Si Johnson

Q: When was Si Johnson born?

Si Johnson was born on October 5, 1906.

Q: Where was Si Johnson born?

Si Johnson was born in Danway, IL .

Q: How tall was Si Johnson?

Si Johnson was 5-11 (180 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Si Johnson weigh when playing?

Si Johnson weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Si Johnson in the Hall of Fame?

Si Johnson has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Si Johnson have?

Si Johnson had 840 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Si Johnson played for?

Si Johnson played for 5 teams; the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Phils and Boston Braves.

Q: When did Si Johnson retire?

Si Johnson last played in 1947.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: October 5, 1906 in Danway, IL us

Died: May 12, 1994 in Sheridan, IL

Buried: Elerding Cemetery, Sheridan, IL

High School: Newark Community HS (Newark, IL)

Debut: September 11, 1928 (Age 21-342d, 6,781st in major league history)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1947 (Age 40-355d)
vs. NYG 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Silas Kenneth Johnson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.9

101

165

ERA

4.09

492

272

2281.1

840

WHIP

1.401

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1928	21	CIN	NL	0	0		4.35	3	0	3	0	0	0	10.1	9	5	5	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	42	94	4.29	1.355	7.8	0.0	4.4	0.9	0.20
1929	22	CIN	NL	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	119	4.29	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
1930	23	CIN	NL	3	1	.750	4.94	35	3	17	0	0	0	78.1	86	54	43	5	31	1	47	4	0	2	345	98	3.83	1.494	9.9	0.6	3.6	5.4	1.52
1931	24	CIN	NL	11	19	.367	3.77	42	33	3	14	0	0	262.1	273	131	110	5	74	5	95	6	0	2	1113	98	3.58	1.323	9.4	0.2	2.5	3.3	1.28
1932	25	CIN	NL	13	15	.464	3.27	42	27	11	14	2	2	245.0	246	109	89	8	57	5	94	2	0	0	1024	118	3.17	1.237	9.0	0.3	2.1	3.5	1.65
1933	26	CIN	NL	7	18	.280	3.49	34	28	2	14	4	1	211.1	212	101	82	7	54	5	51	3	1	2	888	97	3.66	1.259	9.0	0.3	2.3	2.2	0.94
1934	27	CIN	NL	7	22	.241	5.22	46	31	5	9	0	3	215.2	264	150	125	15	84	9	89	7	0	4	993	77	4.53	1.614	11.0	0.6	3.5	3.7	1.06
1935	28	CIN	NL	5	11	.313	6.23	30	20	5	4	1	0	130.0	155	106	90	14	59	1	40	3	0	2	603	63	5.40	1.646	10.7	1.0	4.1	2.8	0.68
1936	29	CIN-min	AA	10	9	.526	2.38	26	18		9	5		155.0	123	48	41		44		82	1	0	3	621			1.077	7.1		2.6	4.8	1.86	TTO IL
1936	29	TOT	NL	5	3	.625	4.93	14	9	5	3	1	0	65.2	89	36	36	5	11	2	23	1	0	1	294	81	4.15	1.523	12.2	0.7	1.5	3.2	2.09
1936	29	CIN	NL	0	0		13.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	7	6	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	19	31	5.57	1.750	15.8	2.3	0.0	4.5
1936	29	STL	NL	5	3	.625	4.38	12	9	3	3	1	0	61.2	82	30	30	4	11	2	21	1	0	0	275	90	4.06	1.508	12.0	0.6	1.6	3.1	1.91
1937	30	STL	NL	12	12	.500	3.32	38	21	9	12	1	1	192.1	222	92	71	14	43	12	64	1	0	3	821	119	4.17	1.378	10.4	0.7	2.0	3.0	1.49
1938	31	STL-min	AA	14	11	.560	3.03	37	19		13	2		172.0	160	61	58		46		110	2	0	2				1.198	8.4		2.4	5.8	2.39	ROC IL
1938	31	STL	NL	0	3	.000	7.47	6	3	1	0	0	0	15.2	27	17	13	0	6	0	4	0	0	1	79	54	3.69	2.106	15.5	0.0	3.4	2.3	0.67

