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Kenji Johjima

Kenji Johjima

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 8, 1976 in Nagasaki, Japan
High School: Beppudai Fuzoku (Oita, JP)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners in 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2006
Team: Mariners 2006-2009
Agents: Alan Nero [*]
Final Game: October 3, 2009
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2006 30 SEA AL 144 542 506 61 147 25 1 18 76 3 1 20 46 .291 .332 .451 .783 103 228 15 13 0 3 1 *2 RoY-4
2007 31 SEA AL 135 513 485 52 139 29 0 14 61 0 2 15 41 .287 .322 .433 .755 101 210 22 11 0 2 0 *2
2008 32 SEA AL 112 409 379 29 86 19 0 7 39 2 0 19 33 .227 .277 .332 .609 64 126 12 8 1 2 1 2D
2009 33 SEA AL 71 258 239 24 59 11 0 9 22 2 2 12 28 .247 .296 .406 .702 87 97 4 5 1 1 0 2
4 Yrs 462 1722 1609 166 431 84 1 48 198 7 5 66 148 .268 .310 .411 .721 91 661 53 37 2 8 2
162 Game Avg. 162 604 564 58 151 29 0 17 69 2 2 23 52 .268 .310 .411 .721 91 232 19 13 1 3 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 30 SEA AL 144 542 10 -2 -0 -11 8 5 0.6 18 23 2.3 .503 .503 3.4 -0.2 34 $5,433,333 *2 RoY-4
2007 31 SEA AL 135 513 4 -6 -2 -7 7 -4 -0.3 17 13 1.3 .497 .498 2.0 0.2 20 $5,933,333 *2
2008 32 SEA AL 112 409 -18 -1 -1 3 5 -12 -1.1 14 2 0.2 .489 .492 -0.2 0.9 -1 $6,383,333 2D
2009 33 SEA AL 71 258 -6 -2 1 1 4 -2 -0.1 9 6 0.7 .497 .499 0.6 0.5 5 $7,666,666 2
4 Seasons 462 1722 -10 -11 -3 -14 24 -14 -0.8 58 45 4.5 .497 .498 5.8 1.4 59 $25,416,665

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2006 30 SEA AL 542 378 72 5.1 108 .290 .291 .272 .332 .336 .451 .432 .783 .768 103 .488 1.5 0.1 .701 .204 .160 5.1
2007 31 SEA AL 513 372 60 4.3 103 .289 .287 .266 .322 .333 .433 .416 .755 .749 101 .427 -0.5 -0.0 .632 .173 .146 .0
2008 32 SEA AL 409 308 33 2.9 102 .232 .227 .263 .277 .331 .332 .413 .609 .744 64 .269 -19.7 -1.9 .508 .161 .106 3.1
2009 33 SEA AL 258 188 28 4.0 102 .246 .247 .260 .296 .328 .406 .417 .702 .745 87 .391 -4.8 -0.4 .613 .209 .159 3.3
4 Yrs 1722 1246 193 4.1 104 .270 .268 .266 .310 .333 .411 .421 .721 .753 91 .406 -23.5 -2.2 .620 .185 .143 12.2
162 Game Avg. 604 437 68 4.1 104 .270 .268 .266 .310 .333 .411 .421 .721 .753 91 .406 -23.5 -2.2 .620 .185 .143 4

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2006 30 SEA AL 542 3.3% 8.5% 3.7% 8.1% 30% 2.30 11.0 28.1 6.7 0.85 1.14 82% 20% 8.3% 13%
2007 31 SEA AL 513 2.7% 8.0% 2.9% 8.4% 31% 2.73 11.8 34.6 8.0 0.87 1.41 84% 20% 7.2% 18%
2008 32 SEA AL 409 1.7% 8.1% 4.7% 6.4% 30% 1.74 11.5 54.1 9.7 0.84 1.02 83% 19% 4.5% 18%
2009 33 SEA AL 258 3.5% 10.9% 4.7% 7.8% 34% 2.33 8.5 26.6 10.9 1.00 1.15 79% 15% 10.2% 16%
4 Yrs 1722 2.8% 8.6% 3.8% 7.7% 31% 2.24 10.9 33.5 8.1 0.87 1.19 83% 19% 7.3% 16%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.3% 8.6% 8.0% 34% 2.01 5.1 33.0 7.6 0.79 1.07 70% 19% 7.7% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 30 SEA AL 1.5 0.1 554 -0.0 9.8 -9.8 1.00 0.7 -0.8 18.4 1.7 0.93 9.0 2.99 5
2007 31 SEA AL -0.5 -0.0 519 -0.8 8.6 -9.5 .96 -0.6 -0.3 -9.7 -0.9 0.97 -6.6 2.60 4
2008 32 SEA AL -20.2 -1.9 419 -2.4 5.9 -8.2 .98 -1.8 -0.6 -17.2 -1.7 0.92 -21.5 0.01 2
2009 33 SEA AL -4.8 -0.4 262 -0.8 4.3 -5.1 1.04 -0.7 -0.0 -15.1 -1.5 0.91 -7.7 2.93 0
4 Yrs -24.0 -2.3 1754 -4.0 28.6 -32.6 .99 -2.4 -1.6 -23.6 -2.4 0.94 -26.7 2.31 11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 30 SEA AL 13 0 27% 185 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 35% 33 25 7 6 3 3 19 6 10
2007 31 SEA AL 8 0 25% 183 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 26% 26 24 2 8 7 1 23 9 12
2008 32 SEA AL 5 0 21% 123 2 0 100% 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 9 17% 16 14 2 5 4 1 8 6 2
2009 33 SEA AL 0 0 22% 77 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 30% 11 9 2 3 3 0 6 1 4
4 Yrs 26 0 24% 568 7 5 58% 5 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 17 25 28% 86 72 13 22 17 5 56 22 28

