Dave Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: October 24, 1959 in Baltimore, MD us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 1981 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Baltimore City Community College (Baltimore, MD).

School: Baltimore City Community College (Baltimore, MD)

Debut: May 29, 1987 (Age 27-217d, 15,333rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 19, 1993 (Age 33-330d)
vs. CLE 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Full Name: David Wayne Johnson

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Relatives: Father of Steve Johnson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

ERA

5.11

368.0

143

WHIP

1.470

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 63 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 27 go ahead

3 Tms
BAL	59
DET	3
PIT	1

Platoon
vs LHB	32
vs RHB	31

Home/Road
Away	33
Home	30

Outs
2	27
0	20
1	16

12 Opps
OAK	9
DET	7
TOR	7
NYY	6
CHW	6
MIN	5
BOS	5
SEA	5
MIL	5
TEX	4
CLE	3
STL	1

49 Batters
Dan Pasqua	3
Frank Thomas	2
Gary Sheffield	2
José Canseco	2
Kent Hrbek	2
Lou Whitaker	2
Pete Incaviglia	2
Greg Briley	2
Harold Baines	2
Rubén Sierra	2
Jack Clark	2
Dave Henderson	2
George Bell	2
Scott Livingstone	1
Travis Fryman	1
Lee Mazzilli	1
Gene Larkin	1
Bob Geren	1
Robin Ventura	1
Randy Velarde	1
Ellis Burks	1
Ernie Riles	1
Joe Carter	1
Mickey Tettleton	1
Nick Esasky	1
Félix José	1
Paul Molitor	1
Dwight Evans	1
Greg Brock	1
Mookie Wilson	1
Kirby Puckett	1
Sam Horn	1
Matt Nokes	1
Cecil Fielder	1
Steve Balboni	1
Edgar Martínez	1
Phil Plantier	1
Rafael Palmeiro	1
Kelly Gruber	1
Mike Felder	1
Fred McGriff	1
John Moses	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Devon White	1
Jay Buhner	1
Mark McGwire	1
Don Mattingly	1
Jesse Barfield	1
Joel Skinner	1

14 Parks
Memor. Stad (BAL)	27
Tiger Stad (DET)	8
County Stad (MIL)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Kingdome (SEA)	3
Arlington St (ARL)	3
Metrodome (MIN)	3
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	21
9	16
89	10
78	10
8	5

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	13
1	12
2	11
4	9
5	9
6	4
7+	4
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	28
2·HR gms	13
3·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	38
1--	17
12-	2
-2-	2
1-3	2
123	1
--3	1

94 Runs
RISP	8
0 on	38
1 on	20
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	25

Inning
1	15
2	6
3	6
4	9
5	7
6	6
7	8
8	4
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	27
4-6	22
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	2
+2	5
+1	9
Tied	26
-1	5
-2	1
-3	3
-4..	4

Ahead	24
Tied	26
Behind	13

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	12
1-1	9
2-2	9
2-1	8
0-1	6
1-0	5
3-2	4
2-0	4
3-1	3
1-2	2
Unk	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	12
DH	12
1B	10
CF	8
3B	8
LF	5
2B	3
C	3
PH	1
SS	1

OrderPos
3rd	16
4th	13
7th	7
2nd	7
6th	7
5th	6
1st	3
8th	3
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	34

