Larry Johnson

Larry Doby Johnson

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 17, 1950 in Cleveland, OH
High School: East Tech HS (Cleveland, OH)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 9th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1972
Teams (by GP): Expos/WhiteSox/Indians 1972-1978

Final Game: May 25, 1978
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Standard Batting

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
1968	17	CLE-min	Rk	29	72	72		25	3	2	0						.347	.347	.444	.792		32							INS · GULF
1969	18	CLE-min	A,Rk,AA	94	282	280	1	74	7	0	5	1	0	0	2	2	.264	.270	.343	.612		96		0	0	0			SVL,INS,WBY · WCRS,GULF,EL
1970	19	CLE-min	A	89	329	293	36	76	13	5	2	31	6	3	32	56	.259	.335	.358	.694		105		2	1	1			REN · CALL
1971	20	JCK	AA	101	359	312	42	76	17	3	5	27	9	6	38	62	.244	.326	.365	.691		114		1	6	2			JCK · SOUL
1972	21	CLE-min	AA	115	377	334	33	80	16	4	7	47	2	4	38	51	.240	.315	.374	.689		125		0	2	3			ELM · EL
1972	21	CLE	AL	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	194	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1973	22	CLE-min	AAA,AA	91	295	278	11	84	18	4	10	14	2	0	12	17	.302	.332	.504	.836		140		1	3	1			OKC,SAN · AA,TL
1974	23	CLE-min	AAA	74	256	236	35	58	10	0	9	39	3	2	17	43	.246	.294	.403	.697		95		0	1	2			OKC · AA
1974	23	CLE	AL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	24	WSN-min	AAA	108	365	320	33	76	10	5	4	33	6	5	36	39	.238	.313	.338	.650		108		0	7	2			MEM · IL
1975	24	MON	NL	1	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.667	1.167	217	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1976	25	WSN-min	AAA	84	270	235	37	68	14	1	14	43	12	2	30	45	.289	.369	.536	.906		126		1	2	2			DEN · AA
1976	25	MON	NL	6	14	13	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.154	.154	.231	.385	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	/2

1977	26	WSN-min	AAA	94	327	280	54	78	15	5	8	38	4	2	44	34	.279	.377	.454	.831		127		1	1	1			DEN · AA
1978	27	CHW-min	AAA	112	425	368	44	95	13	1	13	52	15	2	46	54	.258	.341	.405	.746		149		3	3	5			IWA · AA
1978	27	CHW	AL	3	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.125	.222	.125	.347	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2D
1979	28	BAL-min	AAA	40	144	131	14	41	4	1	3	14	1	1	10	18	.313	.357	.427	.784		56		0	1	2			ROC · IL
1980	29	DET-BAL-min	AAA	91	319	270	39	67	10	0	11	43	7	2	45	29	.248	.352	.407	.760		110		0	1	3			EVN,ROC · AA,IL
1981	30	DET-min	AAA	101	329	290	42	76	18	1	9	32	2	5	25	28	.262	.315	.424	.739		123		1	5	8	3		EVN · AA
5 Yrs				12	29	26	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.192	.250	.269	.519	45	7	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	392	351	14	68	27	0	0	14	0	0	27	108	.192	.250	.269	.519	45	95	0	0	14	0	0

MON (2 yrs)				7	18	16	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.188	.235	.313	.548	51	5	0	0	1	0	0
CLE (2 yrs)				2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	194	1	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				3	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.125	.222	.125	.347	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				5	11	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.200	.273	.200	.473	36	2	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				7	18	16	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.188	.235	.313	.548	51	5	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1972	21	CLE	AL	1	2	0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.475	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2

1974	23	CLE	AL	1	0	0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.477	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
1975	24	MON	NL	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.601	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2
1976	25	MON	NL	6	14	-2	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.452	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/2

1978	27	CHW	AL	3	9	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.459	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2D
5 Seasons				12	29	-2	-0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.2	.470	.500	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$

MON (2 yrs)				7	18	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.474	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$
CLE (2 yrs)				2	2	0	-1	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.476	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
CHW (1 yr)				3	9	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.459	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1972	21	CLE	AL	2	1	1	26.9	86	1.000	.500	.251	.500	.320	.500	.362	1.000	.683	194	.975	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

