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	22-24 / in Starts: 16-18
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 98 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	0 (0-0-0)
Avg. MLBer w/ 98 PAs	0
Avg. Runners on Base	0 (0-0-0)

1915 Batting Game Log

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1915 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	66	2 (1)	Apr 11	KCP		PBS	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
2	67	6 (3)	Apr 15	KCP		SLM	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	68	12 (5)	Apr 25 (2)	KCP		CHI	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	69	15 (2)	Apr 28	KCP	@	CHI	L,1-13	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0				0		.091	.091	.091	.182	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
5	70	17 (1)	May 1	KCP	@	BAL	W,5-4	0-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.154	.154	.154	.308	9						P
6	71	20 (2)	May 6 (2)	KCP	@	BUF	L,1-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.133	.133	.133	.267	9						P
7	72	24 (3)	May 11	KCP	@	NEW	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.158	.158	.158	.316	9						P
8	73	28 (3)	May 17	KCP		BTT	L,5-7	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.143	.182	.143	.325	9						P
9	74	30 (1)	May 22	KCP		BUF	L,2-3	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.136	.208	.136	.345	9						P
10	75	34 (3)	May 29	KCP		BAL	L,1-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.125	.192	.125	.317	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
11	76	40 (5)	Jun 2	KCP		PBS	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.148	.207	.148	.355	9						P
12	77	43 (2)	Jun 5	KCP		PBS	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				1		.133	.188	.133	.321	9						P
13	78	49 (5)	Jun 11	KCP		CHI	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.121	.171	.121	.293	9						P
14	79	51 (1)	Jun 13 (1)	KCP		CHI	W,6-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.118	.167	.118	.284	9						P
15	80	53 (1)	Jun 15	KCP	@	BAL	W,9-4	0-GF	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0				0		.167	.231	.194	.425	9						P
16	81	56 (2)	Jun 18	KCP	@	BAL	L,10-17	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.162	.225	.189	.414	9						P
17	82	58 (1)	Jun 19 (2)	KCP	@	BUF	L,0-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.162	.225	.189	.414	9						P
18	83	64 (5)	Jun 27 (2)	KCP	@	NEW	L,4-6	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.158	.220	.184	.404	9						P
19	84	66 (1)	Jun 30	KCP	@	BTT	W,11-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.140	.196	.163	.358	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
20	85	70 (3)	Jul 4	KCP		SLM	W,14-5	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.140	.196	.163	.358	9						P
21	86	72 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	KCP		SLM	L,3-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.136	.191	.159	.351	9						P
22	87	74 (1)	Jul 8	KCP	@	CHI	L,0-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0				0		.130	.184	.152	.336	9						P
23	88	75	Jul 11 (1)	KCP	@	CHI	L,2-7	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.125	.176	.146	.322	9						P
24	89	81 (5)	Jul 18 (2)	KCP		NEW	W,4-2	CG(7)	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	2				0		.122	.173	.143	.316	9						P
25	90	84 (2)	Jul 23	KCP		BUF	L,5-7	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.118	.167	.137	.304	9						P
26	91	87 (2)	Jul 25 (2)	KCP		BUF	W,5-4	0-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.115	.164	.135	.298	9						P
27	92	89 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	KCP		BTT	W,6-2	GS-0	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		3	0	0				0		.125	.169	.143	.312	9						P
28	93	93 (3)	Jul 31 (1)	KCP		BAL	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0				0		.117	.159	.133	.292	9						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	94	97 (3)	Aug 3	KCP		BAL	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.111	.152	.127	.278	9						P
30	95	100 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	KCP	@	NEW	L,0-4	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0				0		.109	.162	.125	.287	9						P
31	96	105 (4)	Aug 13	KCP	@	BTT	L,2-9	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.109	.162	.125	.287	9						P
32	97	106	Aug 14 (1)	KCP	@	BUF	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0		1	0	0				1		.132	.181	.191	.372	9						P
33	98	109 (2)	Aug 17	KCP	@	BUF	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0				0		.139	.184	.194	.379	9						P
34	99	114 (4)	Aug 21	KCP	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.133	.177	.187	.364	9						P
35	100	123 (8)	Aug 29 (2)	KCP	@	SLM	L,0-8	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.130	.173	.182	.355	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
36	101	126 (2)	Sep 4	KCP		CHI	W,10-9	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.130	.173	.182	.355	9						P
37	102	127	Sep 5	KCP		CHI	L,1-6	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.127	.169	.177	.346	9						P
38	103	131 (3)	Sep 10	KCP		BUF	L,1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.127	.169	.177	.346	9						P
39	104	132	Sep 11	KCP		BUF	L,0-2	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.123	.165	.173	.338	9						P
40	105	135 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	KCP		NEW	W,6-5	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0				0		.122	.172	.171	.343	9						P
41	106	139 (3)	Sep 20	KCP		BTT	L,2-10	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.129	.178	.188	.366	9						P
42	107	143 (3)	Sep 23	KCP		BTT	L,0-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.129	.178	.188	.366	9						P
43	108	144	Sep 24	KCP		BAL	W,9-7	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.129	.178	.188	.366	8						P
44	109	146 (1)	Sep 26 (2)	KCP		BAL	L,3-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.129	.178	.188	.366	9						P
45	110	147	Sep 27 (1)	KCP		BAL	W,3-1	CG	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				0		.129	.204	.188	.393	9						P
46	111	151 (3)	Sep 30	KCP	@	SLM	L,2-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1				0		.126	.200	.184	.384	9						P
							22-24		98	87	2	11	2	0	1	8	6	0	28	2	3		0		2		.126	.200	.184	.384

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