Brian Johnson
Brian David Johnson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 8, 1968 in Oakland, CA
High School: Skyline (Oakland, CA)
School: Stanford University
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 16th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed July 7, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1994
Final Game: September 21, 2001
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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
1994 26 SDP NL 36 101 93 7 23 4 1 3 16 0 0 5 21 .247 .283 .409 .691 80 38 4 0 2 1 0 2/3
1995 27 SDP NL 68 224 207 20 52 9 0 3 29 0 0 11 39 .251 .287 .338 .625 67 70 2 1 1 4 2 2/3
1996 28 SDP NL 82 257 243 18 66 13 1 8 35 0 0 4 36 .272 .290 .432 .722 92 105 8 4 2 4 2 2/35
1997 29 TOT MLB 101 348 318 32 83 13 3 13 45 1 1 19 45 .261 .303 .443 .747 94 141 11 2 5 4 8 2/3D
1997 29 DET AL 45 147 139 13 33 6 1 2 18 1 0 5 19 .237 .262 .338 .600 56 47 3 0 2 1 1 2/D
1997 29 SFG NL 56 201 179 19 50 7 2 11 27 0 1 14 26 .279 .333 .525 .858 123 94 8 2 3 3 7 2/3
1998 30 SFG NL 99 346 308 34 73 8 1 13 34 0 2 28 67 .237 .310 .396 .706 89 122 11 5 4 1 4 2/7
1999 31 CIN NL 45 127 117 12 27 7 0 5 18 0 0 9 31 .231 .286 .419 .705 74 49 2 0 1 0 0 2
2000 32 KCR AL 37 132 125 9 26 6 0 4 18 0 0 4 28 .208 .229 .352 .581 43 44 4 0 1 2 0 2
2001 33 LAD NL 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
8 Seasons 471 1539 1415 132 351 60 6 49 196 1 3 80 268 .248 .291 .403 .694 81 570 42 12 16 16 16
162 Game Avg. 162 529 487 45 121 21 2 17 67 0 1 28 92 .248 .291 .403 .694 81 196 14 4 6 6 6
SDP (3 yrs) 186 582 543 45 141 26 2 14 80 0 0 20 96 .260 .288 .392 .680 80 213 14 5 5 9 4
SFG (2 yrs) 155 547 487 53 123 15 3 24 61 0 3 42 93 .253 .319 .444 .762 101 216 19 7 7 4 11
KCR (1 yr) 37 132 125 9 26 6 0 4 18 0 0 4 28 .208 .229 .352 .581 43 44 4 0 1 2 0
LAD (1 yr) 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 1 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 45 127 117 12 27 7 0 5 18 0 0 9 31 .231 .286 .419 .705 74 49 2 0 1 0 0
DET (1 yr) 45 147 139 13 33 6 1 2 18 1 0 5 19 .237 .262 .338 .600 56 47 3 0 2 1 1
NL (7 yrs) 389 1260 1151 110 292 48 5 43 160 0 3 71 221 .254 .301 .416 .717 88 479 35 12 13 13 15
AL (2 yrs) 82 279 264 22 59 12 1 6 36 1 0 9 47 .223 .246 .345 .591 50 91 7 0 3 3 1

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
1994 26 SDP NL 101 77 10 3.5 107 .286 .247 .271 .283 .337 .409 .424 .691 .761 80 .347 -3.0 -0.3 .581 .215 .161 .0
1995 27 SDP NL 224 162 21 3.5 104 .290 .251 .267 .287 .336 .338 .416 .625 .752 67 .354 -9.8 -1.0 .522 .140 .087 .0
1996 28 SDP NL 257 191 28 3.9 102 .286 .272 .264 .290 .332 .432 .413 .722 .745 92 .406 -3.3 -0.3 .611 .177 .160 .0
1997 29 TOT MLB 348 256 40 4.2 107 .265 .261 .269 .303 .340 .443 .424 .747 .763 94 .419 -4.2 -0.4 .656 .242 .182 1.9
1997 29 DET AL 147 112 12 2.9 108 .261 .237 .270 .262 .339 .338 .427 .600 .766 56 .255 -9.4 -0.9 .486 .144 .101 1.3
