John Johnstone
John William Johnstone
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 25, 1968 in Liverpool, NY
High School: Bishop Ludden (Syracuse, NY)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 20th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1993
Final Game: September 30, 2000
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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
1993 24 FLA NL 0 2 .000 5.91 7 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 16 8 7 1 7 0 5 0 0 1 54 73 2.156 13.5 0.8 5.9 4.2 0.71
1994 25 FLA NL 1 2 .333 5.91 17 0 7 0 0 0 21.1 23 20 14 4 16 5 23 1 0 0 105 74 1.828 9.7 1.7 6.8 9.7 1.44
1995 26 FLA NL 0 0 3.86 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 7 2 2 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 23 110 1.929 13.5 1.9 3.9 5.8 1.50
1996 27 HOU NL 1 0 1.000 5.54 9 0 6 0 0 0 13.0 17 8 8 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 60 70 1.692 11.8 1.4 3.5 3.5 1.00
1997 28 TOT MLB 0 0 3.28 18 0 3 0 0 0 24.2 22 9 9 1 14 0 19 4 0 0 112 128 1.459 8.0 0.4 5.1 6.9 1.36
1997 28 TOT NL 0 0 3.44 13 0 2 0 0 0 18.1 15 7 7 1 7 0 15 4 0 0 80 120 1.200 7.4 0.5 3.4 7.4 2.14
1997 28 SFG NL 0 0 2.20 10 0 2 0 0 0 16.1 12 4 4 0 6 0 14 4 0 0 70 187 1.102 6.6 0.0 3.3 7.7 2.33
1997 28 OAK AL 0 0 2.84 5 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 7 2 2 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 32 156 2.211 9.9 0.0 9.9 5.7 0.57
1997 28 SFG NL 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 31 2.000 13.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
1998 29 SFG NL 6 5 .545 3.07 70 0 13 0 0 0 88.0 72 32 30 10 38 8 86 1 0 4 370 131 1.250 7.4 1.0 3.9 8.8 2.26
1999 30 SFG NL 4 6 .400 2.60 62 0 11 0 0 3 65.2 48 24 19 8 20 5 56 1 1 2 262 165 1.036 6.6 1.1 2.7 7.7 2.80
2000 31 SFG NL 3 4 .429 6.30 47 0 9 0 0 0 50.0 64 35 35 11 13 2 37 2 0 0 222 68 1.540 11.5 2.0 2.3 6.7 2.85
8 Seasons 15 19 .441 4.01 234 0 52 0 0 3 278.0 269 138 124 38 115 21 234 9 1 7 1208 104 1.381 8.7 1.2 3.7 7.6 2.03
162 Game Avg. 4 6 .441 4.01 68 0 15 0 0 1 81 78 40 36 11 33 6 68 3 0 2 351 104 1.381 8.7 1.2 3.7 7.6 2.03
SFG (4 yrs) 13 15 .464 3.69 192 0 35 0 0 3 222.0 199 98 91 30 78 15 194 8 1 6 934 113 1.248 8.1 1.2 3.2 7.9 2.49
FLA (3 yrs) 1 4 .200 5.65 28 0 10 0 0 0 36.2 46 30 23 6 25 6 31 1 0 1 182 76 1.936 11.3 1.5 6.1 7.6 1.24
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 2.84 5 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 7 2 2 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 32 156 2.211 9.9 0.0 9.9 5.7 0.57
HOU (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 5.54 9 0 6 0 0 0 13.0 17 8 8 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 60 70 1.692 11.8 1.4 3.5 3.5 1.00
