Josh Johnson

Joshua Michael Johnson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: January 31, 1984 in Minneapolis, MN
High School: Jenks (Jenks, OK)
Drafted
by the Florida Marlins in the 4th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 2005
Team: Marlins 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 4 yrs/$39M (10-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.026, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Matt Sosnick [*]
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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
2005 21 FLA NL 0 0 3.65 4 1 0 0 0 0 12.1 11 5 5 0 10 0 10 1 0 0 55 112 1.703 8.0 0.0 7.3 7.3 1.00
2006 22 FLA NL 12 7 .632 3.10 31 24 1 0 0 0 157.0 136 63 54 14 68 6 133 4 1 3 659 140 1.299 7.8 0.8 3.9 7.6 1.96 RoY-4
2007 23 FLA NL 0 3 .000 7.47 4 4 0 0 0 0 15.2 26 17 13 1 12 3 14 0 0 1 82 60 2.426 14.9 0.6 6.9 8.0 1.17
2008 24 FLA NL 7 1 .875 3.61 14 14 0 1 0 0 87.1 91 36 35 7 27 1 77 1 0 4 365 121 1.351 9.4 0.7 2.8 7.9 2.85
2009 25 FLA NL 15 5 .750 3.23 33 33 0 2 0 0 209.0 184 77 75 14 58 6 191 6 0 10 855 133 1.158 7.9 0.6 2.5 8.2 3.29 AS
2010 26 FLA NL 11 6 .647 2.30 28 28 0 1 0 0 183.2 155 51 47 7 48 2 186 5 0 4 744 180 1.105 7.6 0.3 2.4 9.1 3.88 AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
2011 27 FLA NL 3 1 .750 1.64 9 9 0 0 0 0 60.1 39 13 11 2 20 2 56 1 1 2 234 239 0.978 5.8 0.3 3.0 8.4 2.80
7 Seasons 48 23 .676 2.98 123 113 1 4 0 0 725.1 642 262 240 45 243 20 667 18 2 24 2994 142 1.220 8.0 0.6 3.0 8.3 2.74
162 Game Avg. 14 7 .676 2.98 35 33 0 1 0 0 209 185 75 69 13 70 6 192 5 1 7 863 142 1.220 8.0 0.6 3.0 8.3 2.74

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2005 21 FLA NL 12.1 1 5 8 0 .8 3 0.2 $
2006 22 FLA NL 157.0 24 63 96 -1 1.1 33 3.4 $327,000 RoY-4
2007 23 FLA NL 15.2 4 17 10 -1 1.1 -7 -0.8 $382,000
2008 24 FLA NL 87.1 14 36 53 0 1.0 17 1.8 $390,000
2009 25 FLA NL 209.0 33 77 128 0 1.0 51 5.3 $1,400,000 AS
2010 26 FLA NL 183.2 28 51 112 -1 1.0 61 6.3 $3,750,000 AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
2011 27 FLA NL 60.1 9 13 37 -0 1.0 24 2.5 $7,750,000
7 Seasons 725.1 113 262 444 -4 1.0 182 18.7 $13,999,000

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2009 FLA NL 25
2010 FLA NL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

