Alex Johnson

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 205lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: December 7, 1942 in Helena, AR us

Died: February 28, 2015 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Mount Hope Memorial Gardens, Livonia, MI

High School: Northwestern HS (Detroit, MI)

School: Detroit Institute of Technology (Detroit, MI)

Debut: July 25, 1964 (Age 21-231d, 12,260th in major league history)
vs. STL 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1976 (Age 33-299d)
vs. MIL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Alexander Johnson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.0

4623

1331

.288

550

RBI

525

113

OBP

.326

SLG

.392

OPS

.718

OPS+

105

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 78 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 30 go ahead

8 Tms
CIN	19
CAL	16
PHI	12
TEX	12
CLE	8
DET	6
STL	3
NYY	2

Platoon
vs RHP	45
vs LHP	33

Home/Road
Away	42
Home	36

Outs
2	32
0	27
1	19

24 Opps
MIN	7
CHC	6
CLE	6
KCR	5
SFG	4
STL	4
OAK	4
DET	4
BAL	4
PHI	4
CHW	4
SDP	3
CAL	3
CIN	3
PIT	3
BOS	3
ATL/MLN	2
MON	2
MIL	2
TEX	1
NYY	1
NYM	1
LAD	1
HOU	1

68 Pitchers
Vic Albury	2
Grant Jackson	2
Bobby Bolin	2
Bill Lee	2
Ken Holtzman	2
Bill Stoneman	2
Bill Hands	2
Wally Bunker	2
Joe Niekro	2
Mickey Lolich	2
Earl Wilson	1
Willard Hunter	1
Jim Palmer	1
Ted Davidson	1
Denny Lemaster	1
Gary Waslewski	1
Billy Wynne	1
Joe Gibbon	1
Dick Ellsworth	1
Billy McCool	1
Lew Krausse	1
Jim Kaat	1
Blue Moon Odom	1
Billy O'Dell	1
Jack Baldschun	1
Wilbur Wood	1
Sid Monge	1
Dick Hall	1
Dick Tidrow	1
Ed Figueroa	1
Milt Wilcox	1
Ray Washburn	1
Claude Osteen	1
Tom Hall	1
Don Nottebart	1
Don Schwall	1
Pat Jarvis	1
Tom Timmermann	1
Paul Lindblad	1
Steve Renko	1
Diego Seguí	1
Jim Ray	1
Lowell Palmer	1
Mike Norris	1
Don Cardwell	1
Tom Bradley	1
Rickey Clark	1
Clyde Wright	1
Mike Hedlund	1
Woodie Fryman	1
Mudcat Grant	1
Casey Cox	1
Warren Spahn	1
Tommy John	1
Rudy May	1
Steve Hargan	1
Nelson Briles	1
Sam McDowell	1
Bill Zepp	1
Tom Hilgendorf	1
Bert Blyleven	1
Clay Kirby	1
Jim Strickland	1
Ray Sadecki	1
Jim York	1
Joey Jay	1
Curt Simmons	1
Jim Colborn	1

21 Parks
Crosley Fld (CIN)	12
ClevelandStd (CLE)	11
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	9
Tiger Stad (DET)	7
Arlington St (ARL)	5
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	4
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Munic. Stad (KAN)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Parc Jarry (MON)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Forbes Fld (PIT)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1

Where Hit
7	27
8	20
9	14
78	7
89	5

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	74
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	47
1--	16
-2-	4
1-3	4
-23	3
12-	2
--3	2

118 RBI
RISP	15
0 on	47
1 on	22
2 on	9
Any on	31

Inning
1	15
2	1
3	8
4	12
5	9
6	13
7	8
8	9
9	1
Extra	2

1-3	24
4-6	34
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	4
+2	8
+1	8
Tied	25
-1	10
-2	5
-3	6
-4..	6

Ahead	26
Tied	25
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	62
DH	10
PH	3
CF	2
RF	1

OrderPos
3rd	28
4th	28
5th	11
2nd	4
6th	3
7th	2
1st	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	28
Low Lev	34

