Bob Johnson
Robert Dale Johnson
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: April 25, 1943 in Aurora, IL
School: Bradley University
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1969
Final Game: June 5, 1977
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1969 26 NYM NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1970 27 KCR AL 8 13 .381 3.07 40 26 7 10 1 4 214.0 178 82 73 18 82 4 206 11 1 6 894 121 1.215 7.5 0.8 3.4 8.7 2.51
1971 28 PIT NL 9 10 .474 3.45 31 27 0 7 1 0 174.2 170 73 67 19 55 8 101 7 0 4 732 101 1.288 8.8 1.0 2.8 5.2 1.84
1972 29 PIT NL 4 4 .500 2.96 31 11 6 1 0 3 115.2 98 40 38 14 46 8 79 4 0 3 483 113 1.245 7.6 1.1 3.6 6.1 1.72
1973 30 PIT NL 4 2 .667 3.62 50 2 11 0 0 4 92.0 98 41 37 12 34 7 68 5 0 2 402 97 1.435 9.6 1.2 3.3 6.7 2.00
1974 31 CLE AL 3 4 .429 4.38 14 10 0 0 0 0 72.0 75 42 35 12 37 5 36 3 1 2 324 83 1.556 9.4 1.5 4.6 4.5 0.97
1977 34 ATL NL 0 1 .000 7.25 15 0 5 0 0 0 22.1 24 18 18 7 14 1 16 2 0 1 106 62 1.701 9.7 2.8 5.6 6.4 1.14
7 Seasons 28 34 .452 3.48 183 76 31 18 2 12 692.1 644 296 268 82 269 33 507 32 2 18 2948 103 1.319 8.4 1.1 3.5 6.6 1.88
162 Game Avg. 7 9 .452 3.48 48 20 8 5 1 3 182 169 78 70 22 71 9 133 8 1 5 774 103 1.319 8.4 1.1 3.5 6.6 1.88
PIT (3 yrs) 17 16 .515 3.34 112 40 17 8 1 7 382.1 366 154 142 45 135 23 248 16 0 9 1617 103 1.310 8.6 1.1 3.2 5.8 1.84
KCR (1 yr) 8 13 .381 3.07 40 26 7 10 1 4 214.0 178 82 73 18 82 4 206 11 1 6 894 121 1.215 7.5 0.8 3.4 8.7 2.51
NYM (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
ATL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.25 15 0 5 0 0 0 22.1 24 18 18 7 14 1 16 2 0 1 106 62 1.701 9.7 2.8 5.6 6.4 1.14
CLE (1 yr) 3 4 .429 4.38 14 10 0 0 0 0 72.0 75 42 35 12 37 5 36 3 1 2 324 83 1.556 9.4 1.5 4.6 4.5 0.97
NL (5 yrs) 17 17 .500 3.54 129 40 24 8 1 8 406.1 391 172 160 52 150 24 265 18 0 10 1730 99 1.331 8.7 1.2 3.3 5.9 1.77
AL (2 yrs) 11 17 .393 3.40 54 36 7 10 1 4 286.0 253 124 108 30 119 9 242 14 2 8 1218 109 1.301 8.0 0.9 3.7 7.6 2.03