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
2005 21 FLA NL 4 55 43 5 11 1 0 0 5 1 10 10 .256 .407 .279 .686 .333 12 2 1 1 0 0 0
2006 22 FLA NL 31 659 576 63 136 24 5 14 9 8 68 133 .236 .321 .368 .689 .284 212 14 4 11 0 6 4
2007 23 FLA NL 4 82 67 17 26 3 1 1 1 1 12 14 .388 .475 .507 .982 .472 34 3 0 2 1 3 2
2008 24 FLA NL 14 365 331 36 91 8 5 7 5 2 27 77 .275 .331 .393 .723 .339 130 12 1 5 1 1 2
2009 25 FLA NL 33 855 776 77 184 22 6 14 18 8 58 191 .237 .294 .335 .629 .296 260 17 6 11 4 6 6
2010 26 FLA NL 28 743 677 51 155 32 6 7 15 8 48 186 .229 .282 .325 .607 .301 220 9 5 5 8 2 8
2011 27 FLA NL 9 234 211 13 39 8 0 2 5 3 20 56 .185 .258 .251 .509 .240 53 3 1 1 1 2 1
7 Seasons 123 2993 2681 262 642 98 23 45 58 31 243 667 .239 .305 .344 .649 .301 921 60 18 36 15 20 23
162 Game Avg. 35 862 772 75 185 28 7 13 17 9 70 192 .239 .305 .344 .649 .301 265 17 5 10 4 6 7
MLB Averages .263 .331 .416 .746 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2005 21 FLA NL 0.9 0.1 60 0.1 0.8 -0.7 .87 0.0 0.1 2.1 0.2 0.87 0.7 0 1 2
2006 22 FLA NL 20.3 2.0 680 1.2 12.7 -11.5 1.06 1.5 -0.3 17.8 1.8 1.06 16.9 1 4 2
2007 23 FLA NL -6.8 -0.6 84 -0.6 1.2 -1.8 1.12 -0.6 0.1 -9.0 -0.8 1.12 -7.6 0 0 0
2008 24 FLA NL 8.1 0.8 376 1.1 7.2 -6.2 1.04 0.3 0.7 8.7 0.9 1.04 4.2 0 0 0
2009 25 FLA NL 25.9 2.7 888 2.6 16.0 -13.4 1.03 2.8 -0.3 28.9 3.0 1.03 29.9 0 0 0
2010 26 FLA NL 37.3 4.1 772 3.7 14.3 -10.6 1.00 3.2 0.5 39.9 4.3 1.00 35.2 0 0 0
2011 27 FLA NL 14.6 1.7 242 1.4 4.3 -2.8 1.03 1.7 -0.3 15.5 1.8 1.03 15.9 0 0 0
7 Seasons 100.2 10.8 3102 9.5 56.5 -47.0 1.03 8.8 0.4 103.9 11.2 1.03 95.2 1 5 4

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2005 21 FLA NL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 55 55 55 6 4 0 1 5.6 3.6 5.3 100 0 0 1 0 100
2006 22 FLA NL 31 24 11 5 8 4 2 13 11 .542 5 3 0 0 14 58% 55 77 23 12 1 0 13 5.9 6.0 6.1 99 2 7 15 0 118
2007 23 FLA NL 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 62 15 1 0 0 2 2.5 1.3 3.9 80 2 2 0 0 94
2008 24 FLA NL 14 14 7 1 6 2 1 11 3 .786 2 4 1 0 10 71% 53 80 36 5 1 0 8 5.6 5.6 6.2 101 0 6 8 0 113
2009 25 FLA NL 33 33 15 5 13 1 3 22 11 .667 5 4 2 0 23 70% 57 80 34 19 6 0 14 4.9 5.2 6.3 100 0 14 19 0 119
2010 26 FLA NL 28 28 11 6 11 0 3 15 13 .536 6 2 1 0 23 82% 62 88 15 6 2 0 13 4.4 4.8 6.6 107 0 9 16 3 121
2011 27 FLA NL 9 9 3 1 5 0 0 6 3 .667 2 2 0 0 7 78% 65 82 45 5 2 0 6 4.0 4.1 6.7 104 0 4 5 0 117
7 Seasons 123 113 47 21 45 7 9 68 45 .602 21 15 4 0 77 68% 57 88 15 54 16 0 57 4.9 5.1 6.3 101 4 42 64 3 121
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -12 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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
2005 21 FLA NL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .866 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 3 0 7.0 41
2006 22 FLA NL 31 7 1 1 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 7 1.064 1 4 2 3 1 3 1 6 4 0 4 0 5.0 28
2 Seasons 35 10 1 1 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 1.049 1 5 4 3 1 6 1 9 6 0 7 0 5.6 32

