Hank Johnson

Full Name: Henry Ward Johnson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11.5"/175	First Game: April 17, 1925
Birthdate: May 21, 1906	Final Game: September 19, 1939
Birthplace: Bradenton, Florida	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: August 20, 1982
Deathplace: Bradenton, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on May 21, 1906 in Bradenton, Florida, Hank Johnson (Henry Ward Johnson) played for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 12 year career. Johnson broke into the bigs on April 17, 1925 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 6.85 ERA in 67 innings pitched in 1925, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Hank Johnson's best season was 1931, when he posted a 4.72 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 106 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1925	NY	A	24	4	1	3	6.85	25	58	51	2	1	0	67	88	3	37	1	8
1926	NY	A	1	0	0	0	18.00	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0
1928	NY	A	31	22	14	9	4.30	110	107	95	10	1	0	199	188	16	104	4	12
1929	NY	A	12	8	3	3	5.06	24	28	24	2	0	0	42.2	37	5	39	1	0
1930	NY	A	44	15	14	11	4.67	115	112	91	7	1	2	175.1	177	12	104	11	2
1931	NY	A	40	23	13	8	4.72	106	114	103	8	0	4	196.1	176	13	102	5	1
1932	NY	A	5	4	2	2	4.88	27	18	17	2	0	0	31.1	34	7	15	1	0
1933	BOS	A	25	21	8	6	4.06	65	84	70	7	0	1	155.1	156	13	74	6	3
1934	BOS	A	31	14	6	8	5.36	66	95	74	7	1	1	124.1	162	12	53	2	5
1935	BOS	A	13	2	2	1	5.52	14	21	19	0	0	1	31	41	3	14	1	0
1936	PHI	A	3	3	0	2	7.71	6	16	10	0	0	0	11.2	16	4	10	0	1
1939	CIN	N	20	0	0	3	2.01	10	10	7	0	0	1	31.1	30	1	13	1	0
Total	NL		20	0	0	3	2.01	10	10	7	0	0	1	31.1	30	1	13	1	0
Total	AL		229	116	63	53	4.83	558	655	556	45	4	10	1035	1077	88	554	32	32
Total			249	116	63	56	4.75	568	665	563	45	4	11	1066.1	1107	89	567	33	32

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1925	NY	A	P	24	0	21	1	1	.955
1926	NY	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1928	NY	A	P	31	9	42	2	2	.962
1929	NY	A	P	12	1	5	1	0	.857
1930	NY	A	P	44	5	40	2	3	.957
1931	NY	A	P	40	4	24	0	0	1.000
1932	NY	A	P	5	1	5	0	0	1.000
1933	BOS	A	P	25	3	25	0	2	1.000
1934	BOS	A	P	31	3	18	0	1	1.000
1935	BOS	A	P	13	2	1	0	0	1.000
1936	PHI	A	P	3	1	1	1	0	.667
1939	CIN	N	P	20	0	2	0	0	1.000
Total			P	249	29	184	7	9	.968

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH
1925	NY	A	24	17	2	1	0	0	.059	.200	.059	0	0	3	3	2
1926	NY	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1928	NY	A	31	79	10	19	1	8	.241	.241	.304	2	0	0	12	4
1929	NY	A	13	14	2	1	0	3	.071	.071	.143	1	0	0	4	2
1930	NY	A	51	64	14	17	1	9	.266	.309	.438	2	3	4	6	5
1931	NY	A	40	77	7	15	0	6	.195	.253	.260	5	0	6	7	1
1932	NY	A	6	13	1	3	0	2	.231	.231	.308	1	0	0	1	0
1933	BOS	A	26	52	6	12	0	1	.231	.298	.365	3	2	5	6	2
1934	BOS	A	31	43	4	10	0	3	.233	.267	.279	2	0	2	6	1
1935	BOS	A	13	8	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	1
1936	PHI	A	3	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	0	1
1939	CIN	N	20	5	0	2	0	0	.400	.400	.400	0	0	0	2	0
Total	NL		20	5	0	2	0	0	.400	.400	.400	0	0	0	2	0
Total	AL		239	371	48	79	2	32	.213	.253	.299	16	5	20	47	19
Total			259	376	48	81	2	32	.215	.255	.301	16	5	20	49	19

[edit] Transactions

Traded by New York Yankees with Ivy Andrews and $50000 to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Danny MacFayden (June 5, 1932).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Al Niemiec and $75000 to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Doc Cramer and Eric McNair (January 4, 1936).
Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Montreal (International) (April 30, 1936).

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