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Fred Johnson

Frederick Edward Johnson (Deacon or Cactus)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 10, 1894 in Tolar, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1922 (Age 28)
Teams (by GP): Browns/Giants 1922-1939

Final Game: May 10, 1939 (Age 45)
Died: June 14, 1973 in Kerrville, TX
Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio, TX
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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	Awards
1921	27	ABL	D	12	11	.522		27						218.0	183	84			37							1.009	7.6		1.5			ABL · WTXL
1922	28	MXI,SAN	D,A	14	9	.609	0.94	25						202.0	166	68	21		44							1.040	7.4		2.0			MXI,SAN · TXOK,TL
1922	28	NYG	NL	0	2	.000	4.00	2	2	0	1	0	0	18.0	20	8	8	3	1	8	0	0	0	72	103	1.167	10.0	1.5	0.5	4.0	8.00
1923	29	TOL,SAN,WAC	AA,A,D	11	21	.344	5.36	38						230.0	294	172	137		79							1.622	11.5		3.1			TOL,SAN,WAC · AA,TL,TEXA
1923	29	NYG	NL	2	0	1.000	4.24	3	2	1	1	0	0	17.0	11	8	8	2	7	5	0	0	0	69	93	1.059	5.8	1.1	3.7	2.6	0.71

1924	30	TOL	AA	4	5	.444	4.78	21						79.0	89	66	42		31							1.519	10.1		3.5			TOL · AA
1925	31	TOL	AA	7	8	.467	4.71	57						168.0	197	97	88		57							1.512	10.6		3.1			TOL · AA
1926	32	NVL,TOL	A,AA	12	8	.600	4.30	38						161.0	188	101	77		52							1.491	10.5		2.9			NVL,TOL · SOUA,AA
1927	33	NVL	A	17	16	.515	4.31	44						267.0	307	140	128		85							1.468	10.3		2.9			NVL · SOUA
1928	34	MEM	A	18	13	.581	3.49	41						250.0	263	113	97		63							1.304	9.5		2.3			MEM · SOUA
1929	35	MOB,NOR	A	13	11	.542	3.54	35						234.0	262	106	92		58							1.368	10.1		2.2			MOB,NOR · SOUA
1930	36	NOR	A	16	8	.667	3.40	38						262.0	269	113	99		82							1.340	9.2		2.8			NOR · SOUA
1931	37	NOR	A	21	12	.636	3.32	38	36					287.0	306	125	106		71							1.314	9.6		2.2			NOR · SOUA
1932	38	NOR	A	16	16	.500	4.18	37						299.0	348	159	139		89							1.462	10.5		2.7			NOR · SOUA
1933	39	CLE-min	A	21	9	.700	3.03	38						288.0	301	135	97		48							1.212	9.4		1.5			NOR · SOUA
1934	40	CLE-min	A	20	5	.800	3.89	34						252.0	287	123	109		45							1.317	10.2		1.6			NOR · SOUA
1935	41	FTW	A	9	14	.391	2.87	28	22					210.0	223	89	67		43							1.267	9.6		1.8			FTW · TL
1936	42	FTW	A1	8	18	.308	4.64	38	26					231.0	278	142	119		47							1.407	10.8		1.8			FTW · TL
1937	43	DET-min	AA	9	7	.563	3.57	31	15					169.0	192	93	67		42							1.385	10.2		2.2			TOL · AA
1938	44	DET-min	AA	12	4	.750	4.56	23	16					140.0	155	75	71		26							1.293	10.0		1.7			TOL · AA
1938	44	SLB	AL	3	7	.300	5.61	17	6	9	3	0	3	69.0	91	50	43	7	27	24	1	0	3	319	89	1.710	11.9	0.9	3.5	3.1	0.89
1939	45	DET-min	AA	1	6	.143	4.27	19	3					59.0	59	31	28		14							1.237	9.0		2.1			TOL · AA
1939	45	SLB	AL	0	1	.000	6.43	5	2	2	1	0	0	14.0	23	12	10	0	9	2	0	0	0	70	77	2.286	14.8	0.0	5.8	1.3	0.22
1940	46	BAL-min	AA,A1	2	3	.400	4.88	19						48.0	55	28	26		14							1.438	10.3		2.6			SHV,TOL,MEM · TL,AA,SOUA
1941	47	CKD,VBG,MRO,LRK	C,A1	1	5	.167	9.00	10						54.0	100	61	54		19							2.204	16.7		3.2			CKD,VBG,MRO,LRK · CSTL,SOUA
4 Yrs				5	10	.333	5.26	27	12	12	6	0	3	118.0	145	78	69	12	44	39	1	0	3	530	89	1.602	11.1	0.9	3.4	3.0	0.89
162 Game Avg.				9	17	.333	5.26	47	21	21	10	0	5	206	253	136	120	21	77	68	2	0	5	924	89	1.602	11.1	0.9	3.4	3.0	0.89

