Johnny Lindell

Positions: Outfielder and Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 217lb (193cm, 98kg)

Born: August 30, 1916 in Greeley, CO us

Died: August 27, 1985 in Newport Beach, CA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte HS (Monrovia, CA)

School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 18, 1941 (Age 24-231d, 9,045th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 9, 1954 (Age 37-252d)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: John Harlan Lindell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.1

2795

762

.273

401

RBI

404

OBP

.344

SLG

.429

OPS

.773

OPS+

114

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 72 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 9 tying, 27 go ahead

3 Tms
NYY	63
STL	5
PIT	4

Platoon
vs RHP	38
vs LHP	34

Home/Road
Away	44
Home	28

Outs
0	29
2	26
1	17

11 Opps
SLB	16
PHA	12
CHW	11
BOS	9
DET	8
WSH	4
BRO	4
BSN/MLN	3
CLE	3
PIT	1
NYG	1

52 Pitchers
Sam Zoldak	4
Hal Newhouser	4
Mickey Harris	4
Nels Potter	2
Virgil Trucks	2
Russ Meyer	2
Lou Brissie	2
Luke Hamlin	2
Eddie Lopat	2
Yank Terry	2
Lum Harris	2
Mickey Haefner	2
Jack Kramer	2
Billy Pierce	2
Frank Biscan	1
Joe Dobson	1
Jake Wade	1
Steve Sundra	1
Sig Jakucki	1
Ned Garver	1
Les Willis	1
Thornton Lee	1
Bob Muncrief	1
Billy Loes	1
Denny Galehouse	1
Dutch Leonard	1
Eddie Smith	1
Bobo Newsom	1
Buck Ross	1
Ben Wade	1
Bob Feller	1
Alex Carrasquel	1
Clem Hausmann	1
Jesse Flores	1
Dave Koslo	1
Carl Scheib	1
Dizzy Trout	1
Earl Caldwell	1
Al Smith	1
Orval Grove	1
Hooks Iott	1
Fred Sanford	1
Tom Clyde	1
Tex Shirley	1
Herman Besse	1
Bob Chipman	1
Don Black	1
Don Liddle	1
Bill Dietrich	1
Cliff Chambers	1
Warren Spahn	1
Bob Kuzava	1

14 Parks
Yankee Stad (NYC)	27
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	7
Fenway Pk (BOS)	6
Tiger Stad (DET)	6
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	6
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	6
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
GriffithStad (WAS)	2
Braves Fld (BOS)	2
Forbes Fld (PIT)	2
League Pk II (CLE)	1
Polo Grounds (NYC)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1

Where Hit
7	49
9	8
8	2
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	66
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	44
1--	13
-2-	7
12-	6
123	1
--3	1

108 RBI
RISP	15
0 on	44
1 on	21
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	28

Inning
1	8
2	9
3	9
4	8
5	8
6	10
7	3
8	8
9	7
Extra	2

1-3	26
4-6	26
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	5
+2	6
+1	4
Tied	25
-1	8
-2	6
-3	4
-4..	4

Ahead	25
Tied	25
Behind	22

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	33
CF	22
RF	11
PH	2
1B	2
P	2

OrderPos
4th	24
3rd	17
7th	10
6th	10
5th	6
9th	3
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	30
Low Lev	30

