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Bob Johnson
Robert Lee Johnson (Indian Bob)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 26, 1905 in Pryor, OK (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1933
Final Game: September 23, 1945
Died: July 6, 1982 in Tacoma, WA
Relatives: Brother of Roy Johnson
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1933 27 PHA AL 142 625 535 103 155 44 4 21 93 8 3 85 74 .290 .387 .505 .892 134 270 0 5 *O MVP-15
1934 28 PHA AL 141 609 547 111 168 26 6 34 92 12 8 58 60 .307 .375 .563 .938 143 308 1 3 *O
1935 29 PHA AL 147 664 582 103 174 29 5 28 109 2 4 78 76 .299 .384 .510 .894 130 297 2 2 *O AS
1936 30 PHA AL 153 657 566 91 165 29 14 25 121 6 6 88 71 .292 .389 .525 .913 125 297 2 1 *O4/3
1937 31 PHA AL 138 576 477 91 146 32 6 25 108 9 7 98 65 .306 .425 .556 .981 147 265 1 0 *O/4
1938 32 PHA AL 152 652 563 114 176 27 9 30 113 9 8 87 73 .313 .406 .552 .959 141 311 2 0 *O/45 AS,MVP-17
1939 33 PHA AL 150 653 544 115 184 30 9 23 114 15 5 99 59 .338 .440 .553 .993 155 301 12 0 10 *O/4 AS,MVP-8
1940 34 PHA AL 138 600 512 93 137 25 4 31 103 8 2 83 64 .268 .374 .514 .888 129 263 20 4 1 *O AS
1941 35 PHA AL 149 653 552 98 152 30 8 22 107 6 4 95 75 .275 .385 .478 .863 129 264 16 3 3 *O3
1942 36 PHA AL 149 634 550 78 160 35 7 13 80 3 2 82 61 .291 .384 .451 .835 135 248 16 1 1 *O AS
1943 37 WSH AL 117 505 438 65 116 22 8 7 63 11 5 64 50 .265 .362 .400 .762 127 175 11 3 0 O53 AS,MVP-5
1944 38 BOS AL 144 626 525 106 170 40 8 17 106 2 7 95 67 .324 .431 .528 .959 174 277 14 4 2 *O AS,MVP-10
1945 39 BOS AL 143 593 529 71 148 27 7 12 74 5 3 63 56 .280 .358 .425 .783 125 225 13 1 0 *O MVP-23
13 Seasons 1863 8047 6920 1239 2051 396 95 288 1283 96 64 1075 851 .296 .393 .506 .899 138 3501 102 24 28
162 Game Avg. 162 700 602 108 178 34 8 25 112 8 6 93 74 .296 .393 .506 .899 138 304 2 2
PHA (10 yrs) 1459 6323 5428 997 1617 307 72 252 1040 78 49 853 678 .298 .395 .520 .915 137 2824 64 16 26
BOS (2 yrs) 287 1219 1054 177 318 67 15 29 180 7 10 158 123 .302 .395 .476 .872 150 502 27 5 2
WSH (1 yr) 117 505 438 65 116 22 8 7 63 11 5 64 50 .265 .362 .400 .762 127 175 11 3 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1933 PHA AL 27 OF 142 330 298 16 16 3 .952 2.21 .971 2.21 127-1-15 MVP-15
1934 PHA AL 28 OF 139 332 304 17 11 3 .967 2.31 .968 2.16 139-0-0
1935 PHA AL 29 OF 147 370 337 13 20 4 .946 2.38 .971 2.30 147-0-0 AS
1936 PHA AL 30 OF 131 314 289 13 12 3 .962 2.31 .968 2.29 131-1-0
1936 PHA AL 30 2B 22 127 51 69 7 20 .945 5.45 .972 5.58
1936 PHA AL 30 1B 1 5 5 0 0 2 1.000 5.00 1.000 9.70
1937 PHA AL 31 OF 133 335 313 14 8 3 .976 2.46 .969 2.28 129-6-0
1937 PHA AL 31 2B 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 5.30
1938 PHA AL 32 OF 150 437 400 21 16 3 .963 2.81 .972 2.28 29-122-0 AS,MVP-17
1938 PHA AL 32 2B 3 14 6 6 2 3 .857 4.00 .971 5.33 AS,MVP-17
1938 PHA AL 32 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10 AS,MVP-17
1939 PHA AL 33 OF 150 397 369 15 13 3 .967 2.56 .969 2.35 138-14-0 AS,MVP-8
1939 PHA AL 33 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10 AS,MVP-8
1940 PHA AL 34 OF 136 338 310 15 13 4 .962 2.39 .970 2.32 116-13-8 AS
1941 PHA AL 35 OF 122 307 287 17 3 0 .990 2.49 .973 2.33 118-4-0
1941 PHA AL 35 1B 28 277 254 18 5 29 .982 9.71 .990 9.64
1942 PHA AL 36 OF 149 349 318 18 13 1 .963 2.26 .976 2.31 148-0-1 AS
1943 WSH AL 37 OF 88 224 212 11 1 1 .996 2.53 .977 2.39 88-0-0 AS,MVP-5
1943 WSH AL 37 3B 19 76 27 41 8 5 .895 3.58 .954 3.07 AS,MVP-5
1943 WSH AL 37 1B 10 78 69 9 0 8 1.000 7.80 .991 9.83 AS,MVP-5
1944 BOS AL 38 OF 142 300 270 23 7 3 .977 2.06 .974 2.35 142-0-0 AS,MVP-10
1945 BOS AL 39 OF 140 319 296 15 8 4 .975 2.22 .978 2.27 140-1-0 MVP-23
13 Seasons OF 1769 4352 4003 208 141 35 .968 2.38 .972 2.29 1592-162-24
3 Seasons 1B 39 360 328 27 5 39 .986 9.10 .991 9.69
4 Seasons 2B 28 143 58 76 9 23 .937 4.79 .972 5.52
2 Seasons 3B 20 76 27 41 8 5 .895 3.40 .954 3.07
13 Seasons TOT 1856 4931 4416 352 163 102 .967 2.57 .940 2.51 1592-162-24
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1935 (LF)
1938 *
1939
1940
1942 *
1943 *
1944 (LF)
1945