1939	32	STL-min	AA	22	12	.647	4.32	42	35		19	4		252.0	310	139	121		65		129	1	0	0	1107			1.488	11.1		2.3	4.6	1.98	ROC IL
1940	33	PHI	NL	5	14	.263	4.88	37	14	10	5	0	1	138.1	145	81	75	13	42	4	58	2	0	2	594	80	4.33	1.352	9.4	0.8	2.7	3.8	1.38
1941	34	PHI	NL	5	12	.294	4.52	39	21	8	6	1	2	163.1	207	91	82	8	54	9	80	1	0	1	738	81	3.45	1.598	11.4	0.4	3.0	4.4	1.48
1942	35	PHI	NL	8	19	.296	3.69	39	26	8	10	1	0	195.1	198	96	80	6	72	6	78	1	0	2	834	89	2.79	1.382	9.1	0.3	3.3	3.6	1.08
1943	36	PHI	NL	8	3	.727	3.27	21	14	6	9	1	2	113.0	110	48	41	4	25	2	46	0	0	1	473	103	2.96	1.195	8.8	0.3	2.0	3.7	1.84
1944			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1945			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1946	39	TOT	NL	6	5	.545	2.77	29	12	6	5	1	1	130.0	141	51	40	9	35	8	43	4	0	2	560	125	3.72	1.354	9.8	0.6	2.4	3.0	1.23
1946	39	PHI	NL	0	0		3.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	7	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	131	5.58	2.333	21.0	3.0	0.0	6.0
1946	39	BSN	NL	6	5	.545	2.76	28	12	6	5	1	1	127.0	134	47	39	8	35	8	41	4	0	2	544	125	3.68	1.331	9.5	0.6	2.5	2.9	1.17
1947	40	BSN	NL	6	8	.429	4.23	36	10	15	3	0	2	112.2	124	57	53	8	34	5	27	1	0	1	493	94	4.05	1.402	9.9	0.6	2.7	2.2	0.79
17 Yrs				101	165	.380	4.09	492	272	115	108	13	15	2281.1	2510	1226	1036	121	687	74	840	36	1	26	9903	92	3.78	1.401	9.9	0.5	2.7	3.3	1.22
162 Game Avg.				9	15	.380	4.09	44	24	10	10	1	1	203	223	109	92	11	61	7	75	3	0	2	881	92	3.78	1.401	9.9	0.5	2.7	3.3	1.22
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
CIN (9 yrs)				46	86	.348	4.28	235	142	49	55	7	6	1159.0	1254	663	551	55	365	26	419	25	1	13	5036	90	3.92	1.397	9.7	0.4	2.8	3.3	1.15
PHI (5 yrs)				26	48	.351	4.10	137	75	32	30	3	5	613.0	667	320	279	32	193	21	264	4	0	6	2655	87	3.36	1.403	9.8	0.5	2.8	3.9	1.37
STL (3 yrs)				17	18	.486	3.80	56	33	13	15	2	1	269.2	331	139	114	18	60	14	89	2	0	4	1175	104	4.12	1.450	11.0	0.6	2.0	3.0	1.48
BSN (2 yrs)				12	13	.480	3.45	64	22	21	8	1	3	239.2	258	104	92	16	69	13	68	5	0	3	1037	107	3.85	1.364	9.7	0.6	2.6	2.6	0.99

