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

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-8 / in Starts: 7-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 11, Entered with runners on base: 4

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	1	83	Jul 20	BOS		CLE	L,6-9	2-7	L(0-1)	99	6.0	5	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.50	4.16	26	13	4	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	23	0	1	1	1	0	1	.99	-0.085	5.18	-0.27%	1.53	2t 12- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
2	2	87	Jul 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,10-12	6-7		3	2.0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.25	9	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.045	1.08	-0.05%	-0.87	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d4
3	3	91	Jul 28(1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-1	GS-5	W(1-1)	3	5.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.46	3.69	20	13	0	0	0	4	56			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.211	1.49	0.16%	1.86	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
4	4	94	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,11-12	8-8	H(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.52	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	0.091	6.38	0.14%	0.60	8b --3 1 out a2	8b --3 2 out a2
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
5	5	96	Aug 2	BOS	@	DET	W,12-9	GS-		1	3.0	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.96	3.36	15						34						14					0
6	6	101	Aug 6	BOS		NYY	W,8-3	GS-1		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.67	3.11	5	0	1	1	0	2	51			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.051	1.35	0.05%	0.58	1t start tie	1t 3 out tie
7	7	102	Aug 7(1)	BOS		NYY	W,10-7	6-9	W(2-1)	0	3.0	4	2	2	4	2	0	0	4.87	3.49	17	3	4	1	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.024	1.96	0.03%	-1.10	6t --- 0 out tie	9t 123 0 out a4
8	8	106	Aug 10	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-0	GS-9	W(3-1)	2	8.1	8	0	0	5	2	0	0	3.45	3.73	34	10	9	0	1	8	64			0	2	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.424	2.02	0.39%	4.16	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a3
9	9	110	Aug 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-8	GS-7	L(3-2)	3	7.0	10	7	7	4	4	0	1	4.54	3.78	34	7	8	2	0	10	29			1	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.39	-0.441	1.49	-0.28%	-3.23	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d4
10	10	114	Aug 18	BOS		WSH	W,4-2	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	5	2	2	4	2	0	0	4.03	3.80	33	17	5	3	0	5	67			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.476	1.59	0.33%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
11	11	118	Aug 22	BOS		DET	L,8-9	GS-		3	3.0	5	5	5	3	1	0	0	4.72	3.90	17						27						14					0
12	12	123	Aug 26	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	GS-3		3	2.1	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	5.22	3.90	15	5	0	0	0	6	29			1	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.268	.94	-0.13%	-2.84	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d3
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
13	13	132	Sep 5	BOS		PHA	W,9-7	3-GF	W(5-2)	9	6.2	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	4.61	3.88	23	10	6	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.30	0.614	1.27	0.36%	5.17	3t 123 1 out d1	9t end a 2
14	14	134	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,4-9	8-8		2	0.1	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	4.89	4.03	5	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.47	-0.088	.47	-0.05%	-3.06	8t 12- 0 out d2	8t 123 1 out d5
15	15	136	Sep 11	BOS	@	DET	L,7-11			2	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.87	4.03	3												3					0
16	16	139	Sep 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(6-2)	2	9.0	4	1	1	4	2	0	0	4.34	4.01	35	16	9	2	0	4	73			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.68	0.225	.02	0.00%	3.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
17	17	144	Sep 19	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	GS-4		4	4.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	4.09	4.01	16	5	5	0	0	3	56			0	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.226	.00	0.00%	2.29	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
							9-8		W-L:6-2,Hld:1	2.8	70.1	69	33	32	39	26	0	2	4.09	4.01	308	2.00		6%	1%	57	49	8	25%	4	3	1	264	4	2	3	5	0	2	1.13	1.415	1.60	0.66%	12.29

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