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Jimmy
Johnston		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 170
 
Born: December 10, 1889 in Usa, TN, CLEVELAND
 
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
1911 21 BOS AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1912 22 BOS AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1913 23 BOS AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1914 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1915 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1916 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1917 27 PIT NL $ 2,928,571   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1918 28 PIT NL $ 2,928,571   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1919 29 PIT NL $ 3,680,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1920 30 PIT NL $ 3,680,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1921 31 PIT NL $ 3,680,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1922 32 PIT NL $ 5,290,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1923 33 PIT NL $ 5,290,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1924 34 PIT NL $ 5,290,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,290,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
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
1911 21 AA   107 390 58 106 12 4 9 43 26 14 83 38 .272 .400 .392 .792 67.4  
    A   24 81 10 21 6 0 1 11 5 6 26 13 .259 .439 .370 .810 14.8  
1912 22 AAA   80 313 47 75 12 1 0 17 16 5 32 63 .240 .310 .284 .594 30.0  
    AA   51 190 29 60 5 4 2 26 10 1 27 33 .316 .401 .416 .817 33.3  
1913 23 AAA   127 467 55 116 15 1 10 51 15 13 49 96 .248 .320 .349 .669 52.7  
1914 24 BOS AL 48 159 19 37 7 2 0 14 9 5 13 33 .233 .291 .302 .593 13.0 1.5
1915 25 BOS AL 88 307 30 83 14 6 2 40 9 13 24 59 .270 .325 .375 .700 34.2 9.8
1916 26 BOS AL 120 459 63 136 16 9 2 62 24 25 41 91 .296 .351 .383 .735 56.1 12.0
1917 27 PIT NL 114 421 46 114 13 6 3 74 21 20 42 66 .271 .332 .352 .683 47.3 8.0
1918 28 PIT NL 142 521 60 132 19 10 4 72 18 14 47 79 .253 .315 .351 .666 56.5 9.5
1919 29 PIT NL 132 511 69 141 19 11 4 54 20 13 43 77 .276 .331 .380 .711 62.2 11.7
1920 30 PIT NL 136 520 62 153 19 18 4 69 26 18 39 84 .294 .345 .423 .768 67.6 8.2
1921 31 PIT NL 142 570 113 179 30 12 10 74 35 28 50 70 .314 .371 .461 .833 88.1 13.6
1922 32 PIT NL 129 426 82 133 20 9 3 48 15 21 55 39 .312 .389 .423 .812 64.4 10.0
1923 33 PIT NL 131 394 55 121 13 9 9 54 7 7 23 39 .307 .345 .454 .799 58.0 7.5
1924 34 PIT NL 106 312 41 75 11 8 1 41 8 1 24 48 .240 .291 .337 .628 31.8 2.2
11 Years Sim 1288 4600 640 1304 181 100 42 602 192 165 401 685 .283 .340 .394 .734 579.2 94.0
2 Years AAA 207 780 102 191 27 2 10 68 31 18 81 159 .245 .317 .323 .640 82.7  
2 Years AA 158 580 87 166 17 8 11 69 36 15 110 71 .286 .400 .400 .800 100.7  
1 Years A 24 81 10 21 6 0 1 11 5 6 26 13 .259 .439 .370 .810 14.8  
5 Years Minors 389 1441 199 378 50 10 22 148 72 39 217 243 .262 .360 .357 .716 198.3  
162 Game Average 578 80 164 22 12 5 75 24 20 50 86 .283 .340 .394 .734 72.8  
Career Highs 142 570 113 179 30 18 10 74 35 28 55 91 .314 .389 .461 .833 88.1  
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   3622 506 1025 142 76 36 477 157 135 298 564 .283 .337 .394 .731 455.7
vs LH   978 134 279 39 24 6 125 35 30 103 121 .285 .353 .393 .746 131.3
Home 640 2231 326 643 88 58 26 300 83 85 202 334 .288 .348 .415 .762 300.6
Away 648 2369 314 661 93 42 16 302 109 80 199 351 .279 .333 .374 .707 286.4
RISP   1241 0 355 49 24 13 523 0 0 125 192 .286 .345 .396 .740 170.9
Pinch Hitting   63 15 24 1 1 2 15 1 3 12 7 .381 .487 .524 1.011 14.2
Close/Late   530 65 164 21 13 4 78 0 1 51 96 .309 .369 .421 .789 79.3
Mar/Apr 134 491 70 149 19 9 5 56 21 20 42 71 .303 .359 .409 .768 67.1
May 273 990 120 255 30 19 10 121 39 31 80 177 .258 .313 .357 .669 107.5
June 249 948 130 260 33 19 5 115 32 28 87 143 .274 .334 .365 .699 112.6
July 211 719 97 207 30 19 9 95 25 26 56 100 .288 .338 .420 .758 94.9
August 207 736 104 242 44 17 7 114 43 33 62 94 .329 .380 .463 .844 117.3
Sep/Oct 214 716 119 191 25 17 6 101 32 27 74 100 .267 .334 .374 .708 87.7
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   DWS
1914 24 BOS AL 2B 42 40 359.3 90 165 14 31 .948 6.39   1.8
    3B 4 3 32.0 4 9 1 0 .929 3.66   0.3
    SS 2 2 18.0 1 8 1 1 .900 4.50   0.1
1915 25 BOS AL SS 67 67 587.3 90 255 12 34 .966 5.29   3.4
    3B 21 21 193.0 14 52 5 3 .930 3.08   0.8
1916 26 BOS AL SS 120 119 1081.7 183 498 35 80 .951 5.67   6.5
