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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 CHW AL 23 1B 7 6 48.0 42 40 2 0 8 1.000 -0.1 -2.5 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 7.88 6.00 .993 9.69 8.01
1974 CHW AL 23 DH 3
1975 CHW AL 24 1B 6 5 47.0 50 46 2 2 4 .960 -0.5 -12.8 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 0 9.19 8.00 .990 9.84 8.32
1975 CHW AL 24 DH 2
1976 CHW AL 25 DH 35
1976 CHW AL 25 1B 34 27 230.2 232 210 18 4 20 .983 -1.8 -9.4 -1.8 -0.8 -0.9 0 8.90 6.71 .992 9.85 8.88
1976 CHW AL 25 LF 1 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -36.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1976 CHW AL 25 OF 1 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -36.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.43 2.20
1977 CHW AL 26 DH 68
1977 CHW AL 26 1B 45 38 354.2 382 346 32 4 31 .990 -3.8 -12.9 -4.8 -2.9 -2.0 1 9.59 8.40 .990 10.02 8.79
1978 CHW AL 27 1B 108 93 838.0 966 887 71 8 74 .992 3.7 5.3 2.7 -1.1 3.8 1 10.29 8.87 .992 10.05 8.75
1978 CHW AL 27 DH 36
1979 CHW AL 28 1B 94 90 718.0 822 748 63 11 62 .987 -2.4 -4.0 -2.4 -2.5 0.2 0 10.17 8.63 .992 10.08 8.85
1979 CHW AL 28 DH 37
1980 CHW AL 29 1B 80 77 628.1 734 671 56 7 70 .990 5.1 9.7 5.1 4.2 1.0 0 10.41 9.09 .992 10.02 8.40
1980 CHW AL 29 DH 66
1981 CHW AL 30 1B 36 32 255.1 282 264 15 3 31 .989 -1.7 -8.0 -1.7 -1.3 -0.4 0 9.83 7.75 .993 10.06 8.57
1981 CHW AL 30 DH 2
1982 TEX AL 31 DH 77
1982 TEX AL 31 1B 12 12 98.2 111 105 4 2 6 .982 -3.8 -46.2 -3.8 -2.3 -1.5 0 9.94 9.08 .992 9.85 8.51
9 Seasons 1B 422 380 3218.2 3621 3317 263 41 306 .989 -5.3 -2.0 -7.3 -7.4 0.3 2 10.01 8.48 .992 10.02 8.68
9 Seasons DH 326
1 Season LF 1 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -36.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1 Season OF 1 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -36.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.43 2.20
9 Seasons TOT 423 381 3228.2 3621 3317 263 41 306 .989 -5.6 -2.1 -7.6 -7.4 -0.0 0 2 9.98 8.46 .981 10.00 8.66
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 CHW AL 23 10 8 10 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1975 CHW AL 24 8 7 8 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
1976 CHW AL 25 82 55 82 35 0 0 34 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 27 22 1
1977 CHW AL 26 118 81 118 45 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 33 0
1978 CHW AL 27 148 129 148 108 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 14 0
1979 CHW AL 28 133 126 133 94 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 6 0
1980 CHW AL 29 147 142 147 80 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 5 0
1981 CHW AL 30 41 34 41 36 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
1982 TEX AL 31 105 84 105 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 21 0
9 Seasons 792 666 792 423 0 0 422 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 285 109 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1974 CHW AL 23 218 61% 73% 22% 7 100% 0 40 2 35 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHW AL 24 215 64% 80% 27% 5 100% 0 49 0 49 1 3 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CHW AL 25 1096 54% 79% 23% 50 94% 0 210 15 196 0 19 17 9 5 0 1 4 2 2 0 1 20 0 0 1 19 0 1 1 0 1 100%
1977 CHW AL 26 1610 52% 78% 23% 91 91% 1 347 20 321 5 38 30 17 10 0 1 4 0 4 0 3 32 2 1 2 28 5 4 1 3 9 78%
1978 CHW AL 27 3815 58% 79% 26% 223 96% 1 886 65 810 12 88 72 42 16 3 3 8 1 7 0 6 74 7 2 1 65 10 8 3 5 13 100%
1979 CHW AL 28 3303 63% 79% 25% 173 93% 0 748 57 686 8 63 62 29 12 1 4 11 5 6 0 5 62 1 1 0 52 3 10 4 6 9 89%
1980 CHW AL 29 2832 67% 79% 28% 145 93% 1 675 36 633 5 55 56 33 10 1 4 5 1 4 0 3 73 3 0 0 64 3 8 0 7 9 56%
1981 CHW AL 30 1139 65% 78% 26% 53 94% 1 260 19 237 5 21 12 5 4 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 30 0 1 0 27 1 3 2 1 1 100%
1982 TEX AL 31 477 55% 79% 24% 16 75% 0 105 6 97 2 3 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0
9 Seasons 14705 61% 79% 25% 763 94% 4 3320 220 3064 41 293 258 139 60 5 14 39 11 27 1 22 307 13 5 4 270 22 35 12 22 42 83%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1976 CHW AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 64% 73% 27% 1 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 64% 73% 27% 1 0%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.7% 58% 79% 26% 47%

* 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.

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