Born December 10, 1889
Cleveland, TN, USA
He played third base, second base, shortstop and the outfield for Brooklyn across ten seasons, moving wherever the lineup card needed him, and he was on the club's pennant winners in 1916 and 1920, both lost in the World Series. He hit 203 hits in both 1921 and 1923, his best seasons, and led off for most of his Brooklyn years.
Thirteen seasons gave him 1,493 hits, 185 doubles, 75 triples, 754 runs batted in, 169 stolen bases and a .294 average, playing 448 games at third base, 354 in the outfield, 243 at second and 178 at shortstop — a genuine four-position career rather than a platoon arrangement.
He finished in 1926 split among three clubs at thirty-six. No Hall of Fame ballot ever listed him. He died in 1967, at seventy-seven.
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | CHW | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 1914 | CHC | 50 | 101 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 | .228 |
| 1916 | BRO | 118 | 425 | 58 | 107 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 35 | 38 | 22 | .252 |
| 1917 | BRO | 103 | 330 | 33 | 89 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 23 | 28 | 16 | .270 |
| 1918 | BRO | 123 | 484 | 54 | 136 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 33 | 31 | 22 | .281 |
| 1919 | BRO | 117 | 405 | 56 | 114 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 29 | 26 | 11 | .281 |
| 1920 | BRO | 155 | 635 | 87 | 185 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 52 | 43 | 23 | 19 | .291 |
| 1921 | BRO | 152 | 624 | 104 | 203 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 56 | 45 | 26 | 28 | .325 |
| 1922 | BRO | 138 | 567 | 110 | 181 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 38 | 17 | 18 | .319 |
| 1923 | BRO | 151 | 625 | 111 | 203 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 60 | 53 | 15 | 16 | .325 |
| 1924 | BRO | 86 | 315 | 51 | 94 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 5 | .298 |
| 1925 | BRO | 123 | 431 | 63 | 128 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 45 | 15 | 7 | .297 |
| 1926 | BSN/NYG | 60 | 126 | 18 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | .238 |
| Career | — | 1377 | 5070 | 754 | 1493 | 185 | 75 | 22 | 410 | 391 | 247 | 169 | .294 |
Cleveland, TN, USA
Jimmy Johnston made a major-league debut on May 3, 1911.
Jimmy Johnston hit for the cycle for the Brooklyn Robins against the Philadelphia Phillies on May 25, 1922.
Jimmy Johnston played a final major-league game on September 11, 1926.
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