Frank Johnson

Frank Herbert Johnson

Positions: Leftfielder, Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: July 22, 1942 in El Paso, TX
High School: Bel Air HS (El Paso, TX)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1966
Team: Giants 1966-1971

Final Game: June 12, 1971
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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
1961	18	SFG-min	D-	55	223	223		70	13	4	8						.314	.314	.516	.830		115							SAL · APPY
1962	19	SFG-min	D	119	479	424	74	139	30	10	4	59	9		46	41	.328	.393	.474	.867		201		2	3	4	2		DEC · MIDW
1963	20	SFG-min	AA	114	390	371	32	93	13	2	2	40	4	4	19	43	.251	.287	.313	.600		116							SPF · EL
1964	21	SFG-min	AA	140	573	527	73	154	25	10	7	72	3	5	46	65	.292	.349	.417	.766		220							SPF · EL
1965	22	SFG-min	AAA	114	308	286	31	55	9	3	0	20	4	8	15	38	.192	.245	.245	.490		70		5	2	0			TAC · PCL
1966	23	SFG-min	AAA	139	596	549	96	169	27	11	15	77	8	11	35	69	.308	.353	.479	.832		263		5	4	3			PHX · PCL
1966	23	SFG	NL	15	35	32	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	.219	.265	.219	.483	34	7	0	0	1	0	0	/798
1967	24	SFG-min	AAA	134	507	456	61	121	22	3	2	31	5	6	42	55	.265	.328	.340	.668		155		2	4	3			PHX · PCL
1967	24	SFG	NL	8	11	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.300	.364	.300	.664	93	3	1	0	0	0	0	/789
1968	25	SFG	NL	67	188	174	11	33	2	0	1	7	1	0	12	23	.190	.246	.218	.464	40	38	3	1	1	0	2	5/8674
1969	26	SFG-min	AAA	111	423	365	54	93	13	6	0	40	6	3	47	32	.255	.336	.323	.660		118		2	1	8			PHX · PCL
1969	26	SFG	NL	7	10	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	-43	1	1	0	0	0	0	/789
1970	27	SFG-min	AAA	29	128	116	20	41	1	2	1	13	1	1	8	9	.353	.400	.422	.822		49		1	3	0			PHX · PCL
1970	27	SFG	NL	67	184	161	25	44	1	2	3	31	1	1	19	18	.273	.357	.360	.717	94	58	12	2	2	0	3	73/9
1971	28	SFG-min	AAA	51	147	125	14	34	9	2	1	16	0	0	18	14	.272	.363	.400	.763		50		1	1	2			PHX · PCL
1971	28	SFG	NL	32	53	49	4	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	9	.082	.132	.102	.234	-32	5	1	0	0	1	0	/379
1972	29	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
1973	30	SFG-SDP-min	AAA	110	431	386	57	121	25	5	10	73	2	3	35	54	.313	.374	.482	.855		186		5	0	5			PHX,HAW · PCL
1974	31	SFG-min	AAA	92	359	286	50	79	12	6	6	49	0	0	39	48	.276	.418	.423	.841		121		32	0	2			PHX · PCL
1975	32	SFG-SDP-min	AAA	35	108	93	10	24	7	0	2	15	0	3	12	12	.258	.336	.398	.734		37		0	1	2			PHX,HAW · PCL
6 Yrs				196	481	436	47	92	4	2	4	43	2	2	37	60	.211	.277	.257	.534	52	112	18	3	4	1	5
162 Game Avg.				162	398	360	39	76	3	2	3	36	2	2	31	50	.211	.277	.257	.534	52	93	15	2	3	1	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
1966	23	SFG	NL	15	35	-3	0	0	-1	-1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.469	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-2	$	/798
1967	24	SFG	NL	8	11	-0	0	-0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/789
1968	25	SFG	NL	67	188	-11	-0	1	-4	1	-14	-1.6	6	-7	-1.0	.474	.489	-0.6	-0.3	-3	$	5/8674
1969	26	SFG	NL	7	10	-2	-0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.462	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	/789
1970	27	SFG	NL	67	184	-0	1	-1	-2	-3	-6	-0.6	5	-1	0.0	.491	.496	0.1	-0.5	1	$	73/9
1971	28	SFG	NL	32	53	-8	0	1	-1	-1	-9	-1.1	2	-8	-0.9	.467	.493	-0.8	-0.2	-7	$	/379
6 Seasons				196	481	-25	1	0	-7	-4	-35	-4.0	15	-20	-2.4	.479	.496	-1.9	-1.1	-13	$

