Doc Johnston

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Full Name: Wheeler Roger Johnston	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170	First Game: October 3, 1909
Birthdate: September 9, 1887	Final Game: September 30, 1922
Birthplace: Cleveland, Tennessee	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: February 17, 1961
Deathplace: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Doc Johnston (Wheeler Roger Johnston) was born on September 9, 1887 in Cleveland, Tennessee. He made his Major League debut on October 3, 1909 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1912, his rookie year, he hit .280 with 1 home run and 11 RBI. Johnston played for the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Naps, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Doc Johnston's best season was 1915, when he stole 26 bases and knocked in 64 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1909	CIN	N	3	10	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1912	CLE	A	43	164	22	46	1	11	.280	.326	.390	7	4	11	0	0	7	8	0	0
1913	CLE	A	133	530	74	135	2	39	.255	.309	.347	19	12	35	65	7	11	19	0	0
1914	CLE	A	103	340	43	83	0	23	.244	.311	.294	15	1	28	46	5	11	14	0	0
1915	PIT	N	147	543	71	144	5	64	.265	.328	.372	19	12	38	40	13	34	26	0	0
1916	PIT	N	114	404	33	86	0	39	.213	.262	.287	10	10	20	42	7	18	17	0	0
1918	CLE	A	74	273	30	62	0	25	.227	.301	.286	12	2	26	19	3	13	12	0	0
1919	CLE	A	102	331	42	101	1	33	.305	.359	.384	17	3	25	18	3	22	21	0	0
1920	CLE	A	147	535	68	156	2	71	.292	.333	.385	24	10	28	32	5	25	13	0	0
1921	CLE	A	118	384	53	114	2	46	.297	.353	.401	20	7	29	15	4	27	2	0	0
1922	PHI	A	71	260	41	65	1	29	.250	.316	.358	11	7	24	15	1	15	7	0	0
Total	NL		264	957	105	230	5	104	.240	.298	.332	29	22	58	82	20	53	43	0	0
Total	AL		791	2817	373	762	9	277	.271	.326	.357	125	46	206	210	28	131	96	0	0
Total			1055	3774	478	992	14	381	.263	.319	.351	154	68	264	292	48	184	139	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1909	CIN	N	1B	3	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1912	CLE	A	1B	41	0	0	330	17	3	27	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1913	CLE	A	1B	133	0	0	1319	76	15	76	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1914	CLE	A	1B	90	0	0	847	36	12	43	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1914	CLE	A	OF	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1915	PIT	N	1B	147	0	0	1453	48	13	65	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1916	PIT	N	1B	110	0	0	1042	47	14	44	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1918	CLE	A	1B	73	0	0	738	40	9	25	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1919	CLE	A	1B	98	0	0	957	57	16	57	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1920	CLE	A	1B	147	0	0	1427	91	12	83	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1921	CLE	A	1B	116	0	0	960	62	12	72	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1922	PHI	A	1B	65	0	0	641	31	7	34	0	0	0	0	0	.990
Total			1B	1023	0	0	9739	507	113	526	0	0	0	0	0	.989
Total			OF	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Cleveland Indians to Pittsburgh Pirates for $7500 (February 22, 1915).
Sold by Cleveland Indians to Philadelphia Athletics (February 16, 1922).

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