Ernest Rudolph Johnson
[edit] Biography
Ernie Johnson (Ernest Rudolph Johnson) was born on April 29, 1888 in Chicago, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on August 5, 1912 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1915, his rookie year, he hit .240 with 7 home runs and 67 RBI. Johnson played for the Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Terriers, St. Louis Browns and New York Yankees over the course of his 10 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Ernie Johnson's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1921, when he hit for a .295 average and knocked in 51 runs. However, others believe that it was 1915, when he stole 32 bases and knocked in 67 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1912
| CHI
| A
| 21
| 42
| 7
| 11
| 0
| 5
| .262
| .279
| .310
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| STL
| F
| 152
| 512
| 58
| 123
| 7
| 67
| .240
| .305
| .355
| 18
| 10
| 46
| 35
| 2
| 23
| 32
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| STL
| A
| 74
| 236
| 29
| 54
| 0
| 19
| .229
| .323
| .292
| 9
| 3
| 30
| 23
| 3
| 9
| 13
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| 80
| 199
| 28
| 49
| 2
| 20
| .246
| .296
| .327
| 6
| 2
| 12
| 16
| 2
| 11
| 13
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| STL
| A
| 29
| 34
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 0
| .265
| .286
| .294
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| CHI
| A
| 142
| 613
| 93
| 181
| 1
| 51
| .295
| .328
| .369
| 28
| 7
| 29
| 24
| 1
| 21
| 22
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| CHI
| A
| 144
| 603
| 85
| 153
| 0
| 56
| .254
| .304
| .292
| 17
| 3
| 40
| 30
| 4
| 26
| 21
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| NY
| A
| 19
| 38
| 6
| 17
| 1
| 8
| .447
| .462
| .605
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| CHI
| A
| 12
| 53
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 1
| .189
| .246
| .226
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| TOT
| A
| 31
| 91
| 11
| 27
| 1
| 9
| .297
| .333
| .385
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| NY
| A
| 64
| 119
| 24
| 42
| 3
| 12
| .353
| .412
| .597
| 4
| 8
| 11
| 7
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| NY
| A
| 76
| 170
| 30
| 48
| 5
| 17
| .282
| .315
| .412
| 5
| 1
| 8
| 10
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 152
| 512
| 58
| 123
| 7
| 67
| .240
| .305
| .355
| 18
| 10
| 46
| 35
| 2
| 23
| 32
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 661
| 2107
| 314
| 574
| 12
| 189
| .272
| .320
| .349
| 73
| 26
| 135
| 118
| 13
| 77
| 82
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 813
| 2619
| 372
| 697
| 19
| 256
| .266
| .317
| .350
| 91
| 36
| 181
| 153
| 15
| 100
| 114
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1912
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 37
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1915
| STL
| F
| SS
| 152
| 0
| 0
| 348
| 477
| 51
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| 1916
| STL
| A
| SS
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 115
| 192
| 21
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
| 1916
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 17
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .903
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| SS
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 77
| 106
| 15
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .924
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 51
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .904
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 40
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1918
| STL
| A
| SS
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 17
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .821
|
| 1918
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1921
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 141
| 0
| 0
| 291
| 494
| 44
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1922
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 141
| 0
| 0
| 259
| 468
| 37
| 74
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1923
| NY
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1923
| NY
| A
| SS
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 22
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1923
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 35
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .922
|
| 1923
| TOT
| A
| SS
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 45
| 57
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1924
| NY
| A
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1924
| NY
| A
| 2B
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 54
| 74
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1924
| NY
| A
| SS
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1925
| NY
| A
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1925
| NY
| A
| 2B
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 58
| 90
| 7
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1925
| NY
| A
| SS
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 17
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 624
| 0
| 0
| 1196
| 1869
| 183
| 267
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 146
| 215
| 22
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 62
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by St. Louis Terriers to St. Louis Browns with Babe Borton, Harry Chapman, Doc Crandall, Charlie Deal, Bob Groom, Grover Hartley, Armando Marsans, Ward Miller, Eddie Plank and Jack Tobin (February 10, 1916).
- Claimed on waivers by New York Yankees from Chicago White Sox (May 31, 1923).
- Traded by New York Yankees to St Paul (American Association) (October 28, 1925) completing trade in which New York Yankees traded Oscar Roettger, cash and 2 players to be named later to St Paul (American Association) in exchange for Mark Koenig (May, 1925); St Paul (American Association) received Fred Hofmann (May 15, 1925).
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