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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: 4-11

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 8, Entered with runners on base: 5

1958 Pitching Game Log

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1958 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	228	15	May 2	MLN	@	CHC	L,7-8	7-7	BS(1)	99	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	54.00	11.48	5	1	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	-0.450	9.28	-0.90%	-2.92	7b 1-- 1 out a3	7b 12- 2 out tie
2	229	22	May 11	MLN		CIN	W,7-6	7-GF	W(1-0)	8	3.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	10.80	8.18	13	4	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.066	5.30	-0.17%	-0.65	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 1
3	230	29	May 21	MLN		LAD	L,1-2	8-GF		9	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.75	5.66	7	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.079	3.18	0.19%	0.90	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
4	231	37	May 28	MLN		STL	L,4-7	11-11		6	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.68	5.63	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	0.128	9.21	0.35%	0.45	11t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
5	232	39	May 30(2)	MLN	@	PIT	L,6-12	6-6		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.14	5.05	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.010	3.56	-0.03%	0.17	6b 1-3 1 out d2	6b 3 out d3
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	233	41	Jun 1	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-5	5-GF(7)		1	3.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.50	4.18	15	6	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	.35	0.014	1.78	0.04%	0.44	5b --- 0 out d3	7b end d 4
7	234	42	Jun 3	MLN	@	SFG	W,7-6	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.22	4.07	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.86	0.328	42.67	1.23%	0.89	9b 12- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
8	235	43	Jun 4	MLN	@	SFG	W,10-9	10-10	BW(2-0)	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	2	0	5.40	5.82	6	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	-0.413	11.53	-1.58%	-1.52	10b --- 0 out a2	10b 3 out tie
9	236	47	Jun 8	MLN	@	LAD	L,4-12	2-6		3	4.2	8	5	5	1	3	0	0	6.61	4.68	23	6	12	2	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	22	3	0	1	0	0	0	.19	-0.051	.84	-0.14%	-2.42	2b 1-- 1 out d7	6b 3 out d8
10	237	49	Jun 11	MLN	@	CHC	W,10-7	7-8	W(3-0)	2	1.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	6.75	4.78	6	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.136	6.29	-0.39%	-1.43	7b --- 0 out tie	8b --3 0 out a2
11	238	61	Jun 25	MLN		SFG	L,2-10	8-9		13	1.1	6	5	5	0	1	1	0	8.68	5.21	9	2	0	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.012	.15	-0.05%	-4.00	8t --- 0 out d5	9t --3 1 out d8
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
12	239	70	Jul 4(1)	MLN		PHI	L,1-5	5-5		8	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.53	5.16	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.015	3.36	0.05%	0.47	5t 1-3 2 out d4	5t 3 out d4
13	240	74	Jul 9	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-10	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.71	4.90	7	4	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.04	0.00%	1.02	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
14	241	78	Jul 13	MLN	@	SFG	L,5-6	9-GF	L(3-1)	3	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	8.02	5.15	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.23	-0.367	21.47	-1.46%	-1.41	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
Sept				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
15	242	154	Sep 28	MLN		CIN	L,0-4	7-8		76	2.0	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	8.10	5.00	11	0	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	.46	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-1.10	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d4
							4-11		W-L:3-1,Sv:1,BSv:2	3.8	23.1	35	21	21	10	13	4	1	8.10	5.00	114	1.03		6%	0%	25		8	25%	1	1	0	98	9	1	3	0	1	0	.94	-0.997	4.51	-2.85%	-11.10

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