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Spud Johnson
John Ralph Johnson

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 9", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 18, 1889
Final Game August 8, 1891
Born 1860 in CAN

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1889 29 COL AA 116  459   91  130  14 10   2   79  34     39  47  .283  .355  .370  111  170              12    
 1890 30 COL AA 135  538  106  186  23 18   1  113  43     48      .346  .409  .461  164  248              10    
 1891 31 CLV NL  80  327   49   84   8  3   1   46  16     22  23  .257  .319  .309   80  101               8    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      331 1324  246  400  45 31   4  238  93  0 109  70  .302  .368  .392  124  519   0   0   0  30   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        648  120  196  22 15   2  116  46  0  53  34  .302  .368  .392  124  254   0   0   0  15   0
 Career High    135  538  106  186  23 18   2  113  43  0  48  47  .346  .409  .461  164  248   0   0   0  12   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1889 29 COL AA  510  329   58   4.6    88| .283  .262| .355  .333| .370  .355| .725  .688| 111  .548   6.7   0.7     
 1890 30 COL AA  596  352   99   7.3    81| .346  .252| .409  .329| .461  .331| .870  .660| 164  .768  41.1   4.3     
 1891 31 CLV NL  357  243   31   3.4    91| .257  .264| .319  .339| .309  .360| .628  .699|  80  .429  -8.5  -0.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons      1463  924  188   5.3    86| .302  .258| .368  .333| .392  .347| .760  .679| 124  .633  39.3   4.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1889 29 COL AA OF 69 75 12 12 2 .879 .903 1.26 1.96 0 0 69 3B 44 62 75 27 8 .835 .857 3.11 3.53 1B 2 16 0 2 0 .889 .970 8.00 9.80 SS 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .882 3.00 5.10 1890 30 COL AA OF 135 164 12 14 1 .926 .916 1.30 1.79 96 0 39 1891 31 CLV NL OF 79 99 10 16 1 .872 .912 1.38 1.88 0 0 79 1B 1 11 0 1 0 .917 .982 11.00 10.50
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1889 29 COL AA 1B 2 16 0 2 0 .889 .970 8.00 9.80 1891 31 CLV NL 1B 1 11 0 1 0 .917 .982 11.00 10.50 1889 29 COL AA 3B 44 62 75 27 8 .835 .857 3.11 3.53 1889 29 COL AA OF 69 75 12 12 2 .879 .903 1.26 1.96 0 0 69 1890 30 COL AA OF 135 164 12 14 1 .926 .916 1.30 1.79 96 0 39 1891 31 CLV NL OF 79 99 10 16 1 .872 .912 1.38 1.88 0 0 79 1889 29 COL AA SS 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .882 3.00 5.10
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 283 338 34 42 4 .899 .912 1.31 1.86 96 0 187 3B 44 62 75 27 8 .835 .857 3.11 3.53 1B 3 27 0 3 0 .900 .975 9.00 10.03 SS 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .882 3.00 5.10 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 331 430 109 72 12 .882 .900 1.63 2.16
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
1890 AA-.346-4

On-base %
1890 AA-.409-8

Slugging %
1890 AA-.461-6

OPS
1890 AA-.870-8

Games
1890 AA-135-5

At Bats
1890 AA-538-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1890 AA-596-6

Hits
1890 AA-186-3

Total Bases
1890 AA-248-3

Triples
1890 AA-18-2

RBI
1890 AA-113-1

Singles
1890 AA-144-4

Adjusted OPS+
1890 AA-164-4

Runs Created
1890 AA-99-4

Adjusted Batting Runs
1890 AA-41-4

Batting Wins
1890 AA-4.3-4

Extra-Base Hits
1890 AA-42-5

Times on Base
1890 AA-244-5

Offensive Win%
1890 AA-.768-5

Hit By Pitch
1889 AA-12-8
1890 AA-10-10
1891 NL-8-9

       

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (408) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 17 (1079) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.0 (727) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 20.5 (755) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

February, 1891: Jumped from the Columbus Solons to the Cleveland Spiders.


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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