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Art Johnson

Arthur Henry Johnson (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 16, 1919 in Winchester, MA
High School: Winchester HS (Winchester, MA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1940
Teams (by GP): Braves/Bees 1940-1942

Final Game: September 19, 1942
Died: April 27, 2008 in Holden, MA
Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Holden, MA
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1940 20 BSN NL 0 1 .000 10.50 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 10 7 7 0 3 1 1 0 0 33 37 2.167 15.0 0.0 4.5 1.5 0.33
1941 21 BSN NL 7 15 .318 3.53 43 18 13 6 0 1 183.1 189 92 72 7 71 70 5 0 2 793 100 1.418 9.3 0.3 3.5 3.4 0.99
1942 22 BSN NL 0 0 1.42 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 4 1 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 27 250 1.421 5.7 0.0 7.1 0.0 0.00
3 Yrs 7 16 .304 3.68 49 19 15 6 0 1 195.2 203 100 80 7 79 71 7 0 2 853 96 1.441 9.3 0.3 3.6 3.3 0.90
162 Game Avg. 7 16 .304 3.68 49 19 15 6 0 1 196 203 100 80 7 79 71 7 0 2 853 96 1.441 9.3 0.3 3.6 3.3 0.90

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1940 20 BSN NL 6.0 2 1 7 10.50 4.33 0.08 0.00 98.4 4.18 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .316 .498 $
1941 21 BSN NL 183.1 43 18 92 4.52 4.38 0.07 0.00 97.0 4.18 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.0 13 .485 .496 $
1942 22 BSN NL 6.1 4 0 1 1.42 4.24 0.03 0.00 100.9 4.25 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.3 3 .562 .502 $
3 Seasons 195.2 49 19 100 4.60 4.37 0.07 0.00 97.2 4.18 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 1.0 12 .484 .498 $

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1940 20 BSN NL 33 0.0% 3.0% 9.1% 85%
1941 21 BSN NL 793 0.9% 8.8% 9.0% 2.3% 10% 78%
1942 22 BSN NL 28 0.0% 0.0% 17.9% 79%
3 Yrs 854 0.8% 8.3% 9.3% 2.1% 9% 79%
MLB Averages 1.4% 9.2% 8.9% 3.0% 13% 79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1940 20 0 1 .000 10.50 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 10 7 7 0 3 1 1 0 0 33 37 2.167 15.0 0.0 4.5 1.5 0.33 37
1941 21 7 16 .304 3.76 45 19 13 6 0 1 189.1 199 99 79 7 74 71 6 0 2 826 94 1.442 9.5 0.3 3.5 3.4 0.96 94
1942 22 7 16 .304 3.68 49 19 15 6 0 1 195.2 203 100 80 7 79 71 7 0 2 853 96 1.441 9.3 0.3 3.6 3.3 0.90 96

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1940 20 0 0 10.29 7.0 11 9 8 0 3 1 1 2.000 14.1 3.9 1.3 0.33 0.0 2
1941 21 9 10 .474 4.02 179.0 204 89 80 8 77 68 5 1.570 10.3 3.9 3.4 0.88 0.4 43
1942 22 0 0 1.50 6.0 4 1 1 0 5 0 1 1.500 6.0 7.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 4
3 Yrs 9 10 .474 4.17 192.0 219 99 89 8 85 69 7 1.583 10.3 3.2 0.81 0.4 49

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1941 NL  43 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 NL  0.344 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1941 NL  15 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1941 NL  5 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1940 NL  born 1919-07-16 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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