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Roy Johnson

Roy Cleveland Johnson

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 23, 1903 in Pryor, OK
High School: Tacoma HS (Tacoma, WA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1929
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Tigers/Bees/Yankees 1929-1938

Final Game: April 27, 1938
Died: September 10, 1973 in Tacoma, WA
Cremated
Relatives: Brother of Bob Johnson
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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
1929 26 DET AL 148 714 640 128 201 45 14 10 69 20 16 67 60 .314 .379 .475 .854 118 304 0 6 *O789
1930 27 DET AL 125 505 462 84 127 30 13 2 35 17 10 40 46 .275 .333 .409 .742 85 189 0 3 *O97/8
1931 28 DET AL 151 698 621 107 173 37 19 8 55 33 21 72 51 .279 .355 .438 .793 105 272 2 2 *O9/8
1932 29 TOT AL 143 610 544 103 153 38 6 14 69 20 6 64 67 .281 .359 .450 .809 111 245 2 0 *O987
1932 29 DET AL 49 216 195 33 49 14 2 3 22 7 2 20 26 .251 .324 .390 .714 81 76 1 0 O9
1932 29 BOS AL 94 394 349 70 104 24 4 11 47 13 4 44 41 .298 .378 .484 .862 128 169 1 0 O987
1933 30 BOS AL 133 548 483 88 151 30 7 10 95 13 10 55 36 .313 .387 .466 .853 123 225 4 5 *O978
1934 31 BOS AL 143 627 569 85 182 43 10 7 119 11 5 54 36 .320 .379 .467 .846 114 266 0 3 *7O MVP-12
1935 32 BOS AL 145 636 553 70 174 33 9 3 66 11 12 74 34 .315 .398 .423 .822 108 234 3 5 *7O
1936 33 NYY AL 63 170 147 21 39 8 2 1 19 3 1 21 14 .265 .361 .367 .728 82 54 1 1 O7/9
1937 34 TOT MLB 97 353 311 29 87 11 3 3 28 6 0 41 31 .280 .364 .363 .727 102 113 6 0 1 7O/5
1937 34 NYY AL 12 54 51 5 15 3 0 0 6 1 0 3 2 .294 .333 .353 .686 72 18 0 0 7O
1937 34 BSN NL 85 299 260 24 72 8 3 3 22 5 38 29 .277 .369 .365 .735 109 95 6 0 1 7O/5
1938 35 BSN NL 7 30 29 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 .172 .200 .172 .372 8 5 0 0 0 /7O
10 Yrs 1155 4891 4359 717 1292 275 83 58 556 135 81 489 380 .296 .369 .437 .806 108 1907 6 12 26
162 Game Avg. 162 686 611 101 181 39 12 8 78 19 69 53 .296 .369 .437 .806 108 267 2 4
BOS (4 yrs) 515 2205 1954 313 611 130 30 31 327 48 31 227 147 .313 .386 .458 .844 117 894 8 13
DET (4 yrs) 473 2133 1918 352 550 126 48 23 181 77 49 199 183 .287 .355 .438 .793 102 841 3 11
BSN (2 yrs) 92 329 289 26 77 8 3 3 23 6 39 34 .266 .354 .346 .700 99 100 6 0 1
NYY (2 yrs) 75 224 198 26 54 11 2 1 25 4 1 24 16 .273 .354 .364 .718 80 72 1 1
AL (9 yrs) 1063 4562 4070 691 1215 267 80 55 533 129 81 450 346 .299 .370 .444 .814 108 1807 12 25
NL (2 yrs) 92 329 289 26 77 8 3 3 23 6 39 34 .266 .354 .346 .700 99 100 6 0 1