NL (8 yrs) 15 19 .441 4.04 229 0 51 0 0 3 271.2 262 136 122 38 108 21 230 9 1 7 1176 103 1.362 8.7 1.3 3.6 7.6 2.13
AL (1 yr) 0 0 2.84 5 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 7 2 2 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 32 156 2.211 9.9 0.0 9.9 5.7 0.57

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
1993 24 FLA NL 7 54 47 8 16 4 0 1 1 0 7 5 .340 .426 .489 .915 .366 23 1 0 0 0 0
1994 25 FLA NL 17 105 87 20 23 5 4 4 2 2 16 23 .264 .385 .552 .936 .317 48 0 1 1 0 5
1995 26 FLA NL 4 23 21 2 7 4 1 1 0 0 2 3 .333 .391 .762 1.153 .353 16 0 0 0 0 1
1996 27 HOU NL 9 60 53 8 17 1 0 2 0 0 5 5 .321 .367 .453 .819 .313 24 1 0 0 2 0
1997 28 OAK AL 5 32 24 2 7 2 0 0 4 0 7 4 .292 .438 .375 .813 .333 9 0 0 0 1 0
1997 28 SFG NL 13 80 64 7 15 5 0 1 3 1 7 15 .234 .333 .359 .693 .275 23 1 4 2 3 0
1997 28 TOT MLB 18 112 88 9 22 7 0 1 7 1 14 19 .250 .364 .364 .727 .292 32 1 4 2 4 0
1998 29 SFG NL 70 370 322 32 72 19 3 10 12 3 38 86 .224 .303 .394 .698 .268 127 3 1 4 5 8
1999 30 SFG NL 62 262 237 24 48 11 1 8 11 1 20 56 .203 .267 .359 .626 .231 85 4 1 4 0 5
2000 31 SFG NL 47 222 199 35 64 12 3 11 9 3 13 37 .322 .362 .578 .940 .342 115 4 2 4 4 2
8 Seasons 234 1208 1054 138 269 63 12 38 42 10 115 234 .255 .329 .446 .775 .290 470 14 9 15 15 21
162 Game Avg. 68 351 306 40 78 18 3 11 12 3 33 68 .255 .329 .446 .775 .290 137 4 3 4 4 6
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
1993 24 FLA NL 7 7 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 7 0.562 1 2 4 0 2 5 1 6 4 1 4 0 4.6 30
1994 25 FLA NL 17 17 7 1 2 0 0 0 3 3 8 2 25% 8 0.826 5 2 10 3 3 11 4 13 8 3 9 3 3.8 25
1995 26 FLA NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 0.265 0 0 4 1 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 3.5 20
1996 27 HOU NL 9 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 8 0.254 1 0 6 1 1 7 1 8 4 1 4 2 4.3 22
1997 28 TOT MLB 18 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 9 53% 0.327 1 3 13 5 0 13 8 10 8 4 9 3 4.2 22
1997 28 SFG NL 13 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 6 55% 6 0.392 1 3 8 3 0 10 5 8 6 3 6 3 4.3 22
1997 28 OAK AL 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 7 0.166 0 0 5 2 0 3 3 2 2 1 3 0 3.8 24
1998 29 SFG NL 70 70 13 6 5 1 0 1 0% 17 13 35 13 37% 7 1.016 24 14 32 25 11 34 23 47 28 17 30 18 3.8 21
1999 30 SFG NL 62 62 11 4 6 7 3 4 43% 35 28 20 6 30% 8 1.631 35 14 11 44 12 6 14 48 10 14 14 22 3.2 15
2000 31 SFG NL 47 47 9 3 4 3 0 3 0% 10 6 27 10 37% 8 1.162 19 10 18 20 9 18 15 32 13 12 16 9 3.2 17
8 Seasons 234 234 52 15 19 11 3 8 27% 66 51 115 44 38% 1.023 86 45 98 99 38 97 68 166 77 54 88 58 3.6 19

