Jeff Johnson

William Jeffrey Johnson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 4, 1966 in Durham, NC
School: University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, NC)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 6th round of the 1988 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1991
Team: Yankees 1991-1993

Final Game: June 12, 1993
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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
1988	21	NYY-min	A-	6	1	.857	2.98	14	14	0	0	0	87.2	67	35	29	2	39	0	91	2	2	3			1.209	6.9	0.2	4.0	9.3	2.33	ONE · NYPL
1989	22	NYY-min	A	4	10	.286	2.92	25	24	0	0	0	138.2	125	59	45	7	55	1	99	0	2	14			1.298	8.1	0.5	3.6	6.4	1.80	PRW · CARL
1990	23	NYY-min	A+,AA	10	11	.476	2.90	26	26	0	4	1	164.1	145	69	53	2	40	0	125	5	2	6			1.126	7.9	0.1	2.2	6.8	3.13	FTL,ALC · FLOR,EL
1991	24	NYY-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	2.61	10	10	0	0	0	62.0	58	27	18	1	25	0	40	1	3	1	261		1.339	8.4	0.1	3.6	5.8	1.60	CLB · IL
1991	24	NYY	AL	6	11	.353	5.95	23	23	0	0	0	127.0	156	89	84	15	33	1	62	6	1	5	562	70	1.488	11.1	1.1	2.3	4.4	1.88
1992	25	NYY-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.17	11	11	0	0	0	58.0	41	15	14	0	18	0	38	2	1	3	229		1.017	6.4	0.0	2.8	5.9	2.11	CLB · IL
1992	25	NYY	AL	2	3	.400	6.66	13	8	3	0	0	52.2	71	44	39	4	23	0	14	2	0	1	245	59	1.785	12.1	0.7	3.9	2.4	0.61
1993	26	NYY-min	AAA	7	6	.538	3.45	19	17	0	3	1	114.2	125	55	44	7	47	2	59	5	0	4	500		1.500	9.8	0.5	3.7	4.6	1.26	CLB · IL
1993	26	NYY	AL	0	2	.000	30.38	2	2	0	0	0	2.2	12	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	16	5.250	40.5	3.4	6.8	0.0	0.00
1994	27	CLE-min	AAA	1	3	.250	7.46	8	5	1	0	0	25.1	38	27	21	5	14	0	12	0	0	1	125		2.053	13.5	1.8	5.0	4.3	0.86	CHR · IL
3 Yrs				8	16	.333	6.52	38	33	3	0	0	182.1	239	143	132	20	58	1	76	8	1	6	829	63	1.629	11.8	1.0	2.9	3.8	1.31
162 Game Avg.				8	15	.333	6.52	36	32	3	0	0	175	229	137	126	19	56	1	73	8	1	6	794	63	1.629	11.8	1.0	2.9	3.8	1.31

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
1991	24	NYY	AL	127.0	23	23	89	6.31	4.49	-0.27	0.16	101.1	4.98	-19	-1.8		-0.1	-0.8	-4	.421	.489	$
1992	25	NYY	AL	52.2	13	8	44	7.52	4.11	-0.12	0.03	99.7	4.25	-19	-1.8	.8	-0.0	-1.3	-13	.362	.489	$115,000
1993	26	NYY	AL	2.2	2	2	10	33.75	4.27	0.57	0.15	103.3	3.98	-9	-0.6		-0.0	-0.6	-8	.199	.496	$125,000
3 Seasons				182.1	38	33	143	7.06	4.38	-0.21	0.13	100.7	4.75	-47	-4.2	.8	-0.1	-2.7	-26	.389	.491	$240,000

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
1991	24	NYY	AL	23	562	512	89	156	21	5	15	18	4	33	62	.305	.351	.453	.804	.321	232	13	6	7	4	1	8
1992	25	NYY	AL	13	245	216	44	71	17	2	4	4	2	23	14	.329	.395	.481	.877	.335	104	9	2	2	2	0	1
1993	26	NYY	AL	2	22	20	10	12	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	.600	.636	.900	1.536	.579	18	0	0	0	0	0	1
3 Yrs				38	829	748	143	239	41	7	20	23	7	58	76	.320	.372	.473	.845	.333	354	22	8	9	6	1	10
162 Game Avg.				36	794	716	137	229	39	7	19	22	7	56	73	.320	.372	.473	.845	.333	339	21	8	9	6	1	10
MLB Averages																.259	.326	.389	.715	.288

