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Johnny Logan
John Logan Jr. (Yachta)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 17, 1951
Final Game September 27, 1963
Born March 23, 1927 in Endicott, NY

Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)

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        Johnny's homerun against the Cubs in 1955 was the first fair ball I ever got at a major league game. He was a gentleman and autographed it after the game.

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 24 BSN NL  62  169   14   37   7  1   0   16   0  0  18  13  .219  .298  .272   59   46   5           1   6
 1952 25 BSN NL 117  456   56  129  21  3   4   42   1  2  31  33  .283  .334  .368   97  168   9           4  10 MVP-36
 1953 26 MLN NL 150  611  100  167  27  8  11   73   2  2  41  33  .273  .326  .398   92  243   9           7  13 MVP-20
 1954 27 MLN NL 154  560   66  154  17  7   8   66   2  0  51  51  .275  .339  .373   91  209  15   6       6  14 MVP-18
 1955 28 MLN NL 154  595   95  177  37  5  13   83   3  3  58  58  .297  .360  .442  117  263  16   7   1   4  12 MVP-11,AS
 1956 29 MLN NL 148  545   69  153  27  5  15   46   3  0  46  49  .281  .340  .431  112  235  31   4   2   5  13 MVP-30
 1957 30 MLN NL 129  494   59  135  19  7  10   49   5  0  31  49  .273  .319  .401   98  198   8   4   2   4  14 MVP-25,AS
 1958 31 MLN NL 145  530   54  120  20  0  11   53   1  2  40  57  .226  .286  .326   68  173  13   2   1   5   8 AS
 1959 32 MLN NL 138  470   59  137  17  0  13   50   1  3  57  45  .291  .369  .411  115  193   6   4   9   3  12 AS
 1960 33 MLN NL 136  482   52  118  14  4   7   42   1  1  43  40  .245  .309  .334   82  161   9   1   6   2  10
 1961 34 TOT NL  45   71    5   14   5  0   0    6   0  0   5  11  .197  .250  .268   38   19   0   0   0   0   3
         MLN NL  18   19    0    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .105  .150  .158  -16    3   0   0   0   0   1
         PIT NL  27   52    5   12   4  0   0    5   0  0   4   8  .231  .286  .308   57   16   0   0   0   0   2
 1962 35 PIT NL  44   80    7   24   3  0   1   12   0  0   7   6  .300  .348  .375   94   30   1   2   0   0   4
 1963 36 PIT NL  81  181   15   42   2  1   0    9   0  0  23  27  .232  .325  .254   69   46   3   0   5   2   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1503 5244  651 1407 216 41  93  547  19 13 451 472  .268  .330  .378   94 1984 125  30  26  43 125
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        565   70  152  23  4  10   59   2  1  49  51  .268  .330  .378   94  214  13   3   3   5  13
 Career High    154  611  100  177  37  8  15   83   5  3  58  58  .297  .369  .442  117  263  31   7   9   7  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 24 BSN NL  193  143   14   2.6    97| .219  .259| .298  .332| .272  .392| .570  .724|  59  .271  -8.8  -0.9   0%
 1952 25 BSN NL  500  348   55   4.2    95| .283  .258| .334  .330| .368  .384| .702  .714|  97  .509  -1.7  -0.2  33%
 1953 26 MLN NL  668  468   77   4.4   105| .273  .267| .326  .337| .398  .416| .724  .753|  92  .452  -6.6  -0.6  50%
 1954 27 MLN NL  638  441   70   4.3   104| .275  .267| .339  .337| .373  .412| .712  .749|  91  .446  -6.3  -0.6 100%
 1955 28 MLN NL  680  456   96   5.6   101| .297  .259| .360  .330| .442  .411| .802  .741| 117  .584  16.6   1.6  50%
 1956 29 MLN NL  631  440   81   4.9    98| .281  .257| .340  .323| .431  .406| .771  .728| 112  .544   9.8   1.0 100%
 1957 30 MLN NL  541  385   62   4.4    97| .273  .260| .319  .322| .401  .403| .720  .725|  98  .474  -1.2  -0.1 100%
 1958 31 MLN NL  590  435   51   3.2    99| .226  .260| .286  .326| .326  .406| .612  .732|  68  .328 -23.2  -2.3  33%
 1959 32 MLN NL  540  358   71   5.3    98| .291  .260| .369  .325| .411  .403| .780  .728| 115  .562  13.0   1.3  25%
 1960 33 MLN NL  537  385   50   3.5    93| .245  .255| .309  .320| .334  .391| .643  .710|  82  .400 -11.4  -1.2  50%
 1961 34 TOT NL   76   60    4   1.8   105| .197  .269| .250  .335| .268  .419| .518  .754|  38  .147  -6.2  -0.6   0%
         MLN NL   20   18    0   0.0   100| .105  .263| .150  .328| .158  .409| .308  .738| -16  .000  -3.1  -0.3   0%
         PIT NL   56   42    4   2.5   106| .231  .271| .286  .338| .308  .422| .594  .760|  57  .248  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1962 35 PIT NL   90   63   10   4.2   104| .300  .271| .348  .339| .375  .412| .723  .750|  94  .468  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1963 36 PIT NL  209  148   15   2.7    90| .232  .255| .325  .317| .254  .382| .579  .699|  69  .341  -6.6  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     5893 4130  656   4.3    99| .268  .261| .330  .328| .378  .403| .708  .732|  94  .468 -32.8  -3.3  59%

