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Ernie Johnson

Ernest Rudolph Johnson

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 151 lb.

Born: April 29, 1888 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 1912
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Browns/Yankees/Terriers 1912-1925

Final Game: September 28, 1925
Died: May 1, 1952 in Monrovia, CA
Buried: Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, CA
Relatives: Father of Don Johnson
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Standard Batting

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
1912 24 CHW AL 21 44 42 7 11 0 1 0 5 0 3 1 7 .262 .279 .310 .589 70 13 0 1 6
1915 27 SLM FL 152 583 512 58 123 18 10 7 67 32 46 35 .240 .305 .355 .661 89 182 2 23 *6
1916 28 SLB AL 74 278 236 29 54 9 3 0 19 13 0 30 23 .229 .323 .292 .616 89 69 3 9 65
1917 29 SLB AL 80 224 199 28 49 6 2 2 20 13 12 16 .246 .296 .327 .622 93 65 2 11 645
1918 30 SLB AL 29 33 34 7 9 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 .265 .286 .294 .580 78 10 1 0 6/5
1921 33 CHW AL 142 664 613 93 181 28 7 1 51 22 13 29 24 .295 .328 .369 .697 79 226 1 21 *6
1922 34 CHW AL 144 673 603 85 153 17 3 0 56 21 18 40 30 .254 .304 .292 .596 57 176 4 26 *6
1923 35 TOT AL 31 98 91 11 27 3 1 1 9 2 1 4 6 .297 .333 .385 .718 89 35 1 2 6/5
1923 35 CHW AL 12 58 53 5 10 2 0 0 1 2 1 3 5 .189 .246 .226 .472 26 12 1 1 6
1923 35 NYY AL 19 40 38 6 17 1 1 1 8 0 0 1 1 .447 .462 .605 1.067 177 23 0 1 6/5
1924 36 NYY AL 64 133 119 24 42 4 8 3 12 1 6 11 7 .353 .412 .597 1.009 158 71 1 3 4/65
1925 37 NYY AL 76 183 170 30 48 5 1 5 17 6 3 8 10 .282 .315 .412 .726 85 70 0 4 46/5
10 Yrs 813 2913 2619 372 697 91 36 19 256 114 44 181 160 .266 .317 .350 .667 82 917 15 100
162 Game Avg. 162 580 522 74 139 18 7 4 51 23 36 32 .266 .317 .350 .667 82 183 3 20
CHW (4 yrs) 319 1439 1311 190 355 47 11 1 113 45 35 73 66 .271 .312 .326 .638 66 427 6 49
NYY (3 yrs) 159 356 327 60 107 10 10 9 37 7 9 20 18 .327 .368 .502 .869 122 164 1 8
SLB (3 yrs) 183 535 469 64 112 16 5 2 39 30 0 42 41 .239 .309 .307 .617 90 144 6 20
SLM (1 yr) 152 583 512 58 123 18 10 7 67 32 46 35 .240 .305 .355 .661 89 182 2 23
AL (9 yrs) 661 2330 2107 314 574 73 26 12 189 82 44 135 125 .272 .320 .349 .669 80 735 13 77
FL (1 yr) 152 583 512 58 123 18 10 7 67 32 46 35 .240 .305 .355 .661 89 182 2 23

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
1912 24 CHW AL 21 44 -2 -1 0 1 1 -1 -0.1 2 0 0.0 .494 .499 -0.1 0.2 -1 $ 6
1915 27 SLM FL 152 583 -6 2 0 6 10 11 1.4 7 18 2.1 .509 .508 1.3 1.9 12 $ *6
1916 28 SLB AL 74 278 -2 0 0 3 4 6 0.6 10 15 1.6 .509 .504 1.3 0.9 12 $ 65
1917 29 SLB AL 80 224 -2 1 0 -1 3 1 0.2 8 9 0.9 .502 .501 1.1 0.3 10 $ 645
1918 30 SLB AL 29 33 -1 0 0 -1 1 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .497 .499 0.2 -0.1 1 $ 6/5
1921 33 CHW AL 142 664 -19 0 0 2 9 -8 -0.7 21 13 1.4 .495 .496 1.1 1.1 11 $ *6
1922 34 CHW AL 144 673 -37 -2 0 1 9 -29 -3.1 21 -8 -1.0 .480 .482 -1.0 1.0 -9 $ *6
1923 35 CHW AL 12 58 -6 0 0 -2 1 -7 -0.7 2 -5 -0.5 .444 .496 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $ 6
1923 35 NYY AL 19 40 4 0 0 -1 1 4 0.4 1 5 0.5 .520 .502 0.6 -0.0 6 $ 6/5
1924 36 NYY AL 64 133 10 -2 0 0 2 9 0.9 4 13 1.3 .513 .505 1.3 0.2 13 $ 4/65
1925 37 NYY AL 76 183 -5 0 0 -3 3 -4 -0.4 6 1 0.2 .495 .497 0.4 0.0 4 $ 46/5
10 Seasons 813 2913 -66 -1 0 5 43 -18 -1.6 81 63 6.5 .498 .499 5.9 5.3 58 $
CHW (4 yrs) 319 1439 -64 -3 0 2 20 -44 -4.5 45 1 -0.1 .486 .493 -0.3 2.2 -1 $
NYY (3 yrs) 159 356 9 -2 0 -4 5 8 0.8 11 20 2.0 .505 .502 2.3 0.2 24 $
SLB (3 yrs) 183 535 -4 2 0 1 8 6 0.7 18 25 2.5 .504 .502 2.6 1.1 24 $
SLM (1 yr) 152 583 -6 2 0 6 10 11 1.4 7 18 2.1 .509 .508 1.3 1.9 12 $

