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Roy Johnson
Roy Cleveland Johnson

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 18, 1929
Final Game April 27, 1938
Born February 23, 1903 in Pryor, OK
Died September 10, 1973 in Tacoma, WA

Brother of Bob Johnson

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1929 26 DET AL 148  640  128  201  45 14  10   69  20 15  67  60  .314  .379  .475  118  304   6           0    
 1930 27 DET AL 125  462   84  127  30 13   2   35  17 10  40  46  .275  .333  .409   85  189   3           0    
 1931 28 DET AL 151  621  107  173  37 19   8   55  33 21  72  51  .279  .355  .438  105  272   2           2    
 1932 29 TOT AL 143  544  103  153  38  6  14   69  20  6  64  67  .281  .359  .450  108  245   0           2    
         DET AL  49  195   33   49  14  2   3   22   7  2  20  26  .251  .324  .390   81   76   0           1    
         BOS AL  94  349   70  104  24  4  11   47  13  4  44  41  .298  .378  .484  123  169   0           1    
 1933 30 BOS AL 133  483   88  151  30  7  10   95  13 10  55  36  .313  .387  .466  124  225   5           4    
 1934 31 BOS AL 143  569   85  182  43 10   7  119  11  5  54  36  .320  .379  .467  113  266   3           0     MVP-12
 1935 32 BOS AL 145  553   70  174  33  9   3   66  11 12  74  34  .315  .398  .423  107  234   5           3    
 1936 33 NYY AL  63  147   21   39   8  2   1   19   3  1  21  14  .265  .361  .367   82   54   1           1    
 1937 34 TOT     97  311   29   87  11  3   3   28   6  0  41  31  .280  .364  .363  102  113   1           0   6
         NYY AL  12   51    5   15   3  0   0    6   1  0   3   2  .294  .333  .353   72   18   0           0    
         BSN NL  85  260   24   72   8  3   3   22   5     38  29  .277  .369  .365  108   95   1           0   6
 1938 35 BSN NL   7   29    2    5   0  0   0    1   1      1   5  .172  .200  .172    8    5   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1155 4359  717 1292 275 83  58  556 135 80 489 380  .296  .369  .437  107 1907  26   0   0  12   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        611  101  181  39 12   8   78  19 11  69  53  .296  .369  .437  107  267   4   0   0   2   1
 Career High    151  640  128  201  45 19  14  119  33 21  74  67  .320  .398  .475  124  304   6   0   0   4   6
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1929 26 DET AL  713  460  113   6.6   112| .314  .292| .379  .359| .475  .421| .854  .780| 118  .625  17.8   1.7  57%
 1930 27 DET AL  505  348   62   4.7   117| .275  .298| .333  .362| .409  .438| .742  .800|  85  .452 -11.5  -1.1  62%
 1931 28 DET AL  697  471   94   5.3   110| .279  .290| .355  .358| .438  .415| .793  .772| 105  .537   3.2   0.3  61%
 1932 29 TOT AL  610  397   90   6.1   112| .281  .286| .359  .357| .450  .421| .809  .778| 108  .587   6.5   0.6  76%
         DET AL  216  148   25   4.5   114| .251  .290| .324  .361| .390  .426| .714  .788|  81  .453  -5.7  -0.5  77%
         BOS AL  394  249   65   7.0   110| .298  .284| .378  .354| .484  .417| .862  .772| 123  .648  12.2   1.1  76%
 1933 30 BOS AL  547  347   85   6.6   107| .313  .282| .387  .354| .466  .407| .853  .760| 124  .644  17.7   1.7  56%
 1934 31 BOS AL  626  395  101   6.8   116| .320  .294| .379  .369| .467  .424| .846  .793| 113  .636  10.5   1.0  68%
 1935 32 BOS AL  635  396   90   6.1   117| .315  .296| .398  .370| .423  .428| .821  .797| 107  .587   7.7   0.7  47%
 1936 33 NYY AL  170  110   20   4.8   119| .265  .295| .361  .370| .367  .433| .728  .803|  82  .437  -3.5  -0.3  75%
 1937 34 TOT     353  231   41   4.7    97| .280  .272| .364  .335| .363  .390| .727  .724| 102  .510   2.7   0.3 100%
         NYY AL   54   36    6   4.4   118| .294  .291| .333  .367| .353  .434| .686  .800|  72  .420  -2.2  -0.2 100%
         BSN NL  299  195   35   4.8    93| .277  .269| .369  .329| .365  .381| .734  .710| 108  .528   4.9   0.5     
 1938 35 BSN NL   30   24    1   1.1    90| .172  .262| .200  .325| .172  .373| .372  .698|   8  .076  -3.5  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4886 3179  697   5.9   112| .296  .290| .369  .359| .437  .419| .806  .779| 107  .574  47.5   4.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1929 26 DET AL OF 146 377 25 31 5 .928 .966 2.75 2.28 91 37 23 1930 27 DET AL OF 118 218 15 16 4 .936 .965 1.97 2.16 7 2 110 1931 28 DET AL OF 150 332 25 15 8 .960 .969 2.38 2.25 0 5 148 1932 29 TOT AL OF 133 269 9 21 0 .930 .967 2.09 2.28 14 16 104 DET AL OF 48 102 3 8 0 .929 .967 2.19 2.28 0 0 48 BOS AL OF 85 167 6 13 0 .930 .967 2.04 2.28 14 16 56 1933 30 BOS AL OF 125 280 14 25 3 .922 .970 2.35 2.21 26 10 95 1934 31 BOS AL OF 137 260 12 15 1 .948 .968 1.99 2.16 137 0 0 1935 32 BOS AL OF 142 267 21 17 1 .944 .970 2.03 2.30 142 0 0 1936 33 NYY AL OF 33 66 2 4 0 .944 .969 2.06 2.29 28 0 3 1937 34 TOT OF 75 152 5 9 0 .946 .973 2.09 2.15 75 0 0 NYY AL OF 12 21 0 4 0 .840 .968 1.75 2.28 12 0 0 BSN NL OF 63 131 5 5 0 .965 .974 2.16 2.13 63 0 0 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.70 1938 35 BSN NL OF 7 10 0 3 0 .769 .980 1.43 2.21 7 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 34 BSN NL 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.70 1929 26 DET AL OF 146 377 25 31 5 .928 .966 2.75 2.28 91 37 23 1930 27 DET AL OF 118 218 15 16 4 .936 .965 1.97 2.16 7 2 110 1931 28 DET AL OF 150 332 25 15 8 .960 .969 2.38 2.25 0 5 148 1932 29 TOT AL OF 133 269 9 21 0 .930 .967 2.09 2.28 14 16 104 DET AL OF 48 102 3 8 0 .929 .967 2.19 2.28 0 0 48 BOS AL OF 85 167 6 13 0 .930 .967 2.04 2.28 14 16 56 1933 30 BOS AL OF 125 280 14 25 3 .922 .970 2.35 2.21 26 10 95 1934 31 BOS AL OF 137 260 12 15 1 .948 .968 1.99 2.16 137 0 0 1935 32 BOS AL OF 142 267 21 17 1 .944 .970 2.03 2.30 142 0 0 1936 33 NYY AL OF 33 66 2 4 0 .944 .969 2.06 2.29 28 0 3 1937 34 TOT OF 75 152 5 9 0 .946 .973 2.09 2.15 75 0 0 NYY AL OF 12 21 0 4 0 .840 .968 1.75 2.28 12 0 0 BSN NL OF 63 131 5 5 0 .965 .974 2.16 2.13 63 0 0 1938 35 BSN NL OF 7 10 0 3 0 .769 .980 1.43 2.21 7 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1066 2231 128 156 22 .938 .968 2.21 2.23 527 70 483 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.70 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1067 2231 128 157 22 .938 .968 2.21 2.23
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1936   WS    NYY NYG     W   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1934-AL-12-0.10
Car-885-0.10 shares

