Ben Johnson

Benjamin Franklin Johnson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 15, 1931 in Greenwood, SC
High School: Greenwood HS (Greenwood, SC)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1959
Team: Cubs 1959-1960

Final Game: June 12, 1960
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1949	18	ATL-min	B	3	2	.600	2.18	8						41.1	35		10		17								1.258	7.6		3.7			EVN · IIIL
1950	19	ATL-min	AAA	3	5	.375	5.40	30	14		4	0		100.0	109	69	60		52		48	3	2	4			1.610	9.8		4.7	4.3	0.92	MLW · AA
1951	20	ATL-min	B	9	7	.563	2.47	26						131.0	101	48	36	7	74								1.336	6.9	0.5	5.1			EVN · IIIL
1954	23	ATL-min	AAA	7	10	.412	5.11	27	21		7	0		141.0	162	92	80	17	43		64	3	1	4			1.454	10.3	1.1	2.7	4.1	1.49	TOL · AA
1955	24	PHI-ATL-min	AAA	6	8	.429	5.12	35	9		1	0		95.0	103	56	54	7	30		43	2	0	1			1.400	9.8	0.7	2.8	4.1	1.43	SYR,TOL · IL,AA
1956	25	ATL-min	AA	14	13	.519	3.39	38	33		14	2		236.0	233	98	89	20	72	8	98	4	1	3			1.292	8.9	0.8	2.7	3.7	1.36	AUS · TL
1957	26	ATL-min	AA	11	7	.611	4.30	32	22					155.0	172	83	74	25	64								1.523	10.0	1.5	3.7			ATA · SOUA
1958	27	CHC-min	AA	12	9	.571	3.33	44	28		9	0		203.0	202	84	75	13	65	8	93	2	0	6			1.315	9.0	0.6	2.9	4.1	1.43	FTW · TL
1959	28	CHC-min	AAA	17	8	.680	3.22	37	27		12	1		218.0	235	91	78	15	60	3	90	3	0	5			1.353	9.7	0.6	2.5	3.7	1.50	FTW · AA
1959	28	CHC	NL	0	0		2.16	4	2	1	0	0	0	16.2	17	5	4	1	4	0	6	0	0	0	69	185	1.260	9.2	0.5	2.2	3.2	1.50
1960	29	CHC-min	AAA	7	5	.583	3.74	18	18					113.0	107	53	47	12	48								1.372	8.5	1.0	3.8			HSN · AA
1960	29	CHC	NL	2	1	.667	4.91	17	0	7	0	0	1	29.1	39	21	16	3	11	0	9	1	0	1	130	78	1.705	12.0	0.9	3.4	2.8	0.82
1961	30	CHC-min	AAA	6	10	.375	4.05	29	21					140.0	139	75	63	11	39								1.271	8.9	0.7	2.5			HSN · AA
1962	31	ANA-HOU-min	AAA	14	9	.609	3.30	40	26		12	1		213.0	196	96	78	20	67	9	137	4	0	1			1.235	8.3	0.8	2.8	5.8	2.04	HAW,OKC · PCL,AA
1963	32	HOU-min	AAA	11	9	.550	3.62	30	29					174.0	183	88	70	14	31		103						1.230	9.5	0.7	1.6	5.3	3.32	OKC · PCL
1964	33	HOU-min	AAA	12	9	.571	3.45	32	26		8	1		175.0	178	85	67	20	27	3	102	3	0	3			1.171	9.2	1.0	1.4	5.2	3.78	OKC · PCL
2 Yrs				2	1	.667	3.91	21	2	8	0	0	1	46.0	56	26	20	4	15	0	15	1	0	1	199	99	1.543	11.0	0.8	2.9	2.9	1.00
162 Game Avg.				6	3	.667	3.91	62	6	24	0	0	3	136	166	77	59	12	44	0	44	3	0	3	588	99	1.543	11.0	0.8	2.9	2.9	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1959	28	CHC	NL	16.2	4	2	5	2.70	4.42	0.26	0.00	103.3	4.30	3	0.3	1.3	-0.0	0.5	5	.579	.502	$
1960	29	CHC	NL	29.1	17	0	21	6.44	4.29	0.00	-0.18	96.8	3.98	-8	-0.8	1.6	-0.3	-0.9	-5	.450	.495	$
2 Seasons				46.0	21	2	26	5.09	4.34	0.10	-0.12	99.2	4.09	-5	-0.5	1.6	-0.3	-0.4	-0	.475	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1959	28	CHC	NL	4	67	65	5	17	3	0	1	0	0	4	6	.262	.304	.354	.658	.276	23	3	0	0	0	0	2
1960	29	CHC	NL	17	130	110	21	39	5	0	3	2	2	11	9	.355	.408	.482	.890	.356	53	6	1	5	3	0	3
2 Yrs				21	197	175	26	56	8	0	4	2	2	15	15	.320	.371	.434	.805	.327	76	9	1	5	3	0	5
162 Game Avg.				62	582	517	77	166	24	0	12	6	6	44	44	.320	.371	.434	.805	.327	225	27	3	15	9	0	15
MLB Averages																.256	.324	.390	.714	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1959	28	CHC	NL	3.3	0.3	69	0.2	1.4	-1.2	1.12	0.2	-0.0	4.2	0.5	1.13	2.4	1	0	1
1960	29	CHC	NL	-4.9	-0.5	135	-0.8	1.7	-2.5	.73	-0.8	-0.4	-5.8	-0.6	0.73	-6.7	5	2	9
2 Yrs				-1.6	-0.1	204	-0.6	3.1	-3.7	.86	-0.5	-0.1	-1.6	-0.1	0.87	-4.2	6	2	10

