Earl Johnson Stats

Earl Johnson was born on Wednesday, April 2, 1919, in Redmond, Washington. Johnson was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 20, 1940, with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Earl Johnson baseball stats page.

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Earl Johnson
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Earl Douglas Johnson
Nickname:   Lefty
Born On:   04-02-1919
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Redmond, Washington
Zodiac:   Aries
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-03-1994
Place of Death Data Died In:   Seattle, Washington
Cemetery:   Unknown
College:   Saint Mary's College of California
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-03
Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   07-20-1940 (Age 21)
Last Game:   06-03-1951
Draft:   Not Applicable
Earl Johnson

Earl Johnson Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1940 Red Sox 17 10 2 6 2 .750 4.09 2 0 0 70.1 309 69 32 33 0 39 - 26 3 2 0 -
1941 Red Sox 17 12 3 4 5 .444 4.52 4 0 0 93.2 420 90 47 57 4 51 - 46 2 3 0 -
1946 Red Sox 29 5 14 5 4 .556 3.71 0 0 3 80.0 356 78 33 39 5 39 - 40 1 2 0 -
1947 Red Sox 45 17 17 12 11 .522 2.97 6 3 8 142.1 596 129 47 63 7 62 - 65 1 2 1 -
1948 Red Sox 35 3 21 10 4 .714 4.53 1 0 5 91.1 402 98 46 49 7 42 - 45 2 0 1 -
1949 Red Sox 19 3 8 3 6 .333 7.48 0 0 0 49.1 237 65 41 45 1 29 - 20 1 4 1 -
1950 Red Sox 11 0 4 0 0 .000 7.24 0 0 0 13.2 65 18 11 11 0 8 - 6 0 1 0 -
1951 Tigers 6 0 2 0 0 .000 6.35 0 0 1 5.2 26 9 4 5 0 2 - 2 1 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
8 Years 179 50 71 40 32 .556 4.30 13 3 17 546.1 2,411 556 261 302 24 272 - 250 11 14 3 -
Earl Johnson

Earl Johnson Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1940 Red Sox 18 27 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 10 0 - 0 1 .074 .074 .074
1941 Red Sox 17 34 4 10 0 0 0 0 2 2 - 8 3 - 0 1 .294 .333 .294
1946 Red Sox 29 22 4 5 2 0 0 0 4 4 - 9 1 - 0 1 .227 .346 .318
1947 Red Sox 46 44 1 12 1 0 0 0 4 1 - 10 2 - 0 3 .273 .289 .295
1948 Red Sox 35 31 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 9 1 - 0 2 .097 .125 .097
1949 Red Sox 19 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 7 0 - 0 0 .000 .083 .000
1950 Red Sox 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1951 Tigers 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
8 Years 181 171 15 32 3 0 0 0 13 9 - 53 7 - 0 8 .187 .228 .205
Earl Johnson

Earl Johnson Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1940 Red Sox P 17 10 211 21 1.2 21 2 19 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.69 -
1941 Red Sox P 17 12 281 30 1.8 30 3 27 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.88 -
1946 Red Sox P 29 5 240 18 0.6 17 5 12 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .944 1.91 -
1947 Red Sox P 45 17 427 37 0.8 35 4 31 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .946 2.21 -
1948 Red Sox P 35 3 274 31 0.9 31 6 25 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.05 -
1949 Red Sox P 19 3 148 9 0.5 8 3 5 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 1.46 -
1950 Red Sox P 11 0 41 6 0.5 6 0 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.95 -
1951 Tigers P 6 0 17 2 0.3 2 1 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.18 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 179 50 1,639 154 0.9 150 24 126 4 13 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.47 --
8 Years 179 50 1,639 154 0.9 150 24 126 4 13 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.47 --
Earl Johnson

Earl Johnson Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1940 Red Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.67 3.33 4.99
1941 Red Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.3 17.0 0.90 4.42 4.90
1946 Red Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.4 5.5 1.03 4.50 4.39
1947 Red Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.4 11.0 1.05 4.11 3.92
1948 Red Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.4 10.3 1.07 4.43 4.14
1949 Red Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.69 3.65 5.29
1950 Red Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.75 3.95 5.27
1951 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 3.18 3.18
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
8 Years 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.2 13.2 0.92 4.12 4.48
Earl Johnson

Earl Johnson Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1940 Boston Red Sox 20 Undetermined - -
1941 Boston Red Sox 20 Undetermined - -
1946 Boston Red Sox 12 Undetermined - Stats
1947 Boston Red Sox 12 Undetermined - -
1948 Boston Red Sox 12 Undetermined - -
1949 Boston Red Sox 12 Undetermined - -
1950 Boston Red Sox 12 Undetermined - -
1951 Detroit Tigers 18 Undetermined - -


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