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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
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	108	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 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2005	24	SDP	NL	88	0	-2	0	0	1	-1	2	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	79/8
2006	25	SDP	NL	135	-1	0	0	0	4	-1	4	6	0.6	2	0.2	0.4	$327,500	78/9
2007	26	NYM	NL	30	-3	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0.1	-1	-0.1	0.2	$	/79
3 Seasons				253	-4	-2	1	0	8	-2	7	7	0.7	0	0.0	0.7	$327,500

SDP (2 yrs)				223	-1	-2	0	0	6	-2	6	6	0.6	1	0.1	0.5	$327,500
NYM (1 yr)				30	-3	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0.1	-1	-0.1	0.2	$

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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2005	SDP	NL	24	OF	29	20	14	189.1	53	51	0	2	.962	1	1	8	6	2.42	1.76	.984	2.19	2.16
2005	SDP	NL	24	LF	13	6	3	56.0	10	10	0	0	1.000	-1	1	-15	21	1.61	0.77	.984	1.94	1.92
2005	SDP	NL	24	RF	11	8	7	73.1	28	27	0	1	.964	1	0	20	0	3.31	2.45	.980	2.10	2.08
2005	SDP	NL	24	CF	9	6	4	60.0	15	14	0	1	.933	1	0	16	0	2.10	1.56	.987	2.52	2.48
2006	SDP	NL	25	OF	43	28	25	289.0	89	88	1	0	1.000	4	-1	17	-4	2.77	2.07	.984	2.22	2.20
2006	SDP	NL	25	LF	22	18	15	167.1	49	48	1	0	1.000	3	-1	24	-7	2.64	2.23	.982	1.97	1.95
2006	SDP	NL	25	CF	17	10	10	110.2	40	40	0	0	1.000	2	1	24	11	3.25	2.35	.988	2.59	2.57
2006	SDP	NL	25	RF	4	0	0	11.0	0	0	0	0		-1	-1	-153	-109	0.00	0.00		2.13	2.10
2007	NYM	NL	26	OF	9	7	6	68.0	19	19	0	0	1.000	2	1	41	17	2.51	2.11	.984	2.30	2.29
2007	NYM	NL	26	LF	5	5	4	45.0	12	12	0	0	1.000	1	0	24	0	2.40	2.40	.984	2.00	2.00
2007	NYM	NL	26	RF	4	2	2	23.0	7	7	0	0	1.000	1	1	73	52	2.74	1.75	.981	2.19	2.17
	3 Seasons			OF	81	55	45	546.1	161	158	1	2	.988	8	1	17	2	2.62	1.96	.984	2.22	2.20
	3 Seasons			LF	40	29	22	268.1	71	70	1	0	1.000	4	0	16	0	2.38	1.78	.983	1.97	1.95
	2 Seasons			CF	26	16	14	170.2	55	54	0	1	.982	3	1	21	7	2.85	2.08	.988	2.57	2.54
	3 Seasons			RF	19	10	9	107.1	35	34	0	1	.971	1	0	13	0	2.85	1.79	.980	2.12	2.11
	3 Seasons			TOT	81	55	45	546.1	161	158	1	2	.988	8	2	17	4	2.62	1.96	.984	2.22	2.20

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Transactions

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 1999.
July 31, 2000: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Heathcliff Slocumb to the San Diego Padres for Nate Tebbs (minors) and Carlos Hernandez.
November 15, 2006: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Jon Adkins to the New York Mets for Heath Bell and Royce Ring.
December 12, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
February 14, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
May 3, 2008: Released by the New York Mets.
June 8, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2006	25	San Diego Padres	$327,500

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$327,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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