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Howard Johnson
Howard Michael Johnson (HoJo)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 178 lb.

Debut April 14, 1982
  vs. TOR 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 1995
Born November 29, 1960 in Clearwater, FL

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 21 DET AL  54  155   23   49   5  0   4   14   7  4  16  30  .316  .384  .426  123   66   1   0   1   1   3
 1983 22 DET AL  27   66   11   14   0  0   3    5   0  0   7  10  .212  .297  .348   80   23   0   0   0   1   1
 1984 23 DET AL 116  355   43   88  14  1  12   50  10  6  40  67  .248  .324  .394   98  140   4   2   1   1   6
 1985 24 NYM NL 126  389   38   94  18  4  11   46   6  4  34  78  .242  .300  .393   94  153   1   4  10   0   6
 1986 25 NYM NL  88  220   30   54  14  0  10   39   8  1  31  64  .245  .341  .445  118   98   1   0   8   1   2
 1987 26 NYM NL 157  554   93  147  22  1  36   99  32 10  83 113  .265  .364  .504  133  279   0   3  18   5   8 MVP-10
 1988 27 NYM NL 148  495   85  114  21  1  24   68  23  7  86 104  .230  .343  .422  124  209   2   8  25   3   6
 1989 28 NYM NL 153  571  104  164  41  3  36  101  41  8  77 126  .287  .369  .559  169  319   0   6   8   1   4 SS,MVP-5,AS
 1990 29 NYM NL 154  590   89  144  37  3  23   90  34  8  69 100  .244  .319  .434  106  256   0   9  12   0   7
 1991 30 NYM NL 156  564  108  146  34  4  38  117  30 16  78 120  .259  .342  .535  145  302   0  15  12   1   4 SS,MVP-5,AS
 1992 31 NYM NL 100  350   48   78  19  0   7   43  22  5  55  79  .223  .329  .337   91  118   0   3   5   2   7
 1993 32 NYM NL  72  235   32   56   8  2   7   26   6  4  43  43  .238  .354  .379   98   89   0   2   3   0   3
 1994 33 COL NL  93  227   30   48  10  2  10   40  11  3  39  73  .211  .323  .405   77   92   0   3   2   0   2
 1995 34 CHC NL  87  169   26   33   4  1   7   22   1  1  34  46  .195  .330  .355   83   60   0   2   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         4940      1229     22      760     77    1053  .249  .340  .446  117        9  57 105  17  61
               1531       760      247    228      231    692                            2204
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        523   80  130  26  2  24   80  24  8  73 111  .249  .340  .446  117  233   1   6  11   2   6
 Career High    157  590  108  164  41  4  38  117  41 16  86 126  .287  .369  .559  169  319   4  15  25   5   8
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1982 21 DET AL  173  114   25   5.9    98| .316  .264| .384  .328| .426  .402| .810  .730| 123  .612   5.1   0.5  63%
 1983 22 DET AL   74   53    7   3.5    95| .212  .262| .297  .324| .348  .395| .645  .719|  80  .387  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1984 23 DET AL  402  285   46   4.3    97| .248  .264| .324  .326| .394  .398| .718  .724|  98  .480  -0.7  -0.1  62%
 1985 24 NYM NL  428  310   45   3.9    94| .242  .259| .300  .327| .393  .386| .693  .712|  94  .467  -4.2  -0.4  60%
 1986 25 NYM NL  253  170   36   5.7    96| .245  .259| .341  .329| .445  .391| .786  .720| 118  .626   5.6   0.6  88%
 1987 26 NYM NL  645  428  106   6.6   102| .265  .263| .364  .332| .504  .410| .868  .742| 133  .649  26.8   2.6  76%
 1988 27 NYM NL  594  404   78   5.2    85| .230  .251| .343  .313| .422  .368| .765  .681| 124  .619  18.5   2.0  76%
 1989 28 NYM NL  655  425  127   8.1    86| .287  .248| .369  .315| .559  .370| .928  .684| 169  .779  51.1   5.3  83%
 1990 29 NYM NL  668  470   87   5.0    98| .244  .264| .319  .331| .434  .397| .753  .728| 106  .555   4.9   0.5  80%
 1991 30 NYM NL  658  453  107   6.4    93| .259  .256| .342  .324| .535  .384| .877  .708| 145  .682  34.4   3.5  65%
 1992 31 NYM NL  410  287   43   4.0    91| .223  .258| .329  .323| .337  .380| .666  .703|  91  .491  -2.2  -0.2  81%
 1993 32 NYM NL  280  188   34   4.8   103| .238  .270| .354  .335| .379  .411| .733  .746|  98  .520   0.4   0.0  60%
 1994 33 COL NL  269  187   33   4.7   123| .211  .293| .323  .363| .405  .459| .728  .823|  77  .482  -8.6  -0.8  78%
