Cliff Johnson
Clifford Johnson Jr. (Heathcliff)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: July 22, 1947 in San Antonio, TX
High School: Wheatley (San Antonio, TX)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 5th round of the 1966 amateur draft.
Signed August 22, 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1972
Final Game: September 30, 1986
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Mike Easler
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1972 HOU NL 24 C 1 0 4.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 6.00 .983 6.52 5.90 0
1973 HOU NL 25 1B 5 5 43.0 49 47 2 0 7 1.000 -0.6 -16.7 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 10.26 9.80 .992 9.84 8.40
1974 HOU NL 26 C 28 22 210.2 135 123 9 3 4 .978 -3.0 -17.1 -3 5.64 4.71 .985 6.12 5.37 3 8 23 6 21%
1974 HOU NL 26 1B 21 16 146.2 157 147 9 1 13 .994 -2.8 -22.9 -2.8 -2.4 -0.4 0 9.57 7.43 .991 9.94 8.34
1975 HOU NL 27 1B 47 43 395.1 432 407 21 4 33 .991 -3.1 -9.4 -3.1 -1.7 -1.4 0 9.74 9.11 .990 9.97 8.52
1975 HOU NL 27 C 41 37 333.2 219 195 16 8 4 .963 -4.0 -14.4 -4 5.69 5.15 .985 6.03 5.24 8 15 39 14 26%
1975 HOU NL 27 LF 1 1 8.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .967 2.14 1.70
1975 HOU NL 27 OF 1 1 8.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .967 2.25 2.00
1976 HOU NL 28 C 66 64 545.1 354 312 34 8 2 .977 -10.0 -22.0 -10 5.71 5.24 .986 5.96 5.16 12 21 76 22 22%
1976 HOU NL 28 LF 20 20 148.0 40 39 0 1 0 .975 -2.3 -18.6 -2.3 -3.3 0.9 0 2.37 1.95 .975 2.02 1.59
1976 HOU NL 28 OF 20 20 148.0 40 39 0 1 0 .975 -2.3 -18.6 -2.3 -3.3 0.9 0 2.37 1.95 .980 2.34 2.03
1976 HOU NL 28 1B 16 8 86.1 118 117 1 0 8 1.000 -1.6 -22.2 -1.6 -1.2 -0.4 0 12.30 7.38 .991 9.95 8.61
1977 TOT MLB 29 1B 21 17 147.0 169 153 15 1 19 .994 1.2 9.8 1.2 -0.1 1.3 0 10.29 8.00 .991 9.96 8.56
1977 HOU NL 29 OF 34 32 257.0 56 49 4 3 0 .946 -3.5 -16.3 -1.5 0.2 -1.7 -2 1.86 1.56 .979 2.26 1.93
1977 HOU NL 29 LF 33 30 242.0 55 48 4 3 0 .945 -4.1 -20.3 -2.1 0.0 -2.1 -2 1.93 1.58 .973 1.93 1.51
1977 HOU NL 29 1B 10 6 69.0 71 64 7 0 8 1.000 0.2 3.5 0.2 -0.3 0.5 0 9.26 7.10 .992 9.89 8.31
1977 HOU NL 29 RF 4 2 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 48.0 0.6 0.2 0.4 0 2.40 1.00 .975 2.10 1.78
1977 NYY AL 29 DH 25
1977 NYY AL 29 C 15 10 99.0 62 56 6 0 0 1.000 1.0 12.1 1 5.64 4.13 .985 6.01 5.06 1 3 1 5 83%
1977 NYY AL 29 1B 11 11 78.0 98 89 8 1 11 .990 1.0 15.4 1.0 0.2 0.8 0 11.19 8.82 .990 10.02 8.79
1978 NYY AL 30 DH 39
1978 NYY AL 30 C 22 13 151.0 79 67 10 2 1 .975 -1.0 -7.9 -1 4.59 3.50 .984 5.53 4.86 2 5 11 5 31%
1978 NYY AL 30 1B 1 1 8.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 4.50 4.00 1.000 10.01 8.80
1979 TOT AL 31 DH 84
1979 TOT AL 31 C 5 3 26.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 3.81 2.20 .982 5.47 4.70 1 1 2 1 33%
1979 NYY AL 31 DH 22
1979 NYY AL 31 C 4 3 24.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.12 2.75 .982 5.48 4.70 1 1 2 1 33%
1979 CLE AL 31 DH 62
1979 CLE AL 31 C 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70 0 0 0 0
1980 CLE AL 32 DH 45
1980 CHC NL 32 1B 46 44 395.2 488 468 16 4 34 .992 -6.0 -18.2 -6.0 -2.0 -4.0 0 11.01 10.52 .992 10.16 8.97
1980 CHC NL 32 LF 3 3 14.1 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -1.3 -108.8 -1.3 -0.1 -1.2 0 1.26 0.67 1.000 2.07 1.67
1980 CHC NL 32 OF 3 3 14.1 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -1.3 -108.8 -1.3 -0.1 -1.2 0 1.26 0.67 1.000 2.32 1.97
1980 CHC NL 32 C 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 6.30 5.20 0 0 0 0
1981 OAK AL 33 DH 68
1981 OAK AL 33 1B 9 5 50.0 43 42 1 0 2 1.000 -1.3 -31.2 -1.3 -0.3 -1.0 0 7.74 4.78 .993 10.06 8.57
1982 OAK AL 34 DH 48
1982 OAK AL 34 1B 11 7 76.0 75 66 8 1 7 .987 -1.0 -15.8 -1.0 -0.4 -0.6 0 8.76 6.73 .992 9.85 8.51
