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Alex Johnson
Alexander Johnson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 205 lb.

Debut July 25, 1964
  vs. STL 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 1976
Born December 7, 1942 in Helena, AR

Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1964 21 PHI NL  43  109   18   33   7  1   4   18   1  2   6  26  .303  .345  .495  135   54   0   0   1   1   1
 1965 22 PHI NL  97  262   27   77   9  3   8   28   4  4  15  60  .294  .337  .443  120  116   1   0   3   2   5
 1966 23 STL NL  25   86    7   16   0  1   2    6   1  1   5  18  .186  .231  .279   41   24   0   0   1   0   4
 1967 24 STL NL  81  175   20   39   9  2   1   12   6  3   9  26  .223  .271  .314   68   55   1   1   0   3   3
 1968 25 CIN NL 149  603   79  188  32  6   2   58  16  6  26  71  .312  .342  .395  116  238   0   2   4   3  18
 1969 26 CIN NL 139  523   86  165  18  4  17   88  11  8  25  69  .315  .350  .463  122  242   4  11   1   9  14
 1970 27 CAL AL 156  614   85  202  26  6  14   86  17  2  35  68  .329  .370  .459  132  282   0   3   9   7  25 MVP-8,AS
 1971 28 CAL AL  65  242   19   63   8  0   2   21   5  2  15  34  .260  .308  .318   84   77   1   1   3   2  10
 1972 29 CLE AL 108  356   31   85  10  1   8   37   6  8  22  40  .239  .283  .340   82  121   2   3  10   1  10
 1973 30 TEX AL 158  624   62  179  26  3   8   68  10  5  32  82  .287  .322  .377  101  235   1   4   5   2  17
 1974 31 TOT AL 124  481   60  138  15  3   5   43  20  9  28  62  .287  .331  .362  103  174   1   0   4   4  17
         TEX AL 114  453   57  132  14  3   4   41  20  9  28  59  .291  .338  .362  105  164   1   0   4   4  17
         NYY AL  10   28    3    6   1  0   1    2   0  0   0   3  .214  .214  .357   63   10   0   0   0   0   0
 1975 32 NYY AL  52  119   15   31   5  1   1   15   2  3   7  21  .261  .297  .345   82   41   0   2   1   0   4
 1976 33 DET AL 125  429   41  115  15  2   6   45  14 10  19  49  .268  .298  .354   89  152   1   6   1   2  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1322 4623  550 1331 180 33  78  525 113 63 244 626  .288  .326  .392  105 1811  12  33  43  36 143
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        567   67  163  22  4  10   64  14  8  30  77  .288  .326  .392  105  222   1   4   5   4  18
 Career High    158  624   86  202  32  6  17   88  20 10  35  82  .329  .370  .463  132  282   4  11  10   9  25
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1964 21 PHI NL  116   79   18   6.1    93| .303  .262| .345  .320| .495  .389| .840  .709| 135  .676   4.8   0.5  33%
 1965 22 PHI NL  280  195   37   5.1    92| .294  .256| .337  .319| .443  .387| .780  .706| 120  .597   5.9   0.6  50%
 1966 23 STL NL   91   75    4   1.4    96| .186  .265| .231  .323| .279  .399| .510  .722|  41  .122  -7.2  -0.8  50%
 1967 24 STL NL  189  144   15   2.8    90| .223  .257| .271  .319| .314  .377| .585  .696|  68  .347  -7.3  -0.8  66%
 1968 25 CIN NL  634  441   77   4.7    86| .312  .259| .342  .318| .395  .365| .737  .682| 116  .625  11.0   1.2  72%
 1969 26 CIN NL  572  395   82   5.6    99| .315  .265| .350  .336| .463  .393| .813  .729| 122  .629  14.6   1.5  57%
 1970 27 CAL AL  659  442   99   6.0    94| .329  .253| .370  .327| .459  .386| .829  .713| 132  .649  25.2   2.5  89%
 1971 28 CAL AL  261  193   22   3.1    86| .260  .247| .308  .318| .318  .366| .626  .684|  84  .378  -5.1  -0.5  71%
 1972 29 CLE AL  384  294   30   2.7    86| .239  .251| .283  .320| .340  .362| .623  .682|  82  .374  -9.1  -1.0  42%
 1973 30 TEX AL  663  472   72   4.1    89| .287  .254| .322  .322| .377  .373| .699  .695| 101  .473  -0.1   0.0  66%
 1974 31 TOT AL  514  370   54   3.9    87| .287  .255| .331  .319| .362  .367| .693  .686| 103  .476   0.6   0.0  68%
         TEX AL  486  348   52   4.0    87| .291  .255| .338  .319| .362  .366| .700  .685| 105  .488   2.1   0.2  68%
         NYY AL   28   22    2   2.4    88| .214  .257| .214  .322| .357  .370| .571  .691|  63  .276  -1.5  -0.2   0%
 1975 32 NYY AL  128   97   11   3.0    92| .261  .257| .297  .326| .345  .377| .642  .704|  82  .347  -2.9  -0.3  40%
 1976 33 DET AL  457  346   41   3.2    88| .268  .259| .298  .324| .354  .366| .652  .690|  89  .401  -7.3  -0.8  58%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     4948 3543  562   4.3    90| .288  .256| .326  .323| .392  .375| .718  .698| 105  .523  22.9   2.1  64%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1964 21 PHI NL OF 35 47 1 1 0 .980 .974 1.37 1.72 1.82 1.99 34 237.3 LF 34 44 1 1 0 .978 .966 1.32 1.34 1.75 1.71 33 231.3 RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.60 3.00 1.95 1 6.0 1965 22 PHI NL OF 82 109 3 4 0 .966 .975 1.37 1.75 1.82 2.00 61 553.0 LF 77 96 3 3 0 .971 .966 1.29 1.38 1.76 1.72 56 506.0 CF 9 11 0 1 0 .917 .982 1.22 2.01 2.11 2.32 5 47.0 1966 23 STL NL LF 22 23 3 1 0 .963 .963 1.18 1.35 1.29 1.74 22 181.0 1967 24 STL NL OF 57 91 7 3 2 .970 .976 1.72 1.81 2.36 2.03 46 374.0 RF 49 87 7 3 2 .969 .976 1.92 1.76 2.42 2.04 44 349.0 CF 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 2.03 1.42 2.32 2 19.0 LF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.50 1.50 1.80 0 6.0 1968 25 CIN NL LF 141 240 8 14 2 .947 .963 1.76 1.38 1.79 1.64 140 1249.0 OF 140 243 8 14 2 .947 .975 1.79 1.82 1.81 2.02 140 1250.