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Kelly Johnson

Kelly Andrew Johnson

Positions: Second Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 22, 1982 in Austin, TX
High School: Westwood (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (38th pick) of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 29, 2005
Teams (by GP): Braves/Diamondbacks/BlueJays 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$5.85M (11), 1 yr/$6.38M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.127, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Mike Milchin SFX [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 12:10AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1085. Frank LaPorte… #1086. Ray Knight… #1087. Bud Harrelson… #1088. KELLY JOHNSON… #1089. Cookie Lavagetto… #1090. Jake Stahl… #1091. Dick Wakefield… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2005 23 ATL NL 87 334 290 46 70 12 3 9 40 2 1 40 75 .241 .334 .397 .731 91 115 11 1 2 1 1
2007 25 ATL NL 147 608 521 91 144 26 10 16 68 9 5 79 117 .276 .375 .457 .831 116 238 8 4 2 2 3 *4
2008 26 ATL NL 150 614 547 86 157 39 6 12 69 11 6 52 113 .287 .349 .446 .795 109 244 3 2 9 4 2 *4
2009 27 ATL NL 106 346 303 47 68 20 3 8 29 7 2 32 54 .224 .303 .389 .692 82 118 4 3 6 2 1 4
2010 28 ARI NL 154 671 585 93 166 36 5 26 71 13 7 79 148 .284 .370 .496 .865 127 290 12 2 3 2 1 *4
2011 29 TOT MLB 147 613 545 75 121 27 7 21 58 16 6 60 163 .222 .304 .413 .717 93 225 3 4 4 0 2 *4
2011 29 TOR AL 33 132 115 16 31 4 2 3 9 3 3 16 31 .270 .364 .417 .781 110 48 0 1 0 0 0 44
2011 29 ARI NL 114 481 430 59 90 23 5 18 49 13 3 44 132 .209 .287 .412 .699 88 177 3 3 4 0 2 44
6 Seasons 791 3186 2791 438 726 160 34 92 335 58 27 342 670 .260 .343 .441 .784 106 1230 41 16 26 11 10
162 Game Avg. 162 653 572 90 149 33 7 19 69 12 6 70 137 .260 .343 .441 .784 106 252 8 3 5 2 2
ATL (4 yrs) 490 1902 1661 270 439 97 22 45 206 29 14 203 359 .264 .346 .430 .777 103 715 26 10 19 9 7
ARI (2 yrs) 268 1152 1015 152 256 59 10 44 120 26 10 123 280 .252 .335 .460 .795 111 467 15 5 7 2 3
TOR (1 yr) 33 132 115 16 31 4 2 3 9 3 3 16 31 .270 .364 .417 .781 110 48 0 1 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 758 3054 2676 422 695 156 32 89 326 55 24 326 639 .260 .342 .442 .784 106 1182 41 15 26 11 10
AL (1 yr) 33 132 115 16 31 4 2 3 9 3 3 16 31 .270 .364 .417 .781 110 48 0 1 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 23 ATL NL 334 -2 -1 0 0 9 -4 10 12 1.1 3 0.3 0.8 $
2007 25 ATL NL 608 15 1 1 1 5 3 17 43 4.3 38 3.8 0.5 $380,000 *4
2008 26 ATL NL 614 4 1 -2 3 8 3 17 34 3.5 26 2.7 0.8 $430,000 *4
2009 27 ATL NL 346 -7 1 -1 1 5 1 10 10 1.0 5 0.5 0.5 $2,825,000 4
2010 28 ARI NL 671 24 -4 -0 -1 3 3 19 43 4.2 40 3.9 0.3 $2,350,000 *4
2011 29 ARI NL 481 -9 0 -2 0 -3 2 13 2 0.2 5 0.5 -0.3 $5,850,000 44
2011 29 TOR AL 132 2 -1 1 1 1 1 4 9 0.9 8 0.8 0.1 $ 44
6 Seasons 3186 26 -2 -3 5 27 8 90 153 15.2 125 12.5 2.7 $11,835,000
ATL (4 yrs) 1902 10 2 -2 5 26 3 54 99 9.9 72 7.3 2.6 $3,635,000
ARI (2 yrs) 1152 15 -4 -2 -0 -1 5 32 45 4.4 45 4.4 -0.0 $8,200,000
TOR (1 yr) 132 2 -1 1 1 1 1 4 9 0.9 8 0.8 0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 23 ATL NL NLDS HOU L 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2005 ATL NL 23 OF 79 172 166 6 0 1 1.000 9 13 2.18 .984 2.16
2005 ATL NL 23 LF 79 73 66 648.1 172 166 6 0 1 1.000 9 13 16 24 2.39 2.18 .984 1.94 1.92
2005 ATL NL 23 DH 1 1
2007 ATL NL 25 2B 133 624 227 383 14 83 .978 5 1 4.59 .984 4.84
2008 ATL NL 26 2B 144 701 262 425 14 89 .980 8 -3 4.77 .982 4.80
2009 ATL NL 27 2B 84 367 135 222 10 56 .973 5 -3 4.25 .984 4.82
2010 ARI NL 28 2B 149 677 267 402 8 106 .988 3 2 4.49 .984 4.73
2010 ARI NL 28 DH 2 2
2011 TOT MLB 29 2B 141 138 134 1224.0 627 268 349 10 86 .984 -2 -2 -2 -1 4.54 4.38 .985 4.76 4.75
2011 ARI NL 29 2B 108 106 103 939.2 484 215 263 6 65 .988 -3 -4 -4 -5 4.58 4.43 .985 4.76 4.75
2011 TOR AL 29 2B 33 32 31 284.1 143 53 86 4 21 .972 1 2 5 8 4.40 4.21 .984 4.76 4.73
5 Seasons 2B 651 138 134 1224.0 2996 1159 1781 56 420 .981 18 -5 18 -4 4.54 4.52 .984 4.76 4.78
1 Season LF 79 73 66 648.1 172 166 6 0 1 1.000 9 13 16 24 2.39 2.18 .984 1.94 1.92
1 Season OF 79 172 166 6 0 1 1.000 9 13 24 2.18 .984 2.16
6 Seasons TOT 730 138 134 1224.0 3168 1325 1787 56 421 .982 27 21 27 20 4.54 4.26 .984 4.76 4.50
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2010 NL  671 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
2007 NL  10 (3rd)
Active  34 (42nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2010 NL  79 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2010 NL  67 (10th)

