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Syl Johnson

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Full Name: Sylvester Johnson Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/180 First Game: April 24, 1922
Birthdate: December 31, 1900 Final Game: September 26, 1940
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon MLB Experience: 19 years
Died: February 20, 1985
Deathplace: Portland, Oregon
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on December 31, 1900 in Portland, Oregon, Syl Johnson (Sylvester Johnson) played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 19 year career. Johnson broke into the bigs on April 24, 1922 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 3.71 ERA in 97 innings pitched in 1922, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Syl Johnson's best season was 1935, when he posted a 3.56 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 89 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 IB WP HBP
1922 DET A 29 8 7 3 3.71 29 52 40 3 0 1 97 99 7 30 0 2 4
1923 DET A 37 18 12 7 3.98 93 82 78 7 0 0 176.1 181 12 47 0 3 3
1924 DET A 29 9 5 4 4.93 55 63 57 2 0 3 104 117 8 42 0 1 5
1925 DET A 6 0 0 2 3.46 5 7 5 0 0 0 13 11 1 10 0 1 0
1926 STL N 19 6 0 3 4.22 10 27 23 1 0 1 49 54 3 15 0 0 2
1927 STL N 2 0 0 0 6.00 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
1928 STL N 34 6 8 4 3.90 66 53 52 2 0 3 120 117 6 33 0 1 4
1929 STL N 42 19 13 7 3.60 80 88 73 12 3 3 182.1 186 11 56 0 0 7
1930 STL N 32 24 12 10 4.65 92 105 97 9 2 2 187.2 215 13 38 0 2 4
1931 STL N 32 24 11 9 3.00 82 73 62 12 2 2 186 186 9 29 0 3 2
1932 STL N 32 22 5 14 4.92 70 103 90 7 0 2 164.2 199 14 35 0 3 4
1933 STL N 35 1 3 3 4.29 28 45 40 0 0 3 84 89 7 16 0 2 3
1934 PHI N 42 10 5 9 3.50 54 58 52 4 3 3 133.2 122 14 24 0 1 1
1934 CIN N 2 0 0 0 2.70 0 6 2 0 0 0 6.2 9 2 0 0 0 0
1934 TOT N 44 10 5 9 3.46 54 64 54 4 3 3 140.1 131 16 24 0 1 1
1935 PHI N 37 18 10 8 3.56 89 79 69 8 1 6 174.2 182 15 31 0 0 3
1936 PHI N 39 8 5 7 4.30 48 60 53 1 0 7 111 129 10 29 0 1 3
1937 PHI N 32 15 4 10 5.02 46 81 77 4 0 3 138 155 20 22 0 1 2
1938 PHI N 22 6 2 7 4.23 21 43 39 2 0 0 83 87 4 11 0 0 0
1939 PHI N 22 13 8 8 3.81 37 50 47 6 0 2 111 112 10 15 0 0 1
1940 PHI N 17 2 2 2 4.20 13 22 19 2 0 2 40.2 37 6 5 0 1 0
Total NL 441 174 88 101 4.04 738 895 797 70 11 39 1775.1 1882 145 359 0 15 36
Total AL 101 35 24 16 4.15 182 204 180 12 0 4 390.1 408 28 129 0 7 12
Total 542 209 112 117 4.06 920 1099 977 82 11 43 2165.2 2290 173 488 0 22 48

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1922 DET A P 29 0 0 3 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1923 DET A P 37 0 0 5 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1924 DET A P 29 0 0 2 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1925 DET A P 6 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1926 STL N P 19 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1927 STL N P 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1928 STL N P 34 0 0 3 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1929 STL N P 42 0 0 5 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1930 STL N P 32 0 0 4 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1931 STL N P 32 0 0 3 24 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1932 STL N P 32 0 0 3 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1933 STL N P 35 0 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1934 PHI N P 42 0 0 5 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1934 CIN N P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1934 TOT N P 44 0 0 5 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1935 PHI N P 37 0 0 6 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1936 PHI N P 39 0 0 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1937 PHI N P 32 0 0 8 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1938 PHI N P 22 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1939 PHI N P 22 0 0 3 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1940 PHI N P 17 0 0 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 542 0 0 63 291 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 .965

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1922 DET A 29 36 5 8 0 1 .222 .222 .278 0 1 0 10 0 1 0 0 0
1923 DET A 37 62 6 10 1 5 .161 .188 .290 1 2 1 19 1 2 0 0 0
1924 DET A 29 34 1 7 0 3 .206 .250 .265 2 0 2 6 0 2 0 0 0
1925 DET A 6 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1926 STL N 19 12 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
1927 STL N 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1928 STL N 34 38 5 6 0 1 .158 .238 .184 1 0 3 18 1 0 0 0 0
1929 STL N 42 60 4 7 1 5 .117 .131 .233 2 1 1 23 0 3 0 0 0
1930 STL N 32 70 9 15 0 5 .214 .257 .271 4 0 4 28 0 1 1 0 0
1931 STL N 32 60 4 14 0 7 .233 .270 .300 2 1 3 16 0 1 0 0 0
1932 STL N 32 51 0 10 0 5 .196 .196 .216 1 0 0 13 0 3 0 0 0
1933 STL N 35 21 0 5 0 1 .238 .238 .238 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
1934 PHI N 42 41 8 8 0 3 .195 .250 .220 1 0 3 13 0 2 0 0 1
1934 CIN N 2 2 1 1 1 2 .500 .500 2.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1934 TOT N 44 43 9 9 1 5 .209 .261 .302 1 0 3 13 0 2 0 0 1
1935 PHI N 37 58 6 14 1 7 .241 .267 .328 2 0 2 12 0 6 0 0 0
1936 PHI N 39 36 1 9 0 3 .250 .250 .278 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1
1937 PHI N 32 48 1 7 0 3 .146 .146 .167 1 0 0 15 0 2 0 0 2
1938 PHI N 22 29 0 1 0 0 .034 .097 .034 0 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 2
1939 PHI N 22 33 0 5 0 2 .152 .200 .152 0 0 2 11 0 4 0 0 4
1940 PHI N 17 8 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1
Total NL 441 567 39 102 3 44 .180 .209 .229 15 2 20 178 1 25 1 0 11
Total AL 101 135 12 25 1 9 .185 .209 .274 3 3 3 36 1 5 0 0 0
Total 542 702 51 127 4 53 .181 .209 .238 18 5 23 214 2 30 1 0 11

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Portland (PCL) with Herman Pillette to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Jim Middleton, Joe Sargent, Suds Sutherland, Sammy Hale, Roy Crumpler and $30000 (December, 1921).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Bob O'Farrell to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Glenn Spencer (January 11, 1934).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Johnny Moore to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Ted Kleinhans, Wes Schulmerich and Art Ruble (May 16, 1934).
  • Released by Philadelphia Phillies (February 8, 1941).

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