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Earl Johnson

Earl Douglas Johnson (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 2, 1919 in Redmond, WA
High School: Ballard HS (Seattle, WA)
School: Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1940
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Tigers 1940-1951

Final Game: June 3, 1951
Died: December 3, 1994 in Seattle, WA
Relatives: Brother of Chet Johnson
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1940	21	BOS-min	B	12	6	.667	2.67	19						145.0	136	64	43		58							1.338	8.4		3.6			RKM · PIED
1940	21	BOS	AL	6	2	.750	4.09	17	10	2	2	0	0	70.1	69	33	32	0	39	26	2	0	3	309	110	1.536	8.8	0.0	5.0	3.3	0.67
1941	22	BOS	AL	4	5	.444	4.52	17	12	3	4	0	0	93.2	90	57	47	4	51	46	3	0	2	420	92	1.505	8.6	0.4	4.9	4.4	0.90

1946	27	BOS	AL	5	4	.556	3.71	29	5	14	0	0	3	80.0	78	39	33	5	39	40	2	0	1	356	99	1.463	8.8	0.6	4.4	4.5	1.03
1947	28	BOS	AL	12	11	.522	2.97	45	17	17	6	3	8	142.1	129	63	47	7	62	65	2	1	1	596	130	1.342	8.2	0.4	3.9	4.1	1.05
1948	29	BOS	AL	10	4	.714	4.53	35	3	21	1	0	5	91.1	98	49	46	8	42	45	0	1	2	402	97	1.533	9.7	0.8	4.1	4.4	1.07
1949	30	BOS	AL	3	6	.333	7.48	19	3	8	0	0	0	49.1	65	45	41	1	29	20	4	1	1	237	59	1.905	11.9	0.2	5.3	3.6	0.69
1950	31	BOS-min	AAA	6	6	.500	2.54	15	13		7	1		92.0	70	31	26		27	45	3	1	4			1.054	6.8		2.6	4.4	1.67	LOU · AA
1950	31	BOS	AL	0	0		7.24	11	0	4	0	0	0	13.2	18	11	11	0	8	6	1	0	0	65	70	1.902	11.9	0.0	5.3	4.0	0.75
1951	32	SLE	AAA	8	3	.727	3.43	17	14		7	0		97.0	106	40	37		30	40	5	0	4			1.402	9.8		2.8	3.7	1.33	SLE · PCL
1951	32	DET	AL	0	0		6.35	6	0	2	0	0	1	5.2	9	5	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	26	70	1.941	14.3	0.0	3.2	3.2	1.00
1952	33	SLE	Opn	0	2	.000	4.70	21	2		0	0		44.0	49	27	23		23	25	2	0	1			1.636	10.0		4.7	5.1	1.09	SLE · PCL
8 Yrs				40	32	.556	4.30	179	50	71	13	3	17	546.1	556	302	261	25	272	250	14	3	11	2411	96	1.516	9.2	0.4	4.5	4.1	0.92
162 Game Avg.				12	10	.556	4.30	53	15	21	4	1	5	162	165	90	78	7	81	74	4	1	3	716	96	1.516	9.2	0.4	4.5	4.1	0.92

BOS (7 yrs)				40	32	.556	4.28	173	50	69	13	3	16	540.2	547	297	257	25	270	248	14	3	10	2385	97	1.511	9.1	0.4	4.5	4.1	0.92
DET (1 yr)				0	0		6.35	6	0	2	0	0	1	5.2	9	5	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	26	70	1.941	14.3	0.0	3.2	3.2	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1940	21	BOS	AL	70.1	17	10	33	4.22	4.96	-0.20	0.00	100.4	5.19	7	0.7	1.0	-0.0	1.2	14	.541	.504	$
1941	22	BOS	AL	93.2	17	12	57	5.48	4.85	-0.12	0.00	100.5	4.99	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.1	3	.468	.497	$

