Don Johnson
Donald Roy Johnson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 12, 1926 in Portland, OR
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1947
Final Game: September 24, 1958
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1947 20 NYY AL 4 3 .571 3.64 15 8 4 2 0 0 54.1 57 26 22 2 23 16 1 0 0 238 98 1.472 9.4 0.3 3.8 2.7 0.70
1950 23 TOT AL 6 6 .500 6.71 33 12 10 4 1 1 114.0 161 93 85 16 67 40 1 0 1 555 72 2.000 12.7 1.3 5.3 3.2 0.60
1950 23 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 10.00 8 0 4 0 0 0 18.0 35 21 20 2 12 9 0 0 0 100 43 2.611 17.5 1.0 6.0 4.5 0.75
1950 23 SLB AL 5 6 .455 6.09 25 12 6 4 1 1 96.0 126 72 65 14 55 31 1 0 1 455 81 1.885 11.8 1.3 5.2 2.9 0.56
1951 24 TOT AL 7 12 .368 4.76 27 23 2 8 1 0 158.2 165 93 84 13 76 60 3 3 0 698 86 1.519 9.4 0.7 4.3 3.4 0.79
1951 24 SLB AL 0 1 .000 12.60 6 3 1 0 0 0 15.0 27 26 21 4 18 8 1 0 0 91 35 3.000 16.2 2.4 10.8 4.8 0.44
1951 24 WSH AL 7 11 .389 3.95 21 20 1 8 1 0 143.2 138 67 63 9 58 52 2 3 0 607 103 1.364 8.6 0.6 3.6 3.3 0.90
1952 25 WSH AL 0 5 .000 4.43 29 6 11 0 0 2 69.0 80 41 34 4 33 37 4 0 2 319 80 1.638 10.4 0.5 4.3 4.8 1.12
1954 27 CHW AL 8 7 .533 3.12 46 16 17 3 3 7 144.0 129 53 50 14 43 68 0 0 2 581 119 1.194 8.1 0.9 2.7 4.3 1.58
1955 28 BAL AL 2 4 .333 5.82 31 5 12 0 0 1 68.0 89 46 44 4 35 2 27 0 0 3 315 65 1.824 11.8 0.5 4.6 3.6 0.77
1958 31 SFG NL 0 1 .000 6.26 17 0 6 0 0 1 23.0 31 19 16 2 8 1 14 2 0 2 108 61 1.696 12.1 0.8 3.1 5.5 1.75
7 Seasons 27 38 .415 4.78 198 70 62 17 5 12 631.0 712 371 335 55 285 3 262 11 3 10 2814 84 1.580 10.2 0.8 4.1 3.7 0.92
162 Game Avg. 7 10 .415 4.78 50 18 16 4 1 3 160 181 94 85 14 72 66 3 1 3 714 84 1.580 10.2 0.8 4.1 3.7 0.92
BAL (3 yrs) 7 11 .389 6.54 62 20 19 4 1 2 179.0 242 144 130 22 108 2 66 2 0 4 861 68 1.955 12.2 1.1 5.4 3.3 0.61
WSH (2 yrs) 7 16 .304 4.11 50 26 12 8 1 2 212.2 218 108 97 13 91 89 6 3 2 926 95 1.453 9.2 0.6 3.9 3.8 0.98
NYY (2 yrs) 5 3 .625 5.23 23 8 8 2 0 0 72.1 92 47 42 4 35 25 1 0 0 338 72 1.756 11.4 0.5 4.4 3.1 0.71
SFG (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.26 17 0 6 0 0 1 23.0 31 19 16 2 8 1 14 2 0 2 108 61 1.696 12.1 0.8 3.1 5.5 1.75
CHW (1 yr) 8 7 .533 3.12 46 16 17 3 3 7 144.0 129 53 50 14 43 68 0 0 2 581 119 1.194 8.1 0.9 2.7 4.3 1.58
AL (6 yrs) 27 37 .422 4.72 181 70 56 17 5 11 608.0 681 352 319 53 277 2 248 9 3 8 2706 85 1.576 10.1 0.8 4.1 3.7 0.90
NL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.26 17 0 6 0 0 1 23.0 31 19 16 2 8 1 14 2 0 2 108 61 1.696 12.1 0.8 3.1 5.5 1.75

