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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: 24-21 / in Starts: 9-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 13

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 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	64	1	Apr 15	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	8-8		99	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	---	---	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	-0.028	8.81	-0.04%	-0.17	8t -23 2 out a2	8t 123 2 out a2
2	65	5	Apr 20	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.68	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.012	.95	0.02%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
3	66	6	Apr 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	7-8	L(0-1)	1	1.1	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	3.96	8	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	-0.447	10.43	-0.93%	-1.60	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 123 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
4	67	16	May 4(1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2		S(1)	11	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.77	6												5					0
5	68	18	May 6	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-5	10-GF(11)	W(1-1)	1	2.0	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.18	6.03	11	4	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.26	0.170	6.20	0.28%	-1.05	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 1
6	69	21	May 11	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	9-GF	S(2)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	5.84	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.89	0.163	18.34	0.30%	0.50	9t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
7	70	22	May 12	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	8-8	W(2-1)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.57	5.53	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.028	2.31	0.06%	0.50	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
8	71	25	May 15	BOS		SLB	L,1-2	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.00	5.01	7	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.089	2.50	0.18%	1.00	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
9	72	27	May 17	BOS		SLB	L,2-4	8-8		1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.86	5.16	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.025	2.09	0.05%	0.91	8t 12- 1 out d3	8t 3 out d3
10	73	34	May 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-9	6-6		8	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	4.93	4	1	2	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.015	.65	0.03%	0.46	6b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
11	74	35	May 27	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	4-GF	W(3-1)	0	5.2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.10	4.39	20	11	5	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.444	3.31	0.76%	3.00	4b -2- 1 out d1	9b end a 2
12	75	39	May 30(2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	7-7		2	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.08	4.46	6	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.139	1.75	-0.24%	-1.55	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d3
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
13	76	43	Jun 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-2		S(3)	4	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.86	4.07	6												6					0
14	77	46	Jun 10	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	8-GF	S(4)	5	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.69	4.08	6	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.50	0.316	7.65	0.58%	0.90	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
15	78	47	Jun 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-0	9-GF	S(5)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	4.04	3	0	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	0.092	8.17	0.18%	0.86	9b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
16	79	51	Jun 17	BOS		SLB	W,6-5	8-GF	S(6)	5	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	3.96	6	3	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	0.244	11.51	0.58%	0.82	8t -2- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
17	80	52	Jun 18	BOS		SLB	W,6-5	14-14		0	0.2	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1.50	4.09	5	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.81	-0.034	15.93	-0.09%	-0.27	14t --- 0 out tie	14t 123 2 out tie
18	81	56	Jun 22(2)	BOS		CLE	W,6-3	9-9	H(1)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	3.99	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	0.048	9.89	0.13%	0.47	9t 12- 1 out a3	9t 12- 2 out a3
19	82	60	Jun 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-7	5-7	L(3-2)	3	1.2	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	2.77	3.91	10	4	1	0	0	5		3	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.278	5.66	-0.74%	-2.71	5b 123 2 out d1	7b -23 1 out d3
20	83	64	Jun 29(2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	3.88	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.047	4.35	0.12%	0.88	8b 12- 1 out d1	8b 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
21	84	66	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	L,6-7			2	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.60	4.05	5												3					0
22	85	68	Jul 4(1)	BOS		PHA	L,6-8		L(3-3)	1	0.1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.57	4.25	5												3					0
