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

Born: August 21, 1956 in Houston, TX
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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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
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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 OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1978 21 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Seasons 1 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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 OAK AL 21 P 33 30 186.0 28 8 16 4 0 .857 0.0 0.0 1.16 0.73 .957 1.90 0.85
1979 TOT AL 22 P 31 25 167.0 23 5 18 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.24 0.74 .948 1.92 0.81
1979 OAK AL 22 P 14 13 84.2 11 4 7 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.17 0.79 .945 1.92 0.81
1979 TEX AL 22 P 17 12 82.1 12 1 11 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.31 0.71 .950 1.92 0.81
1980 TEX AL 23 P 33 0 38.2 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.16 0.15 .960 1.86 0.77
1981 TEX AL 24 P 24 0 23.2 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.04 0.33 .962 1.98 0.81
1983 BOS AL 26 P 34 1 53.1 8 2 5 1 0 .875 0.0 0.0 1.18 0.21 .962 1.81 0.73
1984 BOS AL 27 P 30 3 63.2 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.13 0.27 .950 1.80 0.70
1986 MIL AL 29 P 19 0 44.0 6 2 3 1 0 .833 0.0 0.0 1.02 0.26 .967 1.82 0.68
1987 MIL AL 30 P 10 2 26.1 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.71 0.50 .960 1.85 0.67
8 Seasons P 214 61 602.2 91 18 67 6 5 .934 0.0 0.0 1.27 0.40 .956 1.88 0.76
8 Seasons TOT 214 61 602.2 91 18 67 6 5 .934 0.0 0.0 1.27 0.40 .890 1.88 0.76

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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Gray InkPitching - 2 (2749), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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 a player to be named later and 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 and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Milwaukee Brewers$60,000
Career (may be incomplete)$60,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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