Davey Johnson
David Allen Johnson
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 30, 1943 in Orlando, FL
High School: Alamo Heights (San Antonio, TX)
School: Texas A&M University
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1965
Final Game: September 29, 1978
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 BAL AL 22 3B 9 9 77.0 28 5 21 2 1 .929 -0.1 -1.6 -0.1 -1.7 1.6 0 3.04 2.89 .961 3.13 2.87
1965 BAL AL 22 2B 3 2 22.0 16 4 12 0 5 1.000 0.9 49.1 0.9 0.0 0.9 0 6.55 5.33 .975 5.07 4.37
1965 BAL AL 22 SS 2 2 17.0 7 2 4 1 1 .857 -0.5 -35.3 -0.5 -0.4 -0.2 0 3.18 3.00 .971 4.76 4.40
1966 BAL AL 23 2B 126 125 1147.2 654 288 347 19 75 .971 0.9 0.9 -0.1 -2.4 2.3 1 4.98 5.04 .975 5.09 4.38 RoY-3
1966 BAL AL 23 SS 3 4 36.1 17 6 10 1 2 .941 0.1 3.3 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 3.96 5.33 .959 4.78 4.40 RoY-3
1967 BAL AL 24 2B 144 140 1246.0 701 340 348 13 75 .981 -2.7 -2.6 -1.7 1.6 -3.4 -1 4.97 4.78 .979 4.95 4.19
1967 BAL AL 24 3B 3 3 27.0 8 4 3 1 1 .875 -0.7 -31.1 -0.7 -0.2 -0.5 0 2.33 2.33 .962 3.13 2.73
1968 BAL AL 25 2B 127 125 1073.0 603 260 330 13 67 .978 4.1 4.6 3.1 1.8 1.4 1 4.95 4.65 .977 5.11 4.34 AS
1968 BAL AL 25 SS 34 15 167.0 76 34 40 2 7 .974 -2.7 -19.4 -2.7 -2.3 -0.4 0 3.99 2.18 .962 4.79 4.07 AS
1969 BAL AL 26 2B 142 141 1260.0 736 355 369 12 93 .984 7.5 7.1 6.5 4.6 1.9 1 5.17 5.10 .976 5.21 4.58 AS,GG
1969 BAL AL 26 SS 2 0 5.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 24.0 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0 7.20 2.00 .975 5.04 4.45 AS,GG
1970 BAL AL 27 2B 149 141 1281.2 777 379 390 8 101 .990 6.0 5.6 4.0 -2.2 6.3 2 5.40 5.16 .979 5.35 4.64 AS,GG
1970 BAL AL 27 SS 2 0 9.0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 4.00 2.00 .975 4.90 4.40 AS,GG
1971 BAL AL 28 2B 140 136 1212.2 740 361 367 12 103 .984 1.8 1.8 -0.2 -3.3 3.1 2 5.40 5.20 .980 5.31 4.76 MVP-19,GG
1972 BAL AL 29 2B 116 111 995.2 599 286 307 6 81 .990 11.0 13.3 9.0 3.9 5.1 2 5.36 5.11 .977 5.17 4.42
1973 ATL NL 30 2B 156 155 1371.2 877 383 464 30 106 .966 -9.8 -8.6 -9.8 -1.1 -8.7 0 5.56 5.43 .980 5.52 4.91 AS,MVP-13
1974 ATL NL 31 1B 73 70 593.0 700 641 54 5 57 .993 4.1 8.3 4.1 2.1 2.0 0 10.55 9.52 .991 9.94 8.34
1974 ATL NL 31 2B 71 62 550.0 331 148 177 6 43 .982 -4.6 -10.0 -5.6 -4.6 -1.0 1 5.32 4.58 .973 5.47 4.64
1977 PHI NL 34 1B 43 33 277.0 305 291 14 0 26 1.000 2.1 9.1 2.1 0.8 1.2 0 9.91 7.09 .991 9.89 8.31
1977 PHI NL 34 2B 9 5 34.1 22 7 15 0 4 1.000 1.2 41.9 1.2 0.8 0.4 0 5.77 2.44 .977 5.24 4.47
1977 PHI NL 34 3B 6 0 12.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -48.6 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 2.19 0.50 .967 2.99 2.53
1978 TOT NL 35 3B 21 16 142.0 45 6 32 7 1 .844 -3.7 -31.3 -3.7 -2.6 -1.1 0 2.41 1.81 .958 3.00 2.53
1978 PHI NL 35 2B 15 11 94.1 57 26 27 4 6 .930 -2.7 -34.3 -2.7 -2.4 -0.3 0 5.06 3.53 .979 5.30 4.34
