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Lou Johnson

John Louis Johnson
born John Louis Mercer

Bats: Unknown, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 18, 1869 in Pekin, Illinois, US
Died: January 28, 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri, US

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Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	WP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1891	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	N/A	5	8	.385	2.27	18	10	9	0	127.0	145	121	32	67	53	2	8	1.669	10.3	4.7	3.8	0.79
1891	21	Kansas City	WA	N/A	4	4	.500	2.78	13	5	4		81.0	116	90	25	49	25	2	8	2.037	12.9	5.4	2.8	0.51
1891	21	Ottumwa	ILIA	N/A	1	4	.200	1.37	5	5	5	0	46.0	29	31	7	18	28			1.022	5.7	3.5	5.5	1.56

1893	23	Topeka	WA	N/A	5	2	.714	2.29	7	7	7		63.0	70	51	16	32	27	4	3	1.619	10.0	4.6	3.9	0.84

1895	25	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-B	10	21	.323	6.00	35	32	27	0	138.0	230	160	92						15.0
1895	25	St. Joseph	WA	B	7	10	.412		17	16	15	0
1895	25	Detroit	WL	A	3	11	.214	6.00	18	16	12	0	138.0	230	160	92						15.0

1897	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-B	1	6	.143	7.04	8	7	6	0	7.2	13	13	6	6	2	2	1	2.478	15.3	7.0	2.3	0.33
1897	27	Quincy	WA	B	1	5	.167		6	6	6	0
1897	27	Kansas City	WL	A	0	1	.000	7.04	2	1	0		7.2	13	13	6	6	2	2	1	2.478	15.3	7.0	2.3	0.33
4 Seasons					21	37	.362	3.91	68	56	49	0	335.2	458	345	146	105	82	8	12	0.992	12.3	2.8	2.2	0.78
N/A (2 seasons)				N/A	10	10	.500	2.27	25	17	16	0	190.0	215	172	48	99	80	6	11	1.653	10.2	4.7	3.8	0.81
A (2 seasons)				A	3	12	.200	6.05	20	17	12	0	145.2	243	173	98	6	2	2	1	0.130	15.0	0.4	0.1	0.33
B (2 seasons)				B	8	15	.348		23	22	21	0

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1891	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	N/A	21		69	5	7	1	0	0	0	.101		.116		8	0
1891	21	Kansas City	WA	N/A	14		41	4	5	0	0	0	0	.122		.122		5
1891	21	Ottumwa	ILIA	N/A	7		28	1	2	1	0	0	0	.071		.107		3	0

1893	23	Topeka	WA	N/A	12		41	9	11	0	0	0	5	.268		.268		11
1894	24	St. Joseph	WA	A
1895	25	2 Teams	2 Lgs	B-A	59		204	27	46	10	2	2	3	.225		.324		66
1895	25	St. Joseph	WA	B	39		132	14	25	9	1	0		.189		.273		36
1895	25	Detroit	WL	A	20		72	13	21	1	1	2	3	.292		.417		30
1896	26	2 Teams	1 Lg	B
1896	26	St. Joseph,Dubuque	WA	B
1896	26	Dubuque	WA	B
1896	26	St. Joseph	WA	B
1897	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	B-A	9		29	3	6	1	0	0	0	.207		.241		7
1897	27	Quincy	WA	B	7		25	2	5	1	0	0	0	.200		.240		6
1897	27	Kansas City	WL	A	2		4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250		.250		1
6 Seasons					101	343	343	44	70	12	2	2	8	.204	.204	.268	.472	92	0
B (3 seasons)				B	46	157	157	16	30	10	1	0	0	.191	.191	.268	.459	42
A (3 seasons)				A	22	76	76	14	22	1	1	2	3	.289	.289	.408	.697	31
N/A (2 seasons)				N/A	33	110	110	14	18	1	0	0	5	.164	.164	.173	.336	19	0

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev		G	RF/G
1891	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	N/A	P	18	0.00
1891	21	Kansas City	WA	N/A	P	13	0.00
1891	21	Ottumwa	ILIA	N/A	OF	2	0.00
1891	21	Ottumwa	ILIA	N/A	P	5	0.00

1893	23	Topeka	WA	N/A	OF	6	0.00
1893	23	Topeka	WA	N/A	P	7	0.00

1895	25	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-B	P	35	0.00
1895	25	St. Joseph	WA	B	OF	8	0.00
1895	25	St. Joseph	WA	B	3B	3	0.00
1895	25	St. Joseph	WA	B	1B	4	0.00
1895	25	St. Joseph	WA	B	C	1	0.00
1895	25	St. Joseph	WA	B	P	17	0.00
1895	25	Detroit	WL	A	P	18	0.00

1897	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	B-A	P	8	0.00
1897	27	Quincy	WA	B	OF	1	0.00
1897	27	Quincy	WA	B	P	6	0.00
1897	27	Kansas City	WL	A	P	2	0.00
4 Seasons						93	0.00
P (4 seasons)					P	68	0.00
OF (4 seasons)					OF	17	0.00
1B (1 season)					1B	4	0.00
C (1 season)					C	1	0.00
3B (1 season)					3B	3	0.00

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
1891	21	Ottumwa Coal Palaces	Illinois-Iowa League	N/A
1891	21	Kansas City Blues	Western Association	N/A

1893	23	Topeka Capitols	Western Association	N/A			1893-05-27	1893-06-18
1894	24	St. Joseph Saints	Western Association	A
1894	24	Philadelphia Phillies	National League	MLB	PHI	1
1895	25	Detroit Tigers	Western League	A			1895-05-02	1895-07-31
1895	25	St. Joseph Saints	Western Association	B			1895-07-02	1895-09-25
1896	26	Dubuque	Western Association	B
1896	26	St. Joseph Saints	Western Association	B
1897	27	Kansas City Blues	Western League	A
1897	27	Quincy Little Giants	Western Association	B			1897-05-21	1897-06-08

Sabr ID: 9f0c6a67

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