Syl Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: December 31, 1900 in Portland, OR us

Died: February 20, 1985 in Portland, OR

Buried: Portland Memorial Cemetery, Portland, OR

High School: Portland HS (Portland, OR)

Debut: April 24, 1922 (Age 21-114d, 5,440th in major league history)
vs. SLB 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 14, 1940 (Age 39-258d)
vs. CHC 9.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: Sylvester W. Johnson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.4

112

117

ERA

4.06

542

209

2165.2

920

WHIP

1.283

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-26 / in Starts: 1-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 23

1936 Pitching Game Log

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1936 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	411	2	Apr 15	PHI		BSN	L,4-12	4-4		99	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	18.00	3.32	6	1	2	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.085	.78	-0.15%	-2.57	4t 123 0 out d3	4t 3 out d8
2	412	3	Apr 16	PHI		BSN	W,7-5	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.80	3.32	2	0	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.58	0.176	9.40	0.28%	0.66	9t 123 1 out a3	9t end a 2
3	413	5	Apr 18	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	W(1-0)	1	9.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.53	3.32	32	5	20	1	8	2	78			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.314	2.61	0.47%	3.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
4	414	10	Apr 23	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-3	8-GF	S(2)	4	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.84	3.32	7	3	3	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	0.339	5.34	0.46%	0.46	8b -23 0 out a2	9b end a 2
5	415	13	Apr 26	PHI		BRO	L,7-10	GS-5	L(1-1)	2	5.0	8	5	4	1	3	1	0	4.08	3.88	24	4	8	0	1	8	35			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.228	2.13	-0.37%	-2.11	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
6	416	14	Apr 28	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-7	6-GF	W(2-1)	1	3.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	3.79	12	3	7	2	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.377	3.97	0.55%	2.13	6b 1-3 2 out tie	9b end a 2
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
7	417	18	May 2	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	8-GF	S(3)	3	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.22	3.76	5	1	3	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.77	0.317	8.26	0.42%	0.92	8b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
8	418	19	May 3	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-5	9-GF(12)	BW(3-1)	0	3.2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.77	3.74	15	9	1	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	0.302	7.72	0.47%	1.83	9b 1-3 1 out a1	12b end a 3
9	419	25	May 11	PHI		NYG	L,12-13	6-7	BS(2)	7	1.1	5	5	5	1	0	0	0	4.28	3.83	10	2	2	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.79	-0.530	3.49	-0.62%	-3.85	6t --- 0 out a3	7t --3 1 out tie
10	420	27	May 13	PHI		CIN	W,9-7	6-9	W(4-1)	1	3.0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.15	4.14	13	1	7	1	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.165	1.61	0.14%	0.73	6t 1-- 2 out d2	9t 1-- 2 out a2
11	421	29	May 16	PHI		CHC	L,3-7	8-8		2	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	4.65	4.48	4	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.118	1.17	-0.12%	-3.01	8t 12- 1 out d2	8t 3 out d6
12	422	33	May 21	PHI		PIT	L,4-7	GS-9		4	8.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.38	4.16	32	10	11	0	0	7	58			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.182	.95	0.09%	1.77	1t start tie	9t 123 0 out a3
13	423	36	May 24	PHI	@	NYG	L,5-13	5-6		2	1.2	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	4.65	4.47	9	4	0	0	0	3		3	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.122	1.18	-0.06%	-0.87	5b 123 1 out tie	6b 3 out d3
14	424	40	May 28	PHI		BRO	L,10-13	GS-5		3	5.0	11	5	5	0	3	2	0	5.12	4.78	24	5	5	0	1	11	28			0	0	0	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.259	.48	-0.09%	-2.11	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
15	425	44	May 31	PHI	@	BSN	L,5-6	8-GF(11)	BL(4-2)	2	2.2	5	2	2	1	1	1	0	5.21	4.99	13	4	2	1	0	5		2	0	0	1	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.81	-0.393	2.50	-0.21%	-1.43	8b 1-3 2 out a1	11b end d 1
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
16	426	49	Jun 7	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-6	1-6		6	5.1	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.03	4.84	25	1	13	1	1	9		1	0	0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.009	.13	0.00%	0.92	1b 1-- 2 out d4	6b 3 out d5
17	427	52	Jun 10	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	9-GF	BS(4)	2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.03	4.84	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.87	-0.721	3.57	-0.14%	-1.66	9b 123 2 out a1	9b end d 1
18	428	56	Jun 14	PHI	@	STL	L,10-12	GS-1		3	0.2	3	4	4	2	1	0	1	5.63	4.95	8	1	0	0	0	3	29			0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.43	-0.352	.26	-0.04%	-3.93	1b start a 1	1b 12- 2 out d3
