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Jimmy Johnston

James Harle Johnston

Positions: Third Baseman, Outfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 10, 1889 in Cleveland, TN (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1911
Teams (by GP): Robins/Cubs/Giants/Braves/WhiteSox 1911-1926

Final Game: September 11, 1926
Died: February 14, 1967 in Chattanooga, TN
Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN
Relatives: Brother of Doc Johnston
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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
1911 21 CHW AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /O
1914 24 CHC NL 50 111 101 9 23 3 2 1 8 3 4 9 .228 .264 .327 .591 76 33 1 5 O/4
1916 26 BRO NL 118 472 425 58 107 13 8 1 26 22 19 35 38 .252 .313 .327 .640 95 139 3 9 *O
1917 27 BRO NL 103 369 330 33 89 10 4 0 25 16 23 28 .270 .321 .324 .645 96 107 2 14 O3/645
1918 28 BRO NL 123 528 484 54 136 16 8 0 27 22 33 31 .281 .328 .347 .675 107 168 1 10 *O937/854
1919 29 BRO NL 117 453 405 56 114 11 4 1 23 11 29 26 .281 .334 .336 .670 100 136 3 16 4O/89376
1920 30 BRO NL 155 707 635 87 185 17 12 1 52 19 15 43 23 .291 .338 .361 .699 98 229 2 28 *5/O96
1921 31 BRO NL 152 688 624 104 203 41 14 5 56 28 16 45 26 .325 .372 .460 .832 114 287 1 19 *5/6
1922 32 BRO NL 138 617 567 110 181 20 7 4 49 18 9 38 17 .319 .364 .400 .764 97 227 2 10 465
1923 33 BRO NL 151 693 625 111 203 29 11 4 60 16 13 53 15 .325 .378 .426 .803 113 266 0 15 465
1924 34 BRO NL 86 354 315 51 94 11 2 2 29 5 6 27 10 .298 .356 .365 .721 96 115 1 11 65/3O9 MVP-18
1925 35 BRO NL 123 490 431 63 128 13 3 2 43 7 5 45 15 .297 .369 .355 .724 88 153 4 10 5O9/376
1926 36 TOT NL 60 143 126 18 30 1 0 1 10 2 16 8 .238 .324 .270 .594 65 34 0 0 O5/8947
1926 36 BSN NL 23 68 57 7 14 1 0 1 5 2 10 3 .246 .358 .316 .674 90 18 0 0 5/47O
1926 36 NYG NL 37 75 69 11 16 0 0 0 5 0 6 5 .232 .293 .232 .525 44 16 0 0 O/89
13 Yrs 1377 5627 5070 754 1493 185 75 22 410 169 83 391 247 .294 .347 .374 .721 100 1894 20 147
162 Game Avg. 162 662 596 89 176 22 9 3 48 20 46 29 .294 .347 .374 .721 100 223 2 17
BRO (10 yrs) 1266 5371 4841 727 1440 181 73 20 390 164 83 371 229 .297 .350 .377 .727 102 1827 19 142
NYG (1 yr) 37 75 69 11 16 0 0 0 5 0 6 5 .232 .293 .232 .525 44 16 0 0
BSN (1 yr) 23 68 57 7 14 1 0 1 5 2 10 3 .246 .358 .316 .674 90 18 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 50 111 101 9 23 3 2 1 8 3 4 9 .228 .264 .327 .591 76 33 1 5
CHW (1 yr) 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
NL (12 yrs) 1376 5625 5068 754 1493 185 75 22 408 169 83 391 246 .295 .348 .374 .721 100 1894 20 147
AL (1 yr) 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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 Awards
1911 21 CHW AL 1 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .447 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /O
1914 24 CHC NL 50 111 -3 -0 0 -1 -1 -5 -0.6 3 -2 -0.3 .488 .496 -0.2 -0.2 -1 $ O/4
1916 26 BRO NL 118 472 -2 -1 0 3 -5 -5 -0.6 13 9 0.7 .495 .496 0.3 -0.2 6 $ *O
1917 27 BRO NL 103 369 -1 0 0 0 -3 -4 -0.5 10 6 0.5 .495 .497 0.6 -0.4 6 $ O3/645
1918 28 BRO NL 123 528 3 -0 0 3 -6 1 0.0 15 16 1.5 .501 .501 1.2 -0.3 13 $ *O937/854
1919 29 BRO NL 117 453 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0.0 12 14 1.3 .501 .501 1.3 0.1 13 $ 4O/89376
1920 30 BRO NL 155 707 -0 0 0 -5 5 -0 -0.2 20 20 1.9 .500 .500 2.5 -0.1 25 $ *5/O96
1921 31 BRO NL 152 688 13 2 0 -5 5 15 1.4 20 35 3.4 .510 .509 4.0 -0.1 40 $ *5/6
1922 32 BRO NL 138 617 -1 1 0 -6 6 1 0.1 18 18 1.9 .501 .501 2.4 0.1 24 $ 465
1923 33 BRO NL 151 693 14 -1 0 2 7 23 2.2 20 42 4.1 .515 .514 4.0 0.9 40 $ 465
1924 34 BRO NL 86 354 -0 -1 0 -3 4 1 -0.0 10 11 1.0 .501 .500 1.4 0.1 14 $ 65/3O9 MVP-18
1925 35 BRO NL 123 490 -4 0 0 -15 1 -17 -1.7 14 -3 -0.3 .487 .490 1.2 -1.3 12 $ 5O9/376
1926 36 BSN NL 23 68 -0 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .497 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 $ 5/47O
1926 36 NYG NL 37 75 -5 0 0 -3 -0 -8 -0.9 2 -6 -0.7 .477 .495 -0.3 -0.4 -3 $ O/89
13 Seasons 1377 5627 15 0 0 -30 15 0 -0.8 160 161 15.0 .500 .500 18.5 -1.9 191 $
BRO (10 yrs) 1266 5371 23 0 0 -25 16 15 0.8 153 168 16.0 .501 .501 18.9 -1.2 193 $
NYG (1 yr) 37 75 -5 0 0 -3 -0 -8 -0.9 2 -6 -0.7 .477 .495 -0.3 -0.4 -3 $
BSN (1 yr) 23 68 -0 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .497 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 $
CHC (1 yr) 50 111 -3 -0 0 -1 -1 -5 -0.6 3 -2 -0.3 .488 .496 -0.2 -0.2 -1 $
CHW (1 yr) 1 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .447 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $