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
1966	23	SFG	NL	35	27	2	2.0	100	.280	.219	.269	.265	.329	.219	.406	.483	.734	34	.202	-2.9	-0.3	.308	.031	.000
1967	24	SFG	NL	11	8	1	3.4	90	.375	.300	.258	.364	.321	.300	.379	.664	.700	93	.427	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.100	.000
1968	25	SFG	NL	188	145	10	1.9	82	.213	.190	.253	.246	.311	.218	.357	.464	.668	40	.234	-12.9	-1.5	.361	.103	.029	1.0
1969	26	SFG	NL	10	10	0	0.0	94	.111	.100	.258	.100	.328	.100	.383	.200	.711	-43	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
1970	27	SFG	NL	184	132	18	3.7	103	.293	.273	.266	.357	.338	.360	.406	.717	.745	94	.393	-1.3	-0.1	.608	.205	.087	1.5
1971	28	SFG	NL	53	47	1	0.6	92	.098	.082	.259	.132	.325	.102	.379	.234	.703	-32	.026	-8.6	-0.9	.174	.082	.020
6 Yrs				481	369	32	2.3	93	.236	.211	.260	.277	.325	.257	.382	.534	.707	52	.263	-27.7	-3.0	.418	.131	.046	2.7
162 Game Avg.				398	305	26	2.3	93	.236	.211	.260	.277	.325	.257	.382	.534	.707	52	.263	-27.7	-3.0	.418	.131	.046	2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1966	23	SFG	NL	35	0.0%	20.0%	5.7%	0.0%	0%	3.50	4.6			1.38	71%
1967	24	SFG	NL	11	0.0%	18.2%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	2.00	5.0			5.00	73%
1968	25	SFG	NL	188	0.5%	12.2%	6.4%	1.6%	9%	1.92	7.6	174.0	24.9	1.31	80%
1969	26	SFG	NL	10	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		10.0			1.25	90%
1970	27	SFG	NL	184	1.6%	9.8%	10.3%	3.3%	14%	0.95	8.9	53.7	5.2	1.71	76%
1971	28	SFG	NL	53	0.0%	17.0%	5.7%	1.9%	25%	3.00	5.4		9.8	1.50	77%
6 Yrs				481	0.8%	12.5%	7.7%	2.1%	11%	1.62	7.3	109.0	10.1	1.50	78%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.2%	8.4%	6.0%	27%	1.82	5.9	43.9	9.2	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1966	23	SFG	NL	-2.9	-0.3	36	0.1	0.7	-0.7	1.08	-0.2	0.2	-2.0	-0.2	0.88	-2.3	1.12	1
1967	24	SFG	NL	-0.1	-0.0	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.70	-0.0	-0.1	-1.5	-0.2	0.94	-0.3	0.31	2
1968	25	SFG	NL	-12.9	-1.5	190	-0.7	2.3	-2.9	.97	-1.1	0.4	-9.4	-1.1	0.92	-9.8	1.49	8
1969	26	SFG	NL	-1.9	-0.2	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.71	-0.2	-0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.92	-2.1		0
1970	27	SFG	NL	-1.5	-0.2	186	1.1	4.2	-3.1	1.13	-0.2	1.1	5.3	0.5	1.10	1.4	2.97	11
1971	28	SFG	NL	-8.6	-0.9	53	-1.6	0.6	-2.2	1.71	-0.8	-0.1	-11.1	-1.2	1.15	-8.9	2.73	21
6 Yrs				-28.0	-3.1	487	-1.5	7.9	-9.4	1.11	-2.5	1.1	-20.7	-2.3	1.01	-22.0	2.41	43

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
1966	23	SFG	NL	0	22%	10	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	24	SFG	NL	0	75%	13	0	0		0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2
1968	25	SFG	NL	3	22%	87	1	0	100%	1	0	2	1	60%	8	3	5	5	3	2	2	0	2
1969	26	SFG	NL	0	200%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1970	27	SFG	NL	3	36%	74	1	1	50%	1	1	2	4	63%	15	7	7	2	0	2	7	1	6
1971	28	SFG	NL	0	57%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
6 Yrs				6	34%	200	2	2	50%	2	2	4	6	65%	26	11	14	9	4	5	13	1	12

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
1966	23	SFG	NL	35	46%	7			1	0	0	0	1.12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	3	1	33%	19	1	5%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1967	24	SFG	NL	11	55%	3			2	0	0	0	0.31	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1968	25	SFG	NL	188	31%	33			8	0	0	0	1.49	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	31	3	10%	16	4	25%	101	6	6%	4	3	75%	2	1	50%	0
1969	26	SFG	NL	10	20%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1970	27	SFG	NL	184	26%	44			11	3	0	2	2.97	3	0	10	3	0	2	1	0	3	2	67%	58	12	21%	23	8	35%	164	30	18%	16	9	56%	7	2	29%	0
1971	28	SFG	NL	53	28%	4			21	2	0	1	2.73	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	12	1	8%	10	3	30%	53	5	9%	7	2	29%	4	2	50%	0
6 Yrs				481	30%	92			43	5	0	3	2.41	4	0	18	4	0	3	1	0	6	4	67%	111	18	16%	54	16	30%	347	42	12%	29	14	48%	13	5	38%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			11%			30%			13%			46%			52%

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
1966	23	15	35	32	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	.219	.265	.219	.483	34	7	0	0	1	0	0
1967	24	23	46	42	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	.238	.289	.238	.527	48	10	1	0	1	0	0
1968	25	90	234	216	16	43	2	0	1	7	1	1	15	32	.199	.254	.222	.477	42	48	4	1	2	0	2
1969	26	97	244	226	18	44	2	0	1	7	1	1	15	33	.195	.248	.217	.465	38	49	5	1	2	0	2
1970	27	164	428	387	43	88	3	2	4	38	2	2	34	51	.227	.295	.276	.571	63	107	17	3	4	0	5
1971	28	196	481	436	47	92	4	2	4	43	2	2	37	60	.211	.277	.257	.534	52	112	18	3	4	1	5

Neutralized Batting

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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
1966	23	15	35	32	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.219	.265	.219	.483	2	15
1967	24	8	11	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.300	.364	.300	.664	1	8
1968	25	67	194	178	14	38	2	0	1	9	1	14	23	.213	.275	.242	.516	12	67
1969	26	7	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
1970	27	67	184	161	25	44	1	2	3	31	1	19	18	.273	.357	.360	.717	20	67
1971	28	32	55	50	6	5	1	0	0	7	0	4	9	.100	.164	.120	.284	1	32
6 Yrs		196	489	441	50	97	4	2	4	47	2	40	60	.220	.289	.265	.554	36	196
162 Game Avg.		162	404	365	41	80	3	2	3	39	2	33	50	.220	.289	.265	.554	30	196

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