Lamar Johnson
Lamar Johnson Sr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: September 2, 1950 in Bessemer, AL
High School: Wenonah (Birmingham, AL)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1974
Final Game: October 2, 1982
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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
1974 23 CHW AL 10 30 29 1 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .345 .333 .345 .678 94 10 3 0 0 1 0 /3D
1975 24 CHW AL 8 31 30 2 6 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 .200 .226 .400 .626 73 12 0 0 0 0 0 /3D
1976 25 CHW AL 82 248 222 29 71 11 1 4 33 2 1 19 37 .320 .372 .432 .805 135 96 11 2 1 4 1 D3/7
1977 26 CHW AL 118 401 374 52 113 12 5 18 65 1 1 24 53 .302 .342 .505 .847 128 189 15 0 0 3 3 D3
1978 27 CHW AL 148 551 498 52 136 23 2 8 72 6 5 43 46 .273 .329 .376 .705 98 187 17 2 1 7 2 3D
1979 28 CHW AL 133 526 479 60 148 29 1 12 74 8 2 41 56 .309 .363 .449 .812 119 215 23 2 0 4 1 3D
1980 29 CHW AL 147 596 541 51 150 26 3 13 81 2 3 47 53 .277 .331 .409 .740 102 221 15 0 1 7 5 3D
1981 30 CHW AL 41 142 134 10 37 7 0 1 15 0 2 5 14 .276 .298 .351 .649 89 47 5 0 1 2 1 3/D
1982 31 TEX AL 105 358 324 37 84 11 0 7 38 3 5 31 40 .259 .326 .358 .684 92 116 13 1 2 0 0 D3
9 Seasons 792 2883 2631 294 755 122 12 64 381 22 19 211 307 .287 .338 .415 .754 109 1093 102 7 6 28 13
162 Game Avg. 162 590 538 60 154 25 2 13 78 5 4 43 63 .287 .338 .415 .754 109 224 21 1 1 6 3
CHW (8 yrs) 687 2525 2307 257 671 111 12 57 343 19 14 180 267 .291 .340 .423 .763 111 977 89 6 4 28 13
TEX (1 yr) 105 358 324 37 84 11 0 7 38 3 5 31 40 .259 .326 .358 .684 92 116 13 1 2 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
1974 23 CHW AL 30 23 2 2.3 92 .370 .345 .262 .333 .327 .345 .376 .678 .703 94 .261 -0.3 -0.0 .455 .000 .000
1975 24 CHW AL 31 24 3 3.4 94 .208 .200 .260 .226 .331 .400 .382 .626 .713 73 .388 -1.2 -0.1 .542 .233 .200 .0
1976 25 CHW AL 248 168 34 5.5 87 .362 .320 .257 .372 .322 .432 .362 .805 .684 135 .640 10.4 1.1 .724 .203 .113 2.7
1977 26 CHW AL 401 280 59 5.6 100 .310 .302 .266 .342 .330 .505 .405 .847 .735 128 .589 12.6 1.2 .769 .267 .203 1.9
1978 27 CHW AL 551 392 59 4.0 94 .284 .273 .262 .329 .328 .376 .386 .705 .714 98 .467 -1.1 -0.1 .607 .191 .102 6.9
1979 28 CHW AL 526 360 73 5.4 102 .328 .309 .270 .363 .334 .449 .408 .812 .743 119 .563 13.0 1.3 .742 .238 .140 9.6
1980 29 CHW AL 596 417 71 4.6 99 .284 .277 .269 .331 .331 .409 .399 .740 .730 102 .499 1.7 0.2 .653 .216 .131 3.5
1981 30 CHW AL 142 107 12 3.0 87 .298 .276 .254 .298 .318 .351 .369 .649 .687 89 .364 -2.0 -0.2 .481 .097 .075 .0
1982 31 TEX AL 358 260 35 3.6 94 .278 .259 .258 .326 .321 .358 .393 .684 .715 92 .393 -3.0 -0.3 .566 .188 .099 4.2
9 Seasons 2883 2031 348 4.6 96 .302 .287 .264 .338 .328 .415 .394 .754 .722 109 .511 30.1 3.0 .658 .210 .128 32.7
162 Game Avg. 590 415 71 4.6 96 .302 .287 .264 .338 .328 .415 .394 .754 .722 109 .511 6 1 .658 .210 .128 7
