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Dave Johnson

David Charles Johnson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 183 lb.

Born: October 4, 1948 in Abilene, TX
High School: Cooper HS (Abilene, TX)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 5th round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1974
Teams (by GP): Twins/Orioles 1974-1978

Final Game: May 10, 1978
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1974 25 BAL AL 2 2 .500 2.93 11 0 6 0 0 2 15.1 17 5 5 1 5 3 6 0 0 0 67 121 1.435 10.0 0.6 2.9 3.5 1.20
1975 26 BAL AL 0 1 .000 4.15 6 0 3 0 0 0 8.2 8 4 4 0 7 1 4 0 0 1 41 89 1.731 8.3 0.0 7.3 4.2 0.57
1977 28 MIN AL 2 5 .286 4.58 30 6 16 0 0 0 72.2 86 42 37 7 23 1 33 5 0 4 320 88 1.500 10.7 0.9 2.8 4.1 1.43
1978 29 MIN AL 0 2 .000 7.50 6 1 4 0 0 0 12.0 15 11 10 1 9 0 7 0 0 3 58 53 2.000 11.3 0.8 6.8 5.3 0.78
4 Yrs 4 10 .286 4.64 53 7 29 0 0 2 108.2 126 62 56 9 44 5 50 5 0 8 486 84 1.564 10.4 0.7 3.6 4.1 1.14
162 Game Avg. 5 11 .286 4.64 60 8 33 0 0 2 123 143 70 63 10 50 6 57 6 0 9 551 84 1.564 10.4 0.7 3.6 4.1 1.14
MIN (2 yrs) 2 7 .222 5.00 36 7 20 0 0 0 84.2 101 53 47 8 32 1 40 5 0 7 378 80 1.571 10.7 0.9 3.4 4.3 1.25
BAL (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 3.38 17 0 9 0 0 2 24.0 25 9 9 1 12 4 10 0 0 1 108 107 1.542 9.4 0.4 4.5 3.8 0.83

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1974 25 BAL AL 15.1 11 0 5 2.93 4.13 0.29 -0.34 98.3 3.43 1 0.1 2.5 0.0 0.3 2 .509 .501 $
1975 26 BAL AL 8.2 6 0 4 4.15 4.31 0.54 -0.36 89.8 3.07 -1 -0.1 2.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0 .482 .499 $
1977 28 MIN AL 72.2 30 6 42 5.20 4.56 -0.04 -0.15 98.7 4.38 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 -0.1 1 .477 .496 $
1978 29 MIN AL 12.0 6 1 11 8.25 4.22 0.06 -0.25 103.1 4.02 -6 -0.6 .2 0.2 -0.3 -4 .407 .497 $
4 Seasons 108.2 53 7 62 5.13 4.44 0.07 -0.21 98.4 4.10 -13 -1.3 1.4 0.0 -0.2 -1 .476 .498 $
MIN (2 yrs) 84.2 36 7 53 5.63 4.51 -0.02 -0.17 99.4 4.33 -12 -1.2 .9 0.1 -0.4 -3 .465 .496 $
BAL (2 yrs) 24.0 17 0 9 3.38 4.19 0.38 -0.35 95.2 3.30 -0 -0.0 2.4 -0.0 0.2 2 .499 .500 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1974 25 BAL AL 11 67 62 5 17 2 0 1 0 0 5 6 .274 .328 .355 .683 .291 22 1 0 0 0 3 0
1975 26 BAL AL 6 41 32 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 7 4 .250 .385 .281 .666 .286 9 0 0 2 0 1 0
1977 28 MIN AL 30 320 288 42 86 9 8 7 7 4 23 33 .299 .358 .458 .817 .316 132 8 5 2 2 1 4
1978 29 MIN AL 6 58 48 11 15 3 0 1 1 0 9 7 .313 .421 .438 .859 .350 21 3 0 1 0 0 0
4 Yrs 53 486 430 62 126 15 8 9 11 4 44 50 .293 .364 .428 .792 .314 184 12 5 5 2 5 4
162 Game Avg. 60 551 487 70 143 17 9 10 12 5 50 57 .293 .364 .428 .792 .314 209 14 6 6 2 6 5
MLB Averages .258 .325 .377 .702 .282

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1974 25 BAL AL 1.4 0.2 67 0.5 1.8 -1.2 1.52 0.1 0.2 2.3 0.2 1.52 0.8 7 3 1
1975 26 BAL AL -0.2 -0.0 46 -0.8 0.7 -1.5 1.36 -0.1 -0.5 -2.7 -0.3 1.36 -1.2 3 1 2
1977 28 MIN AL -4.6 -0.4 335 -1.8 4.4 -6.2 .90 -1.3 -0.7 -8.0 -0.8 0.90 -12.2 6 3 14
1978 29 MIN AL -4.5 -0.4 62 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 .86 -0.3 -0.8 -5.6 -0.5 0.86 -3.4 0 1 4
4 Yrs -7.9 -0.8 510 -3.1 7.2 -10.3 1.02 -1.6 -1.5 -14.1 -1.4 1.02 -16.0 16 8 21