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1987-06-16	Jack Clark	STL		PIT	ahead 8-1	b 6	2	12-		3	4	3	1%	100%		Home Run; O. Smith Scores; T. Herr Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1989-08-01 (2)	Nick Esasky	BOS		BAL	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	1-3	6,(2-2) FBFFBX	3	6	3	16%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Heep Scores; D. Evans Scores
3	3	2	1	1989-08-18	George Bell	TOR	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	7	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
4	4	3	2	1989-08-18	Mookie Wilson	TOR	@	BAL	tied 1-1	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	9	12%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
5	5	4	3	1989-08-18	Lee Mazzilli	TOR	@	BAL	ahead 2-1	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	7	DH	11%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
6	6	5	1	1989-08-26	Bob Geren	NYY		BAL	behind 2-5	b 7	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	19%	35%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); R. Kelly Scores
7	7	6	1	1989-08-31	Joe Carter	CLE		BAL	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	3	7	13%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
8	8	7	1	1989-09-08	Rubén Sierra	TEX		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	4	9	18%	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); H. Baines Scores
9	9	8	1	1989-09-22	Steve Balboni	NYY	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	3	11%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	9	2	1989-09-22	Randy Velarde	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	7	5	11%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	10	1	1989-09-26	Mike Felder	MIL		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	6,(2-2) BCBCFX	1	1	9	10%	65%	Lead-Off,IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Line Drive)
12	12	11	2	1989-09-26	Gary Sheffield	MIL		BAL	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	5	11%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1990-04-14	Cecil Fielder	DET		BAL	behind 0-5	b 6	1	--3	4,(2-1) BSBX	2	4	3	6%	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Trammell Scores
14	14	2	1	1990-04-24	Mark McGwire	OAK	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	4	3	19%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Lansford Scores
15	15	3	2	1990-04-24	Félix José	OAK	@	BAL	ahead 3-0	t 7	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	1	7	5%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
16	16	4	1	1990-04-29	Ken Griffey Jr.	SEA	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	8	14%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
17	17	5	2	1990-04-29	Edgar Martínez	SEA	@	BAL	tied 1-1	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	20%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	6	1	1990-05-12	José Canseco	OAK		BAL	behind 0-1	b 5	2	1--	5,(1-2) C1FB1FX	2	3	9	32%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Lansford Scores
19	19	7	1	1990-05-23	Dan Pasqua	CHW	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1-3	3,(2-0) BBX	3	4	DH	20%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); L. Johnson Scores; I. Calderón Scores
20	20	8	2	1990-05-23	Dan Pasqua	CHW	@	BAL	ahead 4-3	t 7	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	DH	14%	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
21	21	9	1	1990-05-28	Kirby Puckett	MIN		BAL	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	8	10%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
22	22	10	2	1990-05-28	Gene Larkin	MIN		BAL	behind 1-4	b 4	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	9	9%	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	11	1	1990-06-02	Jesse Barfield	NYY		BAL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	5,(2-2) FBSBX	1	6	9	11%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	12	1	1990-06-07	Paul Molitor	MIL		BAL	behind 0-5	b 8	2	1--	4,(2-1) FBBX	2	3	4	3%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Spiers Scores
25	25	13	1	1990-06-13	Greg Brock	MIL	@	BAL	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	7	3	15%	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Surhoff Scores
26	26	14	1	1990-06-18	Ellis Burks	BOS	@	BAL	behind 1-7	t 4	0	---	5,(2-2) BBCFX	1	5	8	3%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	15	1	1990-06-23	Dwight Evans	BOS		BAL	behind 1-2	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	DH	33%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	16	1	1990-06-29	Kent Hrbek	MIN		BAL	tied 1-1	b 6	0	---	7,(2-2) BCBFFFX	1	4	3	16%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
29	29	17	1	1990-07-04	Rubén Sierra	TEX		BAL	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	9	13%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
30	30	18	2	1990-07-04	Pete Incaviglia	TEX		BAL	behind 1-2	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	8	16%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
31	31	19	1	1990-07-08	Dan Pasqua	CHW		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	7	11%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
32	32	20	1	1990-07-13 (2)	John Moses	MIN	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	2	8	16%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); S. Mack Scores
33	33	21	2	1990-07-13 (2)	Kent Hrbek	MIN	@	BAL	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	3	DH	8%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