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
1911 21 CHW AL 2 2 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .278 .000 .345 .000 .366 .000 .712 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1914 24 CHC NL 111 83 8 2.6 83 .242 .228 .258 .264 .326 .327 .345 .591 .670 76 .363 -3.6 -0.4 .526 .168 .099 1.5
1916 26 BRO NL 472 346 40 3.1 80 .275 .252 .256 .313 .315 .327 .342 .640 .657 95 .462 -2.6 -0.3 .534 .165 .075 1.9
1917 27 BRO NL 369 255 34 3.6 80 .295 .270 .259 .321 .316 .324 .342 .645 .658 96 .534 -1.4 -0.2 .614 .173 .055 .0
1918 28 BRO NL 528 358 55 4.2 79 .300 .281 .260 .328 .318 .347 .336 .675 .653 107 .586 3.4 0.4 .644 .180 .066 .0
1919 29 BRO NL 453 307 45 4.0 83 .299 .281 .267 .334 .321 .336 .350 .670 .671 100 .550 0.3 0.0 .615 .153 .054 1.8
1920 30 BRO NL 707 493 75 4.2 93 .301 .291 .280 .338 .334 .361 .372 .699 .706 98 .532 -2.2 -0.2 .598 .143 .069 1.9
1921 31 BRO NL 688 456 105 6.2 111 .334 .325 .304 .372 .355 .460 .419 .832 .774 114 .631 13.0 1.3 .789 .226 .135 8.5
1922 32 BRO NL 617 405 82 5.4 112 .324 .319 .301 .364 .359 .400 .419 .764 .778 97 .543 -2.6 -0.2 .699 .164 .081 6.5
1923 33 BRO NL 693 450 98 5.9 105 .328 .325 .291 .378 .349 .426 .405 .803 .754 113 .594 12.6 1.2 .740 .190 .101 6.4
1924 34 BRO NL 354 238 40 4.5 101 .304 .298 .286 .356 .341 .365 .399 .721 .740 96 .495 -0.9 -0.1 .626 .149 .067 2.9
1925 35 BRO NL 490 318 55 4.6 111 .304 .297 .297 .369 .354 .355 .423 .724 .777 88 .454 -5.5 -0.5 .662 .167 .058 3.1
1926 36 TOT NL 143 96 11 3.0 99 .248 .238 .280 .324 .340 .270 .389 .594 .728 65 .327 -5.5 -0.6 .542 .175 .032 1.3
1926 36 BSN NL 68 43 6 3.7 95 .245 .246 .276 .358 .334 .316 .382 .674 .716 90 .411 -0.2 -0.0 .698 .281 .070 1.3
1926 36 NYG NL 75 53 5 2.5 101 .250 .232 .284 .293 .344 .232 .394 .525 .739 44 .254 -5.3 -0.5 .415 .087 .000
13 Yrs 5627 3807 648 4.6 97 .306 .294 .282 .347 .338 .374 .383 .721 .721 100 .540 4.6 0.3 .653 .173 .079 38.9
162 Game Avg. 662 448 76 4.6 97 .306 .294 .282 .347 .338 .374 .383 .721 .721 100 .540 1 0 .653 .173 .079 5
BRO (10 yrs) 5371 3626 629 4.7 97 .309 .297 .282 .350 .338 .377 .384 .727 .722 102 .548 14.3 1.4 .660 .173 .080 35.7
NYG (1 yr) 75 53 5 2.5 101 .250 .232 .284 .293 .344 .232 .394 .525 .739 44 .254 -5.3 -0.5 .415 .087 .000
BSN (1 yr) 68 43 6 3.7 95 .245 .246 .276 .358 .334 .316 .382 .674 .716 90 .411 -0.2 -0.0 .698 .281 .070 1.3
CHC (1 yr) 111 83 8 2.6 83 .242 .228 .258 .264 .326 .327 .345 .591 .670 76 .363 -3.6 -0.4 .526 .168 .099 1.5
CHW (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .278 .000 .345 .000 .366 .000 .712 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
NL (12 yrs) 5625 3805 648 4.6 97 .306 .295 .282 .348 .338 .374 .383 .721 .721 100 .540 5.2 0.4 .654 .173 .079 38.9
AL (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .278 .000 .345 .000 .366 .000 .712 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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
1916 26 BRO NL WS BOS L 3 11 10 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .300 .364 .500 .864 5 0 0 0 0 0
1920 30 BRO NL WS CLE L 4 16 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .214 .214 .214 .429 3 0 0 2 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 7 27 24 3 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 .250 .280 .333 .613 8 0 0 2 0 0
2 WS 7 27 24 3 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 .250 .280 .333 .613 8 0 0 2 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 28 BRO NL 528 0.0% 5.9% 6.3% 4.6% 18% 0.94 15.6 17.9 86%
1919 29 BRO NL 453 0.2% 5.7% 6.4% 3.5% 14% 0.90 15.6 405.0 17.6 83%
1920 30 BRO NL 707 0.1% 3.3% 6.1% 4.2% 16% 0.53 27.6 635.0 12.2 86%
1921 31 BRO NL 688 0.7% 3.8% 6.5% 8.7% 30% 0.58 24.0 124.8 11.1 86%
1922 32 BRO NL 617 0.7% 2.8% 6.2% 5.0% 17% 0.45 33.4 141.8 11.6 88%
1923 33 BRO NL 693 0.6% 2.2% 7.7% 6.4% 22% 0.28 41.7 156.3 10.4 87%
1924 34 BRO NL 354 0.6% 2.8% 7.6% 4.2% 16% 0.37 31.5 157.5 10.9 86%
1925 35 BRO NL 490 0.4% 3.1% 9.2% 3.7% 14% 0.33 28.7 215.5 10.0 84%
1926 36 TOT NL 143 0.7% 5.6% 11.2% 1.4% 7% 0.50 15.8 126.0 12.6 82%
1926 36 BSN NL 68 1.5% 4.4% 14.7% 2.9% 14% 0.30 19.0 57.0 11.4 78%
1926 36 NYG NL 75 0.0% 6.7% 8.0% 0.0% 0% 0.83 13.8 13.8 85%
13 Yrs 4673 0.5% 5.3% 8.4% 6.0% 19% 0.63 20.5 230.5 12.4 103%
MLB Averages 1.3% 16.5% 14.7% 10.7% 24% 1.12 10.1 129.9 9.0 150%

