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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-5	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
2	8 (6)	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-5	GS	35	7.2	1	2	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	22 (13)	May 16	BOS		WSH	W,14-5	GF	20	5.2	0	0	0	0	0
4	28 (5)	May 23 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
5	34 (5)	May 29 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	35	May 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-8		4	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	43 (7)	Jun 6 (1)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	45 (1)	Jun 8	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	48 (2)	Jun 12	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	51 (2)	Jun 17	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	GF	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	55 (3)	Jun 24 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	GF	6	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	56	Jun 24 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-5	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	62 (5)	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	63	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	GF	10	2.0	0	3	0	3	1
15	71 (7)	Jul 9	BOS	@	PHA	L,7-8		7	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
16	79 (7)	Jul 18 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,12-5	GF	0	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	84 (4)	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,10-9		22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	95 (10)	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,9-10		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	98 (2)	Aug 3	BOS	@	SLB	W,15-8	GF	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	105 (6)	Aug 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	108 (2)	Aug 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	112 (3)	Aug 19	BOS		PHA	L,3-10		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	113	Aug 20 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	115 (1)	Aug 21	BOS		WSH	W,10-6	GF	9	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	117 (1)	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	W,9-8		8	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	123 (5)	Aug 29 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,4-12		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	131 (7)	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	W,10-6	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
28	133 (1)	Sep 10	BOS		NYY	L,6-11		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	136 (2)	Sep 12	BOS		PHA	L,4-10		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	141 (4)	Sep 18	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-6	GF	19	5.1	0	1	0	1	1
31	142	Sep 19 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
32	146 (3)	Sep 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	147	Sep 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-9		9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
34	152 (4)	Sep 30	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	GF	8	2.1	1	0	0	1	0
35	154 (1)	Oct 3	BOS		NYY	W,10-5		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
							35gm		91.1	6	25	0	31	2