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Art
Johnson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 185
 
Born: July 16, 1916 in Usa, MA, WINCHESTER
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 23 CIN NL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 6
1941 24 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 6 5 5 7 6 6
1942 25 NYG NL   6 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5
1943 26 NYG NL   6 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5
1944 27 NYG NL   5 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5
1945 28 NYG NL   5 4 4 4 5 4 4 6 5 5
1946 29 NYG NL   5 4 4 4 5 4 4 6 6 6
1947 30 NYG NL   6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4
1948 31 NYG NL   6 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 5
1949 32 NYG NL   5 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 6
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1941 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1942 25 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1943 26 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1944 27 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1945 28 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1946 29 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1947 30 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1948 31 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1949 32 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1940 23 CIN NL 4 11 .267 78 0 0 0 9 67.0 87 46 5 24 21 6.18 .314 .368 .430 .797 0.5
    AAA   1 3 .250 5 5 0 0 0 30.0 37 16 3 12 24 4.80 .289 .350 .453 .803  
1941 24 CIN NL 1 2 .333 19 0 0 0 1 17.3 20 11 1 6 6 5.71 .270 .325 .324 .649 0.5
1942 25 AAA   5 2 .714 70 0 0 0 9 87.3 101 46 8 48 45 4.74 .303 .391 .441 .833  
1943 26 AAA   2 1 .667 37 0 0 0 4 40.0 48 22 4 24 32 4.95 .302 .393 .472 .865  
1944 27 AAA   2 0 1.000 19 0 0 0 0 33.0 40 11 2 11 21 3.00 .294 .347 .390 .737  
1945 28 AAA   3 0 1.000 33 4 0 0 0 66.0 59 32 5 33 32 4.36 .234 .323 .361 .684  
1946 29 AA   1 4 .200 71 0 0 0 14 65.7 55 16 3 21 50 2.19 .232 .295 .304 .598  
1947 30 AA   4 8 .333 78 0 0 0 12 77.0 85 32 5 31 55 3.74 .284 .352 .385 .736  
1948 31 AA   4 5 .444 73 0 0 0 22 65.7 55 24 6 40 51 3.29 .228 .338 .340 .678  
1949 32 AA   5 5 .500 71 0 0 0 19 72.7 69 29 7 38 51 3.59 .265 .359 .392 .751  
2 Years Sim 5 13 .278 97 0 0 0 10 84.3 107 57 6 30 27 6.08 .305 .359 .407 .766 1.0
5 Years AAA 13 6 .684 164 9 0 0 13 256.3 285 127 22 128 154 4.46 .283 .364 .421 .784  
4 Years AA 14 22 .389 293 0 0 0 67 281.0 264 101 21 130 207 3.24 .255 .338 .358 .695  
9 Years Minors 27 28 .491 457 9 0 0 80 537.3 549 228 43 258 361 3.82 .268 .350 .389 .739  
Season Average 2 6 .250 48 0 0 0 5 42.2 53 28 3 15 13 6.08 .305 .359 .407 .766  
Career Highs 4 11 .333 78 0 0 0 9 67.0 87 46 5 24 21 6.18 .314 .368 .430 .797  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   68 33 4 21 17   .329 .390 .444 .835
vs LH   39 24 2 9 10   .271 .314 .354 .668
Home 4 6 .400 53 0 0 0 7 53.7 60 37 4 18 13 6.21 .271 .326 .371 .697
Away 1 7 .125 44 0 0 0 3 30.7 47 20 2 12 14 5.87 .362 .415 .469 .885
Mar/Apr 2 0 1.000 31 0 0 0 3 23.7 26 15 2 4 8 5.71 .263 .291 .354 .645
May 1 2 .333 3 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 5 0 4 3 6.43 .310 .394 .310 .704
June 0 2 .000 14 0 0 0 3 15.0 21 9 1 8 2 5.40 .350 .426 .433 .860
July 0 4 .000 19 0 0 0 3 18.7 28 15 3 7 7 7.23 .341 .393 .537 .930
August 0 2 .000 14 0 0 0 1 8.7 11 3 0 2 2 3.12 .289 .325 .368 .693
Sep/Oct 2 3 .400 16 0 0 0 0 11.3 12 10 0 5 5 7.94 .279 .354 .349 .703
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1940 23 CIN NL 78 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
1941 24 CIN NL 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2 Years Sim 97 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
162 Game Average 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.4  
Career Highs 78 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
vs LH   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
Home 53 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
May 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
June 14 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1940 23 CIN NL P 78 0 67.0 5 21 0 0 1.000 3.49    
1941 24 CIN NL P 19 0 17.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.56    
Career Totals   97 0 84.3 5 24 0 0 1.000 3.09    
Career Highs   78 0 67.0 5 21 0 0 1.000 3.49    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1940-6-9
 Games Pitched
1940-2-78
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 37th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1940
Earned first career win on 4/25/1940
Had first career hit on 6/21/1940, off Carl Hubbell (DET)
Released by Cincinnati on 6/1/1941
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 9/1/1941 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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