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Syl Johnson
Sylvester W Johnson
Born Sylvester Johnson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 31, 1900 in Portland, OR
High School: Portland (Portland, OR) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1922
Final Game: September 26, 1940
Died: February 20, 1985 in Portland, OR
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Standard Pitching

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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1922 21 DET AL 7 3 .700 3.71 29 8 13 3 0 1 97.0 99 52 40 7 30 29 4 0 2 407 104 1.330 9.2 0.6 2.8 2.7 0.97
1923 22 DET AL 12 7 .632 3.98 37 18 10 7 0 0 176.1 181 82 78 12 47 93 3 0 3 734 97 1.293 9.2 0.6 2.4 4.7 1.98
1924 23 DET AL 5 4 .556 4.93 29 9 13 2 0 3 104.0 117 63 57 8 42 55 5 0 1 467 83 1.529 10.1 0.7 3.6 4.8 1.31
1925 24 DET AL 0 2 .000 3.46 6 0 5 0 0 0 13.0 11 7 5 1 10 5 0 0 1 57 124 1.615 7.6 0.7 6.9 3.5 0.50
1926 25 STL NL 0 3 .000 4.22 19 6 4 1 0 1 49.0 54 27 23 3 15 10 2 0 0 208 93 1.408 9.9 0.6 2.8 1.8 0.67
1927 26 STL NL 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 12 66 1.000 9.0 3.0 0.0 6.0
1928 27 STL NL 8 4 .667 3.90 34 6 14 2 0 3 120.0 117 53 52 6 33 66 4 1 1 504 102 1.250 8.8 0.5 2.5 5.0 2.00
1929 28 STL NL 13 7 .650 3.60 42 19 16 12 3 3 182.1 186 88 73 11 56 80 7 1 0 780 129 1.327 9.2 0.5 2.8 3.9 1.43
1930 29 STL NL 12 10 .545 4.65 32 24 6 9 2 2 187.2 215 105 97 13 38 92 4 0 2 793 108 1.348 10.3 0.6 1.8 4.4 2.42
1931 30 STL NL 11 9 .550 3.00 32 24 6 12 2 2 186.0 186 73 62 9 29 82 2 0 3 766 131 1.156 9.0 0.4 1.4 4.0 2.83
1932 31 STL NL 5 14 .263 4.92 32 22 4 7 0 2 164.2 199 103 90 14 35 70 4 0 3 720 80 1.421 10.9 0.8 1.9 3.8 2.00
1933 32 STL NL 3 3 .500 4.29 35 1 24 0 0 3 84.0 89 45 40 7 16 28 3 0 2 354 81 1.250 9.5 0.8 1.7 3.0 1.75
1934 33 TOT NL 5 9 .357 3.46 44 10 21 4 3 3 140.1 131 64 54 16 24 54 1 1 1 566 135 1.105 8.4 1.0 1.5 3.5 2.25
1934 33 CIN NL 0 0 2.70 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 9 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 29 150 1.350 12.2 2.7 0.0 0.0
1934 33 PHI NL 5 9 .357 3.50 42 10 21 4 3 3 133.2 122 58 52 14 24 54 1 1 1 537 135 1.092 8.2 0.9 1.6 3.6 2.25
1935 34 PHI NL 10 8 .556 3.56 37 18 12 8 1 6 174.2 182 79 69 15 31 89 3 0 0 737 127 1.219 9.4 0.8 1.6 4.6 2.87
1936 35 PHI NL 5 7 .417 4.30 39 8 19 1 0 7 111.0 129 60 53 10 29 48 3 0 1 485 105 1.423 10.5 0.8 2.4 3.9 1.66
1937 36 PHI NL 4 10 .286 5.02 32 15 10 4 0 3 138.0 155 81 77 20 22 46 2 0 1 574 86 1.283 10.1 1.3 1.4 3.0 2.09
1938 37 PHI NL 2 7 .222 4.23 22 6 6 2 0 0 83.0 87 43 39 4 11 21 0 0 0 342 95 1.181 9.4 0.4 1.2 2.3 1.91
1939 38 PHI NL 8 8 .500 3.81 22 14 4 6 0 2 111.0 112 50 47 10 15 37 1 0 0 453 104 1.144 9.1 0.8 1.2 3.0 2.47
1940 39 PHI NL 2 2 .500 4.20 17 2 13 2 0 2 40.2 37 22 19 6 5 13 0 0 1 165 92 1.033 8.2 1.3 1.1 2.9 2.60
19 Seasons 112 117 .489 4.06 542 210 201 82 11 43 2165.2 2290 1099 977 173 488 920 48 3 22 9124 104 1.283 9.5 0.7 2.0 3.8 1.89
162 Game Avg. 10 11 .489 4.06 49 19 18 7 1 4 196 207 99 88 16 44 83 4 0 2 825 104 1.283 9.5 0.7 2.0 3.8 1.89
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
STL (8 yrs) 52 50 .510 4.05 228 102 75 43 7 16 976.2 1049 496 439 64 222 430 26 2 11 4137 105 1.301 9.7 0.6 2.0 4.0 1.94
PHI (7 yrs) 36 51 .414 4.05 211 73 85 27 4 23 792.0 824 393 356 79 137 308 10 1 4 3293 107 1.213 9.4 0.9 1.6 3.5 2.25
DET (4 yrs) 24 16 .600 4.15 101 35 41 12 0 4 390.1 408 204 180 28 129 182 12 0 7 1665 95 1.376 9.4 0.6 3.0 4.2 1.41
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 2.70 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 9 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 29 150 1.350 12.2 2.7 0.0 0.0
NL (15 yrs) 88 101 .466 4.04 441 175 160 70 11 39 1775.1 1882 895 797 145 359 738 36 3 15 7459 106 1.262 9.5 0.7 1.8 3.7 2.06
AL (4 yrs) 24 16 .600 4.15 101 35 41 12 0 4 390.1 408 204 180 28 129 182 12 0 7 1665 95 1.376 9.4 0.6 3.0 4.2 1.41

