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Earl Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: April 2, 1919 in Redmond, WA us

Died: December 3, 1994 in Seattle, WA

High School: Ballard HS (Seattle, WA)

School: Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)

Debut: July 20, 1940 (Age 21-109d, 8,910th in major league history)
vs. CLE 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: June 3, 1951 (Age 32-062d)
vs. WSH 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Earl Douglas Johnson

Nicknames: Lefty

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Relatives: Brother of Chet Johnson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.6

ERA

4.30

179

546.1

250

WHIP

1.516

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	BOS		WSH	W,7-6		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	5 (3)	Apr 20	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	6	Apr 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5		8	1.1	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	16 (9)	May 4 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	GF	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
5	18 (1)	May 6	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-5	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	21 (2)	May 11	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
7	22	May 12	BOS		NYY	W,4-3		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	25 (2)	May 15	BOS		SLB	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	27 (1)	May 17	BOS		SLB	L,2-4		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	34 (6)	May 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-9		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	35	May 27	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	GF	20	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
12	39 (3)	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	43 (3)	Jun 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-2	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	46 (2)	Jun 10	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
15	47	Jun 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-0	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
16	51 (3)	Jun 17	BOS		SLB	W,6-5	GF	6	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
17	52	Jun 18	BOS		SLB	W,6-5		5	0.2	0	0	1	1	0
18	56 (3)	Jun 22 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,6-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
19	60 (3)	Jun 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-7		10	1.2	0	1	1	2	0
20	64 (3)	Jun 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	66 (1)	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	L,6-7	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	68 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,6-8		0	0.1	0	2	0	2	0
23	70 (1)	Jul 5	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	76 (5)	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
25	83 (6)	Jul 17 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	GF	0	3.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	85 (1)	Jul 19	BOS	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	91 (5)	Jul 25	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	GS	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	96 (4)	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,7-13	GS	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	98 (1)	Aug 1	BOS		DET	L,1-3	GF	6	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
30	100 (1)	Aug 3	BOS		DET	L,3-10		10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
31	102 (1)	Aug 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	105 (2)	Aug 9	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
33	107 (1)	Aug 11	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
34	111 (3)	Aug 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	116 (4)	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	GS	0	6.1	1	0	0	1	1
36	119 (2)	Aug 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,8-10	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
37	122 (2)	Aug 27 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-7	GS	31	7.1	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	129 (6)	Sep 1 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
39	133 (3)	Sep 6	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-3	GS	34	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
40	137 (3)	Sep 10	BOS		DET	L,0-5	GS	15	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
41	141 (3)	Sep 13	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	147 (5)	Sep 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,4-9	GS	25	4.1	0	1	0	1	0
43	150 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,3-6	GS	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
44	154 (3)	Sep 23 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	GS	0	7.1	0	1	0	1	0
45	157 (2)	Sep 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
							45gm		142.0	4	31	2	37	5