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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 5:08PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1692. Tommy Dowd… #1693. Joe Gerhardt… #1694. Kevin Mench… #1695. DOC JOHNSTON… #1696. John Flaherty… #1697. Bobby Crosby… #1698. Bill Almon… 

Standard Batting

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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
1909 21 CIN NL 3 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1 /3
1912 24 CLE AL 43 182 164 22 46 7 4 1 11 8 6 11 12 .280 .326 .390 .716 102 64 0 7 3
1913 25 CLE AL 133 583 530 74 135 19 12 2 39 19 35 65 .255 .309 .347 .657 90 184 7 11 *3
1914 26 CLE AL 104 384 340 43 83 15 1 0 23 14 9 28 46 .244 .311 .294 .605 79 100 5 11 3/O
1915 27 PIT NL 147 628 543 71 144 19 12 5 64 26 17 38 40 .265 .328 .372 .700 113 202 13 34 *3
1916 28 PIT NL 114 449 404 33 86 10 10 0 39 17 0 20 42 .213 .262 .287 .549 68 116 7 18 *3
1918 30 CLE AL 74 315 273 30 62 12 2 0 25 12 26 19 .227 .301 .286 .587 70 78 3 13 3
1919 31 CLE AL 102 381 331 42 101 17 3 1 33 21 25 18 .305 .359 .384 .743 103 127 3 22 *3
1920 32 CLE AL 147 593 535 68 156 24 10 2 71 13 7 28 32 .292 .333 .385 .718 87 206 5 25 *3
1921 33 CLE AL 118 444 384 53 114 20 7 2 46 2 9 29 15 .297 .353 .401 .754 90 154 4 27 *3
1922 34 PHA AL 71 300 260 41 65 11 7 1 29 7 6 24 15 .250 .316 .358 .673 74 93 1 15 3
11 Seasons 1056 4270 3774 478 992 154 68 14 381 139 54 264 307 .263 .319 .351 .670 88 1324 48 184
162 Game Avg. 162 655 579 73 152 24 10 2 58 21 41 47 .263 .319 .351 .670 88 203 7 28
CLE (7 yrs) 721 2882 2557 332 697 114 39 8 248 89 31 182 207 .273 .328 .357 .685 88 913 27 116
PIT (2 yrs) 261 1077 947 104 230 29 22 5 103 43 17 58 82 .243 .300 .336 .636 94 318 20 52
PHA (1 yr) 71 300 260 41 65 11 7 1 29 7 6 24 15 .250 .316 .358 .673 74 93 1 15
CIN (1 yr) 3 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1
AL (8 yrs) 792 3182 2817 373 762 125 46 9 277 96 37 206 222 .271 .326 .357 .684 87 1006 28 131
NL (3 yrs) 264 1088 957 105 230 29 22 5 104 43 17 58 85 .240 .298 .332 .630 92 318 20 53

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1909 21 CIN NL 11 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /3
1912 24 CLE AL 182 -1 0 0 0 -1 -1 6 3 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ 3
1913 25 CLE AL 583 -8 2 0 0 4 -4 19 13 1.2 9 1.0 0.2 $ *3
1914 26 CLE AL 384 -9 1 0 0 -6 -3 13 -4 -0.6 2 0.2 -0.8 $ 3/O
1915 27 PIT NL 628 5 2 0 0 -4 -5 17 15 1.6 19 2.1 -0.5 $ *3
1916 28 PIT NL 449 -17 3 0 0 -3 -4 12 -9 -1.2 -6 -0.7 -0.5 $ *3
1918 30 CLE AL 315 -10 1 0 0 -3 -2 10 -4 -0.6 -1 -0.1 -0.5 $ 3
1919 31 CLE AL 381 3 1 0 0 -3 -3 13 11 1.1 14 1.5 -0.4 $ *3
1920 32 CLE AL 593 -11 2 0 0 -1 -7 19 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ *3
1921 33 CLE AL 444 -5 -3 0 0 1 -5 14 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ *3
1922 34 PHA AL 300 -9 1 0 0 -1 -3 10 -2 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ 3
11 Seasons 4270 -64 10 0 0 -17 -37 133 25 1.7 42 4.5 -2.8 $
CLE (7 yrs) 2882 -41 4 0 0 -9 -25 94 23 1.8 32 3.4 -1.6 $
PIT (2 yrs) 1077 -12 5 0 0 -7 -9 29 6 0.4 13 1.4 -1.0 $
PHA (1 yr) 300 -9 1 0 0 -1 -3 10 -2 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $
CIN (1 yr) 11 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $

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
1920 32 CLE AL WS BRO W 5 14 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 .273 .385 .273 .657 3 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 5 14 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 .273 .385 .273 .657 3 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
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 73 787 738 40 9 29 .989 10.66 .986 11.14
1919 CLE AL 31 1B 98 1030 957 57 16 62 .984 10.35 .988 10.68
1920 CLE AL 32 1B 147 1530 1427 91 12 98 .992 10.33 .990 10.82
1921 CLE AL 33 1B 116 1034 960 62 12 74 .988 8.81 .991 10.63
1922 PHA AL 34 1B 65 679 641 31 7 38 .990 10.34 .991 10.80
11 Seasons 1B 1023 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 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.
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1913 AL  12 (9th)
1915 NL  12 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1915 NL  5 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1913 AL  65 (3rd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1915 NL  26 (9th)
1919 AL  21 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1913 AL  7 (10th)
1915 NL  13 (4th)
1916 NL  7 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1915 NL  34 (3rd)
1921 AL  27 (10th)
Career  184 (100th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1915 NL  8.4 (8th)

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)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 10 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1725), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Adonis Terry (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Adonis Terry (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Kitty Bransfield (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. George Stovall (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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