Earl Johnson Notable

b. April 2, 1919 · Boston Red Sox 1940–1941, 1946–1950, Detroit Tigers 1951

Earl Johnson divided 12 seasons between two clubs as a pitcher: the Boston Red Sox from 1940, then the Detroit Tigers through 1951.

He went 40 and 32 with a 4.30 earned run average, pitching 546 innings in 179 games. He struck out 250 and threw 3 shutouts. Across 181 games he batted .187, with 32 hits and 15 runs. He finished with 3 doubles.

He was born in Redmond, WA, USA on April 2, 1919, and died on December 3, 1994. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1940	BOS	18	27	3	2	0	0	0	10	.074
1941	BOS	17	34	4	10	0	2	2	8	.294
1946	BOS	29	22	4	5	2	4	4	9	.227
1947	BOS	46	44	1	12	1	4	1	10	.273
1948	BOS	35	31	2	3	0	3	1	9	.097
1949	BOS	19	11	1	0	0	0	1	7	.000
1950	BOS	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1951	DET	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	181	171	15	32	3	13	9	53	.187

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1940	BOS	6	2	17	10	0	70.1	69	32	39	26	4.09
1941	BOS	4	5	17	12	0	93.2	90	47	51	46	4.52
1946	BOS	5	4	29	5	3	80.0	78	33	39	40	3.71
1947	BOS	12	11	45	17	8	142.1	129	47	62	65	2.97
1948	BOS	10	4	35	3	5	91.1	98	46	42	45	4.53
1949	BOS	3	6	19	3	0	49.1	65	41	29	20	7.48
1950	BOS	0	0	11	0	0	13.2	18	11	8	6	7.24
1951	DET	0	0	6	0	1	5.2	9	4	2	2	6.35
Career	—	40	32	179	50	17	546.1	556	261	272	250	4.30

On this day & linked events

1919

Born April 2, 1919

Redmond, WA, USA

1994

Died December 3, 1994

1940

Major-league debut: Earl Johnson

Earl Johnson made a major-league debut on July 20, 1940.

1951

Final major-league game: Earl Johnson

Earl Johnson played a final major-league game on June 3, 1951.

Image: Bowman Gum, public domain