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Alex Johnson

Alexander Johnson

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

Born: December 7, 1942 in Helena, AR
High School: Northwestern HS (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1964
Teams (by GP): Reds/Rangers/Angels/Phillies/Tigers/... 1964-1976

Final Game: October 1, 1976
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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 PHI NL 21 OF 35 34 9 237.1 49 47 1 1 0 .980 -1 -5 1.82 1.37 .973 1.99 1.98
1964 PHI NL 21 LF 34 33 9 231.1 46 44 1 1 0 .978 -1 -6 1.75 1.32 .965 1.70 1.69
1964 PHI NL 21 RF 1 1 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 3.00 2.00 .975 1.95 1.90
1965 PHI NL 22 OF 82 61 44 553.0 116 109 3 4 0 .966 -4 -9 1.82 1.37 .975 2.00 2.00
1965 PHI NL 22 LF 77 56 41 506.0 102 96 3 3 0 .971 -3 -7 1.76 1.29 .966 1.71 1.71
1965 PHI NL 22 CF 9 5 3 47.0 12 11 0 1 0 .917 -1 -23 2.11 1.22 .981 2.30 2.30
1966 STL NL 23 LF 22 22 12 181.0 27 23 3 1 0 .963 1 4 1.29 1.18 .963 1.74 1.74
1966 STL NL 23 OF 22 22 12 181.0 26 23 2 1 0 .962 1 4 1.24 1.14 .974 2.03 2.03
1967 STL NL 24 OF 57 46 23 374.0 101 91 7 3 2 .970 -0 -0 2.36 1.72 .976 2.03 2.03
1967 STL NL 24 RF 49 44 23 349.0 97 87 7 3 2 .969 1 4 2.42 1.92 .976 2.03 2.03
1967 STL NL 24 CF 6 2 0 19.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -88 1.42 0.50 .980 2.32 2.30
1967 STL NL 24 LF 3 0 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 20 1.50 0.33 .970 1.80 1.73
1968 CIN NL 25 LF 141 140 129 1249.0 262 240 8 14 2 .947 -1 -1 1.79 1.76 .963 1.64 1.65
1968 CIN NL 25 OF 140 140 129 1250.0 265 243 8 14 2 .947 -1 -1 1.81 1.79 .975 2.02 2.03
1968 CIN NL 25 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1969 CIN NL 26 LF 132 129 81 1063.1 246 225 3 18 1 .927 1 1 1.93 1.73 .963 1.69 1.67
1969 CIN NL 26 OF 132 129 81 1063.1 245 222 5 18 1 .927 1 1 1.92 1.72 .973 2.02 2.01
1970 CAL AL 27 OF 156 156 142 1361.1 292 269 11 12 0 .959 -1 -1 1.85 1.79 .980 2.14 2.13 AS,MVP-8
1970 CAL AL 27 LF 155 155 141 1349.2 282 259 11 12 0 .957 -1 -1 1.80 1.74 .978 1.81 1.80 AS,MVP-8
1970 CAL AL 27 RF 1 1 1 11.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -31 0.77 1.00 .980 2.01 2.00 AS,MVP-8
1971 CAL AL 28 LF 61 59 53 514.0 93 83 3 7 0 .925 -10 -22 1.51 1.41 .981 1.93 1.92
1971 CAL AL 28 OF 61 59 53 514.0 94 84 3 7 0 .926 -10 -22 1.52 1.43 .982 2.24 2.22
1972 CLE AL 29 LF 95 95 55 750.2 152 141 4 7 1 .954 -5 -8 1.74 1.53 .980 1.89 1.89
1972 CLE AL 29 OF 95 95 55 750.2 156 145 4 7 1 .955 -5 -8 1.79 1.57 .983 2.22 2.21
1973 TEX AL 30 DH 116 116
1973 TEX AL 30 OF 41 41 31 345.0 77 72 4 1 0 .987 -3 -10 1.98 1.85 .979 2.29 2.27
1973 TEX AL 30 LF 40 40 30 336.0 77 72 4 1 0 .987 -2 -7 2.04 1.90 .977 2.00 1.99
1973 TEX AL 30 CF 1 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -107 0.00 0.00 2.80 2.80
1974 TOT AL 31 LF 82 78 63 673.1 182 168 6 8 2 .956 -0 -1 2.33 2.12 .974 2.12 2.11
1974 TOT AL 31 OF 82 78 63 673.1 182 168 6 8 2 .956 -0 -1 2.33 2.12 .980 2.41 2.40
1974 TOT AL 31 DH 36 36
1974 TEX AL 31 LF 81 78 63 669.1 182 168 6 8 2 .956 -0 -0 2.34 2.15 .974 2.12 2.11
1974 TEX AL 31 OF 81 78 63 669.1 182 168 6 8 2 .956 -0 -0 2.34 2.15 .980 2.41 2.40
1974 TEX AL 31 DH 32 32
1974 NYY AL 31 DH 4 4
1974 NYY AL 31 LF 1 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.10
1974 NYY AL 31 OF 1 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 2.48 2.40
1975 NYY AL 32 DH 29 20
1975 NYY AL 32 OF 7 6 3 47.1 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -15 1.71 1.29 .979 2.38 2.36
1975 NYY AL 32 LF 5 4 3 34.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -14 1.57 1.20 .977 2.18 2.16
1975 NYY AL 32 RF 2 2 0 13.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -18 1.38 1.00 .975 2.08 2.10
