Earl Johnson
1940–1951 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers
181G
.187AVG
.228OBP
.205SLG
More career statistics
32H
0HR
13RBI
0SB
40–32W–L
546.1IP
250K
4.30ERA
50GS
17SV
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 · Strikeouts | 53 | 54 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 187 | 188 |
| Batting · Walks | 9 | 10 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,411 | 2,410 |
| Pitching · p er | 261 | 262 |
| Pitching · p hr | 24 | 23 |
| Pitching · p k | 250 | 252 |
| Pitching · p r | 302 | 301 |
| Pitching · p w | 272 | 273 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 181 | 187 | 171 | 15 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | .187 | .228 | .205 | .433 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 546.3 | 179 | 50 | 13 | 40 | 32 | 17 | 556 | 302 | 261 | 24 | 272 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 4.30 | 1.516 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1946-05-10 to 1946-06-04
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1941-05-11 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 13 hits allowed | 1941-05-01 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 9 scoreless innings | 1947-07-12 | 1 in 62 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 |  Boston Red Sox | 18 | 27 | 2 | – | – | – | .074 | 70 | 26 |
| 1941 | Boston Red Sox | 17 | 34 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .294 | 93 | 46 |
| 1946 | Boston Red Sox | 29 | 22 | 5 | – | 4 | – | .227 | 80 | 41 |
| 1947 | Boston Red Sox | 46 | 44 | 12 | – | 4 | – | .273 | 142 | 65 |
| 1948 | Boston Red Sox | 35 | 31 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .097 | 91 | 46 |
| 1949 | Boston Red Sox | 19 | 11 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 49 | 20 |
| 1950 | Boston Red Sox | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 13 | 6 |
| 1951 |  Detroit Tigers | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 |