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos	Awards
1928	21	CIN	NL	0.0	3	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	32	.213	-17	1		0	0	0	/1
1929	22	CIN	NL	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0		0	0	0	/1
1930	23	CIN	NL	0.0	35	19	17	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.235	.278	.235	.513	29	.249	25	4		0	0	0	1
1931	24	CIN	NL	-0.3	42	92	87	3	13	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	25	.149	.169	.161	.329	-8	.149	-26	14		0	3	0	1
1932	25	CIN	NL	-0.5	42	85	80	3	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	15	.125	.157	.125	.282	-22	.132	-36	10		0	2	0	1
1933	26	CIN	NL	-0.9	34	76	72	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	.042	.055	.056	.110	-68	.044	-100	4	0	0	3	0	1
1934	27	CIN	NL	-0.3	46	74	72	3	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	24	.139	.162	.167	.329	-10	.143	-26	12	0	0	0	0	1
1935	28	CIN	NL	-0.5	30	45	41	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	20	.024	.091	.024	.115	-67	.052	-88	1	1	0	1	0	1
1936	29	2TM	NL	0.0	14	22	21	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.190	.190	.238	.429	15	.182	-9	5	0	0	1	0	1
1936	29	CIN	NL	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	/1
1936	29	STL	NL	0.0	12	22	21	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.190	.190	.238	.429	15	.182	-9	5	0	0	1	0	1
1937	30	STL	NL	-0.3	38	70	65	5	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	20	.138	.164	.154	.318	-14	.144	-35	10	0	0	3	0	1
1938	31	STL	NL	0.0	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.041	-427	0	0	0	1	0	/1

1940	33	PHI	NL	-0.2	37	45	43	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	.140	.140	.140	.279	-21	.120	-44	6	1	0	2	0	1
1941	34	PHI	NL	-0.1	39	50	47	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.149	.167	.149	.316	-9	.147	-25	7	1	0	2	0	1
1942	35	PHI	NL	-0.4	39	63	58	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	.103	.103	.103	.207	-38	.091	-69	6	3	0	5	0	1
1943	36	PHI	NL	0.0	21	39	33	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	8	.182	.250	.182	.432	28	.199	19	6	1	0	3	0	1
1944	Did not play - Military Service
1945	Did not play - Military Service
1946	39	2TM	NL	-0.2	29	43	38	0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	14	.158	.179	.158	.337	-4	.154	-41	6	0	0	4	0	1
1946	39	PHI	NL	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	478	.942	540	1	0	0	0	0	/1
1946	39	BSN	NL	-0.2	28	42	37	0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	14	.135	.158	.135	.293	-17	.133	-56	5	0	0	4	0	1
1947	40	BSN	NL	-0.4	36	31	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.033	.065	.033	.098	-73	.044	-100	1	0	0	0	0	1
				WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos	Awards
17 Yrs				-4.2	492	761	709	29	87	4	1	0	20	0	1	20	213	.123	.147	.131	.278	-22	.125	-43	93	7	0	30	0	1
162 Game Avg				-1.4	162	251	233	10	29	1	0	0	7	0	0	7	70	.123	.147	.131	.278	-22	.125	-43	31		0	10	0

CIN (9 Yrs)				-2.5	235	396	373	13	42	2	1	0	8	0	0	12	111	.113	.140	.123	.264	-27	.119	-45	46	1	0	9	0	1
PHI (5 Yrs)				-0.7	137	198	182	9	26	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	48	.143	.161	.143	.304	-11	.138	-32	26	6	0	12	0	1
STL (3 Yrs)				-0.3	56	94	87	6	13	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	29	.149	.169	.172	.341	-8	.151	-33	15	0	0	5	0	1
BSN (2 Yrs)				-0.6	64	73	67	1	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	25	.090	.116	.090	.205	-43	.093	-77	6	0	0	4	0	1