1946	27	BOS	AL	80.0	29	5	39	4.39	4.08	0.16	0.00	103.5	4.05	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.1	0.2	3	.488	.498	$
1947	28	BOS	AL	142.1	45	17	63	3.98	4.13	0.06	0.00	104.3	4.25	5	0.5	1.0	-0.1	1.5	15	.512	.503	$
1948	29	BOS	AL	91.1	35	3	49	4.83	4.52	0.17	0.00	101.6	4.42	-4	-0.4	1.1	-0.1	0.1	4	.488	.497	$
1949	30	BOS	AL	49.1	19	3	45	8.21	4.63	0.18	0.00	101.9	4.54	-20	-1.8	1.1	-0.1	-1.6	-16	.403	.489	$
1950	31	BOS	AL	13.2	11	0	11	7.24	5.27	-0.07	0.00	111.8	5.97	-2	-0.2	.9	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.483	.499	$
1951	32	DET	AL	5.2	6	0	5	7.94	5.05	-0.07	0.00	101.4	5.18	-2	-0.2	2.6	-0.2	-0.3	-1	.471	.499	$
8 Seasons				546.1	179	50	302	4.97	4.50	0.03	0.00	102.5	4.57	-25	-2.3	1.1	-0.7	1.1	23	.487	.498	$

BOS (7 yrs)				540.2	173	50	297	4.94	4.49	0.04	0.00	102.5	4.57	-23	-2.1	1.0	-0.5	1.4	24	.488	.498	$
DET (1 yr)				5.2	6	0	5	7.94	5.05	-0.07	0.00	101.4	5.18	-2	-0.2	2.6	-0.2	-0.3	-1	.471	.499	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1946	27	BOS	AL	WS	L	STL	1	0	1.000	2.70	3	0	3	0	0	0	3.1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	14	0.900	2.7	0.0	5.4	2.7	0.50
1 WS							1	0	1.000	2.70	3	0	3	0	0	0	3.1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	14	0.900	2.7	0.0	5.4	2.7	0.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1948	29	BOS	AL	35	265	355	49	98	6	3	8	0	0	42	45	.276	.353	.377	.730	.298	134	5	0	4	0	2
1949	30	BOS	AL	19	209	199	45	65	12	1	1	2	1	29	20	.327	.422	.412	.834	.360	82	6	4	5	0	1
1950	31	BOS	AL	11	63	54	11	18	2	0	0	1	0	8	6	.333	.429	.370	.799	.375	20	4	1	2	0	0
1951	32	DET	AL	6	21	24	5	9	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	.375	.423	.500	.923	.409	12	1	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				71	558	632	110	190	21	5	9	4	1	81	73	.301	.384	.392	.777	.329	248	16	5	11	0	3
162 Game Avg.				63	493	558	97	168	19	4	8	4	1	72	64	.301	.384	.392	.777	.329	219	14	4	10	0	3
MLB Averages																.260	.333	.339	.672	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	29	BOS	AL	-0.4	-0.0	273	-0.1	4.4	-4.5	.95	0.2	-0.2	-2.6	-0.3	0.94	2.6	6	10	7
1949	30	BOS	AL	-15.6	-1.5	215	-1.0	2.9	-4.0	.92	-0.9	-0.2	-12.8	-1.2	0.92	-11.0	7	3	5
1950	31	BOS	AL	-2.5	-0.2	66	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	.59	-0.1	-0.4	-0.4	-0.0	0.60	-0.2	2	3	5
1951	32	DET	AL	-1.4	-0.1	23	0.2	0.4	-0.3	.96	-0.3	0.5	-4.1	-0.4	0.96	-3.8	2	1	2
8 Yrs				-10.1	-0.8	577	-1.2	8.3	-9.5	.90	-1.1	-0.2	-19.9	-1.9	0.90	-12.4	17	17	19

Starting Pitching*

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
1940	21	BOS	AL	17	10	4	1	5	1	0	7	3	.700	0	0	2	0	3	30%	48.6	73	27			9	0	5.6		5.2
1941	22	BOS	AL	17	12	3	5	4	2	2	7	5	.583	0	0	4	0	3	25%	45.0	75	23			3	6	6.4		6.4