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 27 CHW AL 46 581 530 53 129 13 5 14 5 7 43 68 .243 .298 .366 .664 .254 194 12 0 4 4
1955 28 BAL AL 31 315 267 46 89 10 4 4 2 4 35 27 .333 .404 .446 .850 .353 119 6 0 8 5 2
1958 31 SFG NL 17 108 96 19 31 5 0 2 0 1 8 14 .323 .383 .438 .821 .358 42 3 2 1 1 1
3 Seasons 94 1004 893 118 249 28 9 20 7 12 86 109 .279 .340 .398 .738 .296 355 21 2 13 10 3
162 Game Avg. 56 594 528 70 147 17 5 12 4 7 51 64 .279 .340 .398 .738 .296 210 12 1 8 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 27 CHW AL 46 16 6 4 6 2 1 10 6 .625 1 2 3 3 7 44% 53 87 23 14 2 8 6 4.1 3.9 6.1
1955 28 BAL AL 31 5 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 .400 0 1 0 0 2 40% 41 54 24 17 13 1 2 2.9 1.4 4.4
2 Seasons 77 21 6 7 8 2 1 12 9 .571 1 3 3 3 9 43% 50 87 23 31 15 9 8 3.8 3.5 5.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 27 CHW AL 46 30 17 2 3 9 7 2 78% 11 2 35 8 23% 8 1.094 16 10 4 12 5 13 21 9 16 11 17 9 4.6
1955 28 BAL AL 31 26 12 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 19 5 26% 8 1.039 4 7 15 2 1 23 10 16 15 6 18 3 5.3
1958 31 SFG NL 17 17 6 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 15 7 47% 8 0.916 4 2 10 3 1 13 8 9 9 6 9 4 4.1
3 Seasons 94 73 35 4 5 11 9 2 82% 14 3 69 20 29% 1.058 24 19 29 17 7 49 39 34 40 23 44 16 4.7

