Donald Roy Johnson
[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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
| 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
| 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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