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Dick Johnston
Richard Frederick Johnston

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 155 lb.

Debut August 12, 1884
Final Game August 16, 1891
Born April 6, 1863 in Kingston, NY
Died April 4, 1934 in Detroit, MI

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 21 RIC AA  39  146   23   41   5  5   2    0   0      2      .281  .291  .425  131   62               0    
 1885 22 BSN NL  26  111   17   26   6  3   1   23          0  15  .234  .234  .369   96   41                    
 1886 23 BSN NL 109  413   48   99  18  9   1   57  11      3  70  .240  .245  .334   77  138                    
 1887 24 BSN NL 127  507   87  131  13 20   5   77  52     16  35  .258  .281  .393   86  199               0    
 1888 25 BSN NL 135  585  102  173  31 18  12   68  35     15  33  .296  .314  .472  143  276               1    
 1889 26 BSN NL 132  539   80  123  16  4   5   67  34     41  60  .228  .285  .301   60  162               2    
 1890 27 TOT PL  79  315   37   75   9  7   1   43   7     18  26  .238  .284  .321   56  101               2    
         BOS PL   2    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .111  .111  .111  -41    1               0    
         NYI PL  77  306   37   74   9  7   1   43   7     18  25  .242  .288  .327   59  100               2    
 1891 28 CKK AA  99  376   59   83  11  2   6   51  12     38  44  .221  .301  .309   68  116               5    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      746 2992  453  751 109 68  33  386 151  0 133 283  .251  .285  .366   87 1095   0   0   0  10   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        650   98  163  24 15   7   84  33  0  29  61  .251  .285  .366   87  238   0   0   0   2   0
 Career High    135  585  102  173  31 20  12   77  52  0  41  70  .296  .314  .472  143  276   0   0   0   5   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 21 RIC AA  148  105   18   4.5    67| .281  .243| .291  .282| .425  .332| .716  .613| 131  .646   4.2   0.5     
 1885 22 BSN NL  111   85   10   3.1    66| .234  .242| .234  .285| .369  .324| .603  .610|  96  .462  -1.0  -0.1     
 1886 23 BSN NL  416  314   34   2.8    78| .240  .254| .245  .303| .334  .348| .579  .651|  77  .376 -12.9  -1.4     
 1887 24 BSN NL  523  376   56   3.9    95| .258  .272| .281  .330| .393  .387| .674  .717|  86  .441 -12.6  -1.3     
 1888 25 BSN NL  601  412   86   5.5    75| .296  .250| .314  .298| .472  .342| .786  .641| 143  .724  26.0   3.0     
 1889 26 BSN NL  582  416   46   2.9   100| .228  .280| .285  .352| .301  .382| .586  .734|  60  .329 -31.3  -3.2     
 1890 27 TOT PL  335  240   28   3.1   111| .238  .291| .284  .370| .321  .404| .605  .774|  56  .302 -22.4  -2.2     
         BOS PL    9    8    0   0.0   108| .111  .285| .111  .364| .111  .396| .222  .760| -41  .000  -1.9  -0.2     
         NYI PL  326  232   28   3.2   112| .242  .291| .288  .370| .327  .404| .615  .774|  59  .316 -20.5  -2.0     
 1891 28 CKK AA  419  293   34   3.0    98| .221  .272| .301  .357| .309  .366| .610  .723|  68  .372 -16.7  -1.8     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3135 2241  312   3.6    90| .251  .266| .285  .328| .366  .366| .651  .695|  87  .460 -66.7  -6.5     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1884 21 RIC AA OF 37 86 10 15 3 .865 .846 2.59 1.61 0 37 0 SS 2 1 3 2 0 .667 .870 2.00 4.25 1885 22 BSN NL OF 26 40 8 9 2 .842 .881 1.85 1.82 0 26 0 1886 23 BSN NL OF 109 243 29 33 4 .892 .890 2.50 1.71 0 109 0 1887 24 BSN NL OF 127 339 34 27 9 .933 .883 2.94 1.92 0 127 0 1888 25 BSN NL OF 135 286 30 36 3 .898 .906 2.34 1.90 0 135 0 1889 26 BSN NL OF 132 267 22 26 6 .917 .910 2.19 1.97 0 132 0 1890 27 TOT PL OF 78 167 19 22 3 .894 .904 2.38 2.06 12 64 2 BOS PL OF 2 3 1 1 0 .800 .909 2.00 2.05 0 2 0 NYI PL OF 76 164 18 21 3 .897 .904 2.39 2.06 12 62 2 SS 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .870 1.00 5.05 1891 28 CKK AA OF 99 193 20 25 4 .895 .907 2.15 1.83 0 99 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1884 21 RIC AA OF 37 86 10 15 3 .865 .846 2.59 1.61 0 37 0 1885 22 BSN NL OF 26 40 8 9 2 .842 .881 1.85 1.82 0 26 0 1886 23 BSN NL OF 109 243 29 33 4 .892 .890 2.50 1.71 0 109 0 1887 24 BSN NL OF 127 339 34 27 9 .933 .883 2.94 1.92 0 127 0 1888 25 BSN NL OF 135 286 30 36 3 .898 .906 2.34 1.90 0 135 0 1889 26 BSN NL OF 132 267 22 26 6 .917 .910 2.19 1.97 0 132 0 1890 27 TOT PL OF 78 167 19 22 3 .894 .904 2.38 2.06 12 64 2 BOS PL OF 2 3 1 1 0 .800 .909 2.00 2.05 0 2 0 NYI PL OF 76 164 18 21 3 .897 .904 2.39 2.06 12 62 2 1891 28 CKK AA OF 99 193 20 25 4 .895 .907 2.15 1.83 0 99 1 1884 21 RIC AA SS 2 1 3 2 0 .667 .870 2.00 4.25 1890 27 NYI PL SS 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .870 1.00 5.05
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 743 1621 172 193 34 .903 .895 2.41 1.88 12 729 3 SS 4 3 3 2 0 .750 .870 1.50 4.65 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 747 1624 175 195 34 .902 .895 2.41 1.89
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Batting Average
1888 NL-.296-7

Slugging %
1888 NL-.472-5

OPS
1888 NL-.786-8

Games
1887 NL-127-2
1888 NL-135-3

At Bats
1887 NL-507-7
1888 NL-585-1
1889 NL-539-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1888 NL-601-2

Runs
1888 NL-102-3

Hits
1888 NL-173-3

Total Bases
1888 NL-276-2

Doubles
1888 NL-31-3

Triples
1887 NL-20-3
1888 NL-18-1

Home Runs
1888 NL-12-3

RBI
1888 NL-68-9

Strikeouts
1886 NL-70-9
1889 NL-60-5

Stolen Bases
1887 NL-52-8

Singles
1888 NL-112-5

Adjusted OPS+
1888 NL-143-8

Runs Created
1888 NL-86-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1888 NL-26-7

Batting Wins
1888 NL-3.0-7

Extra-Base Hits
1888 NL-61-1

Times on Base
1888 NL-189-8

Offensive Win%
1888 NL-.724-8

Power/Speed Number
1888 NL-17.9-3

At Bats per Strikeout
1888 NL-17.7-10

At Bats per Home Run
1888 NL-48.8-6

Outs
1887 NL-376-1
1888 NL-412-2
1889 NL-416-2

     

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (590) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 32 (728) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2485) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1584) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 4, 1890: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Boston Reds.


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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