Ernie Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: June 16, 1924 in Brattleboro, VT us

Died: August 12, 2011 in Cumming, GA

Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Roswell, GA

High School: Union HS (Brattleboro, VT)

Debut: April 28, 1950 (Age 25-316d, 10,694th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 12, 1959 (Age 35-088d)
vs. CHW 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Ernest Thorwald Johnson

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1957 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

ERA

3.77

273

574.2

319

WHIP

1.423

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-24

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 12

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	162	3	Apr 20	MLN	@	STL	W,5-4	7-7	BS(1)	99	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	27.00	11.37	3	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.96	-0.341	5.87	-0.61%	-1.45	7b --- 0 out a1	7b --3 1 out tie
May				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
2	163	12	May 11	MLN	@	CIN	W,9-8	9-9	W(1-0)	20	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.50	6.87	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.37	0.112	16.25	0.25%	0.44	9b 12- 2 out tie	9b 3 out tie
3	164	13	May 12	MLN	@	CIN	L,6-10	1-1		0	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	16.20	2.97	6	1	1	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.149	3.82	-0.35%	-2.66	1b 123 0 out d1	1b 3 out d6
4	165	21	May 20(2)	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-5			7	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.13	2.75	4												4			0		0
5	166	27	May 30(1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,9-10	4-5		9	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.79	2.37	7	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.062	1.73	0.15%	0.94	4b --- 0 out d2	5b 3 out d2
6	167	28	May 30(2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,11-9	8-GF	S(1)	-1	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.68	4.42	7	2	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.089	5.58	0.20%	-0.03	8b 1-- 1 out a3	9b end a 2
Jun				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
7	168	30	Jun 1	MLN		PIT	L,1-4	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.91	3.87	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.006	.47	0.02%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
8	169	32	Jun 3(1)	MLN		PIT	L,1-3			1	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.86	3.66	9												8			0		0
9	170	34	Jun 4	MLN		BRO	L,0-3	9-GF		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	3.53	5	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.006	.65	0.02%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
10	171	35	Jun 5	MLN		BRO	L,1-6	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.18	3.69	5	0	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.11	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
11	172	36	Jun 6	MLN		BRO	L,2-5	8-8		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	3.87	3	0	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.013	1.44	0.03%	0.48	8t 1-- 1 out d3	8t 3 out d3
12	173	38	Jun 8	MLN		NYG	L,2-7	7-7		1	0.2	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.55	4.50	6	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.21	-0.025	.66	-0.05%	-1.28	7t --- 0 out d4	7t 123 2 out d5
13	174	41	Jun 11	MLN		PHI	L,2-6	6-7		2	1.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.40	4.25	8	1	4	0	0	3		2	1	2	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.074	1.33	-0.13%	-1.42	6t 1-3 1 out d2	7t 3 out d5
14	175	46	Jun 16	MLN	@	BRO	L,2-3	8-8	L(1-1)	4	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.02	5.16	2	0	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.277	3.82	-0.54%	-1.39	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 1-- 0 out d1
15	176	47	Jun 17(1)	MLN	@	BRO	W,5-4	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.70	4.98	4	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.62	0.207	11.57	0.40%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
16	177	54	Jun 23	MLN	@	NYG	W,2-1	9-GF	S(3)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.41	4.82	3	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	0.191	11.74	0.53%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
17	178	59	Jun 27	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-4	10-GF(11)	L(1-2)	3	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.67	5.43	4	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	-0.239	9.51	-0.73%	-0.53	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
Jul				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
18	179	62	Jul 1(1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-7	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	3	3	3	2	1	2	0	5.59	6.66	11	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.015	.19	-0.05%	-2.06	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 7
19	180	66	Jul 4(1)	MLN		STL	L,4-6	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.06	6.26	6	4	2	0	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.078	3.10	0.27%	1.86	8t 12- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
20	181	73	Jul 13(1)	MLN		BRO	W,8-6	7-GF	W(2-2)	8	3.0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	4.44	5.90	13	1	6	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.262	13.07	1.10%	1.34	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 2
21	182	75	Jul 14	MLN		BRO	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	W(3-2)	0	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.26	5.88	6	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.17	0.127	30.02	0.55%	0.45	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
22	183	83	Jul 21	MLN		PHI	L,5-8	8-8		6	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.44	5.75	4	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	-0.218	10.20	-0.73%	-0.55	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d1
23	184	89	Jul 27	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-5	6-6		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.39	5.71	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.013	2.61	0.04%	0.42	6b 12- 2 out d3	6b 3 out d3
24	185	91	Jul 30	MLN	@	BRO	W,8-6	8-GF	S(4)	2	1.1	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	4.82	5.94	6	2	2	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.047	4.00	0.24%	-1.15	8b -2- 2 out a3	9b end a 2
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
25	186	94	Aug 2	MLN	@	BRO	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.66	5.85	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.007	1.13	0.04%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
26	187	97	Aug 5(1)	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-1		S(5)	2	4.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.09	5.25	16												16			0		0
27	188	104	Aug 9(2)	MLN		STL	L,1-5	8-GF		3	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	4.11	5.26	9	3	1	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	.25	-0.022	1.61	-0.09%	-0.11	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
28	189	112	Aug 17	MLN	@	CIN	L,2-8	8-GF(8)		7	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.29	5.57	4	1	1	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.21	-0.034	2.21	-0.21%	-2.43	8b 123 1 out d2	8b end d 6
29	190	119	Aug 23	MLN		PHI	W,11-5	6-GF	S(6)	5	3.1	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.92	5.24	14	3	3	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.034	1.27	0.16%	2.07	6t 123 2 out a6	9t end a 6
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
30	191	133	Sep 4	MLN		CIN	L,2-4	9-GF(10)	L(3-3)	11	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	1	0	4.17	5.44	11	2	3	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.294	16.51	-2.25%	-1.11	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
31	192	137	Sep 9(1)	MLN	@	CHC	W,7-4	5-GF	W(4-3)	4	5.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	5.11	18	8	6	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.286	10.87	1.89%	2.36	5b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 3
32	193	139	Sep 11	MLN	@	BRO	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.94	5.20	10	1	4	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.055	11.20	-0.69%	-0.96	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
33	194	143	Sep 14	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-13	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.86	5.06	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d12	8b end d12
34	195	147	Sep 18	MLN	@	PIT	W,6-4	6-6		3	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.81	5.05	3	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.096	20.86	0.74%	0.91	6b --3 1 out d1	6b 3 out d1
35	196	148	Sep 20	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-2	9-9		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.73	4.96	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.130	27.29	1.21%	0.46	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
36	197	153	Sep 28	MLN	@	STL	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.71	4.94	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.032	25.49	0.44%	0.58	8b -23 2 out d1	8b end d 1
							12-24		W-L:4-3,Sv:6,BSv:1	2.9	51.0	54	21	21	21	26	9	1	3.71	4.94	224	0.72		9%	5%	40		23	30%	2	1	0	200	7	1	2	2	1	0	.95	0.056	7.13	1.84%	-1.48

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