Ernie Johnson
Ernest Thorwald Johnson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 16, 1924 in Brattleboro, VT
High School: Union (Brattleboro, VT)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1950
Final Game: September 12, 1959
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Standard Batting

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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 Awards
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
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 .941 156 10 0 0 1 0 0 1
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 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 .728 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 .725 156 .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 .392 .667 .720 87 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .400 .000 .000
9 Seasons 118 98 7 1.9 99 .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 99 .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 .392 .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 .392 .667 .720 87 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .400 .000 .000

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
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*

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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
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 68%
1953 29 MLN NL 15 0.0% 26.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.5 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 2.00 70%
1956 32 MLN NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 100%
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 Seasons 118 0.9% 14.4% 4.2% 2.5% 17% 3.40 5.9 100.0 7.1 2.27 70%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
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 Seasons 3 0 27% 19 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 33% 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 30 MLN NL 16 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 2
1955 31 MLN NL 17 18% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 8 1 13% 0 0 0 0 6
1956 32 MLN NL 2 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 3
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% 1 1 100% 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 Seasons 62 13% 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 12 150% 11 3 27% 10 2 20% 45 10 22% 3 2 67% 2 1 50% 11
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1950 26 16 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 171 1 0 0 0
1951 27 16 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 171 1 0 0 0
1952 28 45 30 24 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .125 .192 .167 .359 1 4 1 0 4
1953 29 81 45 38 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 .105 .150 .132 .282 -22 5 1 0 5
1954 30 121 63 51 4 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 9 .137 .170 .157 .327 -10 8 1 0 10 0
1955 31 161 86 71 5 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 13 .127 .173 .141 .314 -13 10 2 0 11 0 0
1956 32 197 91 75 5 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 13 .133 .175 .147 .322 -11 11 2 0 11 1 0
1957 33 227 109 92 6 16 2 0 1 12 0 0 4 16 .174 .206 .228 .434 19 21 2 0 12 1 0
1958 34 242 112 94 6 16 2 0 1 13 0 0 5 17 .170 .210 .223 .433 19 21 2 0 12 1 0
1959 35 273 118 100 7 18 2 0 1 14 0 0 5 17 .180 .217 .230 .447 23 23 3 0 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 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 16
1952 28 30 27 24 4 3 2 0 0 4 0 3 3 .125 .222 .208 .431 1 29
1953 29 37 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 36
1954 30 42 14 14 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 40
1955 31 42 23 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 18 18 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 4 30
1958 34 16 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 15
1959 35 32 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 31
9 Seasons 285 113 106 8 3 2 0 0 14 0 6 17 .028 .080 .047 .127 7 273
162 Game Avg. 162 64 60 5 2 1 0 0 8 0 3 10 .028 .080 .047 .127 4 273

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