Lou Johnson
Louis Brown Johnson (Sweet Lou and Slick)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 22, 1934 in Lexington, KY
School: Kentucky State University
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1960
Final Game: September 6, 1969
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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
1960 25 CHC NL 34 75 68 6 14 2 1 0 1 3 1 5 19 .206 .270 .265 .535 48 18 2 1 1 0 1 9/78
1961 26 LAA AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1962 27 MLN NL 61 129 117 22 33 4 5 2 13 6 1 11 27 .282 .349 .453 .802 117 53 1 1 0 0 0 78/9
1965 30 LAD NL 131 518 468 57 121 24 1 12 58 15 6 24 81 .259 .315 .391 .706 104 183 7 16 7 3 8 *78/9 MVP-24
1966 31 LAD NL 152 572 526 71 143 20 2 17 73 8 10 21 75 .272 .316 .414 .731 109 218 16 14 9 2 4 *79/8
1967 32 LAD NL 104 371 330 39 89 14 1 11 41 4 3 24 52 .270 .330 .418 .748 122 138 9 7 7 3 5 79/8
1968 33 TOT MLB 127 438 407 39 102 25 4 6 37 9 2 15 47 .251 .294 .376 .669 99 153 10 11 2 3 4 *97
1968 33 CHC NL 62 220 205 14 50 14 3 1 14 3 1 6 23 .244 .289 .356 .645 88 73 6 7 2 0 2 9/7
1968 33 CLE AL 65 218 202 25 52 11 1 5 23 6 1 9 24 .257 .298 .396 .694 110 80 4 4 0 3 2 79
1969 34 CAL AL 67 148 133 10 27 8 0 0 9 5 1 10 19 .203 .272 .263 .535 55 35 2 3 1 1 1 79
8 Seasons 677 2251 2049 244 529 97 14 48 232 50 24 110 320 .258 .311 .389 .701 103 798 47 53 27 12 23
162 Game Avg. 162 539 490 58 127 23 3 11 56 12 6 26 77 .258 .311 .389 .701 103 191 11 13 6 3 6
LAD (3 yrs) 387 1461 1324 167 353 58 4 40 172 27 19 69 208 .267 .319 .407 .726 111 539 32 37 23 8 17
CAL (2 yrs) 68 148 133 10 27 8 0 0 9 5 1 10 19 .203 .272 .263 .535 55 35 2 3 1 1 1
CHC (2 yrs) 96 295 273 20 64 16 4 1 15 6 2 11 42 .234 .284 .333 .618 77 91 8 8 3 0 3
MLN (1 yr) 61 129 117 22 33 4 5 2 13 6 1 11 27 .282 .349 .453 .802 117 53 1 1 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 65 218 202 25 52 11 1 5 23 6 1 9 24 .257 .298 .396 .694 110 80 4 4 0 3 2
NL (6 yrs) 544 1885 1714 209 450 78 13 43 200 39 22 91 277 .263 .316 .398 .714 106 683 41 46 26 8 20
AL (3 yrs) 133 366 335 35 79 19 1 5 32 11 2 19 43 .236 .288 .343 .631 87 115 6 7 1 4 3

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
1960 25 CHC NL 75 58 5 2.3 98 .286 .206 .262 .270 .328 .265 .402 .535 .730 48 .239 -4.9 -0.5 .456 .162 .059 .0
1962 27 MLN NL 129 86 20 6.2 100 .352 .282 .266 .349 .333 .453 .404 .802 .737 117 .638 2.3 0.2 .814 .308 .171 3.0
1965 30 LAD NL 518 370 58 4.2 88 .288 .259 .250 .315 .312 .391 .378 .706 .690 104 .510 3.3 0.3 .644 .203 .132 13.3
1966 31 LAD NL 572 420 63 4.0 89 .289 .272 .255 .316 .313 .414 .384 .731 .697 109 .480 5.9 0.6 .614 .179 .143 10.9
1967 32 LAD NL 371 263 44 4.5 83 .289 .270 .247 .330 .308 .418 .363 .748 .671 122 .559 9.6 1.0 .672 .224 .148 5.9
1968 33 TOT MLB 438 322 44 3.7 83 .269 .251 .248 .294 .312 .376 .358 .669 .671 99 .518 -1.1 -0.1 .587 .179 .125 7.2
1968 33 CHC NL 220 164 20 3.3 87 .271 .244 .260 .289 .319 .356 .366 .645 .685 88 .463 -3.4 -0.4 .543 .151 .112 1.5
1968 33 CLE AL 218 158 24 4.1 79 .267 .257 .237 .298 .306 .396 .351 .694 .656 110 .568 2.2 0.3 .632 .208 .139 5.5
1969 34 CAL AL 148 111 10 2.4 90 .235 .203 .247 .272 .323 .263 .373 .535 .696 55 .267 -7.5 -0.8 .477 .165 .060 .0
8 Seasons 2251 1630 244 4.0 88 .284 .258 .252 .311 .314 .389 .375 .701 .689 103 .498 7.6 0.7 .620 .198 .131 49.0
162 Game Avg. 539 390 58 4.0 88 .284 .258 .252 .311 .314 .389 .375 .701 .689 103 .498 2 0 .620 .198 .131 12
LAD (3 yrs) 1461 1053 165 4.2 87 .289 .267 .251 .319 .311 .407 .377 .726 .688 111 .511 18.9 1.9 .639 .199 .140 32.2
CHC (2 yrs) 295 222 25 3.0 90 .274 .234 .260 .284 .321 .333 .375 .618 .696 77 .402 -8.3 -0.9 .521 .154 .099 1.7
MLN (1 yr) 129 86 20 6.2 100 .352 .282 .266 .349 .333 .453 .404 .802 .737 117 .639 2.3 0.2 .814 .308 .171 3.0
CAL (2 yrs) 148 111 10 2.4 90 .235 .203 .247 .272 .323 .263 .373 .535 .696 55 .267 -7.5 -0.8 .477 .165 .060 .0
CLE (1 yr) 218 158 24 4.1 79 .267 .257 .237 .298 .306 .396 .351 .694 .656 110 .569 2.2 0.3 .632 .208 .139 5.5
NL (6 yrs) 1885 1361 210 4.2 88 .290 .263 .254 .316 .314 .398 .378 .714 .693 106 .506 12.9 1.2 .631 .199 .136 40.9
AL (3 yrs) 366 269 34 3.4 83 .254 .236 .241 .288 .313 .343 .360 .631 .672 87 .450 -5.2 -0.5 .568 .191 .107 6.9