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1964-08-09	PHI		NYM	Willard Hunter	ahead 4-0	b 8	0	1--	2	4	PH	0.007	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Callison Scores
2	2	2	1	1964-09-23	PHI		CIN	Billy McCool	behind 1-2	b 6	2	-2-	2	5	7	0.371	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Callison Scores
3	3	3	1	1964-09-26	PHI		MLN	Denny Lemaster	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	--3	2	5	7	0.159	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Allen Scores
4	4	4	1	1964-09-30	PHI	@	STL	Curt Simmons	behind 0-8	t 7	2	1--	2	5	7	0.005	1%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Allen Scores
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1965-05-18	PHI	@	STL	Ray Sadecki	behind 1-4	t 4	2	---	1	6	7	0.077	22%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	2	1	1965-05-21	PHI	@	CIN	Joey Jay	behind 3-5	t 7	2	---	1	5	7	0.105	23%		Home Run (Deep CF)
7	7	3	1	1965-06-05	PHI	@	CHC	Dick Ellsworth	ahead 3-2	t 5	2	12-	3	5	8	0.254	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Allen Scores; D. Stuart Scores
8	8	4	1	1965-07-05 (1)	PHI		PIT	Don Schwall	ahead 2-0	b 8	1	---	1	5	8	0.033	98%		Home Run (LF-CF)
9	9	5	1	1965-07-19	PHI	@	STL	Ray Washburn	ahead 2-0	t 6	1	-2-	2	6	7	0.115	92%		Home Run (CF-RF); D. Allen Scores/unER
10	10	6	1	1965-08-29	PHI		LAD	Claude Osteen	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	--3	2	5	7	0.059	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Allen Scores
11	11	7	1	1965-08-31 (2)	PHI		SFG	Warren Spahn	tied 0-0	b 7	2	---	1	5	7	0.255	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	8	1	1965-09-04	PHI	@	CIN	Ted Davidson	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	---	1	5	PH	0.124	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1966-04-15	STL	@	PIT	Don Cardwell	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	1--	2	7	7	0.183	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Kernek Scores
14	14	2	1	1966-04-29	STL	@	SFG	Joe Gibbon	ahead 4-1	t 9	2	---	1	2	7	0.020	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1967-05-01	STL		PIT	Billy O'Dell	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	0.117	63%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1968-06-22	CIN		CHC	Bill Hands	ahead 3-1	b 5	2	---	1	2	7	0.077	90%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
17	17	2	1	1968-08-18 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	Bill Stoneman	ahead 5-0	t 7	0	---	1	2	7	0.011	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1969-04-12	CIN	@	ATL	Pat Jarvis	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	1	3	7	0.092	79%		Home Run (CF-RF)
19	19	2	1	1969-04-15	CIN		SFG	Bobby Bolin	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.108	62%		Home Run (Deep CF)
20	20	3	2	1969-04-15	CIN		SFG	Bobby Bolin	behind 2-4	b 5	1	1-3	3	3	7	0.326	69%		Home Run (Deep CF); P. Rose Scores; B. Tolan Scores
21	21	4	1	1969-04-27 (2)	CIN	@	SDP	Jack Baldschun	tied 7-7	t 8	1	1--	2	3	7	0.368	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Tolan Scores
22	22	5	1	1969-05-03	CIN		SDP	Joe Niekro	behind 0-9	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.010	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	6	1	1969-05-10	CIN	@	MON	Bill Stoneman	behind 2-4	t 5	2	1-3	3	3	7	0.379	61%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Rose Scores; B. Tolan Scores
24	24	7	1	1969-05-14	CIN	@	PHI	Grant Jackson	tied 2-2	t 3	0	---	1	3	7	0.123	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	8	1	1969-06-11	CIN		STL	Mudcat Grant	behind 3-8	b 5	0	---	1	3	7	0.044	11%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	9	1	1969-06-14	CIN		CHC	Don Nottebart	ahead 4-2	b 4	1	-2-	2	3	7	0.105	91%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Tolan Scores