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
1912 24 CHW AL 44 35 3 2.3 89 .314 .262 .269 .279 .337 .310 .354 .589 .691 70 .279 -1.9 -0.2 .324 .000 .048
1915 27 SLM FL 583 412 55 3.6 91 .247 .240 .269 .305 .337 .355 .360 .661 .698 89 .494 -5.4 -0.6 .674 .268 .115 11.5
1916 28 SLB AL 278 191 24 3.4 79 .254 .229 .251 .323 .324 .292 .328 .616 .652 89 .482 -2.1 -0.2 .632 .246 .064 .0
1917 29 SLB AL 224 161 19 3.2 77 .260 .246 .250 .296 .321 .327 .324 .622 .645 93 .474 -2.4 -0.3 .613 .206 .080 3.5
1918 30 SLB AL 33 25 3 3.3 79 .281 .265 .256 .286 .326 .294 .326 .580 .652 78 .469 -1.0 -0.1 .600 .147 .029 .0
1921 33 CHW AL 664 466 73 4.2 113 .306 .295 .297 .328 .363 .369 .417 .697 .780 79 .413 -20.5 -1.9 .596 .135 .073 1.9
1922 34 CHW AL 673 494 51 2.8 109 .267 .254 .292 .304 .357 .292 .410 .596 .766 57 .271 -38.5 -3.8 .476 .109 .038 .0
1923 35 TOT AL 98 67 14 5.6 107 .310 .297 .290 .333 .360 .385 .400 .718 .760 89 .580 -1.9 -0.2 .631 .143 .088 1.3
1923 35 CHW AL 58 45 3 1.8 106 .208 .189 .288 .246 .357 .226 .398 .472 .755 26 .146 -5.8 -0.6 .386 .113 .038 .0
1923 35 NYY AL 40 22 11 13.4 109 .444 .447 .293 .462 .363 .605 .404 1.067 .767 177 .872 3.9 0.4 1.143 .184 .158 .0
1924 36 NYY AL 133 86 26 8.0 112 .358 .353 .298 .412 .368 .597 .409 1.009 .776 158 .715 9.0 0.8 .940 .294 .244 1.5
1925 37 NYY AL 183 129 22 4.6 114 .277 .282 .297 .315 .367 .412 .416 .726 .784 85 .448 -5.2 -0.5 .648 .194 .129 5.5
10 Yrs 2913 2066 290 3.8 101 .278 .266 .281 .317 .349 .350 .386 .667 .735 82 .432 -69.8 -7.0 .602 .180 .084 32.6
162 Game Avg. 580 412 58 3.8 101 .278 .266 .281 .317 .349 .350 .386 .667 .735 82 .432 -69.8 -7.0 .602 .180 .084 6
CHW (4 yrs) 1439 1040 130 3.4 110 .285 .271 .293 .312 .359 .326 .411 .638 .770 66 .335 -66.7 -6.5 .521 .118 .055 2.0
NYY (3 yrs) 356 237 59 6.6 113 .327 .327 .297 .368 .367 .502 .412 .869 .779 122 .630 7.7 0.8 .799 .229 .174 7.9
SLB (3 yrs) 535 377 46 3.3 78 .258 .239 .251 .309 .323 .307 .326 .617 .649 90 .477 -5.5 -0.6 .622 .222 .068 3.8
SLM (1 yr) 583 412 55 3.6 91 .247 .240 .269 .305 .337 .355 .360 .661 .698 89 .494 -5.4 -0.6 .674 .268 .115 11.5
AL (9 yrs) 2330 1654 235 3.8 103 .285 .272 .284 .320 .352 .349 .392 .669 .744 80 .418 -64.5 -6.4 .584 .159 .076 20.9
FL (1 yr) 583 412 55 3.6 91 .247 .240 .269 .305 .337 .355 .360 .661 .698 89 .494 -5.4 -0.6 .674 .268 .115 11.5

