Joe Johnson

Joseph Richard Johnson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 30, 1961 in Brookline, MA
High School: King Philip HS (Wrentham, MA)
School: University of Maine at Orono (Orono, ME)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1985
Teams (by GP): Braves/BlueJays 1985-1987

Final Game: June 21, 1987
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Standard Pitching

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
1982	20	ATL-min	AA	2	1	.667	3.77	6	3	3	2	1	0	28.2	32	14	12	3	10	0	15	0	0	0			1.465	10.0	0.9	3.1	4.7	1.50	SAV · SOUL
1983	21	ATL-min	AA,AAA	10	9	.526	3.88	27	27	0	7	2	0	162.1	169	86	70	10	62	3	96	2	0	8			1.423	9.4	0.6	3.4	5.3	1.55	SAV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1984	22	ATL-min	AA,AAA	8	12	.400	3.99	28	27	0	7	3	0	171.1	182	88	76	13	45	0	83	6	0	7			1.325	9.6	0.7	2.4	4.4	1.84	GRV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1985	23	ATL-min	AAA,AA	13	4	.765	3.01	21	20	0	6	1	0	131.2	138	52	44	7	22	0	79	4	0	2			1.215	9.4	0.5	1.5	5.4	3.59	RMD,GRV · IL,SOUL
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	94	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	109	1.318	9.6	0.3	2.3	4.0	1.77
1987	25	TOR-min	AAA	6	4	.600	4.26	13	13	0	0	0	0	76.0	88	41	36	7	18	1	24	3	1	1			1.395	10.4	0.8	2.1	2.8	1.33	SYR · IL
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
1988	26	ANA-min	AAA	11	11	.500	5.96	27	27	0	2	1	0	155.2	193	115	103	19	56	2	63	8	0	5			1.600	11.2	1.1	3.2	3.6	1.13	EDM · PCL
1990	28	BOS-min	AAA	6	7	.462	5.16	29	27	2	2	0	1	171.0	213	107	98	24	35	3	70	10	1	7			1.450	11.2	1.3	1.8	3.7	2.00	PAW · IL
3 Yrs				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

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
1985	23	ATL	NL	85.2	15	14	44	4.62	4.00	-0.18	0.12	105.4	4.54	-1	-0.2	.4	-0.1	0.5	7	.490	.499	$
1986	24	ATL	NL	87.0	17	15	58	6.00	4.22	-0.33	0.13	105.3	4.93	-11	-1.1	1.4	-0.0	-0.5	-2	.434	.493	$105,000
1986	24	TOR	AL	88.0	16	15	39	3.99	4.58	0.08	0.15	100.9	4.69	7	0.7	1.6	-0.0	1.4	16	.544	.504	$
1987	25	TOR	AL	66.2	14	14	44	5.94	4.92	0.37	0.17	100.6	4.75	-9	-0.8		-0.0	-0.3	-1	.441	.495	$
3 Seasons				327.1	62	58	185	5.09	4.40	-0.04	0.14	103.2	4.73	-14	-1.4	1.2	-0.2	1.1	21	.478	.498	$105,000

ATL (2 yrs)				172.2	32	29	102	5.32	4.11	-0.26	0.13	105.4	4.74	-12	-1.3	1.1	-0.1	0.0	5	.460	.496	$105,000
TOR (2 yrs)				154.2	30	29	83	4.83	4.73	0.20	0.16	100.8	4.71	-2	-0.1	1.6	-0.1	1.1	15	.496	.500	$

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
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	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	2
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	7
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	9
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	2
3 Yrs				62	1414	1283	185	367	64	9	30	22	13	99	149	.286	.340	.420	.760	.303	539	29	10	13	9	10	15
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	9
MLB Averages																.259	.327	.401	.727	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
1985	23	ATL	NL	-2.3	-0.2	382	-0.3	6.9	-7.2	1.07	-1.0	0.7	-3.7	-0.4	1.07	-9.0	0	1
1986	24	TOT	MLB	-5.6	-0.6	776	-0.1	12.6	-12.7	.98	0.3	-0.4	-11.9	-1.1	0.98	2.0	2	1
1986	24	ATL	NL	-10.9	-1.1	402	-1.0	6.3	-7.2	1.00	-0.9	-0.0	-16.5	-1.6	1.00	-11.7	1	1
1986	24	TOR	AL	5.3	0.5	374	0.8	6.3	-5.5	.96	1.2	-0.4	4.7	0.5	0.96	13.7	1	0
1987	25	TOR	AL	-5.2	-0.5	300	-0.6	4.5	-5.1	.95	-0.2	-0.4	-7.8	-0.7	0.95	-3.1	0	0
3 Yrs				-13.2	-1.3	1458	-1.0	24.0	-25.0	1.00	-0.8	-0.1	-23.3	-2.2	1.00	-10.0	2	2

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
1985	23	ATL	NL	15	14	4	4	6	0	1	8	6	.571	2	2	1	0	9	64%	47.4	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%	0.0	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%	45.7	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%	50.3	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%	44.4	65	20	13	3	0	3	4.8	4.4	4.8
3 Yrs				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													.500						50%	50	98	-3					4.5	4.5	6.2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1985	23	ATL	NL	15	1	0	0	0	0		6	1.069	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	9.0
1986	24	TOT	MLB	33	3	1	1	5	4	80%		.984	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	4.7
1986	24	ATL	NL	17	2	1	1	2	1	50%	4	1.002	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4.0
1986	24	TOR	AL	16	1	0	0	3	3	100%	2	.964	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	6.0
2 Yrs				48	4	1	1	5	4	80%		1.011	2	2	1	3	2	2	3	3	5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1985	23	ATL	NL	367	54%	2.5%	9.3%	6.5%	7.6%	30%	1.20	80%	65	9	14%
1986	24	TOT	MLB	758	44%	1.5%	11.6%	7.5%	5.8%	23%	1.25	78%	158	16	10%
1986	24	ATL	NL	390	44%	2.1%	12.6%	9.0%	7.4%	29%	1.78	75%	80	6	8%
1986	24	TOR	AL	368	45%	0.8%	10.6%	6.0%	4.1%	16%	0.91	81%	78	10	13%
1987	25	TOR	AL	289	46%	3.5%	9.3%	6.2%	10.7%	40%	1.29	80%	45	4	9%
3 Yrs				1414	47%	2.1%	10.5%	7.0%	7.3%	28%	1.25	79%	268	29	11%
MLB Averages					40%	2.5%	15.0%	8.8%	7.1%	31%	1.09	72%			11%

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
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	0	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	0	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	0	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 Yrs				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	0	0	27	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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	85.2	95	44	39	9	24	5	34	3	0	2	367	94	1.389	10.0	0.9	2.5	3.6	1.42	94
1986	24	17	13	.567	4.32	48	44	1	3	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	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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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	5	.444	4.44	81.0	96	44	40	9	24	32	3	1.481	10.7	2.7	3.6	1.33	1.0	15
1986	24	8	10	.444	4.63	167.0	195	96	86	11	57	84	5	1.509	10.5	3.1	4.5	1.47	0.6	33
1987	25	3	4	.429	5.20	64.0	76	41	37	10	18	26	2	1.469	10.7	2.5	3.7	1.44	1.4	14
3 Yrs		15	19	.441	4.70	312.0	367	181	163	30	99	142	10	1.494	10.6		4.1	1.43	0.9	62

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