1983 TOR AL 35 DH 130
1983 TOR AL 35 1B 6 6 47.0 51 47 4 0 5 1.000 -0.4 -10.2 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 9.77 8.50 .992 9.90 8.23
1984 TOR AL 36 DH 109
1984 TOR AL 36 1B 2 2 18.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 13.00 13.00 .992 9.75 8.25
1985 TOT AL 37 DH 103
1985 TEX AL 37 DH 82
1985 TOR AL 37 DH 21
1985 TOR AL 37 1B 3 3 20.0 19 17 1 1 4 .947 -0.7 -42.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 8.10 6.00 .989 9.76 8.67
1986 TOR AL 38 DH 95
1986 TOR AL 38 1B 1 1 9.0 9 8 1 0 2 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 9.00 9.00 .989 9.40 8.60
10 Seasons DH 746
13 Seasons 1B 189 158 1442.0 1640 1549 79 12 134 .993 -16.7 -13.9 -16.7 -9.4 -7.3 0 10.16 8.61 .991 10.00 8.61
8 Seasons C 179 149 1370.2 867 770 76 21 11 .976 -17.0 -14.9 -17 5.55 4.73 .985 5.95 5.16 27 53 152 53 26%
4 Seasons OF 58 56 427.1 102 92 5 5 0 .951 -6.9 -19.4 -4.9 -3.0 -2.0 -2 2.04 1.67 .979 2.29 1.97
4 Seasons LF 57 54 412.1 101 91 5 5 0 .950 -7.5 -21.8 -5.5 -3.2 -2.4 -2 2.10 1.68 .974 1.97 1.55
1 Season RF 4 2 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 48.0 0.6 0.2 0.4 0 2.40 1.00 .975 2.10 1.78
15 Seasons TOT 426 363 3240.0 2609 2411 160 38 145 .985 -40.6 -15.0 -21.6 -12.4 -9.3 -2 0 -17 7.14 6.04 .974 7.27 6.26 27 53 152 53 26%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1972 HOU NL 24 5 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1973 HOU NL 25 7 5 7 7 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1974 HOU NL 26 83 38 83 47 0 28 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 1
1975 HOU NL 27 122 81 122 85 0 41 46 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 40 0
1976 HOU NL 28 108 92 108 98 0 66 16 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 11 0
1977 NYY AL 29 56 38 56 25 0 15 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 14 0
1977 HOU NL 29 51 38 51 40 0 0 10 0 0 0 33 0 4 34 0 12 0
1978 NYY AL 30 76 46 76 23 0 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 22 0
1979 CLE AL 31 72 62 72 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 10 0
1979 NYY AL 31 28 17 28 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 11 0
1980 CHC NL 32 68 47 68 49 0 1 46 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 21 0
1980 CLE AL 32 54 45 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 9 0
1981 OAK AL 33 84 66 84 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 18 0
1982 OAK AL 34 73 48 73 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 24 0
1983 TOR AL 35 142 103 142 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 39 0
1984 TOR AL 36 127 85 127 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 42 0
1985 TEX AL 37 82 81 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 1 0
1985 TOR AL 37 24 16 24 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 0
1986 TOR AL 38 107 90 107 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 17 0
15 Seasons 1369 998 1369 416 0 179 188 0 0 0 57 0 4 58 635 345 2
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1973 HOU NL 25 188 72% 77% 27% 4 100% 0 45 0 45 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
1974 HOU NL 26 666 63% 79% 24% 35 94% 0 148 16 130 2 10 10 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 13 0 0 0 12 0 1 1 0 2 50%
1975 HOU NL 27 1777 59% 76% 26% 83 92% 0 408 24 382 2 35 22 16 2 0 1 4 0 4 0 4 33 2 0 0 31 2 2 1 1 4 100%
1976 HOU NL 28 374 62% 82% 32% 18 100% 0 117 5 109 3 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1977 NYY AL 29 326 56% 85% 30% 23 91% 0 89 5 83 1 8 8 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 11 1 0 0 10 1 1 0 1 2 50%
1977 HOU NL 29 300 66% 81% 25% 14 93% 0 64 1 63 0 8 6 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 7 1 1 0 1 1 100%
