Greg Johnston

Gregory Bernard Johnston

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 12, 1955 in Los Angeles, CA
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 12th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1979
Teams (by GP): Giants/Twins 1979-1981

Final Game: April 27, 1981
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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
1976	21	SFG-min	A	139	598	598		153	15	4	6						.256	.256	.324	.580		194							FRE · CALL
1977	22	SFG-min	AA	138	625	549	89	143	30	3	12	54	36	4	61	90	.260	.337	.392	.728		215		3	10	2			WBY · EL
1978	23	SFG-min	AAA	133	573	519	64	142	21	6	6	68	34	12	43	70	.274	.329	.372	.701		193		3	2	6			PHX · PCL
1979	24	SFG-min	AAA	104	467	415	64	123	17	10	10	72	16	0	44	60	.296	.363	.458	.820		190		2	1	5			PHX · PCL
1979	24	SFG	NL	42	76	74	5	15	2	0	1	7	0	0	2	17	.203	.224	.270	.494	39	20	1	0	0	0	0	7/98
1980	25	MIN-min	AAA	132	554	507	68	150	22	3	14	66	22	7	38	64	.296	.346	.434	.779		220		1	7	1			TOL · IL
1980	25	MIN	AL	14	31	27	3	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.185	.233	.296	.530	41	8	3	0	1	1	0	8
1981	26	MIN-min	AAA	112	441	405	39	95	13	3	9	42	9	3	33	76	.235	.293	.348	.641		141		1	1	1	2		TOL · IL
1981	26	MIN	AL	7	18	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.125	.222	.125	.347	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	/8
1982	27	HAN	Fgn																										HAN · JPCL
3 Yrs				63	125	117	10	22	5	0	1	8	0	0	6	26	.188	.226	.256	.482	34	30	4	0	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	321	301	26	57	13	0	3	21	0	0	15	67	.188	.226	.256	.482	34	77	10	0	3	3	0

MIN (2 yrs)				21	49	43	5	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	9	.163	.229	.233	.462	26	10	3	0	1	1	0
SFG (1 yr)				42	76	74	5	15	2	0	1	7	0	0	2	17	.203	.224	.270	.494	39	20	1	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				21	49	43	5	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	9	.163	.229	.233	.462	26	10	3	0	1	1	0
NL (1 yr)				42	76	74	5	15	2	0	1	7	0	0	2	17	.203	.224	.270	.494	39	20	1	0	0	0	0

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
1979	24	SFG	NL	42	76	-5	0	0	0	-1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.485	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	7/98
1980	25	MIN	AL	14	31	-2	0	-1	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.472	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	8
1981	26	MIN	AL	7	18	-2	-0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.458	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/8
3 Seasons				63	125	-10	0	-0	-1	-1	-12	-1.3	4	-8	-0.9	.479	.497	-0.8	-0.2	-7	$

MIN (2 yrs)				21	49	-4	0	-0	-2	-0	-6	-0.7	1	-5	-0.5	.467	.498	-0.4	-0.2	-3	$
SFG (1 yr)				42	76	-5	0	0	0	-1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.485	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$

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
1979	24	SFG	NL	76	60	4	1.8	94	.250	.203	.260	.224	.325	.270	.387	.494	.711	39	.161	-6.3	-0.6	.367	.095	.068	.0
1980	25	MIN	AL	31	27	1	1.0	104	.208	.185	.277	.233	.340	.296	.411	.530	.752	41	.058	-2.2	-0.2	.400	.185	.111
1981	26	MIN	AL	18	14	1	1.9	94	.182	.125	.263	.222	.328	.125	.382	.347	.711	0	.200	-2.1	-0.2	.286	.125	.000
3 Yrs				125	101	6	1.6	96	.231	.188	.265	.226	.329	.256	.392	.482	.721	34	.135	-10.6	-1.1	.364	.120	.068	.0
162 Game Avg.				321	260	15	1.6	96	.231	.188	.265	.226	.329	.256	.392	.482	.721	34	.135	-10.6	-1.1	.364	.120	.068

MIN (2 yrs)				49	41	2	1.3	100	.200	.163	.272	.229	.336	.233	.400	.462	.736	26	.098	-4.3	-0.4	.359	.163	.070
SFG (1 yr)				76	60	4	1.8	94	.250	.203	.260	.224	.325	.270	.387	.494	.711	39	.162	-6.3	-0.6	.367	.095	.068	.0

AL (2 yrs)				49	41	2	1.3	100	.200	.163	.272	.229	.336	.233	.400	.462	.736	26	.098	-4.3	-0.4	.359	.163	.070
NL (1 yr)				76	60	4	1.8	94	.250	.203	.260	.224	.325	.270	.387	.494	.711	39	.162	-6.3	-0.6	.367	.095	.068	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1979	24	SFG	NL	76	1.3%	22.4%	2.6%	4.0%	20%	8.50	4.4	74.0	10.6	2.00	74%
1980	25	MIN	AL	31	0.0%	12.9%	6.5%	9.7%	60%	2.00	6.8		27.0	1.20	77%
1981	26	MIN	AL	18	0.0%	27.8%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	2.50	3.2			8.00	61%
3 Yrs				125	0.8%	20.8%	4.8%	4.8%	27%	4.33	4.5	117.0	14.6	1.92	73%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.5%	8.3%	6.5%	28%	1.50	7.1	45.9	8.5	1.10	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1979	24	SFG	NL	-6.3	-0.6	76	-1.1	0.7	-1.8	1.04	-0.6	-0.4	-6.5	-0.7	1.00	-5.9	0.82	27
1980	25	MIN	AL	-2.2	-0.2	31	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	.65	-0.2	0.2	-3.7	-0.4	0.94	-2.8	0.64	3
1981	26	MIN	AL	-2.1	-0.2	18	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.09	-0.2	0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.94	-2.3		0
3 Yrs				-10.7	-1.1	125	-1.3	1.2	-2.6	.95	-1.1	-0.3	-12.5	-1.3	0.98	-11.0	0.80	30

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1979	24	SFG	NL	1	25%	27	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0
1980	25	MIN	AL	1	43%	10	50%	0	0	0	2	1	1
1981	26	MIN	AL	0	50%	8	50%	2	2	0	2	0	2
3 Yrs				2	33%	45	50%	4	3	1	4	1	3

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
1979	24	SFG	NL	76	86%	15			27	6	0	1	0.82	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		11	1	9%	9	1	11%	55	6	11%	2	0	0%	8	1	13%	0
1980	25	MIN	AL	31	87%	5			3	1	0	1	0.64	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	3	33%	4	2	50%	16	1	6%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1981	26	MIN	AL	18	83%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				125	86%	22			30	7	0	2	0.80	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	23	4	17%	15	3	20%	81	7	9%	4	1	25%	10	2	20%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			52%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1979	24	42	76	74	5	15	2	1	7	2	17	.203	.224	.270	.494	39	20	1	0	0
1980	25	56	107	101	8	20	5	1	8	4	21	.198	.226	.277	.504	39	28	4	1	1
1981	26	63	125	117	10	22	5	1	8	6	26	.188	.226	.256	.482	34	30	4	1	1

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1979	24	42	77	75	6	16	2	1	8	2	17	.213	.234	.280	.514	5	42
1980	25	14	31	27	3	5	3	0	1	2	4	.185	.233	.296	.530	2	14
1981	26	11	27	24	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	7
3 Yrs		67	135	126	9	21	5	1	9	7	29	.167	.209	.230	.439	7	63
162 Game Avg.		162	326	305	22	51	12	2	22	17	70	.167	.209	.230	.439	17	63

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