Bob Johnson

Robert Dale Johnson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: April 25, 1943 in Aurora, IL
School: Bradley University (Peoria, IL)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1969
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Royals/Braves/Indians/Mets 1969-1977

Final Game: June 5, 1977
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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
1964	21	NYM-min	A	37	66	66		8	2	0	1						.121	.121	.197	.318		13							AUB · NYPL
1965	22	NYM-min	A,AA	23	45	45	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	.067	.067	.133	.200		6							AUB,WPT · NYPL,EL
1966	23	NYM-min	AA,AAA	35	46	42	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	18	.095	.174	.167	.341		7		0	0	0			WPT,JCK · EL,IL
1967	24	NYM-min	AA	13	14	14	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	7	.071	.071	.286	.357		4							WPT · EL
1969	26	NYM-min	AA,AAA	33	47	42	1	9	4	0	0	4	0	0	5	22	.214	.298	.310	.607		13		0	0	0			MEM,TID · TL,IL
1969	26	NYM	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1970	27	KCR	AL	40	71	57	2	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	34	.105	.190	.123	.313	-11	7	0	0	8	0	0	1
1971	28	PIT	NL	31	60	48	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	33	.063	.196	.063	.259	-24	3	2	0	4	0	0	1
1972	29	PIT	NL	31	37	35	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	16	.143	.167	.171	.338	-3	6	1	0	1	0	0	1
1973	30	PIT	NL	50	16	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.067	.000	.067	-80	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1974	31	TEX-min	AAA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SPO · PCL
1974	31	CLE	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1975	32	NYY-min	AAA	25	16	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.000	.133	.000	.133		0		0	1	0			SYR · IL
1976	33	KCR-min	AAA	23	21	19	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	.158	.238	.211	.449		4		0	0	0			OMA · AA
1977	34	PIT-PHI-min	AAA	12	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			CLB,OKC · IL,AA
1977	34	ATL	NL	15	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	72	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
7 Yrs				183	187	157	8	15	2	0	0	8	0	0	16	93	.096	.179	.108	.287	-17	17	3	0	14	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	166	139	7	13	2	0	0	7	0	0	14	82	.096	.179	.108	.287	-17	15	3	0	12	0	0

PIT (3 yrs)				112	113	97	6	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	10	58	.082	.168	.093	.261	-24	9	3	0	6	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				40	71	57	2	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	34	.105	.190	.123	.313	-11	7	0	0	8	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				15	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	72	1	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				129	116	100	6	9	1	0	0	5	0	0	10	59	.090	.173	.100	.273	-21	10	3	0	6	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				54	71	57	2	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	34	.105	.190	.123	.313	-11	7	0	0	8	0	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
1969	26	NYM	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1970	27	KCR	AL	40	71	-10	-0	0	0	8	-1	-0.2	2	1	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	-0.0	1	$12,000	1
1971	28	PIT	NL	31	60	-8	0	-0	0	6	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1972	29	PIT	NL	31	37	-5	-0	-0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0	$	1
1973	30	PIT	NL	50	16	-4	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.497	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$38,000	1
1974	31	CLE	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$39,750	1

1977	34	ATL	NL	15	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
7 Seasons				183	187	-25	-0	0	0	21	-5	-0.6	6	1	-0.6	.497	.500	-0.7	0.0	1	$89,750

PIT (3 yrs)				112	113	-16	0	0	0	12	-4	-0.4	3	-0	-0.4	.496	.499	-0.5	0.0	-0	$38,000
KCR (1 yr)				40	71	-10	-0	0	0	8	-1	-0.2	2	1	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	-0.0	1	$12,000
NYM (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
ATL (1 yr)				15	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
CLE (1 yr)				14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$39,750

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
1970	27	KCR	AL	71	59	2	0.9	97	.261	.105	.257	.190	.331	.123	.392	.313	.723	-11	.055	-8.7	-0.9	.255	.123	.018
1971	28	PIT	NL	60	51	1	0.5	94	.200	.063	.262	.196	.328	.063	.384	.259	.712	-24	.023	-8.0	-0.8	.234	.167	.000
1972	29	PIT	NL	37	32	1	0.8	90	.263	.143	.254	.167	.322	.171	.376	.338	.698	-3	.054	-4.8	-0.5	.226	.057	.029
1973	30	PIT	NL	16	15	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.260	.067	.329	.000	.387	.067	.716	-80	.000	-3.4	-0.4	.071	.071	.000

1977	34	ATL	NL	3	2	0	0.0	113	.500	.333	.283	.333	.352	.333	.431	.667	.784	72	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
7 Yrs				187	159	4	0.7	95	.234	.096	.259	.179	.328	.108	.386	.287	.715	-17	.035	-25.0	-2.6	.228	.115	.013
162 Game Avg.				166	141	4	0.7	95	.234	.096	.259	.179	.328	.108	.386	.287	.715	-17	.035	-25.0	-2.6	.228	.115	.013

PIT (3 yrs)				113	98	2	0.6	93	.205	.082	.259	.168	.326	.093	.381	.261	.708	-24	.025	-16.2	-1.7	.207	.113	.010
KCR (1 yr)				71	59	2	0.9	97	.261	.105	.257	.190	.331	.123	.392	.313	.723	-11	.055	-8.7	-0.9	.255	.123	.018
ATL (1 yr)				3	2	0	0.0	113	.500	.333	.283	.333	.352	.333	.431	.667	.784	72	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