1978 NYY AL 30 33 42% 82% 18% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CHC NL 32 1791 54% 78% 28% 76 89% 0 465 21 440 4 32 17 12 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 34 1 0 0 33 1 1 0 1 8 100%
1981 OAK AL 33 220 58% 80% 22% 9 78% 0 42 3 38 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1982 OAK AL 34 364 59% 80% 22% 12 100% 0 67 1 65 2 5 7 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TOR AL 35 202 49% 87% 27% 8 88% 0 48 1 44 3 2 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1984 TOR AL 36 88 56% 84% 31% 2 100% 0 26 1 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 TOR AL 37 100 54% 77% 18% 4 100% 0 17 2 15 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1986 TOR AL 38 45 51% 78% 22% 1 100% 0 8 0 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
13 Seasons 6474 58% 79% 27% 289 92% 0 1548 80 1451 18 120 80 57 10 1 5 11 1 10 0 7 134 5 0 0 127 5 7 2 5 20 85%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 94% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1974 HOU NL 26 976 4.23 4.78 13 92% 0 1 127 10 1 6 110 9 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 0
1975 HOU NL 27 1556 4.42 4.86 13 85% 1 0 195 9 2 6 178 14 3 0 0 0 7 0 1 6 0 4 0 1 1 3 67%
1976 HOU NL 28 2507 3.56 4.24 33 94% 3 0 311 25 1 9 275 34 6 0 0 3 8 0 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 100%
1977 NYY AL 29 396 2.27 2.27 5 80% 0 0 57 3 0 3 51 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 NYY AL 30 638 2.26 2.50 5 100% 0 0 70 4 1 2 63 10 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 100%
1979 NYY AL 31 96 2.25 2.25 1 100% 0 0 10 0 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CLE AL 31 9 9.00 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CHC NL 32 5 9.00 9.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 6183 3.63 4.12 70 91% 4 1 771 51 5 27 687 73 13 0 0 4 20 0 7 13 1 11 0 2 3 7 86%
MLB Averages 3.76 4.24 96% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1974 HOU NL 26 3 8 380 23 6 6 21% 18 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 45 6 1.38 0.83
1975 HOU NL 27 8 15 591 39 14 9 26% 38 11 1 2 0 1 1 0 85 18 1.02 1.22
1976 HOU NL 28 12 21 941 76 22 20 22% 69 21 7 0 0 1 1 1 134 28 1.11 1.05
1977 NYY AL 29 1 3 119 1 5 5 83% 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 1.86 1.32
1978 NYY AL 30 2 5 210 11 5 5 31% 10 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 27 10 1.30 1.67
1979 NYY AL 31 1 1 35 2 1 1 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1.63 0.69
1979 CLE AL 31 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CHC NL 32 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 27 53 2282 152 53 46 26% 138 46 14 4 0 3 4 2 302 68 1.15 1.15
MLB Averages 34% 1.29 1.27

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1975 HOU NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 34 24% 79% 38% 4 75%
1976 HOU NL 28 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 2 0 0 5 2 0 4 2 0 4 4 0 21 13 61.9% 8 0 0.0% 0 723 51% 74% 24% 62 63%
1977 HOU NL 29 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 12 9 1 9 0 0 7 1 0 3 1 0 4 4 0 35 15 42.9% 19 1 2.9% 3 1116 55% 78% 21% 97 54%
1980 CHC NL 32 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 76 36% 74% 13% 11 18%
4 Seasons 5 0 5 0 2 5 0 2 2 0 19 15 1 12 1 0 15 3 0 7 3 0 8 8 0 61 30 49.2% 30 1 1.6% 4 1949 52% 77% 22% 174 55%
MLB Averages 58.1% 2.7% 58% 78% 26% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1977 HOU NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 58 69% 78% 24% 7 57%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 58 69% 78% 24% 7 57%
MLB Averages 43.1% 3.1% 58% 78% 26% 56%

* 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.

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