19	429	60	Jun 20(2)	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	9-GF	S(4)	5	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.56	4.99	3	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.95	0.455	.41	0.02%	1.49	9t -23 1 out a1	9t end a 1
20	430	63	Jun 23	PHI		STL	L,2-3	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.46	4.96	3	0	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.047	.02	0.00%	0.58	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
21	431	64	Jun 25(1)	PHI		STL	W,13-4	8-GF	S(5)	1	1.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.31	4.84	7	2	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.016	.00	0.00%	1.57	8t 12- 1 out a6	9t end a 9
22	432	67	Jun 27	PHI		CIN	L,9-10	4-GF	L(4-3)	1	5.1	3	2	2	3	4	1	0	5.14	4.93	21	3	8	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.004	.00	0.00%	1.24	4t -2- 2 out d2	9t end d 2
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
23	433	69	Jul 1(2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,10-3	8-GF	S(6)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.98	4.79	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.018	.00	0.00%	1.06	8b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 7
24	434	73	Jul 5	PHI		BSN	W,7-6	7-8	H(1)	3	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.88	4.81	6	3	1	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	0.037	.01	0.00%	-0.89	7t 123 1 out a4	8t --- 2 out a1
25	435	77	Jul 12(2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	9-9	BS(5)	6	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	4.97	4.84	5	0	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.14	-0.416	.01	0.00%	-1.32	9b -2- 0 out a2	9b 12- 2 out tie
26	436	80	Jul 15	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4	9-GF	S(7)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.95	4.80	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.55	0.101	.01	0.00%	0.24	9b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
27	437	82	Jul 17	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	7-GF(8)	BL(4-4)	1	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	5.06	4.92	8	2	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.26	-0.413	.03	0.00%	-0.96	7b --- 0 out a1	8b end d 1
28	438	89	Jul 25	PHI		CHC	L,4-17	4-6		7	3.0	7	6	3	3	4	1	0	5.23	5.04	18	0	4	0	0	7		2	2	1	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.10	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-4.76	4t -23 0 out d5	6t 3 out d13
29	439	93	Jul 30(1)	PHI		CIN	L,0-5	6-7		4	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.11	5.00	6	0	4	1	0	2		1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.021	.00	0.00%	1.17	6t 1-- 1 out d5	7t 3 out d5
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
30	440	99	Aug 2(2)	PHI		STL	L,8-11	6-GF		2	4.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.85	4.87	14	4	6	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.003	.00	0.00%	2.31	6t --- 0 out d9	9t end d 6
31	441	100	Aug 4	PHI		BRO	L,5-6	GS-		1	3.2	6	2	2	3	1	0	0	4.85	4.88	19						39						16					0
32	442	104	Aug 9	PHI		NYG	L,2-6	9-GF		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.81	4.85	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.26	9t 1-3 1 out d3	9t end d 4
33	443	106	Aug 11	PHI		BSN	L,4-5	8-GF(10)	L(4-5)	1	2.1	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	4.78	4.89	9	1	4	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.49	-0.041	.00	0.00%	0.51	8t -2- 2 out tie	10t end d 1
34	444	109	Aug 14	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-3	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.78	4.83	9	0	5	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.034	.00	0.00%	0.05	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
35	445	116	Aug 23(1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,5-6	GS-		8	6.2	4	2	2	3	0	0	0	4.63	4.82	28						55						25					0
36	446	120	Aug 27	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-1	GS-7	L(4-6)	3	7.0	9	1	1	0	2	0	1	4.40	4.70	31	8	15	2	3	5	57			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.229	.00	0.00%	2.75	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
37	447	124	Aug 30(2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	7-8	BL(4-7)	2	1.1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.51	4.69	7	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.09	-0.263	.00	0.00%	-0.92	7b --- 0 out a1	8b 12- 1 out tie
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
38	448	136	Sep 11	PHI		CIN	W,9-6	2-GF	W(5-7)	11	7.1	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.46	4.69	28	3	16	0	0	5		3	0	0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	.90	0.173	.00	0.00%	1.87	2t 123 2 out a1	9t end a 3
39	449	142	Sep 14(2)	PHI		PIT	L,5-6			2	2.0	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	4.54	4.70	12												10					0
							13-26		W-L:5-7,Sv:7,BSv:7,Hld:1	2.8	111.0	129	61	56	29	49	12	3	4.54	4.70	485	0.52		4%	7%	108	47	45	40%	1	7	0	448	25	3	5	0	0	2	1.23	-0.751	1.28	1.08%	-2.08

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