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Howard Johnson

Howard Michael Johnson (HoJo)

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: November 29, 1960 in Clearwater, FL
High School: Clearwater HS (Clearwater, FL)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1982
Teams (by GP): Mets/Tigers/Rockies/Cubs 1982-1995

Final Game: October 1, 1995
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 3:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #633. Claude Ritchey… #634. Aaron Hill… #635. Larry Bowa… #636. HOWARD JOHNSON… #637. Al Bumbry… #638. Dave Cash… #639. Jeromy Burnitz… 

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1982 21 DET AL 54 173 155 23 49 5 0 4 14 7 4 16 30 .316 .384 .426 .810 123 66 3 1 1 0 1 5D/978
1983 22 DET AL 27 74 66 11 14 0 0 3 5 0 0 7 10 .212 .297 .348 .646 80 23 1 1 0 0 0 5/D
1984 23 DET AL 116 402 355 43 88 14 1 12 50 10 6 40 67 .248 .324 .394 .718 99 140 6 1 4 2 1 5/6D387
1985 24 NYM NL 126 428 389 38 94 18 4 11 46 6 4 34 78 .242 .300 .393 .693 94 153 6 0 1 4 10 *5/67
1986 25 NYM NL 88 253 220 30 54 14 0 10 39 8 1 31 64 .245 .341 .445 .787 118 98 2 1 1 0 8 56/7
1987 26 NYM NL 157 645 554 93 147 22 1 36 99 32 10 83 113 .265 .364 .504 .868 133 279 8 5 0 3 18 *56/7 MVP-10
1988 27 NYM NL 148 594 495 85 114 21 1 24 68 23 7 86 104 .230 .343 .422 .765 124 209 6 3 2 8 25 *56
1989 28 NYM NL 153 655 571 104 164 41 3 36 101 41 8 77 126 .287 .369 .559 .928 169 319 4 1 0 6 8 *56 AS,MVP-5,SS
1990 29 NYM NL 154 668 590 89 144 37 3 23 90 34 8 69 100 .244 .319 .434 .753 106 256 7 0 0 9 12 56
1991 30 NYM NL 156 658 564 108 146 34 4 38 117 30 16 78 120 .259 .342 .535 .877 145 302 4 1 0 15 12 596 AS,MVP-5,SS
1992 31 NYM NL 100 410 350 48 78 19 0 7 43 22 5 55 79 .223 .329 .337 .666 91 118 7 2 0 3 5 87/9
1993 32 NYM NL 72 280 235 32 56 8 2 7 26 6 4 43 43 .238 .354 .379 .732 99 89 3 0 0 2 3 5
1994 33 COL NL 93 269 227 30 48 10 2 10 40 11 3 39 73 .211 .323 .405 .729 77 92 2 0 0 3 2 7/3
1995 34 CHC NL 87 206 169 26 33 4 1 7 22 1 1 34 46 .195 .330 .355 .685 84 60 2 1 0 2 0 57/436
14 Yrs 1531 5715 4940 760 1229 247 22 228 760 231 77 692 1053 .249 .340 .446 .786 118 2204 61 17 9 57 105
162 Game Avg. 162 605 523 80 130 26 2 24 80 24 8 73 111 .249 .340 .446 .786 118 233 6 2 1 6 11
NYM (9 yrs) 1154 4591 3968 627 997 214 18 192 629 202 63 556 827 .251 .341 .459 .801 124 1823 47 13 4 50 101
DET (3 yrs) 197 649 576 77 151 19 1 19 69 17 10 63 107 .262 .337 .398 .735 103 229 10 3 5 2 2
COL (1 yr) 93 269 227 30 48 10 2 10 40 11 3 39 73 .211 .323 .405 .729 77 92 2 0 0 3 2
CHC (1 yr) 87 206 169 26 33 4 1 7 22 1 1 34 46 .195 .330 .355 .685 84 60 2 1 0 2 0
NL (11 yrs) 1334 5066 4364 683 1078 228 21 209 691 214 67 629 946 .247 .340 .453 .793 119 1975 51 14 4 55 103
AL (3 yrs) 197 649 576 77 151 19 1 19 69 17 10 63 107 .262 .337 .398 .735 103 229 10 3 5 2 2