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%
1993 24 FLA NL 54 52% 1.9% 9.3% 13.0% 9.3% 31% 0.83 1.08 76% 17% 5.9% 26% 14 1 7%
1994 25 FLA NL 105 42% 3.8% 21.9% 15.2% 12.4% 57% 0.73 0.86 57% 22% 13.8% 22% 20 0 0%
1995 26 FLA NL 23 35% 4.4% 13.0% 8.7% 26.1% 86% 0.38 0.57 74% 22% 10.0% 23% 2 0 0%
1996 27 HOU NL 60 42% 3.3% 8.3% 8.3% 5.0% 18% 0.96 1.06 80% 18% 11.1% 31% 22 1 5%
1997 28 TOT MLB 112 39% 0.9% 17.0% 12.5% 7.1% 36% 0.49 0.67 64% 24% 3.0% 33% 28 1 4%
1997 28 SFG NL 80 35% 1.3% 18.8% 8.8% 7.5% 40% 0.44 0.67 64% 24% 4.2% 33% 22 1 5%
1997 28 OAK AL 32 50% 0.0% 12.5% 21.9% 6.3% 29% 0.62 0.67 66% 24% 0.0% 31% 6 0 0%
1998 29 SFG NL 370 42% 2.7% 23.2% 10.3% 8.7% 44% 0.50 0.68 62% 21% 8.0% 21% 75 3 4%
1999 30 SFG NL 262 37% 3.1% 21.4% 7.6% 7.6% 42% 0.40 0.56 66% 16% 8.4% 25% 34 4 12%
2000 31 SFG NL 222 39% 5.0% 16.7% 5.9% 11.7% 41% 0.54 0.83 70% 26% 13.1% 16% 37 4 11%
8 Seasons 1208 40% 3.2% 19.4% 9.5% 9.4% 42% 0.53 0.71 66% 21% 9.2% 23% 232 14 6%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1993 24 FLA NL 44 177 4.02 99 56% 30% 17% 19% 33% 70% 0% 39% 75% 34% 14% 6 3 11% 5 2 1 0% 0 3 10 0 0
1994 25 FLA NL 103 407 3.95 250 61% 23% 21% 31% 25% 77% 10% 47% 73% 62% 10% 10 3 25% 26 20 4 22% 4 2 2 0 0
1995 26 FLA NL 23 80 3.48 48 60% 27% 6% 29% 38% 73% 3% 44% 91% 52% 4% 1 0 13% 3 2 0 33% 2 0 0 0 0
1996 27 HOU NL 40 154 3.85 96 62% 13% 10% 42% 35% 88% 0% 55% 88% 50% 5% 2 0 20% 8 3 1 25% 1 2 20 0 0
1997 28 TOT MLB 105 381 3.63 225 59% 26% 16% 27% 31% 74% 0% 44% 78% 55% 11% 12 7 21% 22 11 2 33% 3 5 7 0 0
1997 28 SFG NL 73 263 3.60 163 62% 26% 17% 27% 30% 74% 0% 46% 77% 58% 8% 6 3 30% 22 11 2 36% 3 3 7 0 0
1997 28 OAK AL 32 118 3.69 62 53% 27% 13% 26% 34% 73% 0% 38% 82% 50% 19% 6 4 0% 0 0 0 25% 0 2 0 0 0
1998 29 SFG NL 370 1442 3.90 906 63% 21% 20% 32% 27% 79% 6% 50% 74% 56% 7% 26 9 23% 86 49 5 12% 16 9 0 0 0
1999 30 SFG NL 262 971 3.71 633 65% 22% 19% 29% 29% 78% 5% 51% 75% 55% 6% 15 7 23% 59 40 4 23% 8 3 0 0 0
2000 31 SFG NL 222 812 3.66 519 64% 20% 15% 32% 33% 80% 3% 51% 81% 57% 5% 10 4 31% 69 45 6 27% 7 4 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1169 4424 3.78 2776 63% 22% 18% 31% 29% 78% 4% 49% 77% 55% 7% 82 33 24% 278 172 23 20% 41 28 39 0 0
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
1993 24 FLA NL 54 16 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 2 0 50% 0 1 0 28 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1994 25 FLA NL 105 23 1 0 4 0 8 2 2 1 3 12 4 2 33% 3 0 1 33 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
1995 26 FLA NL 23 7 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 27 HOU NL 60 17 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 6 4 0 67% 1 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1997 28 TOT MLB 112 22 2 0 1 0 11 1 0 0 1 17 8 2 47% 1 0 0 46 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
