Ben Johnson

Benjamin Joseph Johnson

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 18, 1981 in Memphis, TN
High School: Germantown HS (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
Teams (by GP): Padres/Mets 2005-2007
Agents: SFX [*]
Final Game: June 10, 2007
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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
1999	18	STL-min	Rk	57	240	203	38	67	9	1	10	51	14	6	29	57	.330	.423	.532	.955		108	0	5	1	2	1		JOH · APPY
2000	19	STL-SDP-min	A	122	512	439	69	101	28	3	16	59	17	9	60	103	.230	.331	.417	.748		183	13	8	2	3	1		PEO,FWA · MIDW
2001	20	SDP-min	A+	136	571	503	79	139	35	6	12	63	22	7	54	141	.276	.358	.441	.799		222	15	11	1	2	1		LEL · CALL
2002	21	SDP-min	AA	131	528	456	58	110	23	4	10	55	11	9	65	127	.241	.337	.375	.712		171	9	3	0	4	1		MOB · SOUL
2003	22	SDP-min	A+,AA	96	350	311	38	72	14	0	9	36	6	2	30	85	.232	.313	.363	.677		113	5	7	2	0	0		LEL,MOB · CALL,SOUL
2004	23	SDP-min	AA	136	544	475	80	119	28	6	23	85	5	6	55	136	.251	.334	.480	.814		228	0	7	2	5	3		MOB · SOUL
2005	24	SDP-min	AAA	107	472	414	79	129	27	0	25	83	6	1	51	88	.312	.394	.558	.952		231	7	6	0	1	0		POR · PCL
2005	24	SDP	NL	31	88	75	10	16	8	1	3	13	0	2	11	23	.213	.310	.467	.777	109	35	4	0	1	1	1	79/8
2006	25	SDP-min	AAA	51	227	198	35	52	11	1	7	22	7	1	23	55	.263	.344	.434	.778		86	3	3	0	3	0		POR · PCL
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-min	AAA	53	218	188	26	51	10	0	2	12	3	1	25	36	.271	.364	.356	.720		67	6	3	1	1	0		NOR · PCL
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
2010	29	DET-min	AA	12	49	42	7	7	2	0	1	7	0	0	6	12	.167	.286	.286	.571		12	1	1	0	0	0		ERI · EL
3 Yrs				98	253	222	31	51	14	3	7	26	3	2	27	70	.230	.313	.414	.728	94	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	94	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

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
2005	24	SDP	NL	31	88	1	-1	-0	1	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.497	.499	0.0	0.0	0	$	79/8
2006	25	SDP	NL	58	135	-0	0	-0	0	-1	-1	-0.1	4	2	0.3	.498	.499	0.3	-0.1	2	$327,500	78/9
2007	26	NYM	NL	9	30	-3	-0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.467	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/79
3 Seasons				98	253	-2	-1	-0	1	-2	-5	-0.5	7	2	0.2	.495	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$327,500

SDP (2 yrs)				89	223	1	-1	-1	1	-2	-2	-0.2	6	4	0.4	.498	.499	0.3	-0.1	3	$327,500
NYM (1 yr)				9	30	-3	-0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.467	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$

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
2005	24	SDP	NL	88	67	9	3.6	100	.260	.213	.258	.310	.326	.467	.410	.777	.737	109	.366	1.2	0.1	.677	.373	.253	.0
2006	25	SDP	NL	135	93	17	4.9	105	.325	.250	.261	.333	.330	.425	.424	.758	.755	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	.340	.222	.432	.456	.772	20	.195	-3.2	-0.3	.364	.111	.037
3 Yrs				253	183	28	4.1	104	.299	.230	.261	.313	.330	.414	.420	.728	.751	94	.409	-1.7	-0.2	.672	.311	.185	4.2
162 Game Avg.				418	303	46	4.1	104	.299	.230	.261	.313	.330	.414	.420	.728	.751	94	.409	-1.7	-0.2	.672	.311	.185	7

SDP (2 yrs)				223	160	26	4.3	103	.300	.236	.260	.324	.329	.441	.419	.765	.748	104	.437	1.5	0.1	.715	.338	.205	4.2
NYM (1 yr)				30	23	2	2.3	109	.294	.185	.270	.233	.340	.222	.432	.456	.772	20	.195	-3.2	-0.3	.364	.111	.037

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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*

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 Yrs				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					2.7%	16.8%	8.4%	8.1%	34%	2.00	5.3	32.6	7.6	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	11%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2005	24	SDP	NL	1.1	0.1	91	-0.7	1.2	-1.9	1.03	-0.3	-0.3	-4.3	-0.4	1.07	-1.9	1.50	5
2006	25	SDP	NL	0.2	0.0	139	-0.4	2.6	-2.9	1.21	0.2	-0.5	-5.8	-0.6	1.04	0.3	0.90	8
2007	26	NYM	NL	-3.2	-0.3	30	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	1.14	-0.3	-0.2	-3.4	-0.3	0.95	-2.9		0
3 Yrs				-1.8	-0.2	260	-1.6	4.0	-5.6	1.14	-0.4	-1.0	-13.4	-1.3	1.04	-4.4	1.13	13

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2005	24	SDP	NL	1	29%	30	0	2	0%	0	1	1	1	0	1	20%	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	0
2006	25	SDP	NL	1	37%	61	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	1	3	29%	5	5	0	1	1	8	4	4
2007	26	NYM	NL	1	29%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0
3 Yrs				3	33%	100	3	2	60%	3	1	1	1	1	4	23%	8	7	1	3	3	11	7	4

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
2005	24	SDP	NL	88	38%	16	1	0	5	0	0	1	1.50	3	0	5	2	1	1	2	0	1	1	100%	25	4	16%	10	4	40%	69	11	16%	6	3	50%	4	3	75%	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%	6	3	50%	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%	2	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				253	42%	51	7	0	13	1	0	1	1.13	7	0	13	4	3	5	2	0	1	1	100%	60	7	12%	26	7	27%	187	21	11%	15	8	53%	12	6	50%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			52%			56%

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
2005	24	SDP	NL	89	333	3.74	198	59%	27%	22%	24%	27%	73%	3%	44%	70%	21%	6%	5	0	13%	12	5	9%	8	7	35%	-1	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 Yrs				254	998	3.93	594	60%	26%	21%	27%	26%	74%	3%	44%	72%	22%	4%	11	0	15%	38	15	9%	23	16	27%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

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
2005	24	31	88	75	10	16	8	1	3	13	0	2	11	23	.213	.310	.467	.777	109	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	94	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	90	76	11	17	8	1	3	14	0	12	23	.224	.326	.474	.800	12	31
2006	25	58	135	120	19	30	5	2	4	12	3	14	36	.250	.333	.425	.758	17	58
2007	26	9	29	26	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	11	.154	.207	.192	.399	1	9
3 Yrs		98	254	222	31	51	14	3	7	27	3	28	70	.230	.316	.414	.731	30	98
162 Game Avg.		162	420	367	51	84	23	5	12	45	5	46	116	.230	.316	.414	.731	50	98

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