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Davey Johnson
David Allen Johnson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.
School Texas A&M University

Debut April 13, 1965
  vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 29, 1978
Born January 30, 1943 in Orlando, FL

Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1962. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 22 BAL AL  20   47    5    8   3  0   0    1   3  0   5   6  .170  .245  .234   36   11   0   1   0   0   3
 1966 23 BAL AL 131  501   47  129  20  3   7   56   3  4  31  64  .257  .298  .351   87  176   1   7   3   1   8 RoY-3
 1967 24 BAL AL 148  510   62  126  30  3  10   64   4  5  59  82  .247  .325  .376  107  192   5   8  10   4  12
 1968 25 BAL AL 145  504   50  122  24  4   9   56   7  3  44  80  .242  .308  .359  101  181   3   3   5   5  18 AS
 1969 26 BAL AL 142  511   52  143  34  1   7   57   3  4  57  52  .280  .351  .391  107  200   2   7   2   3  16 AS
 1970 27 BAL AL 149  530   68  149  27  1  10   53   2  1  66  68  .281  .360  .392  107  208   3   1   8   0  11 AS
 1971 28 BAL AL 142  510   67  144  26  1  18   72   3  1  51  55  .282  .351  .443  125  226   4   4   5   5  15 MVP-19
 1972 29 BAL AL 118  376   31   83  22  3   5   32   1  1  52  68  .221  .320  .335   93  126   2   2   8   4  10
 1973 30 ATL NL 157  559   84  151  25  0  43   99   5  3  81  93  .270  .370  .546  143  305   0   2   9   9   8 MVP-13,AS
 1974 31 ATL NL 136  454   56  114  18  0  15   62   1  2  75  59  .251  .358  .390  107  177   4   4   6   3  17
 1975 32 ATL NL   1    1    0    1   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 2.000  710    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1977 34 PHI NL  78  156   23   50   9  1   8   36   1  1  23  20  .321  .408  .545  149   85   2   3   1   2   5
 1978 35 TOT NL  68  138   19   32   3  1   4   20   0  0  15  28  .232  .323  .355   86   49   0   1   0   4   3
         PHI NL  44   89   14   17   2  0   2   14   0  0  10  19  .191  .284  .281   58   25   0   1   0   2   2
         CHC NL  24   49    5   15   1  1   2    6   0  0   5   9  .306  .393  .490  135   24   0   0   0   2   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1435 4797  564 1252 242 18 136  609  33 25 559 675  .261  .340  .404  110 1938  26  43  57  40 126
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        542   64  141  27  2  15   69   4  3  63  76  .261  .340  .404  110  219   3   5   6   5  14
 Career High    157  559   84  151  34  4  43   99   7  5  81  93  .282  .370  .546  143  305   5   8  10   9  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1965 22 BAL AL   53   43    3   1.9    93| .170  .253| .245  .323| .234  .388| .479  .711|  36  .199  -3.8  -0.4 100%
 1966 23 BAL AL  541  392   52   3.6    89| .257  .247| .298  .314| .351  .381| .649  .695|  87  .460  -8.3  -0.9  42%
 1967 24 BAL AL  586  414   63   4.1    84| .247  .243| .325  .312| .376  .365| .701  .677| 107  .543   6.8   0.7  44%
 1968 25 BAL AL  559  409   53   3.5    81| .242  .239| .308  .308| .359  .354| .667  .662| 101  .496   0.8   0.1  70%
 1969 26 BAL AL  580  397   70   4.8    96| .280  .255| .351  .332| .391  .385| .742  .718| 107  .555   7.2   0.7  42%
 1970 27 BAL AL  600  397   77   5.2    98| .281  .259| .360  .334| .392  .395| .752  .729| 107  .587   6.7   0.7  66%
 1971 28 BAL AL  574  390   79   5.4    91| .282  .254| .351  .326| .443  .377| .794  .702| 125  .635  17.2   1.8  75%
 1972 29 BAL AL  436  308   41   3.6    85| .221  .250| .320  .319| .335  .361| .655  .680|  93  .494  -1.5  -0.2  50%
 1973 30 ATL NL  651  421  116   7.4   103| .270  .272| .370  .342| .546  .404| .916  .746| 143  .733  33.5   3.4  62%
 1974 31 ATL NL  540  367   64   4.7    98| .251  .267| .358  .340| .390  .386| .748  .725| 107  .546   6.0   0.6  33%
 1975 32 ATL NL    1    0    2          98|1.000  .269|1.000  .340|2.000  .388|3.000  .728| 710         0.8   0.1   0%
 1977 34 PHI NL  186  117   35   8.1   107| .321  .275| .408  .344| .545  .419| .953  .763| 149  .735  11.9   1.2  50%
 1978 35 TOT NL  158  110   18   4.4    99| .232  .267| .323  .336| .355  .393| .678  .730|  86  .521  -2.6  -0.3   0%
         PHI NL  102   75    8   2.9    96| .191  .263| .284  .331| .281  .387| .565  .718|  58  .333  -4.9  -0.5   0%
         CHC NL   56   35   10   7.6   104| .306  .275| .393  .345| .490  .405| .883  .750| 135  .751   2.3   0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     5465 3765  673   4.8    93| .261  .255| .340  .327| .404  .381| .744  .708| 110  .581  74.6   7.5  56%

