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Roy Johnson

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: February 23, 1903 in Pryor, OK us

Died: September 10, 1973 in Tacoma, WA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Tacoma HS (Tacoma, WA)

Debut: April 18, 1929 (Age 26-054d, 6,882nd in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 27, 1938 (Age 35-063d)
vs. BRO 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1929 season

Full Name: Roy Cleveland Johnson

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Relatives: Brother of Bob Johnson

1936 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.3

4359

1292

.296

716

RBI

555

135

OBP

.369

SLG

.438

OPS

.806

OPS+

108

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-34 / in Starts: 18-11
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	45 games
Most Games w/o RBI	19 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 170 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	126 (60-42-24)
Avg. MLBer w/ 170 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	118 (59-37-21)

Most Driven In
B Dickey	5
F Crosetti	4
G Selkirk	2
R Rolfe	2
J DiMaggio	1
L Gehrig	1
B Hadley	1
D Heffner	1

Most Driven In By
L Gehrig	5
T Lazzeri	3
F Crosetti	2
B Dickey	2
G Selkirk	2
J Saltzgaver	1
J Glenn	1
Self	1

1936 Batting Game Log

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1936 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	989	1	Apr 14	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	2	1.95	-0.100	4.94	-0.15%	-0.45	LF
2	990	2	Apr 15	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.400	.143	.543	2	.76	-0.029	1.82	-0.04%	0.03	LF
3	991	3	Apr 16	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.400	.333	.733	2	.90	0.009	1.98	0.01%	0.41	LF
4	992	4	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.316	.250	.566	2	.35	-0.039	.89	-0.06%	-0.89	LF
5	993	5	Apr 18	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.304	.250	.554	2	1.18	-0.168	2.47	-0.21%	-0.83	LF
6	994	6	Apr 19	NYY		WSH	W,9-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.321	.400	.721	2	.27	0.044	.62	0.06%	1.40	LF
7	995	7	Apr 20	NYY	@	PHA	L,11-12	CG	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.394	.407	.801	2	1.05	0.186	2.44	0.26%	2.42	LF
8	996	8	Apr 21	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.395	.438	.832	2	.56	-0.044	1.21	-0.06%	-0.43	LF
9	997	9	Apr 23	NYY		WSH	W,10-6	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.306	.419	.444	.863	2	.64	0.034	1.62	0.05%	0.74	LF
10	998	10	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,10-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.396	.415	.810	2	.53	-0.062	1.51	-0.11%	-0.42	LF
11	999	11	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.261	.358	.370	.728	2	.38	-0.012	1.15	-0.02%	-1.33	LF
12	1000	12	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-9	CG	6	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.407	.420	.827	2	1.14	0.205	3.32	0.36%	2.19	LF
13	1001	15 (2)	Apr 30	NYY		CLE	W,8-1	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.315	.422	.426	.848	2	.54	0.057	1.84	0.12%	1.21	LF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	1002	16	May 1	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.412	.431	.843	2	.76	-0.028	2.69	-0.06%	-0.34	LF
15	1003	17	May 2	NYY		CHW	L,4-6	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.306	.403	.419	.822	2	1.66	-0.190	5.99	-0.41%	-1.51	LF
16	1004	22 (4)	May 8	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.411	.419	.830	9	3.75	0.136	14.26	0.31%	0.41	PH
17	1005	28 (5)	May 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-9	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.405	.413	.818	9	1.27	-0.133	5.87	-0.37%	-1.57	PH
18	1006	37 (8)	May 25	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-10	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.413	.413	.826	9	2.04	0.052	9.60	0.15%	0.25	PH
19	1007	39 (1)	May 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.408	.406	.814	8	2.67	-0.069	16.04	-0.25%	-0.42	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	1008	44 (4)	Jun 2	NYY		CHW	L,9-11	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.416	.415	.831	9	1.90	0.081	10.67	0.27%	0.41	PH
21	1009	46 (1)	Jun 4	NYY		CHW	L,3-16	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.410	.409	.819	9	1.31	-0.042	6.98	-0.13%	-0.68	PH
22	1010	48 (1)	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.405	.403	.808	8	2.48	-0.076	14.31	-0.26%	-0.37	PH
23	1011	49	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	15-16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.400	.397	.797	8	2.01	-0.053	11.80	-0.19%	-0.20	PH
24	1012	51 (1)	Jun 9	NYY		SLB	L,3-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.400	.397	.797	9						PR
25	1013	52	Jun 11	NYY		DET	W,10-9	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.407	.397	.804	8	4.97	0.137	30.40	0.50%	0.67	PH
26	1014	54 (1)	Jun 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-8	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.402	.391	.794	9	.86	-0.026	4.89	-0.09%	-0.59	PH
27	1015	62 (7)	Jun 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-13	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.398	.386	.783	9	.07	-0.002	.35	-0.01%	-0.59	PH
28	1016	64 (1)	Jun 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-6	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.405	.394	.799	9	.71	-0.019	3.61	-0.06%	-0.22	PH