* 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 ------+
1951 24 BSN NL SS 58 98 155 11 31 .958 .955 4.36 4.47 1952 25 BSN NL SS 117 247 385 18 81 .972 .960 5.40 4.70 1953 26 MLN NL SS 150 295 481 20 104 .975 .958 5.17 4.63 1954 27 MLN NL SS 154 324 489 26 104 .969 .959 5.28 4.63 1955 28 MLN NL SS 154 268 511 30 100 .963 .964 5.06 4.57 AS 1956 29 MLN NL SS 148 266 467 24 94 .968 .962 4.95 4.53 5.08 4.94 147 1299.7 1957 30 MLN NL SS 129 263 440 29 94 .960 .958 5.45 4.34 5.52 4.82 125 1146.0 AS 1958 31 MLN NL SS 144 273 481 32 99 .959 .964 5.24 4.57 5.38 5.11 142 1260.3 AS 1959 32 MLN NL SS 138 260 431 18 78 .975 .966 5.01 4.53 5.18 5.11 137 1201.0 AS 1960 33 MLN NL SS 136 235 417 30 77 .956 .960 4.79 4.23 4.85 4.81 134 1209.3 1961 34 TOT NL SS 8 9 18 1 4 .964 .961 3.38 4.29 4.42 4.93 6 55.0 MLN NL SS 2 0 3 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 4.30 2.70 4.95 1 10.0 PIT NL 3B 7 3 11 0 2 1.000 .946 2.00 2.60 2.93 2.93 3 43.0 SS 6 9 15 1 3 .960 .960 4.00 4.28 4.80 4.92 5 45.0 1962 35 PIT NL 3B 19 13 35 1 5 .980 .949 2.53 2.56 2.89 2.95 15 149.3 1963 36 PIT NL SS 44 74 122 17 28 .920 .961 4.45 4.22 4.68 4.83 43 376.7 3B 4 3 4 0 1 1.000 .946 1.75 2.55 2.33 2.93 3 27.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1961 34 PIT NL 3B 7 3 11 0 2 1.000 .946 2.00 2.60 2.93 2.93 3 43.0 1962 35 PIT NL 3B 19 13 35 1 5 .980 .949 2.53 2.56 2.89 2.95 15 149.3 1963 36 PIT NL 3B 4 3 4 0 1 1.000 .946 1.75 2.55 2.33 2.93 3 27.0 1951 24 BSN NL SS 58 98 155 11 31 .958 .955 4.36 4.47 1952 25 BSN NL SS 117 247 385 18 81 .972 .960 5.40 4.70 1953 26 MLN NL SS 150 295 481 20 104 .975 .958 5.17 4.63 1954 27 MLN NL SS 154 324 489 26 104 .969 .959 5.28 4.63 1955 28 MLN NL SS 154 268 511 30 100 .963 .964 5.06 4.57 1956 29 MLN NL SS 148 266 467 24 94 .968 .962 4.95 4.53 5.08 4.94 147 1299.7 1957 30 MLN NL SS 129 263 440 29 94 .960 .958 5.45 4.34 5.52 4.82 125 1146.0 1958 31 MLN NL SS 144 273 481 32 99 .959 .964 5.24 4.57 5.38 5.11 142 1260.3 1959 32 MLN NL SS 138 260 431 18 78 .975 .966 5.01 4.53 5.18 5.11 137 1201.0 1960 33 MLN NL SS 136 235 417 30 77 .956 .960 4.79 4.23 4.85 4.81 134 1209.3 1961 34 TOT NL SS 8 9 18 1 4 .964 .961 3.38 4.29 4.42 4.93 6 55.0 MLN NL SS 2 0 3 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 4.30 2.70 4.95 1 10.0 PIT NL SS 6 9 15 1 3 .960 .960 4.00 4.28 4.80 4.92 5 45.0 1963 36 PIT NL SS 44 74 122 17 28 .920 .961 4.45 4.22 4.68 4.83 43 376.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS*1380 2612 4397 256 894 .965 .961 5.08 4.51 734 6548.0 3B* 30 19 50 1 8 .986 .948 2.30 2.57 21 219.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1410 2631 4447 257 902 .965 .961 5.02 4.47
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1957   WS    MLN NYY     W   7  27   5   5  1  0  1   2   3   6  .185  .290  .333   0  0   0   0   1 
 1958   WS    MLN NYY     L   7  25   3   3  2  0  0   2   2   4  .120  .185  .200   0  0   2   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  14  52   8   8  3  0  1   4   5  10  .154  .241  .269   0  0   2   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1955   MLN NL       3   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1957   MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1958   MLN NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1959-2 MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/4      0   4   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .250  .250  .250 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1955 *
1957
1958 *
1959-2

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1952-NL-36-0.01
1953-NL-20-0.01
1954-NL-18-0.03
1955-NL-11-0.07
1956-NL-30-0.00
1957-NL-25-0.00
Car-829-0.12 shares

Games
1954 NL-154-1
1955 NL-154-1

At Bats
1953 NL-611-4
1955 NL-595-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1953 NL-668-9
1955 NL-680-5

Hits
1955 NL-177-9

Doubles
1955 NL-37-1
1956 NL-27-10

Triples
1953 NL-8-8
1957 NL-7-10

Singles
1953 NL-121-10
1954 NL-122-10
1955 NL-122-8

Hit By Pitch
1953 NL-7-3
1954 NL-6-4
1955 NL-4-10
1956 NL-5-6
1958 NL-5-9

Sac. Hits
1953 NL-9-8
1954 NL-15-3
1955 NL-16-2
1956 NL-31-1
1957 NL-8-6
1958 NL-13-3
1960 NL-9-6

Sac. Flies
1955 NL-7-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1957 NL-14-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1953 NL-18.5-6
1959 NL-10.4-9
1960 NL-12.1-7

Outs
1953 NL-468-3
1955 NL-456-3
1958 NL-435-7

     

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (406) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 13 (1228) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.9 (1023) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 28.0 (607) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1961: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Gino Cimoli.

October 18, 1963: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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