Doc Johnston
1909–1922 · bats L / throws L · Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates
1,058G
.263AVG
.319OBP
.351SLG
More career statistics
992H
14HR
381RBI
139SB
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 3,774 | 3,779 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 48 | 91 |
| Batting · Doubles | 154 | 156 |
| Batting · Hits | 992 | 994 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 292 | 310 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,270 | 4,273 |
| Batting · RBI | 381 | 392 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 139 | 143 |
| Batting · Triples | 68 | 67 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,058 | 4,270 | 3,774 | 478 | 992 | 154 | 68 | 14 | 381 | 264 | 292 | 139 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 1,324 | .263 | .319 | .351 | .670 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1919-09-16 to 1920-05-04
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1921-07-30 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1915-07-16 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1912-09-20 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 542 | 2160 | 522 | 3 | 197 | 130 | 154 | .273 | .302 | .365 |
| Away | 516 | 2113 | 472 | 11 | 195 | 134 | 156 | .253 | .287 | .337 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 98 | 414 | 104 | 2 | 37 | 33 | 32 | .286 | .331 | .382 |
| May | 194 | 837 | 215 | 1 | 75 | 42 | 63 | .287 | .307 | .372 |
| June | 201 | 835 | 200 | 3 | 57 | 53 | 54 | .274 | .303 | .369 |
| July | 209 | 823 | 183 | 5 | 83 | 59 | 61 | .256 | .294 | .357 |
| August | 175 | 678 | 137 | 2 | 74 | 38 | 53 | .224 | .258 | .284 |
| September | 164 | 613 | 138 | 1 | 60 | 35 | 40 | .254 | .282 | .344 |
| October | 17 | 73 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | .270 | .288 | .349 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 118 | 470 | 99 | 1 | 38 | 30 | 41 | .237 | .274 | .295 |
| new-york-yankees | 118 | 476 | 109 | 5 | 54 | 25 | 35 | .255 | .282 | .386 |
| st-louis-browns | 118 | 476 | 139 | 2 | 43 | 30 | 29 | .333 | .355 | .427 |
| chicago-white-sox | 116 | 453 | 108 | 1 | 44 | 24 | 34 | .262 | .291 | .344 |
| boston-red-sox | 112 | 434 | 89 | 0 | 31 | 36 | 26 | .238 | .288 | .289 |
| detroit-tigers | 106 | 441 | 110 | 0 | 35 | 39 | 27 | .289 | .338 | .389 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 97 | 401 | 103 | 0 | 33 | 19 | 29 | .284 | .304 | .358 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 43 | 177 | 37 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 14 | .231 | .226 | .344 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |  Cincinnati Reds | 3 | 10 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1912 |  Cleveland Guardians | 43 | 164 | 46 | 1 | 13 | 8 | .280 | – | – |
| 1913 | Cleveland Guardians | 134 | 534 | 137 | 2 | 39 | 20 | .257 | – | – |
| 1914 | Cleveland Guardians | 104 | 340 | 83 | – | 20 | 15 | .244 | – | – |
| 1915 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 147 | 543 | 144 | 5 | 68 | 26 | .265 | – | – |
| 1916 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 115 | 403 | 86 | – | 38 | 18 | .213 | – | – |
| 1918 | Cleveland Guardians | 74 | 273 | 62 | – | 27 | 12 | .227 | – | – |
| 1919 | Cleveland Guardians | 102 | 331 | 101 | 1 | 39 | 22 | .305 | – | – |
| 1920 | Cleveland Guardians | 147 | 535 | 156 | 2 | 73 | 13 | .292 | – | – |
| 1921 | Cleveland Guardians | 118 | 385 | 114 | 2 | 42 | 2 | .296 | – | – |
| 1922 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 71 | 261 | 65 | 1 | 32 | 7 | .249 | – | – |