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 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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1950 26 BSN NL 2 0 1.000 6.97 16 1 7 0 0 0 20.2 37 21 16 1 13 15 0 0 1 110 55 2.419 16.1 0.4 5.7 6.5 1.15
1952 28 BSN NL 6 3 .667 4.11 29 10 10 2 1 1 92.0 100 53 42 7 31 45 2 1 2 405 88 1.424 9.8 0.7 3.0 4.4 1.45
1953 29 MLN NL 4 3 .571 2.67 36 1 10 0 0 0 81.0 79 34 24 4 22 36 3 1 2 331 148 1.247 8.8 0.4 2.4 4.0 1.64
1954 30 MLN NL 5 2 .714 2.81 40 4 13 1 0 2 99.1 77 34 31 11 34 68 1 1 2 392 133 1.117 7.0 1.0 3.1 6.2 2.00
1955 31 MLN NL 5 7 .417 3.42 40 2 18 0 0 4 92.0 81 38 35 5 55 8 43 2 0 3 404 110 1.478 7.9 0.5 5.4 4.2 0.78
1956 32 MLN NL 4 3 .571 3.71 36 0 23 0 0 6 51.0 54 21 21 9 21 2 26 1 0 1 224 94 1.471 9.5 1.6 3.7 4.6 1.24
1957 33 MLN NL 7 3 .700 3.88 30 0 16 0 0 4 65.0 67 29 28 9 26 5 44 1 0 2 284 90 1.431 9.3 1.2 3.6 6.1 1.69
1958 34 MLN NL 3 1 .750 8.10 15 0 6 0 0 1 23.1 35 21 21 4 10 3 13 1 0 1 114 43 1.929 13.5 1.5 3.9 5.0 1.30
1959 35 BAL AL 4 1 .800 4.11 31 1 16 0 0 1 50.1 57 32 23 6 19 2 29 3 1 2 230 92 1.510 10.2 1.1 3.4 5.2 1.53
9 Seasons 40 23 .635 3.77 273 19 119 3 1 19 574.2 587 283 241 56 231 20 319 14 4 16 2494 98 1.423 9.2 0.9 3.6 5.0 1.38
162 Game Avg. 9 5 .635 3.77 64 4 28 1 0 4 134 137 66 56 13 54 74 3 1 4 581 98 1.423 9.2 0.9 3.6 5.0 1.38
MLN (8 yrs) 36 22 .621 3.74 242 18 103 3 1 18 524.1 530 251 218 50 212 18 290 11 3 14 2264 99 1.415 9.1 0.9 3.6 5.0 1.37
BAL (1 yr) 4 1 .800 4.11 31 1 16 0 0 1 50.1 57 32 23 6 19 2 29 3 1 2 230 92 1.510 10.2 1.1 3.4 5.2 1.53
NL (8 yrs) 36 22 .621 3.74 242 18 103 3 1 18 524.1 530 251 218 50 212 18 290 11 3 14 2264 99 1.415 9.1 0.9 3.6 5.0 1.37
AL (1 yr) 4 1 .800 4.11 31 1 16 0 0 1 50.1 57 32 23 6 19 2 29 3 1 2 230 92 1.510 10.2 1.1 3.4 5.2 1.53

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
1957 33 MLN NL WS W NYY 0 1 .000 1.29 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 24 0.429 2.6 1.3 1.3 10.3 8.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 1.29 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 24 0.429 2.6 1.3 1.3 10.3 8.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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 IBB
1954 30 MLN NL 40 392 351 34 77 10 0 11 2 3 34 68 .219 .289 .342 .631 .242 120 4 1 5 1
1955 31 MLN NL 40 404 338 38 81 5 0 5 1 1 55 43 .240 .348 .299 .646 .260 101 7 2 7 2 8
1956 32 MLN NL 36 224 200 21 54 6 1 9 2 0 21 26 .270 .341 .445 .786 .271 89 2 1 1 1 2
1957 33 MLN NL 30 283 252 29 67 5 1 9 3 0 26 44 .266 .336 .401 .737 .290 101 5 1 3 1 5
1958 34 MLN NL 15 114 98 21 35 8 1 4 1 1 10 13 .357 .418 .582 1.000 .378 57 0 1 4 1 3