NYG (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	4.11	5	4	1	2	0	0	35.0	31	16	16	5	8	13	0	0	0	141	98	1.114	8.0	1.3	2.1	3.3	1.63
SLB (2 yrs)				3	8	.273	5.75	22	8	11	4	0	3	83.0	114	62	53	7	36	26	1	0	3	389	87	1.807	12.4	0.8	3.9	2.8	0.72

AL (2 yrs)				3	8	.273	5.75	22	8	11	4	0	3	83.0	114	62	53	7	36	26	1	0	3	389	87	1.807	12.4	0.8	3.9	2.8	0.72
NL (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	4.11	5	4	1	2	0	0	35.0	31	16	16	5	8	13	0	0	0	141	98	1.114	8.0	1.3	2.1	3.3	1.63

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%
1922	28	NYG	NL	18.0	2	2	8	4.00	4.28	0.39	0.00	96.0	3.74	-1	-0.1		-0.0	0.1	1	.470	.500
1923	29	NYG	NL	17.0	3	2	8	4.24	4.97	0.24	0.00	92.4	4.38	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.506	.500

1938	44	SLB	AL	69.0	17	6	50	6.52	5.62	-0.41	0.00	104.6	6.31	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.4	7	.488	.499
1939	45	SLB	AL	14.0	5	2	12	7.71	5.27	-0.63	0.00	108.6	6.40	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.461	.499
4 Seasons				118.0	27	12	78	5.95	5.28	-0.22	0.00	102.0	5.65	-5	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	0.6	9	.483	.499

NYG (2 yrs)				35.0	5	4	16	4.11	4.62	0.31	0.00	94.3	4.05	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.2	3	.492	.500
SLB (2 yrs)				83.0	22	8	62	6.72	5.56	-0.45	0.00	105.3	6.33	-5	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.4	6	.482	.499

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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	Pos	Awards
1920	26	CIS	D																								CIS · WTXL
1921	27	ABL	D																								ABL · WTXL
1922	28	MXI,SAN	D,A	29	84	84		20	1	2	0						.238	.238	.298	.536		25					MXI,SAN · TXOK,TL
1922	28	NYG	NL	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	1	/1
1923	29	TOL,SAN,WAC	AA,A,D	40	79	79		19	1	1	0						.241	.241	.278	.519		22					TOL,SAN,WAC · AA,TL,TEXA
1923	29	NYG	NL	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0	/1