1997 29 SFG NL 201 144 28 5.2 107 .269 .279 .268 .333 .340 .525 .421 .858 .760 123 .531 5.2 0.5 .790 .318 .246 .0
1998 30 SFG NL 346 253 36 3.8 103 .262 .237 .263 .310 .333 .396 .415 .706 .747 89 .392 -5.6 -0.5 .617 .244 .159 .0
1999 31 CIN NL 127 93 14 4.0 118 .272 .231 .279 .286 .355 .419 .450 .705 .805 74 .376 -5.5 -0.5 .630 .265 .188 .0
2000 32 KCR AL 132 106 9 2.3 118 .232 .208 .280 .229 .353 .352 .450 .581 .803 43 .163 -11.6 -1.1 .466 .176 .144 .0
2001 33 LAD NL 4 3 0 0.0 104 .333 .250 .259 .250 .328 .250 .424 .500 .752 35 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
8 Seasons 1539 1141 158 3.7 107 .271 .248 .268 .291 .339 .403 .423 .694 .762 81 .368 -43.5 -4.1 .595 .210 .155 2.0
162 Game Avg. 529 392 54 3.7 107 .271 .248 .268 .291 .339 .403 .423 .694 .762 81 .368 -43.5 -4.1 .595 .210 .155 1
SDP (3 yrs) 582 430 59 3.7 104 .287 .260 .266 .288 .335 .392 .416 .680 .750 80 .376 -16.2 -1.6 .572 .169 .133 .0
SFG (2 yrs) 547 397 64 4.3 104 .265 .253 .265 .319 .335 .444 .417 .762 .752 101 .446 -0.5 -0.1 .679 .271 .191 .0
KCR (1 yr) 132 106 9 2.3 118 .232 .208 .280 .229 .353 .352 .450 .581 .803 43 .164 -11.6 -1.1 .466 .176 .144 .0
LAD (1 yr) 4 3 0 0.0 104 .333 .250 .259 .250 .328 .250 .424 .500 .752 35 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
CIN (1 yr) 127 93 14 4.0 118 .272 .231 .279 .286 .355 .419 .450 .705 .805 74 .377 -5.5 -0.5 .630 .265 .188 .0
DET (1 yr) 147 112 12 2.9 108 .261 .237 .270 .262 .339 .338 .427 .600 .766 56 .254 -9.4 -0.9 .486 .144 .101 1.3
NL (7 yrs) 1260 923 137 4.0 105 .277 .254 .267 .301 .337 .416 .420 .717 .757 88 .406 -22.5 -2.2 .623 .222 .162 .0
AL (2 yrs) 279 218 21 2.6 113 .248 .223 .275 .246 .346 .345 .438 .591 .784 50 .209 -21.0 -1.9 .476 .159 .121 1.7

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
1996 28 SDP NL NLDS STL L 2 8 8 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .500 .875 4 0 0 0 0 0
1997 29 SFG NL NLDS FLA L 3 11 10 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 .100 .182 .400 .582 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 5 19 18 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 .222 .263 .444 .708 8 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 5 19 18 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 .222 .263 .444 .708 8 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
1994 26 SDP NL 101 3.0% 20.8% 5.0% 7.9% 35% 4.20 4.4 31.0 5.8 0.89 1.30 69% 20% 9.4% 16%
1995 27 SDP NL 224 1.3% 17.4% 4.9% 5.4% 23% 3.55 5.3 69.0 7.1 0.72 0.83 75% 16% 3.8% 21%
1996 28 SDP NL 257 3.1% 14.0% 1.6% 8.6% 33% 9.00 6.8 30.4 6.9 0.89 1.33 79% 22% 8.4% 14%
1997 29 TOT MLB 348 3.7% 12.9% 5.5% 8.3% 35% 2.37 7.1 24.5 7.1 0.86 1.41 76% 21% 10.2% 13%
1997 29 DET AL 147 1.4% 12.9% 3.4% 6.1% 27% 3.80 7.3 69.5 7.7 0.83 1.36 81% 20% 3.6% 15%
1997 29 SFG NL 201 5.5% 12.9% 7.0% 10.0% 40% 1.86 6.9 16.3 6.6 0.88 1.45 72% 22% 15.3% 11%
1998 30 SFG NL 346 3.8% 19.4% 8.1% 6.4% 30% 2.39 4.6 23.7 9.1 0.79 1.09 66% 20% 11.7% 18%