1959 35 BAL AL 31 230 199 32 57 7 2 6 3 1 19 29 .286 .353 .432 .785 .305 86 4 3 6 3 2
6 Seasons 192 1647 1438 175 371 41 5 44 12 6 165 223 .258 .336 .385 .721 .277 554 22 9 26 9 20
162 Game Avg. 66 563 491 60 127 14 2 15 4 2 56 76 .258 .336 .385 .721 .277 189 8 3 9 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 30 MLN NL 40 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 2 1 0 2 50% 54 73 28 4 0 1 1 6.0 5.9 5.3
1955 31 MLN NL 40 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 46 56 35 6 3 0 1 4.0 4.5 6.0
1959 35 BAL AL 31 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 44 44 44 8 3 1 0 2.0 9.0 1.0
3 Seasons 111 7 1 3 3 0 0 2 5 .286 0 3 1 0 2 29% 50 73 28 18 6 2 2 4.8 5.8 4.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 30 MLN NL 40 36 13 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 17 8 47% 8 0.669 3 12 15 0 3 27 12 18 25 5 22 8 6.5
1955 31 MLN NL 40 38 18 5 5 2 4 1 200% 6 3 24 9 38% 1.276 8 12 8 6 3 19 13 15 22 9 17 6 6.3
1956 32 MLN NL 36 36 23 4 3 4 6 1 150% 4 0 21 7 33% 0.969 10 6 9 4 7 15 10 16 14 9 10 7 4.3
1957 33 MLN NL 30 30 16 7 3 4 4 0 100% 4 0 22 9 41% 8 1.202 11 10 9 9 6 15 12 18 17 5 19 1 6.5
1958 34 MLN NL 15 15 6 3 1 3 1 2 33% 3 0 8 2 25% 7 1.090 7 3 4 3 4 7 5 9 7 5 7 1 4.7
1959 35 BAL AL 31 30 16 4 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 12 6 50% 7 0.531 5 5 17 3 3 24 7 23 19 2 19 5 4.9
6 Seasons 192 185 92 27 14 15 18 5 120% 20 4 104 41 39% 0.939 44 48 62 25 26 107 59 99 104 35 94 28 5.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1950 26 BSN NL
1952 28 BSN NL
1953 29 MLN NL
1954 30 MLN NL 392 35% 2.8% 17.4% 8.7% 5.4% 27% 0.71 70% 66 4 6%
1955 31 MLN NL 404 37% 1.2% 10.6% 13.6% 2.5% 12% 0.91 72% 71 7 10%
1956 32 MLN NL 224 40% 4.0% 11.6% 9.4% 7.1% 30% 0.79 74% 34 2 6%
1957 33 MLN NL 283 37% 3.2% 15.6% 9.2% 5.3% 22% 1.19 71% 65 5 8%
1958 34 MLN NL 114 34% 3.5% 11.4% 8.8% 11.4% 37% 1.00 72% 19 0 0%
1959 35 BAL AL 230 29% 2.6% 12.6% 8.3% 6.5% 26% 1.05 73% 48 4 8%
9 Seasons 1647 35% 3.4% 19.4% 14.0% 5.5% 15% 0.91 72% 303 22 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1950 26 BSN NL 37 1 1
1952 28 BSN NL 100 7 2
1953 29 MLN NL 79 4 2
1954 30 MLN NL 352 77 11 0 8 6 4 5 5 18 7 3 39% 2 2 1 130 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 40
1955 31 MLN NL 283 81 5 0 17 3 2 3 2 20 9 1 45% 3 3 0 125 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 121
1956 32 MLN NL 151 54 9 0 8 6 2 1 7 11 5 1 45% 0 1 0 67 2 0 100% 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 73
1957 33 MLN NL 283 67 9 0 7 4 5 0 9 16 8 3 50% 2 2 0 113 3 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1958 34 MLN NL 99 35 4 0 1 3 1 2 2 12 7 1 58% 0 1 0 44 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 15