1946	27	BOS	AL	29	5	0	2	3	0	0	1	4	.200	0	0	0	0	1	20%	39.8	60	16			1	3	2.5		4.7
1947	28	BOS	AL	45	17	8	8	1	1	2	9	8	.529	0	0	6	3	9	53%	52.2	85	23			9	3	3.1		6.1
1948	29	BOS	AL	35	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	2	.333	0	0	1	0	0	0%	42.0	49	31	13	5	0	3	6.7	6.5	6.3
1949	30	BOS	AL	19	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	.000	0	1	0	0	1	33%	36.0	51	19	5	3	1	1	3.7	1.1	4.4
6 Yrs				162	50	16	20	14	5	5	25	25	.500	0	1	13	3	17	34%	47	85	16	18	8	23	16	4.6	4.3	5.8
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	115	-20					4.4	4.7	6.8

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1940	21	BOS	AL	17	7	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0														4	3		1	8.0
1941	22	BOS	AL	17	5	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0														4	1		0	10.0

1946	27	BOS	AL	29	24	14	5	2	0	3	0		0	0														17	4		2	7.0
1947	28	BOS	AL	45	28	17	4	3	0	8	0		0	0														13	10		5	4.2
1948	29	BOS	AL	35	32	21	9	2	4	5	1	125%	4	0	14	6	43%		.948	6	10	7	8	3	12	6	17	21	5	16	6	6.8
1949	30	BOS	AL	19	16	8	3	4	2	0	2	0%	3	1	8	4	50%	7	.922	7	3	5	3	3	9	5	10	9	3	9	2	6.8
1950	31	BOS	AL	11	11	4	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	14	4	29%	8	.591	2	3	5	2	0	9	8	3	4	3	4	2	3.7
1951	32	DET	AL	6	6	2	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	7	2	29%	8	.965	2	1	2	1	1	3	3	2	2	3	2	0	2.8
8 Yrs				179	129	71	24	12	7	17	3	243%	10	1	43	16	37%		.899	17	17	19	14	7	33	22	32	74	32	31	18	6.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1940	21	BOS	AL	309		0.0%	8.4%	12.6%	0.0%	0%		77%
1941	22	BOS	AL	420		1.0%	11.0%	12.1%	2.1%	10%		75%

1946	27	BOS	AL	356		1.4%	11.2%	11.0%				75%
1947	28	BOS	AL	596		1.2%	10.9%	10.4%	1.5%	7%		76%
1948	29	BOS	AL	401	37%	3.0%	17.0%	15.9%	6.4%	17%	1.90	114%	49	5	10%
1949	30	BOS	AL	238	41%	0.5%	9.6%	13.9%	6.7%	22%	1.37	85%	57	6	11%
1950	31	BOS	AL	65	43%	0.0%	9.5%	12.7%	3.2%	11%	1.75	76%	19	4	21%
1951	32	DET	AL	26	43%	0.0%	9.5%	9.5%	9.5%	22%	0.83	105%	5	1	20%
8 Yrs				2411	39%	1.1%	11.2%	12.2%	2.4%	10%	1.62	81%	130	16	12%
MLB Averages					49%	1.6%	10.2%	10.2%	4.0%	16%	0.94	85%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1940	21	BOS	AL		69			0												3
1941	22	BOS	AL		90			4												2