Postseason Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1971 28 PIT NL NLCS W SFG 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 5 1 0 0 3 1 7 0 0 0 33 1.000 5.6 0.0 3.4 7.9 2.33
1971 28 PIT NL WS W BAL 0 1 .000 9.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 5 5 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 23 1.600 9.0 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1972 29 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 0 2 1 7 0 0 1 22 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 10.5 3.50
2 Seasons (3 Series) 1 1 .500 3.32 5 2 0 0 0 0 19.0 14 8 7 0 8 2 17 1 0 1 78 1.158 6.6 0.0 3.8 8.1 2.13
2 NLCS 1 0 1.000 1.29 3 1 0 0 0 0 14.0 9 3 2 0 5 2 14 0 0 1 55 1.000 5.8 0.0 3.2 9.0 2.80
1 WS 0 1 .000 9.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 5 5 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 23 1.600 9.0 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1969 26 NYM NL 2 7 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .333 .619 .200 2 0 0 0 0 0
1970 27 KCR AL 40 895 782 82 178 32 4 18 22 8 82 206 .228 .307 .348 .655 .283 272 12 11 12 8 4
1971 28 PIT NL 31 732 656 73 170 29 2 19 9 7 55 101 .259 .321 .396 .717 .279 260 12 7 9 5 8
1972 29 PIT NL 31 483 425 40 98 14 1 14 8 4 46 79 .231 .309 .367 .676 .250 156 7 4 4 4 8
1973 30 PIT NL 50 402 355 41 98 13 3 12 12 2 34 68 .276 .346 .431 .777 .310 153 6 5 6 2 7
1974 31 CLE AL 14 324 275 42 75 7 1 12 5 3 37 36 .273 .362 .436 .798 .274 120 5 3 6 3 5
1977 34 ATL NL 15 106 89 18 24 3 0 7 2 0 14 16 .270 .377 .539 .917 .254 48 1 2 0 1 1
7 Seasons 183 2949 2588 296 644 99 11 82 58 24 269 507 .249 .325 .391 .715 .278 1011 43 32 37 23 33
162 Game Avg. 48 774 679 78 169 26 3 22 15 6 71 133 .249 .325 .391 .715 .278 265 11 8 10 6 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1970 27 KCR AL 40 26 8 12 6 1 9 12 14 .462 0 3 10 1 20 77% 60 85 23 17 1 8 9 3.3 3.3 7.4
1971 28 PIT NL 31 27 9 10 8 1 3 13 14 .481 3 2 7 1 15 56% 53 78 22 15 5 4 16 3.5 3.5 6.2
1972 29 PIT NL 31 11 2 3 6 0 0 5 6 .455 1 2 1 0 7 64% 51 77 24 11 4 1 7 4.0 3.8 6.1
1973 30 PIT NL 50 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43 45 41 11 2 1 1 5.5 5.0 4.3
1974 31 CLE AL 14 10 3 4 3 1 1 4 6 .400 1 1 0 0 4 40% 46 63 22 12 7 2 8 5.4 5.5 5.5
5 Seasons 166 76 22 30 24 3 13 35 41 .461 5 8 18 2 46 61% 54 85 22 66 19 16 41 3.8 3.7 6.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1969 26 NYM NL 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 9 3.334 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.5
1970 27 KCR AL 40 14 7 0 1 6 4 2 67% 6 0 19 11 58% 9 1.049 7 4 3 6 3 5 8 6 6 5 6 3 4.9
1971 28 PIT NL 31 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 100% 4 1.164 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 2 4.8
1972 29 PIT NL 31 20 6 2 1 4 3 1 75% 5 1 15 7 47% 5 0.942 5 4 11 6 1 13 9 11 12 4 13 3 7.3
1973 30 PIT NL 50 48 11 4 1 4 4 0 100% 8 4 49 19 39% 7 0.729 13 8 27 8 4 36 24 24 31 11 31 7 5.2
1974 31 CLE AL 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0.842 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 4 0 4 0 13.0
1977 34 ATL NL 15 15 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 4 40% 8 0.403 2 1 10 1 1 13 6 9 9 2 11 4 4.5
7 Seasons 183 107 31 6 4 15 12 3 80% 22 7 99 46 46% 0.976 30 20 55 24 10 73 50 57 64 23 67 19 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1969 26 NYM NL 7 14% 0.0% 14.3% 14.3% 14.3% 100% 3.00 71% 0 0
1970 27 KCR AL 895 45% 2.0% 23.0% 9.2% 6.0% 30% 0.73 63% 159 12 8%
1971 28 PIT NL 732 46% 2.6% 13.8% 7.5% 6.8% 29% 0.77 74% 129 12 9%
1972 29 PIT NL 483 47% 2.9% 16.4% 9.5% 6.0% 30% 0.71 70% 86 7 8%
1973 30 PIT NL 402 43% 3.0% 16.9% 8.5% 7.0% 29% 0.69 69% 86 6 7%
1974 31 CLE AL 324 45% 3.7% 11.1% 11.4% 6.2% 27% 0.90 71% 57 5 9%
1977 34 ATL NL 106 34% 6.6% 15.1% 13.2% 9.4% 42% 0.59 63% 23 1 4%
7 Seasons 2949 45% 2.8% 17.2% 9.1% 6.5% 30% 0.75 69% 540 43 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1969 26 NYM NL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 27 KCR AL 895 178 18 2 21 7 11 8 10 55 27 13 49% 9 6 5 326 22 8 73% 18 7 3 0 1 1 0 0 27 0
1971 28 PIT NL 732 170 19 1 13 13 6 9 10 24 11 6 46% 5 4 2 266 9 7 56% 7 6 2 0 0 1 2 1 13 0
1972 29 PIT NL 483 98 14 0 11 8 6 6 8 20 8 4 40% 3 3 2 175 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1973 30 PIT NL 402 98 12 0 23 3 9 5 7 28 14 4 50% 4 2 0 160 12 2 86% 10 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1974 31 CLE AL 324 75 12 0 11 6 6 9 3 11 6 0 55% 4 2 0 119 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1977 34 ATL NL 106 24 7 1 5 6 1 6 1 8 2 0 25% 1 1 1 38 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
7 Seasons 2949 644 82 4 84 43 39 43 39 146 68 27 47% 26 18 10 1088 58 24 71% 50 22 7 0 1 2 4 1 68 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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+
1969 26 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1970 27 8 13 .381 3.05 42 26 9 10 1 5 215.2 179 82 73 18 83 4 207 11 1 6 901 122 1.215 7.5 0.8 3.5 8.6 2.49 122
1971 28 17 23 .425 3.23 73 53 9 17 2 5 390.1 349 155 140 37 138 12 308 18 1 10 1633 112 1.248 8.0 0.9 3.2 7.1 2.23 112
1972 29 21 27 .438 3.17 104 64 15 18 2 8 506.0 447 195 178 51 184 20 387 22 1 13 2116 112 1.247 8.0 0.9 3.3 6.9 2.10 112
1973 30 25 29 .463 3.24 154 66 26 18 2 12 598.0 545 236 215 63 218 27 455 27 1 15 2518 110 1.276 8.2 0.9 3.3 6.8 2.09 110
1974 31 28 33 .459 3.36 168 76 26 18 2 12 670.0 620 278 250 75 255 32 491 30 2 17 2842 106 1.306 8.3 1.0 3.4 6.6 1.93 106
1975 32 28 33 .459 3.36 168 76 26 18 2 12 670.0 620 278 250 75 255 32 491 30 2 17 2842 106 1.306 8.3 1.0 3.4 6.6 1.93 106
1976 33 28 33 .459 3.36 168 76 26 18 2 12 670.0 620 278 250 75 255 32 491 30 2 17 2842 106 1.306 8.3 1.0 3.4 6.6 1.93 106
1977 34 28 34 .452 3.48 183 76 31 18 2 12 692.1 644 296 268 82 269 33 507 32 2 18 2948 103 1.319 8.4 1.1 3.5 6.6 1.88 103