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1969 26 CIN NL LF 132 225 3 18 1 .927 .962 1.73 1.28 1.93 1.65 129 1063.3 1970 27 CAL AL OF 156 269 11 12 0 .959 .980 1.79 1.85 1.85 2.14 156 1361.3 AS LF 155 259 11 12 0 .957 .978 1.74 1.48 1.80 1.81 155 1349.7 AS RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 0.77 2.00 1 11.7 AS 1971 28 CAL AL LF 61 83 3 7 0 .925 .981 1.41 1.60 1.51 1.93 59 514.0 1972 29 CLE AL LF 95 141 4 7 1 .954 .980 1.53 1.53 1.74 1.89 95 749.7 1973 30 TEX AL DH 116 OF 41 72 4 1 0 .987 .979 1.85 2.02 1.98 2.29 41 345.0 LF 40 72 4 1 0 .987 .977 1.90 1.68 2.04 2.00 40 336.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.80 1 9.0 1974 31 TOT AL LF 82 168 6 8 2 .956 .974 2.12 1.75 2.33 2.12 78 673.3 TOT AL OF 82 168 6 8 2 .956 .980 2.12 2.12 2.33 2.41 78 673.3 TOT AL DH 36 TEX AL LF 81 168 6 8 2 .956 .974 2.15 1.75 2.34 2.12 78 669.3 DH 32 NYY AL DH 4 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.02 0 4.0 1975 32 NYY AL DH 28 OF 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.29 2.10 1.71 2.38 6 47.3 LF 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 1.80 1.57 2.18 4 34.3 RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.85 1.38 2.08 2 13.0 1976 33 DET AL OF 90 159 7 8 1 .954 .981 1.84 2.21 1.96 2.47 89 763.0 LF 89 162 7 8 1 .955 .978 1.90 1.91 1.99 2.23 88 763.0 DH 19 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1965 22 PHI NL CF 9 11 0 1 0 .917 .982 1.22 2.01 2.11 2.32 5 47.0 1967 24 STL NL CF 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 2.03 1.42 2.32 2 19.0 1973 30 TEX AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.80 1 9.0 1973 30 TEX AL DH 116 1974 31 TOT AL DH 36 TEX AL DH 32 NYY AL DH 4 1975 32 NYY AL DH 28 1976 33 DET AL DH 19 1964 21 PHI NL LF 34 44 1 1 0 .978 .966 1.32 1.34 1.75 1.71 33 231.3 1965 22 PHI NL LF 77 96 3 3 0 .971 .966 1.29 1.38 1.76 1.72 56 506.0 1966 23 STL NL LF 22 23 3 1 0 .963 .963 1.18 1.35 1.29 1.74 22 181.0 1967 24 STL NL LF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.50 1.50 1.80 0 6.0 1968 25 CIN NL LF 141 240 8 14 2 .947 .963 1.76 1.38 1.79 1.64 140 1249.0 1969 26 CIN NL LF 132 225 3 18 1 .927 .962 1.73 1.28 1.93 1.65 129 1063.3 1970 27 CAL AL LF 155 259 11 12 0 .957 .978 1.74 1.48 1.80 1.81 155 1349.7 1971 28 CAL AL LF 61 83 3 7 0 .925 .981 1.41 1.60 1.51 1.93 59 514.0 1972 29 CLE AL LF 95 141 4 7 1 .954 .980 1.53 1.53 1.74 1.89 95 749.7 1973 30 TEX AL LF 40 72 4 1 0 .987 .977 1.90 1.68 2.04 2.00 40 336.0 1974 31 TOT AL LF 82 168 6 8 2 .956 .974 2.12 1.75 2.33 2.12 78 673.3 TEX AL LF 81 168 6 8 2 .956 .974 2.15 1.75 2.34 2.12 78 669.3 NYY AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.02 0 4.0 1975 32 NYY AL LF 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 1.80 1.57 2.18 4 34.3 1976 33 DET AL LF 89 162 7 8 1 .955 .978 1.90 1.91 1.99 2.23 88 763.0 1964 21 PHI NL OF 35 47 1 1 0 .980 .974 1.37 1.72 1.82 1.99 34 237.3 1965 22 PHI NL OF 82 109 3 4 0 .966 .975 1.37 1.75 1.82 2.00 61 553.0 1966 23 STL NL OF 22 23 2 1 0 .962 .973 1.14 1.78 1.24 2.03 22 181.0 1967 24 STL NL OF 57 91 7 3 2 .970 .976 1.72 1.81 2.36 2.03 46 374.0 1968 25 CIN NL OF 140 243 8 14 2 .947 .975 1.79 1.82 1.81 2.02 140 1250.0 1969 26 CIN NL OF 132 222 5 18 1 .927 .973 1.72 1.75 1.92 2.02 129 1063.3 1970 27 CAL AL OF 156 269 11 12 0 .959 .980 1.79 1.85 1.85 2.14 156 1361.3 1971 28 CAL AL OF 61 84 3 7 0 .926 .982 1.43 1.96 1.52 2.24 59 514.0 1972 29 CLE AL OF 95 145 4 7 1 .955 .983 1.57 1.91 1.79 2.22 95 749.7 1973 30 TEX AL OF 41 72 4 1 0 .987 .979 1.85 2.02 1.98 2.29 41 345.0 1974 31 TOT AL OF 82 168 6 8 2 .956 .980 2.12 2.12 2.33 2.41 78 673.3 TEX AL OF 81 168 6 8 2 .956 .980 2.15 2.12 2.34 2.41 78 669.3 NYY AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.48 0 4.0 1975 32 NYY AL OF 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.29 2.10 1.71 2.38 6 47.3 1976 33 DET AL OF 90 159 7 8 1 .954 .981 1.84 2.21 1.96 2.47 89 763.0 1964 21 PHI NL RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.60 3.00 1.95 1 6.0 1967 24 STL NL RF 49 87 7 3 2 .969 .976 1.92 1.76 2.42 2.04 44 349.0 1968 25 CIN NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1970 27 CAL AL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 0.77 2.00 1 11.7 1975 32 NYY AL RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.85 1.38 2.08 2 13.0 1976 33 DET AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1000 1641 61 84 9 .953 .978 1.70 1.89 956 8112.3 936 16 55# LF* 936 1520 53 80 7 .952 .972 1.68 1.51 899 7656.7 DH 199 Games not counted in Overall Total below RF* 55 92 7 3 2 .971 .976 1.80 1.76 49 380.7 CF* 16 14 0 1 0 .933 .979 0.88 2.05 8 75.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1000 1641 61 84 9 .953 .978 1.70 1.89
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1970   CAL AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1970 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1970-AL-8-0.21
Car-697-0.21 shares