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2006 30 SEA AL 542 23% 147 5 0 5 0 0 0 2.99 18 0 15 18 0 6 12 0 1 0 0% 105 15 14% 24 12 50% 337 67 20% 25 20 80% 21 16 76% 0
2007 31 SEA AL 513 21% 139 10 1 4 0 0 0 2.60 14 2 15 11 3 8 6 0 2 0 0% 115 22 19% 49 10 20% 351 52 15% 35 17 49% 19 11 58% 0
2008 32 SEA AL 409 31% 86 10 0 2 0 0 0 0.01 7 0 14 1 6 3 4 0 3 1 33% 70 12 17% 26 6 23% 240 33 14% 20 12 60% 12 8 67% 0
2009 33 SEA AL 258 32% 59 7 1 0 0 0 0 2.93 9 0 6 6 3 3 6 0 1 1 100% 52 4 8% 22 6 27% 153 13 9% 10 4 40% 9 5 56% 0
4 Yrs 1722 26% 431 32 2 11 0 0 0 2.31 48 2 50 36 12 20 28 0 7 2 29% 342 53 16% 121 34 28% 1081 165 15% 90 53 59% 61 40 66% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2006 30 SEA AL 543 1825 3.36 1196 66% 19% 11% 31% 39% 81% 1% 53% 86% 34% 2% 9 2 10% 57 43 6% 30 25 24% -1 0 0
2007 31 SEA AL 513 1739 3.39 1155 66% 21% 12% 29% 39% 79% 0% 53% 85% 28% 2% 10 1 11% 57 43 4% 19 13 17% 0 0 0
2008 32 SEA AL 411 1477 3.59 939 64% 22% 10% 31% 37% 78% 1% 49% 87% 24% 4% 15 3 11% 47 28 7% 29 23 3% -2 0 0
2009 33 SEA AL 258 881 3.41 566 64% 27% 11% 24% 38% 73% 0% 47% 85% 21% 3% 7 1 13% 34 22 6% 15 6 11% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1725 5922 3.43 3856 65% 21% 11% 29% 38% 79% 0% 51% 86% 28% 2% 41 7 11% 195 136 5% 93 67 15% -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 30 144 542 506 61 147 25 1 18 76 3 1 20 46 .291 .332 .451 .783 103 228 15 13 0 3 1
2007 31 279 1055 991 113 286 54 1 32 137 3 3 35 87 .289 .327 .442 .769 102 438 37 24 0 5 1
2008 32 391 1464 1370 142 372 73 1 39 176 5 3 54 120 .272 .313 .412 .725 92 564 49 32 1 7 2
2009 33 462 1722 1609 166 431 84 1 48 198 7 5 66 148 .268 .310 .411 .721 91 661 53 37 2 8 2

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2006 30 144 540 504 60 145 25 1 18 75 3 20 46 .288 .330 .448 .778 71 144
2007 31 135 513 485 52 139 29 0 14 61 0 15 41 .287 .322 .433 .755 65 135
2008 32 112 410 380 30 87 19 0 7 40 2 19 33 .229 .279 .334 .613 34 112
2009 33 71 260 241 25 61 11 0 9 23 2 12 28 .253 .301 .411 .712 29 71
4 Yrs 462 1723 1610 167 432 84 1 48 199 7 66 148 .268 .311 .411 .722 199 462
162 Game Avg. 162 604 565 59 151 29 0 17 70 2 23 52 .268 .311 .411 .722 70 462

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2006 AL  13 (4th)
2007 AL  11 (9th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2007 AL  22 (3rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
2006 AL  11.0 (2nd)
2007 AL  11.8 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2197), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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