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Johnny Mitchell

John Franklin Mitchell

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: August 9, 1894 in Detroit, MI (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 1921
Teams (by GP): Robins/RedSox/Yankees 1921-1925

Final Game: September 23, 1925
Died: November 4, 1965 in Birmingham, MI
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, MI
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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
1921 NYY AL 26 SS 7 4 4 24 6 17 1 1 .958 3.29 .941 5.34
1921 NYY AL 26 2B 5 4 3 21 7 9 5 0 .762 3.20 .956 5.56
1922 TOT AL 27 SS 62 57 52 296 99 186 11 32 .963 4.60 .946 5.20
1922 NYY AL 27 SS 4 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.75 .947 5.20
1922 BOS AL 27 SS 58 57 52 293 98 184 11 32 .962 4.86 .946 5.20
1923 BOS AL 28 SS 87 85 76 466 184 264 18 40 .961 5.15 .946 5.02
1923 BOS AL 28 2B 5 4 4 17 10 7 0 0 1.000 3.40 .965 5.68
1924 BRO NL 29 SS 64 64 64 365 131 216 18 30 .951 5.42 .949 5.76
1925 BRO NL 30 SS 90 79 71 475 184 266 25 49 .947 5.00 .942 5.73
5 Seasons SS 310 289 267 1626 604 949 73 152 .955 5.01 .945 5.42
2 Seasons 2B 10 8 7 38 17 16 5 0 .868 3.30 .960 5.62
5 Seasons TOT 320 297 274 1664 621 965 78 152 .953 4.96 .946 5.43
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1921 NYY AL 26 13 8 13 12 0 0 0 5 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1922 BOS AL 27 59 57 59 58 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1922 NYY AL 27 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1923 BOS AL 28 92 89 92 92 0 0 0 5 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1924 BRO NL 29 64 64 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1925 BRO NL 30 97 79 97 90 0 0 0 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
5 Seasons 329 297 329 320 0 0 0 10 0 310 0 0 0 0 0 2 7
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

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1923 AL  5.15 (5th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1923 AL  .961 (1st)
1925 NL  .947 (1st)

                           

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