Syl Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: December 31, 1900 in Portland, OR us

Died: February 20, 1985 in Portland, OR

Buried: Portland Memorial Cemetery, Portland, OR

High School: Portland HS (Portland, OR)

Debut: April 24, 1922 (Age 21-114d, 5,440th in major league history)
vs. SLB 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 14, 1940 (Age 39-258d)
vs. CHC 9.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: Sylvester W. Johnson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.4

112

117

ERA

4.06

542

209

2165.2

920

WHIP

1.283

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-12 / in Starts: 15-9
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 74 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	41 (17-16-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 74 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	50 (25-15-9)

Most Driven In
C Gelbert	4
J Wilson	1
C Hafey	0
J Bottomley	0

Most Driven In By
T Douthit	3
A High	2
F Frisch	2
S Adams	1

1930 Batting Game Log

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1930 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	199	2 (1)	Apr 16	STL		CHC	W,13-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.19	-0.026	.43	-0.04%	-1.62	P
2	200	5 (2)	Apr 19	STL		PIT	L,4-5	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9						P
3	201	9 (3)	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	.70	-0.081	1.40	-0.10%	-0.56	P
4	202	14 (4)	Apr 30	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.308	.385	.692	9	1.42	0.016	3.09	0.02%	0.63	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	203	21 (6)	May 9	STL		BSN	W,10-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.357	.643	9	.30	-0.008	.49	-0.01%	-0.15	P
6	204	28 (6)	May 18 (1)	STL		CHC	L,6-9	GS-0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.313	.313	.375	.688	9						P
7	205	34 (5)	May 24 (2)	STL		CIN	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.350	.650	9	.49	-0.070	1.74	-0.15%	-0.78	P
8	206	38 (3)	May 30 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.333	.619	9	.76	-0.021	3.25	-0.05%	-0.21	P
9	207	39	May 30 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,8-9	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.333	.619	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	208	44 (4)	Jun 3	STL	@	PHI	W,11-10	GS-9	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.269	.280	.549	9	.87	-0.072	2.28	-0.11%	-1.43	P
11	209	50 (5)	Jun 10	STL	@	BSN	W,2-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.250	.259	.509	9	1.09	-0.059	1.88	-0.06%	-0.49	P
12	210	54 (3)	Jun 16	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.241	.250	.491	9	.76	-0.020	1.73	-0.03%	-0.21	P
13	211	59 (4)	Jun 23	STL		BSN	L,9-12	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.226	.233	.459	9	.62	-0.035	.92	-0.03%	-0.75	P
14	212	64 (4)	Jun 29 (1)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0				0	0	.212	.257	.242	.500	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	213	69 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CIN	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.231	.216	.447	9	.99	-0.108	1.45	-0.09%	-1.27	P
16	214	75 (5)	Jul 9	STL		PIT	W,7-6	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.244	.211	.454	9	.74	-0.004	1.26	-0.01%	-0.07	P
17	215	80 (4)	Jul 17	STL	@	NYG	L,9-12	GS-6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.279	.250	.529	9	.49	0.034	.75	0.03%	0.44	P
18	216	84 (3)	Jul 20	STL	@	BRO	W,15-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.279	.250	.529	9						P
19	217	88 (3)	Jul 23	STL	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.283	.238	.521	9	1.39	-0.068	3.14	-0.09%	-0.35	P
20	218	93 (4)	Jul 27 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.260	.217	.477	9	1.31	-0.143	.77	-0.05%	-1.93	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	219	99 (5)	Aug 2	STL	@	CIN	W,9-8	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.255	.213	.468	9	1.53	-0.037	.51	-0.01%	-0.52	P
22	220	101 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.250	.208	.458	9	.11	-0.003	.07	0.00%	-0.13	P
23	221	104 (2)	Aug 7	STL		CHC	L,5-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.245	.204	.449	9	.30	-0.008	.24	0.00%	-0.15	P
24	222	109 (4)	Aug 11	STL		BRO	W,7-6	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.255	.216	.470	9	.80	0.069	.45	0.02%	0.76	P
25	223	115 (5)	Aug 17 (1)	STL		NYG	L,4-12	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.255	.216	.470	9						P
26	224	120 (4)	Aug 22	STL		PHI	W,10-8	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.255	.216	.470	9						P
27	225	126 (5)	Aug 28	STL	@	CHC	W,8-7	9-GF(20)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.250	.214	.464	9	2.07	-0.154	5.18	-0.23%	-0.10	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	226	132 (5)	Sep 4	STL		CIN	W,13-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.266	.250	.516	9	.62	0.026	1.92	0.05%	-0.30	P
29	227	137 (4)	Sep 10	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.258	.242	.500	9	1.25	-0.063	8.05	-0.25%	-0.61	P
30	228	142 (4)	Sep 14 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,4-7	GS-4	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.269	.270	.538	9	.52	0.030	6.60	0.23%	0.44	P
31	229	144 (1)	Sep 17	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.261	.262	.522	9	.83	-0.045	21.17	-0.68%	-0.42	P
32	230	149 (4)	Sep 22	STL	@	PHI	W,15-7	GS-9	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1		1		1	0	.217	.260	.275	.536	9	.40	0.000	3.10	0.00%	0.56	P
							20-12		74	69	9	15	4	0	0	5	4	0	28	0	1		1		1	0	.217	.260	.275	.536		.87	-0.850	2.76	-1.64%	-9.21

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