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1943	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1943-06-06 (2)	NYY		SLB	Steve Sundra	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	9	0.204	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Keller Scores
2	2	2	2	1943-06-06 (2)	NYY		SLB	Nels Potter	ahead 7-3	b 7	1	1--	2	4	9	0.018	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Keller Scores
3	3	3	1	1943-06-12	NYY	@	PHA	Tom Clyde	ahead 6-3	t 2	1	-2-	2	4	9	0.092	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Keller Scores
4	4	4	1	1943-08-08 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	Lum Harris	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	8	8	0.128	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1944	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1944-04-18	NYY	@	BOS	Yank Terry	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	8	0.113	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	2	1	1944-04-25	NYY		PHA	Don Black	tied 0-0	b 1	0	123	4	4	8	0.164	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Stirnweiss Scores; B. Metheny Scores/unER; N. Etten Scores
7	7	3	1	1944-05-03	NYY	@	PHA	Luke Hamlin	ahead 2-0	t 9	0	---	1	6	8	0.036	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	4	1	1944-05-28 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	Denny Galehouse	tied 2-2	t 11	2	---	1	5	8
9	9	5	1	1944-07-13 (2)	NYY		BOS	Yank Terry	behind 3-6	b 8	2	---	1	4	8	0.046	8%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	6	1	1944-07-16	NYY		BOS	Clem Hausmann	ahead 3-1	b 6	0	---	1	4	8	0.065	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	7	1	1944-07-19	NYY	@	SLB	Sig Jakucki	behind 2-5	t 6	1	12-	3	4	8	0.291	47%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Stirnweiss Scores; H. Martin Scores
12	12	8	1	1944-07-23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	Jake Wade	ahead 6-3	t 8	1	---	1	4	8	0.034	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	9	1	1944-07-24	NYY	@	CHW	Buck Ross	ahead 4-1	t 3	1	---	1	4	8	0.067	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	10	1	1944-07-28	NYY	@	CLE	Al Smith	behind 2-4	t 4	0	---	1	4	8	0.114	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	11	1	1944-08-06 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	Lum Harris	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	1	4	8	0.137	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	12	1	1944-08-06 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	Jesse Flores	tied 0-0	t 7	2	---	1	4	8	0.238	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	13	1	1944-08-26	NYY	@	WSH	Dutch Leonard	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	1	4	8	0.104	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	14	1	1944-08-27 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	Alex Carrasquel	behind 0-2	t 6	2	---	1	4	8
19	19	15	1	1944-09-04 (1)	NYY		PHA	Bobo Newsom	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	8	0.195	72%		Home Run; H. Martin Scores
20	20	16	1	1944-09-04 (2)	NYY		PHA	Luke Hamlin	ahead 13-0	b 8	2	---	1	4	8	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	17	1	1944-09-19	NYY	@	DET	Hal Newhouser	behind 0-4	t 9	1	---	1	4	8	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	18	1	1944-09-27	NYY	@	CHW	Bill Dietrich	tied 0-0	t 1	2	--3	2	4	8	0.186	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Martin Scores
1945	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1945-05-19	NYY	@	SLB	Tex Shirley	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	8	0.133	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1946-04-18	NYY	@	PHA	Herman Besse	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	12-	3	6	7	0.187	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Stirnweiss Scores; T. Henrich Scores
25	25	2	1	1946-04-19	NYY		WSH	Mickey Haefner	behind 0-2	b 2	0	-2-	2	5	7	0.158	55%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. DiMaggio Scores
26	26	3	1	1946-06-16 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	Sam Zoldak	ahead 4-0	t 5	1	1--	2	6	3	0.059	96%		Home Run; B. Johnson Scores
27	27	4	1	1946-06-23	NYY	@	DET	Virgil Trucks	tied 0-0	t 4	1	12-	3	6	3	0.263	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. DiMaggio Scores; B. Johnson Scores
28	28	5	1	1946-07-21 (1)	NYY		CHW	Eddie Lopat	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	8
29	29	6	1	1946-07-24	NYY	@	SLB	Jack Kramer	tied 2-2	t 5	2	1--	2	4	8	0.267	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Stirnweiss Scores
30	30	7	1	1946-08-22 (2)	NYY		SLB	Sam Zoldak	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	9	0.096	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	8	2	1946-08-22 (2)	NYY		SLB	Sam Zoldak	ahead 4-2	b 8	0	12-	3	6	9	0.031	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. DiMaggio Scores; C. Keller Scores
32	32	9	1	1946-09-24	NYY	@	BOS	Mickey Harris	behind 1-2	t 4	0	---	1	6	9	0.129	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	10	2	1946-09-24	NYY	@	BOS	Mickey Harris	behind 3-4	t 6	0	---	1	6	9	0.167	50%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1947-05-13	NYY		SLB	Fred Sanford	ahead 7-1	b 6	1	---	1	5	9	0.006	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	2	1	1947-06-09	NYY	@	CHW	Orval Grove	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	7	0.185	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Henrich Scores