 1995 34 CHC NL  206  141   22   4.2   105| .195  .268| .330  .337| .355  .417| .685  .755|  83  .435  -3.6  -0.3  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     5715 3915  796   5.5    96| .249  .261| .340  .327| .446  .393| .786  .720| 117  .601 125.6  13.0  75%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1982 21 DET AL 3B 33 25 39 7 6 .901 .954 1.94 2.62 2.40 3.07 27 239.7 DH 10 OF 9 11 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.33 2.14 2.04 2.46 6 53.0 RF 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.90 1.41 2.28 4 32.0 LF 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 1.90 3.18 2.28 2 17.0 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.50 2.25 2.93 0 4.0 1983 22 DET AL 3B 21 10 30 7 2 .851 .955 1.90 2.57 2.77 3.07 18 130.0 DH 2 1984 23 DET AL 3B 108 58 143 12 16 .944 .950 1.86 2.19 2.24 2.75 98 808.7 SS 9 3 7 2 4 .833 .962 1.11 3.93 3.75 4.76 1 24.0 DH 4 1B 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.20 3.00 9.60 0 3.0 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.60 3.00 3.00 0 3.0 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 2.25 2.48 0 4.0 1985 24 NYM NL 3B 113 67 171 15 21 .941 .948 2.11 2.47 2.42 2.88 93 884.0 SS 7 11 19 3 6 .909 .962 4.29 4.26 5.74 4.88 5 47.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 3.0 1986 25 NYM NL 3B 45 22 71 10 10 .903 .946 2.07 2.20 2.76 2.72 29 303.3 SS 34 28 65 10 14 .903 .963 2.74 3.96 4.23 4.75 22 197.7 LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.40 2.00 2.00 1 9.0 1987 26 NYM NL 3B 140 82 235 21 15 .938 .951 2.26 2.34 2.49 2.82 127 1144.3 SS 38 36 70 5 12 .955 .965 2.79 3.89 4.23 4.72 26 225.7 LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.95 0 3.7 1988 27 NYM NL 3B 131 65 187 13 16 .951 .947 1.92 2.35 2.31 2.77 109 980.0 SS 52 45 87 5 21 .964 .967 2.54 3.99 4.01 4.63 34 296.3 1989 28 NYM NL 3B 143 63 180 24 15 .910 .943 1.70 2.25 1.92 2.71 129 1140.0 AS SS 31 34 37 0 7 1.000 .966 2.29 3.88 3.54 4.51 22 180.3 AS 1990 29 NYM NL 3B 92 52 159 20 11 .913 .947 2.29 2.31 2.46 2.73 89 771.7 SS 73 98 176 8 28 .972 .967 3.75 4.00 4.38 4.59 63 563.3 1991 30 NYM NL 3B 104 55 173 18 11 .927 .950 2.19 2.31 2.34 2.74 99 878.0 AS RF 30 61 3 2 0 .970 .980 2.13 1.65 2.11 2.06 30 273.3 AS SS 28 45 88 11 15 .924 .966 4.75 3.88 5.49 4.67 25 218.0 AS 1992 31 NYM NL OF 98 206 3 4 0 .981 .983 2.13 1.96 2.24 2.34 96 841.0 CF 84 181 2 3 0 .984 .989 2.18 2.44 2.31 2.80 82 713.0 LF 16 25 1 1 0 .963 .977 1.62 1.65 1.89 2.16 13 124.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.02 1 4.0 1993 32 NYM NL 3B 67 52 135 11 11 .944 .945 2.79 2.31 2.95 2.70 67 571.3 1994 33 COL NL LF 62 89 2 2 0 .978 .981 1.47 1.44 1.89 1.91 51 433.3 1B 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 .989 9.00 8.10 9.00 9.70 1 9.0 1995 34 CHC NL 3B 34 10 53 5 4 .926 .946 1.85 2.33 2.30 2.77 29 246.3 LF 13 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 0.85 1.43 1.47 1.87 7 67.3 2B 8 7 9 2 2 .889 .982 2.00 4.58 4.75 5.26 2 30.3 1B 3 15 1 0 3 1.000 .994 5.33 8.37 10.29 9.71 1 14.0 SS 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 3.00 4.00 9.00 4.50 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1984 23 DET AL 1B 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.20 3.00 9.60 0 3.0 1994 33 COL NL 1B 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 .989 9.00 8.10 9.00 9.70 1 9.0 1995 34 CHC NL 1B 3 15 1 0 3 1.000 .994 5.33 8.37 10.29 9.71 1 14.0 1995 34 CHC NL 2B 8 7 9 2 2 .889 .982 2.00 4.58 4.75 5.26 2 30.3 1982 21 DET AL 3B 33 25 39 7 6 .901 .954 1.94 2.62 2.40 3.07 27 239.7 1983 22 DET AL 3B 21 10 30 7 2 .851 .955 1.90 2.57 2.77 3.07 18 130.0 1984 23 DET AL 3B 108 58 143 12 16 .944 .950 1.86 2.19 2.24 2.75 98 808.7 1985 24 NYM NL 3B 113 67 171 15 21 .941 .948 2.11 2.47 2.42 2.88 93 884.0 1986 25 NYM NL 3B 45 22 71 10 10 .903 .946 2.07 2.20 2.76 2.72 29 303.3 1987 26 NYM NL 3B 140 82 235 21 15 .938 .951 2.26 2.34 2.49 2.82 127 1144.3 1988 27 NYM NL 3B 131 65 187 13 16 .951 .947 1.92 2.35 2.31 2.77 109 980.0 1989 28 NYM NL 3B 143 63 180 24 15 .910 .943 1.70 2.25 1.92 2.71 129 1140.0 1990 29 NYM NL 3B 92 52 159 20 11 .913 .947 2.29 2.31 2.46 2.73 89 771.7 1991 30 NYM NL 3B 104 55 173 18 11 .927 .950 2.19 2.31 2.34 2.74 99 878.0 1993 32 NYM NL 3B 67 52 135 11 11 .944 .945 2.79 2.31 2.95 2.70 67 571.3 1995 34 CHC NL 3B 34 10 53 5 4 .926 .946 1.85 2.33 2.30 2.77 29 246.3 1982 21 DET AL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.50 2.25 2.93 