Joel Johnston

Joel Raymond Johnston

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 218 lb.

Born: March 8, 1967 in West Chester, PA
School: Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1991
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Royals/RedSox 1991-1995

Final Game: May 12, 1995
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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
1988	21	KCR-min	A-	4	7	.364	5.20	14	14	0	0	0	0	64.0	64	49	37	1	34	0	64	7	6	7			1.531	9.0	0.1	4.8	9.0	1.88	EUG · NORW
1989	22	KCR-min	A	9	4	.692	4.92	26	26	0	0	0	0	131.2	135	84	72	6	63	2	76	11	5	8			1.504	9.2	0.4	4.3	5.2	1.21	BBC · FLOR
1990	23	KCR-min	A+,AA,AAA	2	4	.333	4.85	37	10	19	1	0	7	65.0	42	46	35	3	66	0	69	3	1	9			1.662	5.8	0.4	9.1	9.6	1.05	BBC,MEM,OMA · FLOR,SOUL,AA
1991	24	KCR-min	AAA	4	7	.364	5.21	47	0	27	0	0	8	74.1	60	43	43	12	42	2	63	1	0	6	318		1.372	7.3	1.5	5.1	7.6	1.50	OMA · AA
1991	24	KCR	AL	1	0	1.000	0.40	13	0	1	0	0	0	22.1	9	1	1	0	9	3	21	0	0	0	85	1045	0.806	3.6	0.0	3.6	8.5	2.33
1992	25	KCR-min	AAA	5	2	.714	6.39	42	0	22	0	0	2	74.2	80	54	53	9	45	2	48	4	1	6	342		1.674	9.6	1.1	5.4	5.8	1.07	OMA · AA
1992	25	KCR	AL	0	0		13.50	5	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	3	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	13	34	1.875	10.1	6.8	6.8	0.0	0.00
1993	26	PIT-min	AAA	1	3	.250	7.76	26	0	14	0	0	1	31.1	30	28	27	5	25	2	26	3	0	5	150		1.755	8.6	1.4	7.2	7.5	1.04	BFL · AA
1993	26	PIT	NL	2	4	.333	3.38	33	0	16	0	0	2	53.1	38	20	20	7	19	5	31	0	0	1	210	120	1.069	6.4	1.2	3.2	5.2	1.63
1994	27	TOR-PIT-min	AAA	0	2	.000	6.09	24	2	10	0	0	2	34.0	28	26	23	5	32	1	28	0	0	4	158		1.765	7.4	1.3	8.5	7.4	0.88	SYR,BFL · IL,AA
1994	27	PIT	NL	0	0		29.70	4	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	14	12	11	0	4	0	5	2	0	1	30	16	5.400	37.8	0.0	10.8	13.5	1.25
1995	28	BOS-COL-min	AAA	3	4	.429	6.47	48	0	19	0	0	6	64.0	80	47	46	5	31	1	53	4	1	3	300		1.734	11.2	0.7	4.4	7.5	1.71	PAW,CSP · IL,PCL
1995	28	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	11.25	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	5	5	1	3	0	4	1	0	0	18	47	1.250	4.5	2.3	6.8	9.0	1.33
5 Yrs				3	5	.375	4.31	59	0	18	0	0	2	85.2	66	42	41	10	37	8	61	3	0	3	356	97	1.202	6.9	1.1	3.9	6.4	1.65
162 Game Avg.				3	6	.375	4.31	68	0	21	0	0	2	99	76	48	47	12	43	9	70	3	0	3	410	97	1.202	6.9	1.1	3.9	6.4	1.65

KCR (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	1.80	18	0	2	0	0	0	25.0	12	5	5	2	11	3	21	0	0	1	98	236	0.920	4.3	0.7	4.0	7.6	1.91
PIT (2 yrs)				2	4	.333	4.92	37	0	16	0	0	2	56.2	52	32	31	7	23	5	36	2	0	2	240	83	1.324	8.3	1.1	3.7	5.7	1.57
BOS (1 yr)				0	1	.000	11.25	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	5	5	1	3	0	4	1	0	0	18	47	1.250	4.5	2.3	6.8	9.0	1.33

AL (3 yrs)				1	1	.500	3.10	22	0	2	0	0	0	29.0	14	10	10	3	14	3	25	1	0	1	116	141	0.966	4.3	0.9	4.3	7.8	1.79
NL (2 yrs)				2	4	.333	4.92	37	0	16	0	0	2	56.2	52	32	31	7	23	5	36	2	0	2	240	83	1.324	8.3	1.1	3.7	5.7	1.57

