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Chris Johnson

Christopher Dalton Johnson (twitter: @C_Johnson28)

Positions: Third Baseman and First 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: Stetson University (DeLand, FL), Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, 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 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Astros/Diamondbacks/Braves 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$2.88M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.144, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Hendricks Sports [*]
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
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 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 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 TOT NL 136 528 488 48 137 28 5 15 76 5 1 31 132 .281 .326 .451 .777 108 220 18 4 1 4 2 *5/39
2012 27 HOU NL 92 368 341 36 95 21 3 8 41 4 1 23 92 .279 .329 .428 .757 105 146 12 3 0 1 1 5/39
2012 27 ARI NL 44 160 147 12 42 7 2 7 35 1 0 8 40 .286 .321 .503 .824 115 74 6 1 1 3 1 5
2013 28 ATL NL 34 127 120 15 42 9 0 3 14 0 0 6 29 .350 .386 .500 .886 141 60 3 1 0 0 0 53
5 Yrs 382 1445 1349 136 381 80 10 36 185 10 3 69 355 .282 .321 .437 .758 105 589 31 14 1 12 7
162 Game Avg. 162 613 572 58 162 34 4 15 78 4 1 29 151 .282 .321 .437 .758 105 250 13 6 0 5 3
HOU (4 yrs) 304 1158 1082 109 297 64 8 26 136 9 3 55 286 .274 .314 .421 .735 100 455 22 12 0 9 6
ARI (1 yr) 44 160 147 12 42 7 2 7 35 1 0 8 40 .286 .321 .503 .824 115 74 6 1 1 3 1
ATL (1 yr) 34 127 120 15 42 9 0 3 14 0 0 6 29 .350 .386 .500 .886 141 60 3 1 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
2009 24 HOU NL 11 23 -4 -0 0 -2 0 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .445 .496 -0.3 -0.2 -3 /5
2010 25 HOU NL 94 362 9 -0 -1 -16 2 -6 -0.7 11 5 0.4 .493 .496 2.1 -1.5 21 $400,000 5
2011 26 HOU NL 107 405 -9 -1 1 -12 2 -20 -2.2 13 -7 -0.9 .480 .487 0.3 -1.1 5 $424,000 5
2012 27 HOU NL 92 368 2 0 -1 -8 1 -6 -0.6 11 6 0.5 .493 .496 1.3 -0.7 13 $495,000 5/39
2012 27 ARI NL 44 160 1 0 -1 -2 1 -1 -0.1 5 4 0.4 .498 .499 0.6 -0.1 6 5
2013 28 ATL NL 34 127 6 0 -1 -2 -0 3 0.3 4 7 0.7 .510 .502 1.0 -0.3 9 $2,875,000 53
5 Seasons 382 1445 4 -1 -2 -42 5 -35 -3.9 45 10 0.5 .490 .496 4.8 -4.0 52 $4,194,000
HOU (4 yrs) 304 1158 -3 -2 0 -38 5 -38 -4.1 36 -1 -0.6 .487 .494 3.3 -3.6 36 $1,319,000
ARI (1 yr) 44 160 1 0 -1 -2 1 -1 -0.1 5 4 0.4 .498 .499 0.6 -0.1 6
ATL (1 yr) 34 127 6 0 -1 -2 -0 3 0.3 4 7 0.7 .510 .502 1.0 -0.3 9 $2,875,000

