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Lou Johnson

Louis Brown Johnson (Sweet Lou or Slick)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 22, 1934 in Lexington, KY
School: Kentucky State University (Frankfort, KY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1960
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cubs/Angels/Indians/Braves 1960-1969

Final Game: September 6, 1969
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 CHC NL 25 OF 25 16 11 155.1 47 43 4 0 0 1.000 2 19 2.72 1.88 .978 2.20 2.20
1960 CHC NL 25 RF 13 10 6 94.0 27 25 2 0 0 1.000 1 9 2.59 2.08 .979 1.99 1.99
1960 CHC NL 25 LF 8 4 3 40.0 10 8 2 0 0 1.000 0 9 2.25 1.25 .974 1.98 1.99
1960 CHC NL 25 CF 4 2 2 21.1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1 79 4.64 2.75 .981 2.62 2.60
1961 LAA AL 26 LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 180 4.50 1.00 .970 1.80 2.00
1961 LAA AL 26 OF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 180 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
1962 MLN NL 27 OF 55 22 15 269.0 62 61 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -0 2.07 1.13 .974 2.07 2.05
1962 MLN NL 27 LF 36 6 4 120.2 27 26 1 0 1 1.000 2 19 2.01 0.75 .968 1.81 1.80
1962 MLN NL 27 CF 22 16 11 147.1 34 34 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -15 2.08 1.55 .979 2.47 2.45
1962 MLN NL 27 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1965 LAD NL 30 OF 128 121 105 1096.0 205 199 3 3 2 .985 4 4 1.66 1.58 .975 2.00 2.00 MVP-24
1965 LAD NL 30 LF 122 110 99 1005.2 183 180 1 2 1 .989 5 6 1.62 1.48 .966 1.71 1.71 MVP-24
1965 LAD NL 30 CF 11 8 3 60.1 13 11 1 1 0 .923 -2 -32 1.79 1.09 .981 2.28 2.30 MVP-24
1965 LAD NL 30 RF 4 3 3 30.0 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 0 16 2.10 1.75 .974 1.95 1.95 MVP-24
1966 LAD NL 31 OF 148 137 108 1235.1 261 249 8 4 2 .985 3 3 1.87 1.74 .974 2.03 2.03
1966 LAD NL 31 LF 107 72 69 719.2 160 154 3 3 0 .981 8 13 1.96 1.47 .963 1.74 1.74
1966 LAD NL 31 RF 66 63 37 499.2 93 87 5 1 1 .989 -4 -10 1.66 1.39 .978 1.96 1.95
1966 LAD NL 31 CF 2 2 2 16.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -15 1.69 1.50 .980 2.36 2.40
1967 LAD NL 32 OF 91 85 75 758.1 164 153 7 4 0 .976 -1 -1 1.90 1.76 .976 2.03 2.03
1967 LAD NL 32 LF 81 73 65 649.1 144 133 7 4 0 .972 1 2 1.94 1.73 .969 1.74 1.74
1967 LAD NL 32 RF 11 11 9 101.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -21 1.60 1.64 .976 2.03 2.03
1967 LAD NL 32 CF 1 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 15 3.38 3.00 .980 2.25 2.30
1968 TOT MLB 33 OF 114 104 91 930.2 193 184 5 4 1 .979 1 1 1.83 1.66 .978 2.05 2.05
1968 TOT MLB 33 RF 76 74 67 653.0 142 136 2 4 1 .972 0 1 1.90 1.82 .980 1.98 1.98
1968 TOT MLB 33 LF 43 30 24 277.2 55 52 3 0 0 1.000 0 1 1.78 1.28 .978 1.85 1.83
1968 CHC NL 33 OF 57 55 52 483.0 100 97 0 3 0 .970 -1 -3 1.81 1.70 .975 2.02 2.03
1968 CHC NL 33 RF 56 55 52 480.0 100 97 0 3 0 .970 -1 -3 1.82 1.73 .981 2.01 2.02
1968 CHC NL 33 LF 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 1.00 .960 1.50 1.60
1968 CLE AL 33 OF 57 49 39 447.2 93 87 5 1 1 .989 2 6 1.85 1.61 .981 2.08 2.07
1968 CLE AL 33 LF 42 30 24 274.2 54 51 3 0 0 1.000 0 1 1.77 1.29 .978 1.85 1.84
1968 CLE AL 33 RF 20 19 15 173.0 42 39 2 1 1 .976 2 13 2.13 2.05 .977 1.88 1.87
1969 CAL AL 34 OF 44 30 19 264.1 62 56 2 4 0 .935 -1 -3 1.97 1.32 .978 2.13 2.13
