Chief Johnson
George Howard Johnson (Murphy and Big Murph)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 30, 1886 in Winnebago, NE (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1913
Final Game: September 30, 1915
Died: June 11, 1922 in Des Moines, IA
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 43 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 107 1.152 8.1 0.2 2.3 3.8 1.66
3 Seasons 40 43 .482 2.95 111 85 13 44 9 2 688.1 667 338 226 15 192 304 19 2 21 2816 104 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 7 977 104 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 104 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 104 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

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
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 104 1.248 8.7 0.2 2.5 4.0 1.58 104

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1913 27 17 12 .586 3.41 264.0 266 111 100 8 91 105 7 1.352 9.1 3.1 3.6 1.15 0.3 44
1914 28 7 7 .500 3.95 130.0 173 63 57 2 37 74 4 1.615 12.0 2.6 5.1 2.00 0.1 21
1915 29 16 13 .552 3.55 269.0 282 118 106 6 79 113 9 1.342 9.4 2.6 3.8 1.43 0.2 46
3 Seasons 40 32 .556 3.57 663.0 721 292 263 16 207 292 20 1.400 9.8 4.0 1.41 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--1126--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 13 (1298), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (602), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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