23	86	70	Jul 5	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	7-GF	S(7)	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.32	3.90	12	5	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	0.377	4.19	0.43%	1.49	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
24	87	76	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-3)	6	9.0	6	0	0	3	5	0	0	1.80	3.60	34	12	8	0	0	6	77			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.608	3.01	0.75%	4.36	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
25	88	83	Jul 17(2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3		W(5-3)	4	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.67	3.56	11												10					0
26	89	85	Jul 19	BOS	@	SLB	W,1-0	SHO	W(6-3)	1	9.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.38	3.27	29	14	9	2	1	0	85			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.37	0.794	1.10	0.38%	4.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
27	90	91	Jul 25	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	GS-		5	4.0	7	4	4	1	0	1	0	1.93	3.51	19						31						18					0
28	91	96	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,7-13	GS-1	L(6-4)	4	0.1	4	5	4	1	0	0	0	2.56	3.56	6	0	1	0	0	4	24			0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.342	1.49	-0.24%	-4.18	1t start tie	1t -2- 1 out d4
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
29	92	98	Aug 1	BOS		DET	L,1-3	7-GF		1	2.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.45	3.51	6	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.085	.36	0.04%	1.60	7t -23 2 out d2	9t end d 2
30	93	100	Aug 3	BOS		DET	L,3-10	4-5		1	1.2	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.69	3.52	10	3	0	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.058	.36	-0.02%	-0.98	4t 1-- 1 out d3	5t 3 out d5
31	94	102	Aug 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	GS-7	L(6-5)	2	7.0	2	1	0	4	3	0	0	2.41	3.52	25	9	7	2	0	2	70			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	.80	0.185	.26	0.04%	2.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
32	95	105	Aug 9	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	9-GF	S(8)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	3.51	3	0	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.085	1.92	0.05%	0.52	9t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
33	96	107	Aug 11	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-5)	1	9.0	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.10	3.48	31	16	8	1	0	2	80			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.40	0.742	.51	0.16%	4.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	97	111	Aug 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	L(7-6)	4	8.0	9	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.01	3.42	34	9	9	1	2	9	61			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.60	0.159	1.03	0.06%	0.86	1b start tie	9b 123 0 out d1
35	98	116	Aug 22(2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	GS-	W(8-6)	5	6.1	6	3	3	4	3	0	0	2.17	3.43	27						48						23					0
36	99	119	Aug 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,8-10	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.16	3.46	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.048	.20	-0.01%	-0.27	8b 123 2 out d1	8b end d 2
37	100	122	Aug 27(1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-7	GS-8	L(8-7)	1	7.1	5	6	5	5	1	0	0	2.45	3.53	31	14	7	1	1	4	42			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.74	-0.314	.38	-0.04%	-1.79	1b start tie	8b -2- 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
38	101	129	Sep 1(2)	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(9-7)	4	9.0	10	1	1	0	6	1	0	2.33	3.47	37	15	6	0	0	10	69			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	1	.87	0.441	.17	0.05%	3.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
39	102	133	Sep 6	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-3	GS-9	W(10-7)	4	8.2	7	3	3	2	7	2	1	2.39	3.59	34	9	8	1	2	7	63			0	0	1	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.242	.02	0.00%	1.01	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out a1
40	103	137	Sep 10	BOS		DET	L,0-5	GS-3	L(10-8)	3	2.1	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	2.65	3.61	15	4	1	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.270	.01	0.00%	-3.19	1t start tie	3t -2- 1 out d4
41	104	141	Sep 13	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(11-8)	2	9.0	4	2	0	3	3	0	0	2.46	3.57	33	12	11	0	0	4	75			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.66	0.326	.00	0.00%	2.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
42	105	147	Sep 17(1)	BOS		SLB	L,4-9	GS-5	L(11-9)	3	4.1	9	7	3	3	1	0	1	2.58	3.61	25	9	2	0	1	9	23			1	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	.82	-0.457	.00	0.00%	-4.19	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d3
43	106	150	Sep 20(1)	BOS		WSH	L,3-6	GS-1	L(11-10)	2	0.2	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.77	3.61	6	1	0	0	0	5	30			0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.252	.00	0.00%	-2.73	1t start tie	1t 1-- 2 out d3
44	107	154	Sep 23(2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	GS-	W(12-10)	2	7.1	9	5	5	2	3	0	0	2.95	3.56	32						41						29					0
45	108	157	Sep 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS-2	L(12-11)	4	2.0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.97	3.57	10	5	1	1	0	3	43			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	-0.134	.00	0.00%	-1.10	1b start tie	2b 3 out d2
							24-21		W-L:12-11,Sv:8,Hld:1	2.6	142.1	129	63	47	62	65	5	2	2.97	3.57	596	1.74		4%	3%	97	52	24	4%	2	5	1	525	8	1	3	20	0	7	1.39	2.936	1.77	2.87%	11.68

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