* 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 ------+
1965 22 BAL AL 3B 9 5 21 2 1 .929 .959 2.89 2.87 3.04 3.13 9 77.0 2B 3 4 12 0 5 1.000 .976 5.33 4.37 6.55 5.07 2 22.0 SS 2 2 4 1 1 .857 .968 3.00 4.40 3.18 4.76 2 17.0 1966 23 BAL AL 2B 126 288 347 19 75 .971 .975 5.04 4.38 4.98 5.09 125 1147.7 SS 3 6 10 1 2 .941 .958 5.33 4.40 3.97 4.79 4 36.3 1967 24 BAL AL 2B 144 340 348 13 75 .981 .979 4.78 4.19 4.97 4.95 140 1246.0 3B 3 4 3 1 1 .875 .959 2.33 2.73 2.33 3.13 3 27.0 1968 25 BAL AL 2B 127 260 330 13 67 .978 .977 4.65 4.34 4.95 5.11 125 1073.0 AS SS 34 34 40 2 7 .974 .962 2.18 4.07 3.99 4.79 15 167.0 AS 1969 26 BAL AL 2B 142 355 369 12 93 .984 .976 5.10 4.58 5.17 5.21 141 1260.0 GG,AS SS 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 4.45 7.20 5.04 0 5.0 AS 1970 27 BAL AL 2B 149 379 390 8 101 .990 .979 5.16 4.64 5.40 5.35 141 1281.7 GG,AS SS 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 .976 2.00 4.40 4.00 4.90 0 9.0 AS 1971 28 BAL AL 2B 140 361 367 12 103 .984 .980 5.20 4.76 5.40 5.31 136 1212.7 GG 1972 29 BAL AL 2B 116 286 307 6 81 .990 .977 5.11 4.42 5.36 5.17 111 995.7 1973 30 ATL NL 2B 156 383 464 30 106 .966 .980 5.43 4.91 5.56 5.52 155 1371.7 AS 1974 31 ATL NL 1B 73 641 54 5 57 .993 .991 9.52 8.34 10.55 9.94 70 593.0 2B 71 148 177 6 43 .982 .973 4.58 4.64 5.32 5.47 62 550.0 1977 34 PHI NL 1B 43 291 14 0 26 1.000 .991 7.09 8.31 9.91 9.89 33 277.0 2B 9 7 15 0 4 1.000 .978 2.44 4.47 5.77 5.25 5 34.3 3B 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 2.53 2.20 3.00 0 12.3 1978 35 TOT NL 3B 21 6 32 7 1 .844 .952 1.81 2.53 2.41 3.00 16 142.0 PHI NL 2B 15 26 27 4 6 .930 .978 3.53 4.34 5.06 5.30 11 94.3 3B 9 2 10 2 0 .857 .952 1.33 2.53 1.96 2.99 4 55.0 1B 7 29 4 0 4 1.000 .991 4.71 8.31 9.90 9.99 2 30.0 CHC NL 3B 12 4 22 5 1 .839 .952 2.17 2.53 2.69 3.00 12 87.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1974 31 ATL NL 1B 73 641 54 5 57 .993 .991 9.52 8.34 10.55 9.94 70 593.0 1977 34 PHI NL 1B 43 291 14 0 26 1.000 .991 7.09 8.31 9.91 9.89 33 277.0 1978 35 PHI NL 1B 7 29 4 0 4 1.000 .991 4.71 8.31 9.90 9.99 2 30.0 1965 22 BAL AL 2B 3 4 12 0 5 1.000 .976 5.33 4.37 6.55 5.07 2 22.0 1966 23 BAL AL 2B 126 288 347 19 75 .971 .975 5.04 4.38 4.98 5.09 125 1147.7 1967 24 BAL AL 2B 144 340 348 13 75 .981 .979 4.78 4.19 4.97 4.95 140 1246.0 1968 25 BAL AL 2B 127 260 330 13 67 .978 .977 4.65 4.34 4.95 5.11 125 1073.0 1969 26 BAL AL 2B 142 355 369 12 93 .984 .976 5.10 4.58 5.17 5.21 141 1260.0 1970 27 BAL AL 2B 149 379 390 8 101 .990 .979 5.16 4.64 5.40 5.35 141 1281.7 1971 28 BAL AL 2B 140 361 367 12 103 .984 .980 5.20 4.76 5.40 5.31 136 1212.7 1972 29 BAL AL 2B 116 286 307 6 81 .990 .977 5.11 4.42 5.36 5.17 111 995.7 1973 30 ATL NL 2B 156 383 464 30 106 .966 .980 5.43 4.91 5.56 5.52 155 1371.7 1974 31 ATL NL 2B 71 148 177 6 43 .982 .973 4.58 4.64 5.32 5.47 62 550.0 1977 34 PHI NL 2B 9 7 15 0 4 1.000 .978 2.44 4.47 5.77 5.25 5 34.3 1978 35 PHI NL 2B 15 26 27 4 6 .930 .978 3.53 4.34 5.06 5.30 11 94.3 1965 22 BAL AL 3B 9 5 21 2 1 .929 .959 2.89 2.87 3.04 3.13 9 77.0 1967 24 BAL AL 3B 3 4 3 1 1 .875 .959 2.33 2.73 2.33 3.13 3 27.0 1977 34 PHI NL 3B 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 2.53 2.20 3.00 0 12.3 1978 35 TOT NL 3B 21 6 32 7 1 .844 .952 1.81 2.53 2.41 3.00 16 142.0 PHI NL 3B 9 2 10 2 0 .857 .952 1.33 2.53 1.96 2.99 4 55.0 CHC NL 3B 12 4 22 5 1 .839 .952 2.17 2.53 2.69 3.00 12 87.0 1965 22 BAL AL SS 2 2 4 1 1 .857 .968 3.00 4.40 3.18 4.76 2 17.0 1966 23 BAL AL SS 3 6 10 1 2 .941 .958 5.33 4.40 3.97 4.79 4 36.3 1968 25 BAL AL SS 34 34 40 2 7 .974 .962 2.18 4.07 3.99 4.79 15 167.0 1969 26 BAL AL SS 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 4.45 7.20 5.04 0 5.0 1970 27 BAL AL SS 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 .976 2.00 4.40 4.00 4.90 0 9.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B*1198 2837 3153 123 759 .980 .978 5.00 4.54 5.24 5.24 1154 10289.0 1B* 123 961 72 5 87 .995 .991 8.40 8.33 10.33 9.93 105 900.0 SS* 43 48 56 4 11 .963 .963 2.42 4.14 3.99 4.80 21 234.3 3B* 39 16 58 10 3 .881 .956 1.90 2.63 2.58 3.05 28 258.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1403 3862 3339 142 860 .981 .979 5.13 4.81 5.55 5.54 1308 11682
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1966   WS    BAL LAD     W   4  14   1   4  1  0  0   1   0   1  .286  .286  .357   0  0   0   0   0 
 1969   ALCS  BAL MIN     W   3  13   2   3  0  0  0   0   2   1  .231  .333  .231   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BAL NYM     L   5  16   1   1  0  0  0   0   2   1  .063  .167  .063   0  1   0   0   0 
 1970   ALCS  BAL MIN     W   3  11   4   4  0  0  2   4   1   1  .364  .462  .909   0  0   0   0   1 
        WS    BAL CIN     W   5  16   2   5  2  0  0   2   5   2  .313  .476  .438   0  1   0   0   0 
 1971   ALCS  BAL OAK     W   3  10   2   3  2  0  0   0   3   1  .300  .462  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BAL PIT     L   7  27   1   4  0  0  0   3   0   1  .148  .179  .148   0  0   0   0   1 
 1977   NLCS  PHI LAD     L   1   4   0   1  0  0  0   2   0   1  .250  .250  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Champ Series     3-1  10  38   8  11  2  0  2   6   6   4  .289  .400  .500   0  0   0   0   1 
  4 World Series        2-2  21  73   5  14  3  0  0   6   7   5  .192  .272  .233   0  2   0   0   1 
  8 Postseason Series   5-3  31 111  13  25  5  0  2  12  13   9  .225  .317  .324   0  2   0   0   2 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1968   BAL AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1969   BAL AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1970   BAL AL   *   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1973   ATL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/4      1   7   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0  .143  .143  .143 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1968 *
1969
1970 (2B)
1973 *

