Johnny Washington
1936–1950 · bats L / throws R · ASE, ASW, Baltimore Elite Giants, HOE, New York Black Yankees, Pittsburgh Crawfords
433G
.317AVG
.358OBP
.425SLG
More career statistics
497H
12HR
265RBI
41SB
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 · Games | 433 | 416 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,567 | 1,481 |
| Batting · Doubles | 71 | 68 |
| Batting · Hits | 497 | 484 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 4 | 3 |
| Batting · Home runs | 12 | 15 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,691 | 1,582 |
| Batting · Runs | 244 | 232 |
| Batting · RBI | 265 | 183 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 41 | 29 |
| Batting · Triples | 31 | 27 |
| Batting · Walks | 96 | 83 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 433 | 1,691 | 1,567 | 244 | 497 | 71 | 31 | 12 | 265 | 96 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 666 | .317 | .358 | .425 | .783 |
Streaks
19longest hitting streak · 1940-06-16 to 1941-05-10
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1939-05-30 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1936-08-09 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1947-06-26 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 224 | 847 | 258 | 5 | 89 | 49 | 0 | .329 | .362 | .436 |
| Away | 192 | 735 | 226 | 10 | 94 | 34 | 3 | .325 | .354 | .444 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .714 | .750 | 1.286 |
| May | 96 | 335 | 101 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 1 | .316 | .340 | .416 |
| June | 102 | 400 | 128 | 4 | 48 | 17 | 0 | .340 | .362 | .463 |
| July | 95 | 371 | 111 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 0 | .319 | .353 | .443 |
| August | 91 | 354 | 108 | 3 | 45 | 22 | 2 | .331 | .367 | .426 |
| September | 29 | 114 | 31 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | .298 | .360 | .404 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 93 | 346 | 108 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 0 | .327 | .358 | .430 |
| newark-eagles | 83 | 330 | 103 | 7 | 43 | 17 | 0 | .332 | .364 | .468 |
| homestead-grays | 75 | 292 | 83 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 2 | .304 | .336 | .407 |
| new-york-cubans | 56 | 207 | 51 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 0 | .271 | .314 | .330 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 48 | 185 | 62 | 3 | 41 | 5 | 0 | .354 | .362 | .526 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 21 | 84 | 34 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .430 | .464 | .582 |
| WEG | 20 | 69 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .328 | .391 | .361 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 8 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .375 | .400 | .417 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 55 | 163 | 55 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .337 | – | – |
| 1937 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 28 | 98 | 30 | 2 | 10 | – | .306 | – | – |
| 1938 | New York Black Yankees, Pittsburgh Crawfords | 38 | 136 | 36 | 3 | 20 | 2 | .265 | – | – |
| 1939 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 27 | 98 | 35 | 2 | 14 | 1 | .357 | – | – |
| 1940 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 26 | 98 | 40 | 2 | 12 | 2 | .408 | – | – |
| 1941 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 32 | 126 | 39 | – | 12 | 6 | .310 | – | – |
| 1946 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 60 | 218 | 57 | 3 | 26 | 7 | .261 | – | – |
| 1947 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 61 | 221 | 84 | – | 45 | 8 | .380 | – | – |
| 1948 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 66 | 238 | 74 | 1 | 21 | 1 | .311 | – | – |
| 1949 | HOE | 23 | 85 | 34 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .400 | – | – |