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Chris Johnson

Christopher D. Johnson (twitter: @CJAstros23)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: October 1, 1984 in Naples, FL
High School: Bishop Verot HS (Fort Myers, FL)
Schools: Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, FL), Stetson University (DeLand, FL)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 4th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 2009
Team: Astros 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$495k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.144, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
Relatives: Son of Ron Johnson
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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
2006	21	HOU-min	A-	60	239	222	18	47	7	1	1	29	7	3	11	35	.212	.251	.266	.517		59	13	2	0	4	1		TRC · NYPL
2007	22	HOU-min	A,A+	124	517	479	61	125	25	0	14	82	4	4	25	79	.261	.298	.401	.699		192	17	4	1	8	1		LEX,SAL · SALL,CARL
2008	23	HOU-min	AA,AAA	114	465	431	53	129	26	1	13	67	5	0	25	86	.299	.338	.455	.793		196	14	3	1	5	0		CPC,RRK · TL,PCL
2009	24	HOU-min	AAA,A+	108	429	400	53	115	25	5	13	48	2	1	22	93	.288	.329	.473	.801		189	17	4	0	3	1		RRK,LNR · PCL,CALL
2009	24	HOU	NL	11	23	22	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.091	.130	.091	.221	-39	2	0	0	0	0	0	/5
2010	25	HOU-min	AAA	38	163	149	26	49	10	1	8	33	0	0	9	23	.329	.362	.570	.932		85	2	1	0	4	2		RRK · PCL
2010	25	HOU	NL	94	362	341	40	105	22	2	11	52	3	0	15	91	.308	.337	.481	.818	121	164	8	2	0	4	2	5
2011	26	HOU-min	AAA	21	94	81	18	22	7	0	4	15	1	1	10	25	.272	.372	.506	.879		41	3	3	0	0	1		OKC · PCL
2011	26	HOU	NL	107	405	378	32	95	21	3	7	42	2	2	16	97	.251	.291	.378	.670	85	143	2	7	0	4	3	5
2012	27	HOU	NL	46	181	171	19	51	8	1	5	25	2	0	7	44	.298	.331	.444	.776	111	76	7	2	0	1	1	*5
4 Yrs				258	971	912	92	253	51	6	23	120	7	2	39	238	.277	.312	.422	.734	100	385	17	11	0	9	6
162 Game Avg.				162	610	573	58	159	32	4	14	75	4	1	24	149	.277	.312	.422	.734	100	242	11	7	0	6	4

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
2009	24	HOU	NL	11	23	-4	0	0	-2	0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.6	.445	.496	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$	/5
2010	25	HOU	NL	94	362	8	-0	-1	-16	1	-7	-0.8	10	3	0.2	.492	.495	1.9	-1.5	19	$400,000	5
2011	26	HOU	NL	107	405	-10	-1	1	-12	1	-20	-2.2	11	-9	-1.1	.479	.486	0.2	-1.1	3	$424,000	5
2012	27	HOU	NL	46	181	3	1	-0	-5	1	-1	-0.0	5	4	0.5	.498	.499	0.9	-0.4	9	$	*5
4 Seasons				258	971	-3	-0	1	-35	3	-34	-3.6	27	-8	-1.0	.486	.494	2.7	-3.3	27	$824,000

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	PwrSpd
2009	24	HOU	NL	23	20	0	0.0	105	.125	.091	.263	.130	.336	.091	.418	.221	.755	-39	.000	-4.5	-0.4	.150	.045	.000
2010	25	HOU	NL	362	248	54	5.8	100	.387	.308	.258	.337	.328	.481	.407	.818	.735	121	.608	9.2	0.9	.754	.226	.173	4.7
2011	26	HOU	NL	405	291	43	4.0	97	.317	.251	.257	.291	.324	.378	.400	.670	.724	85	.450	-8.5	-0.9	.578	.169	.127	3.1
2012	27	HOU	NL	181	128	23	4.8	99	.374	.298	.258	.331	.326	.444	.408	.776	.734	111	.527	2.0	0.2	.685	.199	.146	2.9
4 Yrs				971	687	120	4.7	98	.348	.277	.258	.312	.326	.422	.404	.734	.731	100	.516	-1.9	-0.2	.649	.193	.145	10.7
162 Game Avg.				610	431	75	4.7	98	.348	.277	.258	.312	.326	.422	.404	.734	.731	100	.516	-1.9	-0.2	.649	.193	.145	7

