George Johnson

Name Note: Name presented as Chief Johnson in some sources

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: March 30, 1886 in Winnebago, NE us

Died: June 12, 1922 in Des Moines, IA

Buried: Winnebago Cemetery, Winnebago, NE

High School: Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA)

Debut: April 16, 1913 (Age 27-017d, 3,873rd in major league history)
vs. STL 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 30, 1915 (Age 29-184d)
vs. SLM 8.0 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: George Howard Johnson

Nicknames: Murphy or Big Murph

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.8

ERA

2.95

111

688.1

304

WHIP

1.248

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-24 / in Starts: 16-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 0, Entered with runners on base: 0

1915 Pitching Game Log

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1915 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	66	2	Apr 11	KCP		PBS	W,5-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	10	2	1	0	5	0	0	1.00	1.30	36	66				35	1	0			0
2	67	6	Apr 15	KCP		SLM	W,4-3	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	9	3	3	1	5	0	0	2.00	1.46	37	61				34	2	2			0
3	68	12	Apr 25(2)	KCP		CHI	W,4-2	CG	W(3-0)	9	9.0	8	2	1	0	3	0	1	1.67	1.67	35	68				33	1	0			0
4	69	15	Apr 28	KCP	@	CHI	L,1-13	GS-	L(3-1)	2	6.0	11	8	3	1	1	0	0	2.18	1.83	33	28				32	1	3	0		0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
5	70	17	May 1	KCP	@	BAL	W,5-4		W(4-1)	2	3.2	3	3	1	3	3	0	0	2.21	1.97	17					14	0	1	0		0
6	71	20	May 6(2)	KCP	@	BUF	L,1-4	GS-	L(4-2)	4	7.0	2	3	1	6	3	0	0	2.06	2.32	30	62				24	0	0	0		0
7	72	24	May 11	KCP	@	NEW	W,7-0	SHO	W(5-2)	4	9.0	3	0	0	4	4	0	0	1.71	2.41	32	81				28	0	0			0
8	73	28	May 17	KCP		BTT	L,5-7	GS-	L(5-3)	5	6.0	10	7	6	2	1	0	1	2.45	2.53		25				28					0
9	74	30	May 22	KCP		BUF	L,2-3	GS-	L(5-4)	4	8.0	5	3	0	3	2	0	0	2.16	2.59		65				29					0
10	75	34	May 29	KCP		BAL	L,1-4	GS-	L(5-5)	6	8.0	8	4	3	1	6	0	0	2.29	2.45	33	57				31	3	0	1		0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
11	76	40	Jun 2	KCP		PBS	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-5)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.04	2.50	33	78				30	0	0	0		0
12	77	43	Jun 5	KCP		PBS	L,1-4	CG	L(6-6)	2	9.0	5	4	3	4	3	0	0	2.14	2.56	35	62				30	1	1	0		0
13	78	49	Jun 11	KCP		CHI	L,1-4	CG	L(6-7)	5	9.0	9	4	4	2	4	0	0	2.30	2.53	37	55				34	2	0	0		1
14	79	51	Jun 13(1)	KCP		CHI	W,6-4			1	4.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.38	2.50						16					0
15	80	53	Jun 15	KCP	@	BAL	W,9-4		W(7-7)	1	5.2	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.34	2.47	23					20	1	0	0		1
16	81	56	Jun 18	KCP	@	BAL	L,10-17	GS-		2	1.1	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	2.56	2.52	10	32				8	1	2	0		0
17	82	58	Jun 19(2)	KCP	@	BUF	L,0-2			0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	2.52	5					5	0	0	0		0
18	83	64	Jun 27(2)	KCP	@	NEW	L,4-6	GS-	L(7-8)	7	4.0	5	6	5	3	1	0	0	2.83	2.58		28				17					0
19	84	66	Jun 30	KCP	@	BTT	W,11-2	CG	W(8-8)	2	9.0	8	2	2	0	5	0	1	2.77	2.51	36	68				35	0	1			0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