36	36	3	1	1947-06-10	NYY	@	CHW	Eddie Lopat	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.110	57%		Home Run
37	37	4	1	1947-06-14	NYY		SLB	Hooks Iott	ahead 9-4	b 8	1	---	1	3	7	0.003	100%		Home Run
38	38	5	1	1947-07-24	NYY		SLB	Bob Muncrief	ahead 3-1	b 2	0	---	1	7	7	0.076	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	6	1	1947-07-27 (2)	NYY		CHW	Thornton Lee	behind 1-4	b 6	1	---	1	3	7	0.087	21%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	7	1	1947-07-28	NYY		DET	Hal Newhouser	ahead 4-0	b 6	1	---	1	7	7	0.022	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	8	1	1947-08-23	NYY	@	CLE	Les Willis	ahead 8-0	t 2	2	-2-	2	7	7	0.014	99%		Home Run; B. Johnson Scores/unER; J. Lindell Scores/unER
42	42	9	1	1947-09-03 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	Eddie Smith	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.102	56%		Home Run (Deep CF)
43	43	10	1	1947-09-14	NYY		SLB	Nels Potter	ahead 5-2	b 5	0	---	1	3	7	0.045	94%		Home Run
44	44	11	1	1947-09-28	NYY		PHA	Lou Brissie	tied 2-2	b 4	0	---	1	7	7	0.135	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1948-04-30	NYY	@	BOS	Mickey Harris	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	-2-	2	3	7	0.169	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Reynolds Scores
46	46	2	1	1948-05-14	NYY		PHA	Carl Scheib	tied 0-0	b 3	2	-2-	2	3	9	0.197	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Brown Scores
47	47	3	1	1948-05-18	NYY	@	SLB	Frank Biscan	ahead 4-3	t 5	0	---	1	3	9	0.111	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	4	1	1948-05-20	NYY	@	CHW	Earl Caldwell	ahead 9-2	t 9	2	-2-	2	3	9	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Mapes Scores
49	49	5	1	1948-05-28	NYY	@	PHA	Lou Brissie	behind 2-3	t 3	2	---	1	3	7	0.110	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	6	1	1948-06-04	NYY		DET	Dizzy Trout	tied 4-4	b 7	2	---	1	3	7	0.231	75%		Home Run
51	51	7	1	1948-06-06 (1)	NYY		SLB	Sam Zoldak	behind 1-3	b 6	0	---	1	3	7	0.136	40%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	8	1	1948-06-07	NYY		SLB	Ned Garver	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	1	3	7	0.119	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	9	1	1948-06-24	NYY	@	CLE	Bob Feller	ahead 2-0	t 5	0	---	1	7	7	0.085	84%		Home Run
54	54	10	1	1948-06-25	NYY	@	DET	Hal Newhouser	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	1	3	7	0.104	38%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	11	1	1948-06-26	NYY	@	DET	Virgil Trucks	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	1--	2	7	7	0.088	91%		Home Run; B. Brown Scores
56	56	12	1	1948-07-05 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	Jack Kramer	behind 2-6	t 9	2	1--	2	7	7	0.009	1%		Home Run; B. Johnson Scores
57	57	13	1	1948-09-17	NYY	@	DET	Billy Pierce	ahead 6-0	t 2	0	1--	2	3	7	0.036	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Henrich Scores
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1949-06-16 (2)	NYY		CHW	Bob Kuzava	tied 3-3	b 5	2	---	1	3	7	0.153	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	2	1	1949-07-08	NYY		WSH	Mickey Harris	behind 1-3	b 5	2	---	1	7	7	0.121	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	3	1	1949-07-24	NYY	@	DET	Hal Newhouser	behind 1-2	t 9	0	---	1	6	7	0.332	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
61	61	4	1	1949-07-29	NYY		CHW	Mickey Haefner	tied 1-1	b 8	0	---	1	5	7	0.255	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	5	1	1949-07-31 (1)	NYY		CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 1-2	b 9	0	---	1	7	7	0.433	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	6	1	1949-10-01	NYY		BOS	Joe Dobson	tied 4-4	b 8	2	---	1	7	7	0.313	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	1950-05-18	STL	@	BRO	Billy Loes	ahead 6-0	t 6	0	1--	2	4	7	0.016	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Musial Scores
65	65	2	1	1950-05-25	STL	@	NYG	Dave Koslo	tied 1-1	t 3	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.197	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Musial Scores
66	66	3	1	1950-05-30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	Cliff Chambers	behind 0-4	t 8	1	12-	3	4	7
67	67	4	1	1950-06-23	STL	@	BSN	Warren Spahn	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	7	0.106	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
68	68	5	1	1950-06-24	STL	@	BSN	Bob Chipman	tied 6-6	t 10	2	---	1	6	7	0.414	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1953-04-15	PIT	@	BRO	Russ Meyer	behind 0-1	t 3	1	1--	2	9	1	0.188	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Cole Scores
70	70	2	1	1953-05-29	PIT		BRO	Russ Meyer	behind 2-3	b 5	0	1--	2	9	1	0.232	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Cole Scores
71	71	3	1	1953-06-25	PIT	@	MLN	Don Liddle	behind 1-4	t 9	1	12-	3	8	PH	0.359	44%		Home Run; H. Rice Scores; D. Cole Scores
72	72	4	1	1953-08-15	PIT	@	BRO	Ben Wade	behind 2-12	t 6	1	1--	2	9	PH	0.004	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); D. Cole Scores

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