Assists† s c a p y
2008 NL  425 (4th)
2010 NL  402 (4th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
2007 NL  133 (5th)
2008 NL  144 (2nd)
2010 NL  149 (4th)
Active  651 (17th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
2008 NL  262 (5th)
2010 NL  267 (4th)
Active  1,159 (20th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
2007 NL  383 (4th)
2008 NL  425 (2nd)
2010 NL  402 (3rd)
Active  1,781 (18th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
2007 NL  14 (1st)
2008 NL  14 (2nd)
Active  56 (13th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
2008 NL  8 (3rd)
2009 NL  5 (5th)
Active  18 (16th)
Career  18 (74th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
2008 NL  5.16 (3rd)
2009 NL  4.90 (4th)
Active  4.54 (18th)
Career  4.54 (45th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
2008 NL  4.77 (5th)
Active  4.52 (16th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
2010 NL  .988 (5th)
Active  .981 (20th)
Career  .981 (78th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2044), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1771), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1506), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Marcus Giles (928)
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  5. Tim Teufel (924)
  6. Felix Mantilla (922)
  7. Edwin Encarnacion (912)
  8. Charlie Neal (910)
  9. Kelly Gruber (910)
  10. Eric Soderholm (907)
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  1. Damion Easley (944)
  2. Jeff Kent (940)
  3. Bill Hall (939)
  4. Gene Freese (937)
  5. Todd Zeile (936)
  6. David Bell (933)
  7. Bret Boone (930)
  8. Robby Thompson (929)
  9. Marcus Giles (928)
  10. Kelly Gruber (925)
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  3. Billy Werber (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jeff Kent (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Damion Easley (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200624Atlanta Braves$336,000
200725Atlanta Braves$380,000
200826Atlanta Braves$430,000
200927Atlanta Braves$2,825,000
201028Arizona Diamondbacks$2,350,000
201129Arizona Diamondbacks$5,850,000
201230Toronto Blue Jays$6,375,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$12,171,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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