1999 31 CIN NL 127 3.9% 24.4% 7.1% 9.5% 44% 3.44 3.8 23.4 6.5 0.51 0.97 64% 26% 9.6% 9%
2000 32 KCR AL 132 3.0% 21.2% 3.0% 7.6% 39% 7.00 4.5 31.3 6.9 0.94 1.44 72% 21% 10.0% 18%
2001 33 LAD NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 4.0 2.00 75% 33% 0.0% 0%
8 Seasons 1539 3.2% 17.4% 5.2% 7.5% 33% 3.35 5.3 28.9 7.2 0.81 1.19 72% 21% 9.1% 16%
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
1994 26 SDP NL 3 0 16% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11% 2 2 0 1 1 0 6 3 1
1995 27 SDP NL 3 0 28% 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 40% 6 6 0 3 2 1 11 3 7
1996 28 SDP NL 1 0 15% 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 30% 8 5 3 0 0 0 2 1 0
1997 29 TOT MLB 3 0 21% 114 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 26% 10 8 2 7 4 1 6 3 3
1997 29 DET AL 1 0 31% 53 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 27% 6 4 2 5 4 0 4 2 2
1997 29 SFG NL 2 0 15% 61 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 25% 4 4 0 2 0 1 2 1 1
1998 30 SFG NL 6 0 23% 137 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 18% 26 22 3 4 4 0 10 6 4
1999 31 CIN NL 1 0 23% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 39% 5 4 1 5 3 1 3 0 3
2000 32 KCR AL 0 0 19% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
2001 33 LAD 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
8 Seasons 17 0 21% 489 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 17 26% 60 50 9 21 14 4 39 17 18
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
1994 26 SDP NL 101 30% 23 5 0 10 4 1 3 1.90 3 1 2 2 1 3 0 0 3 2 67% 21 4 19% 19 9 47% 72 14 19% 12 7 58% 10 6 60% 0
1995 27 SDP NL 224 31% 52 5 0 12 5 1 2 2.97 3 1 11 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 100% 42 2 5% 22 9 41% 148 27 18% 16 6 38% 17 7 41% 0
1996 28 SDP NL 257 27% 66 3 0 15 5 0 2 1.19 8 1 13 7 1 3 5 0 2 2 100% 56 8 14% 22 8 36% 194 27 14% 20 11 55% 11 2 18% 0
1997 29 TOT MLB 348 29% 83 7 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 11 12 1 8 5 0 5 5 100% 78 11 14% 45 20 44% 245 34 14% 28 12 43% 23 8 35% 0
1997 29 DET AL 147 31% 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 100% 31 3 10% 21 9 43% 111 17 15% 12 6 50% 12 5 42% 0
1997 29 SFG NL 201 28% 50 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 11 0 6 10 1 6 5 0 3 3 100% 47 8 17% 24 11 46% 134 17 13% 16 6 38% 11 3 27% 0
1998 30 SFG NL 346 33% 73 9 0 5 0 0 0 1.20 13 0 9 7 6 7 6 0 4 4 100% 72 11 15% 38 6 16% 211 23 11% 21 10 48% 8 2 25% 0
1999 31 CIN NL 127 51% 27 0 0 12 2 0 1 1.56 5 0 2 2 3 3 2 0 1 1 100% 16 2 13% 12 3 25% 72 14 19% 9 3 33% 8 4 50% 0
2000 32 KCR AL 132 33% 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 2 2 3 1 0 1 1 100% 30 4 13% 18 4 22% 94 15 16% 9 7 78% 16 7 44% 0
2001 33 LAD NL 4 75% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1539 32% 351 30 0 55 16 2 8 1.78 49 3 51 34 15 28 21 0 17 16 94% 315 42 13% 176 59 34% 1039 155 15% 115 56 49% 93 36 39% 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