Postseason Batting

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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
1965 30 LAD NL WS MIN W 7 29 27 3 8 2 0 2 4 0 1 1 3 .296 .321 .593 .914 16 0 0 1 0 0
1966 31 LAD NL WS BAL L 4 16 15 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .267 .313 .333 .646 5 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 11 45 42 4 12 3 0 2 4 0 1 2 4 .286 .318 .500 .818 21 1 0 1 0 0
2 WS 11 45 42 4 12 3 0 2 4 0 1 2 4 .286 .318 .500 .818 21 1 0 1 0 0

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
1960 25 CHC NL 75 0.0% 25.3% 6.7% 4.0% 21% 3.80 3.6 68.0 1.47 65%
1962 27 MLN NL 129 1.6% 20.9% 8.5% 8.5% 33% 2.45 4.3 58.5 9.0 0.63 68%
1965 30 LAD NL 518 2.3% 15.6% 4.6% 7.1% 31% 3.38 5.8 39.0 8.1 0.83 73%
1966 31 LAD NL 572 3.0% 13.1% 3.7% 6.8% 27% 3.57 7.0 30.9 7.2 1.08 76%
1967 32 LAD NL 371 3.0% 14.0% 6.5% 7.0% 29% 2.17 6.3 30.0 8.0 1.11 73%
1968 33 TOT MLB 438 1.4% 10.7% 3.4% 8.0% 34% 3.13 8.7 67.8 11.0 1.10 82%
1968 33 CHC NL 220 0.5% 10.5% 2.7% 8.2% 36% 3.83 8.9 205.0 14.6 1.41 82%
1968 33 CLE AL 218 2.3% 11.0% 4.1% 7.8% 33% 2.67 8.4 40.4 8.8 0.84 81%
1969 34 CAL AL 148 0.0% 12.8% 6.8% 5.4% 30% 1.90 7.0 14.8 0.88 78%
8 Seasons 2251 2.1% 14.2% 4.9% 7.1% 30% 2.91 6.4 42.7 8.8 1.00 75%
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
1960 25 CHC NL 1 0 30% 28 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 6 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 1
1962 27 MLN NL 2 0 47% 57 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 44% 3 1 2 4 2 2 2 2 0
1965 30 LAD NL 10 0 30% 166 15 6 71% 12 5 3 1 0 0 2 0 5 8 63% 21 10 10 8 2 6 14 1 11
1966 31 LAD NL 9 0 34% 210 8 10 44% 8 10 0 0 0 0 5 2 8 11 66% 29 11 17 4 2 2 17 3 14
1967 32 LAD NL 4 0 26% 104 4 3 57% 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 6 78% 17 3 14 2 1 1 8 1 6
1968 33 TOT MLB 10 0 27% 157 9 2 82% 8 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 12 56% 17 10 6 6 1 5 16 4 11
1968 33 CHC NL 5 0 21% 83 3 1 75% 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 7 44% 7 5 1 4 0 4 7 3 3
1968 33 CLE AL 5 0 33% 74 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 67% 10 5 5 2 1 1 9 1 8
1969 34 CAL AL 2 0 25% 50 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 89% 6 0 5 1 0 1 2 0 2
8 Seasons 38 0 30% 772 50 24 68% 44 22 5 1 1 1 10 2 29 48 64% 99 38 57 25 8 17 61 12 45
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
1960 25 CHC NL 75 57% 14 6 0 0 0 1.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 19 2 11% 6 1 17% 43 1 2% 0 0 4 1 25% 0
1962 27 MLN NL 129 49% 33 10 1 0 1 0.78 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0% 27 1 4% 9 1 11% 75 11 15% 5 2 40% 3 0 0% 0
1965 30 LAD NL 517 41% 121 3 1 0 1 1.60 12 0 10 11 1 6 6 0 9 7 78% 104 7 7% 41 12 29% 336 48 14% 36 14 39% 32 12 38% 1
1966 31 LAD NL 572 42% 143 3 1 0 1 1.51 17 0 12 13 4 8 9 0 13 9 69% 110 16 15% 53 13 25% 349 62 18% 37 19 51% 41 19 46% 0