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
1929 26 DET AL 148 714 17 -2 0 -1 -6 8 0.7 23 31 3.0 .505 .505 3.0 -0.7 32 $ *O789
1930 27 DET AL 125 505 -12 -0 0 2 -6 -16 -1.5 16 0 0.1 .489 .491 -0.1 -0.3 -2 $ *O97/8
1931 28 DET AL 151 698 4 -2 0 5 -7 0 0.1 22 22 2.2 .500 .500 1.7 -0.1 17 $ *O9/8
1932 29 DET AL 49 216 -6 1 0 1 -2 -7 -0.6 7 0 0.0 .487 .496 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ O9
1932 29 BOS AL 94 394 14 2 0 -4 -4 8 0.7 12 20 1.9 .508 .505 2.3 -0.7 24 $ O987
1933 30 BOS AL 133 548 17 -1 0 5 -6 16 1.5 17 33 3.2 .511 .509 2.8 -0.1 28 $ *O978
1934 31 BOS AL 143 627 12 0 0 -6 -6 -0 -0.1 20 19 1.9 .500 .500 2.5 -1.2 25 $ *7O MVP-12
1935 32 BOS AL 145 636 9 -2 0 -4 -7 -4 -0.5 20 16 1.5 .498 .498 2.0 -1.1 20 $ *7O
1936 33 NYY AL 63 170 -3 0 0 0 -2 -5 -0.4 5 1 0.1 .494 .498 0.2 -0.1 1 $ O7/9
1937 34 NYY AL 12 54 -2 0 0 -2 -1 -4 -0.4 2 -3 -0.2 .467 .498 0.0 -0.2 -1 $ 7O
1937 34 BSN NL 85 299 5 -0 0 2 -3 4 0.3 9 13 1.2 .505 .502 1.0 -0.1 11 $ 7O/5
1938 35 BSN NL 7 30 -3 0 0 -2 -0 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .417 .496 -0.3 -0.2 -3 $ /7O
10 Seasons 1155 4891 51 -4 0 -4 -49 -5 -0.7 152 147 14.4 .500 .500 15.0 -5.0 151 $
BOS (4 yrs) 515 2205 52 -1 0 -9 -22 20 1.6 69 88 8.5 .504 .503 9.6 -3.0 97 $
DET (4 yrs) 473 2133 2 -3 0 7 -21 -14 -1.3 67 53 5.3 .497 .498 4.5 -1.2 46 $
BSN (2 yrs) 92 329 2 -0 0 0 -3 -2 -0.2 10 8 0.7 .498 .499 0.7 -0.3 8 $
NYY (2 yrs) 75 224 -5 1 0 -2 -2 -9 -0.8 7 -2 -0.1 .489 .498 0.2 -0.4 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
1929 26 DET AL 714 461 112 6.5 112 .335 .314 .292 .379 .359 .475 .422 .854 .780 118 .621 17.7 1.7 .824 .272 .161 13.3
1930 27 DET AL 505 348 62 4.7 117 .302 .275 .298 .333 .362 .409 .438 .742 .800 85 .452 -11.5 -1.1 .684 .236 .134 3.6
1931 28 DET AL 698 471 94 5.3 111 .294 .279 .290 .355 .358 .438 .415 .793 .773 105 .537 3.2 0.3 .763 .295 .159 12.9
1932 29 TOT AL 610 397 90 6.1 109 .300 .281 .282 .359 .352 .450 .415 .809 .767 111 .587 9.2 0.8 .819 .313 .169 16.5
1932 29 DET AL 216 148 25 4.5 114 .277 .251 .290 .324 .361 .390 .426 .714 .788 81 .453 -5.8 -0.6 .689 .267 .138 4.2
1932 29 BOS AL 394 249 65 7.0 106 .313 .298 .278 .378 .347 .484 .408 .862 .756 128 .648 14.9 1.4 .896 .338 .186 11.9
1933 30 BOS AL 548 347 85 6.6 108 .323 .313 .283 .387 .355 .466 .408 .853 .763 123 .644 17.0 1.6 .839 .273 .153 11.3
1934 31 BOS AL 627 395 101 6.8 115 .333 .320 .293 .379 .367 .467 .422 .846 .790 114 .636 11.2 1.0 .832 .253 .148 8.6
1935 32 BOS AL 636 396 90 6.1 116 .331 .315 .295 .398 .368 .423 .426 .822 .794 108 .587 8.5 0.8 .793 .241 .108 4.7
1936 33 NYY AL 170 110 20 4.8 119 .288 .265 .295 .361 .370 .367 .433 .728 .803 82 .438 -3.5 -0.3 .716 .259 .102 1.5
1937 34 TOT MLB 353 231 41 4.7 97 .303 .280 .271 .364 .334 .363 .389 .727 .722 102 .510 3.0 0.3 .696 .235 .084 4.0
1937 34 NYY AL 54 36 6 4.4 119 .306 .294 .292 .333 .368 .353 .435 .686 .803 72 .420 -2.2 -0.2 .611 .137 .059 .0
1937 34 BSN NL 299 195 35 4.8 93 .303 .277 .267 .369 .328 .365 .379 .735 .707 109 .528 5.3 0.5 .711 .254 .088 3.8
1938 35 BSN NL 30 24 1 1.1 90 .208 .172 .262 .200 .325 .172 .373 .372 .698 8 .076 -3.5 -0.4 .292 .069 .000 .0
10 Yrs 4891 3180 696 5.8 112 .315 .296 .289 .369 .358 .437 .418 .806 .777 108 .574 51.2 4.9 .781 .266 .141 81.1
162 Game Avg. 686 446 98 5.8 112 .315 .296 .289 .369 .358 .437 .418 .806 .777 108 .574 7 1 .781 .266 .141 11
BOS (4 yrs) 2205 1387 341 6.6 112 .327 .313 .288 .386 .361 .458 .417 .844 .778 117 .627 51.6 4.9 .834 .270 .145 37.7
DET (4 yrs) 2133 1428 293 5.5 113 .308 .287 .293 .355 .359 .438 .424 .793 .783 102 .540 3.6 0.4 .756 .270 .152 35.4
BSN (2 yrs) 329 219 36 4.4 92 .294 .266 .267 .354 .327 .346 .379 .700 .706 99 .489 1.7 0.2 .665 .235 .080 4.0
NYY (2 yrs) 224 146 26 4.7 119 .293 .273 .294 .354 .369 .364 .434 .718 .803 80 .434 -5.8 -0.5 .690 .227 .091 1.6
AL (9 yrs) 4562 2961 660 6.0 113 .316 .299 .291 .370 .361 .444 .421 .814 .782 108 .579 49.5 4.7 .789 .268 .145 77.1
NL (2 yrs) 329 219 36 4.4 92 .294 .266 .267 .354 .327 .346 .379 .700 .706 99 .489 1.7 0.2 .665 .235 .080 4.0

