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Syl
Johnson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: December 31, 1900 in Usa, OR, PORTLAND
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1922 21 PIT NL $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 8 9 8 8 8 8
1923 22 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 8 9 8 7 8 8
1924 23 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8
1925 24 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 8
1926 25 PIT NL $ 492,857 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 7 8 8
1927 26 PIT NL $ 1,685,714 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8
1928 27 PIT NL $ 2,421,429 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 7 8 8
1929 28 PIT NL $ 1,810,000 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,421,429 7 7 7 7 8 9 8 8 9 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1922 21 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1
1923 22 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1
1924 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1
1925 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1
1926 25 PIT NL $ 492,857   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1
1927 26 PIT NL $ 1,685,714   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1
1928 27 PIT NL $ 2,421,429   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1
1929 28 PIT NL $ 1,810,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,421,429   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1922 21 PIT NL 21 10 .677 34 34 21 2 0 273.7 271 110 14 78 150 3.62 .258 .311 .368 .679 24.9
1923 22 PIT NL 10 8 .556 20 20 11 1 0 158.3 159 73 11 56 72 4.15 .262 .326 .390 .716 11.4
1924 23 PIT NL 14 13 .519 34 34 17 1 0 251.7 288 146 27 81 96 5.22 .287 .343 .457 .800 11.7
1925 24 PIT NL 5 7 .417 27 8 3 0 1 92.3 101 58 12 33 39 5.65 .280 .340 .476 .817 3.5
1926 25 PIT NL 11 10 .524 25 22 14 1 0 190.3 202 77 9 58 62 3.64 .274 .326 .409 .735 13.7
1927 26 PIT NL 24 12 .667 41 41 24 3 0 325.3 341 135 21 91 114 3.73 .271 .325 .395 .720 26.2
1928 27 PIT NL 17 11 .607 31 31 19 0 0 254.0 252 118 21 87 87 4.18 .254 .314 .387 .702 15.7
1929 28 PIT NL 9 7 .563 25 16 9 0 1 144.0 144 63 19 61 48 3.94 .262 .333 .439 .772 9.2
8 Years Sim 111 78 .587 237 206 118 8 2 1689.6 1758 780 134 545 668 4.15 .268 .326 .408 .734 116.2
Season Average 13 9 .591 29 25 14 1 0 211.2 219 97 16 68 83 4.15 .268 .326 .408 .734  
Career Highs 24 13 .677 41 41 24 3 1 325.3 341 146 27 91 150 5.65 .287 .343 .476 .817  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   842 354 48 235 388   .257 .307 .376 .683
vs LH   916 426 86 310 280   .279 .341 .440 .781
Home 48 34 .585 111 95 58 6 0 801.3 796 352 53 286 325 3.95 .261 .325 .399 .724
Away 63 44 .589 126 111 60 2 2 888.3 962 428 81 259 343 4.34 .274 .324 .417 .740
Mar/Apr 13 12 .520 29 26 12 2 0 194.6 217 109 19 70 91 5.04 .280 .340 .456 .796
May 26 19 .578 52 52 35 4 0 437.3 423 181 33 157 171 3.73 .255 .319 .381 .700
June 26 14 .650 47 47 27 1 0 394.6 418 173 24 111 154 3.95 .270 .318 .403 .721
July 21 10 .677 41 33 24 1 0 280.0 300 129 31 92 115 4.15 .277 .334 .423 .757
August 14 12 .538 34 23 7 0 0 178.0 198 88 13 61 66 4.45 .280 .337 .417 .754
Sep/Oct 11 11 .500 34 25 13 0 2 205.0 202 100 14 54 71 4.39 .258 .306 .402 .708
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1922 21 PIT NL 34 101 10 21 2 0 3 8 0 0 1 40 .208 .216 .317 .533 6.2 0.0
1923 22 PIT NL 20 54 8 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 15 .185 .196 .241 .437 2.2 0.0
1924 23 PIT NL 34 85 10 26 1 0 0 11 0 0 2 19 .306 .322 .318 .639 8.3 0.3
1925 24 PIT NL 27 29 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .172 .226 .207 .433 1.2 0.0
1926 25 PIT NL 25 61 5 12 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 22 .197 .219 .230 .448 3.2 0.0
1927 26 PIT NL 41 113 16 35 4 0 1 11 0 0 5 31 .310 .336 .372 .708 14.6 2.5
1928 27 PIT NL 31 87 9 21 2 1 0 12 0 0 2 23 .241 .253 .287 .540 6.8 0.0
1929 28 PIT NL 25 51 5 13 3 0 1 5 0 0 2 12 .255 .283 .373 .656 5.3 0.7
8 Years Sim 237 581 66 143 18 1 5 57 0 0 16 171 .246 .265 .306 .572 47.8 3.5
162 Game Average 397 45 97 12 0 3 38 0 0 10 116 .246 .265 .306 .572 32.7  
