Rankin Johnson
1914–1918 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Terrapins, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Whales, St. Louis Cardinals
72G
.125AVG
.160OBP
.139SLG
More career statistics
18H
0HR
10RBI
1SB
22–30W–L
450.0IP
169K
2.92ERA
53GS
2SV
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 | 144 | 142 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 32 | 45 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 157 | 162 |
| Batting · Runs | 7 | 6 |
| Batting · RBI | 10 | 9 |
| Batting · Walks | 5 | 7 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,786 | 1,838 |
| Pitching · p h | 401 | 405 |
| Pitching · p hr | 12 | 11 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,350 | 1,353 |
| Pitching · p k | 169 | 172 |
| Pitching · p w | 151 | 152 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 157 | 144 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | .125 | .160 | .139 | .299 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 450.0 | 72 | 53 | 31 | 22 | 30 | 2 | 401 | 182 | 146 | 12 | 151 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 2.92 | 1.227 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1915-09-19 to 1915-09-27
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1915-07-10 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 26 | 10 innings pitched | 1914-08-26 | 1 in 150 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 10 strikeouts | 1914-09-25 | 1 in 113 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago Whales | 32 | 66 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .121 | 220 | 86 |
| 1915 | Baltimore Terrapins, Chicago Whales | 34 | 72 | 9 | – | 6 | 1 | .125 | 207 | 82 |
| 1918 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | 23 | 4 |