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Dick Johnston

Richard Frederick Johnston

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: April 6, 1863 in Kingston, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1884
Teams (by GP): Beaneaters/Kelly'sKillers/Giants/Virginians/Reds 1884-1891

Final Game: August 16, 1891
Died: April 4, 1934 in Detroit, MI
Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Kingston, NY
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1884 RIC AA 21 OF 37 111 86 10 15 3 .865 2.59 .847 1.64 0-37-0
1884 RIC AA 21 SS 2 6 1 3 2 0 .667 2.00 .862 4.30
1885 BSN NL 22 OF 26 57 40 8 9 2 .842 1.85 .881 1.85 0-26-0
1886 BSN NL 23 OF 109 305 243 29 33 4 .892 2.50 .890 1.75 0-109-0
1887 BSN NL 24 OF 127 400 339 34 27 9 .933 2.94 .883 1.97 0-127-0
1888 BSN NL 25 OF 135 352 286 30 36 3 .898 2.34 .906 1.91 0-135-0
1889 BSN NL 26 OF 132 315 267 22 26 6 .917 2.19 .910 2.00 0-132-0
1890 TOT PL 27 OF 78 208 167 19 22 3 .894 2.38 .904 2.11 12-64-2
1890 BOS PL 27 OF 2 5 3 1 1 0 .800 2.00 .904 2.10 0-2-0
1890 NYI PL 27 OF 76 203 164 18 21 3 .897 2.39 .904 2.11 12-62-2
1890 NYI PL 27 SS 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .870 5.15
1891 CKK AA 28 OF 99 238 193 20 25 4 .895 2.15 .908 1.88 0-99-1
8 Seasons OF 743 1986 1621 172 193 34 .903 2.41 .896 1.91 12-729-3
2 Seasons SS 4 8 3 3 2 0 .750 1.50 .864 4.72
8 Seasons TOT 747 1994 1624 175 195 34 .902 2.41 .895 1.93 12-729-3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1884 RIC AA 21 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 37 0 37 0
1885 BSN NL 22 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 26 0
1886 BSN NL 23 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 109 0
1887 BSN NL 24 127 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 0 127 0
1888 BSN NL 25 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 135 0
1889 BSN NL 26 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 132 0
1890 NYI PL 27 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 62 2 76 0
1890 BOS PL 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
1891 CKK AA 28 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 1 99 0
8 Seasons 746 746 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 729 3 743 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1887 NL  127 (1st)
1888 NL  135 (2nd)
1889 NL  132 (3rd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1886 NL  243 (1st)
1887 NL  339 (1st)
1888 NL  286 (3rd)
1889 NL  267 (3rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1886 NL  29 (3rd)
1887 NL  34 (2nd)
1888 NL  30 (2nd)
Career  172 (84th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1886 NL  33 (1st)
1888 NL  36 (3rd)
1889 NL  26 (5th)
Career  193 (38th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1886 NL  2.50 (1st)
1887 NL  2.94 (1st)
1888 NL  2.34 (4th)
1891 AA  2.15 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1887 NL  .933 (3rd)

                           

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