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
1936 33 NYY AL WS NYG W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1929 26 DET AL 714 1.4% 8.4% 9.4% 9.7% 34% 0.90 10.7 64.0 9.3 80%
1930 27 DET AL 505 0.4% 9.1% 7.9% 8.9% 35% 1.15 10.0 231.0 13.2 82%
1931 28 DET AL 698 1.2% 7.3% 10.3% 9.2% 37% 0.71 12.2 77.6 11.3 81%
1932 29 TOT AL 610 2.3% 11.0% 10.5% 9.5% 38% 1.05 8.1 38.9 7.9 76%
1932 29 DET AL 216 1.4% 12.0% 9.3% 8.8% 39% 1.30 7.5 65.0 8.9 77%
1932 29 BOS AL 394 2.8% 10.4% 11.2% 9.9% 38% 0.93 8.5 31.7 7.4 75%
1933 30 BOS AL 548 1.8% 6.6% 10.0% 8.6% 31% 0.65 13.4 48.3 5.1 80%
1934 31 BOS AL 627 1.1% 5.7% 8.6% 9.6% 33% 0.67 15.8 81.3 4.8 84%
1935 32 BOS AL 636 0.5% 5.4% 11.6% 7.1% 26% 0.46 16.3 184.3 8.4 81%
1936 33 NYY AL 170 0.6% 8.2% 12.4% 6.5% 28% 0.67 10.5 147.0 7.7 78%
1937 34 TOT MLB 353 0.9% 8.8% 11.6% 4.8% 20% 0.76 10.0 103.7 11.1 78%
1937 34 NYY AL 54 0.0% 3.7% 5.6% 5.6% 20% 0.67 25.5 8.5 91%
1937 34 BSN NL 299 1.0% 9.7% 12.7% 4.7% 19% 0.76 9.0 86.7 11.8 76%
1938 35 BSN NL 30 0.0% 16.7% 3.3% 0.0% 0% 5.00 5.8 29.0 80%
10 Yrs 4891 1.2% 7.8% 10.0% 8.5% 32% 0.78 11.5 75.2 7.8 80%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.3% 8.3% 7.0% 28% 1.01 10.8 64.6 7.6 80%