Career Highs 41 113 16 35 4 1 3 12 0 0 5 40 .310 .336 .373 .708 14.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   445 54 114 15 1 4 45 0 0 14 123 .256 .278 .321 .599 37.6
vs LH   136 12 29 3 0 1 12 0 0 2 48 .213 .223 .257 .480 6.5
Home 111 257 23 69 10 0 2 29 0 0 6 76 .268 .282 .331 .613 22.6
Away 126 324 43 74 8 1 3 28 0 0 10 95 .228 .252 .287 .539 21.5
RISP   160 0 34 4 0 0 48 0 0 7 44 .213 .238 .238 .476 8.2
Close/Late   50 5 13 2 0 2 6 0 0 1 17 .260 .275 .420 .695 5.6
Mar/Apr 26 63 7 15 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 22 .238 .262 .317 .579 4.6
May 52 150 17 36 4 0 2 13 0 0 6 43 .240 .266 .307 .572 11.9
June 47 142 19 35 9 1 1 12 0 0 5 40 .246 .272 .345 .617 12.4
July 41 103 12 29 2 0 1 15 0 0 1 28 .282 .286 .330 .616 9.1
August 23 57 4 18 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 17 .316 .310 .333 .644 5.5
Sep/Oct 27 66 7 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 21 .152 .186 .152 .337 0.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1922 21 PIT NL P 34 34 273.7 28 57 6 3 .934 2.80    
1923 22 PIT NL P 20 20 158.3 11 33 0 5 1.000 2.50    
1924 23 PIT NL P 34 34 251.7 21 51 3 7 .960 2.57    
1925 24 PIT NL P 27 8 92.3 10 22 0 1 1.000 3.12    
1926 25 PIT NL P 25 22 190.3 14 46 1 3 .984 2.84    
1927 26 PIT NL P 41 41 325.3 29 53 0 3 1.000 2.27    
1928 27 PIT NL P 31 31 254.0 15 56 4 3 .947 2.52    
1929 28 PIT NL P 25 16 144.0 11 41 2 5 .963 3.25    
Career Totals   237 206 1689.6 139 359 16 30 .969 2.65    
Career Highs   41 41 325.3 29 57 6 7 1.000 3.25    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1922-3-3.62
1926-10-3.64
1927-7-3.73
 Wins
1922-3-21
1927-3-24
 Winning Pct
1922-3-.677
1927-5-.667
1928-8-.607
1929-6-.563
CAR-21-.587
 Games Pitched
1927-4-41
 Games Started
1927-1-41
 Shutouts
1922-3-2
1923-7-1
1924-7-1
1927-2-3
Innings Pitched
1927-6-325.3
 Hits Allowed
1927-6-341
 Homeruns Allowed
1922-10-14
1924-3-27
1927-7-21
1928-5-21
1929-10-19
CAR-13-134
 Strikeouts
1922-7-150
1924-8-96
1927-5-114
1928-8-87
 Hits per 9IP
1922-4-8.9
1927-8-9.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1922-7-4.9
1924-5-3.4
1926-9-2.9
1927-7-3.2
1928-5-3.1
WHiP
1922-5-1.28
1927-9-1.33
 OAVG
1922-5-.258
1927-9-.271
 OOBP
1922-5-.311
1927-10-.325
1928-10-.314
 OSLG
1922-2-.368
 OOPS
1922-2-.679
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 71    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bill Hoffer (957)
  2. Ted Blankenship (949)
  3. Jesse Whiting (944)
  4. George Daly (939)
  5. Jose Mendez (935)
  6. Cy Vorhees (932)
  7. Ed Morris (927)
  8. Rube Kisinger (927)
  9. Ray Roberts (925)
  10. Roy Johnson (925)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Pete Donohue (992)
  2. Harry Courtney (988)
  3. George Pipgras (983)
  4. Jake Miller (981)
  5. Al Orth (978)
  6. George Mogridge (977)
  7. Milt Gaston (974)
  8. Dick Redding (973)
  9. Frank Gilhooley (973)
  10. Ray Roberts (971)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1922
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/12/1922, off Jose Mendez (SLN)
Earned first career win on 4/12/1922
Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1922, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Injured on 8/15/1922 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 9/1/1922 with a Spasms Back, out for 4 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/14/1923, winning 2 games with a 1.62 ERA
Injured on 6/24/1923 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 8-9 weeks
Injured on 5/6/1924 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 9/15/1924 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 3/16/1925 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $492,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/8/1926 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,685,714 through salary arbitration
2/12/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,421,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/6/1928 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 4 weeks
10/3/1928: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $1,810,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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