1978 PHI NL 35 3B 9 4 55.0 14 2 10 2 0 .857 -2.0 -43.6 -2.0 -0.3 -1.7 0 1.96 1.33 .957 2.99 2.53
1978 PHI NL 35 1B 7 2 30.0 33 29 4 0 4 1.000 1.2 48.0 1.2 0.4 0.8 0 9.90 4.71 .991 9.99 8.31
1978 CHC NL 35 3B 12 12 87.0 31 4 22 5 1 .839 -1.7 -23.4 -1.7 -2.3 0.6 0 2.69 2.17 .958 3.00 2.53
12 Seasons 2B 1198 1154 10289.0 6113 2837 3153 123 759 .980 13.6 1.6 4.6 -3.3 8.0 9 5.24 5.00 .978 5.24 4.54
3 Seasons 1B 123 105 900.0 1038 961 72 5 87 .995 7.4 9.9 7.4 3.3 4.0 0 10.33 8.40 .991 9.93 8.33
5 Seasons SS 43 21 234.1 108 48 56 4 11 .963 -3.1 -15.9 -3.1 -3.1 -0.1 0 3.99 2.42 .963 4.80 4.14
4 Seasons 3B 39 28 258.1 84 16 58 10 3 .881 -5.0 -23.2 -5.0 -4.8 -0.2 0 2.58 1.90 .960 3.05 2.63
13 Seasons TOT 1403 1308 11681.2 7343 3862 3339 142 860 .981 12.9 1.3 3.9 -7.9 11.7 9 5.55 5.13 .960 5.54 4.81
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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
1965 BAL AL 22 20 13 20 20 0 0 0 3 9 2 0 0 0 0 5 1
1966 BAL AL 23 131 129 131 131 0 0 0 126 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
1967 BAL AL 24 148 143 148 148 0 0 0 144 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1968 BAL AL 25 145 140 145 145 0 0 0 127 0 34 0 0 0 0 3 0
1969 BAL AL 26 142 141 142 142 0 0 0 142 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 BAL AL 27 149 141 149 149 0 0 0 149 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 BAL AL 28 142 136 142 142 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1972 BAL AL 29 118 111 118 118 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1973 ATL NL 30 157 155 157 157 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1974 ATL NL 31 136 132 136 134 0 0 73 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1975 ATL NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 PHI NL 34 78 38 78 54 0 0 43 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
1978 PHI NL 35 44 17 44 29 0 0 7 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2
1978 CHC NL 35 24 12 24 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
13 Seasons 1435 1308 1435 1381 0 0 123 1198 39 43 0 0 0 0 0 89 4
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 -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1965 BAL AL 22 88 51% 74% 32% 11 100% 0 4 1 3 0 12 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 1 0
1966 BAL AL 23 4884 62% 74% 27% 433 94% 1 292 122 123 47 337 278 46 0 8 18 1 16 1 15 74 31 9 21 0 66 22 41 7 3 4
1967 BAL AL 24 5373 61% 74% 25% 430 95% 3 336 110 144 82 353 300 37 5 11 14 0 13 1 9 75 23 20 14 2 62 17 43 9 4 3
1968 BAL AL 25 4490 57% 74% 26% 400 96% 1 255 99 117 41 337 284 42 0 3 13 3 10 0 5 69 26 16 17 3 66 20 43 0 0 0
1969 BAL AL 26 5221 64% 77% 25% 471 93% 1 363 145 167 51 367 305 48 0 5 12 1 11 0 9 93 33 26 17 4 84 22 60 6 3 1
1970 BAL AL 27 5459 65% 77% 24% 469 96% 2 377 133 173 72 390 327 50 1 13 8 1 7 0 4 101 38 19 21 7 88 29 57 8 3 4