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
1911 21 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1912 22 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1913 23 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1914 24 51 113 103 9 23 3 2 1 10 3 4 10 .223 .259 .320 .580 72 33 1 5
1915 25 51 113 103 9 23 3 2 1 10 3 4 10 .223 .259 .320 .580 72 33 1 5
1916 26 169 585 528 67 130 16 10 2 36 25 19 39 48 .246 .303 .326 .629 91 172 4 14
1917 27 272 954 858 100 219 26 14 2 61 41 19 62 76 .255 .310 .325 .635 93 279 6 28
1918 28 395 1482 1342 154 355 42 22 2 88 63 19 95 107 .265 .316 .333 .650 98 447 7 38
1919 29 512 1935 1747 210 469 53 26 3 111 74 19 124 133 .268 .321 .334 .654 98 583 10 54
1920 30 667 2642 2382 297 654 70 38 4 163 93 34 167 156 .275 .325 .341 .666 98 812 12 82
1921 31 819 3330 3006 401 857 111 52 9 219 121 50 212 182 .285 .335 .366 .700 102 1099 13 101
1922 32 957 3947 3573 511 1038 131 59 13 268 139 59 250 199 .291 .339 .371 .711 101 1326 15 111
1923 33 1108 4640 4198 622 1241 160 70 17 328 155 72 303 214 .296 .345 .379 .724 103 1592 15 126
1924 34 1194 4994 4513 673 1335 171 72 19 357 160 78 330 224 .296 .346 .378 .724 103 1707 16 137
1925 35 1317 5484 4944 736 1463 184 75 21 400 167 83 375 239 .296 .348 .376 .724 101 1860 20 147
1926 36 1377 5627 5070 754 1493 185 75 22 410 169 83 391 247 .294 .347 .374 .721 100 1894 20 147

