Darrell Johnson

Darrell Dean Johnson

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 25, 1928 in Horace, NE
High School: Richmond HS (Richmond, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1952
Teams (by GP): Browns/Yankees/WhiteSox/Reds/Phillies/... 1952-1962

Final Game: June 6, 1962
Died: May 3, 2004 in Fairfield, CA
Buried: Rockville Cemetery, Fairfield, CA
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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
1949	20	BAL-min	D	88	322	322		89	19	1	9						.276	.276	.425	.702		137							RED · FARW
1950	21	BAL-min	C	131	493	493		162	36	9	13						.329	.329	.517	.846		255							MSH · ETXL
1951	22	ATL-BAL-min	B,AA	120	457	457		134	19	3	5						.293	.293	.381	.674		174							WFL,SAN · BSTL,TL
1952	23	BAL-min	AA	24	83	83		27	3	0	3						.325	.325	.470	.795		39							SAN · TL
1952	23	TOT	AL	51	132	115	12	26	2	1	0	10	1	0	16	13	.226	.321	.261	.581	62	30	3	0	1			2
1952	23	SLB	AL	29	89	78	9	22	2	1	0	9	0	0	11	4	.282	.371	.333	.704	95	26	2	0	0			2
1952	23	CHW	AL	22	43	37	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	9	.108	.214	.108	.322	-9	4	1	0	1			2

1953	24	CHW-min	AA	113	370	370		92	15	1	4						.249	.249	.327	.576		121							MEM · SOUA
1954	25	RMD	AAA	90	330	291	32	76	10	0	6	37	0		34	38	.261	.338	.357	.696		104		1	2	2			RMD · IL
1955	26	NYY-min	AAA	152	593	555	56	170	26	4	4	49	3		33	39	.306	.348	.389	.737		216	20	3	1	1			DEN · AA
1956	27	NYY-min	AAA	107	394	367	61	117	20	3	7	48	1		17	32	.319	.355	.447	.802		164	11	6	0	4			DEN · AA
1957	28	NYY	AL	21	51	46	4	10	1	0	1	8	0	0	3	10	.217	.275	.304	.579	59	14	1	1	0	1	0	2
1958	29	NYY	AL	5	16	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	41	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1959	30	NYY-min	AAA	94	333	316	22	69	8	0	4	28	1		14	36	.218	.249	.282	.531		89		0	0	3	5		RMD · IL
1960	31	STL	NL	8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1961	32	TOT	NL	41	121	115	7	31	3	0	1	9	0	0	4	10	.270	.298	.322	.619	66	37	3	1	0	1	0	2
1961	32	PHI	NL	21	65	61	4	14	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	8	.230	.277	.246	.523	42	15	2	1	0	0	0	2
1961	32	CIN	NL	20	56	54	3	17	2	0	1	6	0	0	1	2	.315	.321	.407	.729	92	22	1	0	0	1	0	2
1962	33	TOT	MLB	8	28	26	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.154	.214	.154	.368	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	/2
1962	33	CIN	NL	2	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	/2
1962	33	BAL	AL	6	22	22	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1965	36	BAL-min	AAA	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			ROC · IL
6 Yrs				134	351	320	24	75	6	1	2	28	1	0	26	39	.234	.294	.278	.572	57	89	7	2	1	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	424	387	29	91	7	1	2	34	1	0	31	47	.234	.294	.278	.572	57	108	8	2	1

CIN (2 yrs)				22	62	58	3	17	2	0	1	6	0	0	3	2	.293	.323	.379	.702	85	22	1	0	0	1	1
NYY (2 yrs)				26	67	62	5	14	1	0	1	8	0	0	3	12	.226	.269	.290	.559	55	18	1	1	0	1	0
BAL (2 yrs)				35	111	100	9	26	2	1	0	10	0	0	11	8	.260	.333	.300	.633	76	30	2	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				21	65	61	4	14	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	8	.230	.277	.246	.523	42	15	2	1	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				22	43	37	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	9	.108	.214	.108	.322	-9	4	1	0	1

AL (4 yrs)				83	221	199	17	44	3	1	1	19	1	0	19	29	.221	.291	.261	.552	54	52	4	1	1	1	0
NL (3 yrs)				51	130	121	7	31	3	0	1	9	0	0	7	10	.256	.300	.306	.606	62	37	3	1	0	1	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1952	23	SLB	AL	29	89	0	-0	-0	1	1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.504	.501	0.2	0.2	2	$	2
1952	23	CHW	AL	22	43	-5	-0	-0	-1	0	-6	-0.7	1	-5	-0.6	.468	.496	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$	2

1957	28	NYY	AL	21	51	-3	-0	-0	-1	1	-4	-0.4	1	-2	-0.2	.481	.498	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	2
1958	29	NYY	AL	5	16	-1	-1	0	1	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/2

