Syl Johnson Stats

Syl Johnson was born on Monday, December 31, 1900, in Portland, Oregon. Johnson was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 24, 1922, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Syl Johnson baseball stats page.
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Syl Johnson

Syl Johnson Autograph on a 1939 Play Ball (#28)

Syl Johnson Autograph on a 1939 Play Ball (#28)
 

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Birth Name:   Sylvester Johnson
Nickname:   Syl
Born On:   12-31-1900  (Capricorn)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Portland, Oregon
Year of Death Data Died On:   02-20-1985 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Portland, Oregon
Cemetery:   Portland Memorial Cemetery, Portland, Oregon
High School:   Portland High School (Portland, OR)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   04-24-1922 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-14-1940
Draft:   Not Applicable
Syl Johnson

Syl Johnson Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1922 22 Tigers 29 8 13 7 3 .700 3.71 3 0 1 97.0 407 99 40 52 7 30 - 29 2 4 0 -
1923 23 Tigers 37 18 10 12 7 .632 3.98 7 0 0 176.1 734 181 78 82 12 47 - 93 3 3 0 -
1924 24 Tigers 29 9 13 5 4 .556 4.93 2 0 3 104.0 467 117 57 63 8 42 - 55 1 5 0 -
1925 25 Tigers 6 0 5 0 2 .000 3.46 0 0 0 13.0 57 11 5 7 1 10 - 5 1 0 0 -
1926 26 Cardinals 19 6 4 0 3 .000 4.22 1 0 1 49.0 208 54 23 27 3 15 - 10 0 2 0 -
1927 27 Cardinals 2 0 1 0 0 .000 6.00 0 0 0 3.0 12 3 2 2 1 0 - 2 0 0 0 -
1928 28 Cardinals 34 6 14 8 4 .667 3.90 2 0 3 120.0 504 117 52 53 6 33 - 66 1 4 1 -
1929 29 Cardinals 42 19 16 13 7 .650 3.60 12 3 3 182.1 780 186 73 88 11 56 - 80 0 7 1 -
1930 30 Cardinals 32 24 6 12 10 .545 4.65 9 2 2 187.2 793 215 97 105 13 38 - 92 2 4 0 -
1931 31 Cardinals 32 24 6 11 9 .550 3.00 12 2 2 186.0 766 186 62 73 9 29 - 82 3 2 0 -
1932 32 Cardinals 32 22 4 5 14 .263 4.92 7 0 2 164.2 720 199 90 103 14 35 - 70 3 4 0 -
1933 33 Cardinals 35 1 24 3 3 .500 4.29 0 0 3 84.0 354 89 40 45 7 16 - 28 2 3 0 -
1934 34 Reds 2 0 0 0 0 .000 2.70 0 0 0 6.2 29 9 2 6 2 0 - 0 0 0 0 -
1934 34 Phillies 42 10 21 5 9 .357 3.50 4 3 3 133.2 537 122 52 58 14 24 - 54 1 1 1 -
1935 35 Phillies 37 18 12 10 8 .556 3.56 8 1 6 174.2 737 182 69 79 15 31 - 89 0 3 0 -
1936 36 Phillies 39 8 19 5 7 .417 4.30 1 0 7 111.0 485 129 53 60 10 29 - 48 1 3 0 -
1937 37 Phillies 32 15 10 4 10 .286 5.02 4 0 3 138.0 574 155 77 81 20 22 - 46 1 2 0 -
1938 38 Phillies 22 6 6 2 7 .222 4.23 2 0 0 83.0 342 87 39 43 4 11 - 21 0 0 0 -
1939 39 Phillies 22 14 4 8 8 .500 3.81 6 0 2 111.0 453 112 47 50 10 15 - 37 0 1 0 -
1940 40 Phillies 17 2 13 2 2 .500 4.20 2 0 2 40.2 165 37 19 22 6 5 - 13 1 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
19 Years 542 210 201 112 117 .489 4.06 82 11 43 2,165.2 9,124 2,290 977 1,099 173 488 - 920 22 48 3 -
Syl Johnson