1976 DET AL 33 OF 90 89 81 763.0 174 159 7 8 1 .954 -8 -13 1.96 1.84 .981 2.47 2.48
1976 DET AL 33 LF 89 88 81 763.0 177 162 7 8 1 .955 -8 -13 1.99 1.90 .978 2.23 2.24
1976 DET AL 33 DH 19 18
1976 DET AL 33 RF 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
13 Seasons OF 1000 956 726 8113.1 1786 1641 61 84 9 .953 -33 -5 1.89 1.70 .978 2.16 2.15
13 Seasons LF 936 899 698 7657.2 1653 1520 53 80 7 .952 -31 -5 1.85 1.68 .972 1.85 1.84
6 Seasons RF 55 49 24 380.2 102 92 7 3 2 .971 1 3 2.34 1.80 .976 2.03 2.03
3 Seasons CF 16 8 4 75.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -3 -50 1.68 0.88 .981 2.36 2.33
13 Seasons TOT 1000 956 726 8113.1 1786 1641 61 84 9 .953 -33 -5 1.89 1.70 .978 2.16 2.15
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1964 PHI NL 21 LF -1 -6 -1 -2 0 0
1964 PHI NL 21 RF 0 40 0 0 0 0
1965 PHI NL 22 LF -3 -7 -3 -2 -1 0
1965 PHI NL 22 CF -1 -23 -1 0 -1 0
1966 STL NL 23 LF 1 4 -0 -0 -0 1
1967 STL NL 24 RF 1 4 1 2 -1 0
1967 STL NL 24 CF -1 -88 -1 -2 0 0
1967 STL NL 24 LF 0 20 0 0 -0 0
1968 CIN NL 25 LF -1 -1 -5 -1 -4 4
1968 CIN NL 25 RF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CIN NL 26 LF 1 1 2 6 -4 -1
1970 CAL AL 27 LF -1 -1 0 -3 3 -1
1970 CAL AL 27 RF -0 -31 -0 0 -0 0
1971 CAL AL 28 LF -10 -22 -7 -4 -3 -3
1972 CLE AL 29 LF -5 -8 -3 -2 -1 -2
1973 TEX AL 30 LF -2 -7 -4 -4 -0 2
1973 TEX AL 30 CF -1 -107 -1 -1 0 0
1974 TEX AL 31 LF -0 -0 1 2 -1 -1
1974 NYY AL 31 LF -0 -30 -0 0 -0
1975 NYY AL 32 LF -0 -14 -0 -1 0 0
1975 NYY AL 32 RF -0 -18 -0 0 -0 0
1976 DET AL 33 LF -8 -13 -5 -7 2 -3
1976 DET AL 33 RF
13 Seasons LF -31 -5 -27 -17 -10 -4
6 Seasons RF 1 3 1 2 -1 0
3 Seasons CF -3 -50 -3 -2 -1 0
13 Seasons TOT -33 -5 -29 -17 -12 -4
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 PHI NL 21 43 34 43 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 1 35 0 7 2
1965 PHI NL 22 97 61 97 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 9 0 82 0 31 2
1966 STL NL 23 25 22 25 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 22 0 3 0
1967 STL NL 24 81 46 81 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 49 57 0 24 7
1968 CIN NL 25 149 140 149 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 1 141 0 9 0
1969 CIN NL 26 139 129 139 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 132 0 10 0
1970 CAL AL 27 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 1 156 0 0 0
1971 CAL AL 28 65 59 65 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 0 0 61 0 6 0
1972 CLE AL 29 108 95 108 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 0 0 95 0 13 0
1973 TEX AL 30 158 157 158 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 1 0 41 116 1 0
1974 TEX AL 31 114 110 114 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 0 0 81 32 1 1
1974 NYY AL 31 10 4 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 6 0
1975 NYY AL 32 52 26 52 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 7 29 18 7
1976 DET AL 33 125 107 125 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 0 1 90 19 18 0
13 Seasons 1322 1146 1322 1001 0 0 0 0 0 0 936 16 55 1001 200 147 19
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1964 PHI NL 21 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 8 0 3 0 0 7 6 0 3 1 0 4 2 1 27 17 63.0% 9 1 3.7% 0 985 61% 79% 27% 103 43%
1965 PHI NL 22 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 26 22 0 20 0 1 8 6 1 5 1 0 10 8 0 69 37 53.6% 30 2 2.9% 1 2138 56% 78% 24% 214 46%
1966 STL NL 23 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 5 3 0 6 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 7 46.7% 6 2 13.3% 1 732 67% 73% 24% 65 40%
1967 STL NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 21 71% 90% 19% 2 50%
1968 CIN NL 25 14 0 14 0 9 8 0 3 1 2 86 75 1 39 8 1 25 18 1 16 3 0 25 23 1 191 127 66.5% 60 4 2.1% 4 5309 64% 79% 24% 599 41%