1969 CAL AL 34 LF 23 13 9 132.1 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 1 13 2.11 1.35 .978 1.99 1.99
1969 CAL AL 34 RF 23 17 10 132.0 28 22 2 4 0 .857 -2 -18 1.64 1.04 .974 1.91 1.91
8 Seasons OF 606 515 424 4711.0 994 945 30 19 6 .981 9 2 1.86 1.61 .976 2.04 2.04
8 Seasons LF 421 308 273 2947.1 611 585 17 9 2 .985 17 7 1.84 1.43 .968 1.76 1.77
7 Seasons RF 194 178 132 1510.2 315 294 12 9 3 .971 -6 -5 1.82 1.58 .978 1.97 1.96
5 Seasons CF 40 29 19 253.0 64 62 1 1 0 .984 -2 -10 2.24 1.58 .980 2.42 2.42
8 Seasons TOT 606 515 424 4711.0 994 945 30 19 6 .981 9 2 1.86 1.61 .976 2.04 2.04
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1960 CHC NL 25 RF 1 9 2 1 1 -1
1960 CHC NL 25 LF 0 9 -1 -1 -0 1
1960 CHC NL 25 CF 1 79 1 1 0 0
1961 LAA AL 26 LF 0 180 0 0 0 0
1962 MLN NL 27 LF 2 19 2 2 -0 0
1962 MLN NL 27 CF -2 -15 -2 -1 -1 0
1962 MLN NL 27 RF -0 -120 -0 -0 0
1965 LAD NL 30 LF 5 6 5 2 3 0
1965 LAD NL 30 CF -2 -32 -2 -0 -2 0
1965 LAD NL 30 RF 0 16 -1 -0 -0 1
1966 LAD NL 31 LF 8 13 7 6 1 1
1966 LAD NL 31 RF -4 -10 -5 -2 -3 1
1966 LAD NL 31 CF -0 -15 -0 0 -0 0
1967 LAD NL 32 LF 1 2 1 4 -3 0
1967 LAD NL 32 RF -2 -21 -2 -1 -1 0
1967 LAD NL 32 CF 0 15 0 0 0 0
1968 CHC NL 33 RF -1 -3 1 1 -0 -2
1968 CHC NL 33 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CLE AL 33 LF 0 1 -1 -0 -0 1
1968 CLE AL 33 RF 2 13 2 2 -0 0
1969 CAL AL 34 LF 1 13 1 2 -0 0
1969 CAL AL 34 RF -2 -18 -1 -1 0 -1
8 Seasons LF 17 7 14 15 -1 3
7 Seasons RF -6 -5 -4 -1 -4 -2
5 Seasons CF -2 -10 -2 -0 -2 0
8 Seasons TOT 9 2 8 14 -7 1
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1960 CHC NL 25 34 16 34 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 13 25 0 8 3
1961 LAA AL 26 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1962 MLN NL 27 61 22 61 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 22 1 55 0 11 11
1965 LAD NL 30 131 121 131 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 11 4 128 0 5 1
1966 LAD NL 31 153 137 153 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 2 66 149 0 3 6
1967 LAD NL 32 104 85 104 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 1 11 91 0 18 0
1968 CLE AL 33 65 49 65 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 20 57 0 14 1
1968 CHC NL 33 62 55 62 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 56 57 0 5 1
1969 CAL AL 34 67 30 67 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 23 44 0 29 2
8 Seasons 678 515 678 607 0 0 0 0 0 0 421 40 194 607 0 93 25
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1960 CHC NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 3 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50.0% 4 1 12.5% 1 180 63% 83% 20% 21 48%
1961 LAA AL 26 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 7 57% 57% 43% 1 100%
1962 MLN NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 9 5 55.6% 3 1 11.1% 0 502 66% 79% 27% 45 58%
1965 LAD NL 30 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 36 31 0 16 1 0 15 8 0 8 4 0 15 13 1 90 57 63.3% 32 1 1.1% 0 4119 71% 77% 25% 362 50%
1966 LAD NL 31 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 41 34 1 14 1 1 8 6 0 7 1 0 7 7 0 77 49 63.6% 26 2 2.6% 1 2931 70% 78% 26% 315 50%
1967 LAD NL 32 4 0 3 1 1 7 0 3 1 2 25 20 1 18 3 0 9 2 1 8 2 0 7 7 0 67 34 50.7% 31 2 3.0% 5 2673 66% 81% 25% 284 49%