1975	24	MON	NL	4	2	1	13.5	99	.500	.333	.270	.500	.342	.667	.390	1.167	.732	217	.889	0.6	0.1	1.500	.667	.333
1976	25	MON	NL	14	12	1	2.2	96	.182	.154	.268	.154	.336	.231	.382	.385	.718	6	.251	-1.6	-0.2	.273	.077	.077

1978	27	CHW	AL	9	7	0	0.0	94	.250	.125	.262	.222	.328	.125	.386	.347	.714	0	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.286	.125	.000
5 Yrs				29	22	3	3.7	95	.278	.192	.265	.250	.333	.269	.383	.519	.716	45	.443	-1.9	-0.2	.429	.154	.077
162 Game Avg.				392	297	41	3.7	95	.278	.192	.265	.250	.333	.269	.383	.519	.716	45	.443	-1.9	-0.2	.429	.154	.077

MON (2 yrs)				18	14	2	3.8	97	.231	.188	.269	.235	.337	.313	.384	.548	.721	51	.467	-1.0	-0.1	.462	.188	.125
CLE (2 yrs)				2	1	1	26.9	86	1.000	.500	.251	.500	.320	.500	.362	1.000	.683	194	.975	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
CHW (1 yr)				9	7	0	0.0	94	.250	.125	.262	.222	.328	.125	.386	.347	.714	0	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.286	.125	.000

NL (2 yrs)				18	14	2	3.8	97	.231	.188	.269	.235	.337	.313	.384	.548	.721	51	.467	-1.0	-0.1	.462	.188	.125
AL (3 yrs)				11	8	1	3.3	93	.400	.200	.260	.273	.326	.200	.382	.473	.708	36	.398	-0.9	-0.1	.375	.100	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1972	21	CLE	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0				50%

1975	24	MON	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	25.0%	100%	1.00	3.0		3.0		50%
1976	25	MON	NL	14	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	7.1%	50%		6.5			1.50	79%

1978	27	CHW	AL	9	0.0%	44.4%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	4.00	2.0			0.00	44%
5 Yrs				29	0.0%	27.6%	6.9%	6.9%	40%	4.00	3.3		26.0	1.00	62%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.3%	8.6%	6.1%	27%	1.54	6.7	47.3	8.8	1.09	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1972	21	CLE	AL	0.2	0.0	2	0.1	0.1	-0.0	1.48	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.94	0.2		0

1974	23	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1975	24	MON	NL	0.6	0.1	6	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.66	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.88	0.9		0
1976	25	MON	NL	-1.6	-0.2	14	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.27	-0.1	-0.1	-2.3	-0.2	1.08	-1.8		0

1978	27	CHW	AL	-1.1	-0.1	9	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.74	-0.1	0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.86	-1.1	3.58	0
5 Yrs				-1.9	-0.2	31	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	1.01	-0.1	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.97	-1.8		0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1972	21	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

1975	24	MON	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	25	MON	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1978	27	CHW	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				0	0	14%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1972	21	CLE	AL	2	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1975	24	MON	NL	4	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0
1976	25	MON	NL	14	0%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	2	1	50%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1978	27	CHW	AL	9	89%	1			0	0	0	0	3.58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				29	31%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	2	1	50%	15	1	7%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					55%																			77%			11%			34%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1972	21	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	194	1	0
1973	22	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	194	1	0
1974	23	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	194	1	0
1975	24	3	6	5	1	2	1	1	1	2	.400	.500	.600	1.100	208	3	0
1976	25	9	20	18	1	4	2	1	1	4	.222	.263	.333	.596	66	6	1
1977	26	9	20	18	1	4	2	1	1	4	.222	.263	.333	.596	66	6	1
1978	27	12	29	26	1	5	2	1	2	8	.192	.250	.269	.519	45	7	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1972	21	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	1	1

1975	24	1	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	.333	.500	.667	1.167	1	1
1976	25	6	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6

1978	27	3	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	3
4 Yrs		11	30	27	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	8	.111	.172	.148	.321	2	11
162 Game Avg.		162	442	398	0	44	15	0	0	15	0	29	118	.111	.172	.148	.321	29	11

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