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 Awards
1982 21 DET AL 54 173 6 0 -1 -1 -1 4 0.4 5 9 0.9 .507 .502 1.0 -0.1 9 $ 5D/978
1983 22 DET AL 27 74 -1 0 -0 -1 -0 -2 -0.2 2 -0 0.0 .490 .498 0.1 -0.1 1 $ 5/D
1984 23 DET AL 116 402 -2 -2 1 -1 1 -3 -0.2 12 9 0.9 .497 .498 1.1 0.0 10 $ 5/6D387
1985 24 NYM NL 126 428 -5 -1 -0 -4 1 -9 -0.9 13 4 0.4 .492 .494 0.7 -0.2 8 $115,000 *5/67
1986 25 NYM NL 88 253 3 2 0 -3 2 4 0.5 8 12 1.2 .505 .503 1.5 -0.1 15 $227,500 56/7
1987 26 NYM NL 157 645 24 1 -0 -7 3 20 2.2 20 40 4.1 .513 .513 4.7 -0.3 47 $297,500 *56/7 MVP-10
1988 27 NYM NL 148 594 13 3 1 -7 4 13 1.6 18 32 3.3 .510 .509 4.2 -0.3 39 $695,000 *56
1989 28 NYM NL 153 655 46 4 0 -9 3 44 4.8 20 64 6.8 .532 .530 7.8 -0.7 74 $772,500 *56 AS,MVP-5,SS
1990 29 NYM NL 154 668 -0 4 1 -8 5 1 0.3 18 19 2.1 .501 .501 2.7 -0.2 27 $1,666,666 56
1991 30 NYM NL 156 658 25 0 1 -15 1 12 1.3 18 30 3.1 .508 .508 4.7 -1.5 45 $2,166,667 596 AS,MVP-5,SS
1992 31 NYM NL 100 410 -2 3 0 -25 0 -24 -2.6 11 -12 -1.5 .473 .483 1.2 -2.7 12 $2,266,667 87/9
1993 32 NYM NL 72 280 -0 1 0 -1 0 -1 0.0 8 7 0.8 .499 .500 0.8 -0.0 8 $2,100,000 5
1994 33 COL NL 93 269 -10 0 -0 -2 -2 -15 -1.5 7 -8 -0.8 .484 .491 -0.6 -0.4 -6 $1,700,000 7/3
1995 34 CHC NL 87 206 -3 0 -0 -14 -0 -18 -1.8 6 -12 -1.2 .480 .489 0.2 -1.4 2 $325,000 57/436
14 Seasons 1531 5715 91 15 2 -99 16 26 3.7 168 193 20.1 .502 .501 30.1 -8.2 292 $12,332,500
NYM (9 yrs) 1154 4591 102 16 3 -80 19 60 7.1 135 196 20.3 .506 .504 28.3 -6.1 276 $10,307,500
DET (3 yrs) 197 649 2 -1 -0 -3 -0 -2 -0.1 20 17 1.8 .499 .499 2.2 -0.2 21 $
COL (1 yr) 93 269 -10 0 -0 -2 -2 -15 -1.5 7 -8 -0.8 .484 .491 -0.6 -0.4 -6 $1,700,000
CHC (1 yr) 87 206 -3 0 -0 -14 -0 -18 -1.8 6 -12 -1.2 .480 .489 0.2 -1.4 2 $325,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 23 DET AL WS SDP W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 25 NYM NL NLCS HOU W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 25 NYM NL WS BOS W 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 27 NYM NL NLCS LAD L 6 19 18 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 .056 .105 .056 .161 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 11 27 26 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 .038 .074 .038 .113 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 8 21 20 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 .050 .095 .050 .145 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 DET AL 21 3B 33 27 21 239.2 71 25 39 7 6 .901 -2 -11 2.40 1.94 .954 3.07 3.05
1982 DET AL 21 DH 10 7
1982 DET AL 21 OF 9 6 1 53.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 2 34 2.04 1.33 .982 2.46 2.46
1982 DET AL 21 RF 5 4 1 32.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1 23 1.41 1.00 .980 2.28 2.26
1982 DET AL 21 LF 3 2 0 17.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 56 3.18 2.00 .982 2.28 2.27
1982 DET AL 21 CF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 2.25 1.00 .980 2.92 2.80
1983 DET AL 22 3B 21 18 8 130.0 47 10 30 7 2 .851 -1 -13 2.77 1.90 .955 3.07 3.05
1983 DET AL 22 DH 2 1
1984 DET AL 23 3B 108 98 53 808.2 213 58 143 12 16 .944 -0 -1 2.24 1.86 .950 2.75 2.73
1984 DET AL 23 SS 9 1 1 24.0 12 3 7 2 4 .833 -1 -50 3.75 1.11 .962 4.76 4.72
1984 DET AL 23 DH 4 2
1984 DET AL 23 1B 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -40 3.00 1.00 .990 9.60 9.70
1984 DET AL 23 CF 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 3.00 1.00 .990 3.00 3.00
1984 DET AL 23 LF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 360 9.00 1.00 .980 2.70 2.30
1984 DET AL 23 OF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 2.25 1.00 .980 2.48 2.50
1985 NYM NL 24 3B 113 93 87 884.0 253 67 171 15 21 .941 -3 -4 2.42 2.11 .948 2.88 2.88
1985 NYM NL 24 SS 7 5 1 47.0 33 11 19 3 6 .909 -0 -10 5.74 4.29 .963 4.88 4.89
1985 NYM NL 24 LF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -200 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1985 NYM NL 24 OF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -200 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.20
