Doc Johnston

Wheeler Roger Johnston

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 9, 1887 in Cleveland, TN (All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1909
Teams (by GP): Indians/Naps/Pirates/Athletics/Reds 1909-1922

Final Game: September 30, 1922
Died: February 17, 1961 in Chattanooga, TN
Buried: Brainerd Methodist Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN
Relatives: Brother of Jimmy Johnston
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G
1909	CIN	NL	21	1B	3			27	25	2	0	0	1.000	9.00	.985	10.83
1912	CLE	AL	24	1B	41			350	330	17	3	27	.991	8.46	.983	10.38
1913	CLE	AL	25	1B	133			1410	1319	76	15	76	.989	10.49	.986	10.85
1914	CLE	AL	26	1B	90			895	847	36	12	43	.987	9.81	.985	10.57
1914	CLE	AL	26	OF	2			6	6	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	.957	2.00	0-2-0
1915	PIT	NL	27	1B	147			1514	1453	48	13	65	.991	10.21	.990	10.61
1916	PIT	NL	28	1B	110			1103	1042	47	14	44	.987	9.90	.987	10.80
1918	CLE	AL	30	1B	73	73	72	787	738	40	9	29	.989	10.66	.986	11.14
1919	CLE	AL	31	1B	98	95	93	1030	957	57	16	62	.984	10.35	.988	10.68
1920	CLE	AL	32	1B	147	143	132	1530	1427	91	12	98	.992	10.33	.990	10.82
1921	CLE	AL	33	1B	116	101	81	1034	960	62	12	74	.988	8.81	.991	10.63
1922	PHA	AL	34	1B	65	65	61	679	641	31	7	38	.990	10.34	.991	10.80
	11 Seasons			1B	1023	477	439	10359	9739	507	113	556	.989	10.02	.988	10.74
	1 Season			OF	2			6	6	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	.957	2.00	0-2-0
	11 Seasons			TOT	1025	477	439	10365	9745	507	113	556	.989	10.00	.988	10.72	0-2-0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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.
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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	CF	OF	PH	PR
1909	CIN	NL	21	3		3		3	0	0
1912	CLE	AL	24	43		43		41	0	0
1913	CLE	AL	25	133		133		133	0	0
1914	CLE	AL	26	104		104		90	2	2
1915	PIT	NL	27	147		147		147	0	0
1916	PIT	NL	28	114		114		110	0	0
1918	CLE	AL	30	74		74		73	0	0
1919	CLE	AL	31	102	95	102	98	98	0	0	4	0
1920	CLE	AL	32	147	143	147	147	147	0	0	0	0
1921	CLE	AL	33	118	101	118	116	116	0	0	2	0
1922	PHA	AL	34	71	65	71	65	65	0	0	6	0
	11 Seasons			1056	404	1056	426	1023	2	2	12	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

Putouts† s c a p y 1913 AL 1,319 (4th) 1915 NL 1,453 (2nd) 1920 AL 1,427 (4th)	Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1913 AL 133 (3rd) 1915 NL 147 (3rd) 1920 AL 147 (4th)	Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1913 AL 1,319 (4th) 1915 NL 1,453 (2nd) 1920 AL 1,427 (4th)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 1913 AL 76 (4th) 1920 AL 91 (4th)
Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1913 AL 15 (3rd) 1915 NL 13 (3rd) 1916 NL 14 (5th) 1919 AL 16 (3rd) 1921 AL 12 (4th) Career 113 (95th)	Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1913 AL 10.49 (5th) Career 10.02 (64th)	Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1913 AL .989 (3rd) 1914 AL .987 (5th) 1915 NL .991 (4th) 1916 NL .987 (4th) 1918 AL .989 (4th) 1920 AL .992 (2nd)

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