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1928	21	CIN	NL	P	3	0	0	10.0	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	.965	3.60	2.43	1.33	2.40	0	0	0			0
1929	22	CIN	NL	P	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	2.25	0.00	2.40	0	0	0			0
1930	23	CIN	NL	P	35	3	0	78.0	17	4	12	1	1	.941	.964	1.85	2.22	0.46	2.18	2	6	5	45.5	43.7	1
1931	24	CIN	NL	P	42	33	14	262.0	36	2	34	0	0	*1.000*	.959	1.24	2.23	0.86	2.19	2	21	21	50.0	51.4	0
1932	25	CIN	NL	P	42	27	14	245.0	69	7	55	7	1	.899	.957	2.28	2.29	1.48	2.29	0	13	10	43.5	47.5	1
1933	26	CIN	NL	P	34	28	14	211.0	50	3	44	3	3	.940	.964	2.00	2.36	1.38	2.33	2	13	11	45.8	48.5	1
1934	27	CIN	NL	P	46	31	9	216.0	38	6	32	0	1	*1.000*	.960	1.58	2.27	0.83	2.24	4	7	10	58.8	48.6	0
1935	28	CIN	NL	P	30	20	4	130.0	27	3	24	0	2	1.000	.959	1.87	2.31	0.90	2.28	2	9	6	40.0	48.6	0
1936	29	2TM	NL	P	14	9	3	66.0	9	1	8	0	1	1.000	.950	1.23	2.32	0.64	2.31	1	5	3	37.5	51.1	0
1936	29	CIN	NL	P	2	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	2.25	0.00	2.30	1	0	1	100.0	51.0	0
1936	29	STL	NL	P	12	9	3	62.0	9	1	8	0	1	1.000	.950	1.31	2.32	0.75	2.31	0	5	2	28.6	51.1	0
1937	30	STL	NL	P	38	21	12	192.0	42	5	36	1	2	.976	.958	1.92	2.39	1.08	2.36	3	8	4	33.3	51.5	0
1938	31	STL	NL	P	6	3	0	16.0	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	.965	2.25	2.19	0.67	2.18	1	1	0	0.0	50.0	0

1940	33	PHI	NL	P	37	14	5	138.0	21	5	16	0	1	1.000	.962	1.37	2.22	0.57	2.22	2	7	1	12.5	45.8	1
1941	34	PHI	NL	P	39	21	6	163.0	31	4	27	0	1	1.000	.965	1.71	2.23	0.79	2.21	1	10	3	23.1	47.6	0
1942	35	PHI	NL	P	39	26	10	195.0	33	3	30	0	2	*1.000*	.968	1.52	2.35	0.85	2.35	2	13	5	27.8	45.1	1
1943	36	PHI	NL	P	21	14	9	113.0	26	4	21	1	1	.962	.961	1.99	2.25	1.19	2.25	1	0	0			0
1944	Did not play - Military Service
1945	Did not play - Military Service
1946	39	2TM	NL	P	29	12	5	130.0	28	6	21	1	2	.964	.960	1.87	2.24	0.93	2.22	2	5	0	0.0	44.2	0
1946	39	PHI	NL	P	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	2.10	0.00	2.20	0	0	0			0
1946	39	BSN	NL	P	28	12	5	127.0	28	6	21	1	2	.964	.960	1.91	2.24	0.96	2.22	2	5	0	0.0	44.2	0
1947	40	BSN	NL	P	36	10	3	113.0	39	3	36	0	3	1.000	.966	3.11	2.10	1.08	2.07	1	5	2	28.6	45.3	0
					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
17 Yrs					492	272	108	2280.0	474	56	404	14	21	.970	.961	1.82	2.28	0.93	2.25	26	123	81	39.7	48.4	5

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Si Johnson born?

Si Johnson was born on October 5, 1906.

Where was Si Johnson born?

Si Johnson was born in Danway, IL.

How tall was Si Johnson?

Si Johnson was 5-11 (180 cm) tall.

How much did Si Johnson weigh when playing?

Si Johnson weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Si Johnson play?

Si Johnson played 17 seasons.

Is Si Johnson in the Hall of Fame?

Si Johnson has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Si Johnson play?

Si Johnson was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Si Johnson have?

Si Johnson had 840 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Si Johnson played for?

Si Johnson played for 5 teams; the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Phils and Boston Braves.

When did Si Johnson retire?

Si Johnson last played in 1947.

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