Don Johnson (second baseman)

Don Johnson
Don Johnson
Home runs	8
Runs batted in	175
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Chicago Cubs (1943–1948);
Career highlights and awards
	2× All-Star (1944, 1945);

Donald Spore Johnson (December 7, 1911 – April 6, 2000), nicknamed "Pep", was an American Major League Baseball second baseman for the Chicago Cubs from 1943 to 1948. A native of Chicago, 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

All-Star Game. In 1945, he was an important part of the last Cubs team until 2016 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.

Until Dexter Fowler led off in the 2016 World Series, Johnson was the last Cub to come to bat in a World Series game. He grounded into a force out to end the 1945 World Series defeat to the Detroit Tigers.

Career totals for 511 games include 528

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.

References

"1944 All Star Game". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved May 15, 2006.
Career statistics from MLB · Baseball Reference · Retrosheet
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