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Don Johnson

Donald Spore Johnson (Pep)

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 7, 1911 in Chicago, IL
School: Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1943
Team: Cubs 1943-1948

Final Game: May 16, 1948
Died: April 6, 2000 in Laguna Beach, CA
Relatives: Son of Ernie Johnson
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1932	20	SLE	AA	36	105	105		22	2	1	0					.210	.210	.248	.457		26					SLE · PCL
1933	21	SLE	AA	90	269	269		63	12	2	1					.234	.234	.305	.539		82					SLE · PCL
1934	22	BOS-min	A	17	62	62		13	2	0	0					.210	.210	.242	.452		15					REA · NYPL
1935	23	LAD-min	AA	159	630	630		171	34	3	7					.271	.271	.368	.640		232					SAC · PCL
1936	24	MIS	AA	54	156	156		49	5	2	0					.314	.314	.372	.686		58					MIS · PCL
1937	25	MIS	AA	121	410	410		103	17	1	1					.251	.251	.305	.556		125					MIS · PCL
1938	26	HOL	AA	121	389	389		86	20	2	2					.221	.221	.298	.519		116					HOL · PCL
1939	27	TUL	A1	153	568	568		153	31	8	5					.269	.269	.379	.648		215					TUL · TL
1940	28	CHC-min	A1,AA	134	492	492		115	23	5	2					.234	.234	.313	.547		154					TUL,HOL · TL,PCL
1941	29	CHC-min	A1	154	614	614		153	20	5	2					.249	.249	.308	.557		189					TUL · TL
1942	30	CHC-min	A1	144	562	562		145	21	4	2					.258	.258	.320	.578		180					TUL · TL
1943	31	MLW	AA	139	549	509	71	144	28	5	6	71	5	29	38	.283	.324	.393	.717		200	5	2	9		MLW · AA
1943	31	CHC	NL	10	45	42	5	8	2	0	0	1	0	2	4	.190	.227	.238	.465	36	10	0	0	1	4
1944	32	CHC	NL	154	644	608	50	169	37	1	2	71	8	28	48	.278	.311	.352	.663	87	214	11	1	7	*4	AS
1945	33	CHC	NL	138	614	557	94	168	23	2	2	58	9	32	34	.302	.343	.361	.704	97	201	10	3	22	*4	MVP-21
1946	34	CHC	NL	83	353	314	37	76	10	1	1	19	6	26	39	.242	.306	.290	.596	71	91	7	3	10	4
1947	35	CHC	NL	120	434	402	33	104	17	2	3	26	2	24	45	.259	.302	.333	.635	71	134	5	1	7	*4/5
1948	36	CHC-min	AAA,A	86	362	345	34	102	21	2	6	28	1	13	28	.296	.321	.420	.742		145		0	4		LOS,DMO · PCL,WL
1948	36	CHC	NL	6	12	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	3	1	0	0	/45
1950	38	CHW-min	AAA	67	245	229	27	50	8	0	1	22	4	12	26	.218	.257	.266	.524		61		0	4		SAC · PCL
6 Yrs				511	2102	1935	219	528	89	6	8	175	26	112	171	.273	.315	.337	.653	83	653	34	8	47
162 Game Avg.				162	666	613	69	167	28	2	3	55	8	36	54	.273	.315	.337	.653	83	207	11	3	15