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
1923 35 NYY AL WS NYG W 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1918 30 SLB AL 33 0.0% 6.1% 0.0% 3.0% 11% 17.0 97%
1921 33 CHW AL 664 0.2% 3.6% 4.4% 5.4% 20% 0.83 25.5 613.0 12.0 89%
1922 34 CHW AL 673 0.0% 4.5% 5.9% 3.0% 13% 0.75 20.1 10.8 85%
1923 35 TOT AL 98 1.0% 6.1% 4.1% 5.1% 19% 1.50 15.2 91.0 10.1 86%
1923 35 CHW AL 58 0.0% 8.6% 5.2% 3.5% 20% 1.67 10.6 53.0 83%
1923 35 NYY AL 40 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 7.5% 18% 1.00 38.0 38.0 4.8 90%
1924 36 NYY AL 133 2.3% 5.3% 8.3% 11.3% 36% 0.64 17.0 39.7 9.9 82%
1925 37 NYY AL 183 2.7% 5.5% 4.4% 6.0% 23% 1.25 17.0 34.0 10.0 85%
10 Yrs 1784 1.1% 9.0% 10.2% 8.2% 21% 0.88 16.4 137.8 10.2 137%
MLB Averages 1.3% 16.4% 14.5% 10.6% 24% 1.13 10.2 131.2 9.1 149%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1912 24 21 44 42 7 11 0 1 0 5 0 3 1 7 .262 .279 .310 .589 70 13 0 1
1913 25 21 44 42 7 11 0 1 0 5 0 3 1 7 .262 .279 .310 .589 70 13 0 1
1914 26 21 44 42 7 11 0 1 0 5 0 3 1 7 .262 .279 .310 .589 70 13 0 1
1915 27 173 627 554 65 134 18 11 7 72 32 3 47 42 .242 .303 .352 .655 88 195 2 24
1916 28 247 905 790 94 188 27 14 7 91 45 3 77 65 .238 .310 .334 .644 88 264 5 33
1917 29 327 1129 989 122 237 33 16 9 111 58 3 89 81 .240 .307 .333 .640 89 329 7 44
1918 30 356 1162 1023 129 246 34 16 9 111 62 3 89 83 .240 .306 .331 .638 89 339 8 44
1919 31 356 1162 1023 129 246 34 16 9 111 62 3 89 83 .240 .306 .331 .638 89 339 8 44
1920 32 356 1162 1023 129 246 34 16 9 111 62 3 89 83 .240 .306 .331 .638 89 339 8 44
1921 33 498 1826 1636 222 427 62 23 10 162 84 16 118 107 .261 .314 .345 .660 85 565 9 65
1922 34 642 2499 2239 307 580 79 26 10 218 105 34 158 137 .259 .312 .331 .643 77 741 13 91
1923 35 673 2597 2330 318 607 82 27 11 227 107 35 162 143 .261 .312 .333 .645 77 776 14 93
1924 36 737 2730 2449 342 649 86 35 14 239 108 41 173 150 .265 .317 .346 .663 81 847 15 96
1925 37 813 2913 2619 372 697 91 36 19 256 114 44 181 160 .266 .317 .350 .667 82 917 15 100

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1912 24 22 46 44 8 12 0 1 0 6 0 1 7 .273 .289 .318 .607 4 21
1915 27 159 618 542 66 135 20 11 8 76 35 50 37 .249 .315 .371 .686 63 152
1916 28 77 303 254 39 65 11 4 0 25 16 36 24 .256 .357 .331 .688 29 74
1917 29 83 242 215 37 59 7 2 2 27 16 14 17 .274 .325 .353 .678 25 80
1918 30 37 45 44 10 12 1 0 0 0 5 0 3 .273 .289 .295 .584 4 29
1921 33 149 681 630 86 176 27 7 1 47 21 28 25 .279 .311 .349 .660 68 142
1922 34 151 697 625 84 155 17 3 0 55 21 41 31 .248 .299 .285 .583 52 144
1923 35 33 103 96 10 29 3 1 1 8 2 4 6 .302 .337 .385 .722 13 31
1924 36 67 137 122 23 41 4 8 3 11 1 11 7 .336 .396 .574 .969 27 64
1925 37 80 186 174 27 46 5 1 5 15 6 8 11 .264 .297 .391 .688 20 76
10 Yrs 858 3058 2746 390 730 95 38 20 270 123 193 168 .266 .318 .350 .668 305 813
162 Game Avg. 162 577 518 74 138 18 7 4 51 23 36 32 .266 .318 .350 .668 58 813

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1915 FL  1.9 (1st)
1921 AL  1.1 (3rd)
1922 AL  1.0 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1915 FL  152 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1921 AL  613 (4th)
1922 AL  603 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1922 AL  673 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1915 FL  7 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1915 FL  67 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1915 FL  32 (7th)
1921 AL  22 (4th)
1922 AL  21 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
1921 AL  145 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1915 FL  23 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1921 AL  13 (6th)
1922 AL  18 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1915 FL  11.5 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1915 FL  73.1 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1921 AL  466 (2nd)
1922 AL  494 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 17 (1113), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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