1959 35 BAL AL 230 57 6 0 5 5 1 2 4 13 8 2 62% 5 2 0 91 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
9 Seasons 1398 587 56 0 46 27 15 13 29 90 44 11 49% 12 16 1 570 12 6 67% 8 6 3 0 1 0 5 0 24 249
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1950 26 2 0 1.000 6.97 16 1 7 0 0 0 20.2 37 21 16 1 13 15 0 0 1 110 55 2.419 16.1 0.4 5.7 6.5 1.15 55
1951 27 2 0 1.000 6.97 16 1 7 0 0 0 20.2 37 21 16 1 13 15 0 0 1 110 55 2.419 16.1 0.4 5.7 6.5 1.15 55
1952 28 8 3 .727 4.63 45 11 17 2 1 1 112.2 137 74 58 8 44 60 2 1 3 515 79 1.607 10.9 0.6 3.5 4.8 1.36 79
1953 29 12 6 .667 3.81 81 12 27 2 1 1 193.2 216 108 82 12 66 96 5 2 5 846 99 1.456 10.0 0.6 3.1 4.5 1.45 99
1954 30 17 8 .680 3.47 121 16 40 3 1 3 293.0 293 142 113 23 100 164 6 3 7 1238 109 1.341 9.0 0.7 3.1 5.0 1.64 109
1955 31 22 15 .595 3.46 161 18 58 3 1 7 385.0 374 180 148 28 155 8 207 8 3 10 1642 109 1.374 8.7 0.7 3.6 4.8 1.34 109
1956 32 26 18 .591 3.49 197 18 81 3 1 13 436.0 428 201 169 37 176 10 233 9 3 11 1866 107 1.385 8.8 0.8 3.6 4.8 1.32 107
1957 33 33 21 .611 3.54 227 18 97 3 1 17 501.0 495 230 197 46 202 15 277 10 3 13 2150 105 1.391 8.9 0.8 3.6 5.0 1.37 105
1958 34 36 22 .621 3.74 242 18 103 3 1 18 524.1 530 251 218 50 212 18 290 11 3 14 2264 99 1.415 9.1 0.9 3.6 5.0 1.37 99
1959 35 40 23 .635 3.77 273 19 119 3 1 19 574.2 587 283 241 56 231 20 319 14 4 16 2494 98 1.423 9.2 0.9 3.6 5.0 1.38 98

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1950 26 0 2 .000 7.29 21.0 39 19 17 1 14 15 0 2.524 16.7 6.0 6.4 1.07 0.4 16
1952 28 4 6 .400 4.70 92.0 110 53 48 8 34 45 2 1.565 10.8 3.3 4.4 1.32 0.8 29
1953 29 5 3 .625 2.85 79.0 81 28 25 4 23 35 3 1.316 9.2 2.6 4.0 1.52 0.5 36
1954 30 6 4 .600 3.15 97.0 83 38 34 12 37 66 1 1.237 7.7 3.4 6.1 1.78 1.1 40
1955 31 5 5 .500 3.82 92.0 88 43 39 5 60 43 2 1.609 8.6 5.9 4.2 0.72 0.5 40
1956 32 2 3 .400 4.50 50.0 60 28 25 10 23 25 1 1.660 10.8 4.1 4.5 1.09 1.8 36
1957 33 3 4 .429 4.64 64.0 75 37 33 10 29 43 1 1.625 10.5 4.1 6.0 1.48 1.4 30
1958 34 0 2 .000 9.78 23.0 40 28 25 5 11 13 1 2.217 15.7 4.3 5.1 1.18 2.0 15
1959 35 2 3 .400 4.41 51.0 62 28 25 7 21 29 3 1.627 10.9 3.7 5.1 1.38 1.2 31
9 Seasons 27 32 .458 4.29 569.0 638 302 271 62 252 314 14 1.564 10.1 5.0 1.25 1.0 273

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1955 NL--4--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1955 NL--18--8th
1956 NL--23--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (1834), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1491), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (541), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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