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
1929 26 148 714 640 128 201 45 14 10 69 20 16 67 60 .314 .379 .475 .854 118 304 0 6
1930 27 273 1219 1102 212 328 75 27 12 104 37 26 107 106 .298 .360 .447 .807 104 493 0 9
1931 28 424 1917 1723 319 501 112 46 20 159 70 47 179 157 .291 .358 .444 .802 105 765 2 11
1932 29 567 2527 2267 422 654 150 52 34 228 90 53 243 224 .288 .358 .446 .804 106 1010 4 11
1933 30 700 3075 2750 510 805 180 59 44 323 103 63 298 260 .293 .364 .449 .813 109 1235 8 16
1934 31 843 3702 3319 595 987 223 69 51 442 114 68 352 296 .297 .366 .452 .818 110 1501 8 19
1935 32 988 4338 3872 665 1161 256 78 54 508 125 80 426 330 .300 .371 .448 .819 110 1735 11 24
1936 33 1051 4508 4019 686 1200 264 80 55 527 128 81 447 344 .299 .370 .445 .816 108 1789 12 25
1937 34 1148 4861 4330 715 1287 275 83 58 555 134 81 488 375 .297 .370 .439 .809 108 1902 6 12 26
1938 35 1155 4891 4359 717 1292 275 83 58 556 135 81 489 380 .296 .369 .437 .806 108 1907 6 12 26

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
1929 26 157 734 662 120 197 44 14 10 65 20 66 64 .298 .361 .452 .813 108 148
1930 27 131 509 469 70 117 28 12 2 29 16 37 48 .249 .304 .373 .677 53 125
1931 28 158 701 630 93 162 35 18 7 48 31 67 53 .257 .330 .403 .734 84 151
1932 29 150 623 559 94 148 37 6 14 63 19 62 70 .265 .340 .428 .768 80 143
1933 30 142 565 502 82 148 29 7 10 88 13 54 38 .295 .368 .440 .808 80 133
1934 31 150 632 578 75 171 40 9 7 104 10 51 38 .296 .353 .433 .785 88 143
1935 32 154 641 564 61 163 31 8 3 57 10 69 36 .289 .369 .388 .758 80 145
1936 33 66 169 148 17 35 7 2 1 15 3 19 15 .236 .327 .331 .658 16 63
1937 34 102 374 329 32 94 12 3 3 31 6 44 33 .286 .370 .368 .738 45 97
1938 35 7 31 30 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 .167 .194 .167 .360 1 7
10 Yrs 1217 4979 4471 646 1240 263 79 57 501 129 470 400 .277 .348 .410 .757 635 1155
162 Game Avg. 162 663 595 86 165 35 11 8 67 17 63 53 .277 .348 .410 .757 85 1155

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1934 AL (12, 10%)
0.10 Career Shares (916th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1933 AL  .387 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1931 AL  151 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1929 AL  640 (1st)
1931 AL  621 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1929 AL  714 (2nd)
1931 AL  698 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1929 AL  128 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1929 AL  201 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1929 AL  304 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1929 AL  45 (1st)
1931 AL  37 (9th)
1932 AL  38 (10th)
1934 AL  43 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1929 AL  14 (7th)
1930 AL  13 (7th)
1931 AL  19 (1st)
1934 AL  10 (3rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1934 AL  119 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1929 AL  60 (4th)
1932 AL  67 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1929 AL  20 (5th)
1930 AL  17 (3rd)
1931 AL  33 (2nd)
1932 AL  20 (3rd)
1933 AL  13 (7th)
1934 AL  11 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1929 AL  132 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1929 AL  69 (7th)
1931 AL  64 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1929 AL  268 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1933 AL  4 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1929 AL  16 (2nd)
1930 AL  10 (7th)
1931 AL  21 (2nd)
1933 AL  10 (7th)
1935 AL  12 (2nd)
Career  81 (213th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1929 AL  13.3 (7th)
1931 AL  12.9 (5th)
1932 AL  16.5 (1st)
1933 AL  11.3 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1929 AL  461 (3rd)
1931 AL  471 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 37 (670), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (553), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (704), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Curt Walker (922)
  7. John Stone (921)
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  9. Carl Reynolds (920)
  10. Casey Stengel (918) *
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  4. Dom DiMaggio (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dom DiMaggio (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dixie Walker (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dixie Walker (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Billy Southworth (941) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Billy Southworth (945) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Billy Southworth (945) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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