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John Henry Johnson
John Henry Johnson

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 10, 1978
  vs. SEA 6.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 0 ER, W
Final Game June 29, 1987
Born August 21, 1956 in Houston, TX

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 15th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1978 21 OAK AL  11  10  33  30   7   2   1  0  186.0  164   81   70  18   82   91   0   5   789   6   0  3.39  3.63  107 1.323
 1979 22 TOT AL   4  14  31  25   2   0   1  0  167.0  168   95   86  25   72   96   2   4   729   3   1  4.63  4.10   89 1.437
         OAK AL   2   8  14  13   1   0   0  0   84.7   89   45   41  13   36   50   1   1   372   0   0  4.36  4.06   93 1.476
         TEX AL   2   6  17  12   1   0   1  0   82.3   79   50   45  12   36   46   1   3   357   3   1  4.92  4.15   84 1.397
 1980 23 TEX AL   2   2  33   0   0   0  17  4   38.7   27   12   10   2   15   44   1   2   154   4   0  2.33  3.88  167 1.086
 1981 24 TEX AL   3   1  24   0   0   0  15  2   23.7   19    7    7   2    6    8   1   1    94   1   0  2.66  3.44  129 1.056
 1983 26 BOS AL   3   2  34   1   0   0  19  1   53.3   58   28   22   3   20   51   1   1   234   4   0  3.71  4.36  117 1.463
 1984 27 BOS AL   1   2  30   3   0   0   9  1   63.7   64   26   25   7   27   57   0   4   275   1   1  3.53  4.20  119 1.429
 1986 29 MIL AL   2   1  19   0   0   0   5  1   44.0   43   15   13   2   10   42   0   5   184   1   0  2.66  4.35  164 1.205
 1987 30 MIL AL   0   1  10   2   0   0   0  0   26.3   42   30   28   1   18   18   0   1   134   1   0  9.57  4.61   48 2.278
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .441  26  33 214  61   9   2  67  9  602.7  585  294  261  60  250  407   5  23  2593  21   2  3.90  3.99  102 1.386
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   8  52  15   2   0  16  2  149.0  144   72   64  14   61  100   1   5   641   5   0  3.90  3.99  102 1.386
 Career High     11  14  34  30   7   2  19  4  186.0  168   95   86  25   82   96   2   5   789   6   1  2.66  4.36  164 1.205

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1978 21 OAK AL P 33 8 16 4 0 .857 .952 0.73 0.85 1.16 1.90 30 186.0 1979 22 TOT AL P 31 5 18 0 3 1.000 .950 0.74 0.81 1.24 1.92 25 167.0 OAK AL P 14 4 7 0 2 1.000 .948 0.79 0.81 1.17 1.92 13 84.7 TEX AL P 17 1 11 0 1 1.000 .952 0.71 0.81 1.31 1.92 12 82.3 1980 23 TEX AL P 33 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.15 0.77 1.16 1.86 0 38.7 1981 24 TEX AL P 24 1 7 0 1 1.000 .964 0.33 0.81 3.04 1.97 0 23.7 1983 26 BOS AL P 34 2 5 1 0 .875 .959 0.21 0.73 1.18 1.81 1 53.3 1984 27 BOS AL P 30 0 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.27 0.70 1.13 1.79 3 63.7 1986 29 MIL AL P 19 2 3 1 0 .833 .962 0.26 0.68 1.02 1.82 0 44.0 1987 30 MIL AL P 10 0 5 0 1 1.000 .962 0.50 0.67 1.71 1.85 2 26.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1978 21 OAK AL P 33 8 16 4 0 .857 .952 0.73 0.85 1.16 1.90 30 186.0 1979 22 TOT AL P 31 5 18 0 3 1.000 .950 0.74 0.81 1.24 1.92 25 167.0 OAK AL P 14 4 7 0 2 1.000 .948 0.79 0.81 1.17 1.92 13 84.7 TEX AL P 17 1 11 0 1 1.000 .952 0.71 0.81 1.31 1.92 12 82.3 1980 23 TEX AL P 33 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.15 0.77 1.16 1.86 0 38.7 1981 24 TEX AL P 24 1 7 0 1 1.000 .964 0.33 0.81 3.04 1.97 0 23.7 1983 26 BOS AL P 34 2 5 1 0 .875 .959 0.21 0.73 1.18 1.81 1 53.3 1984 27 BOS AL P 30 0 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.27 0.70 1.13 1.79 3 63.7 1986 29 MIL AL P 19 2 3 1 0 .833 .962 0.26 0.68 1.02 1.82 0 44.0 1987 30 MIL AL P 10 0 5 0 1 1.000 .962 0.50 0.67 1.71 1.85 2 26.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 214 18 67 6 5 .934 .955 0.40 0.76 1.27 1.88 61 602.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 214 18 67 6 5 .934 .955 0.40 0.76 1.27 1.88 61 603
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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.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1978 AL-7.94-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1979 AL-5.17-10

Losses
1979 AL-14-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2415) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1465) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 15th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

March 15, 1978: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with a player to be named later, Gary Alexander, Dave Heaverlo, Phil Huffman, Gary Thomasson, Alan Wirth, and $300,000 to the Oakland Athletics for Vida Blue. The San Francisco Giants sent Mario Guerrero (April 7, 1978) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

June 15, 1979: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Texas Rangers for Dave Chalk, Mike Heath, and cash.

April 9, 1982: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Boston Red Sox for Mike Smithson.

April 1, 1985: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

April 11, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

July 26, 1985: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

August 26, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Milwaukee Brewers$60,000
Career (may be incomplete)$60,000

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