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1928 27 STL NL WS L NYY 0 0 4.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1930 29 STL NL WS L PHA 0 0 7.20 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 4 4 2 3 0 4 0 0 0 22 1.400 7.2 3.6 5.4 7.2 1.33
1931 30 STL NL WS W PHA 0 1 .000 3.00 3 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 10 3 3 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 37 1.222 10.0 1.0 1.0 6.0 6.00
3 Seasons (3 Series) 0 1 .000 4.50 7 1 3 0 0 0 16.0 18 9 8 3 5 0 11 0 0 0 71 1.438 10.1 1.7 2.8 6.2 2.20
3 WS 0 1 .000 4.50 7 1 3 0 0 0 16.0 18 9 8 3 5 0 11 0 0 0 71 1.438 10.1 1.7 2.8 6.2 2.20

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
1922 21 DET AL 29 37 36 5 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 .222 .222 .278 .500 32 10 0 1 1
1923 22 DET AL 37 66 62 6 10 1 2 1 5 0 0 1 19 .161 .188 .290 .478 26 18 1 2 1
1924 23 DET AL 29 38 34 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 .206 .250 .265 .515 34 9 0 2 1
1925 24 DET AL 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1926 25 STL NL 19 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
1927 26 STL NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1928 27 STL NL 34 42 38 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 18 .158 .238 .184 .422 11 7 1 0 1
1929 28 STL NL 42 64 60 4 7 2 1 1 5 0 1 23 .117 .131 .233 .364 -12 14 0 3 1
1930 29 STL NL 32 75 70 9 15 4 0 0 5 1 4 28 .214 .257 .271 .528 26 19 0 1 1
1931 30 STL NL 32 64 60 4 14 2 1 0 7 0 3 16 .233 .270 .300 .570 50 18 0 1 1
1932 31 STL NL 32 54 51 0 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 13 .196 .196 .216 .412 9 11 0 3 1
1933 32 STL NL 35 22 21 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .238 .238 .238 .476 34 5 0 0 1 1
1934 33 TOT NL 44 48 43 9 9 1 0 1 5 0 3 13 .209 .261 .302 .563 43 13 1 0 2 1
1934 33 CIN NL 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 542 4 0 0 0 /1
1934 33 PHI NL 42 46 41 8 8 1 0 0 3 0 3 13 .195 .250 .220 .470 21 9 1 0 2 1
1935 34 PHI NL 37 66 58 6 14 2 0 1 7 0 2 12 .241 .267 .328 .594 53 19 0 0 6 1
1936 35 PHI NL 39 36 36 1 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 .250 .250 .278 .528 36 10 1 0 0 1
1937 36 PHI NL 32 50 48 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 15 .146 .146 .167 .312 -18 8 2 0 2 1
1938 37 PHI NL 22 32 29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .034 .097 .034 .131 -63 1 2 0 1 1
1939 38 PHI NL 22 39 33 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 11 .152 .200 .152 .352 -3 5 4 0 4 1
1940 39 PHI NL 17 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 1
19 Seasons 542 757 702 51 127 18 5 4 53 1 0 23 214 .181 .209 .238 .447 16 167 11 2 30 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 226 210 15 38 5 1 1 16 0 7 64 .181 .209 .238 .447 16 50 1 9
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
STL (8 yrs) 228 333 312 22 57 10 2 1 24 1 0 11 107 .183 .213 .237 .450 15 74 0 1 9 0 0
PHI (7 yrs) 211 278 253 16 44 5 0 1 18 0 9 71 .174 .202 .206 .408 8 52 11 0 16
DET (4 yrs) 101 144 135 12 25 3 3 1 9 0 0 3 36 .185 .209 .274 .483 27 37 1 5
CIN (1 yr) 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 542 4 0 0 0
NL (15 yrs) 441 613 567 39 102 15 2 3 44 1 0 20 178 .180 .209 .229 .438 13 130 11 1 25 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 101 144 135 12 25 3 3 1 9 0 0 3 36 .185 .209 .274 .483 27 37 1 5

