Trivia
- Johnson spoiled no-hit games by getting the only hit for his club three times, with one of them being a homer off Yankees pitching ace Lefty Gómez (1937)
- Johnson is one of three players in MLB history to drive home all of his club's runs in a single game (minimum eight runs)
- On June 14, 1924 first baseman George Kelly hit three home runs to drive in all eight New York Giants runs in an 8–6 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
- Johnson matched this one-man offensive on June 12, 1938 when the Athletics beat the St. Louis Browns 8–3, as he batted in all the runs with three home runs (one a grand slam, his second in the month) and a single.
- The mark was surpassed on September 2, 1996, but in a ten-inning game, when Mike Greenwell got all nine RBI in a Boston 9–8 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
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