Batting Average
1968 NL-.312-4
1969 NL-.315-6
1970 AL-.329-1

Games
1973 AL-158-10

At Bats
1970 AL-614-7
1973 AL-624-3

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1973 AL-663-9

Hits
1968 NL-188-4
1970 AL-202-2
1973 AL-179-5

Total Bases
1970 AL-282-10

Doubles
1968 NL-32-7

Triples
1968 NL-6-8
1970 AL-6-9

Stolen Bases
1968 NL-16-10

Singles
1968 NL-148-7
1970 AL-156-1
1973 AL-142-2

Adjusted OPS+
1970 AL-132-10

Hit By Pitch
1969 NL-9-6
1970 AL-7-10

Sac. Flies
1969 NL-11-2

Grounded into Double Plays
1968 NL-18-7
1970 AL-25-2
1974 AL-17-7

Outs
1973 AL-472-6

 

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (408) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 30 (769) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.2 (1471) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 21.5 (730) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

July 11, 1961: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

October 27, 1965: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Pat Corrales and Art Mahaffey to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bill White, Dick Groat, and Bob Uecker.

January 11, 1968: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Dick Simpson.

November 25, 1969: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Chico Ruiz to the California Angels for Jim McGlothlin, Vern Geishert, and Pedro Borbon.

October 5, 1971: Traded by the California Angels with Jerry Moses to the Cleveland Indians for Vada Pinson, Frank Baker, and Alan Foster.

March 8, 1973: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Texas Rangers for Rich Hinton and Vince Colbert.

September 9, 1974: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Texas Rangers.

September 4, 1975: Released by the New York Yankees.

January 7, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

December 16, 1976: Released by the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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