Gold Gloves
1969-AL--2B
1970-AL--2B
1971-AL--2B
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1971-AL-19-0.02
1973-NL-13-0.10
Car-829-0.12 shares

Slugging %
1973 NL-.546-4

OPS
1973 NL-.916-6

Total Bases
1973 NL-305-4

Doubles
1967 AL-30-4
1969 AL-34-3
1971 AL-26-8

Home Runs
1973 NL-43-2

RBI
1973 NL-99-7

Adjusted OPS+
1973 NL-143-7

Runs Created
1973 NL-116-7

Extra-Base Hits
1973 NL-68-4

Offensive Win%
1973 NL-.733-6

Hit By Pitch
1973 NL-9-3

Sac. Flies
1966 AL-7-1
1967 AL-8-1
1969 AL-7-9

Intentional Walks
1967 AL-10-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1968 AL-18-3

At Bats per Home Run
1973 NL-13.0-3

Gray Ink: Batting - 17 (1080) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.9 (692) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 38.0 (476) (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 

June 2, 1962: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.

November 30, 1972: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Pat Dobson, Roric Harrison, and Johnny Oates to the Atlanta Braves for Earl Williams and Taylor Duncan.

April 11, 1975: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

February 3, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

August 6, 1978: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Chicago Cubs for Larry Anderson.

October 17, 1978: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


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