Earl Johnson (MLB)

Full Name: Earl Douglas Johnson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/190	First Game: July 20, 1940
Birthdate: April 2, 1919	Final Game: June 3, 1951
Birthplace: Redmond, Washington	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: December 3, 1994
Deathplace: Seattle, Washington
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on April 2, 1919 in Redmond, Washington, Earl Johnson (Earl Douglas Johnson) played for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 8 year career. Johnson broke into the bigs on July 20, 1940 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 4.09 ERA in 70.1 innings pitched in 1940, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Earl Johnson's best season was 1947, when he posted a 2.97 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 65 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1940	BOS	A	17	10	6	2	4.09	26	33	32	2	0	0	70.1	69	0	39	3	2
1941	BOS	A	17	12	4	5	4.52	46	57	47	4	0	0	93.2	90	4	51	2	3
1946	BOS	A	29	5	5	4	3.71	40	39	33	0	0	3	80	78	5	39	1	2
1947	BOS	A	45	17	12	11	2.97	65	63	47	6	3	8	142.1	129	7	62	1	2
1948	BOS	A	35	3	10	4	4.53	45	49	46	1	0	5	91.1	98	7	42	2	0
1949	BOS	A	19	3	3	6	7.48	20	45	41	0	0	0	49.1	65	1	29	1	4
1950	BOS	A	11	0	0	0	7.24	6	11	11	0	0	0	13.2	18	0	8	0	1
1951	DET	A	6	0	0	0	6.35	2	5	4	0	0	1	5.2	9	0	2	1	0
Total			179	50	40	32	4.30	250	302	261	13	3	17	546.1	556	24	272	11	14

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1940	BOS	A	P	17	2	19	0	1	1.000
1941	BOS	A	P	17	3	27	0	3	1.000
1946	BOS	A	P	29	5	12	1	1	.944
1947	BOS	A	P	45	4	31	2	5	.946
1948	BOS	A	P	35	6	25	0	2	1.000
1949	BOS	A	P	19	3	5	1	0	.889
1950	BOS	A	P	11	0	6	0	0	1.000
1951	DET	A	P	6	1	1	0	1	1.000
Total			P	179	24	126	4	13	.974

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1940	BOS	A	18	27	3	2	0	.074	.074	.074	0	0	10	0	1
1941	BOS	A	17	34	4	10	2	.294	.333	.294	0	2	8	3	1
1946	BOS	A	29	22	4	5	4	.227	.346	.318	2	4	9	1	1
1947	BOS	A	46	44	1	12	4	.273	.289	.295	1	1	10	2	3
1948	BOS	A	35	31	2	3	3	.097	.125	.097	0	1	9	1	2
1949	BOS	A	19	11	1	0	0	.000	.083	.000	0	1	7	0	0
1950	BOS	A	11	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1951	DET	A	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total			181	171	15	32	13	.187	.228	.205	3	9	53	7	8

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1940).
Released by Boston Red Sox (@October 1, 1950).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (@November 15, 1950).
Released by Detroit Tigers (June 15, 1951).

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