Don Johnson
1943–1948 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, MLS, NLS
511G
.273AVG
.315OBP
.337SLG
More career statistics
528H
8HR
175RBI
26SB
1Rare feat
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 · RBI | 175 | 177 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 26 | 27 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 511 | 2,102 | 1,935 | 219 | 528 | 89 | 6 | 8 | 175 | 112 | 171 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 653 | .273 | .315 | .337 | .652 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1947-04-19 to 1947-04-30
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1945-07-03 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1945-06-24 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1946-07-29 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 257 | 1029 | 252 | 7 | 81 | 53 | 92 | .268 | .296 | .334 |
| Away | 254 | 1073 | 276 | 1 | 96 | 59 | 79 | .278 | .312 | .341 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 49 | 203 | 52 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 15 | .278 | .320 | .326 |
| May | 83 | 329 | 86 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 26 | .281 | .313 | .333 |
| June | 87 | 381 | 98 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 33 | .278 | .294 | .352 |
| July | 123 | 502 | 129 | 3 | 43 | 33 | 42 | .283 | .323 | .364 |
| August | 102 | 425 | 103 | 1 | 36 | 25 | 30 | .265 | .301 | .320 |
| September | 62 | 241 | 57 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 23 | .251 | .274 | .322 |
| October | 5 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .158 | .190 | .158 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 80 | 340 | 86 | 0 | 32 | 25 | 27 | .285 | .326 | .334 |
| cincinnati-reds | 76 | 300 | 72 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 25 | .264 | .293 | .319 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 75 | 299 | 66 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 20 | .231 | .254 | .287 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 73 | 313 | 70 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 26 | .247 | .278 | .318 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 71 | 283 | 90 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 26 | .338 | .357 | .444 |
| boston-braves | 69 | 298 | 83 | 1 | 26 | 18 | 21 | .300 | .339 | .350 |
| new-york-giants | 67 | 269 | 61 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 26 | .246 | .283 | .315 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  Chicago Cubs | 10 | 42 | 8 | – | – | 1 | .190 | – | – |
| 1944 | Chicago Cubs | 154 | 608 | 169 | 2 | 74 | 8 | .278 | – | – |
| 1945 | Chicago Cubs | 138 | 557 | 168 | 2 | 58 | 9 | .302 | – | – |
| 1946 | Chicago Cubs | 83 | 314 | 76 | 1 | 19 | 6 | .242 | – | – |
| 1947 | Chicago Cubs | 120 | 402 | 104 | 3 | 26 | 2 | .259 | – | – |
| 1948 | Chicago Cubs | 6 | 12 | 3 | – | – | 1 | .250 | – | – |