96.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 51 3 11 2 1 .875 .959 0.27 1.22 1.31 2.20 1 96
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.

Saves
1944 AL-3-10
1945 AL-4-3

Games Finished
1945 AL-19-4

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1728) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
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.


Transactions 

January 14, 1940: Granted Free Agency.

March, 1940: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December 15, 1944: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for Jake Wade.

February 19, 1947: Released by the Chicago White Sox.


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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