CHW (8 yrs) 2525 1771 313 4.7 97 .305 .291 .265 .340 .329 .423 .394 .763 .723 111 .527 33.1 3.3 .672 .213 .133 28.5
TEX (1 yr) 358 260 35 3.6 94 .278 .259 .258 .326 .321 .358 .393 .684 .715 92 .393 -3.0 -0.3 .566 .188 .099 4.2

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1974 23 CHW AL 30 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 9.7 14.5 1.38 90%
1975 24 CHW AL 31 3.2% 16.1% 3.2% 12.9% 67% 5.00 6.0 30.0 30.0 0.73 77%
1976 25 CHW AL 248 1.6% 14.9% 7.7% 6.5% 23% 1.95 6.0 55.5 6.7 1.25 75%
1977 26 CHW AL 401 4.5% 13.2% 6.0% 8.7% 31% 2.21 7.1 20.8 5.8 0.96 76%
1978 27 CHW AL 551 1.5% 8.4% 7.8% 6.0% 24% 1.07 10.8 62.3 6.9 0.90 82%
1979 28 CHW AL 526 2.3% 10.7% 7.8% 8.0% 28% 1.37 8.6 39.9 6.5 1.08 79%
1980 29 CHW AL 596 2.2% 8.9% 7.9% 7.1% 28% 1.13 10.2 41.6 6.7 0.92 81%
1981 30 CHW AL 142 0.7% 9.9% 3.5% 5.6% 22% 2.80 9.6 134.0 8.9 0.98 85%
1982 31 TEX AL 358 2.0% 11.2% 8.7% 5.0% 21% 1.29 8.1 46.3 8.5 1.26 77%
9 Seasons 2883 2.2% 10.7% 7.3% 6.9% 26% 1.46 8.6 41.1 6.9 1.01 79%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1974 23 CHW AL 1 0 10% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1975 24 CHW AL 0 0 17% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1976 25 CHW AL 3 0 28% 98 2 1 67% 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 7 36% 18 14 3 1 1 0 9 2 7
1977 26 CHW AL 2 0 29% 139 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 42% 17 10 7 7 5 2 7 3 4
1978 27 CHW AL 10 0 25% 197 6 5 55% 6 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 15 35% 34 27 7 6 3 3 15 5 9
1979 28 CHW AL 6 0 27% 211 8 2 80% 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 36% 29 22 7 10 8 2 11 2 9
1980 29 CHW AL 8 0 21% 206 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 16 35% 36 25 11 5 5 0 13 5 8
1981 30 CHW AL 2 0 22% 41 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 6 29% 11 8 3 0 0 0 3 2 1
1982 31 TEX AL 4 0 28% 119 3 5 38% 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 9 41% 17 10 6 5 3 2 10 4 5
9 Seasons 36 0 25% 1032 22 19 54% 20 16 1 3 1 0 4 1 26 74 37% 162 116 44 35 26 9 69 23 44
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1974 23 CHW AL 30 93% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 27% 4 1 25% 21 2 10% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
1975 24 CHW AL 31 74% 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 2 0 0% 17 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1976 25 CHW AL 248 58% 71 11 2 0 1 2.01 4 0 6 1 3 4 0 0 1 1 100% 58 11 19% 24 6 25% 175 31 18% 12 7 58% 15 4 27% 0
1977 26 CHW AL 401 50% 113 8 4 0 4 2.49 18 0 13 8 10 10 8 0 0 0 82 15 18% 41 13 32% 298 48 16% 27 12 44% 29 12 41% 0
1978 27 CHW AL 551 42% 136 11 3 0 2 1.60 8 0 13 4 4 3 5 0 1 1 100% 108 17 16% 51 18 35% 366 65 18% 35 20 57% 40 13 33% 0
1979 28 CHW AL 526 41% 148 5 0 0 1 2.09 12 0 16 6 6 2 10 0 1 0 0% 100 23 23% 53 14 26% 360 68 19% 41 23 56% 38 19 50% 0