27	27	10	1	1969-06-25	CIN		SDP	Clay Kirby	tied 0-0	b 6	2	---	1	4	7	0.196	71%		Home Run (Deep CF)
28	28	11	1	1969-08-01	CIN	@	PHI	Woodie Fryman	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	7	0.184	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Tolan Scores
29	29	12	1	1969-08-03	CIN	@	PHI	Lowell Palmer	ahead 16-9	t 6	0	---	1	3	7	0.005	99%		Home Run (Deep CF)
30	30	13	1	1969-08-08	CIN		PHI	Grant Jackson	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.108	62%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
31	31	14	1	1969-08-12 (1)	CIN	@	MON	Steve Renko	behind 1-6	t 6	0	1--	2	3	7	0.065	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Stewart Scores
32	32	15	1	1969-08-27	CIN	@	CHC	Ken Holtzman	ahead 5-1	t 5	1	---	1	3	7	0.043	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	16	1	1969-09-03	CIN		CHC	Bill Hands	tied 0-0	b 4	0	1--	2	3	7	0.193	79%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Tolan Scores
34	34	17	1	1969-09-27	CIN		HOU	Jim Ray	behind 0-3	b 5	2	-2-	2	7	7	0.189	35%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. May Scores
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1970-04-11	CAL	@	KCR	Wally Bunker	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-23	3	4	7	0.178	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Alomar Scores; B. Voss Scores
36	36	2	2	1970-04-11	CAL	@	KCR	Wally Bunker	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	1-3	3	4	7	0.077	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Fregosi Scores; B. Voss Scores
37	37	3	1	1970-05-17 (1)	CAL	@	OAK	Paul Lindblad	ahead 4-0	t 6	0	---	1	4	7	0.031	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	4	1	1970-05-30	CAL		BAL	Dick Hall	tied 2-2	b 7	2	---	1	4	7	0.253	77%		Home Run (CF-RF)
39	39	5	1	1970-06-14	CAL	@	DET	Earl Wilson	behind 3-8	t 8	2	---	1	4	7	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	6	1	1970-06-30	CAL	@	MIL	Lew Krausse	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	1--	2	4	7	0.160	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Fregosi Scores
41	41	7	1	1970-07-11	CAL		MIN	Bill Zepp	behind 1-4	b 6	1	---	1	4	7	0.086	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	8	1	1970-08-09 (1)	CAL	@	CHW	Tommy John	ahead 2-0	t 8	2	---	1	4	7	0.072	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	9	1	1970-08-17	CAL		CLE	Sam McDowell	tied 0-0	b 7	0	---	1	4	7	0.218	80%		Home Run (Deep CF)
44	44	10	1	1970-08-25 (2)	CAL	@	DET	Joe Niekro	behind 2-3	t 8	0	1--	2	4	7	0.426	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Fregosi Scores
45	45	11	1	1970-08-30	CAL	@	CLE	Steve Hargan	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	7	0.190	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Repoz Scores
46	46	12	1	1970-09-09 (2)	CAL	@	CHW	Billy Wynne	tied 0-0	t 6	2	---	1	4	7	0.187	63%		Home Run (Deep CF)
47	47	13	1	1970-09-16	CAL	@	MIN	Bert Blyleven	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1	4	7	0.137	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	14	1	1970-09-20	CAL	@	OAK	Blue Moon Odom	behind 1-2	t 7	0	---	1	4	7	0.209	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1971-04-18	CAL	@	MIN	Tom Hall	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	1--	2	3	7	0.195	80%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. Wright Scores/unER; A. Johnson Scores/unER
50	50	2	1	1971-06-19	CAL	@	KCR	Jim York	tied 4-4	t 6	0	---	1	4	7	0.182	68%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1972-04-22	CLE		BAL	Jim Palmer	ahead 2-0	b 5	0	1--	2	3	7	0.091	95%		Home Run (CF-RF); J. Brohamer Scores
52	52	2	1	1972-05-06	CLE		CHW	Tom Bradley	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	7	0.195	74%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Brohamer Scores