0 4.0 1984 23 DET AL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.60 3.00 3.00 0 3.0 1992 31 NYM NL CF 84 181 2 3 0 .984 .989 2.18 2.44 2.31 2.80 82 713.0 1982 21 DET AL DH 10 1983 22 DET AL DH 2 1984 23 DET AL DH 4 1982 21 DET AL LF 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 1.90 3.18 2.28 2 17.0 1984 23 DET AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1985 24 NYM NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 3.0 1986 25 NYM NL LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.40 2.00 2.00 1 9.0 1987 26 NYM NL LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.95 0 3.7 1992 31 NYM NL LF 16 25 1 1 0 .963 .977 1.62 1.65 1.89 2.16 13 124.0 1994 33 COL NL LF 62 89 2 2 0 .978 .981 1.47 1.44 1.89 1.91 51 433.3 1995 34 CHC NL LF 13 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 0.85 1.43 1.47 1.87 7 67.3 1982 21 DET AL OF 9 11 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.33 2.14 2.04 2.46 6 53.0 1984 23 DET AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 2.25 2.48 0 4.0 1985 24 NYM NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.10 0 3.0 1986 25 NYM NL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 2.00 2.20 1 9.0 1987 26 NYM NL OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.85 0.00 2.19 0 3.7 1991 30 NYM NL OF 30 61 3 2 0 .970 .983 2.13 1.88 2.11 2.28 30 273.3 1992 31 NYM NL OF 98 206 3 4 0 .981 .983 2.13 1.96 2.24 2.34 96 841.0 1994 33 COL NL OF 62 90 2 2 0 .979 .980 1.48 1.90 1.91 2.24 51 433.3 1995 34 CHC NL OF 13 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.92 1.82 1.60 2.15 7 67.3 1982 21 DET AL RF 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.90 1.41 2.28 4 32.0 1991 30 NYM NL RF 30 61 3 2 0 .970 .980 2.13 1.65 2.11 2.06 30 273.3 1992 31 NYM NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.02 1 4.0 1984 23 DET AL SS 9 3 7 2 4 .833 .962 1.11 3.93 3.75 4.76 1 24.0 1985 24 NYM NL SS 7 11 19 3 6 .909 .962 4.29 4.26 5.74 4.88 5 47.0 1986 25 NYM NL SS 34 28 65 10 14 .903 .963 2.74 3.96 4.23 4.75 22 197.7 1987 26 NYM NL SS 38 36 70 5 12 .955 .965 2.79 3.89 4.23 4.72 26 225.7 1988 27 NYM NL SS 52 45 87 5 21 .964 .967 2.54 3.99 4.01 4.63 34 296.3 1989 28 NYM NL SS 31 34 37 0 7 1.000 .966 2.29 3.88 3.54 4.51 22 180.3 1990 29 NYM NL SS 73 98 176 8 28 .972 .967 3.75 4.00 4.38 4.59 63 563.3 1991 30 NYM NL SS 28 45 88 11 15 .924 .966 4.75 3.88 5.49 4.67 25 218.0 1995 34 CHC NL SS 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 3.00 4.00 9.00 4.50 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B*1031 561 1576 163 138 .929 .948 2.07 2.33 2.38 2.78 914 8097.3 SS* 273 301 551 44 108 .951 .966 3.12 3.96 4.37 4.64 198 1755.3 OF* 217 383 9 8 0 .980 .982 1.81 1.93 2.09 2.30 191 1687.7 99 86 36# LF* 99 134 3 3 0 .979 .979 1.38 1.49 1.87 1.97 74 658.3 CF* 86 183 2 3 0 .984 .989 2.15 2.44 2.31 2.80 82 720.0 RF* 36 65 4 2 0 .972 .980 1.92 1.69 2.01 2.08 35 309.3 DH 16 Games not counted in Overall Total below 2B* 8 7 9 2 2 .889 .982 2.00 4.58 4.75 5.26 2 30.3 1B* 5 24 2 0 4 1.000 .992 5.20 8.28 9.00 9.69 2 26.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1534 1276 2147 217 252 .940 .957 2.23 2.59 2.66 3.01 1307 11597
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1984   WS    DET SDP     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1986   NLCS  NYM HOU     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYM BOS     W   2   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1988   NLCS  NYM LAD     L   6  18   3   1  0  0  0   0   1   6  .056  .105  .056   1  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   8  20   3   1  0  0  0   0   1   6  .050  .095  .050   1  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        2-0   3   6   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   3-1  11  26   3   1  0  0  0   0   1   8  .038  .074  .038   1  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1989   NYM NL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   1   1  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1991   NYM NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      1   5   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   2   1  0   0   0   0  .200  .200  .200 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1989 (3B)
1991 *