1980 29 CHW AL 596 30% 150 4 1 1 1 3.19 13 0 12 8 5 7 6 0 1 1 100% 105 15 14% 42 18 43% 381 71 19% 32 20 63% 37 12 32% 0
1981 30 CHW AL 142 35% 37 5 0 0 0 2.19 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 37 5 14% 19 3 16% 109 14 13% 7 4 57% 5 3 60% 0
1982 31 TEX AL 358 38% 84 15 4 0 0 1.84 7 0 7 3 4 2 5 0 4 2 50% 80 13 16% 28 7 25% 235 32 14% 12 4 33% 17 9 53% 0
9 Seasons 2883 42% 755 59 14 1 9 2.06 64 0 73 31 33 29 35 0 9 6 67% 589 102 17% 264 80 30% 1962 331 17% 169 91 54% 181 72 40% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 23 10 30 29 1 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .345 .333 .345 .678 94 10 3 0 0 1 0
1975 24 18 61 59 3 16 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 8 .271 .279 .373 .652 83 22 3 0 0 1 0
1976 25 100 309 281 32 87 14 1 5 36 2 1 20 45 .310 .354 .420 .774 124 118 14 2 1 5 1
1977 26 218 710 655 84 200 26 6 23 101 3 2 44 98 .305 .347 .469 .816 127 307 29 2 1 8 4
1978 27 366 1261 1153 136 336 49 8 31 173 9 7 87 144 .291 .339 .428 .768 114 494 46 4 2 15 6
1979 28 499 1787 1632 196 484 78 9 43 247 17 9 128 200 .297 .346 .434 .781 115 709 69 6 2 19 7
1980 29 646 2383 2173 247 634 104 12 56 328 19 12 175 253 .292 .342 .428 .770 112 930 84 6 3 26 12
1981 30 687 2525 2307 257 671 111 12 57 343 19 14 180 267 .291 .340 .423 .763 111 977 89 6 4 28 13
1982 31 792 2883 2631 294 755 122 12 64 381 22 19 211 307 .287 .338 .415 .754 109 1093 102 7 6 28 13

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 23 10 30 29 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 10
1975 24 8 31 30 2 6 3 0 1 1 0 1 5 .200 .226 .400 .626 3 8
1976 25 83 253 227 34 75 12 1 4 38 2 20 37 .330 .383 .445 .828 39 82
1977 26 118 397 371 54 110 12 5 18 68 1 23 53 .296 .335 .501 .836 62 118
1978 27 148 557 503 58 141 24 2 8 80 6 45 46 .280 .338 .384 .721 66 148
1979 28 134 523 477 61 144 28 1 12 75 8 40 56 .302 .356 .440 .796 74 133
1980 29 147 596 542 54 151 26 3 13 85 2 47 53 .279 .332 .410 .742 75 147
1981 30 62 214 203 17 56 11 0 2 26 0 8 21 .276 .299 .360 .659 21 41
1982 31 105 359 326 42 86 11 0 7 43 3 32 40 .264 .331 .362 .693 39 105
9 Seasons 815 2960 2708 323 769 127 12 65 418 22 216 314 .284 .335 .412 .747 382 792
162 Game Avg. 162 588 538 64 153 25 2 13 83 4 43 62 .284 .335 .412 .747 76 792

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1978 AL--17--10th
1979 AL--23--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Babe Young (934)
  6. Gordy Coleman (928)
  7. Ed Bouchee (926)
  8. Ray Sanders (921)
  9. Felix Jose (920)
  10. Dee Fondy (918)
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  2. Ryan Garko (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Randall Simon (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ricky Jordan (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ricky Jordan (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dee Fondy (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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