1994 26 SDP NL 101 363 3.59 240 66% 24% 18% 27% 31% 76% 0% 50% 77% 38% 4% 4 1 7% 7 2 9% 9 7 24% 0 0 0
1995 27 SDP NL 196 669 3.41 441 66% 17% 18% 30% 35% 82% 2% 54% 78% 36% 5% 9 5 13% 25 12 7% 14 8 24% 28 0 1
1996 28 SDP NL 225 700 3.11 473 68% 19% 16% 25% 40% 81% 2% 54% 80% 40% 3% 6 2 11% 24 16 3% 7 7 17% 32 0 0
1997 29 TOT MLB 334 1150 3.44 755 66% 23% 14% 28% 36% 77% 7% 51% 82% 33% 5% 16 2 12% 40 15 5% 18 14 18% 14 0 0
1997 29 DET AL 147 515 3.50 346 67% 26% 11% 28% 36% 74% 2% 50% 85% 32% 3% 5 0 9% 13 2 7% 10 10 26% 0 0 0
1997 29 SFG NL 187 635 3.40 409 64% 21% 16% 27% 36% 79% 11% 51% 80% 34% 6% 11 2 14% 27 13 4% 8 4 12% 14 0 0
1998 30 SFG NL 346 1224 3.54 776 63% 23% 18% 27% 32% 77% 3% 49% 77% 36% 8% 29 3 16% 56 17 10% 33 17 15% 0 0 0
1999 31 CIN NL 127 481 3.79 307 64% 28% 16% 27% 28% 72% 0% 46% 78% 24% 6% 7 4 13% 16 3 11% 14 6 10% 0 0 0
2000 32 KCR AL 132 453 3.43 310 68% 25% 15% 28% 32% 75% 0% 51% 81% 35% 2% 2 0 12% 16 9 3% 4 2 21% 0 0 0
2001 33 LAD NL 4 12 3.00 8 67% 25% 13% 25% 38% 75% 0% 50% 83% 25% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1465 5052 3.45 3310 66% 23% 16% 27% 34% 77% 3% 51% 79% 35% 5% 73 17 13% 184 74 7% 99 61 18% 74 0 1
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
1994 26 36 101 93 7 23 4 1 3 16 0 0 5 21 .247 .283 .409 .691 80 38 4 0 2 1 0
1995 27 104 325 300 27 75 13 1 6 45 0 0 16 60 .250 .286 .360 .646 71 108 6 1 3 5 2
1996 28 186 582 543 45 141 26 2 14 80 0 0 20 96 .260 .288 .392 .680 80 213 14 5 5 9 4
1997 29 287 930 861 77 224 39 5 27 125 1 1 39 141 .260 .293 .411 .705 85 354 25 7 10 13 12
1998 30 386 1276 1169 111 297 47 6 40 159 1 3 67 208 .254 .298 .407 .705 86 476 36 12 14 14 16
1999 31 431 1403 1286 123 324 54 6 45 177 1 3 76 239 .252 .297 .408 .705 85 525 38 12 15 14 16
2000 32 468 1535 1411 132 350 60 6 49 195 1 3 80 267 .248 .291 .403 .694 81 569 42 12 16 16 16
2001 33 471 1539 1415 132 351 60 6 49 196 1 3 80 268 .248 .291 .403 .694 81 570 42 12 16 16 16

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1994 26 51 138 130 10 31 5 1 4 23 0 7 30 .238 .275 .385 .660 14 36
1995 27 76 249 232 22 58 10 0 3 31 0 12 44 .250 .285 .332 .617 22 68
1996 28 82 253 241 18 64 13 1 8 35 0 4 36 .266 .285 .427 .712 28 82
1997 29 101 338 314 31 79 12 3 12 44 1 18 45 .252 .293 .424 .716 39 101
1998 30 99 341 307 34 72 8 1 13 34 0 28 67 .235 .308 .394 .702 36 99
1999 31 45 123 115 10 25 6 0 5 16 0 8 31 .217 .268 .400 .668 12 45
2000 32 37 128 122 8 23 5 0 4 16 0 4 28 .189 .211 .328 .539 8 37
2001 33 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
8 Seasons 494 1574 1465 133 352 59 6 49 199 1 81 282 .240 .283 .389 .672 159 471
162 Game Avg. 162 516 480 44 115 19 2 16 65 0 27 92 .240 .283 .389 .672 52 471

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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