George Johnson

Name Note: Name presented as Chief Johnson in some sources

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: March 30, 1886 in Winnebago, NE us

Died: June 12, 1922 in Des Moines, IA

Buried: Winnebago Cemetery, Winnebago, NE

High School: Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA)

Debut: April 16, 1913 (Age 27-017d, 3,873rd in major league history)
vs. STL 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 30, 1915 (Age 29-184d)
vs. SLM 8.0 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: George Howard Johnson

Nicknames: Murphy or Big Murph

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.8

ERA

2.95

111

688.1

304

WHIP

1.248

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

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 16	CIN		STL	W,5-0	CG	26	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
2	5 (1)	Apr 18	CIN	@	PIT	T,5-5	GF	13	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	8 (2)	Apr 21	CIN		CHC	L,6-7	CG	0	11.0	0	3	1	4	0
4	10 (1)	Apr 23	CIN		CHC	T,5-5		8	2.2	0	2	0	2	0
5	12 (1)	Apr 26	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	GF	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	13	Apr 27	CIN	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	17 (3)	May 1	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-4	GS	33	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
8	23 (5)	May 8	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
9	26 (2)	May 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	1
10	29 (2)	May 15	CIN	@	BSN	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	31 (1)	May 19	CIN	@	BSN	W,9-8		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	33 (1)	May 21	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-12	GS	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	35 (1)	May 24 (1)	CIN		STL	L,4-12	GS	0	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	39 (3)	May 29	CIN	@	STL	W,13-10		0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	42 (2)	May 31 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	47 (4)	Jun 5	CIN		BRO	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	56 (8)	Jun 16	CIN		NYG	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
18	58 (1)	Jun 18	CIN		NYG	L,2-7	GS	5	0.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	62 (3)	Jun 23	CIN		PIT	W,7-6		12	3.0	0	1	1	2	0
20	68 (5)	Jun 30	CIN		STL	L,4-7		0	5.2	0	4	1	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	74 (5)	Jul 5	CIN	@	CHC	L,6-12	GF	30	5.2	0	3	0	3	0
22	75	Jul 6 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,4-10	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	83 (7)	Jul 14	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-5	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	87 (3)	Jul 17 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
25	89 (1)	Jul 19	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
26	91 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-3	GS	0	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	94 (2)	Jul 26	CIN		BRO	L,2-8	GS	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	98 (3)	Jul 29	CIN		BRO	W,6-5	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	101 (2)	Aug 1	CIN		PHI	L,1-5	GS	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	104 (2)	Aug 4	CIN		BSN	W,13-4	GF	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	106 (1)	Aug 7	CIN		NYG	L,2-5	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
32	109 (2)	Aug 10	CIN		NYG	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
33	115 (5)	Aug 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	118 (2)	Aug 19 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
35	122 (3)	Aug 22	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	125 (2)	Aug 26	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-1	GS	27	7.0	0	6	0	6	0
37	129 (3)	Aug 31 (1)	CIN		STL	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	132 (2)	Sep 1 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-5		19	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	136 (3)	Sep 6	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	139 (2)	Sep 10	CIN		BSN	W,7-4	GS	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	143 (3)	Sep 14	CIN		PHI	L,6-7	GS	0	7.0	0	3	1	4	0
42	145 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	150 (4)	Sep 21 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	152 (1)	Sep 27	CIN		CHC	L,2-11	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
							44gm		269.0	1	75	6	82	2