Ratio Batting*

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
2009	24	HOU	NL	23	0.0%	26.1%	4.4%	0.0%	0%	6.00	3.7		22.0	4.33	6.00	70%	0%	0.0%	67%
2010	25	HOU	NL	362	3.0%	25.1%	4.1%	9.7%	33%	6.07	3.7	31.0	6.6	0.68	1.05	67%	25%	7.7%	6%
2011	26	HOU	NL	405	1.7%	24.0%	4.0%	7.7%	33%	6.06	3.9	54.0	9.0	0.89	1.09	69%	25%	4.9%	5%
2012	27	HOU	NL	181	2.8%	24.3%	3.9%	7.7%	28%	6.29	3.9	34.2	6.8	0.78	1.15	68%	27%	7.4%	6%
4 Yrs				971	2.4%	24.5%	4.0%	8.2%	32%	6.10	3.8	39.7	7.6	0.81	1.13	68%	25%	6.5%	6%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	2.18	4.8	34.9	8.1	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2009	24	HOU	NL	-4.5	-0.4	23	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.82	-0.3	-0.0	-3.2	-0.3	0.80	-4.1	0.29	5
2010	25	HOU	NL	9.2	0.9	367	1.1	6.9	-5.7	.97	0.8	0.4	17.2	1.7	0.94	8.9	1.91	4
2011	26	HOU	NL	-8.5	-0.9	415	-0.2	6.8	-7.0	1.05	-0.6	0.4	-2.7	-0.3	1.02	-4.2	0.89	7
2012	27	HOU	NL	2.0	0.2	189	-0.5	3.4	-3.9	1.13	0.1	-0.6	4.1	0.4	1.02	2.2		0
4 Yrs				-1.9	-0.2	994	0.1	17.1	-17.0	1.03	-0.0	0.1	15.4	1.5	0.99	2.8	0.96	16

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	24	HOU	NL	0	33%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2010	25	HOU	NL	2	26%	138	3	0	100%	3	0	2	5	50%	16	12	4	5	1	4	15	3	10
2011	26	HOU	NL	2	23%	151	2	2	50%	2	2	2	8	25%	19	17	2	4	2	2	9	5	4
2012	27	HOU	NL	2	26%	68	2	0	100%	2	0	2	6	31%	7	6	1	1	1	0	5	2	3
4 Yrs				6	25%	362	7	2	78%	7	2	6	19	38%	42	35	7	10	4	6	30	10	18

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
2009	24	HOU	NL	23	35%	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	4	1	25%	11	1	9%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
2010	25	HOU	NL	362	27%	105	7	0	4	1	0	0	1.91	11	0	8	8	3	6	5	0	0	0		71	8	11%	24	9	38%	226	45	20%	17	14	82%	11	3	27%	0
2011	26	HOU	NL	405	25%	95	10	0	7	3	1	1	0.89	7	0	8	6	1	2	5	0	0	0		72	2	3%	36	10	28%	240	35	15%	18	12	67%	22	12	55%	0
2012	27	HOU	NL	181	23%	51	3	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	8	4	1	5	0	0	0	0		35	7	20%	14	5	36%	131	21	16%	8	6	75%	3	3	100%	0
4 Yrs				971	26%	253	20	0	16	4	1	1	0.96	23	1	24	18	5	13	10	0	0	0		182	17	9%	78	25	32%	608	102	17%	44	33	75%	37	18	49%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
2009	24	HOU	NL	23	98	4.26	65	66%	28%	15%	32%	25%	72%	0%	48%	79%	17%	0%	0	0	4%	1	1	4%	1	1	33%	0	0	0
2010	25	HOU	NL	362	1309	3.62	890	68%	18%	26%	28%	29%	82%	2%	56%	68%	36%	4%	13	1	12%	42	24	5%	17	13	9%	0	0	0
2011	26	HOU	NL	405	1496	3.69	1038	69%	22%	19%	32%	27%	78%	3%	54%	76%	32%	3%	12	0	10%	42	26	4%	17	13	21%	0	0	0
2012	27	HOU	NL	182	701	3.85	458	65%	24%	19%	28%	28%	76%	1%	49%	75%	27%	5%	9	0	15%	27	15	8%	14	9	14%	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				972	3604	3.71	2451	68%	21%	21%	30%	28%	79%	2%	54%	73%	32%	3%	34	1	12%	112	66	5%	49	36	15%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
2009	24	11	23	22	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.091	.130	.091	.221	-39	2	0	0	0	0
2010	25	105	385	363	41	107	22	2	11	53	3	0	16	97	.295	.325	.457	.782	111	166	8	2	4	2
2011	26	212	790	741	73	202	43	5	18	95	5	2	32	194	.273	.308	.417	.725	98	309	10	9	8	5
2012	27	258	971	912	92	253	51	6	23	120	7	2	39	238	.277	.312	.422	.734	100	385	17	11	9	6

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
2009	24	11	23	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.043	.000	.043	0	11
2010	25	94	365	344	42	108	23	2	11	55	3	15	91	.314	.342	.488	.831	58	94
2011	26	107	411	383	35	100	22	3	7	46	2	17	97	.261	.302	.389	.691	44	107
2012	27	46	184	174	21	54	8	1	5	27	2	7	44	.310	.342	.454	.796	27	46
4 Yrs		258	983	923	98	262	53	6	23	128	7	40	238	.284	.318	.429	.747	129	258
162 Game Avg.		162	617	580	62	165	33	4	14	80	4	25	149	.284	.318	.429	.747	81	258

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