Tommy Johnson
1937–1942 · bats ? / throws R · Chicago American Giants, SSA
64G
.135AVG
.179OBP
.180SLG
More career statistics
15H
1HR
5RBI
0SB
11–22W–L
300.1IP
118K
4.85ERA
35GS
2SV
6Rare 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 · Games | 64 | 67 |
| Batting · At bats | 111 | 83 |
| Batting · Hits | 15 | 16 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 123 | 92 |
| Batting · RBI | 5 | 8 |
| Batting · Triples | 0 | 2 |
| Batting · Walks | 6 | 3 |
| Pitching · Games | 61 | 67 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,384 | 1,068 |
| Pitching · p cg | 12 | 18 |
| Pitching · p er | 162 | 75 |
| Pitching · p gs | 35 | 42 |
| Pitching · p h | 379 | 346 |
| Pitching · p hr | 11 | 9 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 901 | 961 |
| Pitching · p k | 118 | 84 |
| Pitching · p r | 220 | 229 |
| Pitching · p w | 118 | 72 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 123 | 111 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .135 | .179 | .180 | .359 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300.3 | 61 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 379 | 220 | 162 | 11 | 118 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 4.85 | 1.655 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1937-07-25 to 1937-08-16
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1937-07-20 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1938-09-05 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1937-05-30 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | SSA | 20 | 42 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .214 | 118 | 42 |
| 1938 | CGChicago American Giants | 21 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 5 | – | .148 | 105 | 26 |
| 1939 | CGChicago American Giants | 17 | 8 | 3 | – | – | – | .375 | 63 | 12 |
| 1940 | CGChicago American Giants | 8 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 32 | 3 |
| 1942 | CGChicago American Giants | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 |