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Hank Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: May 21, 1906 in Bradenton, FL us

Died: August 20, 1982 in Bradenton, FL

Buried: Fogartyville Cemetery, Bradenton, FL

High School: Bradenton HS (Bradenton, FL)

Debut: April 17, 1925 (Age 18-331d, 6,174th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 19, 1939 (Age 33-121d)
vs. PHI 4.2 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1925 season

Full Name: Henry Ward Johnson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

ERA

4.75

249

116

1066.1

568

WHIP

1.570

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-13 / in Starts: 11-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 3

1933 Pitching Game Log

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1933 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	158	4	Apr 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	3	2	2	3	0	0	0	2.45	4.13	29	9	14	0	0	3	61			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.21	0.371	2.49	0.46%	2.66	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out a2
2	159	8	Apr 23	BOS		PHA	W,7-5	GS-4		5	3.1	8	5	4	4	1	0	0	5.06	4.68	21	3	5	0	0	8	23			1	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.409	2.30	-0.44%	-4.20	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d2
3	160	9	Apr 24	BOS		PHA	L,10-16	6-6		0	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.73	4.63	2	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.064	.93	-0.08%	-1.74	6t 1-- 2 out d4	6t 3 out d6
4	161	13	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-8	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	7	5	5	8	2	1	0	6.35	5.96	32	8	7	0	0	7	32			0	0	0	22	1	2	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.210	1.47	-0.20%	-1.65	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d4
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
5	162	19	May 7(2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(2-1)	7	9.0	5	2	2	4	3	1	0	4.85	5.63	34	21	1	0	0	5	68			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.647	1.58	0.40%	2.72	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
6	163	23	May 14(2)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-6	L(2-2)	6	6.0	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	4.22	5.15	27	19	2	0	0	4	54			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	4	1.02	0.004	1.08	0.00%	0.38	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
7	164	28	May 20	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	W(3-2)	5	9.0	8	5	5	4	6	1	0	4.39	4.97	39	13	9	0	1	7	53			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.092	.62	0.03%	0.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
8	165	33	May 26	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	GS-9	W(4-2)	5	8.0	6	4	4	3	1	1	0	4.41	5.04	32	9	13	2	3	6	52			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.84	0.273	.50	0.10%	1.15	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a3
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
9	166	39	Jun 1	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-5	GS-6		5	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.42	4.79	26	14	2	1	0	7	47			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.034	.23	-0.01%	0.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
10	167	43	Jun 6(1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(4-3)	4	8.0	8	4	4	4	4	0	0	4.43	4.62	34	3	15	2	0	8	50			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.57	-0.154	.10	-0.02%	0.20	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
11	168	48	Jun 10	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	CG	L(4-4)	3	9.0	12	7	4	3	3	1	0	4.38	4.62	41	7	16	0	0	12	41			4	2	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.225	.07	-0.01%	-1.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
12	169	53	Jun 15	BOS		NYY	W,8-5	GS-8	W(5-4)	4	7.0	7	5	5	9	2	2	1	4.56	5.13	37	6	12	1	1	7	36			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.21	-0.021	.08	0.00%	-1.02	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a3
13	170	59	Jun 20	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-5	GS-6		4	5.1	9	5	2	1	3	0	0	4.48	4.95	25	8	5	1	0	8	38			0	0	0	23	2	2	0	1	0	1	1.14	-0.264	.06	-0.01%	-1.49	1b start tie	6b --3 1 out d1
14	171	63	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.43	4.95	5	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.58	0.602	.45	0.03%	1.49	9b --3 0 out a1	9b end a 1
15	172	65	Jun 25(1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-10	GS-6		1	6.0	7	4	4	4	4	1	0	4.53	5.00	28	10	3	2	0	7	42			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.090	.03	0.00%	-0.49	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
16	173	69	Jun 30	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	4	2	2	5	2	0	0	4.31	4.92	35	15	11	3	1	2	68			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.405	.02	0.00%	2.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
17	174	74	Jul 8	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	GS-7	L(6-5)	7	7.0	9	4	1	3	2	0	1	4.11	4.87	32	6	11	1	0	9	48			0	2	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.062	.04	0.00%	-0.02	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
18	175	80	Jul 13	BOS		DET	L,2-3	GS-7	L(6-6)	4	7.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.01	4.74	28	16	3	0	0	6	58			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.137	.01	0.00%	1.98	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
19	176	85	Jul 19	BOS		CLE	L,7-8	GS-4		5	4.0	6	5	5	2	1	1	0	4.26	4.82	19	2	8	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.236	.00	0.00%	-2.72	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
20	177	89	Jul 23(1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(7-6)	3	9.0	7	2	1	0	4	1	1	4.03	4.75	35	20	4	2	0	6	71			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	.88	0.264	.00	0.00%	3.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
21	178	97	Aug 3	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-8	6-7		10	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.11	4.74	10	5	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.91	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
22	179	101	Aug 8	BOS	@	PHA	L,6-7	3-7		4	4.2	4	2	2	2	4	1	0	4.10	4.76	20	4	6	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.025	.00	0.00%	0.96	3b -2- 1 out d5	7b 3 out d2
23	180	104	Aug 11	BOS		WSH	L,4-8	GS-8		2	8.0	7	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.99	4.65	34	9	12	0	1	5	62			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.57	0.382	.00	0.00%	2.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
24	181	108	Aug 15	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	W(8-6)	3	9.0	9	3	3	1	8	1	0	3.93	4.54	36	15	3	0	0	9	64			1	1	0	35	5	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.260	.00	0.00%	2.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
25	182	113	Aug 20(1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-14	GS-5		4	4.1	6	4	4	5	3	1	0	4.06	4.64	23	3	6	1	0	6	33			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-1.07	1b start a 4	5b 12- 1 out a3
							12-13		W-L:8-6,Sv:1	4.0	155.1	156	83	70	74	65	13	3	4.06	4.64	684	1.35		4%	2%	148	49	3	33%	9	9	1	592	30	8	1	9	0	13	1.06	1.518	.46	0.24%	5.24

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