1986 NYM NL 25 3B 45 29 26 303.1 103 22 71 10 10 .903 0 1 2.76 2.07 .946 2.72 2.72
1986 NYM NL 25 SS 34 22 12 197.2 103 28 65 10 14 .903 -3 -20 4.23 2.74 .963 4.75 4.76
1986 NYM NL 25 LF 1 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.00 2.00 .975 2.00 2.00
1986 NYM NL 25 OF 1 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.00 2.00 .980 2.20 2.20
1987 NYM NL 26 3B 140 127 112 1144.1 338 82 235 21 15 .938 -7 -7 2.49 2.26 .951 2.82 2.80 MVP-10
1987 NYM NL 26 SS 38 26 14 225.2 111 36 70 5 12 .955 0 1 4.23 2.79 .965 4.72 4.69 MVP-10
1987 NYM NL 26 LF 2 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -65 0.00 0.00 1.96 2.05 MVP-10
1987 NYM NL 26 OF 2 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -65 0.00 0.00 2.21 2.20 MVP-10
1988 NYM NL 27 3B 131 109 89 980.0 265 65 187 13 16 .951 -6 -7 2.31 1.92 .947 2.77 2.78
1988 NYM NL 27 SS 52 34 11 296.1 137 45 87 5 21 .964 -2 -6 4.01 2.54 .967 4.63 4.64
1989 NYM NL 28 3B 143 129 108 1140.0 267 63 180 24 15 .910 -10 -10 1.92 1.70 .943 2.71 2.71 AS,MVP-5,SS
1989 NYM NL 28 SS 31 22 9 180.1 71 34 37 0 7 1.000 0 1 3.54 2.29 .966 4.51 4.52 AS,MVP-5,SS
1990 NYM NL 29 3B 92 89 73 771.2 231 52 159 20 11 .913 -3 -4 2.46 2.29 .947 2.73 2.71
1990 NYM NL 29 SS 73 63 57 563.1 282 98 176 8 28 .972 -5 -11 4.38 3.75 .967 4.59 4.56
1991 NYM NL 30 3B 104 99 96 878.0 246 55 173 18 11 .927 -11 -15 2.34 2.19 .950 2.74 2.73 AS,MVP-5,SS
1991 NYM NL 30 OF 30 30 29 273.1 66 61 3 2 0 .970 -1 -4 2.11 2.13 .983 2.28 2.27 AS,MVP-5,SS
1991 NYM NL 30 RF 30 30 29 273.1 66 61 3 2 0 .970 -1 -4 2.11 2.13 .980 2.06 2.05 AS,MVP-5,SS
1991 NYM NL 30 SS 28 25 20 218.0 144 45 88 11 15 .924 -3 -19 5.49 4.75 .966 4.67 4.65 AS,MVP-5,SS
1992 NYM NL 31 OF 98 96 89 841.0 213 206 3 4 0 .981 -25 -35 2.24 2.13 .983 2.34 2.34
1992 NYM NL 31 CF 84 82 77 713.0 186 181 2 3 0 .984 -25 -42 2.31 2.18 .989 2.80 2.80
1992 NYM NL 31 LF 16 13 12 124.0 27 25 1 1 0 .963 0 1 1.89 1.63 .979 2.16 2.16
1992 NYM NL 31 RF 1 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.10
1993 NYM NL 32 3B 67 67 63 571.1 198 52 135 11 11 .944 -1 -3 2.95 2.79 .945 2.70 2.68
1994 COL NL 33 LF 62 51 36 433.1 93 89 2 2 0 .978 -2 -4 1.89 1.47 .981 1.91 1.90
1994 COL NL 33 OF 62 51 36 433.1 94 90 2 2 0 .979 -2 -4 1.91 1.48 .980 2.24 2.23
1994 COL NL 33 1B 1 1 1 9.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -53 9.00 9.00 .992 9.70 9.70
1995 CHC NL 34 3B 34 29 18 246.1 68 10 53 5 4 .926 -6 -29 2.30 1.85 .946 2.77 2.76
1995 CHC NL 34 LF 13 7 2 67.1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -41 1.47 0.85 .972 1.87 1.86
1995 CHC NL 34 OF 13 7 2 67.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -41 1.60 0.92 .979 2.15 2.14
1995 CHC NL 34 2B 8 2 1 30.1 18 7 9 2 2 .889 -4 -142 4.75 2.00 .984 5.25 5.22
1995 CHC NL 34 1B 3 1 1 14.0 16 15 1 0 3 1.000 -2 -214 10.29 5.33 .993 9.71 9.67
1995 CHC NL 34 SS 1 0 0 3.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0 160 9.00 3.00 .967 4.50 4.50
12 Seasons 3B 1031 914 754 8097.1 2300 561 1576 163 138 .929 -50 -7 2.38 2.07 .948 2.78 2.77
9 Seasons SS 273 198 125 1755.1 896 301 551 44 108 .951 -14 -10 4.37 3.12 .966 4.64 4.64
9 Seasons OF 217 191 158 1687.2 400 383 9 8 0 .980 -28 -20 2.09 1.81 .982 2.30 2.29
8 Seasons LF 99 74 51 658.1 140 134 3 3 0 .979 -3 -6 1.87 1.38 .980 1.97 1.96
3 Seasons CF 86 82 77 720.0 188 183 2 3 0 .984 -25 -41 2.31 2.15 .989 2.80 2.80
3 Seasons RF 36 35 30 309.1 71 65 4 2 0 .972 -0 -1 2.01 1.92 .980 2.08 2.08
1 Season 2B 8 2 1 30.1 18 7 9 2 2 .889 -4 -142 4.75 2.00 .984 5.25 5.22
3 Seasons 1B 5 2 2 26.0 26 24 2 0 4 1.000 -3 -138 9.00 5.20 .993 9.69 9.68
14 Seasons TOT 1534 1307 1040 11596.2 3640 1276 2147 217 252 .940 -99 -10 2.66 2.23 .957 3.01 3.07
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2001 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1989 (3B)
1991 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1987 NL (10, 13%)
1989 NL (5, 46%)
1991 NL (5, 33%)
0.92 Career Shares (273rd)

