Nick Johnson

Nicholas Robert Johnson

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: September 19, 1978 in Sacramento, CA
High School: McClatchy HS (Sacramento, CA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 3rd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 21, 2001
Teams (by GP): Nationals/Yankees/Expos/Marlins/Orioles 2001-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$800k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.041, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Rex Gary [*]
Relatives: Nephew of Larry Bowa
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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	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2001	NYY	AL	22	1B	15	10	10	102.0	95	90	5	0	4	1.000	1		8		8.38	6.33	.993	9.39	9.31
2001	NYY	AL	22	DH	6	6
2002	NYY	AL	23	1B	78	59	57	550.2	570	519	44	7	46	.988	4		8		9.20	7.22	.993	9.33	9.23
2002	NYY	AL	23	DH	50	49
2002	NYY	AL	23	LF	2	1	0	7.2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0		47		2.35	1.00	.985	2.11	2.15
2002	NYY	AL	23	OF	2	1	0	7.2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0		47		2.35	1.00	.985	2.35	2.30
2003	NYY	AL	24	1B	60	60	57	529.0	551	512	34	5	44	.991	-4	-4	-10	-9	9.29	9.10	.993	9.55	9.46
2003	NYY	AL	24	DH	34	30
2004	MON	NL	25	1B	73	70	66	610.0	665	618	43	4	69	.994	-4	-1	-7	-2	9.75	9.05	.993	9.51	9.44
2005	WSN	NL	26	1B	129	126	116	1098.2	1119	1018	96	5	109	.996	9	6	10	7	9.13	8.64	.993	9.65	9.52
2006	WSN	NL	27	1B	147	143	133	1252.1	1273	1165	93	15	91	.988	5	0	5	0	9.04	8.56	.994	9.43	9.36
2008	WSN	NL	29	1B	35	34	31	300.1	316	302	14	0	21	1.000	-0	2	-0	8	9.47	9.03	.992	9.34	9.28
2009	TOT	NL	30	1B	129	124	110	1067.0	1128	1025	91	12	95	.989	-8	-13	-9	-14	9.41	8.65	.993	9.29	9.21
2009	WSN	NL	30	1B	96	92	90	806.1	907	833	67	7	73	.992	-3	-6	-5	-9	10.05	9.38	.993	9.29	9.21
2009	FLA	NL	30	1B	33	32	20	260.2	221	192	24	5	22	.977	-5	-7	-23	-32	7.46	6.55	.993	9.29	9.21
2010	NYY	AL	31	DH	20	19
2010	NYY	AL	31	1B	2	2	2	17.0	18	18	0	0	1	1.000	-0	-1	-28	-71	9.53	9.00	.994	9.32	9.25
2012	BAL	AL	33	DH	17	16
2012	BAL	AL	33	1B	3	3	2	28.0	31	29	1	1	5	.968	-1	0	-30	0	9.64	10.00	.995	9.48	9.47
	10 Seasons			1B	671	631	584	5555.0	5766	5296	421	49	485	.992	0	-11	0	-2	9.26	8.52	.993	9.45	9.36
	1 Season			OF	2	1	0	7.2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0		47		2.35	1.00	.985	2.35	2.30
	1 Season			LF	2	1	0	7.2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0		47		2.35	1.00	.985	2.11	2.15
	10 Seasons			TOT	673	632	584	5562.2	5768	5298	421	49	485	.992	0	-11	0	-2	9.25	8.50	.993	9.44	9.34
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/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	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt
2001	NYY	AL	22	1B	1	8	1	-0	1	0
2002	NYY	AL	23	1B	4	8	4	0	3	0
2002	NYY	AL	23	LF	0	47	0	0	0		0
2003	NYY	AL	24	1B	-4	-10	-4	-4	-1	0		-4	-9	-4		0
2004	MON	NL	25	1B	-4	-7	-3	-3	1	-1		-1	-2	1		0
2005	WSN	NL	26	1B	9	10	9	2	7	0		6	7	4		1
2006	WSN	NL	27	1B	5	5	5	1	4	0		0	0	0		2
2008	WSN	NL	29	1B	-0	-0	-0	-0	0	0		2	8	2
2009	WSN	NL	30	1B	-3	-5	-3	1	-4	0		-6	-9	-5	0	1
2009	FLA	NL	30	1B	-5	-23	-5	-3	-2	0		-7	-32	-4	0	0
2010	NYY	AL	31	1B	-0	-28	-0	-0	0	0		-1	-71	-1	0
2012	BAL	AL	33	1B	-1	-30	-1	-1	1	-0		0	0	0	0
	10 Seasons			1B	0	0	1	-9	10	-1		-11	-2	-7	0	4
	1 Season			LF	0	47	0	0	0		0
	10 Seasons			TOT	-8	-1	-7	-11	4	-1	0	-11	-2	-7	0	4