1997 28 SFG NL 80 15 1 0 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 10 5 1 50% 1 0 0 34 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
1997 28 OAK AL 32 7 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 43% 0 0 0 12 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1998 29 SFG NL 370 72 11 1 10 0 9 5 5 6 4 28 12 4 43% 2 4 1 144 12 3 80% 12 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0
1999 30 SFG NL 262 48 1 1 8 1 6 4 4 4 4 12 2 6 17% 2 2 0 88 11 1 92% 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2000 31 SFG NL 222 64 3 1 11 0 7 6 5 6 5 16 13 0 81% 2 0 0 88 9 3 75% 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
8 Seasons 1208 269 23 3 38 1 45 20 18 18 20 95 45 14 47% 11 7 2 468 42 10 81% 38 7 4 2 0 1 3 1 28 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+
1993 24 0 2 .000 5.91 7 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 16 8 7 1 7 0 5 0 0 1 54 73 2.156 13.5 0.8 5.9 4.2 0.71 73
1994 25 1 4 .200 5.91 24 0 10 0 0 0 32.0 39 28 21 5 23 5 28 1 0 1 159 73 1.938 11.0 1.4 6.5 7.9 1.22 73
1995 26 1 4 .200 5.65 28 0 10 0 0 0 36.2 46 30 23 6 25 6 31 1 0 1 182 76 1.936 11.3 1.5 6.1 7.6 1.24 76
1996 27 2 4 .333 5.62 37 0 16 0 0 0 49.2 63 38 31 8 30 6 36 1 0 1 242 75 1.872 11.4 1.4 5.4 6.5 1.20 75
1997 28 2 4 .333 4.84 55 0 19 0 0 0 74.1 85 47 40 9 44 6 55 5 0 1 354 87 1.735 10.3 1.1 5.3 6.7 1.25 87
1998 29 8 9 .471 3.88 125 0 32 0 0 0 162.1 157 79 70 19 82 14 141 6 0 5 724 106 1.472 8.7 1.1 4.5 7.8 1.72 106
1999 30 12 15 .444 3.51 187 0 43 0 0 3 228.0 205 103 89 27 102 19 197 7 1 7 986 118 1.346 8.1 1.1 4.0 7.8 1.93 118
2000 31 15 19 .441 4.01 234 0 52 0 0 3 278.0 269 138 124 38 115 21 234 9 1 7 1208 104 1.381 8.7 1.2 3.7 7.6 2.03 104

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
1993 24 0 1 .000 4.91 11.0 15 7 6 1 7 5 0 2.000 12.3 5.7 4.1 0.71 0.8 7
1994 25 1 2 .333 5.23 31.0 32 20 18 6 22 33 1 1.742 9.3 6.4 9.6 1.50 1.7 17
1995 26 0 0 3.60 5.0 8 2 2 1 2 3 0 2.000 14.4 3.6 5.4 1.50 1.8 4
1996 27 0 1 .000 5.54 13.0 17 9 8 2 5 5 0 1.692 11.8 3.5 3.5 1.00 1.4 9
1997 28 1 1 .500 2.88 25.0 21 9 8 1 13 19 4 1.360 7.6 4.7 6.8 1.46 0.4 18
1998 29 5 4 .556 3.28 85.0 74 34 31 10 39 83 1 1.329 7.8 4.1 8.8 2.13 1.1 70
1999 30 5 2 .714 2.53 64.0 48 20 18 8 20 55 1 1.063 6.8 2.8 7.7 2.75 1.1 62
2000 31 1 4 .200 6.19 48.0 63 37 33 11 13 36 2 1.583 11.8 2.4 6.8 2.77 2.1 47
8 Seasons 13 15 .464 3.96 282.0 278 138 124 40 121 239 9 1.415 8.9 7.6 1.98 1.3 234

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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