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1947 20 NYY AL
1950 23 TOT AL
1950 23 NYY AL
1950 23 SLB AL
1951 24 TOT AL
1951 24 SLB AL
1951 24 WSH AL
1952 25 WSH AL
1954 27 CHW AL 581 35% 2.4% 11.7% 7.4% 5.5% 25% 0.97 78% 100 12 12%
1955 28 BAL AL 315 37% 1.3% 8.6% 11.1% 5.7% 20% 1.21 77% 78 6 8%
1958 31 SFG NL 108 40% 1.9% 13.0% 7.4% 6.5% 23% 1.43 75% 31 3 10%
7 Seasons 1004 36% 5.5% 26.1% 28.4% 5.7% 8% 1.07 77% 209 21 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1947 20 NYY AL 57 2 0
1950 23 TOT AL 161 16 1
1950 23 NYY AL 35 2 0
1950 23 SLB AL 126 14 1
1951 24 TOT AL 165 13 0
1951 24 SLB AL 27 4 0
1951 24 WSH AL 138 9 0
1952 25 WSH AL 80 4 2
1954 27 CHW AL 581 129 14 0 9 7 7 6 8 14 10 0 71% 6 2 1 207 5 7 42% 5 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
1955 28 BAL AL 315 89 4 0 17 3 1 2 2 28 15 1 54% 2 3 1 137 2 4 33% 2 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 8 0
1958 31 SFG NL 106 31 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 14 8 1 57% 4 2 0 50 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
7 Seasons 1002 712 55 0 31 11 9 8 12 56 33 2 59% 12 10 2 394 7 12 37% 7 10 0 0 0 2 5 0 22 2
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1947 20 4 3 .571 3.64 15 8 4 2 0 0 54.1 57 26 22 2 23 16 1 0 0 238 98 1.472 9.4 0.3 3.8 2.7 0.70 98
1948 21 4 3 .571 3.64 15 8 4 2 0 0 54.1 57 26 22 2 23 16 1 0 0 238 98 1.472 9.4 0.3 3.8 2.7 0.70 98
1949 22 4 3 .571 3.64 15 8 4 2 0 0 54.1 57 26 22 2 23 16 1 0 0 238 98 1.472 9.4 0.3 3.8 2.7 0.70 98
1950 23 10 9 .526 5.72 48 20 14 6 1 1 168.1 218 119 107 18 90 56 2 0 1 793 77 1.830 11.7 1.0 4.8 3.0 0.62 77
1951 24 17 21 .447 5.26 75 43 16 14 2 1 327.0 383 212 191 31 166 116 5 3 1 1491 81 1.679 10.5 0.9 4.6 3.2 0.70 81
1952 25 17 26 .395 5.11 104 49 27 14 2 3 396.0 463 253 225 35 199 153 9 3 3 1810 81 1.672 10.5 0.8 4.5 3.5 0.77 81
1953 26 17 26 .395 5.11 104 49 27 14 2 3 396.0 463 253 225 35 199 153 9 3 3 1810 81 1.672 10.5 0.8 4.5 3.5 0.77 81
1954 27 25 33 .431 4.58 150 65 44 17 5 10 540.0 592 306 275 49 242 221 9 3 5 2391 88 1.544 9.9 0.8 4.0 3.7 0.91 88
1955 28 27 37 .422 4.72 181 70 56 17 5 11 608.0 681 352 319 53 277 2 248 9 3 8 2706 85 1.576 10.1 0.8 4.1 3.7 0.90 85
1956 29 27 37 .422 4.72 181 70 56 17 5 11 608.0 681 352 319 53 277 2 248 9 3 8 2706 85 1.576 10.1 0.8 4.1 3.7 0.90 85
1957 30 27 37 .422 4.72 181 70 56 17 5 11 608.0 681 352 319 53 277 2 248 9 3 8 2706 85 1.576 10.1 0.8 4.1 3.7 0.90 85
1958 31 27 38 .415 4.78 198 70 62 17 5 12 631.0 712 371 335 55 285 3 262 11 3 10 2814 84 1.580 10.2 0.8 4.1 3.7 0.92 84

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1947 20 2 3 .400 4.42 53.0 62 29 26 2 25 16 1 1.642 10.5 4.2 2.7 0.64 0.3 15
1950 23 4 9 .308 5.50 121.0 153 82 74 15 64 42 1 1.793 11.4 4.8 3.1 0.66 1.1 33
1951 24 7 10 .412 4.75 161.0 169 94 85 13 78 61 3 1.534 9.4 4.4 3.4 0.78 0.7 27
1952 25 3 4 .429 5.16 68.0 88 43 39 4 36 36 4 1.824 11.6 4.8 4.8 1.00 0.5 29
1954 27 8 7 .533 3.51 141.0 138 61 55 15 46 67 0 1.305 8.8 2.9 4.3 1.46 1.0 46
1955 28 2 5 .286 6.41 66.0 93 52 47 4 37 26 0 1.970 12.7 5.0 3.5 0.70 0.5 31
1958 31 0 2 .000 7.04 23.0 34 20 18 2 9 14 2 1.870 13.3 3.5 5.5 1.56 0.8 17
7 Seasons 26 40 .394 4.89 633.0 737 381 344 55 295 262 11 1.630 10.5 3.7 0.89 0.8 198

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1954 AL--46--5th

Saves s c a p y
1954 AL--7--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
1954 AL--3--10th

Losses s c a p y
1951 AL--12--9th

Youngest s c a p y
1947 AL--born 1926-11-12--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 5 (1584), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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