Johnny Humphries

Full Name: John William Humphries	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: May 8, 1938
Birthdate: June 23, 1915	Final Game: July 28, 1946
Birthplace: Clifton Forge, Virginia	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: June 24, 1965
Deathplace: New Orleans, Louisiana
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on June 23, 1915 in Clifton Forge, Virginia, Johnny Humphries (John William Humphries) played for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 9 year career. Humphries broke into the bigs on May 8, 1938 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 5.23 ERA in 103.1 innings pitched in 1938, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Johnny Humphries's best season was 1942, when he posted a 2.68 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 71 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1938	CLE	A	45	6	9	8	5.23	56	69	60	1	0	6	103.1	105	6	63	1	1
1939	CLE	A	15	1	2	4	8.26	12	30	26	0	0	2	28.1	30	0	32	0	1
1940	CLE	A	19	1	0	2	8.29	17	35	31	1	0	1	33.2	35	5	29	0	2
1941	CHI	A	14	6	4	2	1.84	25	18	15	4	4	1	73.1	63	2	22	0	1
1942	CHI	A	28	28	12	12	2.68	71	85	68	17	2	0	228.1	227	9	59	0	7
1943	CHI	A	28	27	11	11	3.30	51	86	69	8	2	0	188.1	198	7	54	5	6
1944	CHI	A	30	20	8	10	3.67	42	75	69	8	0	1	169	170	9	57	2	4
1945	CHI	A	22	21	6	14	4.24	33	83	72	10	1	1	153	172	11	48	3	3
1946	PHI	N	10	1	0	0	4.01	10	17	11	0	0	0	24.2	24	1	9	0	1
Total	NL		10	1	0	0	4.01	10	17	11	0	0	0	24.2	24	1	9	0	1
Total	AL		201	110	52	63	3.78	307	481	410	49	9	12	977.1	1000	49	364	11	25
Total			211	111	52	63	3.78	317	498	421	49	9	12	1002	1024	50	373	11	26

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1938	CLE	A	P	45	3	15	2	1	.900
1939	CLE	A	P	15	1	4	1	0	.833
1940	CLE	A	P	19	0	4	1	0	.800
1941	CHI	A	P	14	4	7	0	1	1.000
1942	CHI	A	P	28	11	41	2	1	.963
1943	CHI	A	P	28	6	36	3	1	.933
1944	CHI	A	P	30	3	22	2	0	.926
1945	CHI	A	P	22	3	19	6	0	.786
1946	PHI	N	P	10	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	211	31	148	17	4	.913

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1938	CLE	A	45	29	2	3	1	.103	.161	.172	2	0	1	10	1	2	0	0
1939	CLE	A	15	7	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	1
1940	CLE	A	19	6	1	0	0	.000	.143	.000	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0
1941	CHI	A	14	23	1	2	3	.087	.087	.174	2	0	0	12	0	1	0	0
1942	CHI	A	28	80	9	18	5	.225	.262	.325	6	1	4	33	0	3	0	2
1943	CHI	A	28	69	6	20	5	.290	.319	.377	6	0	3	25	0	0	1	0
1944	CHI	A	30	53	5	10	2	.189	.232	.226	2	0	3	16	0	3	0	3
1945	CHI	A	22	54	1	8	2	.148	.179	.148	0	0	2	19	0	3	0	1
1946	PHI	N	10	8	0	2	1	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		10	8	0	2	1	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		201	321	25	61	18	.190	.228	.252	18	1	15	125	1	13	1	7
Total			211	329	25	63	19	.191	.229	.252	18	1	15	126	1	13	1	7

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Cleveland Indians to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Clint Brown (February 7, 1941).
Sold by Chicago White Sox to Philadelphia Phillies (December 7, 1945).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (March 29, 1947).

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