1960	31	STL	NL	8	3	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
1961	32	PHI	NL	21	65	-5	0	-0	0	1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.479	.497	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	2
1961	32	CIN	NL	20	56	0	0	-0	1	1	2	0.2	2	4	0.4	.511	.501	0.3	0.2	3	$	2
1962	33	CIN	NL	2	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.463	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/2
1962	33	BAL	AL	6	22	-3	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.455	.498	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/2
6 Seasons				134	351	-19	-1	-1	1	4	-15	-1.7	10	-4	-0.6	.488	.499	-0.7	0.6	-5	$

CIN (2 yrs)				22	62	-1	0	-0	1	1	2	0.1	2	4	0.3	.507	.500	0.2	0.2	3	$
NYY (2 yrs)				26	67	-4	-1	0	0	1	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.2	.483	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$
BAL (2 yrs)				35	111	-3	-0	-0	1	1	-2	-0.2	3	2	0.1	.495	.500	0.0	0.2	1	$
PHI (1 yr)				21	65	-5	0	-0	0	1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.479	.497	-0.2	0.1	-2	$
STL (1 yr)				8	3	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
CHW (1 yr)				22	43	-5	-0	-0	-1	0	-6	-0.7	1	-5	-0.6	.468	.496	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1961	32	CIN	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1952	TOT	AL	23	C	43	29	24	288.2	189	161	23	5	4	.974			5.74	4.28	.985	5.44	5.44	0	5	11	6	35%	46%	2
1952	SLB	AL	23	C	22	18	16	173.0	101	86	14	1	3	.990			5.20	4.55	.985	5.44	5.44	0	1	5	4	44%	46%	2
1952	CHW	AL	23	C	21	11	8	115.2	88	75	9	4	1	.955			6.54	4.00	.985	5.44	5.44	0	4	6	2	25%	46%	0
1957	NYY	AL	28	C	20	12	5	126.1	83	75	8	0	1	1.000	-1	-9	5.91	4.15	.991	5.92	5.94	1	4	6	4	40%	47%	0
1958	NYY	AL	29	C	4	4	3	33.0	25	22	3	0	1	1.000	1	36	6.82	6.25	.990	6.00	5.95	1	1	1	3	75%	47%	0
1960	STL	NL	31	C	8	0	0	13.0	11	10	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	7.62	1.38	.986	6.58	6.58	0	1	1	0	0%	40%	0
1961	TOT	NL	32	C	41	36	25	293.0	223	198	23	2	4	.991	1	4	6.79	5.39	.985	6.39	6.32	6	15	19	16	46%	38%	0
1961	PHI	NL	32	C	21	19	13	150.0	114	99	13	2	2	.982	0	0	6.72	5.33	.985	6.39	6.32	4	9	9	9	50%	38%	0
1961	CIN	NL	32	C	20	17	12	143.0	109	99	10	0	2	1.000	1	8	6.86	5.45	.985	6.39	6.32	2	6	10	7	41%	38%	0
1962	TOT	MLB	33	C	8	8	7	69.0	50	46	4	0	1	1.000	0	0	6.52	6.25	.988	6.39	6.38	3	2	5	3	38%	36%	0
1962	CIN	NL	33	C	2	2	2	16.0	18	16	2	0	0	1.000	0	0	10.12	9.00	.987	6.69	6.65	0	1	2	1	33%	34%	0
1962	BAL	AL	33	C	6	6	5	53.0	32	30	2	0	1	1.000	0	0	5.43	5.33	.989	6.30	6.28	3	1	3	2	40%	36%	0
	6 Seasons			C	124	89	64	823.0	581	512	62	7	11	.988	1	1	6.28	4.63	.986	5.97	5.96	11	28	43	32	43%	41%	2
	6 Seasons			TOT	124	89	64	823.0	581	512	62	7	11	.988	1	1	6.28	4.63	.986	5.97	5.96	11	28	43	32	43%	41%	2

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 1961 NL 45.7 (4th)	Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y 1958 AL 1 (5th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1961 NL 45.7 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1958 AL 1 (5th)

Transactions

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.
July 28, 1952: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Jim Rivera to the Chicago White Sox for Ray Coleman and Jay Porter.
June 13, 1953: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Lou Kretlow and $75,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Bob Elliott and Virgil Trucks.
December 1, 1954: the Baltimore Orioles sent Mike Blyzka, Jim Fridley, Darrell Johnson and Dick Kryhoski to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on November 17, 1954. November 17, 1954: The Baltimore Orioles sent players to be named later, Billy Hunter, Don Larsen and Bob Turley to the New York Yankees for players to be named later, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Willy Miranda, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos and Gene Woodling.
November 30, 1959: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals from the New York Yankees in the 1959 rule 5 draft.
August 5, 1960: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
Before 1961 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
July 8, 1961: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
July 9, 1961: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
August 14, 1961: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Philadelphia Phillies.
April 24, 1962: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
April 24, 1962: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
June 12, 1962: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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