Ernie Johnson

Ernest Thorwald Johnson

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

Born: June 16, 1924 in Brattleboro, VT
High School: Union HS (Brattleboro, VT)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1950
Teams (by GP): Braves/Orioles 1950-1959

Final Game: September 12, 1959
Died: August 12, 2011 in Cumming, GA
Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Roswell, GA
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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
1942	18	ATL-min	A																										HFD · EL
1943		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	22	ATL-min	B,A	17	24	24		3	1	0	0						.125	.125	.167	.292		4							PAW,HFD · NENL,EL
1947	23	ATL-min	A	30	50	50		10	1	0	0						.200	.200	.220	.420		11							HFD · EL
1948	24	ATL-min	A	25	61	61		12	0	0	0						.197	.197	.197	.393		12							HFD · EL
1949	25	ATL-min	A,AAA	27	70	70		13	2	1	0						.186	.186	.243	.429		17							DEN,MLW · WL,AA
1950	26	ATL-min	A																										HFD · EL
1950	26	BSN	NL	16	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	171	1	0	0	0			1

1951	27	ATL-min	AAA	32	78	67	7	19	4	0	0	12	0		3	9	.284	.314	.343	.658		23	1	0	8				MLW · AA
1952	28	BSN	NL	29	28	22	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.091	.167	.136	.303	-14	3	1	0	4			1
1953	29	MLN	NL	36	15	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.071	.071	.071	.143	-62	1	0	0	1			1
1954	30	MLN	NL	40	18	13	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.231	.462	24	3	0	0	5	0		1
1955	31	MLN	NL	40	23	20	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.100	.182	.100	.282	-21	2	1	0	1	0	0	1
1956	32	MLN	NL	36	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.200	.250	.450	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1957	33	MLN	NL	30	18	17	1	6	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	3	.353	.353	.588	.941	155	10	0	0	1	0	0	1
1958	34	ATL-min	AAA	12	24	20	2	1	0	0	0	2	0		2	8	.050	.130	.050	.180		1		0	1	1	0		WCH · AA
1958	34	MLN	NL	15	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	35	BAL	AL	31	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	87	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
9 Yrs				273	118	100	7	18	2	0	1	14	0	0	5	17	.180	.217	.230	.447	23	23	3	0	12	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	70	59	4	11	1	0	1	8	0		3	10	.180	.217	.230	.447	23	14	2	0	7

MLN (8 yrs)				242	112	94	6	16	2	0	1	13	0	0	5	17	.170	.210	.223	.433	19	21	2	0	12	1	0
BAL (1 yr)				31	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	87	2	1	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				242	112	94	6	16	2	0	1	13	0	0	5	17	.170	.210	.223	.433	19	21	2	0	12	1	0
AL (1 yr)				31	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	87	2	1	0	0	0	0

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
1950	26	BSN	NL	16	2	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1

1952	28	BSN	NL	29	28	-4	0	-0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1953	29	MLN	NL	36	15	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	1
1954	30	MLN	NL	40	18	-2	-0	0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
1955	31	MLN	NL	40	23	-2	0	-0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.1	1	$	1
1956	32	MLN	NL	36	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.1	0	$	1
1957	33	MLN	NL	30	18	1	-0	0	0	2	3	0.3	1	3	0.3	.510	.502	0.3	-0.0	3	$	1
1958	34	MLN	NL	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.506	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1959	35	BAL	AL	31	6	-0	0	-0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
9 Seasons				273	118	-10	-0	-1	0	13	2	0.1	4	6	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.2	6	$

MLN (8 yrs)				242	112	-10	-0	-1	0	12	1	0.1	4	5	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	-0.2	5	$
BAL (1 yr)				31	6	-0	0	-0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$

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
1950	26	BSN	NL	2	1	1	26.7	103	.500	.500	.262	.500	.338	.500	.407	1.000	.745	171	.960	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

