John Henry Johnson
John Henry Johnson
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 21, 1956 in Houston, TX
High School: Sonoma (Sonoma, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 15th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1978
Final Game: June 29, 1987
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Standard Pitching

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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
1978 21 OAK AL 11 10 .524 3.39 33 30 1 7 2 0 186.0 164 81 70 18 82 6 91 0 0 5 789 107 1.323 7.9 0.9 4.0 4.4 1.11
1979 22 TOT AL 4 14 .222 4.63 31 25 1 2 0 0 167.0 168 95 86 25 72 3 96 2 1 4 729 89 1.437 9.1 1.3 3.9 5.2 1.33
1979 22 OAK AL 2 8 .200 4.36 14 13 0 1 0 0 84.2 89 45 41 13 36 0 50 1 0 1 372 93 1.476 9.5 1.4 3.8 5.3 1.39
1979 22 TEX AL 2 6 .250 4.92 17 12 1 1 0 0 82.1 79 50 45 12 36 3 46 1 1 3 357 84 1.397 8.6 1.3 3.9 5.0 1.28
1980 23 TEX AL 2 2 .500 2.33 33 0 17 0 0 4 38.2 27 12 10 2 15 4 44 1 0 2 154 167 1.086 6.3 0.5 3.5 10.2 2.93
1981 24 TEX AL 3 1 .750 2.66 24 0 15 0 0 2 23.2 19 7 7 2 6 1 8 1 0 1 94 129 1.056 7.2 0.8 2.3 3.0 1.33
1983 26 BOS AL 3 2 .600 3.71 34 1 19 0 0 1 53.1 58 28 22 3 20 4 51 1 0 1 234 117 1.463 9.8 0.5 3.4 8.6 2.55
1984 27 BOS AL 1 2 .333 3.53 30 3 9 0 0 1 63.2 64 26 25 7 27 1 57 0 1 4 275 119 1.429 9.0 1.0 3.8 8.1 2.11
1986 29 MIL AL 2 1 .667 2.66 19 0 5 0 0 1 44.0 43 15 13 2 10 1 42 0 0 5 184 164 1.205 8.8 0.4 2.0 8.6 4.20
1987 30 MIL AL 0 1 .000 9.57 10 2 0 0 0 0 26.1 42 30 28 1 18 1 18 0 0 1 134 48 2.278 14.4 0.3 6.2 6.2 1.00
8 Seasons 26 33 .441 3.90 214 61 67 9 2 9 602.2 585 294 261 60 250 21 407 5 2 23 2593 102 1.386 8.7 0.9 3.7 6.1 1.63
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .441 3.90 53 15 17 2 0 2 149 145 73 65 15 62 5 101 1 0 6 641 102 1.386 8.7 0.9 3.7 6.1 1.63
TEX (3 yrs) 7 9 .438 3.86 74 12 33 1 0 6 144.2 125 69 62 16 57 8 98 3 1 6 605 103 1.258 7.8 1.0 3.5 6.1 1.72
BOS (2 yrs) 4 4 .500 3.62 64 4 28 0 0 2 117.0 122 54 47 10 47 5 108 1 1 5 509 118 1.444 9.4 0.8 3.6 8.3 2.30
OAK (2 yrs) 13 18 .419 3.69 47 43 1 8 2 0 270.2 253 126 111 31 118 6 141 1 0 6 1161 102 1.371 8.4 1.0 3.9 4.7 1.19
MIL (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 5.25 29 2 5 0 0 1 70.1 85 45 41 3 28 2 60 0 0 6 318 85 1.607 10.9 0.4 3.6 7.7 2.14