Silver Sluggers
1989-NL--3B
1991-NL--3B
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1987-NL-10-0.12
1989-NL-5-0.46
1991-NL-5-0.33
Car-261-0.91 shares

Slugging %
1989 NL-.559-2
1991 NL-.535-2

OPS
1989 NL-.928-4
1991 NL-.877-7

Games
1987 NL-157-7
1991 NL-156-8

At Bats
1990 NL-590-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1990 NL-668-10
1991 NL-658-8

Runs
1989 NL-104-1
1991 NL-108-2

Hits
1989 NL-164-8

Total Bases
1989 NL-319-3
1991 NL-302-3

Doubles
1989 NL-41-3
1990 NL-37-4
1991 NL-34-7

Home Runs
1987 NL-36-5
1988 NL-24-9
1989 NL-36-2
1991 NL-38-1

RBI
1987 NL-99-10
1989 NL-101-4
1991 NL-117-1

Bases on Balls
1987 NL-83-8
1988 NL-86-4
1989 NL-77-10
1991 NL-78-9

Strikeouts
1987 NL-113-9
1989 NL-126-5
1991 NL-120-6

Stolen Bases
1989 NL-41-4
1990 NL-34-10

Adjusted OPS+
1989 NL-169-3
1991 NL-145-5

Runs Created
1989 NL-127-3
1991 NL-107-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1989 NL-51-3
1991 NL-34-5

Batting Wins
1989 NL-5.3-3
1991 NL-3.5-5

Extra-Base Hits
1989 NL-80-2
1990 NL-63-6
1991 NL-76-1

Times on Base
1989 NL-242-9

Offensive Win%
1989 NL-.779-4

Sac. Flies
1988 NL-8-7
1990 NL-9-8
1991 NL-15-1

Intentional Walks
1987 NL-18-4
1988 NL-25-2
1991 NL-12-7

Caught Stealing
1991 NL-16-7

Power/Speed Number
1987 NL-33.9-3
1988 NL-23.5-6
1989 NL-38.3-1
1990 NL-27.4-4
1991 NL-33.5-1
Car-229.5-57

At Bats per Home Run
1987 NL-15.4-8
1988 NL-20.6-6
1989 NL-15.9-3
1991 NL-14.8-1

Outs
1990 NL-470-4

Youngest Player
1982 AL-21-7

         

Black Ink: Batting - 11 (207) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 64 (379) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 21.3 (569) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 41.0 (440) (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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  4. Gene Freese (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Del Crandall (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Melton (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tony Batista (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tony Batista (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tony Batista (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tony Batista (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tony Batista (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ron Cey (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 23rd round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 9, 1979: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

December 7, 1984: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Mets for Walt Terrell.

October 26, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

November 19, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

October 21, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 13, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

November 3, 1995: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985New York Mets$115,000
1986New York Mets$227,500
1987New York Mets$297,500
1988New York Mets$695,000
1989New York Mets$772,500
1990New York Mets$1,666,666
1991New York Mets$2,166,667
1992New York Mets$2,266,667
1993New York Mets$2,100,000
1994Colorado Rockies$1,700,000
1995Colorado Rockies$400,000
Chicago Cubs$325,000
Career (may be incomplete)$12,732,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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