1952	28	BSN	NL	28	25	1	1.1	95	.105	.091	.258	.167	.330	.136	.384	.303	.714	-14	.077	-3.4	-0.4	.238	.136	.045
1953	29	MLN	NL	15	14	0	0.0	105	.100	.071	.267	.071	.337	.071	.416	.143	.753	-62	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.077	.000	.000
1954	30	MLN	NL	18	15	1	1.8	104	.273	.231	.267	.231	.337	.231	.412	.462	.749	24	.141	-1.4	-0.1	.300	.000	.000
1955	31	MLN	NL	23	20	0	0.0	102	.125	.100	.261	.182	.331	.100	.413	.282	.744	-21	.000	-3.5	-0.3	.211	.100	.000
1956	32	MLN	NL	5	4	0	0.0	98	.200	.250	.257	.200	.323	.250	.406	.450	.729	24	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1957	33	MLN	NL	18	12	4	9.1	97	.385	.353	.260	.353	.322	.588	.403	.941	.725	155	.773	1.2	0.1	.909	.235	.235	.0
1958	34	MLN	NL	3	2	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.260	.333	.327	.000	.406	.333	.733	2	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
1959	35	BAL	AL	6	5	0	0.0	96	.333	.333	.257	.333	.328	.333	.393	.667	.720	87	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.400	.000	.000
9 Yrs				118	98	7	1.9	100	.205	.180	.261	.217	.330	.230	.403	.447	.734	23	.169	-10.8	-1.1	.329	.100	.050	.0
162 Game Avg.				70	58	4	1.9	100	.205	.180	.261	.217	.330	.230	.403	.447	.734	23	.169	-10.8	-1.1	.329	.100	.050

MLN (8 yrs)				112	93	7	2.0	100	.195	.170	.262	.210	.331	.223	.404	.433	.735	19	.183	-10.7	-1.1	.325	.106	.053	.0
BAL (1 yr)				6	5	0	0.0	96	.333	.333	.257	.333	.328	.333	.393	.667	.720	87	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.400	.000	.000

NL (8 yrs)				112	93	7	2.0	100	.195	.170	.262	.210	.331	.223	.404	.433	.735	19	.183	-10.7	-1.1	.325	.106	.053	.0
AL (1 yr)				6	5	0	0.0	96	.333	.333	.257	.333	.328	.333	.393	.667	.720	87	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.400	.000	.000

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
1957	33	MLN	NL	WS	NYY	W	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	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	GO/AO	IP%
1950	26	BSN	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%

1952	28	BSN	NL	28	0.0%	10.7%	7.1%	3.6%	50%	1.50	7.3		11.0	2.14	68%
1953	29	MLN	NL	15	0.0%	26.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5			1.50	67%
1954	30	MLN	NL	18	0.0%	11.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		6.5		13.0	2.00	61%
1955	31	MLN	NL	23	0.0%	17.4%	8.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	5.0		20.0	3.33	70%
1956	32	MLN	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				4.0	0.50	100%
1957	33	MLN	NL	18	5.6%	16.7%	0.0%	11.1%	33%		5.7	17.0	2.4	2.00	72%
1958	34	MLN	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%		1.00	2.0		2.0		33%
1959	35	BAL	AL	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				6.0	4.00	100%
9 Yrs				118	0.9%	14.4%	4.2%	2.5%	17%	3.40	5.9	100.0	7.1	2.13	70%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.4%	9.3%	6.6%	29%	1.23	7.8	40.4	8.2	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1950	26	BSN	NL	0.2	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.42	0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.74	0.2	0