NL (5 yrs)				116	100	2	0.5	93	.220	.090	.260	.173	.327	.100	.383	.273	.710	-21	.024	-16.3	-1.7	.213	.110	.010
AL (2 yrs)				71	59	2	0.9	97	.261	.105	.257	.190	.331	.123	.392	.313	.723	-11	.055	-8.7	-0.9	.255	.123	.018

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1971	28	PIT	NL	NLCS	SFG	W	1	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1971	28	PIT	NL	WS	BAL	W	2	3	3	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
1972	29	PIT	NL	NLCS	CIN	L	2	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
2 Yrs (3 Series)							5	6	6	4	.000	.000	.000	.000
2 NLCS							3	3	3	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 WS							2	3	3	2	.000	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1970	27	KCR	AL	71	0.0%	47.9%	8.5%	1.4%	17%	5.67	1.7		19.0	1.89	32%
1971	28	PIT	NL	60	0.0%	55.0%	13.3%	0.0%	0%	4.13	1.5		24.0		25%
1972	29	PIT	NL	37	0.0%	43.2%	2.7%	2.7%	20%	16.00	2.2		17.5	1.83	51%
1973	30	PIT	NL	16	0.0%	56.3%	6.3%	0.0%		9.00	1.6			1.00	31%

1977	34	ATL	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0		3.0	0.00	67%
7 Yrs				187	0.0%	49.7%	8.6%	1.1%	13%	5.81	1.7		19.6	2.53	34%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.9%	8.7%	6.1%	27%	1.59	6.4	45.3	8.9	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1969	26	NYM	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1970	27	KCR	AL	-8.7	-0.9	71	-0.6	0.6	-1.2	.98	-0.9	0.3	-8.3	-0.9	0.98	-9.6	0
1971	28	PIT	NL	-8.0	-0.8	60	-0.9	0.4	-1.3	.98	-0.8	-0.1	-6.7	-0.7	0.92	-7.7	0
1972	29	PIT	NL	-4.8	-0.5	37	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.90	-0.5	0.2	-4.6	-0.5	0.98	-4.8	0
1973	30	PIT	NL	-3.4	-0.4	16	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.74	-0.3	-0.1	-5.0	-0.5	1.13	-3.8	0
1974	31	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0

1977	34	ATL	NL	-0.1	-0.0	3	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.48	-0.0	0.1	0.5	0.0	1.03	0.1	0
7 Yrs				-25.1	-2.6	187	-2.1	1.4	-3.5	.94	-2.5	0.3	-24.0	-2.5	0.98	-25.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1970	27	KCR	AL	0	0	17%	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1971	28	PIT	NL	1	0	27%	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60%	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	0	2
1972	29	PIT	NL	0	0	33%	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33%	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1973	30	PIT	NL	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1977	34	ATL	NL	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
7 Yrs				1	0	26%	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	47%	8	5	3	3	3	0	4	0	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
1970	27	KCR	AL	71	59%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	8	89%	15	0	0%	17	4	24%	42	3	7%	5	1	20%	1	1	100%	0
1971	28	PIT	NL	60	58%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	11	2	18%	13	1	8%	36	2	6%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1972	29	PIT	NL	37	78%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%	8	1	13%	7	0	0%	23	2	9%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1973	30	PIT	NL	16	69%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	5	0	0%	7	2	29%	14	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0

1977	34	ATL	NL	3	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	1	33%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				187	64%	15			0	0	0	0		0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	21	14	67%	39	3	8%	44	7	16%	118	8	7%	11	2	18%	4	1	25%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			76%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1970	27	42	71	57	2	6	1	3	6	34	.105	.190	.123	.313	-11	7	0	8
1971	28	73	131	105	5	9	1	5	14	67	.086	.193	.095	.289	-17	10	2	12
1972	29	104	168	140	7	14	2	7	15	83	.100	.187	.114	.301	-13	16	3	13
1973	30	154	184	154	8	14	2	7	16	92	.091	.176	.104	.280	-19	16	3	14
1974	31	168	184	154	8	14	2	7	16	92	.091	.176	.104	.280	-19	16	3	14
1975	32	168	184	154	8	14	2	7	16	92	.091	.176	.104	.280	-19	16	3	14
1976	33	168	184	154	8	14	2	7	16	92	.091	.176	.104	.280	-19	16	3	14
1977	34	183	187	157	8	15	2	8	16	93	.096	.179	.108	.287	-17	17	3	14

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
1970	27	40	69	56	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	5	34	.089	.164	.107	.271	1	40
1971	28	31	64	49	5	4	0	0	0	3	0	11	33	.082	.250	.082	.332	1	31
1972	29	32	38	36	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	17	.139	.162	.167	.329	1	31
1973	30	50	16	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	50

1977	34	15	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15
5 Yrs		168	190	158	10	14	2	0	0	7	0	18	94	.089	.182	.101	.283	3	167
162 Game Avg.		162	183	152	10	14	2	0	0	7	0	17	91	.089	.182	.101	.283	3	167

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