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Syl Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: December 31, 1900 in Portland, OR us

Died: February 20, 1985 in Portland, OR

Buried: Portland Memorial Cemetery, Portland, OR

High School: Portland HS (Portland, OR)

Debut: April 24, 1922 (Age 21-114d, 5,440th in major league history)
vs. SLB 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 14, 1940 (Age 39-258d)
vs. CHC 9.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: Sylvester W. Johnson

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.4

112

117

ERA

4.06

542

209

2165.2

920

WHIP

1.283

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	10 (9)	Apr 27	DET		SLB	W,5-2	GF	32	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	14 (3)	May 1	DET		CLE	W,6-5	GF	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	18 (3)	May 5	DET	@	CHW	L,7-8		12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	21 (2)	May 8	DET		WSH	L,2-8	GS	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	25 (3)	May 14	DET		NYY	L,11-16	GF	8	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
6	30 (4)	May 20	DET		PHA	L,1-8	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	40 (9)	May 31	DET		SLB	L,3-8	GF	15	4.1	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	43 (2)	Jun 3	DET		CLE	W,8-7		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
9	47 (3)	Jun 8	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	52 (4)	Jun 15	DET	@	BOS	W,2-0	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	56 (3)	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	59 (2)	Jun 24	DET		CHW	L,8-9	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	60	Jun 25	DET		CHW	L,1-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	62 (1)	Jun 28	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	GS	18	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	67 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,7-10		13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	72 (4)	Jul 8	DET		PHA	L,5-7		0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
17	73	Jul 9	DET		PHA	L,5-6		22	5.2	0	0	1	1	0
18	77 (3)	Jul 13	DET		BOS	L,4-6	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	78	Jul 14	DET		WSH	W,9-8		0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	81 (2)	Jul 17	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	85 (3)	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,4-7	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	91 (5)	Jul 31	DET	@	WSH	W,12-5		0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	94 (2)	Aug 5	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	98 (3)	Aug 9	DET	@	NYY	W,11-3	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	101 (2)	Aug 12	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	103 (1)	Aug 15	DET		PHA	W,7-5		9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
27	106 (2)	Aug 18	DET		BOS	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	109 (2)	Aug 22	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	112 (2)	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,5-4	GS	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	116 (3)	Aug 29	DET		WSH	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	119 (2)	Sep 2	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	121 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	GF	7	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
33	124 (2)	Sep 8	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	127 (2)	Sep 13	DET	@	WSH	L,3-7	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	129 (1)	Sep 15	DET	@	WSH	L,8-9	GS	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	133 (3)	Sep 18 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,9-10	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
37	134	Sep 19 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-2	GS	0	6.2	0	0	0	0	0
							37gm		176.0	5	17	1	23	0