Silver Sluggers
1989 NL (3B)
1991 NL (3B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1989 NL  6.8 (6th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1989 NL  6.8 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1987 NL  4.7 (8th)
1989 NL  7.8 (1st)
1991 NL  4.7 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1989 NL  .559 (2nd)
1991 NL  .535 (2nd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1989 NL  .928 (4th)
1991 NL  .877 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1987 NL  157 (7th)
1991 NL  156 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1990 NL  590 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1990 NL  668 (10th)
1991 NL  658 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1989 NL  104 (1st)
1991 NL  108 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1989 NL  164 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1989 NL  319 (3rd)
1991 NL  302 (3rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1989 NL  41 (3rd)
1990 NL  37 (4th)
1991 NL  34 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1987 NL  36 (5th)
1988 NL  24 (9th)
1989 NL  36 (2nd)
1991 NL  38 (1st)
Career  228 (245th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1987 NL  99 (10th)
1989 NL  101 (4th)
1991 NL  117 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1987 NL  83 (8th)
1988 NL  86 (4th)
1989 NL  77 (10th)
1991 NL  78 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1987 NL  113 (9th)
1989 NL  126 (5th)
1991 NL  120 (6th)
Career  1,053 (224th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1989 NL  41 (4th)
1990 NL  34 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1989 NL  169 (3rd)
1991 NL  145 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1989 NL  127 (3rd)
1991 NL  107 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1989 NL  51 (3rd)
1991 NL  34 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1989 NL  5.3 (3rd)
1991 NL  3.5 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1989 NL  80 (2nd)
1990 NL  63 (6th)
1991 NL  76 (1st)

