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: 3-18 / in Starts: 1-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 13

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 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	482	4	Apr 23	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-3	1-7		99	6.1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.89	23	8	11	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	21	0	1	1	0	0	0	.52	0.176	1.21	0.24%	3.23	1b -23 2 out d3	7b 3 out d2
2	483	8	Apr 27(2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,6-11	6-7	L(0-1)	3	1.2	5	6	5	1	1	2	0	5.63	6.30	11	3	1	0	1	5		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.547	2.18	-0.52%	-4.98	6b 1-- 1 out tie	7b 3 out d5
3	484	10	Apr 29	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	9-11		1	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.09	5.69	10	5	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.57	0.417	2.86	0.28%	1.53	9b --- 0 out tie	11b 3 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
4	485	32	May 30(2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,7-4	7-9	H(1)	30	2.1	5	3	3	0	2	0	0	5.40	4.93	11	2	2	0	0	5		2	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.083	.33	0.02%	-1.32	7b 1-3 0 out a4	9b 1-3 1 out a4
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
5	486	34	Jun 2	PHI	@	STL	L,5-12	3-7		2	5.0	8	5	4	1	1	1	0	5.89	5.18	24	11	3	0	0	8		3	2	1	0	0	23	5	0	1	0	0	1	.28	-0.121	.11	-0.03%	-2.56	3b 123 0 out d3	7b 3 out d7
6	487	38	Jun 6	PHI	@	CHC	L,8-10	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.59	5.22	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.015	.10	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
7	488	44	Jun 15	PHI		STL	L,7-9	9-9	L(0-2)	8	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.41	5.19	3	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	-0.355	.13	-0.01%	-1.18	9t --- 0 out tie	9t -2- 1 out d1
8	489	48	Jun 19(1)	PHI		PIT	L,4-14	6-GF		3	3.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	6.65	5.01	14	2	7	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	-1.08	6t 12- 2 out d8	9t end d11
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
9	490	60	Jul 2	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-3)	12	7.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.70	4.65	26	18	4	2	1	3	60			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.73	0.006	.00	0.00%	1.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
10	491	67	Jul 10(1)	PHI		BRO	L,3-6	8-8		7	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.87	4.62	3	1	1	0	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.348	.00	0.00%	-2.09	8t 12- 1 out tie	8t 3 out d3
11	492	71	Jul 15	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-4	4-GF(8)		4	4.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.09	4.41	16	4	9	0	2	3		1	1	0	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.021	.00	0.00%	1.72	4b -2- 1 out d2	8b end d 3
12	493	76	Jul 20(2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-4	7-7		4	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.00	4.38	3	0	2	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.09	7b 12- 1 out d1	7b 3 out d2
13	494	82	Jul 24(2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(1-3)	3	9.0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.20	4.12	36	12	16	0	0	8	67			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	2	.75	0.276	.00	0.00%	3.36	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
14	495	85	Jul 28	PHI		PIT	L,2-9	7-GF		3	3.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.13	3.93	13	1	5	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.17	7t 1-3 0 out d4	9t end d 7
15	496	88	Jul 31(1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	8-GF(12)	W(2-3)	2	4.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.78	3.78	14	3	8	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.21	0.686	.00	0.00%	2.74	8t 123 2 out tie	12t end tie
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
16	497	91	Aug 3	PHI		CIN	L,3-6	10-GF(10)		2	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.05	4.01	5	1	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.378	.00	0.00%	-2.12	10t 1-- 0 out tie	10t end d 3
17	498	96	Aug 9	PHI	@	BRO	L,6-9	5-6	L(2-4)	5	0.2	2	4	3	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.05	6	2	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.32	-0.243	.00	0.00%	-2.18	5b 1-3 2 out tie	6b 1-3 1 out d2
18	499	102	Aug 15	PHI		BSN	L,3-5	GS-8	L(2-5)	5	7.1	10	4	4	1	1	0	0	4.55	3.95	32	14	6	1	0	10	42			1	1	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.234	.00	0.00%	-0.72	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out d1
19	500	115	Aug 28(2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-6)	12	7.0	7	3	3	0	3	0	0	4.48	3.77	27	4	13	0	2	7	54			0	1	0	27	0	2	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.036	.00	0.00%	0.56	1b start tie	7b 3 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
20	501	123	Sep 4(2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-6	GS-	L(2-7)	6	4.0	7	5	4	0	2	1	0	4.73	3.85	19						32						19					0
21	502	126	Sep 6	PHI		BRO	L,4-6	2-7		1	5.2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.38	3.72	20	13	1	0	0	3		3	2	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.202	.00	0.00%	2.04	2t 123 1 out a1	7t 3 out d1
22	503	138	Sep 18(2)	PHI		PIT	T,1-1	CG(5)		11	5.0	7	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.23	3.73	23	2	12	0	3	6	48			1	0	0	21	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.13	0.143	.00	0.00%	1.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
							3-18		W-L:2-7,Hld:1	3.6	83.0	87	43	39	11	21	5	0	4.23	3.73	343	1.03		1%	5%	76	51	26	46%	4	4	0	325	15	5	5	3	0	5	.90	-0.296	.28	-0.02%	-0.22

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