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	LF	OF	DH	PH	PR
2001	NYY	AL	22	23	16	23	15	15	0	0	6	5	0
2002	NYY	AL	23	129	109	129	80	78	2	2	50	3	6
2003	NYY	AL	24	96	90	96	60	60	0	0	34	6	0
2004	MON	NL	25	73	70	73	73	73	0	0	0	2	0
2005	WSN	NL	26	131	126	131	129	129	0	0	0	3	0
2006	WSN	NL	27	147	143	147	147	147	0	0	0	2	0
2008	WSN	NL	29	38	34	38	35	35	0	0	0	4	0
2009	WSN	NL	30	98	92	98	96	96	0	0	0	2	0
2009	FLA	NL	30	35	32	35	33	33	0	0	0	2	0
2010	NYY	AL	31	24	21	24	2	2	0	0	20	3	0
2012	BAL	AL	33	26	19	26	3	3	0	0	17	7	0
	10 Seasons			820	752	820	673	671	2	2	127	39	6

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 -- 1B*

											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%
2001	NYY	AL	22	457	58%	75%	28%	25	100%	0	90	8	81	1	12	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
2002	NYY	AL	23	2286	62%	78%	30%	137	93%	1	548	40	505	4	74	16	5	8	0	0	7	2	3	2	5	45	2	0	0	43	2	2	0	2	7	43%
2003	NYY	AL	24	2282	60%	78%	32%	129	91%	2	512	43	459	10	44	34	23	5	1	3	5	0	5	0	4	44	1	0	1	38	2	6	3	3	7	71%
2004	MON	NL	25	2692	57%	74%	33%	148	95%	0	618	50	556	14	51	43	36	2	0	2	4	2	2	0	2	69	0	0	0	62	1	4	2	2	6	100%
2005	WSN	NL	26	4760	51%	77%	30%	299	96%	0	1018	89	915	12	111	96	60	20	2	3	5	0	3	2	4	109	1	1	2	98	9	9	2	7	22	86%
2006	WSN	NL	27	5593	58%	78%	29%	341	94%	0	1165	123	1021	21	115	93	63	19	1	7	15	1	7	7	8	91	3	2	3	76	8	14	4	10	34	94%
2008	WSN	NL	29	1329	61%	77%	33%	66	95%	2	302	18	280	4	34	14	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	0
2009	WSN	NL	30	3611	57%	80%	33%	192	92%	0	833	42	773	18	81	67	46	8	2	2	7	2	4	1	4	73	2	1	0	65	5	8	3	5	10	90%
2009	FLA	NL	30	1152	56%	71%	26%	67	88%	0	192	18	170	5	18	24	20	3	0	0	5	2	3	0	2	22	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	6	100%
2010	NYY	AL	31	64	64%	80%	39%	3	67%	0	18	1	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2012	BAL	AL	33	110	55%	79%	42%	7	71%	0	29	1	27	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	10 Seasons			24336	57%	77%	31%	1414	93%	5	5325	433	4804	89	544	393	262	70	8	18	49	9	28	12	30	484	10	4	6	434	28	44	14	30	92	87%
	MLB Averages				58%	76%	31%		94%																											82%

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%
2002	NYY	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	33	52%	85%	48%	5	40%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	33	52%	85%	48%	5	40%
	MLB Averages																														63.9%			2.4%			58%	76%	40%		46%

* 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

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 2006 NL 147 (4th) Active 671 (17th)	Putouts as 1B s c a p y Active 5,296 (17th)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 2005 NL 96 (4th) 2006 NL 93 (4th) Active 421 (18th)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 2006 NL 15 (1st) 2009 NL 12 (3rd) Active 49 (10th)
Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y 2005 NL 9 (2nd)	Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y 2009 NL 9.41 (5th) Active 9.26 (14th) Career 9.26 (96th)	Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y Active 8.52 (17th)	Fielding % as 1B s c a p y Active .992 (20th)

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