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Roy Johnson
Roy Cleveland Johnson
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 23, 1903 in Pryor, OK
High School: Tacoma (Tacoma, WA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1929
Final Game: April 27, 1938
Died: September 10, 1973 in Tacoma, WA
Relatives: Brother of Bob Johnson
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Standard Batting

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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1929 26 DET AL 148 713 640 128 201 45 14 10 69 20 15 67 60 .314 .379 .475 .854 118 304 0 6 *O
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 *O
1931 28 DET AL 151 697 621 107 173 37 19 8 55 33 21 72 51 .279 .355 .438 .793 105 272 2 2 *O
1932 29 TOT AL 143 610 544 103 153 38 6 14 69 20 6 64 67 .281 .359 .450 .809 108 245 2 0 *O
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 O
1932 29 BOS AL 94 394 349 70 104 24 4 11 47 13 4 44 41 .298 .378 .484 .862 123 169 1 0 O
1933 30 BOS AL 133 547 483 88 151 30 7 10 95 13 10 55 36 .313 .387 .466 .853 124 225 4 5 *O
1934 31 BOS AL 143 626 569 85 182 43 10 7 119 11 5 54 36 .320 .379 .467 .846 113 266 0 3 *O MVP-12
1935 32 BOS AL 145 635 553 70 174 33 9 3 66 11 12 74 34 .315 .398 .423 .822 107 234 3 5 *O
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 O
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 O/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 O
1937 34 BSN NL 85 299 260 24 72 8 3 3 22 5 38 29 .277 .369 .365 .735 108 95 6 0 1 O/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 /O
10 Seasons 1155 4886 4359 717 1292 275 83 58 556 135 80 489 380 .296 .369 .437 .806 107 1907 6 12 26
162 Game Avg. 162 685 611 101 181 39 12 8 78 19 69 53 .296 .369 .437 .806 107 267 2 4
BOS (4 yrs) 515 2202 1954 313 611 130 30 31 327 48 31 227 147 .313 .386 .458 .844 116 894 8 13
DET (4 yrs) 473 2131 1918 352 550 126 48 23 181 77 48 199 183 .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 4557 4070 691 1215 267 80 55 533 129 80 450 346 .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

Postseason Batting

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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1929 DET AL 26 OF 146 433 377 25 31 5 .928 2.75 .967 2.28 91-37-23
1930 DET AL 27 OF 118 249 218 15 16 4 .936 1.97 .966 2.16 7-2-110
1931 DET AL 28 OF 150 372 332 25 15 8 .960 2.38 .969 2.25 0-5-148
1932 TOT AL 29 OF 133 299 269 9 21 0 .930 2.09 .968 2.28 14-16-104
1932 DET AL 29 OF 48 113 102 3 8 0 .929 2.19 .968 2.28 0-0-48
1932 BOS AL 29 OF 85 186 167 6 13 0 .930 2.04 .968 2.28 14-16-56
1933 BOS AL 30 OF 125 319 280 14 25 3 .922 2.35 .971 2.21 26-10-95
1934 BOS AL 31 OF 137 287 260 12 15 1 .948 1.99 .969 2.16 137-0-0 MVP-12
1935 BOS AL 32 OF 142 305 267 21 17 1 .944 2.03 .971 2.30 142-0-0
1936 NYY AL 33 OF 33 72 66 2 4 0 .944 2.06 .969 2.29 28-0-3
1937 TOT MLB 34 OF 75 166 152 5 9 0 .946 2.09 .974 2.15 75-0-0
1937 NYY AL 34 OF 12 25 21 0 4 0 .840 1.75 .972 2.28 12-0-0
1937 BSN NL 34 OF 63 141 131 5 5 0 .965 2.16 .974 2.13 63-0-0
1937 BSN NL 34 3B 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 2.70
1938 BSN NL 35 OF 7 13 10 0 3 0 .769 1.43 .985 2.21 7-0-0
10 Seasons OF 1066 2515 2231 128 156 22 .938 2.21 .969 2.23 527-70-483
1 Season 3B 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 2.70
10 Seasons TOT 1067 2516 2231 128 157 22 .938 2.21 .907 2.23 527-70-483

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 (893rd)

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--713--2nd
1931 AL--697--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

Runs Created s c a p y
1929 AL--113--10th

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--15--2nd
1930 AL--10--7th
1931 AL--21--2nd
1933 AL--10--7th
1935 AL--12--2nd
Career--80--205th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1929 AL--13.3--6th
1931 AL--12.9--5th
1932 AL--16.5--1st
1933 AL--11.3--8th

Outs Made s c a p y
1929 AL--460--3rd
1931 AL--471--1st

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 4 (411), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 37 (656), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (539), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (580), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Billy Southworth (948) *
  3. Fred Schulte (944)
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  5. Ethan Allen (925)
  6. Johnny Hopp (925)
  7. Curt Walker (925)
  8. Carl Reynolds (922)
  9. Casey Stengel (922) *
  10. Tommy Holmes (922)
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  1. Carl Reynolds (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. George Treadway (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dom DiMaggio (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dom DiMaggio (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dom DiMaggio (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dixie Walker (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dixie Walker (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Billy Southworth (945) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Billy Southworth (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Billy Southworth (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

October 19, 1928: Traded by San Francisco (PCL) to the Detroit Tigers for Al Wingo and cash.

June 12, 1932: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Dale Alexander to the Boston Red Sox for Earl Webb.

December 17, 1935: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Carl Reynolds to the Washington Senators for Heinie Manush.

January 17, 1936: Traded by the Washington Senators with Bump Hadley to the New York Yankees for Jimmie DeShong and Jesse Hill.

May 11, 1937: Selected off waivers by the Boston Bees from the New York Yankees.

May 12, 1938: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Boston Bees.

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