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1933-AL-15-6%
1938-AL-17-4%
1939-AL-8-15%
1943-AL-5-35%
1944-AL-10-15%
1945-AL-23-2%
0.77 Career Shares (300th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1939 AL--.338--3rd
1944 AL--.324--3rd

On-Base% s c a p y
1937 AL--.425--4th
1939 AL--.440--5th
1942 AL--.384--10th
1944 AL--.431--1st
Career--.393--86th

Slugging % s c a p y
1933 AL--.505--5th
1934 AL--.563--6th
1935 AL--.510--6th
1937 AL--.556--7th
1938 AL--.552--8th
1939 AL--.553--6th
1940 AL--.514--8th
1942 AL--.451--8th
1944 AL--.528--2nd
1945 AL--.425--6th
Career--.506--83rd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1933 AL--.892--5th
1934 AL--.938--8th
1935 AL--.894--9th
1937 AL--.981--7th
1938 AL--.959--10th
1939 AL--.993--6th
1942 AL--.835--8th
1944 AL--.959--1st
1945 AL--.783--8th
Career--.899--67th

Games Played s c a p y
1936 AL--153--9th
1938 AL--152--5th
1939 AL--150--7th
1941 AL--149--10th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1939 AL--653--7th
Career--8047--246th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1933 AL--103--7th
1934 AL--111--9th
1939 AL--115--5th
1944 AL--106--2nd
Career--1239--144th

Hits s c a p y
1939 AL--184--6th
1944 AL--170--6th
Career--2051--235th

Total Bases s c a p y
1933 AL--270--10th
1934 AL--308--7th
1935 AL--297--7th
1936 AL--297--10th
1938 AL--311--4th
1939 AL--301--7th
1944 AL--277--4th
1945 AL--225--7th
Career--3501--147th

Doubles s c a p y
1933 AL--44--2nd
1942 AL--35--5th
1944 AL--40--3rd
Career--396--165th

Triples s c a p y
1936 AL--14--4th
1938 AL--9--9th
1943 AL--8--7th
1944 AL--8--10th
1945 AL--7--8th
Career--95--179th

