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: 12-10 / in Starts: 5-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 6

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	504	2	Apr 20	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-2	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	1.29	2.59	27	13	4	1	1	5	64			1	1	0	24	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.31	0.168	3.12	0.24%	2.22	1b start tie	7b 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	505	12	May 2	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	CG	W(1-1)	11	9.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.13	2.34	31	8	17	0	0	4	77			1	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	.94	0.297	1.87	0.35%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	506	21	May 12	PHI	@	NYG	W,10-6	6-7	W(2-1)	9	1.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	2.25	7	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.004	2.63	0.00%	0.09	6b --- 0 out tie	7b 12- 1 out a1
4	507	32	May 25	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-7	9-GF	S(1)	12	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.98	2.16	3	2	0	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.12	0.323	3.33	0.13%	0.35	9b 123 0 out a3	9b end a 1
5	508	37	May 30(2)	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	4	1	0	1.65	2.59	36	4	19	2	0	8	62			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.342	.32	0.05%	1.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
6	509	42	Jun 6	PHI		CHC	W,9-8	GS-1		6	0.2	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	2.89	2.59	7	1	1	0	0	5	26			0	0	0	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.337	.17	-0.04%	-3.88	1t start tie	1t --3 2 out d4
7	510	44	Jun 8	PHI		CIN	L,2-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	2.59	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.035	.08	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
8	511	51	Jun 17	PHI	@	PIT	W,11-2	2-GF	W(4-1)	8	8.0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.43	2.59	30	20	1	0	0	9		3	1	0	0	0	30	3	1	0	2	0	0	.37	0.154	.03	0.01%	3.76	2b 123 0 out a7	9b end a 9
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
9	512	61	Jul 2(2)	PHI		BSN	L,3-4	GS-	L(4-2)	14	5.0	7	4	4	0	3	1	0	3.00	2.76	22						40						20					0
10	513	66	Jul 8	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-4	GS-7	L(4-3)	5	7.0	7	4	2	1	0	0	0	2.94	2.80	29	8	13	0	5	7	50			0	0	0	26	1	2	0	1	1	1	.59	-0.128	.00	0.00%	-0.78	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
11	514	69	Jul 13	PHI		CHC	L,5-7	5-5		4	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.49	2.80	3	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.331	.01	0.00%	-2.38	5t --- 0 out a1	5t 1-- 0 out d1
12	515	70	Jul 15	PHI		CHC	W,8-5	8-8	W(5-3)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	2.79	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.069	.00	0.00%	0.66	8t -2- 1 out d1	8t 3 out d1
13	516	74	Jul 18	PHI		PIT	W,8-3	CG	W(6-3)	2	9.0	8	3	3	1	4	3	0	3.38	3.34	36	8	18	3	5	5	62			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.150	.00	0.00%	1.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	517	84	Jul 27	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-8	6-6	BS(1)	8	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.62	3.43	7	2	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	1.90	-0.342	.00	0.00%	-2.03	6b -23 0 out a2	6b 3 out d2
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
15	518	94	Aug 6(2)	PHI	@	STL	L,3-8	GS-5	L(6-4)	9	5.0	8	5	5	2	1	1	0	4.04	3.63	24	12	1	0	1	8	30			2	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	.74	-0.238	.00	0.00%	-2.35	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
16	519	103	Aug 16(1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-9	GS-6	L(6-5)	9	6.0	8	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.20	3.71	27	6	10	2	2	8	41			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.231	.00	0.00%	-1.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
17	520	111	Aug 24	PHI		STL	W,6-5	5-GF	W(7-5)	7	5.0	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.93	3.58	18	4	6	0	5	1		1	0	1	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	0.354	.00	0.00%	2.72	5t 1-- 0 out d5	9t end a 1
18	521	116	Aug 28	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	CG	L(7-6)	3	9.0	7	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.04	3.63	36	8	16	0	9	7	54			1	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	1	.49	-0.212	.00	0.00%	-0.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
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
19	522	121	Sep 3(1)	PHI		BSN	L,3-4	GS-8	L(7-7)	5	8.0	8	4	4	0	3	1	0	4.08	3.62	31	8	12	0	0	8	53			0	0	0	30	1	2	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-0.24	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
20	523	134	Sep 15(1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-6	9-GF	S(2)	11	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.06	3.61	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.80	0.097	.00	0.00%	0.78	9b 123 2 out a3	9b end a 3
21	524	137	Sep 17(1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	W(8-7)	1	9.0	10	3	2	0	2	1	0	3.88	3.61	34						59						33	2	0			0
22	525	145	Sep 24(1)	PHI		BRO	L,1-3	CG	L(8-8)	6	9.0	9	3	3	2	3	1	1	3.81	3.67	39	9	15	1	0	9	58			0	0	0	34	3	0	1	0	1	1	.77	-0.050	.00	0.00%	1.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
							12-10		W-L:8-8,Sv:2,BSv:1	5.2	111.0	112	50	47	16	37	11	1	3.81	3.67	453	0.82		4%	11%	91	52	13	38%	6	3	0	422	24	9	4	5	6	6	.87	0.025	.48	0.74%	4.29

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