On-base %
1933 AL-.387-10

Games
1931 AL-151-7

At Bats
1929 AL-640-1
1931 AL-621-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1929 AL-713-2
1931 AL-697-6

Runs
1929 AL-128-2

Hits
1929 AL-201-7

Total Bases
1929 AL-304-9

Doubles
1929 AL-45-1
1931 AL-37-9
1932 AL-38-10
1934 AL-43-6

Triples
1929 AL-14-7
1930 AL-13-7
1931 AL-19-1
1934 AL-10-3

RBI
1934 AL-119-6

Strikeouts
1929 AL-60-4
1932 AL-67-5

Stolen Bases
1929 AL-20-5
1930 AL-17-3
1931 AL-33-2
1932 AL-20-3
1933 AL-13-7
1934 AL-11-9

Singles
1929 AL-132-7

Runs Created
1929 AL-113-10

Extra-Base Hits
1929 AL-69-7
1931 AL-64-10

Times on Base
1929 AL-268-7

Hit By Pitch
1933 AL-4-3

Caught Stealing
1929 AL-15-2
1930 AL-10-7
1931 AL-21-2
1933 AL-10-7
1935 AL-12-2

Power/Speed Number
1929 AL-13.3-6
1931 AL-12.9-5
1932 AL-16.5-1
1933 AL-11.3-8

Outs
1929 AL-460-3
1931 AL-471-1

     

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 37 (649) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 21.0 (575) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 34.0 (532) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

October 19, 1928: Traded by the San Francisco (PCL) to the Detroit Tigers for Al Wingo and cash.

June 12, 1932: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Dale Alexander to the Boston Red Sox for Earl Webb.

December 17, 1935: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Carl Reynolds to the Washington Senators for Heinie Manush.

January 17, 1936: Traded by the Washington Senators with Bump Hadley to the New York Yankees for Jimmie DeShong and Jesse Hill.

May 11, 1937: Selected off waivers by the Boston Bees from the New York Yankees.

May 12, 1938: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Boston Bees.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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