20	85	70	Jul 4	KCP		SLM	W,14-5	GS-		3	1.0	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2.82	2.56		35				7					0
21	86	72	Jul 5(2)	KCP		SLM	L,3-4			0	5.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.71	2.53	17					16	0	0	0		0
22	87	74	Jul 8	KCP	@	CHI	L,0-4	GS-	L(8-9)	2	7.0	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	2.64	2.55	28	58				25	2	0	0		0
23	88	75	Jul 11(1)	KCP	@	CHI	L,2-7	GS-	L(8-10)	2	4.1	9	6	6	0	3	2	1	2.94	2.71		24				22					0
24	89	81	Jul 18(2)	KCP		NEW	W,4-2	CG	W(9-10)	6	7.0	4	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.92	2.66	27	64				26	2	1			0
25	90	84	Jul 23	KCP		BUF	L,5-7	GS-	L(9-11)	4	7.0	8	5	5	2	3	2	0	3.08	2.81	31	42				29	3	0	0		0
26	91	87	Jul 25(2)	KCP		BUF	W,5-4		W(10-11)	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.02	2.76						9					0
27	92	89	Jul 27(2)	KCP		BTT	W,6-2	GS-	W(11-11)	1	8.0	6	1	0	5	3	0	0	2.88	2.79		66				30					0
28	93	93	Jul 31(1)	KCP		BAL	W,2-1	CG	W(12-11)	3	9.0	3	1	0	3	5	0	0	2.73	2.77	34	81				30	0	1	1		0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
29	94	97	Aug 3	KCP		BAL	W,3-2	CG	W(13-11)	2	9.0	6	2	1	2	3	0	0	2.65	2.75	36	70				33	1	0	0		0
30	95	100	Aug 9(1)	KCP	@	NEW	L,0-4	GS-	L(13-12)	5	6.0	8	3	2	1	2	0	0	2.66	2.74	25	47				22	1	0	0		0
31	96	105	Aug 13	KCP	@	BTT	L,2-9			3	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.65	2.72	2					2	0	0	0		0
32	97	106	Aug 14(1)	KCP	@	BUF	W,6-0	SHO	W(14-12)	0	9.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.53	2.67	33	79				33	0	0			0
33	98	109	Aug 17	KCP	@	BUF	W,3-2	CG	W(15-12)	2	9.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.51	2.66	34	64				32	1	0	0		0
34	99	114	Aug 21	KCP	@	BAL	W,6-0	SHO	W(16-12)	3	7.0	6	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.43	2.67	30	65				27	0	0	0		0
35	100	123	Aug 29(2)	KCP	@	SLM	L,0-8	CG	L(16-13)	7	8.0	10	8	8	2	2	0	2	2.66	2.69	37	30				33	4	1			0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
36	101	126	Sep 4	KCP		CHI	W,10-9			5	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.65	2.68	1					1	0	0	0		0
37	102	127	Sep 5	KCP		CHI	L,1-6	GS-	L(16-14)	0	8.0	13	6	4	1	2	0	0	2.72	2.67		37				34					0
38	103	131	Sep 10	KCP		BUF	L,1-3			4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	2.67	1					1	0	0	0		0
39	104	132	Sep 11	KCP		BUF	L,0-2	CG	L(16-15)	0	9.0	7	2	2	0	4	1	0	2.69	2.68	34	69				33	2	0			0
40	105	135	Sep 18(1)	KCP		NEW	W,6-5	GS-		6	7.0	9	5	3	0	6	0	0	2.72	2.62	33	49				30	2	0	0		0
41	106	139	Sep 20	KCP		BTT	L,2-10	CG	L(16-16)	1	9.0	13	10	6	3	1	0	1	2.83	2.65	45	27				39	5	0			0
42	107	143	Sep 23	KCP		BTT	L,0-3			2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	2.65	3					3	0	0	0		0
43	108	144	Sep 24	KCP		BAL	W,9-7		S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	2.65	4					4	0	0	0		0
44	109	146	Sep 26(2)	KCP		BAL	L,3-5			1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	2.65						7					0
45	110	147	Sep 27(1)	KCP		BAL	W,3-1	CG	W(17-16)	0	9.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	2	2.73	2.67	35	76				29	1	0	0		0
46	111	151	Sep 30	KCP	@	SLM	L,2-4	CG	L(17-17)	2	8.0	7	4	0	3	5	0	0	2.65	2.66	35	62				29	0	0	0		1
							22-24		W-L:17-17,Sv:1	2.8	281.2	253	121	83	72	119	5	9	2.65	2.66	957	55				1069	37	13	2		3

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