Ernie Johnson
1912–1925 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, PIR, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Terriers
822G
.266AVG
.317OBP
.350SLG
More career statistics
697H
19HR
256RBI
114SB
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 | 2,619 | 2,615 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 41 | 74 |
| Batting · Hits | 697 | 698 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 15 | 16 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 153 | 154 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,915 | 2,912 |
| Batting · Runs | 373 | 374 |
| Batting · RBI | 256 | 257 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 114 | 116 |
| Batting · Walks | 181 | 183 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 822 | 2,915 | 2,619 | 373 | 697 | 91 | 36 | 19 | 256 | 181 | 153 | 114 | 41 | 15 | 0 | 917 | .266 | .317 | .350 | .667 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1921-07-01 to 1921-07-13
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1916-05-30 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1915-07-05 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1924-05-26 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 433 | 1494 | 374 | 14 | 141 | 95 | 71 | .279 | .314 | .369 |
| Away | 389 | 1418 | 324 | 5 | 116 | 88 | 83 | .255 | .291 | .332 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 63 | 239 | 52 | 0 | 24 | 20 | 21 | .249 | .301 | .306 |
| May | 156 | 575 | 142 | 4 | 49 | 39 | 26 | .278 | .315 | .363 |
| June | 163 | 569 | 134 | 7 | 52 | 46 | 30 | .270 | .316 | .381 |
| July | 171 | 597 | 139 | 4 | 51 | 32 | 31 | .253 | .286 | .346 |
| August | 136 | 467 | 114 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 32 | .259 | .278 | .308 |
| September | 125 | 438 | 107 | 3 | 45 | 29 | 12 | .278 | .311 | .361 |
| October | 8 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .400 | .407 | .600 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 115 | 394 | 117 | 4 | 55 | 28 | 13 | .335 | .368 | .479 |
| boston-red-sox | 100 | 337 | 79 | 0 | 27 | 23 | 16 | .262 | .303 | .308 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 95 | 337 | 66 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 18 | .216 | .255 | .281 |
| cleveland-guardians | 93 | 325 | 82 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 21 | .282 | .317 | .333 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 90 | 327 | 89 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 13 | .304 | .330 | .379 |
| new-york-yankees | 72 | 271 | 52 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 17 | .207 | .225 | .247 |
| st-louis-browns | 65 | 238 | 63 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 24 | .285 | .298 | .371 |
| chicago-white-sox | 40 | 103 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | .289 | .340 | .400 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 |  Chicago White Sox | 23 | 42 | 11 | – | 4 | – | .262 | – | – |
| 1915 |  St. Louis Terriers | 152 | 512 | 124 | 7 | 67 | 33 | .242 | – | – |
| 1916 |  St. Louis Browns | 74 | 236 | 54 | – | 19 | 15 | .229 | – | – |
| 1917 | St. Louis Browns | 83 | 200 | 49 | 2 | 18 | 13 | .245 | – | – |
| 1918 | St. Louis Browns | 33 | 31 | 9 | – | – | 4 | .290 | – | – |
| 1921 | Chicago White Sox | 142 | 612 | 181 | 1 | 54 | 22 | .296 | – | – |
| 1922 | Chicago White Sox | 144 | 603 | 153 | – | 55 | 20 | .254 | – | – |
| 1923 | Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees | 31 | 91 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 2 | .297 | – | – |
| 1924 |  New York Yankees | 64 | 118 | 42 | 3 | 13 | 1 | .356 | – | – |
| 1925 | New York Yankees | 76 | 170 | 48 | 5 | 17 | 6 | .282 | – | – |