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Earl Johnson
Earl Douglas Johnson (Lefty)

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

Born: April 2, 1919 in Redmond, WA
High School: Ballard (Seattle, WA)
School: Saint Mary's College of California
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1940
Final Game: June 3, 1951
Died: December 3, 1994 in Seattle, WA
Relatives: Brother of Chet Johnson
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
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	131	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	7	42	45	0	1	2	402	96	1.533	9.7	0.7	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	58	1.905	11.9	0.2	5.3	3.6	0.69
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	68	1.902	11.9	0.0	5.3	4.0	0.75
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	66	1.941	14.3	0.0	3.2	3.2	1.00
8 Seasons				40	32	.556	4.30	179	50	71	13	3	17	546.1	556	302	261	24	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	24	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	66	1.941	14.3	0.0	3.2	3.2	1.00

Postseason Pitching

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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

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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
1940	21	BOS	AL	18	27	27	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.074	.074	.074	.148	-62	2	1	0	0			1
1941	22	BOS	AL	17	39	34	4	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.294	.333	.294	.627	66	10	1	0	3			1

1946	27	BOS	AL	29	27	22	4	5	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	9	.227	.346	.318	.664	82	7	1	0	1			1
1947	28	BOS	AL	46	47	44	1	12	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	10	.273	.289	.295	.584	58	13	3	0	2			1
1948	29	BOS	AL	35	33	31	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	9	.097	.125	.097	.222	-42	3	2	0	1			1
1949	30	BOS	AL	19	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.083	.000	.083	-78	0	0	0	0			1
1950	31	BOS	AL	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			1
1951	32	DET	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
8 Seasons				181	187	171	15	32	3	0	0	13	0	0	9	53	.187	.228	.205	.432	15	35	8	0	7	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	167	153	13	29	3	0	0	12	0	0	8	47	.187	.228	.205	.432	15	31	7	0	6

BOS (7 yrs)				175	187	171	15	32	3	0	0	13	0	0	9	53	.187	.228	.205	.432	15	35	8	0	7
DET (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason Batting

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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
1946	27	BOS	AL	WS	STL	L	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1940	BOS	AL	21	P	17	21	2	19	0	1	1.000	1.24	.952	1.05
1941	BOS	AL	22	P	17	30	3	27	0	3	1.000	1.76	.960	1.16
1946	BOS	AL	27	P	29	18	5	12	1	1	.944	0.59	.950	1.01
1947	BOS	AL	28	P	45	37	4	31	2	5	.946	0.78	.957	0.95
1948	BOS	AL	29	P	35	31	6	25	0	2	1.000	0.89	.961	0.91
1949	BOS	AL	30	P	19	9	3	5	1	0	.889	0.42	.967	1.01
1950	BOS	AL	31	P	11	6	0	6	0	0	1.000	0.55	.950	0.96
1951	DET	AL	32	P	6	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	0.33	.950	0.98
8 Seasons				P	179	154	24	126	4	13	.974	0.84	.957	0.99
8 Seasons				TOT	179	154	24	126	4	13	.974	0.84	.931	0.99

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Pitching - 11 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 7 (1101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Similar Pitchers

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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

Transactions

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

October 1, 1950: Released by the Boston Red Sox. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

November 15, 1950: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

June 15, 1951: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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Uniforms

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Name and misspellings: Earl Douglas Earl Lefty jhonson Johnson johson jonhson jonson

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 11 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50