Donald Spore Johnson

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Full Name: Donald Spore Johnson	Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170	First Game: September 26, 1943
Birthdate: December 7, 1911	Final Game: May 16, 1948
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: April 6, 2000
Deathplace: Laguna Beach, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
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Don Johnson (Donald Spore Johnson) was born on December 7, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on September 26, 1943 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1944, his rookie year, he hit .278 with 2 home runs and 71 RBI. Johnson played for the Chicago Cubs for his entire 6 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Don Johnson's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1944, when he hit for a .278 average and knocked in 71 runs. However, others believe that it was 1945, when he hit for a .302 average and knocked in 58 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1943	CHI	N	10	42	5	8	0	1	.190	.227	.238	2	0	2	4	0	1	0	0	0
1944	CHI	N	154	608	50	169	2	71	.278	.311	.352	37	1	28	48	1	7	8	0	11
1945	CHI	N	138	557	94	168	2	58	.302	.343	.361	23	2	32	34	3	22	9	0	10
1946	CHI	N	83	314	37	76	1	19	.242	.306	.290	10	1	26	39	3	10	6	0	7
1947	CHI	N	120	402	33	104	3	26	.259	.302	.333	17	2	24	45	1	7	2	0	5
1948	CHI	N	6	12	0	3	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Total			511	1935	219	528	8	175	.273	.315	.337	89	6	112	171	8	47	26	0	34

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1943	CHI	N	2B	10	0	0	32	35	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1944	CHI	N	2B	154	0	0	385	462	47	85	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1945	CHI	N	2B	138	0	0	309	440	19	74	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1946	CHI	N	2B	83	0	0	192	228	8	34	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1947	CHI	N	2B	108	0	0	255	291	17	65	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1947	CHI	N	3B	6	0	0	5	11	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	CHI	N	3B	2	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.600
1948	CHI	N	2B	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	8	0	0	6	13	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.905
Total			2B	495	0	0	1175	1457	94	267	0	0	0	0	0	.966

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Signed by Chicago Cubs (April 18, 1949).
Released by Chicago Cubs (May 17, 1949).

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