34	34	22	1	1990-07-18	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX	@	BAL	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	3	19%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Huson Scores
35	35	23	1	1990-07-23	Travis Fryman	DET		BAL	behind 0-7	b 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	6	2%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
36	36	24	1	1990-08-09	Dave Henderson	OAK		BAL	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	8	14%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Canseco Scores
37	37	25	1	1990-08-14	Greg Briley	SEA		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	-2-	4,(2-1) BFBX	2	2	9	13%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); H. Reynolds Scores
38	38	26	2	1990-08-14	Greg Briley	SEA		BAL	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	---	8,(3-2) BFBBSFFX	1	2	9	8%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
39	39	27	1	1990-09-16	Kelly Gruber	TOR		BAL	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	3	5	10%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
40	40	28	2	1990-09-16	George Bell	TOR		BAL	tied 2-2	b 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	DH	13%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
41	41	29	1	1990-09-27	Joel Skinner	CLE		BAL	behind 1-4	b 7	2	---	6,(2-2) BCFFBX	1	8	2	7%	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
42	42	30	1	1990-10-02	Fred McGriff	TOR	@	BAL	tied 1-1	t 9	2	---	5,(2-2) BFBFX	1	4	3	42%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1991-04-17	Gary Sheffield	MIL		BAL	ahead 5-2	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	5	5%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); G. Sheffield Scores
44	44	2	1	1991-04-23	Frank Thomas	CHW		BAL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	6	3	18%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball); C. Fisk Scores; F. Thomas Scores
45	45	3	2	1991-04-23	Robin Ventura	CHW		BAL	ahead 2-1	b 3	0	1--	6,(3-2) BBFB>F>X	2	3	5	14%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball); L. Johnson Scores; R. Ventura Scores
46	46	4	1	1991-05-07	Harold Baines	OAK		BAL	ahead 6-1	b 4	2	12-	7,(3-2) FFBBFBX	3	4	DH	4%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Henderson Scores; J. Canseco Scores; H. Baines Scores
47	47	5	1	1991-05-16	Dave Henderson	OAK	@	BAL	ahead 10-4	t 8	0	---	5,(2-2) ..SBBFX	1	2	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Henderson Scores
48	48	6	1	1991-07-26	Ernie Riles	OAK	@	BAL	tied 3-3	t 5	2	123	4,(2-1) BCBX	4	7	5	36%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Canseco Scores; H. Baines Scores; T. Steinbach Scores; E. Riles Scores
49	49	7	2	1991-07-26	José Canseco	OAK	@	BAL	ahead 7-3	t 7	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	3	9	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Canseco Scores
50	50	8	3	1991-07-26	Harold Baines	OAK	@	BAL	ahead 8-3	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); H. Baines Scores
51	51	9	1	1991-07-31	Jay Buhner	SEA		BAL	tied 1-1	b 6	1	---	5,(2-2) FBFBX	1	6	9	18%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Buhner Scores
52	52	10	1	1991-08-11	Frank Thomas	CHW	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	4,(2-1) BBFX	2	3	DH	18%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Ventura Scores; F. Thomas Scores
53	53	11	1	1991-08-26	Devon White	TOR	@	BAL	ahead 3-1	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	1	8	9%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. White Scores
54	54	12	1	1991-09-26 (1)	Phil Plantier	BOS	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	3	9	10%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); P. Plantier Scores
55	55	13	2	1991-09-26 (1)	Jack Clark	BOS	@	BAL	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	DH	10%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Clark Scores
56	56	14	1	1991-09-30	Pete Incaviglia	DET		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	3	7	17%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); L. Whitaker Scores; P. Incaviglia Scores
57	57	15	2	1991-09-30	Mickey Tettleton	DET		BAL	ahead 2-0	b 1	1	1--	5,(3-1) BBFBX	2	5	2	12%	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); C. Fielder Scores; M. Tettleton Scores
58	58	16	3	1991-09-30	Lou Whitaker	DET		BAL	ahead 4-0	b 4	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	4	6%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); T. Phillips Scores; L. Whitaker Scores
59	59	17	1	1991-10-05	Scott Livingstone	DET	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	7,(3-2) CBSBBFX	1	8	5	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); S. Livingstone Scores
60	60	18	2	1991-10-05	Lou Whitaker	DET	@	BAL	ahead 1-0	t 5	2	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	2	4	13%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Whitaker Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1993-05-08	Matt Nokes	NYY	@	DET	tied 8-8	t 11	2	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	7	PH	48%	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); P. O'Neill Scores
62	62	2	1	1993-05-09	Don Mattingly	NYY	@	DET	ahead 9-2	t 8	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	3	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); W. Boggs Scores
63	63	3	1	1993-09-19	Sam Horn	CLE	@	DET	ahead 8-0	t 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball); P. Sorrento Scores