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%
2005 21 FLA NL 55 38% 0.0% 18.2% 18.2% 1.8% 9% 0.65 1.17 60% 26% 0.0% 20% 12 2 17%
2006 22 FLA NL 659 51% 2.1% 20.2% 10.3% 6.5% 32% 0.88 1.14 65% 18% 6.9% 13% 121 14 12%
2007 23 FLA NL 82 49% 1.2% 17.1% 14.6% 6.1% 19% 0.93 2.56 65% 30% 4.0% 11% 29 3 10%
2008 24 FLA NL 365 45% 1.9% 21.1% 7.4% 5.5% 22% 0.94 1.49 68% 20% 6.0% 10% 80 12 15%
2009 25 FLA NL 855 46% 1.6% 22.3% 6.8% 4.9% 23% 1.00 1.32 67% 21% 5.6% 13% 176 17 10%
2010 26 FLA NL 744 51% 0.9% 25.0% 6.5% 6.1% 29% 0.89 1.12 66% 21% 3.1% 13% 108 9 8%
2011 27 FLA NL 234 44% 0.9% 23.9% 8.6% 4.3% 26% 1.04 1.18 66% 18% 3.0% 12% 37 3 8%
7 Seasons 2994 48% 1.5% 22.3% 8.1% 5.6% 26% 0.93 1.25 66% 20% 5.0% 13% 563 60 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12% 11%

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
2005 21 FLA NL 55 223 4.05 117 52% 24% 14% 33% 29% 76% 0% 40% 82% 36% 13% 7 5 7% 4 1 0 20% 1 2 0 0 0
2006 22 FLA NL 659 2573 3.90 1539 60% 28% 16% 27% 29% 72% 2% 43% 78% 55% 7% 46 27 19% 128 65 5 23% 22 13 0 0 0
2007 23 FLA NL 82 320 3.90 186 58% 27% 12% 31% 30% 73% 4% 43% 83% 56% 9% 7 5 24% 20 11 1 36% 3 0 0 0 0
2008 24 FLA NL 365 1407 3.85 897 64% 28% 15% 28% 29% 72% 1% 46% 79% 60% 5% 20 13 24% 86 38 6 23% 7 6 0 0 0
2009 25 FLA NL 855 3277 3.83 2113 64% 30% 16% 26% 28% 70% 2% 45% 78% 63% 4% 31 18 25% 213 95 5 27% 24 7 0 0 0
2010 26 FLA NL 744 2977 4.00 1946 65% 27% 20% 28% 26% 73% 1% 48% 73% 64% 4% 27 20 30% 225 95 6 27% 37 5 0 0 0
2011 27 FLA NL 235 940 4.00 590 63% 30% 15% 28% 27% 70% 2% 44% 78% 55% 6% 15 9 19% 45 23 2 34% 11 4 -1 0 0
7 Seasons 2995 11717 3.91 7388 63% 28% 17% 27% 28% 72% 2% 45% 77% 60% 5% 153 97 24% 721 328 25 27% 105 37 -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

