Roy Johnson
1929–1938 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees
1,155G
.296AVG
.369OBP
.437SLG
More career statistics
1,292H
58HR
556RBI
135SB
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 · At bats | 4,359 | 4,358 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 80 | 84 |
| Batting · Doubles | 275 | 277 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,292 | 1,294 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 12 | 13 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 380 | 384 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,886 | 4,892 |
| Batting · RBI | 556 | 560 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 135 | 136 |
| Batting · Triples | 83 | 84 |
| Batting · Walks | 489 | 494 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,155 | 4,886 | 4,359 | 717 | 1,292 | 275 | 83 | 58 | 556 | 489 | 380 | 135 | 80 | 12 | 0 | 1,907 | .296 | .369 | .437 | .806 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1931-08-12 to 1931-08-31
36longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1932-06-27 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1929-05-25 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1934-05-21 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 579 | 2475 | 665 | 26 | 280 | 266 | 159 | .304 | .376 | .438 |
| Away | 576 | 2417 | 629 | 32 | 280 | 228 | 225 | .290 | .355 | .440 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 109 | 477 | 128 | 7 | 47 | 46 | 39 | .300 | .365 | .419 |
| May | 194 | 793 | 205 | 8 | 84 | 78 | 60 | .289 | .357 | .435 |
| June | 216 | 899 | 226 | 17 | 126 | 88 | 71 | .281 | .349 | .445 |
| July | 235 | 1024 | 313 | 12 | 131 | 109 | 67 | .345 | .412 | .517 |
| August | 226 | 994 | 255 | 9 | 106 | 109 | 84 | .290 | .366 | .423 |
| September | 169 | 676 | 159 | 5 | 64 | 60 | 63 | .261 | .324 | .354 |
| October | 6 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | .414 | .542 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 168 | 708 | 201 | 6 | 71 | 65 | 41 | .316 | .376 | .439 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 151 | 672 | 178 | 11 | 90 | 81 | 67 | .307 | .385 | .476 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 150 | 659 | 143 | 9 | 61 | 59 | 51 | .239 | .307 | .385 |
| chicago-white-sox | 149 | 646 | 196 | 7 | 87 | 62 | 39 | .339 | .399 | .472 |
| st-louis-browns | 148 | 620 | 164 | 9 | 76 | 59 | 53 | .294 | .360 | .450 |
| new-york-yankees | 135 | 576 | 147 | 10 | 62 | 74 | 62 | .296 | .384 | .462 |
| detroit-tigers | 88 | 358 | 97 | 1 | 54 | 31 | 23 | .298 | .358 | .420 |
| boston-red-sox | 74 | 324 | 91 | 2 | 36 | 24 | 15 | .306 | .355 | .465 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 |  Detroit Tigers | 148 | 639 | 201 | 10 | 69 | 19 | .315 | – | – |
| 1930 | Detroit Tigers | 125 | 462 | 127 | 2 | 36 | 18 | .275 | – | – |
| 1931 | Detroit Tigers | 151 | 621 | 174 | 8 | 54 | 33 | .280 | – | – |
| 1932 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers | 143 | 544 | 153 | 14 | 69 | 20 | .281 | – | – |
| 1933 |  Boston Red Sox | 133 | 483 | 151 | 10 | 94 | 13 | .313 | – | – |
| 1934 | Boston Red Sox | 143 | 569 | 183 | 7 | 122 | 11 | .322 | – | – |
| 1935 | Boston Red Sox | 145 | 553 | 174 | 3 | 69 | 11 | .315 | – | – |
| 1936 |  New York Yankees | 63 | 147 | 39 | 1 | 19 | 3 | .265 | – | – |
| 1937 | Boston Braves, New York Yankees | 97 | 311 | 87 | 3 | 27 | 7 | .280 | – | – |
| 1938 |  Boston Braves | 7 | 29 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | .172 | – | – |