Don Johnson (baseball 2B)
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Donald Spore Johnson (December 7, 1911 – April 6, 2000) was a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Chicago Cubs from 1943 to 1948. A native of Chicago, Illinois, he attended Oregon State University before beginning his professional baseball career.
Johnson's best seasons were during World War II. In 1944, a season in which he had a career-high 71 runs batted in, he was selected for the All-Star Game. In 1945 he was an important part of the last Cubs team to win a pennant, hitting a career-high .302 and scoring 94 runs, tenth in the league. He was also selected for the unofficial “All-Star Game” that was organized by the Associated Press after the official game was canceled.
Career totals for 511 games include 528 hits, 8 home runs, 175 runs batted in, 219 runs scored, a .273 batting average, and an on base percentage of .315.
His father was former major league shortstop Ernie Johnson.
[edit] Trivia
- Johnson led the National League with 22 sacrifice hits in 1945.
- His nickname was "Pep."
[edit] References
- 1944 All Star Game. Baseball Almanac. Retrieved on 2006-05-15.
- Baseball Reference
- Retrosheet
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