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 TOT NL 528 375 68 4.8 102 .354 .281 .262 .326 .328 .451 .415 .777 .743 108 .533 4.7 0.5 .700 .242 .170 7.5
2012 27 HOU NL 368 260 46 4.7 100 .360 .279 .260 .329 .325 .428 .412 .757 .737 105 .522 2.0 0.2 .676 .226 .150 5.3
2012 27 ARI NL 160 115 22 5.1 105 .340 .286 .267 .321 .333 .503 .423 .824 .756 115 .558 2.7 0.3 .757 .279 .218 1.8
2013 28 ATL NL 127 81 22 7.3 99 .443 .350 .259 .386 .326 .500 .408 .886 .734 141 .721 6.6 0.7 .827 .200 .150 .0
5 Yrs 1445 1015 187 4.9 100 .356 .282 .259 .321 .327 .437 .408 .758 .735 105 .543 7.4 0.7 .678 .211 .154 15.7
162 Game Avg. 613 430 79 4.9 100 .356 .282 .259 .321 .327 .437 .408 .758 .735 105 .543 3 0 .678 .211 .154 7
HOU (4 yrs) 1158 819 143 4.7 99 .348 .274 .258 .314 .326 .421 .406 .735 .732 100 .517 -1.9 -0.2 .652 .202 .146 13.4
ARI (1 yr) 160 115 22 5.1 105 .340 .286 .267 .321 .333 .503 .423 .824 .756 115 .558 2.7 0.3 .757 .279 .218 1.8
ATL (1 yr) 127 81 22 7.3 99 .443 .350 .259 .386 .326 .500 .408 .886 .734 141 .721 6.6 0.7 .827 .200 .150 .0

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% 24% 4.9% 5%
2012 27 TOT NL 528 2.8% 25.0% 5.9% 9.1% 35% 4.26 3.7 32.5 6.4 0.67 0.95 65% 24% 7.7% 9%
2012 27 HOU NL 368 2.2% 25.0% 6.3% 8.7% 34% 4.00 3.7 42.6 8.3 0.69 0.95 66% 24% 5.8% 7%
2012 27 ARI NL 160 4.4% 25.0% 5.0% 10.0% 38% 5.00 3.7 21.0 4.2 0.64 0.95 64% 23% 12.1% 13%
2013 28 ATL NL 127 2.4% 22.8% 4.7% 9.5% 29% 4.83 4.1 40.0 8.6 0.82 1.21 69% 26% 6.5% 8%
5 Yrs 1445 2.5% 24.6% 4.8% 8.7% 33% 5.14 3.8 37.5 7.3 0.76 1.07 67% 24% 6.8% 7%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.8% 8.4% 7.6% 33% 2.25 4.8 34.5 8.1 0.81 1.09 69% 19% 7.7% 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 -2.6 -0.3 0.97 -4.3 0.89 7
2012 27 TOT NL 4.5 0.4 546 -2.3 9.1 -11.4 1.07 0.0 -2.2 6.6 0.6 0.97 1.8 1.76 7
2012 27 HOU NL 2.0 0.2 384 -1.4 6.3 -7.6 1.06 -0.1 -1.2 -1.2 -0.1 0.96 -0.3 2.96 1
2012 27 ARI NL 2.5 0.2 162 -0.9 2.8 -3.7 1.11 0.2 -1.0 7.8 0.8 1.00 2.0 1.56 6
2013 28 ATL NL 6.6 0.7 131 0.0 1.9 -1.9 .83 0.5 -0.5 5.5 0.5 0.89 6.1 0.16 3
5 Yrs 7.3 0.7 1482 -1.6 24.8 -26.4 1.02 0.4 -2.0 23.5 2.3 0.95 8.4 1.08 26

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2009 24 HOU NL 0 0 33% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2010 25 HOU NL 2 0 26% 138 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 50% 16 12 4 5 1 4 15 3 10
2011 26 HOU NL 2 0 23% 151 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 8 25% 19 17 2 4 2 2 9 5 4
2012 27 TOT NL 2 0 21% 190 5 1 83% 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 1 2 2 0 14 35% 19 15 3 4 2 2 11 4 7
2012 27 HOU NL 2 0 25% 147 4 1 80% 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 1 2 2 0 12 33% 16 12 3 2 1 1 9 4 5
2012 27 ARI NL 0 0 11% 43 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 43% 3 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 2
2013 28 ATL NL 0 0 26% 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 33% 8 6 2 1 1 0 6 3 3
5 Yrs 6 0 23% 543 10 3 77% 10 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 10 2 4 2 2 30 37% 62 50 11 14 6 8 42 15 25

