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John Wesley Johnson

Seasons5 (1924–1932)

Cleveland Browns 1924; Cleveland Elites 1926; Cleveland Tigers 1928; Memphis Red Sox 1930; Memphis Red Sox 1932

Percentile snapshot

1926 season — qualified pitchers

G
22
28.7
GS
13
18.6
W
2
5.4
L
9
52.7
SV
1
47.3
CG
5
9.3
SHO
0
0
H
112
80.6
ER
68
55.8
BB
61
38.8
SO
44
26.4
HR
9
27.1
IP
100.0
14.7
ERA
6.12
3.9
WHIP
1.730
3.9
K/9
3.96
70.5
FIP
5.99
1.6
FIP-
127.9
2.3
ERA+
76.6
6.2
sWAR
-0.2
7.8

of 130 qualified 1926 pitchers (min 49 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
-2.1
1.4

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19241020190500000100.263.263.263.52646.744.5.248-1.1
192622423921230191000.308.325.462.78796.3100.5.353-0.2
19281753474820024000.170.250.213.46336.327.4.229-0.9
19301313122301010000.250.250.417.66771.174.4.2930.1
19321549443800025000.182.265.182.44749.337.4.2330.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19241071403075401712048.37.451.9032.234.2098.257.5-1.1
19262213291501126861449100.06.121.7303.965.99127.976.6-0.2
19284000000271578016.08.442.1254.504.48104.850.6-0.9
19301021001024141113124.05.251.4584.884.79105.286.80.1
19322200000714206.01.501.8333.004.77128.0248.50.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
77
PA
177
AB
161
R
11
H
36
2B
5
3B
1
HR
1
RBI
14
BB
10
SO
1
SB
0
BA
.2236
OBP
.2733
SLG
.2857
OPS
.5590

Pitching

G (P)
48
GS
24
W
4
L
13
SV
1
CG
9
SHO
0
IP
194
SO (P)
79
BB allowed
100
ERA
6.391
WHIP
1.7753
K/9
3.66

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1932-06-26MEM @ BEG Gameday302000002
1932-04-30MON @ MEM Gameday301000111
1932-05-01MON @ MEM Gameday301000101
1932-04-23BBB @ MEM Gameday221000011
1932-04-24BBB @ MEM Gameday411000001

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1930-05-11KCM @ MEM Gameday7.0722050
1930-05-05BBB @ MEM Gameday1.0000120
1930-06-22BBB @ MEM Gameday1.1533010
1930-06-16CUB @ MEM Gameday1.0000110
1932-07-03MEM @ MON Gameday4.0611300

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.