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Brian Johnson

Brian David Johnson

Position: Catcher
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
Teams (by GP): Padres/Giants/Tigers/Reds/Royals/... 1994-2001

Final Game: September 21, 2001
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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… 

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 2/3
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
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

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 Awards
1994 26 SDP NL 101 -3 -1 1 0 -0 1 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $109,000 2/3
1995 27 SDP NL 224 -10 0 0 0 -0 3 6 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $135,000 2/3
1996 28 SDP NL 257 -4 0 -1 -1 -1 4 7 4 0.4 5 0.5 -0.1 $170,000 2/35
1997 29 DET AL 147 -9 -1 -1 0 -2 2 5 -6 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $600,000 2
1997 29 SFG NL 201 5 -1 0 -1 2 3 6 14 1.4 12 1.2 0.2 $ 2/3
1998 30 SFG NL 346 -6 -3 2 -1 2 6 10 10 1.0 8 0.8 0.2 $1,025,000 2/7
1999 31 CIN NL 127 -6 -1 0 0 -1 2 4 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $775,000 2
2000 32 KCR AL 132 -12 0 -1 0 -4 2 5 -10 -1.0 -6 -0.6 -0.4 $550,000 2
2001 33 LAD NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
8 Seasons 1539 -45 -7 0 -3 -4 23 46 10 1.0 14 1.4 -0.4 $3,364,000
SDP (3 yrs) 582 -17 -1 0 -1 -1 8 16 4 0.4 5 0.5 -0.1 $414,000
SFG (2 yrs) 547 -1 -4 2 -2 4 9 16 24 2.4 20 2.0 0.4 $1,025,000
KCR (1 yr) 132 -12 0 -1 0 -4 2 5 -10 -1.0 -6 -0.6 -0.4 $550,000
LAD (1 yr) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
CIN (1 yr) 127 -6 -1 0 0 -1 2 4 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $775,000
DET (1 yr) 147 -9 -1 -1 0 -2 2 5 -6 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $600,000

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
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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1994 SDP NL 26 C 24 23 17 197.2 197 182 15 0 1 1.000 0 0 8.97 8.21 .991 7.10 7.05 3 12 24 13 35% 0
1994 SDP NL 26 1B 5 0 0 3.2 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -65 7.36 0.60 .993 9.82 9.68
1995 SDP NL 27 C 55 52 44 463.2 429 394 32 3 2 .993 0 0 8.27 7.75 .989 7.40 7.37 5 22 37 15 29% 0
1995 SDP NL 27 1B 2 0 0 7.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 -0 -34 11.57 4.50 .993 9.64 9.65
1996 SDP NL 28 C 66 59 44 521.2 476 450 21 5 3 .989 0 0 8.13 7.14 .989 7.50 7.45 5 15 49 16 25% 1
1996 SDP NL 28 1B 1 1 0 3.0 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -80 18.00 6.00 .992 9.60 9.60
1996 SDP NL 28 3B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -360 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1997 TOT MLB 29 C 98 86 72 773.2 599 561 33 5 7 .992 0 0 6.91 6.06 .990 7.45 7.39 2 27 61 26 30% 1
1997 DET AL 29 C 43 38 33 340.1 229 217 9 3 2 .987 -2 -7 5.98 5.26 .991 7.15 7.09 0 10 31 8 21% 0
1997 SFG NL 29 C 55 48 39 433.1 370 344 24 2 5 .995 2 6 7.64 6.69 .990 7.68 7.62 2 17 30 18 38% 1
1997 SFG NL 29 1B 2 0 0 6.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 12.00 4.00 .992 9.45 9.45
1998 SFG NL 30 C 95 86 70 764.0 627 590 33 4 4 .994 2 3 7.34 6.56 .990 7.51 7.47 7 21 41 20 33% 0
1998 SFG NL 30 LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .980 1.80 1.90
1998 SFG NL 30 OF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1999 CIN NL 31 C 39 26 22 248.1 213 201 11 1 2 .995 -1 -5 7.68 5.44 .990 7.41 7.35 4 15 14 7 33% 0
2000 KCR AL 32 C 37 35 29 304.1 235 221 12 2 1 .991 -4 -16 6.89 6.30 .991 6.93 6.85 4 15 29 8 22% 0
2001 LAD NL 33 C 2 0 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.75 1.50 .993 7.65 7.65 0 1 0 0 0
8 Seasons C 416 367 298 3277.1 2779 2602 157 20 20 .993 -3 -1 7.58 6.63 .990 7.39 7.34 30 128 255 105 29% 2
4 Seasons 1B 10 1 0 19.2 27 26 0 1 2 .963 -1 -37 11.90 2.60 .993 9.61 9.62
1 Season OF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -360 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1 Season LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .980 1.80 1.90
8 Seasons TOT 428 368 298 3301.0 2807 2629 157 21 22 .993 -4 -2 7.60 6.51 .990 7.40 7.37 30 128 255 105 29% 2
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1998 NL  .994 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199426San Diego Padres$109,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199527San Diego Padres$135,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199628San Diego Padres$170,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199729Detroit Tigers$600,0001997 postseason AP surveyIncludes $50,000 earned bonus
199830San Francisco Giants$1,025,00011/23/98 USA TodayIncludes $25,000 earned bonus
199931Cincinnati Reds$775,00011/19/99 USA TodayIncludes $25,000 earned bonus
200032Kansas City Royals$550,0004/5/00 AP
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,364,000
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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