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 % DPopp DPs 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 TOT NL 528 29% 137 8 0 7 1 0 1 1.76 15 2 15 11 4 8 7 0 1 1 100% 100 18 18% 60 16 27% 350 62 18% 24 13 54% 19 15 79% 0
2012 27 HOU NL 368 22% 95 6 0 1 0 0 0 2.96 8 1 10 6 2 8 0 0 0 0 68 12 18% 38 9 24% 230 34 15% 13 8 62% 12 9 75% 0
2012 27 ARI NL 160 43% 42 2 0 6 1 0 1 1.56 7 1 5 5 2 0 7 0 1 1 100% 32 6 19% 22 7 32% 120 28 23% 11 5 45% 7 6 86% 0
2013 28 ATL NL 127 39% 42 4 0 3 0 0 0 0.16 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 22 3 14% 7 1 14% 70 11 16% 4 3 75% 2 1 50% 0
5 Yrs 1445 28% 381 29 0 26 5 1 2 1.08 36 2 31 25 11 16 20 0 1 1 100% 269 31 12% 131 37 28% 897 154 17% 64 43 67% 55 31 56% 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 TOT NL 529 2116 4.00 1381 65% 24% 19% 31% 26% 76% 1% 50% 75% 29% 4% 21 1 13% 68 37 7% 36 23 23% -1 0 0
2012 27 HOU NL 369 1501 4.07 969 65% 24% 19% 31% 26% 76% 0% 49% 75% 28% 4% 16 1 13% 49 24 7% 26 17 25% -1 0 0
2012 27 ARI NL 160 615 3.84 412 67% 23% 20% 30% 27% 77% 2% 52% 74% 30% 3% 5 0 12% 19 13 6% 10 6 18% 0 0 0
2013 28 ATL NL 127 449 3.54 307 68% 23% 20% 27% 30% 77% 0% 53% 74% 33% 6% 7 0 15% 19 11 6% 8 7 14% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1446 5468 3.78 3681 67% 22% 21% 30% 27% 78% 1% 53% 73% 31% 4% 53 2 12% 172 99 5% 79 57 18% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 26% 5% 14% 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 SH 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 0
2010 25 105 385 363 41 107 22 2 11 53 3 0 16 97 .295 .325 .457 .782 111 166 8 2 0 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 0 8 5
2012 27 348 1318 1229 121 339 71 10 33 171 10 3 63 326 .276 .315 .430 .746 102 529 28 13 1 12 7
2013 28 382 1445 1349 136 381 80 10 36 185 10 3 69 355 .282 .321 .437 .758 105 589 31 14 1 12 7

Neutralized Batting

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 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 27 136 532 491 50 140 29 5 15 79 5 32 132 .285 .331 .456 .788 74 136
2013 28 34 127 120 15 42 9 0 3 14 0 6 29 .350 .386 .500 .886 23 34
5 Yrs 382 1458 1360 142 390 83 10 36 194 10 71 355 .287 .326 .442 .768 199 382
162 Game Avg. 162 618 577 60 165 35 4 15 82 4 30 151 .287 .326 .442 .768 84 382

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2012 NL  18 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1949), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (627th), -0.0 career WAR/-0.0 7yr-peak WAR/-0.0 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  2. Jeff Baker (951)
  3. Ed Lennox (950)
  4. Chris Brown (944)
  5. Gene Green (940)
  6. Tex McDonald (940)
  7. Felix Torres (938)
  8. Luis Gonzalez (938)
  9. Matt LeCroy (933)
  10. Danny Valencia (933)
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  1. Ray Jablonski (973)
  2. Aaron Boone (967)
  3. Ray Knight (963)
  4. Ty Wigginton (963)
  5. Hector Lopez (958)
  6. Bill Brubaker (951)
  7. Mike Lowell (947)
  8. Wilson Betemit (946)
  9. Casey McGehee (945)
  10. Chris Brown (944)
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