Vic Johnson

Victor Oscar Johnson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 3, 1920 in Eau Claire, WI
High School: Eau Claire (Eau Claire, WI) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1944
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Indians 1944-1946

Final Game: June 11, 1946
Died: May 10, 2005 in Eau Claire, WI
Buried: Lakeview Cemetery, Eau Claire, WI
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1942	21	-min	C	18	7	.720	3.08	32						193.0	165	86	66		70							1.218	7.7		3.3			EAU · NORL
1943	22	BOS-min	AA,A	11	13	.458	2.95	32	21	5	8	2		189.0	174	79	62		70	50	1	1	4			1.291	8.3		3.3	2.4	0.71	LOU,SCR · AA,EL
1944	23	BOS-min	AA	5	3	.625	3.60	19	11	6	4	0		90.0	86	53	36		30	24	2	0	2			1.289	8.6		3.0	2.4	0.80	LOU · AA
1944	23	BOS	AL	0	3	.000	6.26	7	5	2	0	0	0	27.1	42	22	19	0	15	7	0	0	1	135	56	2.085	13.8	0.0	4.9	2.3	0.47
1945	24	BOS	AL	6	4	.600	4.01	26	9	13	4	1	2	85.1	90	41	38	4	46	21	2	1	1	384	85	1.594	9.5	0.4	4.9	2.2	0.46
1946	25	CHC-BOS-CLE-min	AA,AAA	3	2	.600	3.98	12						43.0	52	25	19		16	2						1.581	10.9		3.3	0.4	0.13	NVL,NOR,BLT · SOUA,IL
1946	25	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	9.22	9	1	3	0	0	0	13.2	20	14	14	1	8	3	0	0	0	64	37	2.049	13.2	0.7	5.3	2.0	0.38
1947	26	CLE-min	AA	7	12	.368	4.11	48						140.0	164	82	64		47							1.507	10.5		3.0			OKC · TL
1948	27	CLE-min	AA	10	11	.476	2.83	41	21					181.0	153	83	57		66							1.210	7.6		3.3			OKC · TL
1949	28	CLE-min	B,AA	14	10	.583	3.02	31						179.0	196	81	60		61							1.436	9.9		3.1			ANN,OKC · SEAL,TL
3 Seasons				6	8	.429	5.06	42	15	18	4	1	2	126.1	152	77	71	5	69	31	2	1	2	583	68	1.749	10.8	0.4	4.9	2.2	0.45
162 Game Avg.				7	10	.429	5.06	50	18	21	5	1	2	151	181	92	85	6	82	37	2	1	2	696	68	1.749	10.8	0.4	4.9	2.2	0.45

BOS (2 yrs)				6	7	.462	4.55	33	14	15	4	1	2	112.2	132	63	57	4	61	28	2	1	2	519	75	1.713	10.5	0.3	4.9	2.2	0.46
CLE (1 yr)				0	1	.000	9.22	9	1	3	0	0	0	13.2	20	14	14	1	8	3	0	0	0	64	37	2.049	13.2	0.7	5.3	2.0	0.38

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1944	23	BOS	AL	27.1	5	22	14	0	1.0	-8	-0.9	$
1945	24	BOS	AL	85.1	9	41	41	1	1.0	0	-0.1	$
1946	25	CLE	AL	13.2	1	14	7	0	1.0	-7	-0.8	$
3 Seasons				126.1	15	77	62	1	1.0	-15	-1.8	$

BOS (2 yrs)				112.2	14	63	55	1	1.0	-8	-1.0	$
CLE (1 yr)				13.2	1	14	7	0	1.0	-7	-0.8	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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	Pos
1942	21	-min	C	34	69	69		7	2	0	0						.101	.101	.130	.232		9				EAU · NORL
1943	22	BOS-min	AA,A	25	53	47	1	13	2	0	0	9	0		3	9	.277	.320	.319	.639		15	1	0	3	LOU,SCR · AA,EL
1944	23	BOS-min	AA	19	37	36	5	10	0	1	0	4	0		1	4	.278	.297	.333	.631		12	1	0	0	LOU · AA
1944	23	BOS	AL	7	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1945	24	BOS	AL	26	30	30	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.200	.367	5	6	0	0	0	1
1946	25	BOS-CHC-CLE-min	AA,AAA	13	12	12		1	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167		1	0			NOR,NVL,BLT · SOUA,IL
1946	25	CLE	AL	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1947	26	CLE-min	AA	51	48	48		8	2	0	0						.167	.167	.208	.375		10				OKC · TL
1948	27	CLE-min	AA	43	56	56		12	3	0	0						.214	.214	.268	.482		15				OKC · TL
1949	28	CLE-min	B,AA	24	56	56		10	4	0	0						.179	.179	.250	.429		14				ANN,OKC · SEAL,TL
3 Seasons				42	42	42	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.119	.119	.143	.262	-25	6	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	162	162	8	19	4	0	0	12	0	0	0	23	.119	.119	.143	.262	-25	23	0	0	0

BOS (2 yrs)				33	40	40	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.150	.275	-21	6	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1944	23	BOS	AL	10	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/1
1945	24	BOS	AL	30	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1946	25	CLE	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
3 Seasons				42	-7	0	0	0	0	3	1	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$

BOS (2 yrs)				40	-7	0	0	0	0	3	1	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$
CLE (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1944	BOS	AL	23	P	7	5	0	27.1	11	1	9	1	1	.909	3.29	1.43	.960	2.07	2.10
1945	BOS	AL	24	P	26	9	4	85.1	29	4	23	2	2	.931	2.85	1.04	.955	2.24	2.23
1946	CLE	AL	25	P	9	1	0	13.2	7	1	5	1	1	.857	3.95	0.67	.951	2.04	1.99
	3 Seasons			P	42	15	4	126.1	47	6	37	4	4	.915	3.06	1.02	.956	2.18	2.16
	3 Seasons			TOT	42	15	4	126.1	47	6	37	4	4	.915	3.06	1.02	.956	2.18	2.16

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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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Transactions

December 12, 1945: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with cash to the Cleveland Indians for Jim Bagby.

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