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1959	28	CHC	NL	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	44.0	44	44	5	1	1	1	5.6	2.0	5.0
1 Yr				4	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	44	44	44	5	1	1	1	5.6	2.0	5.0
MLB Averages													.500						52%	52	111	4					4.4	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1959	28	CHC	NL	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	0	0%	1	1.124	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	10.0
1960	29	CHC	NL	17	17	7	2	1	4	1	3	25%	4	16	3	19%	1	.729	5	2	9	4	1	12	8	9	9	3	11	3	5.2
2 Yrs				21	19	8	2	1	4	1	3	25%	4	19	3	16%		.863	6	2	10	4	1	14	9	10	10	3	12	3	5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1959	28	CHC	NL	69	51%	1.5%	9.0%	6.0%	6.0%	24%	0.91	87%	15	3	20%
1960	29	CHC	NL	130	67%	2.3%	6.9%	8.5%	6.2%	21%	1.27	78%	30	6	20%
2 Yrs				199	61%	2.0%	7.6%	7.6%	6.1%	21%	1.13	81%	45	9	20%
MLB Averages					50%	2.3%	13.5%	8.8%	6.6%	29%	1.03	74%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1959	28	CHC	NL	67	17			1	0	3	1	0	0	1	5	2	0	40%	2	0	0	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1960	29	CHC	NL	130	39			3	0	6	1	2	0	3	9	5	0	56%	3	1	0	63	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
2 Yrs				197	56			4	0	9	2	2	0	4	14	7	0	50%	5	1	0	83	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2
MLB Averages																		52%							60%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1959	28	0	0		2.16	4	2	1	0	0	0	16.2	17	5	4	1	4	0	6	0	0	0	69	185	1.260	9.2	0.5	2.2	3.2	1.50	185
1960	29	2	1	.667	3.91	21	2	8	0	0	1	46.0	56	26	20	4	15	0	15	1	0	1	199	99	1.543	11.0	0.8	2.9	2.9	1.00	99

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1959	28	1	0	1.000	2.12	17.0	17	4	4	1	4	6	0	1.235	9.0	2.1	3.2	1.50	0.5	4
1960	29	1	2	.333	5.67	27.0	41	19	17	3	12	8	1	1.963	13.7	4.0	2.7	0.67	1.0	17
2 Yrs		2	2	.500	4.30	44.0	58	23	21	4	16	14	1	1.682	11.9		2.9	0.88	0.8	21

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