1967 32 LAD NL 371 47% 89 16 5 1 3 1.63 11 0 7 3 8 7 4 0 8 7 88% 76 9 12% 41 16 39% 230 32 14% 23 12 52% 28 5 18% 0
1968 33 TOT MLB 438 30% 102 15 7 1 4 1.34 6 0 7 3 3 3 3 0 3 2 67% 66 10 15% 31 7 23% 230 33 14% 24 11 46% 37 12 32% 0
1968 33 CHC NL 220 20% 50 4 1 0 1 0.93 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 100% 29 6 21% 15 4 27% 95 15 16% 10 4 40% 17 5 29% 0
1968 33 CLE AL 218 40% 52 11 6 1 3 1.50 5 0 5 3 2 3 2 0 1 0 0% 37 4 11% 16 3 19% 135 18 13% 14 7 50% 20 7 35% 0
1969 34 CAL AL 148 46% 27 23 3 0 2 1.42 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 20 2 10% 13 4 31% 68 9 13% 8 3 38% 10 3 30% 0
8 Seasons 2250 41% 529 76 18 2 12 1.35 48 0 44 31 17 25 23 0 37 27 73% 422 47 11% 194 54 28% 1331 196 15% 133 61 46% 155 52 34% 1
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
1960 25 34 75 68 6 14 2 1 0 1 3 1 5 19 .206 .270 .265 .535 48 18 2 1 1 0 1
1961 26 35 75 68 6 14 2 1 0 1 3 1 5 19 .206 .270 .265 .535 48 18 2 1 1 0 1
1962 27 96 204 185 28 47 6 6 2 14 9 2 16 46 .254 .320 .384 .704 92 71 3 2 1 0 1
1963 28 96 204 185 28 47 6 6 2 14 9 2 16 46 .254 .320 .384 .704 92 71 3 2 1 0 1
1964 29 96 204 185 28 47 6 6 2 14 9 2 16 46 .254 .320 .384 .704 92 71 3 2 1 0 1
1965 30 227 722 653 85 168 30 7 14 72 24 8 40 127 .257 .317 .389 .706 101 254 10 18 8 3 9
1966 31 379 1294 1179 156 311 50 9 31 145 32 18 61 202 .264 .316 .400 .717 104 472 26 32 17 5 13
1967 32 483 1665 1509 195 400 64 10 42 186 36 21 85 254 .265 .319 .404 .724 108 610 35 39 24 8 18
1968 33 610 2103 1916 234 502 89 14 48 223 45 23 100 301 .262 .314 .398 .712 106 763 45 50 26 11 22
1969 34 677 2251 2049 244 529 97 14 48 232 50 24 110 320 .258 .311 .389 .701 103 798 47 53 27 12 23

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
1960 25 36 77 71 6 15 2 1 0 1 3 5 20 .211 .273 .268 .540 5 34
1962 27 61 132 119 22 35 4 5 2 13 6 12 27 .294 .364 .462 .826 20 61
1965 30 130 533 484 67 139 28 1 14 68 17 28 81 .287 .347 .436 .783 69 131
1966 31 152 577 537 84 154 22 2 18 86 9 23 75 .287 .333 .436 .769 74 152
1967 32 104 383 344 49 103 16 1 13 52 5 28 52 .299 .363 .465 .828 56 104
1968 33 127 455 422 49 118 29 5 7 46 10 17 47 .280 .325 .422 .747 55 127
1969 34 67 155 138 11 32 9 0 0 10 6 12 19 .232 .310 .297 .607 12 67
7 Seasons 677 2312 2115 288 596 110 15 54 276 56 125 321 .282 .338 .425 .762 291 676
162 Game Avg. 162 553 506 69 143 26 4 13 66 13 30 77 .282 .338 .425 .762 70 676

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1965-NL-24-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1965 NL--15--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1965 NL--16--2nd
1966 NL--14--1st
1967 NL--7--5th
1968 NL--7--3rd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1966 NL--16--8th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1966 NL--10--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 2 (2000), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2087), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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