1969 CIN NL 26 18 0 18 0 8 3 0 1 0 0 69 57 0 32 8 0 21 13 0 7 3 0 20 19 0 149 100 67.1% 49 0 0.0% 3 4618 68% 80% 28% 519 44%
1970 CAL AL 27 12 0 11 1 4 11 0 6 2 2 73 56 2 44 5 2 21 9 0 13 4 0 32 30 0 183 104 56.8% 75 4 2.2% 7 5619 67% 79% 27% 595 46%
1971 CAL AL 28 7 0 7 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 40 30 0 27 3 0 10 7 0 2 0 0 6 5 0 85 45 52.9% 40 0 0.0% 3 2199 70% 78% 25% 244 35%
1972 CLE AL 29 7 0 7 0 3 4 0 0 0 1 44 32 1 22 6 0 10 7 1 6 1 0 10 9 0 92 55 59.8% 34 2 2.2% 2 3138 58% 79% 25% 298 48%
1973 TEX AL 30 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 1 28 25 1 14 2 1 10 8 1 5 0 0 6 5 0 63 40 63.5% 20 3 4.8% 1 1499 63% 81% 27% 171 44%
1974 TEX AL 31 8 0 8 0 3 6 0 0 2 3 48 35 1 21 4 0 27 16 3 13 0 1 19 17 0 128 72 56.3% 51 5 3.9% 1 2869 56% 81% 27% 385 45%
1974 NYY AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 59% 76% 29% 0
1975 NYY AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 71% 77% 34% 6 100%
1976 DET AL 33 8 0 8 0 5 7 0 3 2 1 39 31 1 24 2 0 12 3 1 7 1 0 14 11 1 96 48 50.0% 45 3 3.1% 4 3293 63% 81% 27% 351 48%
13 Seasons 80 0 79 1 37 53 0 18 10 14 468 374 7 252 40 6 155 94 9 78 15 1 146 129 3 1099 652 59.3% 420 26 2.4% 27 32580 64% 79% 26% 3552 44%
MLB Averages 59.1% 2.9% 63% 80% 27% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1964 PHI NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 60% 72% 16% 3 67%
1967 STL NL 24 3 0 3 0 0 7 0 2 1 4 19 7 1 8 1 0 4 1 1 6 0 1 9 4 1 46 13 28.3% 29 4 8.7% 3 1455 67% 80% 27% 145 63%
1968 CIN NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75% 100% 0% 1 0%
1970 CAL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 65% 74% 28% 1 100%
1975 NYY AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 75% 85% 25% 3 67%
5 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 7 0 2 1 4 19 7 1 8 1 0 4 1 1 6 0 1 9 4 1 46 13 28.3% 29 4 8.7% 3 1578 67% 79% 27% 153 63%
MLB Averages 41.1% 3.2% 63% 80% 27% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 PHI NL 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 14 7 50.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 203 67% 74% 17% 29 38%
1967 STL NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 90 67% 78% 26% 8 38%
1973 TEX AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 78% 88% 15% 1 0%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 16 8 50.0% 8 0 0.0% 0 334 68% 77% 19% 38 37%
MLB Averages 43.3% 2.4% 63% 80% 27% 57%

* 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

Hall of Fame
1982 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1970 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 AL (8, 21%)
0.21 Career Shares (727th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1968 NL  141 (2nd)
1969 NL  132 (3rd)
1970 AL  155 (2nd)
Career  936 (66th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1968 NL  240 (2nd)
1969 NL  225 (3rd)
1970 AL  259 (2nd)
Career  1,520 (93rd)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1968 NL  8 (4th)
1970 AL  11 (2nd)
Career  53 (91st)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1968 NL  14 (1st)
1969 NL  18 (1st)
1970 AL  12 (1st)
1971 AL  7 (1st)
1972 AL  7 (1st)
1974 AL  8 (2nd)
1976 AL  8 (1st)
Career  80 (16th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1970 AL  156 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1968 NL  14 (1st)
1969 NL  18 (1st)
1970 AL  12 (1st)
1971 AL  7 (5th)
1972 AL  7 (3rd)
1974 AL  8 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1968 NL  1.79 (2nd)
1969 NL  1.93 (2nd)
1970 AL  1.80 (5th)
1974 AL  2.33 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1968 NL  1.76 (2nd)
1969 NL  1.73 (2nd)
1970 AL  1.74 (4th)
1974 AL  2.12 (3rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1968 NL  .947 (5th)

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