Ben Johnson
Benjamin Joseph Johnson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 18, 1981 in Memphis, TN
High School: Germantown (Germantown, TN)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 24, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 2005
Final Game: June 10, 2007
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Standard Batting

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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
2005 24 SDP NL 31 88 75 10 16 8 1 3 13 0 2 11 23 .213 .310 .467 .777 108 35 4 0 1 1 1 79/8
2006 25 SDP NL 58 135 120 19 30 5 2 4 12 3 0 14 36 .250 .333 .425 .758 101 51 3 1 0 0 2 78/9
2007 26 NYM NL 9 30 27 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .185 .233 .222 .456 20 6 0 0 0 1 0 /79
3 Seasons 98 253 222 31 51 14 3 7 26 3 2 27 70 .230 .313 .414 .728 93 92 7 1 1 2 3
162 Game Avg. 162 418 367 51 84 23 5 12 43 5 3 45 116 .230 .313 .414 .728 93 152 12 2 2 3 5
SDP (2 yrs) 89 223 195 29 46 13 3 7 25 3 2 25 59 .236 .324 .441 .765 104 86 7 1 1 1 3
NYM (1 yr) 9 30 27 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .185 .233 .222 .456 20 6 0 0 0 1 0

Advanced Batting

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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
2005 24 SDP NL 88 67 9 3.6 101 .260 .213 .259 .310 .328 .467 .412 .777 .740 108 .367 1.1 0.1 .677 .373 .253 .0
2006 25 SDP NL 135 93 17 4.9 105 .325 .250 .261 .333 .330 .425 .424 .758 .754 101 .482 0.2 0.0 .742 .317 .175 3.4
2007 26 NYM NL 30 23 2 2.3 109 .294 .185 .270 .233 .339 .222 .432 .456 .772 20 .195 -3.2 -0.3 .364 .111 .037
3 Seasons 253 183 28 4.1 104 .299 .230 .261 .313 .331 .414 .421 .728 .752 93 .409 -1.8 -0.2 .672 .311 .185 4.2
162 Game Avg. 418 303 46 4.1 104 .299 .230 .261 .313 .331 .414 .421 .728 .752 93 .409 -1.8 -0.2 .672 .311 .185 7
SDP (2 yrs) 223 160 26 4.3 103 .300 .236 .260 .324 .329 .441 .420 .765 .749 104 .437 1.3 0.1 .715 .338 .205 4.2
NYM (1 yr) 30 23 2 2.3 109 .294 .185 .270 .233 .339 .222 .432 .456 .772 20 .195 -3.2 -0.3 .364 .111 .037

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 24 SDP NL NLDS STL L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
2005 24 SDP NL 88 3.4% 26.1% 12.5% 13.6% 75% 2.09 3.3 25.0 5.8 0.61 1.21 57% 22% 11.1% 18%
2006 25 SDP NL 135 3.0% 26.7% 10.4% 8.2% 37% 2.57 3.3 30.0 10.0 0.87 1.11 59% 17% 10.8% 18%
2007 26 NYM NL 30 0.0% 36.7% 6.7% 3.3% 20% 5.50 2.5 27.0 0.42 0.38 57% 35% 0.0% 25%
3 Seasons 253 2.8% 27.7% 10.7% 9.5% 47% 2.59 3.2 31.7 8.5 0.71 1.04 58% 21% 9.6% 19%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
2005 24 SDP NL 1 0 29% 30 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 20% 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
2006 25 SDP NL 1 0 37% 61 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 29% 5 5 0 1 1 0 8 4 4
2007 26 NYM NL 1 0 29% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
3 Seasons 3 0 33% 100 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 23% 8 7 1 3 3 0 11 7 4
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
2005 24 SDP NL 88 38% 16 1 0 5 0 0 1 1.52 3 0 5 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 100% 25 4 16% 10 4 40% 69 11 16% 6 3 50% 0 0 0
2006 25 SDP NL 135 44% 30 6 0 8 1 0 0 0.90 4 0 8 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 28 3 11% 13 2 15% 100 9 9% 8 4 50% 7 2 29% 0
2007 26 NYM NL 30 47% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 3 1 33% 18 1 6% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0
3 Seasons 253 42% 51 7 0 13 1 0 1 1.14 7 0 13 4 3 5 2 0 1 1 100% 60 7 12% 26 7 27% 187 21 11% 15 8 53% 10 2 20% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2005 24 SDP NL 88 332 3.77 198 60% 27% 22% 24% 27% 73% 3% 44% 70% 22% 6% 5 0 14% 12 5 9% 8 7 35% 0 0 0
2006 25 SDP NL 135 544 4.03 323 59% 24% 21% 29% 26% 76% 4% 45% 72% 21% 4% 6 0 15% 20 8 8% 11 7 22% 0 0 0
2007 26 NYM NL 30 121 4.03 73 60% 33% 18% 26% 23% 67% 0% 40% 73% 27% 0% 0 0 20% 6 2 13% 4 2 27% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 253 997 3.94 594 60% 26% 21% 27% 26% 74% 3% 44% 72% 22% 4% 11 0 15% 38 15 9% 23 16 27% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
2005 24 31 88 75 10 16 8 1 3 13 0 2 11 23 .213 .310 .467 .777 108 35 4 0 1 1 1
2006 25 89 223 195 29 46 13 3 7 25 3 2 25 59 .236 .324 .441 .765 104 86 7 1 1 1 3
2007 26 98 253 222 31 51 14 3 7 26 3 2 27 70 .230 .313 .414 .728 93 92 7 1 1 2 3

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2005 24 31 85 74 11 15 8 1 3 14 0 10 23 .203 .294 .459 .754 10 31
2006 25 58 136 121 20 31 5 2 4 12 3 14 36 .256 .338 .430 .768 18 58
2007 26 9 31 28 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 11 .214 .258 .250 .508 2 9
3 Seasons 98 252 223 33 52 14 3 7 27 3 26 70 .233 .313 .417 .731 30 98
162 Game Avg. 162 417 369 55 86 23 5 12 45 5 43 116 .233 .313 .417 .731 50 98

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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