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George Johnson

Name Note: Name presented as Chief Johnson in some sources

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: March 30, 1886 in Winnebago, NE us

Died: June 12, 1922 in Des Moines, IA

Buried: Winnebago Cemetery, Winnebago, NE

High School: Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA)

Debut: April 16, 1913 (Age 27-017d, 3,873rd in major league history)
vs. STL 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 30, 1915 (Age 29-184d)
vs. SLM 8.0 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: George Howard Johnson

Nicknames: Murphy or Big Murph

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.8

ERA

2.95

111

688.1

304

WHIP

1.248

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-24 / in Starts: 14-17
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 100 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	36 (18-9-9) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 100 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	61 (28-21-11)

Most Driven In
J Kling	2
J Dodge	2
H Groh	1
E Grant	1

Most Driven In By
D Egan	1
J Bates	1

1913 Batting Game Log

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1913 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	1	3 (2)	Apr 16	CIN		STL	W,5-0	CG(7)	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.500	.667	.500	1.167	9	.49	0.059	1.02	0.07%	1.02	P
2	2	5 (1)	Apr 18	CIN	@	PIT	T,5-5	9-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.500	.333	.833	9	2.22	-0.060	5.02	-0.08%	-0.21	P
3	3	8 (2)	Apr 21	CIN		CHC	L,6-7	GS-0	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.500	.625	.500	1.125	9						P
4	4	10 (1)	Apr 23	CIN		CHC	T,5-5	5-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.429	.556	.429	.984	9	.95	-0.022	1.18	-0.02%	-0.28	P
5	5	12 (1)	Apr 26	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	0-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.429	.556	.429	.984	9						P
6	6	13	Apr 27	CIN	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.333	.455	.333	.788	9						P
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
7	7	17 (3)	May 1	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-4	GS-9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.231	.375	.231	.606	9	1.16	-0.175	.92	-0.08%	-1.26	P
8	8	23 (5)	May 8	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.176	.300	.176	.476	9	.65	-0.088	.35	-0.03%	-1.56	P
9	9	26 (2)	May 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.211	.318	.211	.529	9	1.53	0.110	1.01	0.04%	0.90	P
10	10	29 (2)	May 15	CIN	@	BSN	W,11-5	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				0		.174	.296	.174	.470	9						P
11	11	31 (1)	May 19	CIN	@	BSN	W,9-8	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.174	.296	.174	.470	9						P
12	12	33 (1)	May 21	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-12	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.167	.286	.167	.452	9	.43	-0.011	.24	0.00%	-0.15	P
13	13	35 (1)	May 24 (1)	CIN		STL	L,4-12	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.160	.276	.160	.436	9						P
14	14	39 (3)	May 29	CIN	@	STL	W,13-10	0-0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.185	.290	.185	.476	9						P
15	15	42 (2)	May 31 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		2	0	0				0		.161	.257	.161	.418	9						P
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
16	16	47 (4)	Jun 5	CIN		BRO	L,0-4	GS-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.156	.270	.156	.427	9	1.11	0.069	.66	0.03%	0.51	P
17	17	56 (8)	Jun 16	CIN		NYG	L,2-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.156	.270	.156	.427	8						P
18	18	58 (1)	Jun 18	CIN		NYG	L,2-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.156	.270	.156	.427	9						P
19	19	62 (3)	Jun 23	CIN		PIT	W,7-6	4-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.152	.263	.152	.415	9	1.26	-0.052	.03	0.00%	-0.49	P
20	20	68 (5)	Jun 30	CIN		STL	L,4-7	0-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.167	.268	.167	.435	9						P
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
21	21	74 (5)	Jul 5	CIN	@	CHC	L,6-12	3-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.158	.256	.158	.414	9	.39	-0.033	.01	0.00%	-0.80	P
22	22	75	Jul 6 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,4-10	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.158	.256	.158	.414	9						P
23	23	83 (7)	Jul 14	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-5	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.150	.244	.150	.394	9	.33	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.37	P
24	24	87 (3)	Jul 17 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.163	.265	.163	.428	9	.24	-0.019	.00	0.00%	0.00	P
25	25	89 (1)	Jul 19	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.152	.250	.152	.402	9	1.60	-0.142	.00	0.00%	-1.02	P
26	26	91 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.146	.241	.146	.387	9						P
27	27	94 (2)	Jul 26	CIN		BRO	L,2-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.146	.241	.146	.387	9						P
28	28	98 (3)	Jul 29	CIN		BRO	W,6-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.140	.232	.140	.372	9	.59	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.32	P
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
29	29	101 (2)	Aug 1	CIN		PHI	L,1-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.135	.224	.135	.359	9						P
30	30	104 (2)	Aug 4	CIN		BSN	W,13-4	0-GF	3	2	1	1	0	0	1		0		1	0	1				0		.148	.233	.204	.437	9						P
31	31	106 (1)	Aug 7	CIN		NYG	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.140	.222	.193	.415	9	.65	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.59	P
32	32	109 (2)	Aug 10	CIN		NYG	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.136	.215	.186	.402	9	.86	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.38	P
33	33	115 (5)	Aug 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.129	.206	.177	.383	9	1.44	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.80	P
34	34	118 (2)	Aug 19 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.123	.208	.169	.378	9						P
35	35	122 (3)	Aug 22	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.147	.237	.191	.428	9	.92	0.219	.00	0.00%	2.04	P
36	36	125 (2)	Aug 26	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.143	.231	.186	.416	9	1.05	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.44	P
37	37	129 (3)	Aug 31 (1)	CIN		STL	W,10-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.135	.220	.176	.395	9						P
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
38	38	132 (2)	Sep 1 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-5	3-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.133	.217	.173	.390	9	.38	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.14	P
39	39	136 (3)	Sep 6	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.130	.212	.169	.381	9	1.28	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.33	P
40	40	139 (2)	Sep 10	CIN		BSN	W,7-4	GS-0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				1		.127	.216	.165	.380	9						P
41	41	143 (3)	Sep 14	CIN		PHI	L,6-7	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.123	.211	.160	.372	9						P
42	42	145 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.120	.207	.157	.363	9						P
43	43	150 (4)	Sep 21 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.116	.200	.151	.351	9	.50	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.18	P
44	44	152 (1)	Sep 27	CIN		CHC	L,2-11	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.114	.196	.148	.344	9	.97	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.62	P
							18-24		100	88	6	10	0	0	1	6	9	0	38	0	2		1		1		.114	.196	.148	.344		.88	-0.509	.36	-0.07%	-4.82

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