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Ernie Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: June 16, 1924 in Brattleboro, VT us

Died: August 12, 2011 in Cumming, GA

Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Roswell, GA

High School: Union HS (Brattleboro, VT)

Debut: April 28, 1950 (Age 25-316d, 10,694th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 12, 1959 (Age 35-088d)
vs. CHW 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Ernest Thorwald Johnson

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1957 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

ERA

3.77

273

574.2

319

WHIP

1.423

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-20 / in Starts: 5-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 4

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	17	2	Apr 16	BSN		BRO	L,8-14	1-3		99	2.1	6	7	2	0	0	1	1	7.71	9.25	16	5	8	4	1	2		2	1	2	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	.63	-0.316	1.50	-0.45%	-4.65	1t 12- 1 out d3	3t 12- 2 out d6
2	18	12	Apr 26	BSN		PHI	L,0-8	8-GF		9	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.15	7.01	8	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.91	8t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
3	19	14	Apr 30	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-11	3-5		3	2.2	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	5.14	5.82	15	4	3	0	1	5		3	1	0	1	0	13	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.01	-0.159	1.55	-0.15%	-3.33	3b 123 0 out d1	5b -23 2 out d6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	20	29	May 23	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-5	7-GF(8)		22	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.00	5.06	6	3	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.008	.11	0.01%	0.94	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
5	21	33	May 29	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-7	5-6		5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	4.64	5	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.044	.26	0.02%	0.73	5b --- 1 out d2	6b 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	22	40	Jun 4	BSN	@	STL	L,0-6	5-7		5	3.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.29	3.85	12	5	1	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.006	.03	0.00%	0.40	5b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d6
7	23	45	Jun 8(2)	BSN	@	CHC	W,7-6	GS-7	W(1-0)	3	6.1	7	5	4	1	2	1	0	4.05	3.99	28	13	6	0	1	6	42			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.87	-0.139	.22	-0.02%	-1.58	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a3
8	24	49	Jun 12	BSN	@	PIT	W,11-2	GS-2		3	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.71	3.91	6	3	0	0	0	3	39			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.201	.16	-0.02%	-2.14	1b start tie	2b -2- 0 out d2
9	25	57	Jun 19	BSN		CIN	L,4-7	GS-8		6	7.2	10	4	4	3	3	0	0	4.71	3.61	36	14	6	0	0	10	43			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.47	-0.214	.14	-0.01%	-0.79	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out tie
10	26	62	Jun 23	BSN		PIT	W,9-3	5-GF	W(2-0)	3	5.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.01	3.28	19	4	6	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.308	.04	0.01%	2.27	5t --- 0 out d1	9t end a 6
11	27	65	Jun 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-8	1-3		3	2.0	4	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.54	3.43	13	3	6	4	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.41	-0.203	.09	-0.01%	-3.20	1b 123 0 out a1	3b 12- 0 out d4
12	28	68	Jun 30(1)	BSN		NYG	L,7-8	8-8		2	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	4.75	3.50	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.023	.01	0.00%	-1.06	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 123 1 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	29	75	Jul 5	BSN		BRO	L,3-5	GS-1	L(2-1)	4	0.2	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	5.40	3.86	6	0	3	2	0	1	34			1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.267	.00	0.00%	-2.76	1t start tie	1t 1-- 2 out d3
14	30	89	Jul 23	BSN		CHC	L,2-6	5-5		17	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.30	3.92	4	0	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.36	5t -2- 1 out d4	5t 3 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	31	99	Aug 2	BSN		CIN	L,3-8	9-GF		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.17	3.88	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
16	32	101	Aug 3(2)	BSN		CIN	L,0-4	9-GF		0	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.49	3.84	6	1	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-1.55	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
17	33	103	Aug 7(2)	BSN		PHI	L,2-10	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.23	3.70	7	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.91	8t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
18	34	108	Aug 13(1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-3	7-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.10	3.74	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.46	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
19	35	111	Aug 15(1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,4-3	8-9	W(3-1)	1	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.19	3.73	6	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.465	.00	0.00%	-1.45	8b --- 0 out d1	9b --3 0 out a1
20	36	116	Aug 20	BSN	@	STL	L,2-9	5-GF(7)		4	3.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	5.24	3.84	12	4	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.60	5b --- 0 out d5	7b end d 7
21	37	118	Aug 22	BSN	@	CHC	W,4-3	7-GF	S(1)	1	3.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.93	3.79	14	6	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.17	0.433	.00	0.00%	1.42	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
22	38	120	Aug 24(1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	4.91	3.97	10	0	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.05	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
23	39	126	Aug 30(2)	BSN		PHI	L,6-8			5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.82	3.94	3												3			0		0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	40	130	Sep 1(2)	BSN		NYG	W,5-1	CG	W(4-1)	1	9.0	7	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.26	3.70	35	14	12	0	0	6	70			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.336	.00	0.00%	3.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
25	41	135	Sep 6 susp	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	GS-8	W(5-1)	4	7.1	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.93	3.45	29	9	9	0	1	5	68			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.224	.00	0.00%	1.83	1b start a 1	8b 12- 1 out a2
26	42	141	Sep 12(2)	BSN		PIT	W,16-0	SHO	W(6-1)	5	9.0	5	0	0	5	6	0	0	3.48	3.37	36	9	11	2	0	5	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.32	0.141	.00	0.00%	4.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out a16
27	43	146	Sep 16(2)	BSN		STL	L,1-5	GS-8	L(6-2)	3	8.0	7	5	4	2	2	2	0	3.57	3.61	33	12	10	1	0	7	50			1	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.143	.00	0.00%	-1.38	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
28	44	150	Sep 24(1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,8-11	GS-3	L(6-3)	7	2.1	6	6	5	0	0	1	0	3.99	3.72	14	4	4	1	0	6	23			0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.522	.00	0.00%	-4.83	1b start a 3	3b --- 1 out d3
29	45	155	Sep 28	BSN	@	BRO	T,5-5	GS-4		3	4.0	4	3	3	2	5	0	0	4.11	3.62	17	9	1	1	0	0	45			1	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-1.09	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
							8-20		W-L:6-3,Sv:1	3.8	92.0	100	53	42	31	45	8	2	4.11	3.62	406	1.22		7%	2%	83	49	9	56%	6	4	0	371	12	3	2	4	0	8	.90	-1.359	.17	-0.63%	-13.32

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