Jimmy Johnston (MLB)
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[edit] Biography
Jimmy Johnston (James Harle Johnston) was born on December 10, 1889 in Cleveland, Tennessee. He made his Major League debut on May 3, 1911 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1916, his rookie year, he hit .252 with 1 home run and 26 RBI. Johnston played for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn Robins, New York Giants and Boston Braves over the course of his 13 year career.
Most people believe that Jimmy Johnston's best season was 1921, when he stole 28 bases, hit for a .325 average and knocked in 56 runs.
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[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | CHI | A | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | CHI | N | 50 | 101 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 8 | .228 | .264 | .327 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | BRO | N | 118 | 425 | 58 | 107 | 1 | 26 | .252 | .313 | .327 | 13 | 8 | 35 | 38 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | BRO | N | 103 | 330 | 33 | 89 | 0 | 25 | .270 | .321 | .324 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 28 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | BRO | N | 123 | 484 | 54 | 136 | 0 | 27 | .281 | .328 | .347 | 16 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | BRO | N | 117 | 405 | 56 | 114 | 1 | 23 | .281 | .334 | .336 | 11 | 4 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | BRO | N | 155 | 635 | 87 | 185 | 1 | 52 | .291 | .338 | .361 | 17 | 12 | 43 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | BRO | N | 152 | 624 | 104 | 203 | 5 | 56 | .325 | .372 | .460 | 41 | 14 | 45 | 26 | 1 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | BRO | N | 138 | 567 | 110 | 181 | 4 | 49 | .319 | .364 | .400 | 20 | 7 | 38 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 7 |
| 1923 | BRO | N | 151 | 625 | 111 | 203 | 4 | 60 | .325 | .378 | .426 | 29 | 11 | 53 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | BRO | N | 86 | 315 | 51 | 94 | 2 | 29 | .298 | .356 | .365 | 11 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | BRO | N | 123 | 431 | 63 | 128 | 2 | 43 | .297 | .369 | .355 | 13 | 3 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | NY | N | 37 | 69 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 5 | .232 | .293 | .232 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | BOS | N | 23 | 57 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 5 | .246 | .358 | .316 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | TOT | N | 60 | 126 | 18 | 30 | 1 | 10 | .238 | .324 | .270 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 1376 | 5068 | 754 | 1493 | 22 | 408 | .295 | .348 | .374 | 185 | 75 | 391 | 246 | 20 | 147 | 169 | 3 | 7 | |
| Total | AL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1377 | 5070 | 754 | 1493 | 22 | 410 | .294 | .347 | .374 | 185 | 75 | 391 | 246 | 20 | 147 | 169 | 3 | 7 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | CHI | A | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1914 | CHI | N | OF | 28 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .929 |
| 1914 | CHI | N | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .870 |
| 1916 | BRO | N | OF | 106 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .964 |
| 1917 | BRO | N | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 |
| 1917 | BRO | N | OF | 66 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .958 |
| 1917 | BRO | N | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .905 |
| 1917 | BRO | N | 1B | 14 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .960 |
| 1917 | BRO | N | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1918 | BRO | N | OF | 96 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .956 |
| 1918 | BRO | N | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1918 | BRO | N | 1B | 21 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .982 |
| 1918 | BRO | N | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1919 | BRO | N | OF | 14 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .960 |
| 1919 | BRO | N | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1919 | BRO | N | 2B | 87 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 294 | 19 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .960 |
| 1919 | BRO | N | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1920 | BRO | N | 3B | 146 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 282 | 31 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .934 |
| 1920 | BRO | N | OF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .917 |
| 1920 | BRO | N | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1921 | BRO | N | 3B | 150 | 150 | 9 | 162 | 312 | 33 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .935 |
| 1921 | BRO | N | SS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .882 |
| 1922 | BRO | N | SS | 51 | 50 | 404 | 102 | 189 | 16 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .948 |
| 1922 | BRO | N | 3B | 26 | 25 | 164 | 36 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .934 |
| 1922 | BRO | N | 2B | 62 | 62 | 433 | 162 | 210 | 21 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .947 |
| 1923 | BRO | N | SS | 52 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 215 | 20 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .946 |
| 1923 | BRO | N | 3B | 14 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .929 |
| 1923 | BRO | N | 2B | 84 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 291 | 28 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .948 |
| 1924 | BRO | N | 3B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .931 |
| 1924 | BRO | N | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1924 | BRO | N | SS | 63 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 203 | 22 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .939 |
| 1924 | BRO | N | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1925 | BRO | N | 3B | 81 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 110 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .886 |
| 1925 | BRO | N | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| 1925 | BRO | N | OF | 20 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .850 |
| 1925 | BRO | N | 1B | 8 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .966 |
| 1926 | NY | N | OF | 14 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1926 | BOS | N | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1926 | BOS | N | 3B | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .865 |
| 1926 | BOS | N | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1926 | TOT | N | OF | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1926 | TOT | N | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Total | 2B | 243 | 62 | 433 | 560 | 820 | 73 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .950 | ||
| Total | SS | 179 | 52 | 404 | 391 | 631 | 64 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .941 | ||
| Total | 3B | 448 | 175 | 173 | 473 | 815 | 103 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .926 | ||
| Total | 1B | 49 | 0 | 0 | 424 | 38 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .975 | ||
| Total | OF | 354 | 0 | 0 | 691 | 53 | 38 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .951 |
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Brooklyn Robins with Zack Taylor and Eddie Brown to Boston Braves in exchange for Jesse Barnes, Mickey O'Neil and Gus Felix (October 6, 1925).
- Claimed on waivers by New York Giants from Boston Braves (June 29, 1926).
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