Chief Johnson

George Howard Johnson (Murphy or Big Murph)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 30, 1886 in Winnebago, NE (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1913
Teams (by GP): Packers/Reds 1913-1915

Final Game: September 30, 1915
Died: June 12, 1922 in Des Moines, IA
Buried: Winnebago Cemetery, Winnebago, NE
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1909	23	SXC,LIN	A	15	19	.441		45											105													SXC,LIN · WL
1910	24	STJ	A	19	19	.500		46											99													STJ · WL
1911	25	STJ	A	14	10	.583		35											58													STJ · WL
1912	26	STJ	A	23	10	.697		49						312.0	263	113			72							1.074	7.6		2.1			STJ · WL
1913	27	CIN	NL	14	16	.467	3.01	44	31	7	13	3	0	269.0	251	137	90	8	86	107	7	2	6	1107	107	1.253	8.4	0.3	2.9	3.6	1.24
1914	28	TOT	MLB	9	10	.474	3.26	21	20	0	12	2	0	138.0	163	80	50	2	35	79	4	0	2	583	95	1.435	10.6	0.1	2.3	5.2	2.26
1914	28	CIN	NL	0	0		6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	20	49	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	2.3	0.50
1914	28	KCP	FL	9	10	.474	3.16	20	19	0	12	2	0	134.0	157	76	47	2	33	78	4	0	2	563	98	1.418	10.5	0.1	2.2	5.2	2.36
1915	29	KCP	FL	17	17	.500	2.75	46	34	6	19	4	2	281.1	253	121	86	5	71	118	8	0	13	1126	108	1.152	8.1	0.2	2.3	3.8	1.66
1916	30	VER	AA	8	14	.364	3.87	39						200.0	186	107	86		73							1.295	8.4		3.3			VER · PCL
1917	31	VER,SFR	AA	25	23	.521	2.44	57						398.2	341	157	108		130							1.181	7.7		2.9			VER,SFR · PCL
1918	32	SFR	AA	2	6	.250	3.18	15	9					76.1	78	41	27		27							1.376	9.2		3.2			SFR · PCL
3 Yrs				40	43	.482	2.95	111	85	13	44	9	2	688.1	667	338	226	15	192	304	19	2	21	2816	105	1.248	8.7	0.2	2.5	4.0	1.58
162 Game Avg.				14	15	.482	2.95	39	29	5	15	3	1	239	231	117	78	5	67	105	7	1	7	977	105	1.248	8.7	0.2	2.5	4.0	1.58

CIN (2 yrs)				14	16	.467	3.07	45	32	7	13	3	0	273.0	257	141	93	8	88	108	7	2	6	1127	105	1.264	8.5	0.3	2.9	3.6	1.23
KCP (2 yrs)				26	27	.491	2.88	66	53	6	31	6	2	415.1	410	197	133	7	104	196	12	0	15	1689	105	1.238	8.9	0.2	2.3	4.2	1.88

FL (2 yrs)				26	27	.491	2.88	66	53	6	31	6	2	415.1	410	197	133	7	104	196	12	0	15	1689	105	1.238	8.9	0.2	2.3	4.2	1.88
NL (2 yrs)				14	16	.467	3.07	45	32	7	13	3	0	273.0	257	141	93	8	88	108	7	2	6	1127	105	1.264	8.5	0.3	2.9	3.6	1.23

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
1913	27	CIN	NL	269.0	44	31	137	4.58	4.18	-0.09	0.00	101.0	4.31	-8	-0.9	1.0	-0.2	0.9	14	.480	.494	$2,250
1914	28	CIN	NL	4.0	1	1	4	9.00	3.90	0.05	0.00	104.0	4.01	-2	-0.2		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.296	.499	$3,200
1914	28	KCP	FL	134.0	20	19	76	5.10	4.10	-0.06	0.00	96.0	3.99	-17	-1.8	1.0	-0.1	-1.4	-12	.411	.489	$5,000
1915	29	KCP	FL	281.1	46	34	121	3.87	3.89	0.10	0.00	98.0	3.72	-5	-0.6	1.0	-0.2	0.2	5	.487	.496	$5,000
3 Seasons				688.1	111	85	338	4.42	4.04	-0.01	0.00	98.8	4.00	-33	-3.5	1.0	-0.4	-0.5	6	.469	.495	$15,450

CIN (2 yrs)				273.0	45	32	141	4.65	4.18	-0.09	0.00	101.0	4.31	-10	-1.1	1.0	-0.2	0.7	12	.476	.497	$5,450
KCP (2 yrs)				415.1	66	53	197	4.27	3.96	0.05	0.00	97.4	3.80	-23	-2.4	1.0	-0.2	-1.2	-7	.464	.493	$10,000

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1913	27	14	16	.467	3.01	44	31	7	13	3	0	269.0	251	137	90	8	86	107	7	2	6	1107	107	1.253	8.4	0.3	2.9	3.6	1.24	107
1914	28	23	26	.469	3.10	65	51	7	25	5	0	407.0	414	217	140	10	121	186	11	2	8	1690	103	1.314	9.2	0.2	2.7	4.1	1.54	103
1915	29	40	43	.482	2.95	111	85	13	44	9	2	688.1	667	338	226	15	192	304	19	2	21	2816	105	1.248	8.7	0.2	2.5	4.0	1.58	105

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1913	27	17	12	.586	3.39	263.0	269	110	99	9	92	104	8	1.373	9.2	3.1	3.6	1.13	0.3	44
1914	28	7	7	.500	4.08	128.0	179	64	58	2	38	73	4	1.695	12.6	2.7	5.1	1.92	0.1	21
1915	29	16	13	.552	3.54	267.0	286	117	105	6	80	112	9	1.371	9.6	2.7	3.8	1.40	0.2	46
3 Yrs		40	32	.556	3.58	658.0	734	291	262	17	210	289	21	1.435	10.0		4.0	1.38	0.2	111

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1915 FL 1.152 (10th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1915 FL 2.271 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 1913 NL 44 (6th) 1915 FL 46 (4th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1915 FL 281.3 (9th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1915 FL 118 (10th)	Games Started s c a p y 1915 FL 34 (6th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1913 NL 3 (8th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1913 NL 8 (9th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1913 NL 86 (9th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1915 FL 1.662 (8th)	Losses s c a p y 1913 NL 16 (8th) 1915 FL 17 (6th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1913 NL 90 (9th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1913 NL 6 (7th) 1915 FL 13 (1st)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1915 FL 1,126 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 13 (1324), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 13 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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