29	1017	66 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.400	.389	.789	9	.94	-0.026	4.10	-0.07%	-0.30	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	1018	74 (7)	Jul 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.395	.384	.779	9	.10	-0.003	.33	-0.01%	-0.34	PH
31	1019	75	Jul 9	NYY		CLE	L,4-11	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.391	.378	.769	9	.29	-0.007	1.07	-0.02%	-0.46	PH
32	1020	77 (1)	Jul 11	NYY		CLE	L,2-10	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.386	.373	.760	9	.26	-0.007	.96	-0.02%	-0.20	PH
33	1021	78	Jul 12 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.382	.368	.750	9	.44	-0.012	1.63	-0.03%	-0.29	PH
34	1022	80 (1)	Jul 13	NYY		CHW	L,3-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.378	.364	.741	9	1.90	-0.052	7.27	-0.12%	-0.29	PH
35	1023	88 (7)	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,4-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.378	.364	.741	5						PR
36	1024	90 (1)	Jul 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.374	.359	.733	9	1.43	-0.040	6.56	-0.11%	-0.30	PH
37	1025	94 (3)	Jul 26 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,11-8	11-11	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.380	.380	.760	8	1.64	0.108	6.66	0.26%	1.51	PH
38	1026	95	Jul 27	NYY	@	DET	L,1-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.376	.375	.751	9	1.01	-0.031	3.47	-0.07%	-0.38	PH
39	1027	97 (1)	Jul 29	NYY	@	DET	W,13-3	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.275	.383	.375	.758	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.14	PH
40	1028	99 (1)	Jul 31	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.384	.400	.784	7	.68	-0.065	3.63	-0.21%	0.24	RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	1029	100	Aug 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.369	.382	.751	7	1.54	-0.174	6.30	-0.43%	-1.70	RF
42	1030	101	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	T,4-4	CG(16)	7	7	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.373	.406	.779	7	1.85	0.024	5.78	0.04%	1.00	RF
43	1031	103 (1)	Aug 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.365	.396	.761	2	.58	-0.038	.77	-0.03%	0.03	LF
44	1032	104	Aug 8	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.276	.361	.390	.752	2	.77	0.003	.91	0.00%	0.06	LF
45	1033	105	Aug 9 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,7-6	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.347	.373	.720	2	1.37	-0.116	1.06	-0.05%	-1.45	LF
46	1034	106	Aug 9 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.344	.363	.707	2	.75	0.002	.56	0.00%	-0.44	LF
47	1035	107	Aug 10	NYY		WSH	L,4-13	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.333	.350	.684	6	.30	-0.033	.18	-0.01%	-1.08	LF
48	1036	108	Aug 11	NYY		WSH	L,3-7	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.328	.339	.667	2	.73	-0.027	.52	-0.01%	-0.49	LF
49	1037	110 (1)	Aug 14	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-10	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.326	.336	.662	9	.21	-0.005	.13	0.00%	-0.20	PH
50	1038	111	Aug 15	NYY	@	PHA	W,16-2	4-GF	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.242	.333	.347	.680	7	.11	-0.018	.11	-0.01%	0.23	LF
51	1039	114 (2)	Aug 17	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.324	.336	.660	7	1.47	-0.148	.69	-0.04%	-1.61	RF
52	1040	115	Aug 18	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.320	.326	.646	5	.55	-0.034	.29	-0.01%	-0.16	RF
53	1041	121 (5)	Aug 25	NYY		SLB	W,13-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.320	.326	.646	7						LF
54	1042	122	Aug 26	NYY		SLB	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.318	.323	.641	9	2.02	-0.054	.32	-0.01%	-0.49	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
55	1043	134 (11)	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	T,7-7	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.318	.323	.641	9						PR
56	1044	136 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.318	.323	.641	2						PR
57	1045	138 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,8-3	CG	4	3	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.243	.335	.338	.674	7	.53	0.165	.00	0.00%	3.76	LF
58	1046	139	Sep 9 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-3	CG	5	5	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.350	.369	.719	7	.78	0.139	.00	0.00%	2.22	LF
59	1047	140	Sep 9 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,12-9	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.345	.359	.704	6	.42	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-1.37	LF
60	1048	141	Sep 10	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-5	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.353	.367	.721	7	1.39	0.128	.00	0.00%	1.66	LF
61	1049	152 (10)	Sep 24	NYY		PHA	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.353	.367	.721	8	4.99	0.070	.00	0.00%	0.15	PR
62	1050	154 (1)	Sep 26	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-1	5-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.357	.367	.724	9	1.19	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.41	PH
63	1051	155	Sep 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-10	5-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.361	.367	.728	6	.82	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.14	LF
							27-34		170	147	21	39	8	2	1	19	21	0	15	1	1		1		3	1	.265	.361	.367	.728		.96	-0.391	2.51	-1.30%	-0.96

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