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Ken Griffey Jr League
4-4-2079
Johnny J. Johnston Starting Pitcher
Retired (1966, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 6.36 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws B/L
W-L 16-41 Status Deceased (1997) Option Years 0  
SV 0 Age at Death 65 Date of Birth 09-20-1932
K 268 Drafted Round 1, Pick 9
(1953)		 Majors Svc Time 0 years
(93 games)
IP 423.1
WHIP 1.69
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D- Contact vs. L D- Endurance A+   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R D  Power vs. L D- Velocity B    Mentor Val C+
Speed F  Bunt C+ Control B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health F  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1955 DET
4
 18
29
29
1
0
0
 0
168.0
 213 129 117 6 71
106
1.69
6.27
1956 DET
9
 14
28
28
3
0
0
 0
157.1
 194 126 123 2 87
98
1.79
7.04
1965 DET-KC
3
 8
16
15
2
0
0
 0
94.1
 105 57 54 1 33
63
1.46
5.15
1966 KC
0
 1
1
1
0
0
0
 0
4.0
 12 5 5 0 0
1
3.00
11.25
2079
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
16
 41
74
73
6
0
0
 0
423.1
 524 317 299 9 191
268
1.69
6.36
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1966-11-01Johnny J. Johnston has retired from the Kansas City Athletics
1966-10-17The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Johnny J. Johnston to the major league team.
1966-08-09The Kansas City Athletics have acquired Johnny J. Johnston from the waiver wire. The Kansas City Athletics have waived Sean Klein.
1966-04-15The Kansas City Athletics have waived Johnny J. Johnston.
1966-04-09The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Jeremy Needham to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Johnny J. Johnston for assignment.
1965-09-08The Kansas City Athletics have re-claimed Johnny J. Johnston from the waiver wire.
1965-09-08The Kansas City Athletics have designated Johnny J. Johnston for assignment.
1965-09-08The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Johnny J. Johnston to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Roy Moore for assignment.
1965-07-25The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Fred Lofton to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Johnny J. Johnston for assignment.
1965-07-13The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Johnny J. Johnston to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Marty Stewart for assignment.
1965-06-20The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Jim Rhiel to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Johnny J. Johnston for assignment.
1965-05-30The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Cole Dallessandro to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Johnny J. Johnston to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Kenny Heimach for assignment. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Jim Rhiel for assignment.
1965-05-15The Kansas City Athletics have designated Johnny J. Johnston for assignment.
1965-04-05The Kansas City Athletics have acquired Johnny J. Johnston from the waiver wire.
1965-04-01The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Luke Towne to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have designated Johnny J. Johnston for assignment.
1964-10-23The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Johnny J. Johnston to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent John Combe to the minors.
1964-09-22The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have acquired Johnny J. Johnston from the waiver wire.
1964-09-18The Brooklyn Lawnmowers have acquired Rube Johnson from the waiver wire. The Brooklyn Lawnmowers have waived Johnny J. Johnston.
1961-04-19The Brooklyn Lawnmowers have acquired Johnny J. Johnston from the waiver wire.
1961-04-15The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have waived Johnny J. Johnston.
1957-03-01The Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox have promoted Lucky Luciano to the major league team. The Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox have promoted Billy Bob Wild to the major league team. The Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox have sent Johnny J. Johnston to the minors. The Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox have sent Bud to the minors.
1955-05-02The Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox have promoted Billy Bob Wild to the major league team. The Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox have promoted Buck Walkup to the major league team. The Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox have promoted Johnny J. Johnston to the major league team. The Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox have sent George Jetson to the minors. The Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox have sent Bob Newhart to the minors. The Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox have sent Wild Thing to the minors.
1953-04-22The Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox have renamed John Jurewicz to Johnny J. Johnston.