Home Runs s c a p y
1933 AL--21--4th
1934 AL--34--4th
1935 AL--28--4th
1936 AL--25--6th
1937 AL--25--9th
1938 AL--30--6th
1939 AL--23--8th
1940 AL--31--4th
1941 AL--22--10th
1944 AL--17--6th
1945 AL--12--9th
Career--288--135th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1935 AL--109--7th
1938 AL--113--9th
1939 AL--114--3rd
1940 AL--103--8th
1941 AL--107--6th
1944 AL--106--2nd
1945 AL--74--7th
Career--1283--106th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1933 AL--85--8th
1935 AL--78--10th
1937 AL--98--4th
1939 AL--99--5th
1940 AL--83--10th
1941 AL--95--5th
1942 AL--82--8th
1944 AL--95--2nd
Career--1075--80th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1933 AL--74--5th
1934 AL--60--10th
1935 AL--76--4th
1936 AL--71--4th
1937 AL--65--9th
1938 AL--73--9th
1939 AL--59--10th
1941 AL--75--5th
1942 AL--61--8th
1944 AL--67--5th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1934 AL--12--7th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1933 AL--134--7th
1934 AL--143--8th
1935 AL--130--9th
1937 AL--147--5th
1938 AL--141--7th
1939 AL--155--5th
1940 AL--129--8th
1942 AL--135--8th
1943 AL--127--10th
1944 AL--174--1st
Career--138--84th

Runs Created s c a p y
1933 AL--105--9th
1934 AL--113--9th
1935 AL--112--8th
1938 AL--124--4th
1939 AL--134--4th
1941 AL--100--10th
1942 AL--95--9th
1944 AL--116--2nd
1945 AL--80--7th
Career--1364--118th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1933 AL--28--5th
1934 AL--32--8th
1935 AL--26--8th
1937 AL--38--5th
1938 AL--36--4th
1939 AL--48--4th
1940 AL--23--9th
1942 AL--28--8th
1944 AL--56--1st
Career--392--73rd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1933 AL--2.7--5th
1934 AL--2.9--8th
1935 AL--2.4--8th
1937 AL--3.4--5th
1938 AL--3.2--4th
1939 AL--4.4--4th
1940 AL--2.1--9th
1942 AL--2.9--8th
1944 AL--5.7--1st
Career--37.5--78th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1933 AL--69--3rd
1934 AL--66--7th
1935 AL--62--9th
1938 AL--66--8th
1939 AL--62--8th
1942 AL--55--6th
1944 AL--65--2nd
1945 AL--46--6th
Career--779--109th

Times On Base s c a p y
1935 AL--254--9th
1938 AL--265--9th
1939 AL--283--3rd
1944 AL--269--2nd
1945 AL--212--10th
Career--3150--154th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1933 AL--.685--5th
1935 AL--.661--9th
1937 AL--.715--8th
1939 AL--.748--5th
1942 AL--.681--8th
1944 AL--.789--1st
Career--.682--110th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1940 AL--4--5th
1941 AL--3--10th
1944 AL--4--9th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1940 AL--20--2nd
1941 AL--16--9th
1942 AL--16--6th
1945 AL--13--8th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1934 AL--8--6th
1937 AL--7--9th
1938 AL--8--7th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1933 AL--11.6--7th
1934 AL--17.7--1st
1937 AL--13.2--4th
1938 AL--13.8--6th
1939 AL--18.2--1st
1940 AL--12.7--6th
1941 AL--9.4--10th
1943 AL--8.6--7th
1945 AL--7.1--7th
Career--144.0--185th

AB per HR s c a p y
1933 AL--25.476--4th
1934 AL--16.088--3rd
1935 AL--20.786--4th
1936 AL--22.640--7th
1937 AL--19.080--8th
1938 AL--18.767--8th
1940 AL--16.516--4th
1941 AL--25.091--9th
1944 AL--30.882--4th
1945 AL--44.083--7th
Career--24.028--240th

Oldest s c a p y
1943 AL--born 1905-11-26--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 161 (71), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 91 (175), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 46 (96), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

March 21, 1943: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Washington Senators for Bobby Estalella and cash.

December 4, 1943: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Washington Senators.

December 27, 1945: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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