Syl Johnson Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1922 22 Tigers 29 36 5 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 10 1 - 0 - .222 .222 .278
1923 23 Tigers 37 62 6 10 1 2 1 0 5 1 - 19 2 - 1 - .161 .188 .290
1924 24 Tigers 29 34 1 7 2 0 0 0 3 2 - 6 2 - 0 - .206 .250 .265
1925 25 Tigers 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 - .000 .000 .000
1926 26 Cardinals 19 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 0 - 0 - .000 .000 .000
1927 27 Cardinals 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1928 28 Cardinals 34 38 5 6 1 0 0 0 1 3 - 18 0 - 1 - .158 .238 .184
1929 29 Cardinals 42 60 4 7 2 1 1 0 5 1 - 23 3 - 0 - .117 .131 .233
1930 30 Cardinals 32 70 9 15 4 0 0 0 5 4 - 28 1 - 0 - .214 .257 .271
1931 31 Cardinals 32 60 4 14 2 1 0 0 7 3 - 16 1 - 0 - .233 .270 .300
1932 32 Cardinals 32 51 0 10 1 0 0 0 5 0 - 13 3 - 0 - .196 .196 .216
1933 33 Cardinals 35 21 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 1 - 0 0 .238 .238 .238
1934 34 Reds 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .500 .500 2.000
1934 34 Phillies 42 41 8 8 1 0 0 0 3 3 - 13 2 - 0 1 .195 .250 .220
1935 35 Phillies 37 58 6 14 2 0 1 0 7 2 - 12 6 - 0 0 .241 .267 .328
1936 36 Phillies 39 36 1 9 1 0 0 0 3 0 - 7 0 - 0 1 .250 .250 .278
1937 37 Phillies 32 48 1 7 1 0 0 0 3 0 - 15 2 - 0 2 .146 .146 .167
1938 38 Phillies 22 29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 10 1 - 0 2 .034 .097 .034
1939 39 Phillies 22 33 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 - 11 4 - 0 4 .152 .200 .152
1940 40 Phillies 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 1 - 0 1 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
19 Years 542 702 51 127 18 5 4 0 53 23 - 214 30 - 2 11 .181 .209 .238
Syl Johnson

Syl Johnson Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1922 Tigers P 29 8 291 22 0.8 20 3 17 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 1.86
1923 Tigers P 37 18 529 23 0.6 22 5 17 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .957 1.12
1924 Tigers P 29 9 312 19 0.7 19 2 17 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.64
1925 Tigers P 6 0 39 6 1.0 6 2 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.15
1926 Cardinals P 19 6 147 10 0.5 10 0 10 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.84
1927 Cardinals P 2 0 9 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1928 Cardinals P 34 6 360 24 0.7 23 3 20 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .958 1.73
1929 Cardinals P 42 19 547 25 0.6 24 5 19 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .960 1.18
1930 Cardinals P 32 24 563 26 0.8 25 4 21 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .962 1.20
1931 Cardinals P 32 24 558 30 0.9 27 3 24 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .900 1.31
1932 Cardinals P 32 22 494 33 1.0 33 3 30 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
1933 Cardinals P 35 1 252 13 0.4 13 1 12 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.39
1934 Reds P 2 0 20 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1934 Phillies P 42 10 401 16 0.4 15 5 10 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .938 1.01
1935 Phillies P 37 18 524 28 0.8 26 6 20 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .929 1.34
1936 Phillies P 39 8 333 17 0.4 17 4 13 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.38
1937 Phillies P 32 15 414 34 1.1 33 8 25 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.15
1938 Phillies P 22 6 249 11 0.5 11 2 9 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.19
1939 Phillies P 22 14 333 20 0.9 20 3 17 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.62
1940 Phillies P 17 2 122 9 0.5 9 3 6 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.99
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 542 210 6,497 367 0.7 354 63 291 13 13 n/a n/a n/a .965 1.47
19 Years 542 210 6,497 367 0.7 354 63 291 13 13 n/a n/a n/a .965 1.47
Syl Johnson

Syl Johnson Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1922 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.6 36.0 0.97 2.69 2.78
1923 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 62.0 3.3 12.4 1.98 4.75 2.40
1924 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.7 11.3 1.31 4.76 3.63
1925 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.50 3.46 6.92
1926 Cardinals 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.4 0.0 0.67 1.84 2.76
1927 Cardinals 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 6.00 0.00
1928 Cardinals 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.1 38.0 2.00 4.95 2.48
1929 Cardinals 0 - - 0 0 n/a 60.0 2.6 12.0 1.43 3.95 2.76
1930 Cardinals 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.5 14.0 2.42 4.41 1.82
1931 Cardinals 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.8 8.6 2.83 3.97 1.40
1932 Cardinals 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.9 10.2 2.00 3.83 1.91
1933 Cardinals 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.3 21.0 1.75 3.00 1.71
1934 Reds 0 - - 0 0 n/a 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
1934 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.2 13.7 2.25 3.64 1.62
1935 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 58.0 4.8 8.3 2.87 4.59 1.60
1936 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.1 12.0 1.66 3.89 2.35
1937 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.2 16.0 2.09 3.00 1.43
1938 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.9 0.0 1.91 2.28 1.19
1939 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 16.5 2.47 3.00 1.22
1940 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.7 0.0 2.60 2.88 1.11
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
19 Years 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 175.5 3.3 13.2 1.89 3.82 2.03
Syl Johnson

Syl Johnson Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1922 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1923 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1924 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1925 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1926 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1927 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1928 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1929 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1930 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1931 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1932 St. Louis Cardinals 23 Undetermined n/a -
1933 St. Louis Cardinals 30 Undetermined - -
1934 Cincinnati Reds 20 Undetermined - -
1934 Philadelphia Phillies 47 Undetermined - -
1935 Philadelphia Phillies 47 Undetermined - -
1936 Philadelphia Phillies 47 Undetermined - -
1937 Philadelphia Phillies 47 Undetermined - -
1938 Philadelphia Phillies 22 Undetermined - -
1939 Philadelphia Phillies 3 Undetermined - -
1940 Philadelphia Phillies 3 Undetermined - -




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