Donald Roy Johnson

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Full Name: Donald Roy Johnson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/200	First Game: April 20, 1947
Birthdate: November 12, 1926	Final Game: September 24, 1958
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on November 12, 1926 in Portland, Oregon, Don Johnson (Donald Roy Johnson) played for the New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 7 year career. Johnson broke into the bigs on April 20, 1947 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.64 ERA in 54.1 innings pitched in 1947, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Don Johnson's best season was 1954, when he posted a 3.12 ERA and struck out 68 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1947	NY	A	15	8	4	3	3.64	16	26	22	2	0	0	54.1	57	2	23	0	0	1
1950	STL	A	25	12	5	6	6.09	31	72	65	4	1	1	96	126	14	55	0	1	1
1950	NY	A	8	0	1	0	1.00	9	21	20	0	0	0	18	35	2	12	0	0	0
1950	TOT	A	33	12	6	6	6.71	40	93	85	4	1	1	114	161	16	67	0	1	1
1951	WAS	A	21	20	7	11	3.95	52	67	63	8	1	0	143.2	138	9	58	0	0	2
1951	STL	A	6	3	0	1	12.60	8	26	21	0	0	0	15	27	4	18	0	0	1
1951	TOT	A	27	23	7	12	4.76	60	93	84	8	1	0	158.2	165	13	76	0	0	3
1952	WAS	A	29	6	0	5	4.43	37	41	34	0	0	2	69	80	4	33	0	2	4
1954	CHI	A	46	16	8	7	3.12	68	53	50	3	3	7	144	129	14	43	0	2	0
1955	BAL	A	31	5	2	4	5.82	27	46	44	0	0	1	68	89	4	35	2	3	0
1958	SF	N	17	0	0	1	6.26	14	19	16	0	0	1	23	31	2	8	1	2	2
Total	NL		17	0	0	1	6.26	14	19	16	0	0	1	23	31	2	8	1	2	2
Total	AL		181	70	27	37	4.72	248	352	319	17	5	11	608	681	53	277	2	8	9
Total			198	70	27	38	4.78	262	371	335	17	5	12	631	712	55	285	3	10	11

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1947	NY	A	P	15	0	0	2	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.818
1950	STL	A	P	25	0	0	2	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.864
1950	NY	A	P	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	TOT	A	P	33	0	0	2	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1951	WAS	A	P	21	0	0	3	24	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	STL	A	P	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	TOT	A	P	27	0	0	3	27	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	WAS	A	P	29	0	0	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	CHI	A	P	46	0	0	8	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1955	BAL	A	P	31	0	0	0	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1958	SF	N	P	17	0	23	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
Total			P	198	0	23	22	103	7	10	0	0	0	1	0	.947

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1947	NY	A	15	13	0	0	0	0	.000	.071	.000	0	0	1	8	0	4	0	0	0
1950	STL	A	25	29	0	2	0	1	.069	.100	.069	0	0	1	6	0	3	0	0	1
1950	NY	A	8	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1950	TOT	A	33	32	0	2	0	1	.063	.091	.063	0	0	1	7	0	3	0	0	2
1951	WAS	A	21	47	1	4	0	4	.085	.104	.106	1	0	1	11	0	6	0	0	0
1951	STL	A	6	3	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1951	TOT	A	27	50	1	5	0	5	.100	.118	.120	1	0	1	12	0	7	0	0	0
1952	WAS	A	29	13	0	1	0	0	.077	.077	.077	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
1954	CHI	A	46	35	0	1	0	1	.029	.079	.029	0	0	2	12	0	7	0	0	0
1955	BAL	A	31	10	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1958	SF	N	17	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		17	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Total	AL		181	153	1	9	0	7	.059	.088	.065	1	0	5	46	0	23	0	0	2
Total			198	155	1	9	0	7	.058	.087	.065	1	0	5	47	0	24	0	0	2

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1944).
Traded by New York Yankees with Jim Delsing, Duane Pillette, Snuffy Stirnweiss and $50000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Tom Ferrick, Joe Ostrowski and Leo Thomas (June 15, 1950).
Sold by St. Louis Browns to Washington Senators (May 29, 1951).
Sold by Washington Senators to Toronto (International) (March 23, 1953).
Traded by Toronto (International) to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Hector Rodriguez (@October 8, 1953).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Don Ferrarese, Matt Batts and Fred Marsh to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Jim Brideweser, Bob Chakales and Clint Courtney (December 6, 1954).
Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Toronto (International) (@January 25, 1956).
Traded by Toronto (International) to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Ray Crone (July 15, 1958).

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