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.

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 11	KCP		PBS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
2	6 (3)	Apr 15	KCP		SLM	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	9	0	9	1
3	12 (5)	Apr 25 (2)	KCP		CHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	15 (2)	Apr 28	KCP	@	CHI	L,1-13	GS	0	6.0	1	2	1	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	17 (1)	May 1	KCP	@	BAL	W,5-4	GF	0	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
6	20 (2)	May 6 (2)	KCP	@	BUF	L,1-4	GS	0	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
7	24 (3)	May 11	KCP	@	NEW	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
8	28 (3)	May 17	KCP		BTT	L,5-7	GS	0	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
9	30 (1)	May 22	KCP		BUF	L,2-3	GS	0	8.0	0	3	2	5	0
10	34 (3)	May 29	KCP		BAL	L,1-4	GS	0	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	40 (5)	Jun 2	KCP		PBS	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
12	43 (2)	Jun 5	KCP		PBS	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	49 (5)	Jun 11	KCP		CHI	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	51 (1)	Jun 13 (1)	KCP		CHI	W,6-4		0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	53 (1)	Jun 15	KCP	@	BAL	W,9-4	GF	0	5.2	0	3	0	3	0
16	56 (2)	Jun 18	KCP	@	BAL	L,10-17	GS	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	58 (1)	Jun 19 (2)	KCP	@	BUF	L,0-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	64 (5)	Jun 27 (2)	KCP	@	NEW	L,4-6	GS	0	4.0	1	2	1	4	0
19	66 (1)	Jun 30	KCP	@	BTT	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	70 (3)	Jul 4	KCP		SLM	W,14-5	GS	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	72 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	KCP		SLM	L,3-4	GF	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	74 (1)	Jul 8	KCP	@	CHI	L,0-4	GS	0	7.0	0	5	0	5	0
23	75	Jul 11 (1)	KCP	@	CHI	L,2-7	GS	0	4.1	0	2	0	2	0
24	81 (5)	Jul 18 (2)	KCP		NEW	W,4-2	CG	0	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
25	84 (2)	Jul 23	KCP		BUF	L,5-7	GS	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	87 (2)	Jul 25 (2)	KCP		BUF	W,5-4	GF	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	89 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	KCP		BTT	W,6-2	GS	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
28	93 (3)	Jul 31 (1)	KCP		BAL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	97 (3)	Aug 3	KCP		BAL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
30	100 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	KCP	@	NEW	L,0-4	GS	0	6.0	1	2	0	3	1
31	105 (4)	Aug 13	KCP	@	BTT	L,2-9		0	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
32	106	Aug 14 (1)	KCP	@	BUF	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	109 (2)	Aug 17	KCP	@	BUF	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	114 (4)	Aug 21	KCP	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	0	7.0	2	1	1	4	0
35	123 (8)	Aug 29 (2)	KCP	@	SLM	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	126 (2)	Sep 4	KCP		CHI	W,10-9		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
37	127	Sep 5	KCP		CHI	L,1-6	GS	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	131 (3)	Sep 10	KCP		BUF	L,1-3		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
39	132	Sep 11	KCP		BUF	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
40	135 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	KCP		NEW	W,6-5	GS	0	7.0	0	2	1	3	0
41	139 (3)	Sep 20	KCP		BTT	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
42	143 (3)	Sep 23	KCP		BTT	L,0-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	144	Sep 24	KCP		BAL	W,9-7	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	146 (1)	Sep 26 (2)	KCP		BAL	L,3-5		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	147	Sep 27 (1)	KCP		BAL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
46	151 (3)	Sep 30	KCP	@	SLM	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	3	2	5	0
							46gm		281.0	13	94	12	119	4