1946	27	BOS	AL		78			5												1
1947	28	BOS	AL		129			7												1
1948	29	BOS	AL	265	98			8	0	10	4	2	0	6	11	9	1	82%	2	2	1	104	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	136
1949	30	BOS	AL	209	65			1	0	10	1	0	1	0	21	15	2	71%	1	1	1	108	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	29
1950	31	BOS	AL	63	18			0	0	4	0	0	0	0	8	5	1	63%	0	0	0	29	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1951	32	DET	AL	21	9			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0%	0	1	0	10	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
8 Yrs				558	556			25	0	26	5	2	1	6	41	29	5	71%	3	11	2	251	4	1	80%	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	10	172
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1940	21	6	2	.750	4.09	17	10	2	2	0	0	70.1	69	33	32	0	39	26	2	0	3	309	110	1.536	8.8	0.0	5.0	3.3	0.67	110
1941	22	10	7	.588	4.34	34	22	5	6	0	0	164.0	159	90	79	4	90	72	5	0	5	729	99	1.518	8.7	0.2	4.9	4.0	0.80	99
1942	23	10	7	.588	4.34	34	22	5	6	0	0	164.0	159	90	79	4	90	72	5	0	5	729	99	1.518	8.7	0.2	4.9	4.0	0.80	99
1943	24	10	7	.588	4.34	34	22	5	6	0	0	164.0	159	90	79	4	90	72	5	0	5	729	99	1.518	8.7	0.2	4.9	4.0	0.80	99
1944	25	10	7	.588	4.34	34	22	5	6	0	0	164.0	159	90	79	4	90	72	5	0	5	729	99	1.518	8.7	0.2	4.9	4.0	0.80	99
1945	26	10	7	.588	4.34	34	22	5	6	0	0	164.0	159	90	79	4	90	72	5	0	5	729	99	1.518	8.7	0.2	4.9	4.0	0.80	99
1946	27	15	11	.577	4.13	63	27	19	6	0	3	244.0	237	129	112	9	129	112	7	0	6	1085	99	1.500	8.7	0.3	4.8	4.1	0.87	99
1947	28	27	22	.551	3.70	108	44	36	12	3	11	386.1	366	192	159	16	191	177	9	1	7	1681	108	1.442	8.5	0.4	4.4	4.1	0.93	108
1948	29	37	26	.587	3.86	143	47	57	13	3	16	477.2	464	241	205	24	233	222	9	2	9	2083	106	1.459	8.7	0.5	4.4	4.2	0.95	106
1949	30	40	32	.556	4.20	162	50	65	13	3	16	527.0	529	286	246	25	262	242	13	3	10	2320	98	1.501	9.0	0.4	4.5	4.1	0.92	98
1950	31	40	32	.556	4.28	173	50	69	13	3	16	540.2	547	297	257	25	270	248	14	3	10	2385	97	1.511	9.1	0.4	4.5	4.1	0.92	97
1951	32	40	32	.556	4.30	179	50	71	13	3	17	546.1	556	302	261	25	272	250	14	3	11	2411	96	1.516	9.2	0.4	4.5	4.1	0.92	96

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1940	21	4	3	.571	3.63	72.0	68	32	29	0	38	26	2	1.472	8.5	4.8	3.3	0.68	0.0	17
1941	22	5	5	.500	4.27	97.0	91	51	46	4	52	47	3	1.474	8.4	4.8	4.4	0.90	0.4	17

1946	27	5	4	.556	3.95	82.0	83	40	36	5	42	41	2	1.524	9.1	4.6	4.5	0.98	0.5	29
1947	28	9	6	.600	3.24	139.0	136	56	50	7	65	63	2	1.446	8.8	4.2	4.1	0.97	0.5	45
1948	29	5	5	.500	4.26	93.0	98	49	44	8	42	46	0	1.505	9.5	4.1	4.5	1.10	0.8	35
1949	30	1	4	.200	7.02	50.0	65	43	39	1	29	20	4	1.880	11.7	5.2	3.6	0.69	0.2	19
1950	31	0	1	.000	6.43	14.0	17	11	10	0	8	6	1	1.786	10.9	5.1	3.9	0.75	0.0	11
1951	32	0	0		7.20	5.0	10	4	4	0	2	2	0	2.400	18.0	3.6	3.6	1.00	0.0	6
8 Yrs		29	28	.509	4.21	552.0	568	286	258	25	278	251	14	1.533	9.3		4.1	0.90	0.4	179

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1947 AL 45 (3rd)	Saves s c a p y 1946 AL 3 (8th) 1947 AL 8 (5th) 1948 AL 5 (6th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1947 AL 3 (5th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1946 AL 14 (9th) 1948 AL 21 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1947 AL 45 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1946 AL  3 (8th)
1947 AL  8 (5th)
1948 AL  5 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1947 AL 3 (5th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1946 AL 14 (9th)
1948 AL 21 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1145), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Cozy Dolan (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Max Macon (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Smith (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Smith (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Smith (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Smith (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Morrie Martin (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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