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Ernie Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: June 16, 1924 in Brattleboro, VT us

Died: August 12, 2011 in Cumming, GA

Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Roswell, GA

High School: Union HS (Brattleboro, VT)

Debut: April 28, 1950 (Age 25-316d, 10,694th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 12, 1959 (Age 35-088d)
vs. CHW 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Ernest Thorwald Johnson

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1957 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

ERA

3.77

273

574.2

319

WHIP

1.423

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Team Record in Appearances: 4-12 / in Starts: 1-0

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 6, Entered with runners on base: 7

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 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	1	10	Apr 28	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.58	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
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
2	2	19	May 7	BSN	@	STL	L,0-15			8	1.0	4	5	5	1	0	1	0	22.50	9.58	8												7			0		0
3	3	24	May 14	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.00	7.25	4	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.016	1.21	0.03%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
4	4	26	May 17	BSN		PIT	L,1-4	8-GF		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	9.00	4.58	8	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.022	.58	0.04%	0.98	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
5	5	36	May 30(2)	BSN		NYG	L,3-10	9-GF		12	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.44	4.46	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	0.77	9t 123 2 out d7	9t end d 7
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
6	6	40	Jun 4(1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.11	4.16	4	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.007	.26	0.01%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
7	7	44	Jun 8	BSN	@	STL	L,6-18	1-3		3	2.1	5	4	3	4	3	0	0	8.31	4.43	17	4	1	0	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	12	2	1	0	0	0	1	.51	-0.249	1.92	-0.56%	-4.38	1b 1-3 2 out d1	3b 3 out d7
8	8	46	Jun 10	BSN	@	CHC	L,10-13	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.71	3.87	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.06	0.00%	0.70	8b -2- 1 out d6	8b end d 6
9	9	53	Jun 17	BSN		PIT	W,15-6	GS-4		6	3.0	7	4	3	2	2	0	0	8.03	3.72	17	4	3	0	1	6	31			0	0	1	15	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.32	-0.334	3.51	-0.53%	-2.91	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out tie
10	10	65	Jun 30	BSN	@	NYG	W,8-4	8-8	W(1-0)	12	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.43	3.86	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	0.110	7.45	0.20%	0.53	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
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
11	11	71	Jul 4(2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,12-9	2-3		3	0.2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	8.36	4.80	5	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.224	4.08	-0.63%	-3.15	2b 1-3 1 out a6	3b 1-3 0 out a3
12	12	78	Jul 15	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-9	7-GF(8)		10	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	8.44	4.58	10	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.015	.24	-0.04%	-0.95	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 6
13	13	81	Jul 17	BSN	@	PIT	W,8-6		W(2-0)	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.50	4.14	8												8			0		0
14	14	86	Jul 22(2)	BSN	@	STL	L,7-11	5-5		4	0.0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	7.50	4.64	4	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.021	.88	-0.08%	-3.28	5b 1-3 2 out d6	5b 123 2 out d9
15	15	91	Jul 28	BSN		CIN	L,5-8	7-8		5	2.0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	6.75	4.33	10	6	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	.09	-0.017	.36	-0.04%	-1.40	7t -2- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d8
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
16	16	102	Aug 6(2)	BSN		CHC	L,1-9	5-5		8	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.97	4.28	3	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.028	.69	-0.07%	-1.60	5t -23 1 out d5	5t 3 out d8
							4-12		W-L:2-0	4.3	20.2	37	21	16	13	15	2	0	6.97	4.28	110	1.86		3%	3%	29	31	13	69%	0	0	2	94	5	2	0	2	0	3	.55	-0.731	1.76	-1.66%	-13.12

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