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
2005 21 FLA NL 55 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0% 0 0 0 27 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 22 FLA NL 659 136 10 1 14 0 21 7 7 10 4 36 16 7 44% 4 3 1 234 9 8 53% 8 8 1 0 0 0 2 1 7 0
2007 23 FLA NL 82 26 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 13 9 0 69% 2 1 0 41 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2008 24 FLA NL 365 91 10 2 7 0 1 5 2 4 3 16 9 3 56% 2 4 0 146 5 2 71% 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
2009 25 FLA NL 855 184 18 1 14 1 8 11 3 5 9 35 20 7 57% 6 10 1 324 18 8 69% 16 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2010 26 FLA NL 744 155 16 0 7 0 5 3 4 2 5 32 15 6 47% 8 4 1 264 15 8 65% 15 5 0 1 0 2 1 1 15 0
2011 27 FLA NL 234 39 5 0 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 9 6 3 67% 1 2 0 71 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
7 Seasons 2994 642 59 4 45 1 44 27 18 23 22 143 75 26 52% 23 24 3 1107 58 31 65% 54 27 4 1 0 3 3 2 51 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
2005 21 0 0 3.65 4 1 0 0 0 0 12.1 11 5 5 0 10 0 10 1 0 0 55 112 1.703 8.0 0.0 7.3 7.3 1.00 112
2006 22 12 7 .632 3.14 35 25 1 0 0 0 169.1 147 68 59 14 78 6 143 5 1 3 714 137 1.329 7.8 0.7 4.1 7.6 1.83 137
2007 23 12 10 .545 3.50 39 29 1 0 0 0 185.0 173 85 72 15 90 9 157 5 1 4 796 123 1.422 8.4 0.7 4.4 7.6 1.74 123
2008 24 19 11 .633 3.54 53 43 1 1 0 0 272.1 264 121 107 22 117 10 234 6 1 8 1161 122 1.399 8.7 0.7 3.9 7.7 2.00 122
2009 25 34 16 .680 3.40 86 76 1 3 0 0 481.1 448 198 182 36 175 16 425 12 1 18 2016 127 1.294 8.4 0.7 3.3 7.9 2.43 127
2010 26 45 22 .672 3.10 114 104 1 4 0 0 665.0 603 249 229 43 223 18 611 17 1 22 2760 138 1.242 8.2 0.6 3.0 8.3 2.74 138
2011 27 48 23 .676 2.98 123 113 1 4 0 0 725.1 642 262 240 45 243 20 667 18 2 24 2994 142 1.220 8.0 0.6 3.0 8.3 2.74 142

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2005 21 0 1 .000 4.09 11.0 11 6 5 0 10 9 1 1.909 9.0 8.2 7.4 0.90 0.0 4
2006 22 10 6 .625 3.10 151.0 134 58 52 14 67 128 4 1.331 8.0 4.0 7.6 1.91 0.8 31
2007 23 0 1 .000 7.80 15.0 25 14 13 1 12 13 0 2.467 15.0 7.2 7.8 1.08 0.6 4
2008 24 5 4 .556 3.69 83.0 89 38 34 7 26 73 1 1.386 9.7 2.8 7.9 2.81 0.8 14
2009 25 13 9 .591 3.24 203.0 182 81 73 14 57 186 6 1.177 8.1 2.5 8.2 3.26 0.6 33
2010 26 14 5 .737 2.36 179.0 155 52 47 7 48 181 5 1.134 7.8 2.4 9.1 3.77 0.4 28
2011 27 5 1 .833 1.89 57.0 40 13 12 2 21 53 1 1.070 6.3 3.3 8.4 2.52 0.3 9
7 Seasons 47 27 .635 3.04 699.0 636 262 236 45 241 643 18 1.255 8.2 8.3 2.67 0.6 123

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 NL (25, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1713th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 NL (5, 15%)
0.15 Career Shares (169th)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
2010 NL  5.8 (7th)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
2009 NL  5.3 (5th)
2010 NL  6.3 (3rd)
Active  18.7 (46th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2010 NL  2.30 (1st)

Wins s c a p y
2009 NL  15 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2009 NL  .750 (2nd)
2010 NL  .647 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 NL  1.158 (8th)
2010 NL  1.105 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 NL  7.595 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 NL  2.352 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 NL  9.114 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2009 NL  191 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
2009 NL  33 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2009 NL  3.293 (10th)
2010 NL  3.875 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 NL  0.603 (7th)
2010 NL  0.343 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2010 NL  180 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  26 (9th)
2010 NL  37 (4th)
Active  100 (31st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2009 NL  2.7 (9th)
2010 NL  4.0 (4th)
Active  10.7 (30th)
Career  10.7 (244th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
2010 NL  39.94 (5th)
Active  103.88 (32nd)
Career  103.88 (161st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
2010 NL  3.7 (7th)
Active  9.5 (46th)
Career  9.5 (206th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)s c a p y
2009 NL  2.8 (6th)
2010 NL  3.2 (4th)
Active  8.8 (34th)
Career  8.8 (172nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
2009 NL  3.0 (10th)
2010 NL  4.3 (4th)
Active  11.2 (31st)
Career  11.2 (151st)

Youngest s c a p y
2005 NL  born 1984-01-31 (10th)


Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 23 (975), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (827), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 28 (164), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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