1917 27 PIT NL 2B 68 68 605.3 145 243 13 61 .968 5.77   3.3
    SS 42 42 379.3 67 163 16 25 .935 5.46   1.9
    1B 1 0 4.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 20.25   0.0
1918 28 PIT NL 2B 136 136 1203.3 298 476 31 94 .961 5.79   2.9
    1B 2 0 2.7 4 1 0 0 1.000 16.92   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1919 29 PIT NL 2B 127 127 1133.7 313 470 26 81 .968 6.22   3.0
    3B 1 0 6.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
1920 30 PIT NL 2B 125 125 1095.0 309 492 25 99 .970 6.58   3.4
    LF 8 6 55.3 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.63   0.1
1921 31 PIT NL 2B 135 132 1164.7 363 522 26 111 .971 6.84   5.4
    LF 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1922 32 PIT NL 3B 105 89 805.3 59 168 18 16 .927 2.54   0.9
    SS 5 4 37.0 10 14 1 0 .960 5.84   0.3
    1B 4 2 20.0 24 6 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.1
    CF 3 2 20.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.1
    LF 3 2 19.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.83    
    2B 3 2 19.3 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.79   0.0
1923 33 PIT NL 3B 99 88 760.3 45 194 22 13 .916 2.83   2.4
    LF 14 6 66.0 15 0 4 0 .789 2.05   0.2
    CF 3 3 26.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.01    
    2B 5 2 24.0 4 10 0 2 1.000 5.25   0.1
    SS 3 2 17.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.71   0.0
    1B 1 1 8.0 16 1 1 0 .944 19.13   0.0
1924 34 PIT NL 3B 35 29 263.3 25 69 8 4 .922 3.21   1.1
    CF 19 17 151.3 36 0 1 0 .973 2.14   0.7
    2B 17 14 122.0 27 66 3 14 .969 6.86   0.6
    SS 14 10 98.3 17 31 1 3 .980 4.39   0.3
    LF 16 8 83.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.06    
    1B 2 1 8.0 14 0 0 2 1.000 15.75   0.0
  2B 658 646 5726.6 1552 2447 138 493 .967 6.28   20.6
  SS 253 246 2218.7 369 975 66 143 .953 5.45   12.4
  3B 267 230 2062.0 147 494 54 36 .922 2.80   5.4
  LF 42 22 226.7 48 1 4 0 .925 1.95   0.3
  CF 25 22 198.0 42 1 1 0 .977 1.95   0.8
  1B 12 4 44.7 72 8 1 2 .988 16.12   0.2
Career Totals   1257 1170 10476.6 2230 3926 264 674 .959 5.29   39.8
Career Highs   139 136 1207.0 366 522 35 111 .972 6.83    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1916 26 BOS AL 4 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 .083 .214 .083 .298
Career Post-Season Batting 4 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 .083 .214 .083 .298
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1921-3-142
 At-Bats
1921-3-570
 Runs
1921-3-113
 Hits
1921-10-179
 Total Bases
1921-10-263
 Triples
1919-1-11
1920-5-18
Stolen Bases
1921-7-35
 Caught Stealing
1916-3-25
1917-8-20
1921-1-28
1922-5-21
 Strikeouts
1916-1-91
1918-6-79
1919-6-77
1920-3-84
1921-4-70
1924-6-48
CAR-21-685
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  3. Tommy Leach (933)
  4. Clyde Barnhart (932)
  5. Heinie Mueller (927)
  6. Bill Friel (925)
  7. Harry Wolverton (924)
  8. Jud Wilson (921)
  9. Bill Bradley (917)
  10. Mike Mowrey (914)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1911
Injured on 6/18/1911 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 9/10/1911 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season
Had first career hit on 4/15/1914, off Bob Groom (CHA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/11/1915, off Hi West (WAS)
Injured on 8/2/1915 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/13/1916, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 10 RBI
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (A) to Pittsburgh on 3/13/1917 (Going to PIT: P Stan Baumgartner, SS Jimmy Johnston, RF Eddie Murphy, CF Claude Cooper, SS Joe Dugan. Going to BOS: P Smokey Joe Williams)
Injured on 6/22/1917 with a Inflamed Hamstring Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against Cincinnati on 4/18/1918
7/31/1918: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $3,680,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1918, hitting .565 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 7/11/1920 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/18/1921, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
8/15/1921: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $5,290,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/29/1921, hitting .483 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
10/13/1924: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $360,000 per year, for 1 years
Released by Pittsburgh on 5/1/1925
 
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