Joe Johnson
Joseph Richard Johnson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 30, 1961 in Brookline, MA
School: University of Maine
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1985
Final Game: June 21, 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
1985 23 ATL NL 4 4 .500 4.10 15 14 0 1 0 0 85.2 95 44 39 9 24 5 34 3 0 2 367 93 1.389 10.0 0.9 2.5 3.6 1.42
1986 24 TOT MLB 13 9 .591 4.42 33 30 1 2 0 0 175.0 195 97 86 11 57 5 88 5 1 3 758 93 1.440 10.0 0.6 2.9 4.5 1.54
1986 24 ATL NL 6 7 .462 4.97 17 15 1 2 0 0 87.0 101 58 48 8 35 4 49 2 1 1 390 80 1.563 10.4 0.8 3.6 5.1 1.40
1986 24 TOR AL 7 2 .778 3.89 16 15 0 0 0 0 88.0 94 39 38 3 22 1 39 3 0 2 368 110 1.318 9.6 0.3 2.3 4.0 1.77
1987 25 TOR AL 3 5 .375 5.13 14 14 0 0 0 0 66.2 77 44 38 10 18 0 27 2 0 3 289 88 1.425 10.4 1.4 2.4 3.6 1.50
3 Seasons 20 18 .526 4.48 62 58 1 3 0 0 327.1 367 185 163 30 99 10 149 10 1 8 1414 92 1.424 10.1 0.8 2.7 4.1 1.51
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .526 4.48 35 33 1 2 0 0 185 208 105 92 17 56 6 84 6 1 5 801 92 1.424 10.1 0.8 2.7 4.1 1.51
ATL (2 yrs) 10 11 .476 4.53 32 29 1 3 0 0 172.2 196 102 87 17 59 9 83 5 1 3 757 86 1.477 10.2 0.9 3.1 4.3 1.41
TOR (2 yrs) 10 7 .588 4.42 30 29 0 0 0 0 154.2 171 83 76 13 40 1 66 5 0 5 657 99 1.364 10.0 0.8 2.3 3.8 1.65
AL (2 yrs) 10 7 .588 4.42 30 29 0 0 0 0 154.2 171 83 76 13 40 1 66 5 0 5 657 99 1.364 10.0 0.8 2.3 3.8 1.65
NL (2 yrs) 10 11 .476 4.53 32 29 1 3 0 0 172.2 196 102 87 17 59 9 83 5 1 3 757 86 1.477 10.2 0.9 3.1 4.3 1.41

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
1985 23 ATL NL 15 367 333 44 95 15 4 9 9 3 24 34 .285 .336 .435 .772 .294 145 9 3 4 3 5
1986 24 ATL NL 17 390 349 58 101 20 1 8 5 4 35 49 .289 .357 .421 .778 .317 147 6 2 3 1 4
1986 24 TOR AL 16 368 335 39 94 10 2 3 2 3 22 39 .281 .327 .349 .676 .306 117 10 3 4 4 1
1986 24 TOT MLB 33 758 684 97 195 30 3 11 7 7 57 88 .285 .342 .386 .728 .312 264 16 5 7 5 5
1987 25 TOR AL 14 289 266 44 77 19 2 10 6 3 18 27 .289 .338 .489 .827 .291 130 4 2 2 1 0
3 Seasons 62 1414 1283 185 367 64 9 30 22 13 99 149 .286 .340 .420 .760 .303 539 29 10 13 9 10
162 Game Avg. 35 801 727 105 208 36 5 17 12 7 56 84 .286 .340 .420 .760 .303 305 16 6 7 5 6
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
1985 23 ATL NL 15 14 4 4 6 0 1 8 6 .571 2 2 1 0 9 64% 47 72 18 5 2 5 5 4.3 3.6 5.9
1986 24 TOT MLB 33 30 13 8 9 2 0 17 12 .586 3 3 2 0 13 43% 48 79 18 37 13 8 12 4.7 4.3 5.7
1986 24 ATL NL 17 15 6 6 3 1 0 8 7 .533 0 2 2 0 5 33% 46 79 18 15 5 7 4 4.4 3.3 5.6
1986 24 TOR AL 16 15 7 2 6 1 0 9 5 .643 3 1 0 0 8 53% 50 71 21 22 8 1 8 4.9 5.2 5.7
1987 25 TOR AL 14 14 3 5 6 2 1 8 6 .571 0 4 0 0 3 21% 44 65 20 13 3 0 3 4.8 4.4 4.8
3 Seasons 62 58 20 17 21 4 2 33 24 .579 5 9 3 0 25 43% 47 79 18 55 18 13 20 4.6 4.2 5.5
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
1985 23 ATL NL 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.059 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1986 24 TOT MLB 33 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 0.989 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 4.7
1986 24 ATL NL 17 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 1.008 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1986 24 TOR AL 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 2 0.969 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.0
2 Seasons 48 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 1.012 2 0 2 0 1 3 2 2 3 0 3 0 5.8