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
1991	24	KCR	AL	22.1	13	0	1	0.40	4.56	-0.14	-0.35	97.7	4.25	10	1.1	.9	-0.1	1.2	12	.581	.506	$
1992	25	KCR	AL	2.2	5	0	4	13.50	5.89	-0.12	-0.46	93.5	5.19	-2	-0.3	.9	0.0	-0.2	-2	.450	.498	$113,500
1993	26	PIT	NL	53.1	33	0	20	3.38	4.67	-0.08	-0.36	97.7	4.29	5	0.5	1.1	-0.1	0.8	11	.514	.503	$
1994	27	PIT	NL	3.1	4	0	12	32.40	4.80	0.38	-0.37	101.9	4.12	-10	-0.9	.6	0.2	-0.7	-10	.287	.495	$130,000
1995	28	BOS	AL	4.0	4	0	5	11.25	5.34	0.42	-0.40	99.3	4.49	-3	-0.3	.8	0.0	-0.2	-3	.433	.498	$
5 Seasons				85.2	59	0	42	4.41	4.71	-0.06	-0.36	97.8	4.31	-2	0.2	1.0	0.0	0.9	8	.503	.500	$243,500

KCR (2 yrs)				25.0	18	0	5	1.80	4.70	-0.14	-0.36	97.3	4.35	7	0.8	.9	-0.1	1.0	10	.544	.502	$113,500
PIT (2 yrs)				56.2	37	0	32	5.08	4.67	-0.06	-0.36	97.9	4.28	-6	-0.4	1.0	0.1	0.1	0	.490	.499	$130,000
BOS (1 yr)				4.0	4	0	5	11.25	5.34	0.42	-0.40	99.3	4.49	-3	-0.3	.8	0.0	-0.2	-3	.433	.498	$

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
1991	24	KCR	AL	13	85	75	1	9	1	0	0	1	1	9	21	.120	.214	.133	.348	.167	10	1	0	1	0	3	2
1992	25	KCR	AL	5	13	11	4	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	.273	.385	.818	1.203	.111	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	26	PIT	NL	33	210	187	20	38	10	1	7	2	1	19	31	.203	.277	.380	.656	.208	71	4	0	4	0	5	1
1994	27	PIT	NL	4	30	24	12	14	4	0	0	2	0	4	5	.583	.667	.750	1.417	.737	18	0	2	0	0	0	1
1995	28	BOS	AL	4	18	14	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.143	.333	.357	.690	.111	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				59	356	311	42	66	15	1	10	5	2	37	61	.212	.302	.363	.665	.233	113	5	3	5	0	8	4
162 Game Avg.				68	410	358	48	76	17	1	12	6	2	43	70	.212	.302	.363	.665	.233	130	6	3	6	0	9	5
MLB Averages																.262	.331	.400	.731	.292

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1991	24	KCR	AL	9.4	1.0	88	1.0	1.4	-0.3	.76	0.9	0.5	12.7	1.3	0.76	11.5	2	5	6
1992	25	KCR	AL	-2.4	-0.2	14	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.49	-0.2	-0.4	-2.3	-0.2	0.49	-2.1	1	1	3
1993	26	PIT	NL	5.2	0.5	215	-0.0	4.2	-4.2	1.22	0.6	-0.6	8.2	0.8	1.22	9.7	12	5	14
1994	27	PIT	NL	-9.0	-0.8	35	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.65	-0.5	0.0	-10.6	-0.9	0.65	-8.1	0	2	2
1995	28	BOS	AL	-2.4	-0.2	18	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.40	-0.1	-0.4	-0.9	-0.1	0.40	-0.2	1	1	2
5 Yrs				0.8	0.2	370	0.3	6.0	-5.7	.99	0.7	-0.4	7.0	0.9	0.99	10.8	16	14	27

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1991	24	KCR	AL	13	13	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	3	10	0	0%	6	.758	2	5	6	5	1	7	6	7	8	3	8	1	5.2	26
1992	25	KCR	AL	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	1	25%	6	.487	1	1	3	0	1	4	3	2	1	4	1	2	1.6	10
1993	26	PIT	NL	33	33	16	2	4	3	2	1	67%	8	5	14	2	14%	8	1.216	12	5	14	10	8	15	9	24	18	8	19	2	4.8	22
1994	27	PIT	NL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.651	0	2	2	0	1	3	0	4	1	3	1	1	2.5	28
1995	28	BOS	AL	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.402	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	4	1	2	2	1	3.0	16
5 Yrs				59	59	18	3	5	3	2	1	67%	11	8	28	3	11%		.991	16	14	27	16	13	30	18	41	29	20	31	7	4.4	22