53	53	3	1	1972-05-10	CLE		KCR	Mike Hedlund	tied 0-0	b 3	2	12-	3	3	7	0.305	85%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Unser Scores; J. Brohamer Scores
54	54	4	1	1972-05-13	CLE		TEX	Casey Cox	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	-23	3	3	7	0.045	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Unser Scores; J. Brohamer Scores/unER
55	55	5	1	1972-06-04	CLE		CAL	Rickey Clark	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.120	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	6	1	1972-07-23 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	Wilbur Wood	tied 0-0	t 5	2	---	1	6	7	0.177	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	7	1	1972-08-19	CLE		OAK	Gary Waslewski	behind 2-3	b 4	0	---	1	4	7	0.157	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	8	1	1972-08-21	CLE		MIN	Jim Strickland	ahead 7-3	b 4	2	---	1	4	7	0.032	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	1973-04-21	TEX	@	MIN	Jim Kaat	tied 3-3	t 6	1	---	1	4	DH	0.173	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	2	1	1973-05-06	TEX	@	DET	Mickey Lolich	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	1--	2	3	DH	0.137	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Harrah Scores
61	61	3	1	1973-05-20	TEX	@	CAL	Clyde Wright	behind 1-4	t 8	1	---	1	4	7	0.046	8%		Home Run (Deep CF)
62	62	4	1	1973-07-21	TEX		DET	Mickey Lolich	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	4	DH	0.144	56%		Home Run (Deep CF)
63	63	5	1	1973-08-12	TEX		CLE	Tom Hilgendorf	behind 5-6	b 10	1	---	1	1	PH	0.472	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	6	1	1973-08-24	TEX	@	CLE	Tom Timmermann	behind 1-3	t 4	0	---	1	4	DH	0.109	37%		Home Run
65	65	7	1	1973-08-25	TEX	@	CLE	Dick Tidrow	tied 1-1	t 3	2	---	1	4	DH	0.122	58%		Home Run (Deep CF)
66	66	8	1	1973-08-26 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	Milt Wilcox	behind 1-2	t 4	0	---	1	4	DH	0.128	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	1974-05-25	TEX	@	MIN	Vic Albury	behind 1-2	t 8	0	1--	2	3	DH	0.423	76%		Home Run; T. Harrah Scores
68	68	2	1	1974-06-16	TEX		MIL	Jim Colborn	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	1	3	7	0.134	65%		Home Run (Deep CF)
69	69	3	1	1974-06-26	TEX		MIN	Vic Albury	behind 0-3	b 1	1	1--	2	3	DH	0.166	41%		Home Run (LF-CF); D. Nelson Scores
70	70	4	1	1974-07-28	TEX		KCR	Nelson Briles	behind 0-2	b 1	1	---	1	2	DH	0.103	41%		Home Run (Deep CF)
71	71	5	1	1974-09-10	NYY	@	BOS	Diego Seguí	tied 1-1	t 12	0	---	1	8	7	0.339	84%		Home Run
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	1975-06-28	NYY	@	BOS	Bill Lee	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.099	56%		Home Run
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
73	73	1	1	1976-04-19	DET	@	OAK	Mike Norris	behind 3-4	t 8	0	---	1	5	7	0.271	50%		Home Run (LF-CF)
74	74	2	1	1976-05-27	DET		BAL	Ken Holtzman	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	1	4	7	0.144	56%		Home Run (LF-CF)
75	75	3	1	1976-05-28	DET		NYY	Ed Figueroa	behind 2-6	b 6	1	1-3	3	4	7	0.205	34%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Oglivie Scores; R. Staub Scores/unER
76	76	4	1	1976-06-12	DET		CAL	Sid Monge	ahead 4-1	b 4	0	-23	3	3	7	0.043	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. LeFlore Scores; P. García Scores
77	77	5	1	1976-07-01	DET	@	BAL	Rudy May	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	---	1	4	DH	0.138	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
78	78	6	1	1976-09-18	DET		BOS	Bill Lee	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---	1	5	7	0.091	32%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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