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%
1985 23 ATL NL 367 46% 2.5% 9.3% 6.5% 7.6% 30% 1.20 80% 65 9 14%
1986 24 TOT MLB 758 56% 1.5% 11.6% 7.5% 5.8% 23% 1.25 78% 158 16 10%
1986 24 ATL NL 390 56% 2.1% 12.6% 9.0% 7.4% 29% 1.78 75% 80 6 8%
1986 24 TOR AL 368 55% 0.8% 10.6% 6.0% 4.1% 16% 0.91 81% 78 10 13%
1987 25 TOR AL 289 54% 3.5% 9.3% 6.2% 10.7% 40% 1.29 80% 45 4 9%
3 Seasons 1414 53% 2.1% 10.5% 7.0% 7.3% 28% 1.25 79% 268 29 11%
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
1985 23 ATL NL 367 95 9 0 7 4 5 7 2 23 10 3 43% 4 2 0 131 9 3 75% 7 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 8 0
1986 24 TOT MLB 758 195 11 0 13 4 7 5 6 50 34 5 68% 9 3 2 275 7 7 50% 6 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 14 0
1986 24 ATL NL 390 101 8 0 7 4 4 3 5 26 14 4 54% 7 1 2 148 5 4 56% 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 8 0
1986 24 TOR AL 368 94 3 0 6 0 3 2 1 24 20 1 83% 2 2 0 127 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1987 25 TOR AL 289 77 10 1 3 6 4 8 2 12 10 1 83% 2 3 1 93 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
3 Seasons 1414 367 30 1 23 14 16 20 10 85 54 9 64% 15 8 3 499 22 13 63% 19 9 3 2 0 2 2 0 27 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+
1985 23 4 4 .500 4.10 15 14 0 1 0 0 85.2 95 44 39 9 24 5 34 3 0 2 367 93 1.389 10.0 0.9 2.5 3.6 1.42 93
1986 24 17 13 .567 4.32 48 44 1 3 0 0 260.2 290 141 125 20 81 10 122 8 1 5 1125 93 1.423 10.0 0.7 2.8 4.2 1.51 93
1987 25 20 18 .526 4.48 62 58 1 3 0 0 327.1 367 185 163 30 99 10 149 10 1 8 1414 92 1.424 10.1 0.8 2.7 4.1 1.51 92

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1985 23 4 4 .500 4.44 81.0 97 44 40 9 25 32 3 1.506 10.8 2.8 3.6 1.28 1.0 15
1986 24 8 10 .444 4.63 167.0 194 96 86 11 57 84 5 1.503 10.5 3.1 4.5 1.47 0.6 33
1987 25 3 4 .429 5.06 64.0 76 40 36 10 18 26 2 1.469 10.7 2.5 3.7 1.44 1.4 14
3 Seasons 15 18 .455 4.67 312.0 367 180 162 30 100 142 10 1.497 10.6 4.1 1.42 0.9 62

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