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Grant Johnson

Manager

Grant Ulysses Johnson

189 Games
98-87 Record
0.530 Win%
13 Seasons

👤 Personal Information

Bats R
Throws R
Born 9/23/1872
Findlay, OH, USA
Died 9/5/1953
Buffalo, NY, USA
MLB Debut 1903-09-12

📊 Career Record

189 Games Managed
98 Wins
87 Losses
0.530 Win Percentage

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📅 Season-by-Season Record

13 seasons
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Grant Johnson — 📅 Season-by-Season Record
Year Team Lg G W L Win% Rank P-M
1897 PFG IND 1 0 1 0.000 3 Y
1899 CCG IND 4 3 1 0.750 1st 🏆 Y
1900 CU IND 10 6 3 0.667 2 Y
1901 CCG IND 2 2 0 1.000 1st 🏆 Y
1902 CCG WES 3 1 2 0.333 2 Y
1903 CXG EAS 7 5 2 0.714 1st 🏆 Y
1904 CXG IND 13 8 5 0.615 2 Y
1906 BRG EAS 29 15 13 0.536 3 Y
1907 BRG NAC 27 12 14 0.462 3 Y
1908 BRG NAC 34 21 12 0.636 1st 🏆 Y
1909 BRG INT 12 9 3 0.750 1st 🏆 Y
1911 PG EAS 22 6 16 0.273 4 Y
1912 BRG EAS 25 10 15 0.400 3 Y

Grant Johnson as a manager

The career managing record for Grant Johnson is 98-87 (.530) over 189 games, from 1897 to 1912. The season table runs through the Page Fence Giants (1897), the Chicago Columbia Giants (1899), the Chicago Unions (1900), the Chicago Columbia Giants (1901-1902), the Cuban X Giants (1903-1904), and the Brooklyn Royal Giants (1906-1909). The best full season was 1908, 21-12 with the Brooklyn Royal Giants. The weakest full season was 1911, at 6-16. With the Chicago Columbia Giants (1901-1902), the finishes read 1st and 2nd.

The record opens at 0-1 in 1897 and closes at 10-15 in 1912. First-place seasons under Johnson: 1899, 1901, 1903, 1908, and 1909. Johnson managed in the independent Negro Leagues schedule. The P-M column marks 1912, 1911, 1909, 1908, 1907, 1906 and earlier years back to 1897 as player-manager seasons. Johnson's birth date on file is September 23, 1872, in Findlay, OH, USA. Johnson's death is recorded on September 5, 1953.

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