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1991	24	NYY	AL	-23.8	-2.2	590	-2.4	9.1	-11.5	.99	-1.4	-1.0	-23.2	-2.2	0.99	-14.1	0	0	0
1992	25	NYY	AL	-16.2	-1.6	254	-1.9	3.4	-5.4	.91	-1.1	-1.0	-20.0	-1.9	0.91	-13.6	1	1	3
1993	26	NYY	AL	-8.0	-0.6	24	-0.7	0.1	-0.8	.86	-0.6	-0.1	-9.3	-0.8	0.86	-7.3	0	0	0
3 Yrs				-48.0	-4.4	868	-5.0	12.7	-17.7	.96	-3.2	-2.0	-52.5	-4.8	0.96	-35.0	1	1	3

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
1991	24	NYY	AL	23	23	6	11	6	1	2	10	13	.435	1	3	0	0	9	39%	42.8	79	9	19	8	0	6	4.1	3.9	5.5	86	6	10	7	0	107
1992	25	NYY	AL	13	8	2	3	3	0	0	4	4	.500	1	1	0	0	3	38%	37.2	55	12	10	4	0	3	4.6	4.2	5.0	83	3	4	1	0	101
1993	26	NYY	AL	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	22.0	24	20	3	0	0	1	2.0	0.0	1.3	41	2	0	0	0	45
3 Yrs				38	33	8	16	9	1	2	14	19	.424	2	4	0	0	12	36%	40	79	9	32	12	0	10	4.1	3.9	5.2	83	11	14	8	0	107
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	101	-14					4.4	4.3	6.1	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1992	25	NYY	AL	13	5	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	2	50%	5	.909	1	1	3	1	0	4	3	2	3	1	3	0	7.4	39
1 Yr				13	5	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	2	50%		.909	1	1	3	1	0	4	3	2	3	1	3	0	7.4	39

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%
1991	24	NYY	AL	562	11%	2.7%	11.0%	5.9%	7.3%	26%	1.03	1.60	78%	19%	7.8%	13%	105	13	12%
1992	25	NYY	AL	245	18%	1.6%	5.7%	9.4%	9.4%	32%	0.85	1.14	82%	21%	4.4%	17%	56	9	16%
1993	26	NYY	AL	22	23%	4.6%	0.0%	9.1%	18.2%	33%	1.00	0.75	86%	20%	10.0%	0%	5	0	0%
3 Yrs				829	14%	2.4%	9.2%	7.0%	8.2%	29%	0.97	1.42	79%	20%	6.8%	14%	166	22	13%
MLB Averages					41%	2.1%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	21%	6.1%	16%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1991	24	NYY	AL	562	1980	3.52	1224	62%	22%	13%	27%	38%	78%	0%	48%	83%	55%	4%	25	19	15%	83	41	3	26%	9	5	0	0	0
1992	25	NYY	AL	245	858	3.50	499	58%	24%	9%	25%	41%	76%	0%	44%	88%	56%	8%	19	11	18%	44	21	3	7%	3	8	0	0	0
1993	26	NYY	AL	22	82	3.73	43	52%	23%	7%	23%	47%	77%	0%	40%	91%	45%	9%	2	1	9%	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				829	2920	3.52	1766	60%	23%	12%	27%	39%	77%	0%	47%	85%	55%	6%	46	31	16%	129	62	6	22%	12	14	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.65		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				27%

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
1991	24	NYY	AL	562	156	49	2	15	1	6	14	1	8	7	32	21	4	66%	8	5	1	206	18	4	82%	12	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	14	0
1992	25	NYY	AL	245	71	26	4	4	1	6	3	1	1	3	16	13	1	81%	1	1	1	105	4	2	67%	2	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	6	0
1993	26	NYY	AL	22	12	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	3	0	100%	1	0	0	11	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				829	239	77	6	20	2	13	18	2	9	11	51	37	5	73%	10	6	2	322	23	7	77%	15	5	8	2	0	0	3	0	20	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1991	24	6	11	.353	5.95	23	23	0	127.0	156	89	84	15	33	1	62	6	1	5	562	70	1.488	11.1	1.1	2.3	4.4	1.88	70
1992	25	8	14	.364	6.16	36	31	3	179.2	227	133	123	19	56	1	76	8	1	6	807	66	1.575	11.4	1.0	2.8	3.8	1.36	66
1993	26	8	16	.333	6.52	38	33	3	182.1	239	143	132	20	58	1	76	8	1	6	829	63	1.629	11.8	1.0	2.9	3.8	1.31	63

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1991	24	4	9	.308	6.47	121.0	159	97	87	15	34	59	6	1.595	11.8	2.5	4.4	1.74	1.1	23
1992	25	1	4	.200	8.06	48.0	74	48	43	4	24	13	2	2.042	13.9	4.5	2.4	0.54	0.8	13
1993	26	0	0		30.00	3.0	12	11	10	1	2	0	0	4.667	36.0	6.0	0.0	0.00	3.0	2
3 Yrs		5	13	.278	7.33	172.0	245	156	140	20	60	72	8	1.773	12.8		3.8	1.20	1.0	38

* 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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