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1977 28 MIN AL 30 6 1 2 3 0 0 2 4 .333 1 0 0 0 3 50% 45.3 54 33 10 5 2 3 4.2 4.6 5.1
1978 29 MIN AL 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 21.0 21 21 4 0 1 0 2.0 4.5 2.3
2 Yrs 36 7 1 3 3 0 0 2 5 .286 1 0 0 0 3 43% 42 54 21 14 5 3 3 3.9 4.6 4.7
MLB Averages .500 54% 51 106 -13 4.2 4.2 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1974 25 BAL AL 11 11 6 2 2 2 2 0 100% 5 3 13 2 15% 9 1.523 7 3 1 6 2 3 8 3 4 6 5 1 4.2
1975 26 BAL AL 6 6 3 0 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 11 6 55% 5 1.362 3 1 2 2 1 3 5 1 2 3 3 1 4.3
1977 28 MIN AL 30 24 16 1 3 1 0 1 0% 3 1 16 7 44% 7 .897 6 3 14 4 3 17 11 13 10 6 14 2 5.3
1978 29 MIN AL 6 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 .858 0 1 4 1 0 4 2 3 2 1 2 0 5.8
4 Yrs 53 46 29 3 7 5 2 3 40% 10 4 43 15 35% 1.018 16 8 21 13 6 27 26 20 18 16 24 4 5.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1974 25 BAL AL 67 58% 1.5% 9.0% 7.5% 4.5% 18% 1.35 82% 10 1 10%
1975 26 BAL AL 41 63% 0.0% 9.8% 17.1% 2.4% 13% 2.50 68% 5 0 0%
1977 28 MIN AL 320 61% 2.2% 10.3% 7.2% 7.5% 28% 1.03 78% 62 8 13%
1978 29 MIN AL 58 52% 1.7% 12.1% 15.5% 6.9% 27% 1.31 69% 14 3 21%
4 Yrs 486 60% 1.9% 10.3% 9.1% 6.6% 25% 1.18 77% 91 12 13%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.0% 8.6% 6.2% 27% 1.09 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1974 25 BAL AL 67 17 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 25% 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 26 BAL AL 41 8 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 33% 0 1 0 17 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 28 MIN AL 320 86 7 0 3 5 2 1 6 19 12 1 63% 4 4 1 118 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1978 29 MIN AL 58 15 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 6 3 0 50% 0 3 1 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 Yrs 486 126 9 0 12 6 3 2 7 32 17 2 53% 4 8 2 180 11 4 73% 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1974 25 2 2 .500 2.93 11 0 6 0 0 2 15.1 17 5 5 1 5 3 6 0 0 0 67 121 1.435 10.0 0.6 2.9 3.5 1.20 121
1975 26 2 3 .400 3.38 17 0 9 0 0 2 24.0 25 9 9 1 12 4 10 0 0 1 108 107 1.542 9.4 0.4 4.5 3.8 0.83 107
1976 27 2 3 .400 3.38 17 0 9 0 0 2 24.0 25 9 9 1 12 4 10 0 0 1 108 107 1.542 9.4 0.4 4.5 3.8 0.83 107
1977 28 4 8 .333 4.28 47 6 25 0 0 2 96.2 111 51 46 8 35 5 43 5 0 5 428 91 1.510 10.3 0.7 3.3 4.0 1.23 91
1978 29 4 10 .286 4.64 53 7 29 0 0 2 108.2 126 62 56 9 44 5 50 5 0 8 486 84 1.564 10.4 0.7 3.6 4.1 1.14 84

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1974 25 0 1 .000 3.86 14.0 19 7 6 1 6 5 0 1.786 12.2 3.9 3.2 0.83 0.6 11
1975 26 0 0 4.00 9.0 8 4 4 0 7 4 0 1.667 8.0 7.0 4.0 0.57 0.0 6
1977 28 3 4 .429 5.24 67.0 89 43 39 7 24 31 5 1.687 12.0 3.2 4.2 1.29 0.9 30
1978 29 0 1 .000 9.00 11.0 16 12 11 1 10 6 0 2.364 13.1 8.2 4.9 0.60 0.8 6
4 Yrs 3 6 .333 5.35 101.0 132 66 60 9 47 46 5 1.772 11.8 4.1 0.98 0.8 53

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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