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1991	24	KCR	AL	85	59%	0.0%	24.7%	10.6%	1.2%	11%	0.86	0.96	64%	9%	0.0%	24%	16	1	6%
1992	25	KCR	AL	13	69%	15.4%	0.0%	15.4%	15.4%	67%	0.57	0.60	69%	9%	28.6%	0%	1	0	0%
1993	26	PIT	NL	210	59%	3.3%	14.8%	9.1%	8.6%	47%	0.62	0.93	71%	16%	8.9%	17%	27	4	15%
1994	27	PIT	NL	30	60%	0.0%	16.7%	13.3%	13.3%	29%	0.89	1.00	63%	42%	0.0%	0%	15	0	0%
1995	28	BOS	AL	18	50%	5.6%	22.2%	16.7%	5.6%	50%	0.25	0.33	50%	20%	20.0%	38%	2	0	0%
5 Yrs				356	59%	2.8%	17.1%	10.4%	7.3%	39%	0.66	0.88	67%	16%	8.2%	18%	61	5	8%
MLB Averages					42%	2.3%	15.4%	8.8%	7.1%	31%	0.82	1.08	72%	21%	6.8%	16%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1991	24	KCR	AL	86	343	3.99	207	60%	24%	18%	31%	27%	76%	9%	46%	76%	58%	7%	6	3	26%	22	11	0	24%	4	0	-1	0	0
1992	25	KCR	AL	13	48	3.69	25	52%	36%	4%	16%	44%	64%	0%	33%	94%	31%	8%	1	1	31%	4	2	0		0	0	0	0	0
1993	26	PIT	NL	204	706	3.46	435	62%	20%	15%	29%	35%	80%	6%	49%	80%	51%	7%	15	8	20%	40	22	2	39%	8	2	6	0	3
1994	27	PIT	NL	30	111	3.70	60	54%	18%	15%	35%	32%	82%	0%	44%	82%	40%	10%	3	2	7%	2	2	2	40%	0	1	0	0	0
1995	28	BOS	AL	18	65	3.61	35	54%	14%	26%	31%	29%	86%	0%	46%	70%	50%	0%	0	0	22%	4	1	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				351	1273	3.63	762	60%	21%	16%	30%	33%	79%	6%	47%	79%	51%	7%	25	14	21%	72	38	4	34%	12	3	5	0	3
MLB Averages						3.67		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			19%				27%

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
1991	24	KCR	AL	85	9	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0%	2	0	1	33	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
1992	25	KCR	AL	13	3	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	200%	0	1	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1993	26	PIT	NL	210	38	3	1	7	0	4	3	4	6	1	3	0	2	0%	1	1	1	60	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1994	27	PIT	NL	30	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	200%	1	1	0	22	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1995	28	BOS	AL	18	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				356	66	10	1	10	0	9	5	5	7	3	8	4	4	50%	4	3	2	121	5	2	71%	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1991	24	1	0	1.000	0.40	13	1	0	22.1	9	1	1	0	9	3	21	0	0	85	1045	0.806	3.6	0.0	3.6	8.5	2.33	1045
1992	25	1	0	1.000	1.80	18	2	0	25.0	12	5	5	2	11	3	21	0	1	98	236	0.920	4.3	0.7	4.0	7.6	1.91	236
1993	26	3	4	.429	2.87	51	18	2	78.1	50	25	25	9	30	8	52	0	2	308	143	1.021	5.7	1.0	3.4	6.0	1.73	143
1994	27	3	4	.429	3.97	55	18	2	81.2	64	37	36	9	34	8	57	2	3	338	104	1.200	7.1	1.0	3.7	6.3	1.68	104
1995	28	3	5	.375	4.31	59	18	2	85.2	66	42	41	10	37	8	61	3	3	356	97	1.202	6.9	1.1	3.9	6.4	1.65	97

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
1991	24	2	0	1.000	0.39	23.0	8	1	1	0	8	22	0	0.696	3.1	3.1	8.6	2.75	0.0	13
1992	25	0	0		12.00	3.0	3	4	4	2	2	0	0	1.667	9.0	6.0	0.0	0.00	6.0	5
1993	26	3	2	.600	3.53	51.0	38	22	20	7	19	30	0	1.118	6.7	3.4	5.3	1.58	1.2	33
1994	27	0	0		27.00	5.0	19	17	15	0	5	8	3	4.800	34.2	9.0	14.4	1.60	0.0	4
1995	28	0	0		10.80	5.0	2	7	6	1	3	5	1	1.000	3.6	5.4	9.0	1.67	1.8	4
5 Yrs		5	2	.714	4.76	87.0	70	51	46	10	37	65	4	1.230	7.2		6.7	1.76	1.0	59

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