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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1929	DET	AL	26	OF	146	146	137		433	377	25	31	5	.928		2.75	.966		2.42
1929	DET	AL	26	LF	94	92	85		265	229	14	22	2	.917		2.59	.964		2.39
1929	DET	AL	26	CF	34	27	27		94	84	3	7	1	.926		2.56	.970		2.89
1929	DET	AL	26	RF	27	27	25		73	62	9	2	2	.973		2.63	.963		1.97
1930	DET	AL	27	OF	118	110	102		249	218	15	16	4	.936		1.97	.965		2.32
1930	DET	AL	27	RF	101	97	90		218	189	14	15	4	.931		2.01	.961		1.96
1930	DET	AL	27	LF	16	11	11		26	24	1	1	0	.962		1.56	.968		2.14
1930	DET	AL	27	CF	2	2	1		5	5	0	0	0	1.000		2.50	.966		2.85
1931	DET	AL	28	OF	150	149	144		372	332	25	15	8	.960		2.38	.969		2.38
1931	DET	AL	28	RF	146	142	140		359	320	25	14	8	.961		2.36	.964		2.11
1931	DET	AL	28	CF	7	7	4		11	10	0	1	0	.909		1.43	.974		2.83
1932	TOT	AL	29	OF	133	133	129		299	269	9	21	0	.930		2.09	.967		2.42
1932	TOT	AL	29	RF	104	104	100		227	206	6	15	0	.934		2.04	.963		2.10
1932	DET	AL	29	OF	48	48	46		113	102	3	8	0	.929		2.19	.967		2.42
1932	DET	AL	29	RF	48	48	46		113	102	3	8	0	.929		2.19	.963		2.10
1932	BOS	AL	29	OF	85	85	83		186	167	6	13	0	.930		2.04	.967		2.42
1932	BOS	AL	29	RF	56	56	54		114	104	3	7	0	.939		1.91	.963		2.10
1932	BOS	AL	29	CF	16	15	15		45	39	2	4	0	.911		2.56	.971		2.94
1932	BOS	AL	29	LF	14	14	14		27	24	1	2	0	.926		1.79	.964		2.21
1933	BOS	AL	30	OF	125	123	110		319	280	14	25	3	.922		2.35	.970		2.37
1933	BOS	AL	30	RF	90	90	79		236	206	11	19	3	.919		2.41	.962		2.10
1933	BOS	AL	30	LF	31	24	22		49	48	0	1	0	.980		1.55	.971		2.27
1933	BOS	AL	30	CF	10	9	9		36	28	3	5	0	.861		3.10	.976		2.75
1934	BOS	AL	31	LF	137	137	136		287	260	12	15	1	.948		1.99	.968		2.17	MVP-12
1934	BOS	AL	31	OF	137	137	136		287	260	12	15	1	.948		1.99	.968		2.29	MVP-12
1935	BOS	AL	32	LF	142	142	137		305	267	21	17	1	.944		2.03	.968		2.24
1935	BOS	AL	32	OF	142	142	137		305	267	21	17	1	.944		2.03	.970		2.39
1936	NYY	AL	33	OF	33	30	29		72	66	2	4	0	.944		2.06	.968		2.38
1936	NYY	AL	33	LF	28	25	24		64	59	1	4	0	.938		2.14	.963		2.12
1936	NYY	AL	33	RF	5	5	5		8	7	1	0	0	1.000		1.60	.968		2.18
1937	TOT	MLB	34	LF	75	75	72		166	152	5	9	0	.946		2.09	.972		2.11
1937	TOT	MLB	34	OF	75	75	72		166	152	5	9	0	.946		2.09	.973		2.26
1937	NYY	AL	34	LF	12	12	12		25	21	0	4	0	.840		1.75	.966		2.16
1937	NYY	AL	34	OF	12	12	12		25	21	0	4	0	.840		1.75	.969		2.35
1937	BSN	NL	34	LF	63	63	60		141	131	5	5	0	.965		2.16	.973		2.10
1937	BSN	NL	34	OF	63	63	60		141	131	5	5	0	.965		2.16	.974		2.24
1937	BSN	NL	34	3B	1	1	1		1	0	0	1	0	.000		0.00	.950		2.90
1938	BSN	NL	35	LF	7	7	7		13	10	0	3	0	.769		1.43	.971		2.23
1938	BSN	NL	35	OF	7	7	7		13	10	0	3	0	.769		1.43	.976		2.34
	10 Seasons			OF	1066	1052	1003		2515	2231	128	156	22	.938		2.21	.968		2.36
	9 Seasons			LF	544	527	508		1202	1073	55	74	4	.938		2.07	.967		2.22