Times On Base s c a p y
1989 NL  242 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1989 NL  .779 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1988 NL  8 (7th)
1990 NL  9 (8th)
1991 NL  15 (1st)
Career  57 (238th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1987 NL  18 (4th)
1988 NL  25 (2nd)
1991 NL  12 (7th)
Career  105 (113th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1991 NL  16 (7th)
Career  77 (239th)

SB % s c a p y
1989 NL  83.67 (7th)
Career  75.00 (160th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1987 NL  33.9 (3rd)
1988 NL  23.5 (6th)
1989 NL  38.3 (1st)
1990 NL  27.4 (4th)
1991 NL  33.5 (1st)
Career  229.5 (58th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1987 NL  15.4 (8th)
1988 NL  20.6 (6th)
1989 NL  15.9 (3rd)
1991 NL  14.8 (1st)
Career  21.7 (180th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1990 NL  470 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1989 NL  53.67 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1987 NL  4.6 (5th)
1989 NL  4.7 (7th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1989 NL  6.1 (4th)
Career  15.5 (247th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1989 NL  5.7 (3rd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1987 NL  26 (2nd)
1989 NL  24 (5th)
1990 NL  28 (1st)
1991 NL  31 (1st)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1987 NL  140 (5th)
1988 NL  131 (5th)
Career  1,031 (98th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1987 NL  21 (3rd)
1989 NL  24 (2nd)
1990 NL  20 (4th)
1991 NL  18 (4th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1992 NL  3 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1982 AL  born 1960-11-29 (7th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 11 (217), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 64 (394), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 41 (472), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (677), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (88th), 20.1 career WAR/21.5 7yr-peak WAR/20.8 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 12) = 64.9 career WAR/41.8 7yr-peak WAR/53.4 JAWS

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198524New York Mets$115,0001985 USA Today survey
198625New York Mets$227,5001986 USA Today survey
198726New York Mets$297,5001987 USA Today survey
198827New York Mets$695,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198928New York Mets$772,5001989 USA Today survey
199029New York Mets$1,666,666USA Today
199130New York Mets$2,166,667USA Today survey
199231New York Mets$2,266,6674/2/92 USA Today
199332New York Mets$2,100,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199433Colorado Rockies$1,700,000*
199534Colorado Rockies$400,000
34Chicago Cubs$325,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
Career to date (may be incomplete)$12,732,500
Disputed Salaries
*1994 - $2,100,000 - 1996 Joint Exhibit 1 - Includes $400,000 buyout
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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