Syl Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: December 31, 1900 in Portland, OR us

Died: February 20, 1985 in Portland, OR

Buried: Portland Memorial Cemetery, Portland, OR

High School: Portland HS (Portland, OR)

Debut: April 24, 1922 (Age 21-114d, 5,440th in major league history)
vs. SLB 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 14, 1940 (Age 39-258d)
vs. CHC 9.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: Sylvester W. Johnson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.4

112

117

ERA

4.06

542

209

2165.2

920

WHIP

1.283

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-15 / in Starts: 13-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 4

1931 Pitching Game Log

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1931 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	231	7	Apr 22	STL		CIN	W,3-2	GS-7		99	7.0	3	2	2	1	6	1	0	2.57	3.71	23	8	5	0	0	3	68			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	1	.99	0.117	3.50	0.25%	1.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	232	12	May 1	STL		CHC	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	8	9.0	6	2	2	0	5	1	1	2.25	3.76	33	7	15	2	5	5	72			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.386	3.92	0.86%	2.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
3	233	17	May 9	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(2-0)	7	9.0	9	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.16	4.10	36	6	19	0	6	9	61			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.52	0.397	6.76	1.06%	2.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
4	234	23	May 20	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS-4		10	4.0	6	4	2	1	2	0	0	2.48	3.93	20	4	7	0	0	6	39			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.191	3.19	-0.48%	-1.98	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
5	235	28	May 27	STL		PIT	L,0-4	GS-7	L(2-1)	6	7.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	0	2.75	3.64	29	3	14	2	2	7	54			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.004	4.79	-0.01%	0.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
6	236	34	May 31(2)	STL		CIN	L,2-7	GS-7	L(2-2)	3	7.0	5	3	3	3	2	0	0	2.93	3.67	29	18	1	0	0	5	54			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.037	5.38	-0.10%	0.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	237	37	Jun 3	STL		NYG	L,5-9	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.86	3.61	3	0	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.017	1.38	0.07%	0.53	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
8	238	39	Jun 5	STL		NYG	W,8-7	GS-6		1	6.0	7	5	4	2	3	0	0	3.24	3.56	28	2	14	2	4	7	41			0	0	0	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.248	4.80	-0.93%	-1.81	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
9	239	45	Jun 11	STL		BSN	L,0-3	GS-8	L(2-3)	5	8.0	5	2	2	0	7	0	1	3.10	3.31	27	7	8	1	1	4	71			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	.81	0.126	4.40	0.41%	2.25	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
10	240	51	Jun 18	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	GS-6	W(3-3)	6	6.0	9	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.23	3.43	29	7	10	2	2	9	39			2	0	0	25	0	0	1	1	0	0	.86	-0.066	4.69	-0.22%	-0.06	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
11	241	57	Jun 22	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG(8)	L(3-4)	3	8.0	13	7	6	1	4	2	0	3.63	3.69	38	13	10	1	3	10	33			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.444	4.89	-1.40%	-2.63	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
12	242	62	Jun 27(1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-7	GS-5	L(3-5)	4	5.0	7	4	3	0	1	0	0	3.74	3.63	22	6	8	0	2	7	40			0	0	0	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.207	2.78	-0.69%	-1.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
13	243	65	Jun 29	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.69	3.62	4	0	3	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	0.090	13.81	0.42%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
14	244	66	Jun 30	STL	@	NYG	W,11-10	8-GF	S(2)	0	2.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.60	3.62	10	2	3	0	1	3		2	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.16	0.291	32.29	1.35%	0.34	8b 1-3 0 out a3	9b end a 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	245	71	Jul 4(1)	STL	@	PIT	L,8-9	GS-5		3	5.0	6	3	2	0	0	1	0	3.60	3.75	21	6	9	0	1	6	45			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.097	3.30	-0.31%	-0.52	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
16	246	74	Jul 6	STL	@	CHC	W,6-5	7-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.59	3.72	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.038	10.36	0.16%	0.45	7b 12- 2 out d1	7b 3 out d1
17	247	75	Jul 7(1)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-14	6-GF(8)		0	2.1	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	4.00	3.71	14	2	5	1	0	7		2	2	0	0	0	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.007	.07	-0.03%	-5.52	6b 12- 2 out d7	8b end d12
18	248	80	Jul 11	STL		CIN	W,8-2	CG	W(4-5)	3	9.0	3	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.82	3.61	32	5	17	5	2	3	76			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.166	4.02	0.57%	2.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
19	249	85	Jul 15	STL		BRO	L,3-10	8-GF		3	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.83	3.61	10	1	4	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.003	.22	-0.01%	0.06	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
20	250	89	Jul 19(1)	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	7	1	0	3.59	3.59	36	5	15	0	7	8	73			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.633	12.25	3.29%	3.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	251	95	Jul 26(1)	STL		BSN	L,2-3	CG	L(5-6)	6	11.0	11	3	3	2	5	0	0	3.49	3.52	44						66						41	0	0			0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	252	101	Aug 1	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(5-7)	5	8.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.48	3.47	32	12	10	3	1	6	58			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.44	-0.156	8.13	-0.53%	1.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
23	253	107	Aug 8	STL		CHC	W,14-7	GS-3		6	3.0	8	5	5	1	3	1	0	3.75	3.54	18	3	5	1	2	6	25			1	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.173	4.79	-0.54%	-3.41	1t start tie	3t 3 out a2
24	254	108	Aug 9	STL		CHC	L,0-1	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.72	3.52	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.041	2.56	0.11%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
25	255	115	Aug 17(1)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	W(6-7)	7	9.0	12	5	4	1	3	0	0	3.74	3.47	41	13	14	1	2	10	47			0	1	0	39	3	1	0	0	0	2	1.35	0.184	3.55	0.29%	-0.54	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
26	256	121	Aug 23(1)	STL	@	BSN	W,16-1	CG	W(7-7)	5	9.0	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.57	3.43	34						69						34	2	0			0
27	257	123	Aug 25	STL	@	BSN	W,4-1	9-GF(10)	W(8-7)	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.52	3.41	8	2	3	2	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	0.353	2.89	0.23%	1.97	9b 12- 0 out tie	10b end a 3
28	258	127	Aug 29	STL		PIT	L,2-8	GS-5	L(8-8)	3	5.0	4	3	0	4	0	0	0	3.41	3.48	23	11	4	0	0	4	49			1	0	0	17	1	0	1	3	0	3	.84	-0.104	.14	-0.01%	-0.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	259	134	Sep 6(2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-0	SHO	W(9-8)	7	9.0	9	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.22	3.39	37	7	13	2	0	9	75			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.490	1.61	0.40%	4.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
30	260	139	Sep 12	STL		BSN	W,5-0	SHO	W(10-8)	5	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	3.38	30	10	16	1	1	4	79			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.370	.27	0.08%	4.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
31	261	149	Sep 20	STL		BRO	L,1-6	GS-3	L(10-9)	7	3.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.01	3.36	11	3	5	0	0	2	54			0	1	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.59	1t start tie	3t 3 out d1
32	262	154	Sep 27(2)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	W(11-9)	6	9.0	10	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.01	3.31	39	9	14	0	0	10	59			0	0	0	38	0	2	0	1	0	2	1.44	0.271	.00	0.00%	1.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							17-15		W-L:11-9,Sv:2	3.9	185.2	186	73	62	29	82	8	2	3.01	3.31	766	0.67		7%	11%	157	56	8	50%	6	4	0	728	41	9	3	12	0	13	1.07	2.278	4.47	4.28%	15.26

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