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
1911 21 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1914 24 52 118 107 11 26 3 2 1 10 3 5 9 .243 .283 .336 .620 10 50
1916 26 123 512 457 76 127 15 9 1 34 26 42 39 .278 .344 .357 .701 56 118
1917 27 107 399 355 42 105 12 5 0 32 19 27 29 .296 .349 .358 .707 44 103
1918 28 157 703 641 85 197 23 12 0 43 32 48 40 .307 .357 .381 .737 87 123
1919 29 135 543 483 77 146 14 5 1 31 14 37 30 .302 .357 .358 .715 61 117
1920 30 163 755 677 99 204 19 13 1 59 21 47 24 .301 .348 .372 .721 87 155
1921 31 161 715 649 100 203 41 14 5 54 28 45 28 .313 .358 .442 .800 103 152
1922 32 144 628 579 102 176 19 7 4 45 18 37 18 .304 .348 .382 .730 76 138
1923 33 159 717 648 108 204 29 11 4 58 16 53 16 .315 .367 .412 .779 98 151
1924 34 90 372 331 54 99 12 2 2 31 5 28 11 .299 .356 .366 .721 43 86
1925 35 130 508 448 60 127 13 3 2 41 7 45 16 .283 .354 .339 .693 53 123
1926 36 63 148 131 19 31 1 0 1 10 2 17 8 .237 .324 .267 .591 11 60
13 Yrs 1485 6120 5508 833 1645 201 83 22 450 191 431 269 .299 .352 .377 .729 729 1377
162 Game Avg. 162 668 601 91 179 22 9 2 49 21 47 29 .299 .352 .377 .729 80 1377

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1924 NL (18, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1923 NL  4.1 (9th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1921 NL  4.0 (7th)
1923 NL  4.0 (10th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1923 NL  0.9 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1921 NL  .325 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1920 NL  155 (1st)
1921 NL  152 (7th)
1923 NL  151 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1918 NL  484 (6th)
1920 NL  635 (3rd)
1921 NL  624 (3rd)
1923 NL  625 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1920 NL  707 (3rd)
1921 NL  688 (6th)
1923 NL  693 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1920 NL  87 (8th)
1921 NL  104 (6th)
1922 NL  110 (8th)
1923 NL  111 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1918 NL  136 (8th)
1920 NL  185 (7th)
1921 NL  203 (4th)
1923 NL  203 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1921 NL  287 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1921 NL  41 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
1921 NL  14 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1918 NL  22 (9th)
1921 NL  28 (3rd)
1922 NL  18 (7th)
1923 NL  16 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1918 NL  112 (6th)
1920 NL  155 (3rd)
1921 NL  143 (7th)
1922 NL  150 (8th)
1923 NL  159 (2nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1921 NL  105 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1921 NL  60 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1920 NL  230 (8th)
1921 NL  249 (7th)
1923 NL  256 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1920 NL  28 (6th)
Career  147 (180th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1916 NL  19 (8th)
Career  83 (200th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1920 NL  27.6 (10th)
1922 NL  33.4 (7th)
1923 NL  41.7 (3rd)
1925 NL  28.7 (9th)
Career  20.5 (109th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1920 NL  493 (2nd)
1921 NL  456 (7th)
1923 NL  450 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 46 (547), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (616), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (827), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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