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John Henry Johnson

John Henry Johnson

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Rangers/RedSox/Athletics/Brewers 1978-1987

Final Game: June 29, 1987
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
1974	17	SFG-min	Rk	2	1	.667	2.73	14	3		1	0	0	33.0	25	12	10	1	25	0	33	1	0	6			1.515	6.8	0.3	6.8	9.0	1.32	GRF · PION
1975	18	SFG-min	A	4	12	.250	3.76	22	21		3	0	0	127.0	127	72	53	9	49	1	89	3	0	3			1.386	9.0	0.6	3.5	6.3	1.82	CDR · MIDW
1976	19	SFG-min	A	13	2	.867	1.92	20	19					131.0	93	42	28	7	50								1.092	6.4	0.5	3.4			CDR · MIDW
1977	20	SFG-min	A	14	2	.875	3.38	23	22		6	1	0	149.0	142	79	56	9	64	0	155	1	0	6			1.383	8.6	0.5	3.9	9.4	2.42	FRE · CALL
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	94	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	85	1.397	8.6	1.3	3.9	5.0	1.28
1980	23	TEX-min	AAA	3	9	.250	3.86	16	10		4	0	0	77.0	84	49	33	6	35	6	55	1	0	2			1.545	9.8	0.7	4.1	6.4	1.57	CHL · IL
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	168	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	132	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	118	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-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	0.28	22	0	13	0	0	7	32.1	13	1	1	1	16	0	35	0	0	2			0.897	3.6	0.3	4.5	9.7	2.19	VAN · PCL
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	165	1.205	8.8	0.4	2.0	8.6	4.20
1987	30	MIL-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.72	26	0	11	0	0	3	46.0	44	23	19	0	20	1	33	0	0	1			1.391	8.6	0.0	3.9	6.5	1.65	DEN · AA
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	49	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	103	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	103	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	119	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	86	1.607	10.9	0.4	3.6	7.7	2.14

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1978	21	OAK	AL	186.0	30	81	105	-6	.9	24	2.6	$
1979	22	OAK	AL	84.2	13	45	57	-7	1.1	12	1.3	$
1979	22	TEX	AL	82.1	12	50	44	3	.8	-6	-0.6	$
1980	23	TEX	AL	38.2	0	12	24	-2	1.4	12	1.1	$
1981	24	TEX	AL	23.2	0	7	11	1	1.3	4	0.3	$

1983	26	BOS	AL	53.1	1	28	35	0	1.0	7	0.3	$
1984	27	BOS	AL	63.2	3	26	40	-1	.7	14	1.0	$

1986	29	MIL	AL	44.0	0	15	30	-2	.7	15	1.0	$60,000
1987	30	MIL	AL	26.1	2	30	19	-1	.6	-11	-0.9	$
8 Seasons				602.2	61	294	365	-15	.9	71	6.1	$60,000

TEX (3 yrs)				144.2	12	69	79	2	1.0	10	0.8	$
BOS (2 yrs)				117.0	4	54	75	-1	.8	21	1.3	$
OAK (2 yrs)				270.2	43	126	162	-13	1.0	36	3.9	$
MIL (2 yrs)				70.1	2	45	49	-3	.7	4	0.1	$60,000

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1974	17	SFG-min	Rk	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0		GRF · PION
1975	18	SFG-min	A	25	43	37	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	12	.135	.238	.162	.400	6		0	1	0		CDR · MIDW
1976	19	SFG-min	A	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0						CDR · MIDW
1977	20	SFG-min	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0		FRE · CALL
1978	21	OAK	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	22	TOT	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	22	OAK	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	22	TEX	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	23	TEX-min	AAA	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0		CHL · IL
1980	23	TEX	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1981	24	TEX	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1983	26	BOS	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	27	BOS	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1986	29	MIL-min	AAA	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	VAN · PCL
1986	29	MIL	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	30	MIL-min	AAA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	DEN · AA
1987	30	MIL	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8 Seasons				215	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

TEX (3 yrs)				74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (2 yrs)				64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (2 yrs)				48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
MIL (2 yrs)				29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1978	OAK	AL	21	P	33	30	7	186.0	28	8	16	4	0	.857	1.16	0.73	.954	1.90	1.88	5	10	67%
1979	TOT	AL	22	P	31	25	2	167.0	23	5	18	0	3	1.000	1.24	0.74	.949	1.92	1.89	10	7	41%
1979	OAK	AL	22	P	14	13	1	84.2	11	4	7	0	2	1.000	1.17	0.79	.949	1.92	1.89	4	3	43%
1979	TEX	AL	22	P	17	12	1	82.1	12	1	11	0	1	1.000	1.31	0.71	.949	1.92	1.89	6	4	40%
1980	TEX	AL	23	P	33	0	0	38.2	5	0	5	0	0	1.000	1.16	0.15	.956	1.86	1.85	1	1	50%
1981	TEX	AL	24	P	24	0	0	23.2	8	1	7	0	1	1.000	3.04	0.33	.962	1.98	1.98	0	1	100%
1983	BOS	AL	26	P	34	1	0	53.1	8	2	5	1	0	.875	1.18	0.21	.958	1.81	1.78	2	2	50%
1984	BOS	AL	27	P	30	3	0	63.2	8	0	8	0	0	1.000	1.13	0.27	.958	1.80	1.78	1	1	50%
1986	MIL	AL	29	P	19	0	0	44.0	6	2	3	1	0	.833	1.02	0.26	.957	1.82	1.81	2	2	50%
1987	MIL	AL	30	P	10	2	0	26.1	5	0	5	0	1	1.000	1.71	0.50	.956	1.85	1.82	1	2	67%
	8 Seasons			P	214	61	9	602.2	91	18	67	6	5	.934	1.27	0.40	.955	1.88	1.85	22	26	54%
	8 Seasons			TOT	214	61	9	602.2	91	18	67	6	5	.934	1.27	0.40	.955	1.88	1.85	22	26	54%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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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)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1978 AL 4 (5th)
Fielding % as P s c a p y 1980 AL 1.000 (1st) 1984 AL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 15th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
March 15, 1978: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with a player to be named later, Gary Alexander, Dave Heaverlo, Phil Huffman, Gary Thomasson, Alan Wirth and $300,000 to the Oakland Athletics for Vida Blue. The San Francisco Giants sent Mario Guerrero (April 7, 1978) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.
June 15, 1979: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Texas Rangers for Dave Chalk, Mike Heath and cash.
April 9, 1982: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Boston Red Sox for Mike Smithson.
April 1, 1985: Released by the Boston Red Sox.
April 11, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
July 26, 1985: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
August 26, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

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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
1978	21	Oakland Athletics	$20,000	5/13/78 TSN

1986	29	Milwaukee Brewers	$60,000	1986 USA Today survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$80,000

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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