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1978 21 OAK AL 33 789 689 81 164 29 4 18 5 10 82 91 .238 .317 .370 .687 .250 255 9 0 13 5 6
1979 22 TOT AL 31 729 641 95 168 24 2 25 10 7 72 96 .262 .335 .423 .758 .271 271 10 2 7 7 3
1979 22 OAK AL 14 372 331 45 89 9 1 13 4 3 36 50 .269 .341 .420 .760 .281 139 6 1 2 2 0
1979 22 TEX AL 17 357 310 50 79 15 1 12 6 4 36 46 .255 .330 .426 .755 .261 132 4 1 5 5 3
1980 23 TEX AL 33 154 136 12 27 2 1 2 1 1 15 44 .199 .281 .272 .553 .275 37 3 1 1 1 4
1981 24 TEX AL 24 94 82 7 19 1 1 2 0 1 6 8 .232 .283 .341 .624 .227 28 2 1 2 3 1
1983 26 BOS AL 34 234 205 28 58 8 5 3 2 2 20 51 .283 .342 .415 .757 .353 85 2 1 3 5 4
1984 27 BOS AL 30 275 246 26 64 11 2 7 1 1 27 57 .260 .333 .407 .740 .313 100 5 0 2 0 1
1986 29 MIL AL 19 184 171 15 43 7 0 2 2 2 10 42 .251 .293 .327 .620 .323 56 2 0 3 0 1
1987 30 MIL AL 10 134 115 30 42 9 1 1 1 2 18 18 .365 .451 .487 .938 .427 56 2 0 1 0 1
8 Seasons 214 2593 2285 294 585 91 16 60 22 26 250 407 .256 .328 .389 .717 .285 888 35 5 32 21 21
162 Game Avg. 53 641 565 73 145 23 4 15 5 6 62 101 .256 .328 .389 .717 .285 220 9 1 8 5 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1978 21 OAK AL 33 30 11 10 9 1 3 16 14 .533 2 6 7 2 15 50% 52 80 25 36 7 8 12 4.5 4.3 5.9
1979 22 TOT AL 31 25 3 14 8 2 5 6 19 .240 3 2 2 0 11 44% 47 72 16 32 10 7 7 3.5 2.9 5.9
1979 22 OAK AL 14 13 1 8 4 1 3 2 11 .154 2 1 1 0 6 46% 47 72 26 13 3 5 3 3.0 3.1 6.2
1979 22 TEX AL 17 12 2 6 4 1 2 4 8 .333 1 1 1 0 5 42% 46 69 16 19 7 2 4 4.1 2.6 5.5
1983 26 BOS AL 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29 29 29 10 4 1 0 1.0 2.3 3.3
1984 27 BOS AL 30 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 .333 0 2 0 0 1 33% 50 52 48 17 3 1 2 2.8 0.6 5.7
1987 30 MIL AL 10 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30 33 26 10 7 0 1 6.0 6.4 3.2
5 Seasons 138 61 14 27 20 3 9 24 37 .393 5 10 9 2 27 44% 49 80 16 105 31 17 22 4.0 3.6 5.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1978 21 OAK AL 33 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 0.953 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 1 9.0
1979 22 TOT AL 31 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 0.966 1 2 3 0 2 4 3 3 4 1 5 0 9.8
1979 22 OAK AL 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 1.076 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 11.0
1979 22 TEX AL 17 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 3 0.851 0 2 3 0 1 4 2 3 3 1 4 0 9.6
1980 23 TEX AL 33 33 17 2 2 7 4 3 57% 12 4 42 4 10% 7 1.426 17 3 12 14 4 15 25 8 12 12 15 10 3.5
1981 24 TEX AL 24 24 15 3 1 3 2 1 67% 7 4 30 9 30% 8 1.361 13 1 9 9 5 10 18 6 8 10 9 6 3.0
1983 26 BOS AL 34 33 19 3 1 2 1 1 50% 3 0 26 11 42% 8 0.962 10 4 17 6 5 22 16 17 17 7 17 4 4.5
1984 27 BOS AL 30 27 9 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 35 10 29% 6 0.727 10 5 11 6 1 20 18 9 13 9 13 1 5.2
1986 29 MIL AL 19 19 5 2 1 1 1 0 100% 3 2 23 8 35% 6 0.759 6 3 10 4 1 14 13 6 16 3 16 3 6.9
1987 30 MIL AL 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 4 50% 6 0.622 0 4 4 1 1 6 5 3 6 2 7 0 7.5
8 Seasons 214 153 67 12 6 14 9 5 64% 28 11 173 48 28% 0.945 57 22 68 40 19 94 100 53 78 44 84 25 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1978 21 OAK AL 789 75% 2.3% 11.5% 10.4% 6.5% 31% 0.51 74% 136 9 7%
1979 22 TOT AL 729 76% 3.4% 13.2% 9.9% 7.0% 30% 0.58 72% 141 10 7%
1979 22 OAK AL 372 77% 3.5% 13.4% 9.7% 6.2% 26% 0.63 73% 80 6 8%
1979 22 TEX AL 357 75% 3.4% 12.9% 10.1% 7.8% 35% 0.54 72% 61 4 7%
1980 23 TEX AL 154 58% 1.3% 28.6% 9.7% 3.3% 19% 1.03 59% 43 3 7%
1981 24 TEX AL 94 61% 2.1% 8.5% 6.4% 4.3% 21% 0.94 80% 19 2 11%
1983 26 BOS AL 234 71% 1.3% 21.8% 8.6% 6.8% 28% 0.68 67% 49 2 4%
1984 27 BOS AL 275 76% 2.6% 20.7% 9.8% 7.3% 31% 0.85 66% 53 5 9%
1986 29 MIL AL 184 74% 1.1% 22.8% 5.4% 4.9% 21% 0.60 69% 41 2 5%
1987 30 MIL AL 134 68% 0.8% 13.4% 13.4% 8.2% 26% 0.57 72% 44 2 5%
8 Seasons 2593 73% 2.3% 15.7% 9.6% 6.4% 29% 0.62 71% 526 35 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1978 21 OAK AL 789 164 18 1 7 15 3 9 9 21 14 4 67% 10 5 1 291 5 10 33% 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1979 22 TOT AL 729 168 25 2 8 24 1 13 12 32 15 4 47% 12 4 0 276 10 7 59% 8 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 16 0
1979 22 OAK AL 372 89 13 0 3 12 1 10 3 14 7 2 50% 7 1 0 149 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1979 22 TEX AL 357 79 12 2 5 12 0 3 9 18 8 2 44% 5 3 0 127 6 4 60% 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 12 0
1980 23 TEX AL 154 27 2 0 7 2 0 1 1 10 2 5 20% 2 2 0 76 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1981 24 TEX AL 94 19 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 7 5 0 71% 1 1 1 40 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
1983 26 BOS AL 234 58 3 1 7 3 0 3 0 29 16 3 55% 4 1 0 92 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
1984 27 BOS AL 275 64 7 1 19 4 3 5 2 25 8 5 32% 3 4 2 94 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1986 29 MIL AL 184 43 2 1 12 2 0 1 1 20 8 7 40% 2 5 0 74 2 2 50% 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 0
1987 30 MIL AL 134 42 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 17 7 3 41% 2 1 0 72 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 2593 585 60 6 67 52 8 32 28 161 75 31 47% 36 23 4 1015 22 26 46% 19 20 2 6 1 0 3 1 66 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1978 21 11 10 .524 3.39 33 30 1 7 2 0 186.0 164 81 70 18 82 6 91 0 0 5 789 107 1.323 7.9 0.9 4.0 4.4 1.11 107
1979 22 15 24 .385 3.98 64 55 2 9 2 0 353.0 332 176 156 43 154 9 187 2 1 9 1518 97 1.377 8.5 1.1 3.9 4.8 1.21 97
1980 23 17 26 .395 3.81 97 55 19 9 2 4 391.2 359 188 166 45 169 13 231 3 1 11 1672 101 1.348 8.2 1.0 3.9 5.3 1.37 101
1981 24 20 27 .426 3.75 121 55 34 9 2 6 415.1 378 195 173 47 175 14 239 4 1 12 1766 102 1.331 8.2 1.0 3.8 5.2 1.37 102
1982 25 20 27 .426 3.75 121 55 34 9 2 6 415.1 378 195 173 47 175 14 239 4 1 12 1766 102 1.331 8.2 1.0 3.8 5.2 1.37 102
1983 26 23 29 .442 3.74 155 56 53 9 2 7 468.2 436 223 195 50 195 18 290 5 1 13 2000 104 1.346 8.4 1.0 3.7 5.6 1.49 104
1984 27 24 31 .436 3.72 185 59 62 9 2 8 532.1 500 249 220 57 222 19 347 5 2 17 2275 106 1.356 8.5 1.0 3.8 5.9 1.56 106
1985 28 24 31 .436 3.72 185 59 62 9 2 8 532.1 500 249 220 57 222 19 347 5 2 17 2275 106 1.356 8.5 1.0 3.8 5.9 1.56 106
1986 29 26 32 .448 3.64 204 59 67 9 2 9 576.1 543 264 233 59 232 20 389 5 2 22 2459 109 1.345 8.5 0.9 3.6 6.1 1.68 109
1987 30 26 33 .441 3.90 214 61 67 9 2 9 602.2 585 294 261 60 250 21 407 5 2 23 2593 102 1.386 8.7 0.9 3.7 6.1 1.63 102