Neutralized Pitching

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) ·

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1969 26 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.500 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 2
1970 27 13 9 .591 3.38 205.0 184 86 77 19 85 197 11 1.312 8.1 3.7 8.6 2.32 0.8 40
1971 28 8 9 .471 4.22 162.0 181 84 76 20 59 94 7 1.481 10.1 3.3 5.2 1.59 1.1 31
1972 29 6 6 .500 3.70 112.0 111 51 46 16 52 76 5 1.455 8.9 4.2 6.1 1.46 1.3 31
1973 30 4 5 .444 4.29 86.0 104 46 41 13 36 64 5 1.628 10.9 3.8 6.7 1.78 1.4 50
1974 31 2 5 .286 5.37 67.0 81 44 40 13 40 34 3 1.806 10.9 5.4 4.6 0.85 1.7 14
1977 34 1 1 .500 5.87 23.0 23 17 15 7 13 17 2 1.565 9.0 5.1 6.7 1.31 2.7 15
7 Seasons 34 35 .493 4.04 657.0 684 328 295 88 286 483 33 1.476 9.4 6.6 1.69 1.2 183

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1970 AL--3.070--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 AL--7.486--4th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 AL--8.664--2nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1970 AL--206--3rd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1970 AL--2.512--5th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 AL--.757--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 AL--11--1st
1971 NL--7--5th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1970 AL--121--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 10 (1445), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Blix Donnelly (983)
  2. Luis Aquino (964)
  3. Steve Ontiveros (960)
  4. Dan Osinski (959)
  5. Cecilio Guante (959)
  6. Ed Klieman (957)
  7. Ray Corbin (955)
  8. Buzz Capra (955)
  9. Manny Sarmiento (954)
  10. Ira Hutchinson (954)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Ben Tincup (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Sam Frock (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Roger Nelson (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Andy McGaffigan (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Don Lee (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Steve Ontiveros (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Bob Johnson    

Viewed 24,881 times through December 1, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Robert Bob robert Dale bobby jhonson Johnson jonhson jonson johson

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.