Johnny Johnson (MLB)
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Born on September 29, 1914 in Belmore, Ohio, Johnny Johnson (John Clifford Johnson) played for the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 2 year career. Johnson broke into the bigs on April 19, 1944 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 4.26 ERA in 69.2 innings pitched in 1945, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1944
| NY
| A
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 4.05
| 11
| 14
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 26.2
| 25
| 0
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1945
| CHI
| A
| 29
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 4.26
| 38
| 39
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 69.2
| 85
| 2
| 35
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 51
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 4.20
| 49
| 53
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 96.1
| 110
| 2
| 59
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1944
| NY
| A
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1945
| CHI
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 11
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1944
| NY
| A
| 22
| 6
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .500
| .667
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1945
| CHI
| A
| 29
| 14
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .286
| .412
| .429
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 51
| 20
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .350
| .435
| .500
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Granted free agency (January 14, 1940).
- Signed by New York Yankees (@March, 1940).
- Traded by New York Yankees to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Jake Wade (December 15, 1944).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (February 19, 1947).
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