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1978 21 9 10 .474 4.27 173.0 179 91 82 20 90 85 0 1.555 9.3 4.7 4.4 0.94 1.0 33
1979 22 7 10 .412 5.03 161.0 175 100 90 26 75 93 2 1.553 9.8 4.2 5.2 1.24 1.5 31
1980 23 3 1 .750 2.75 36.0 29 12 11 2 16 41 1 1.250 7.3 4.0 10.3 2.56 0.5 33
1981 24 2 1 .667 3.55 33.0 32 14 13 3 10 11 2 1.273 8.7 2.7 3.0 1.10 0.8 24
1983 26 3 2 .600 3.81 52.0 58 24 22 3 20 50 1 1.500 10.0 3.5 8.7 2.50 0.5 34
1984 27 3 3 .500 3.69 61.0 65 28 25 7 27 55 0 1.508 9.6 4.0 8.1 2.04 1.0 30
1986 29 3 1 .750 2.66 44.0 43 14 13 2 10 42 0 1.205 8.8 2.0 8.6 4.20 0.4 19
1987 30 0 2 .000 9.00 26.0 40 29 26 1 17 18 0 2.192 13.8 5.9 6.2 1.06 0.3 10
8 Seasons 30 30 .500 4.33 586.0 621 312 282 64 265 395 6 1.512 9.5 6.1 1.49 1.0 214

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL--7.936--7th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 AL--5.174--10th

Losses s c a p y
1979 AL--14--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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