1924	30	TOL	AA	21	29	29		9	0	1	0						.310	.310	.379	.690		11					TOL · AA
1925	31	TOL	AA	59	56	56		8	1	0	0						.143	.143	.161	.304		9					TOL · AA
1926	32	NVL,TOL	A,AA	42	58	58		17	1	0	0						.293	.293	.310	.603		18					NVL,TOL · SOUA,AA
1927	33	NVL	A	44	105	105		25	1	0	0						.238	.238	.248	.486		26					NVL · SOUA
1928	34	MEM	A	40	93	93		21	2	1	0						.226	.226	.269	.495		25					MEM · SOUA
1929	35	NOR,MOB	A	36	86	86		14	1	0	0						.163	.163	.174	.337		15					NOR,MOB · SOUA
1930	36	NOR	A	40	107	107		17	3	0	0						.159	.159	.187	.346		20					NOR · SOUA
1931	37	NOR	A	38	114	114		27	2	1	0						.237	.237	.272	.509		31					NOR · SOUA
1932	38	NOR	A	38	127	127		31	6	1	0						.244	.244	.307	.551		39					NOR · SOUA
1933	39	CLE-min	A	39	116	116		28	3	0	0						.241	.241	.267	.509		31					NOR · SOUA
1934	40	CLE-min	A	34	106	106		27	2	0	0						.255	.255	.274	.528		29					NOR · SOUA
1935	41	FTW	A	28	76	76		9	1	0	0						.118	.118	.132	.250		10					FTW · TL
1936	42	FTW	A1	38	82	82		15	2	0	0						.183	.183	.207	.390		17					FTW · TL
1937	43	DET-min	AA	31	60	60		10	1	0	0						.167	.167	.183	.350		11					TOL · AA
1938	44	DET-min	AA	23	56	56		10	2	0	0						.179	.179	.214	.393		12					TOL · AA
1938	44	SLB	AL	17	26	25	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.240	.240	.240	.480	21	6		0	1	1
1939	45	DET-min	AA	19	16	16		2	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250		2					TOL · AA
1939	45	SLB	AL	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	/1
1940	46	BAL-min	AA,A1	15	20	20		3	0	0	0						.150	.150	.050	.200		1					TOL,SHV,MEM · AA,TL,SOUA
1941	47	LRK,VBG,MRO,CKD	A1,C	1	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0					LRK,VBG,MRO,CKD · SOUA,CSTL
4 Yrs				27	42	39	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	.154	.154	.154	.308	-22	6	0	0	3
162 Game Avg.				162	252	234	12	36	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	54	.154	.154	.154	.308	-22	36		0	18

NYG (2 yrs)				5	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	1
SLB (2 yrs)				22	31	29	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.207	.207	.207	.414	4	6	0	0	2

AL (2 yrs)				22	31	29	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.207	.207	.207	.414	4	6	0	0	2
NL (2 yrs)				5	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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	Pos
1922	28	NYG	NL	2	5	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.446	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	/1
1923	29	NYG	NL	3	6	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.457	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	/1

1938	44	SLB	AL	17	26	-3	0	0	0	3	-0	-0.0	1	1	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.0	1	1
1939	45	SLB	AL	5	5	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	/1
4 Seasons				27	42	-8	0	0	0	5	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.488	.499	-0.3	0.0	-2

NYG (2 yrs)				5	11	-3	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.453	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2
SLB (2 yrs)				22	31	-5	0	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	0.0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1922	NYG	NL	28	P	2	2	1	18.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.00	2.00	.958	2.40	2.35
1923	NYG	NL	29	P	3	2	1	17.0	9	0	9	0	1	1.000	4.76	3.00	.958	2.44	2.40
1938	SLB	AL	44	P	17	6	3	69.0	10	0	7	3	1	.700	0.91	0.41	.952	2.11	2.06
1939	SLB	AL	45	P	5	2	1	14.0	7	0	7	0	0	1.000	4.50	1.40	.951	1.93	1.90
	4 Seasons			P	27	12	6	118.0	30	1	26	3	2	.900	2.06	1.00	.954	2.18	2.09
	4 Seasons			TOT	27	12	6	118.0	30	1	26	3	2	.900	2.06	1.00	.954	2.18	2.09

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Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2159), Average HOFer ≈ 185
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (1965th), 0.3 career WAR/0.3 7yr-peak WAR/0.3 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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Transactions

May 14, 1939: Purchased with Russ Van Atta by Toronto (International) from the St. Louis Browns.

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