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
1928 27 STL NL WS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1930 29 STL NL WS PHA L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1931 30 STL NL WS PHA W 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .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 Awards
1922 DET AL 21 P 29 22 3 17 2 0 .909 0.69 .964 1.48
1923 DET AL 22 P 37 23 5 17 1 0 .957 0.59 .961 1.49
1924 DET AL 23 P 29 19 2 17 0 0 1.000 0.66 .958 1.32
1925 DET AL 24 P 6 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 .967 1.40
1926 STL NL 25 P 19 10 0 10 0 1 1.000 0.53 .960 1.39
1927 STL NL 26 P 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 1.30
1928 STL NL 27 P 34 24 3 20 1 2 .958 0.68 .967 1.27
1929 STL NL 28 P 42 25 5 19 1 0 .960 0.57 .964 1.23
1930 STL NL 29 P 32 26 4 21 1 1 .962 0.78 .965 1.10
1931 STL NL 30 P 32 30 3 24 3 2 .900 0.84 .960 1.20
1932 STL NL 31 P 32 33 3 30 0 1 1.000 1.03 .955 1.21
1933 STL NL 32 P 35 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 0.37 .962 1.28
1934 TOT NL 33 P 44 16 5 10 1 1 .938 0.34 .962 1.12
1934 CIN NL 33 P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10
1934 PHI NL 33 P 42 16 5 10 1 1 .938 0.36 .962 1.12
1935 PHI NL 34 P 37 28 6 20 2 1 .929 0.70 .961 1.18
1936 PHI NL 35 P 39 17 4 13 0 0 1.000 0.44 .947 1.16
1937 PHI NL 36 P 32 34 8 25 1 2 .971 1.03 .959 1.20
1938 PHI NL 37 P 22 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 0.50 .964 1.13
1939 PHI NL 38 P 22 20 3 17 0 1 1.000 0.91 .960 1.09
1940 PHI NL 39 P 17 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 0.53 .956 1.10
19 Seasons P 542 367 63 291 13 13 .965 0.65 .960 1.24
19 Seasons TOT 542 367 63 291 13 13 .965 0.65 .925 1.24
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1929 NL  3.603 (6th)
1931 NL  3.000 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1923 AL  .632 (5th)
1929 NL  .650 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1923 AL  1.293 (9th)
1929 NL  1.327 (7th)
1930 NL  1.348 (6th)
1931 NL  1.156 (3rd)
1935 NL  1.220 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1929 NL  9.181 (4th)
1931 NL  9.000 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1923 AL  2.399 (7th)
1930 NL  1.822 (3rd)
1931 NL  1.403 (1st)
1932 NL  1.913 (10th)
1935 NL  1.597 (5th)
Career  2.028 (98th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1923 AL  4.747 (1st)
1929 NL  3.949 (6th)
1930 NL  4.412 (5th)
1931 NL  3.968 (10th)
1935 NL  4.586 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1929 NL  42 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1928 NL  3 (5th)
1935 NL  6 (2nd)
1936 NL  7 (4th)
1937 NL  3 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1923 AL  93 (9th)
1929 NL  80 (8th)
1930 NL  92 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1929 NL  3 (4th)
1930 NL  2 (5th)
1934 NL  3 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1923 AL  12 (4th)
1934 NL  16 (5th)
1935 NL  15 (9th)
1937 NL  20 (3rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1923 AL  1.979 (2nd)
1929 NL  1.429 (6th)
1930 NL  2.421 (2nd)
1931 NL  2.828 (2nd)
1932 NL  2.000 (4th)
1935 NL  2.871 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1930 NL  .623 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1932 NL  14 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
Career  977 (246th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1929 NL  7 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1922 AL  13 (9th)
1928 NL  14 (6th)
1929 NL  16 (8th)
1933 NL  24 (2nd)
1934 NL  21 (2nd)
1936 NL  19 (9th)
Career  201 (221st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1929 NL  129 (4th)
1931 NL  131 (4th)
1935 NL  127 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1938 NL  born 1900-12-31 (9th)
1939 NL  born 1900-12-31 (5th)
1940 NL  born 1900-12-31 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 56 (443), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (981), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December, 1921: Traded by Portland (PCL) with Herman Pillette to the Detroit Tigers for Roy Crumpler, Sammy Hale, Jim Middleton, Joe Sargent, Suds Sutherland and $30,000.

January 11, 1934: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Bob O'Farrell to the Cincinnati Reds for Glenn Spencer.

May 16, 1934: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Johnny Moore to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ted Kleinhans, Art Ruble and Wes Schulmerich.

February 8, 1941: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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