1952	28	BSN	NL	-3.4	-0.4	28	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.77	-0.3	-0.2	-3.2	-0.3	1.07	-3.8	0
1953	29	MLN	NL	-3.2	-0.3	15	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.86	-0.3	-0.0	-2.8	-0.3	0.83	-3.8	0
1954	30	MLN	NL	-1.4	-0.1	16	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.69	-0.2	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.85	-1.9	0
1955	31	MLN	NL	-3.5	-0.3	21	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.97	-0.2	-0.2	-2.4	-0.2	0.84	-2.4	0
1956	32	MLN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	4	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.97	0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.07	0.0	0
1957	33	MLN	NL	1.2	0.1	19	0.2	0.4	-0.3	.84	0.1	0.1	3.1	0.3	1.11	1.5	0
1958	34	MLN	NL	-0.2	-0.0	3	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.72	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.1	1.44	0.4	0
1959	35	BAL	AL	-0.1	-0.0	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.47	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.92	-0.4	0
9 Yrs				-10.8	-1.1	114	-1.1	0.9	-2.0	.80	-1.0	-0.4	-5.6	-0.6	0.97	-10.3	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1950	26	BSN	NL	0	0	0%	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1952	28	BSN	NL	0	0	50%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1953	29	MLN	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	30	MLN	NL	0	0	67%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	31	MLN	NL	2	0	25%	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	32	MLN	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	33	MLN	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1958	34	MLN	NL	1	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	35	BAL	AL	0	0	50%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				3	0	27%	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	38%	6	3	2	0	0	0	2	1	1

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
1950	26	BSN	NL	2	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1952	28	BSN	NL	28	36%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	7	1	14%	6	2	33%	24	3	13%	2	1	50%	3	2	67%	0
1953	29	MLN	NL	15	20%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	10	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1954	30	MLN	NL	18	13%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	6	0	0%	5	1	20%	9	1	11%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1955	31	MLN	NL	23	15%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	9	1	11%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	32	MLN	NL	5	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1957	33	MLN	NL	18	6%	6			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	18	6	33%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1958	34	MLN	NL	3	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1959	35	BAL	AL	6	0%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	0	0%	4	1	25%	0	0		0	0		0
9 Yrs				118	19%	18			0	0	0	0		1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	15	12	80%	22	3	14%	21	5	24%	81	14	17%	6	4	67%	5	2	40%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			82%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1950	26	16	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	171	1	0	0
1951	27	16	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	171	1	0	0
1952	28	45	30	24	2	3	1	0	2	0	2	3	.125	.192	.167	.359	1	4	1	4
1953	29	81	45	38	2	4	1	0	2	0	2	7	.105	.150	.132	.282	-22	5	1	5
1954	30	121	63	51	4	7	1	0	3	0	2	9	.137	.170	.157	.327	-10	8	1	10	0
1955	31	161	86	71	5	9	1	0	4	0	4	13	.127	.173	.141	.314	-13	10	2	11	0	0
1956	32	197	91	75	5	10	1	0	5	0	4	13	.133	.175	.147	.322	-11	11	2	11	1	0
1957	33	227	109	92	6	16	2	1	12	0	4	16	.174	.206	.228	.434	19	21	2	12	1	0
1958	34	242	112	94	6	16	2	1	13	0	5	17	.170	.210	.223	.433	19	21	2	12	1	0
1959	35	273	118	100	7	18	2	1	14	0	5	17	.180	.217	.230	.447	23	23	3	12	1	0

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1950	26	17	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	1	16

1952	28	30	31	24	4	3	2	0	0	4	0	3	3	.125	.222	.208	.431	1	29
1953	29	37	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	36
1954	30	42	20	15	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.267	.267	.267	.533	1	40
1955	31	42	24	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.087	.000	.087	0	40
1956	32	38	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	36
1957	33	31	19	18	1	7	1	0	1	8	0	0	3	.389	.389	.611	1.000	4	30
1958	34	16	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	15
1959	35	32	7	7	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	1	31
9 Yrs		285	128	109	10	19	3	0	1	17	0	6	17	.174	.216	.229	.445	8	273
162 Game Avg.		162	73	62	6	11	2	0	1	10	0	3	10	.174	.216	.229	.445	5	273

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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