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	Awards
1943	31	CHC	NL	10	45	-3	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	1	-1	-0.2	.467	.498	-0.2	0.1	-1	$	4
1944	32	CHC	NL	154	644	-10	-0	0	-6	7	-10	-1.1	19	10	0.8	.493	.493	1.5	0.1	15	$	*4	AS
1945	33	CHC	NL	138	614	-2	-0	0	12	6	16	1.8	18	35	3.6	.512	.511	2.3	2.0	23	$	*4	MVP-21
1946	34	CHC	NL	83	353	-11	-0	0	-4	4	-12	-1.4	12	1	-0.1	.484	.492	0.3	-0.0	5	$	4
1947	35	CHC	NL	120	434	-16	0	0	-4	5	-15	-1.5	15	0	0.0	.487	.490	0.4	0.2	4	$	*4/5
1948	36	CHC	NL	6	12	-1	0	-0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.469	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	/45
6 Seasons				511	2102	-44	-1	-0	-3	23	-25	-2.7	67	42	4.0	.495	.497	4.3	2.2	45	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1943	31	CHC	NL	45	35	2	1.5	88	.211	.190	.262	.227	.331	.238	.356	.465	.687	36	.151	-3.5	-0.4	.353	.095	.048
1944	32	CHC	NL	644	457	66	3.9	93	.299	.278	.267	.311	.334	.352	.375	.663	.709	87	.464	-11.0	-1.1	.558	.133	.074	3.2
1945	33	CHC	NL	614	421	68	4.3	95	.319	.302	.271	.343	.340	.361	.374	.704	.714	97	.505	-2.4	-0.2	.614	.133	.059	3.3
1946	34	CHC	NL	353	255	27	2.8	91	.274	.242	.260	.306	.335	.290	.364	.596	.700	71	.343	-11.9	-1.3	.514	.150	.048	1.7
1947	35	CHC	NL	434	310	40	3.4	102	.285	.259	.269	.302	.344	.333	.399	.635	.743	71	.365	-16.7	-1.6	.531	.139	.075	2.4
1948	36	CHC	NL	12	10	1	2.7	98	.273	.250	.263	.250	.336	.250	.389	.500	.726	39	.279	-1.1	-0.1	.400	.083	.000	.0
6 Yrs				2102	1488	204	3.7	95	.296	.273	.267	.315	.338	.337	.378	.653	.716	83	.430	-46.6	-4.8	.554	.136	.065	12.2
162 Game Avg.				666	472	65	3.7	95	.296	.273	.267	.315	.338	.337	.378	.653	.716	83	.430	-46.6	-4.8	.554	.136	.065	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
1945	33	CHC	NL	WS	DET	L	7	33	29	4	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	.172	.172	.310	.483	9	0	0	4	0	0
1 WS							7	33	29	4	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	.172	.172	.310	.483	9	0	0	4	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1944	CHC	NL	32		DNP
1945	CHC	NL	33		DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1943	31	CHC	NL	45	0.0%	8.9%	4.4%	4.4%	25%	2.00	10.5		42.0		84%
1944	32	CHC	NL	644	0.3%	7.5%	4.4%	6.2%	24%	1.71	12.7	304.0	8.6		87%
1945	33	CHC	NL	614	0.3%	5.5%	5.2%	4.4%	16%	1.06	16.4	278.5	9.6		85%
1946	34	CHC	NL	353	0.3%	11.1%	7.4%	3.4%	16%	1.50	8.1	314.0	16.5		78%
1947	35	CHC	NL	434	0.7%	10.4%	5.5%	5.1%	21%	1.88	8.9	134.0	15.5		82%
1948	36	CHC	NL	12	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		12.0			4.00	92%
6 Yrs				2102	0.4%	8.1%	5.3%	4.9%	20%	1.53	11.3	241.9	11.1	4.00	84%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.1%	5.9%	25%	1.01	9.6	69.8	8.8	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1943	31	CHC	NL	-3.5	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	32	CHC	NL	-11.0	-1.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	33	CHC	NL	-2.4	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	34	CHC	NL	-11.9	-1.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	35	CHC	NL	-16.7	-1.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	36	CHC	NL	-1.1	-0.1	7	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.34	-0.1	-0.1	-2.0	-0.2	1.36	-1.0	4.31	1
6 Yrs				-46.6	-4.8	7	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.34	-0.1	-0.1	-2.0	-0.2	1.36	-1.0	4.31	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	36	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	4	1			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				0	0	33%	4	26			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	36	CHC	NL	12	0%	3			1	0	0	0	4.31	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				12	0%	528			1	0	0	0	4.31	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	47		1	34	3400%	0	0		7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			955%			96%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1943	31	10	45	42	5	8	2	0	0	1	0	2	4	.190	.227	.238	.465	36	10	0	0	1
1944	32	164	689	650	55	177	39	1	2	72	8	30	52	.272	.305	.345	.650	84	224	11	1	8
1945	33	302	1303	1207	149	345	62	3	4	130	17	62	86	.286	.323	.352	.675	90	425	21	4	30
1946	34	385	1656	1521	186	421	72	4	5	149	23	88	125	.277	.319	.339	.659	86	516	28	7	40
1947	35	505	2090	1923	219	525	89	6	8	175	25	112	170	.273	.316	.338	.654	83	650	33	8	47
1948	36	511	2102	1935	219	528	89	6	8	175	26	112	171	.273	.315	.337	.653	83	653	34	8	47

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1943	31	10	49	46	7	10	2	0	0	1	0	2	4	.217	.250	.261	.511	3	10
1944	32	160	675	637	55	181	40	1	2	78	9	30	50	.284	.317	.359	.677	73	154
1945	33	144	644	584	99	177	24	2	2	61	9	34	36	.303	.345	.361	.706	72	138
1946	34	87	377	335	44	86	11	1	1	23	7	29	41	.257	.322	.304	.626	32	83
1947	35	125	454	421	35	110	18	2	3	28	2	25	47	.261	.304	.335	.639	43	120
1948	36	6	13	13	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.308	.308	.308	.615	1	6
6 Yrs		532	2212	2036	240	568	95	6	8	191	28	120	179	.279	.322	.343	.665	224	511
162 Game Avg.		162	674	620	73	173	29	2	2	58	9	37	55	.279	.322	.343	.665	68	511

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1944 1945--not played	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1945 NL (21, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (1361st)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1945 NL 2.0 (1st)	Batting Average s c a p y 1945 NL .302 (9th)
Games Played s c a p y 1944 NL 154 (7th)	At Bats s c a p y 1944 NL 608 (4th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1945 NL 94 (10th)	Doubles s c a p y 1944 NL 37 (4th)
Singles s c a p y 1944 NL 129 (7th) 1945 NL 141 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1946 NL 3 (10th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1945 NL 22 (1st)	Outs Made s c a p y 1944 NL 457 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 11 (1346), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 12 (1051), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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