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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.4

112

117

ERA

4.06

542

209

2165.2

920

WHIP

1.283

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-21 / in Starts: 8-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 1

1932 Pitching Game Log

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1932 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	263	4	Apr 15	STL		PIT	L,7-9	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	3.0	8	6	4	0	1	0	1	12.00	3.13	17	3	5	2	1	7	24			0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	-0.354	3.75	-0.55%	-3.41	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d2
2	264	6	Apr 18	STL		CHC	L,1-3	7-8		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	7.20	1.79	7	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.040	.69	0.05%	1.06	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
3	265	9	Apr 22	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG(10)	W(1-1)	3	10.0	9	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.20	3.46	37	9	16	6	1	8	62			0	2	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.87	0.319	3.06	0.31%	1.96	1b start tie	10b 3 out a2
4	266	13	Apr 27	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	11	5	5	2	2	0	0	4.91	3.34	33	10	10	1	0	9	35			3	0	0	31	1	0	1	1	0	0	.97	-0.188	1.90	-0.22%	-1.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
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	267	17	May 2	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.77	3.12	34	10	14	4	3	4	77			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.579	1.83	0.55%	3.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	268	20	May 5	STL		NYG	L,6-10	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.66	3.11	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.11	0.01%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
7	269	22	May 8(1)	STL		NYG	L,1-4	CG	L(2-3)	2	9.0	8	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.73	3.14	37						54						35	1	2			0
8	270	27	May 13	STL		PHI	W,8-7	GS-2		4	2.0	7	5	5	2	2	0	0	4.60	3.17	15	3	2	1	0	6	22			1	0	0	12	2	0	1	0	0	0	.85	-0.330	1.42	-0.33%	-3.94	1t start tie	2t 3 out d5
9	271	28	May 14	STL		PHI	W,7-6	8-GF	S(1)	0	1.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.67	3.06	6	0	3	0	2	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	0.158	3.03	0.17%	0.05	8t 1-3 2 out a2	9t end a 1
10	272	35	May 24	STL		CHC	W,8-6	GS-9	W(3-3)	9	8.1	14	6	4	5	1	1	0	4.61	3.52	45	11	14	3	3	14	31			0	0	0	40	5	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.024	1.85	-0.02%	-1.43	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a3
11	273	40	May 29(2)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.22	3.41	27	11	8	1	0	5	64			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	.81	0.209	1.02	0.16%	2.44	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
12	274	48	Jun 8	STL	@	BSN	W,15-8	GS-3		9	2.0	10	5	5	0	0	0	0	4.82	3.39	15	2	3	0	0	10	16			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.542	2.17	-0.70%	-5.85	1b start tie	3b 123 0 out d1
13	275	52	Jun 15	STL	@	PHI	L,4-7	GS-5	L(3-4)	6	5.0	11	7	7	2	6	2	0	5.40	3.65	28	5	4	0	0	11	21			0	0	0	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.401	1.70	-0.47%	-4.14	1b start a 4	5b 3 out d3
14	276	58	Jun 22	STL	@	NYG	L,1-9	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	2	3	3	0	0	1	0	5.72	3.83	6	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.005	.01	-0.01%	-2.50	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 8
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
15	277	81	Jul 14	STL		NYG	L,3-6	8-GF		21	2.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.56	3.80	8	3	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.06	0.006	.14	0.01%	1.06	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
16	278	85	Jul 17(2)	STL		BRO	L,5-8	9-9	L(3-5)	2	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.81	3.80	2	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	-0.316	3.52	-0.23%	-1.50	9t --- 0 out tie	9t -23 0 out tie
17	279	91	Jul 24(2)	STL	@	CIN	W,1-0	10-12	W(4-5)	6	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.57	3.70	9	4	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.407	1.98	0.27%	1.47	10b --- 0 out tie	12b 3 out tie
18	280	92	Jul 26(1)	STL	@	BRO	L,6-12	GS-7	L(4-6)	1	6.2	9	6	5	0	4	0	0	5.67	3.53	29	1	15	1	0	9	38			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.279	1.66	-0.24%	-1.10	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out tie
19	281	95	Jul 28(1)	STL	@	BRO	L,6-9	6-GF(8)		1	3.0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.57	3.63	12	4	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.22	-0.010	.15	0.00%	0.50	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
20	282	98	Jul 30	STL	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(4-7)	1	8.0	6	3	2	1	2	1	0	5.28	3.69	32	9	14	1	0	6	61			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.026	.40	-0.01%	0.93	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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	283	103	Aug 4	STL	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(4-8)	4	8.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.22	3.63	32	5	20	2	3	5	52			0	1	0	31	0	2	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.038	.42	-0.01%	0.01	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
22	284	107	Aug 8(1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS-7		3	7.0	5	6	6	3	5	2	0	5.38	3.81	29	6	10	0	0	5	45			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.189	.39	-0.04%	-1.99	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
23	285	111	Aug 13	STL		CHC	L,1-3	CG	L(4-9)	4	9.0	9	3	3	2	8	0	0	5.20	3.64	36	3	16	7	2	7	63			1	1	0	34	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.001	1.44	0.00%	1.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
24	286	117	Aug 19	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG(11)	W(5-9)	5	11.0	9	4	3	5	8	0	0	4.95	3.56	47	14	12	1	0	8	68			2	0	0	39	3	1	2	1	0	0	1.79	0.533	1.17	0.21%	1.85	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
25	287	123	Aug 23	STL		BSN	L,3-6	GS-7	L(5-10)	3	7.0	9	5	5	1	1	1	0	5.03	3.63	29	8	11	1	1	8	39			1	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.158	.33	-0.04%	-1.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
26	288	129	Aug 28(2)	STL		BRO	W,6-4	9-GF	S(2)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.00	3.59	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.078	.08	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
27	289	130	Aug 30	STL		BRO	L,4-5	GS-7	L(5-11)	1	7.0	6	5	4	1	4	2	0	5.00	3.70	29	6	12	1	0	6	50			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	2	.58	-0.226	.05	-0.01%	-1.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
28	290	131	Sep 2	STL	@	CHC	L,5-8	5-6		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.93	3.69	8	2	4	2	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.039	.01	0.00%	1.02	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
29	291	134	Sep 4	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	GS-7	L(5-12)	1	7.0	6	3	0	0	2	0	2	4.70	3.66	28	18	0	0	0	6	61			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	2	.70	-0.070	.00	0.00%	0.58	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
30	292	141	Sep 11(1)	STL	@	NYG	L,3-7	GS-	L(5-13)	6	5.0	11	6	4	2	1	2	0	4.78	3.82	28						24						25					0
31	293	145	Sep 14	STL	@	BRO	L,1-3	GS-6	L(5-14)	2	6.0	8	3	3	0	2	0	0	4.77	3.76	25	10	5	0	0	8	46			1	1	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.066	.00	0.00%	0.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
32	294	152	Sep 22	STL		CIN	W,8-5	GS-5		7	4.1	10	5	5	1	1	0	1	4.92	3.76	24	2	9	1	1	10	23			0	0	0	22	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.403	.00	0.00%	-3.29	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d1
							11-21		W-L:5-14,Sv:2	3.6	164.2	199	103	90	35	70	14	4	4.92	3.76	720	0.75		9%	5%	167	44	2	0%	9	8	0	665	46	6	6	9	0	10	1.07	-1.254	1.18	-1.15%	-13.71

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