MLB / Players

Tommy Johnson

HandednessThrows Right
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 190 lb
BornMarch 23, 1915 · Elmwood, MO, USA
Seasons5 (1937–1942)

St. Louis Stars 1937; Chicago American Giants 1938–1940; Chicago American Giants 1942

Percentile snapshot

1938 season — qualified pitchers

G
19
23.4
GS
11
24.5
W
6
18.1
L
2
89.4
SV
0
0
CG
2
0
SHO
1
39.4
H
99
77.7
ER
31
85.1
BB
32
73.4
SO
34
9.6
HR
2
90.4
IP
95.0
21.3
ERA
2.94
91.5
WHIP
1.379
45.7
K/9
3.22
29.8
FIP
4.62
29.8
FIP-
108.3
12.8
ERA+
145.1
91.5
sWAR
1.9
43.6

of 95 qualified 1938 pitchers (min 65 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
0.6
60

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
19371340382800022100.211.250.211.46141.428.4.223-0.9
19381936320200012100.063.118.063.180-23.0-47.3.1001.9
19391616161210000000.125.125.188.313-8.4-9.8.1430.7
1940713130000000000.000.000.000.000-82.7-100.0.000-0.9
19426871110001000.143.250.286.53666.459.2.263-0.3

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1937131129070132653831490.36.481.8823.095.27117.769.1-0.9
193819116202199313234295.02.941.3793.224.62108.3145.11.9
19391663311162212220255.03.441.5273.274.51113.9115.20.7
194064050104223159128.77.221.9882.835.44131.757.2-0.9
194241011001188909.37.712.0368.684.51111.252.6-0.3

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
61
PA
113
AB
106
R
4
H
13
2B
2
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
3
BB
5
SO
2
SB
0
BA
.1226
OBP
.1622
SLG
.1415
OPS
.3037

Pitching

G (P)
58
GS
33
W
11
L
20
SV
2
CG
11
SHO
2
IP
278
SO (P)
103
BB allowed
115
ERA
4.786
WHIP
1.6563
K/9
3.33

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
1939-05-07CAG @ MEM Gameday312001205
1937-08-15SLS @ BBB Gameday302000002
1939-07-30KCM @ CAG Gameday201100002
1942-09-13CAG @ MEM Gameday211100002
1937-06-19KCM @ SLS Gameday301000111

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1942-09-08BBB @ CAG Gameday6.0500470
1937-06-19KCM @ SLS Gameday9.01022540
1937-06-27ATH @ SLS Gameday9.01287140
1937-07-25ATH @ SLS Gameday9.015108141
1939-07-18CAG @ KCM Gameday9.0400640

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.