1971 BAL AL 28 5106 62% 80% 27% 447 96% 2 362 132 191 40 374 318 45 0 3 12 2 9 1 9 103 36 27 19 4 93 24 66 7 5 2
1972 BAL AL 29 4090 67% 78% 27% 362 95% 1 288 104 125 59 308 262 39 0 6 6 0 6 0 4 81 35 20 14 2 72 16 56 6 5 1
1973 ATL NL 30 5943 54% 78% 26% 533 93% 1 372 124 170 78 440 372 56 1 6 28 2 24 2 18 102 33 28 29 1 94 32 62 7 5 2
1974 ATL NL 31 2419 54% 79% 27% 191 96% 0 141 40 70 31 176 147 28 0 2 6 0 6 0 6 43 18 8 12 1 41 13 26 2 1 1
1977 PHI NL 34 152 76% 86% 35% 13 100% 0 7 1 5 1 14 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
1978 PHI NL 35 404 70% 77% 24% 36 86% 0 25 11 11 3 28 24 2 0 1 4 0 4 0 3 5 3 2 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0
12 Seasons 43629 61% 77% 26% 3796 95% 12 2822 1022 1299 505 3136 2637 398 7 58 121 10 106 5 82 754 279 175 168 24 678 199 462 53 30 18
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

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%
1974 ATL NL 31 2544 53% 81% 29% 138 95% 0 637 21 600 15 67 51 31 11 0 4 5 0 5 0 3 57 1 0 0 48 1 9 1 7 4 100%
1977 PHI NL 34 1204 66% 78% 28% 49 96% 1 289 10 274 5 22 16 12 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 23 0 4 1 3 2 100%
1978 PHI NL 35 126 61% 83% 30% 10 100% 0 29 3 26 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 3874 57% 80% 29% 197 95% 1 955 34 900 20 92 71 47 12 0 6 5 0 5 0 3 88 1 0 0 75 1 13 2 10 6 100%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 BAL AL 22 324 60% 80% 25% 27 89% 0 5 5 0 0 20 17 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 100%
1967 BAL AL 24 103 62% 81% 28% 10 60% 0 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1977 PHI NL 34 60 53% 73% 27% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CHC NL 35 397 69% 79% 38% 39 67% 0 5 3 1 1 22 16 6 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 20%
1978 PHI NL 35 236 64% 81% 31% 14 71% 0 2 0 1 1 9 8 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
4 Seasons 1120 64% 80% 31% 93 74% 0 17 11 3 3 57 47 9 0 2 10 0 10 0 10 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 10 50%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1965 BAL AL 22 69 70% 87% 28% 7 71% 0 2 1 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1966 BAL AL 23 169 65% 73% 21% 20 90% 0 8 5 3 0 16 12 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
1968 BAL AL 25 746 55% 71% 21% 52 94% 0 33 14 16 3 37 28 8 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 7 4 0 1 0 0 6 4 1 1 0 1
1969 BAL AL 26 20 70% 75% 30% 4 100% 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 BAL AL 27 41 59% 76% 22% 2 100% 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1045 58% 73% 21% 85 92% 0 48 24 21 3 59 45 12 0 0 5 0 5 0 4 11 5 1 2 1 0 10 6 3 1 0 1
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

* 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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