	6 Seasons			RF	473	465	439		1121	990	66	65	17	.942		2.23	.963		2.07
	5 Seasons			CF	69	60	56		191	166	8	17	1	.911		2.52	.972		2.87
	1 Season			3B	1	1	1		1	0	0	1	0	.000		0.00	.950		2.90
	10 Seasons			TOT	1067	1053	1004		2516	2231	128	157	22	.938		2.21	.968		2.36
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1929	DET	AL	26	148	146	148	146	0	94	34	27	146	2	0
1930	DET	AL	27	125	110	125	118	0	16	2	101	118	6	1
1931	DET	AL	28	151	149	151	150	0	0	7	146	150	1	0
1932	BOS	AL	29	94	85	94	85	0	14	16	56	85	9	0
1932	DET	AL	29	49	48	49	48	0	0	0	48	48	0	1
1933	BOS	AL	30	133	123	133	125	0	31	10	90	125	8	0
1934	BOS	AL	31	143	137	143	137	0	137	0	0	137	5	1
1935	BOS	AL	32	145	142	145	142	0	142	0	0	142	3	0
1936	NYY	AL	33	63	30	63	33	0	28	0	5	33	25	5
1937	BSN	NL	34	85	64	85	64	1	63	0	0	63	21	0
1937	NYY	AL	34	12	12	12	12	0	12	0	0	12	0	0
1938	BSN	NL	35	7	7	7	7	0	7	0	0	7	0	0
	10 Seasons			1155	1053	1155	1067	1	544	69	473	1066	80	8

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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)	Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1934 AL 137 (3rd) 1935 AL 142 (3rd)	Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1934 AL 260 (5th) 1935 AL 267 (4th)	Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1929 AL 14 (4th) 1934 AL 12 (4th) 1935 AL 21 (1st) Career 55 (79th)
Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1929 AL 22 (1st) 1934 AL 15 (1st) 1935 AL 17 (2nd) 1937 NL 5 (5th) Career 74 (22nd)	Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1930 AL 101 (5th) 1931 AL 146 (2nd) 1932 AL 104 (4th)	Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1930 AL 189 (4th) 1931 AL 320 (1st) 1932 AL 206 (5th)	Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1929 AL 9 (5th) 1930 AL 14 (1st) 1931 AL 25 (1st) 1932 AL 6 (5th) 1933 AL 11 (3rd) Career 66 (86th)
Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1930 AL 15 (1st) 1931 AL 14 (2nd) 1932 AL 15 (2nd) 1933 AL 19 (1st) Career 65 (26th)	Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1929 AL 146 (3rd) 1931 AL 150 (4th)	Putouts as OF s c a p y 1929 AL 377 (2nd)	Assists as OF s c a p y 1929 AL 25 (1st) 1930 AL 15 (2nd) 1931 AL 25 (1st) 1935 AL 21 (3rd)
Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1929 AL 31 (1st) 1930 AL 16 (2nd) 1931 AL 15 (3rd) 1932 AL 21 (2nd) 1933 AL 25 (1st) 1934 AL 15 (2nd) 1935 AL 17 (2nd) Career 156 (60th)	Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1929 AL 2.59 (2nd) Career 2.07 (49th)	Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1930 AL 2.01 (3rd) 1931 AL 2.36 (1st) 1932 AL 2.04 (4th) 1933 AL 2.41 (1st)	Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1931 AL .961 (5th)

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