#38 Earl "Lefty" Johnson, Starting Pitcher, 28 yrs, Cleveland Indians Monday, 10/23/1947 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Earl Johnson Lefty 4/2/1919 28 USA,WA,REDMOND 6"3 190
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Loyal None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 2 / 6 (Fair) Good GREAT Normal 4.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 3,528,571 1947 (Arbitration eligible) 4 Year(s), 85 Days (773 total Days) 172 Day(s) 4 Year(s), 85 Days (773 total Days) 7 Year(s) Arbitration eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 5 | 6 | 10 | 88-91 Mph |
Versus LHB | 5 | 7 | 10 | |
Versus RHB | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
Talent | 5 | 7 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 62 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 4 (Range), .999 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
9/11 | DET | W 2-1 | * | 8.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
9/15 | @CHA | W 5-1 | * | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | W | PoG | | | |
9/19 | @BOS | W 8-2 | * | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | W | PoG | | | |
9/24 | NYY | W 2-1 | * | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
9/28 | BOS | W 8-5 | * | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | W | | | | |
10/2 | @NYY | W 9-1 | * | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
10/7 | BOS | W 9-2 | * | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
10/11 | @BOS | L 8-9 | * | 8 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | L | | | | |
10/17 | CHC | W 10-7 | * | 9 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | W | | | | |
10/21 | @CHC | L 2-8 | * | 8 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 41 | 41 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 3.46 | 341.0 | 301 | 146 | 131 | 134 | 213 | 24 | 58.5 | 2 | 24 | 58.5 |
Projected | 41 | 41 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 3.46 | 341.0 | 301 | 146 | 131 | 134 | 213 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.06 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 391 | 76 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 25 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .194 | .243 | .297 | .540 |
vs. RHB | 887 | 225 | 44 | 5 | 13 | 98 | 101 | 109 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .331 | .359 | .690 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 22 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4.60 | 182.0 | 185 | 103 | 93 | 81 | 119 |
Road | 19 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2.15 | 159.0 | 116 | 43 | 38 | 53 | 94 |
Postseason | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.03 | 34.0 | 42 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 17 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.88 | 17.0 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 7 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.47 | 56.1 | 58 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 37 |
May | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.72 | 43.0 | 38 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 35 |
June | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5.19 | 59.0 | 58 | 38 | 34 | 28 | 34 |
July | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.82 | 51.0 | 46 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 27 |
August | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.85 | 60.0 | 44 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 34 |
Sept./Oct. | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2.64 | 71.2 | 57 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 46 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1943 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4.22 | 123.2 | 113 | 66 | 58 | 9 | 63 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 1.42 | .277 | CLE |
1944 | 29 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3.42 | 231.1 | 209 | 101 | 88 | 7 | 120 | 119 | 14 | 1 | 1.42 | .277 | CLE |
1945 | 40 | 38 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 4.00 | 313.0 | 281 | 153 | 139 | 16 | 150 | 184 | 21 | 2 | 1.38 | .270 | CLE |
1946 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3.80 | 234.2 | 215 | 108 | 99 | 13 | 102 | 146 | 14 | 2 | 1.35 | .278 | CLE |
1947 | 41 | 41 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 3.46 | 341.0 | 301 | 146 | 131 | 20 | 134 | 213 | 24 | 2 | 1.28 | .269 | CLE |
Total | 153 | 151 | 89 | 44 | 0 | 3.73 | 1243.2 | 1119 | 574 | 515 | 65 | 569 | 741 | 79 | 7 | 1.36 | .273 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1940, A | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4.15 | 21.2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | .275 |
1941, A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.70 | 3.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.90 | .200 |
1941, AA | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 21.2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | .286 |
1942, AA | 19 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2.05 | 131.2 | 97 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 66 | 108 | 7 | 1 | 1.24 | .260 |
1943, AA | 21 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1.53 | 176.2 | 135 | 34 | 30 | 5 | 67 | 147 | 10 | 3 | 1.14 | .263 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1945 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 17.0 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1946 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13.91 | 11.0 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.03 | 34.0 | 42 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 0 |
Total | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6.10 | 62.0 | 84 | 51 | 42 | 26 | 28 | 4 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1943 | 15 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .114 | .143 | .256 | CLE |
1944 | 29 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | .024 | .059 | .024 | .083 | CLE |
1945 | 40 | 115 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 0 | .070 | .107 | .078 | .186 | CLE |
1946 | 28 | 84 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | .060 | .092 | .071 | .163 | CLE |
1947 | 41 | 122 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 0 | .074 | .088 | .074 | .162 | CLE |
Total | 153 | 445 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 188 | 0 | 0 | .061 | .091 | .072 | .163 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 41 | 41 | 35 | 65 | 10 | 101 | 1 | .990 | 341.0 | 2.67 | | | | |
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Drafted in 4th round, 64th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1940... Injured on 7/7/1943 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days... Earned first career win on 7/25/1943... Had first career hit on 7/29/1943, off Johnnie Wittig (CHA)... Hit first career homerun on 8/31/1943, off Marv Breuer (BOS)... Injured on 8/6/1944 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks... Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1945, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1945, going 7-0, 2.36... 1/31/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,528,571 through salary arbitration... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1947, going 5-0, 2.82...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1944 - 3.42 - 4th 1945 - 4.00 - 8th 1946 - 3.80 - 9th
| WHIP 1945 - 1.38 - 7th
| Wins 1945 - 23 - 2nd 1946 - 20 - 9th
| K's 1945 - 184 - 5th
| BB 1944 - 120 - 10th 1945 - 150 - 4th
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