1968 CLE AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 7 6 1 5 0 0 7 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 22 11 50.0% 10 1 4.5% 2 1118 59% 73% 27% 100 54%
1968 CHC NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 16 88% 94% 31% 3 33%
1969 CAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 17 13 76.5% 4 0 0.0% 0 538 59% 78% 28% 65 48%
8 Seasons 9 0 8 1 3 17 0 8 1 4 124 105 4 59 6 1 46 22 1 26 8 0 36 33 2 291 174 59.8% 110 8 2.7% 9 12084 68% 78% 26% 1196 50%
MLB Averages 58.4% 2.7% 63% 79% 27% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
1960 CHC NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 10 1 0 4 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 20 5 25.0% 15 0 0.0% 2 413 52% 83% 30% 60 45%
1962 MLN NL 27 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 4 100% 100% 50% 0
1965 LAD NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 9 4 44.4% 4 1 11.1% 0 135 78% 77% 23% 15 40%
1966 LAD NL 31 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 3 19 6 0 8 2 1 9 7 0 7 2 1 6 4 0 49 21 42.9% 26 2 4.1% 3 2031 71% 79% 23% 173 51%
1967 LAD NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 15 6 40.0% 9 0 0.0% 0 433 71% 84% 23% 35 51%
1968 CHC NL 33 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 5 0 6 1 0 11 8 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 39 16 41.0% 23 0 0.0% 0 1958 71% 80% 26% 197 49%
1968 CLE AL 33 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 7 1 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 3 2 0 19 6 31.6% 12 1 5.3% 1 687 61% 76% 31% 67 58%
1969 CAL AL 34 4 0 3 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 11 5 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 19 7 36.8% 12 0 0.0% 2 560 59% 80% 26% 49 51%
7 Seasons 9 0 8 1 4 12 1 4 4 4 71 24 0 34 9 1 27 19 0 18 3 2 20 10 1 170 65 38.2% 101 4 2.4% 8 6221 68% 80% 25% 596 50%
MLB Averages 40.1% 3.2% 63% 79% 27% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1960 CHC NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 103 53% 81% 41% 15 73%
1962 MLN NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 16 7 43.8% 9 0 0.0% 0 643 66% 82% 29% 67 51%
1965 LAD NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 1 255 74% 73% 22% 30 40%
1966 LAD NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 68 66% 79% 24% 10 30%
1967 LAD NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 38 55% 76% 21% 7 43%
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 5 0 10 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 9 9 0 36 15 41.7% 21 0 0.0% 1 1107 66% 79% 28% 129 49%
MLB Averages 41.1% 2.3% 63% 79% 27% 56%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (1361st)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1965 NL  122 (4th)
1966 NL  107 (4th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1965 NL  180 (4th)
1966 NL  154 (4th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1967 NL  7 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1965 NL  5 (3rd)
1966 NL  8 (2nd)
Career  17 (64th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1965 NL  1.62 (5th)
1966 NL  1.96 (1st)
1967 NL  1.94 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1965 NL  1.48 (5th)
1966 NL  1.47 (5th)
1967 NL  1.73 (5th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1965 NL  .989 (1st)
1966 NL  .981 (2nd)
1967 NL  .972 (5th)

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