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: 10-22 / in Starts: 5-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 12

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 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	450	1	Apr 19(1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-1	GS-9		99	8.1	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	1.08	3.20	30	8	13	0	5	4	72			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.19	0.258	2.95	0.38%	2.25	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out tie
2	451	3	Apr 23	PHI		BRO	L,3-4	9-GF		3	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	3.20	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.25	-0.287	9.42	-0.50%	-0.47	9t 1-3 2 out tie	9t end d 1
3	452	5	Apr 25	PHI		BRO	L,6-10	11-11	L(0-1)	1	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.00	4.65	3	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.372	3.63	-0.62%	-1.43	11t --- 0 out tie	11t --3 1 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
4	453	13	May 5	PHI		CHC	L,4-17	GS-5	L(0-2)	9	4.0	9	6	6	1	2	1	0	6.23	5.13	20	2	6	0	2	9	21			2	2	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.329	2.10	-0.44%	-2.81	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d1
5	454	16	May 9	PHI		CIN	L,10-21	7-GF		3	2.2	4	3	3	0	1	3	0	6.89	7.16	12	1	6	0	1	4		3	3	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-3.27	7t 123 1 out d11	9t end d14
6	455	21	May 15(1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,6-2	5-GF	W(1-2)	5	4.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.40	6.35	17	5	8	0	2	2		2	0	0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.40	0.291	1.23	0.15%	2.67	5b -23 2 out tie	9b end a 4
7	456	27	May 21	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.14	6.11	4	0	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	-0.102	1.90	-0.06%	0.10	8b -2- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
8	457	33	May 29(1)	PHI		NYG	L,4-10			7	0.2	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	6.23	6.02	6												4					0
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
9	458	38	Jun 2	PHI		CIN	L,4-8	1-6		3	5.2	9	4	4	2	3	1	0	6.26	5.91	25	4	7	2	0	9		3	3	0	0	0	23	1	2	0	1	0	0	.54	-0.228	.48	-0.12%	-2.62	1t 123 1 out tie	6t 3 out d6
10	459	46	Jun 12	PHI		CHC	L,5-10	8-GF		9	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	6.14	5.76	9	2	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	.03	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.10	8t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 5
11	460	52	Jun 18	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-8	GS-8		5	7.0	10	5	2	2	1	0	0	5.45	5.38	35	10	12	0	3	10	42			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.16	0.000	.26	0.00%	-0.69	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a3
12	461	54	Jun 20	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.30	5.32	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	0.210	.33	0.02%	0.53	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
13	462	57	Jun 24	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS-6	L(1-3)	3	6.0	5	4	4	0	3	2	0	5.40	5.49	22	5	10	0	0	4	49			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.154	.07	-0.01%	-1.10	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
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
14	463	63	Jul 1	PHI	@	NYG	L,6-8	9-GF	BS(1)	6	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.61	5.79	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.69	-0.827	.38	-0.03%	-2.66	9b 12- 2 out a1	9b end d 2
15	464	68	Jul 5(1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	W(2-3)	3	9.0	4	1	1	0	6	0	0	4.82	5.11	31						81						31	1	1			0
16	465	73	Jul 11(2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG(13)	L(2-4)	5	12.1	4	1	1	3	7	0	0	4.04	4.67	44	28	3	1	0	3	95			0	0	0	39	1	0	3	0	0	0	1.69	0.672	.03	0.01%	3.43	1b start tie	13b 123 1 out d1
17	466	75	Jul 13	PHI		NYG	L,10-11	9-9		1	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.18	4.67	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	-0.213	.05	0.00%	-1.49	9t 12- 0 out a3	9t -23 0 out a2
18	467	78	Jul 17	PHI		PIT	W,9-8	GS-		3	7.0	12	5	5	1	2	1	1	4.40	4.74	33						34						31					0
19	468	82	Jul 21(1)	PHI		CHC	L,1-4	CG	L(2-5)	3	9.0	10	4	4	1	0	1	0	4.35	4.76	34	12	16	1	2	5	50			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.67	0.085	.00	0.00%	0.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
20	469	87	Jul 25(1)	PHI		CIN	L,3-13	GS-7	L(2-6)	3	6.2	11	8	8	2	1	1	0	4.84	4.84	30	7	9	0	0	11	19			0	1	0	28	2	1	1	0	0	0	.83	-0.253	.00	0.00%	-1.96	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d2
21	470	91	Jul 29	PHI	@	PIT	W,11-7	8-GF	S(2)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.74	4.80	6	2	3	0	2	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.38	0.075	.00	0.00%	1.39	8b 1-- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
22	471	93	Jul 31	PHI	@	CIN	W,10-8	9-9		1	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.90	4.94	6	1	2	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.73	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-2.57	9b 1-- 0 out a5	9b 12- 2 out a2
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
23	472	96	Aug 3	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-4	GS-7	L(2-7)	2	7.0	6	4	4	0	1	3	1	4.92	5.22	27	10	9	1	3	6	50			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.42	-0.123	.00	0.00%	-0.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
24	473	99	Aug 6	PHI	@	STL	L,7-10	4-GF(8)	L(2-8)	2	4.2	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.96	5.16	18	9	3	0	2	5		2	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.091	.00	0.00%	0.26	4b 1-3 1 out tie	8b end d 3
25	474	107	Aug 14	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-4	GS-8	L(2-9)	7	7.1	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.95	5.16	28	7	13	1	3	6	50			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.075	.00	0.00%	1.19	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out d1
26	475	111	Aug 19(2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,7-5	GS-9	W(3-9)	4	8.0	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	5.00	5.04	35	12	10	0	1	9	44			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.166	.00	0.00%	-0.51	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out a3
27	476	117	Aug 28	PHI		STL	W,9-6	7-GF	S(3)	8	3.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.88	4.93	13	3	3	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.58	0.144	.00	0.00%	1.15	7t -23 0 out a3	9t end a 3
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
28	477	122	Sep 2	PHI		PIT	L,8-11	5-8		4	4.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.79	4.82	16	7	3	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.047	.00	0.00%	1.20	5t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d2
29	478	124	Sep 4	PHI		BSN	L,6-8	8-8	BS(2)	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.82	4.81	4	1	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.272	.00	0.00%	-1.10	8t 1-3 0 out a1	8t 3 out d2
30	479	128	Sep 8(1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	W(4-9)	3	9.0	11	3	3	0	4	1	0	4.70	4.74	35	13	7	0	2	11	57			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	0	.84	0.304	.00	0.00%	1.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
31	480	133	Sep 12(2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,5-9	GS-4	L(4-10)	3	3.0	10	8	7	2	0	1	0	5.06	4.84	22	10	0	0	0	10	7			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	-0.430	.00	0.00%	-6.95	1b start tie	4b -23 0 out d4
32	481	142	Sep 19(2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-		6	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.02	4.83	3						49						3					0
							10-22		W-L:4-10,Sv:3,BSv:2	3.9	138.0	156	81	77	22	47	19	2	5.02	4.83	574	1.07		2%	10%	128	48	23	70%	2	8	0	538	22	5	5	12	0	8	.98	-1.426	.44	-1.22%	-13.56

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