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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: C.K. McClatchy (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 2001-2010
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.041 [*], Agents: Rex Gary [*]
Relatives: Nephew of Larry Bowa
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 7, 2012, 12:09AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1084. Jake Stahl… #1085. Chief Wilson… #1086. Chris Sabo… #1087. NICK JOHNSON… #1088. Frank Catalanotto… #1089. Wid Conroy… #1090. Gary Pettis… 

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
2001 22 NYY AL 23 78 67 6 13 2 0 2 8 0 0 7 15 .194 .308 .313 .621 64 21 3 4 0 0 0 3
2002 23 NYY AL 129 441 378 56 92 15 0 15 58 1 3 48 98 .243 .347 .402 .749 99 152 11 12 3 0 5 3/
2003 24 NYY AL 96 406 324 60 92 19 0 14 47 5 2 70 57 .284 .422 .472 .894 139 153 9 8 3 1 4 3
2004 25 MON NL 73 295 251 35 63 16 0 7 33 6 3 40 58 .251 .359 .398 .758 93 100 5 3 0 1 2 3
2005 26 WSN NL 131 547 453 66 131 35 3 15 74 3 8 80 87 .289 .408 .479 .887 137 217 15 12 0 2 8 *3
2006 27 WSN NL 147 628 500 100 145 46 0 23 77 10 3 110 99 .290 .428 .520 .948 149 260 12 13 2 3 15 *3
2008 29 WSN NL 38 147 109 15 24 8 0 5 20 0 0 33 25 .220 .415 .431 .846 124 47 2 4 0 1 4 3
2009 30 TOT NL 133 574 457 71 133 24 2 8 62 2 4 99 84 .291 .426 .405 .831 122 185 15 12 1 5 4 *3
2009 30 WSN NL 98 424 353 47 104 16 2 6 44 2 2 63 66 .295 .408 .402 .810 117 142 11 6 0 2 3 3
2009 30 FLA NL 35 150 104 24 29 8 0 2 18 0 2 36 18 .279 .477 .413 .890 137 43 4 6 1 3 1 3
2010 31 NYY AL 24 98 72 12 12 4 0 2 8 0 1 24 23 .167 .388 .306 .693 89 22 2 2 0 0 0 /3
9 Seasons 794 3214 2611 421 705 169 5 91 387 27 24 511 546 .270 .401 .443 .844 124 1157 74 70 9 13 42
162 Game Avg. 162 656 533 86 144 34 1 19 79 6 5 104 111 .270 .401 .443 .844 124 236 15 14 2 3 9
WSN (5 yrs) 487 2041 1666 263 467 121 5 56 248 21 16 326 335 .280 .408 .460 .867 129 766 45 38 2 9 32
NYY (4 yrs) 272 1023 841 134 209 40 0 33 121 6 6 149 193 .249 .378 .414 .791 111 348 25 26 6 1 9
FLA (1 yr) 35 150 104 24 29 8 0 2 18 0 2 36 18 .279 .477 .413 .890 137 43 4 6 1 3 1
NL (5 yrs) 522 2191 1770 287 496 129 5 58 266 21 18 362 353 .280 .412 .457 .869 129 809 49 44 3 12 33
AL (4 yrs) 272 1023 841 134 209 40 0 33 121 6 6 149 193 .249 .378 .414 .791 111 348 25 26 6 1 9

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2001 22 NYY AL 78 -3 0 -1 0 1 -1 3 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 3
2002 23 NYY AL 441 1 -1 -1 -1 4 -9 15 8 0.8 4 0.4 0.4 $220,650 3/
2003 24 NYY AL 406 21 1 -3 0 -4 -7 14 22 2.1 26 2.6 -0.5 $364,100 3
2004 25 MON NL 295 -3 1 0 0 -4 -5 8 -3 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $1,250,000 3
2005 26 WSN NL 547 29 -4 -1 -1 9 -8 15 39 4.0 30 3.1 0.9 $1,450,000 *3
2006 27 WSN NL 628 38 1 0 0 5 -9 17 52 5.2 47 4.7 0.5 $3,200,000 *3
2008 29 WSN NL 147 5 0 2 0 -0 -2 4 9 0.9 9 0.9 0.0 $5,500,000 3
2009 30 WSN NL 424 11 0 -1 -2 -3 -6 11 10 1.0 14 1.4 -0.4 $5,500,000 3
2009 30 FLA NL 150 10 -0 -1 0 -5 -2 4 6 0.6 11 1.1 -0.5 $ 3
2010 31 NYY AL 98 0 -1 -0 -0 -0 -2 3 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $5,500,000 /3
9 Seasons 3214 109 -3 -6 -4 1 -51 94 142 14.2 140 14.1 0.1 $22,984,750
WSN (5 yrs) 2041 80 -2 0 -3 6 -30 55 107 10.8 101 10.2 0.6 $16,900,000
NYY (4 yrs) 1023 19 -1 -5 -2 -0 -19 35 28 2.8 28 2.8 0.0 $6,084,750
FLA (1 yr) 150 10 -0 -1 0 -5 -2 4 6 0.6 11 1.1 -0.5 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
2002 23 NYY AL ALDS ANA L 3 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 0 0 0
2003 24 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 4 17 13 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .077 .294 .154 .448 2 0 1 0 0 0
2003 24 NYY AL ALCS BOS W 7 28 26 4 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 .231 .286 .385 .670 10 1 0 0 0 1
2003 24 NYY AL WS FLA L 6 19 17 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .294 .368 .353 .721 6 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 20 76 67 10 14 3 0 1 6 0 0 8 14 .209 .303 .299 .601 20 2 1 0 0 1
2 ALDS 7 29 24 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 7 .125 .276 .167 .443 4 0 1 0 0 0
1 ALCS 7 28 26 4 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 .231 .286 .385 .670 10 1 0 0 0 1
1 WS 6 19 17 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .294 .368 .353 .721 6 1 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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 95 90 5 0 4 1.000 1 6.33 .993 9.31
2001 NYY AL 22 DH 6 6
2002 NYY AL 23 1B 78 570 519 44 7 46 .988 4 7.22 .993 9.23
2002 NYY AL 23 OF 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .985 2.30
2002 NYY AL 23 DH 49 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
2003 NYY AL 24 1B 60 551 512 34 5 44 .991 -4 -5 9.10 .993 9.46
2003 NYY AL 24 DH 30 30
2004 MON NL 25 1B 73 665 618 43 4 69 .994 -4 1 9.05 .993 9.44
2005 WSN NL 26 1B 129 1119 1018 96 5 109 .996 9 6 8.64 .993 9.52
2006 WSN NL 27 1B 147 1273 1165 93 15 91 .988 5 6 8.56 .994 9.36
2008 WSN NL 29 1B 35 316 302 14 0 21 1.000 -0 2 9.03 .992 9.28
2009 TOT NL 30 1B 129 124 110 1067.0 1128 1025 91 12 95 .989 -8 -6 -9 -6 9.41 8.65 .993 85.66 9.21
2009 WSN NL 30 1B 96 92 90 806.1 907 833 67 7 73 .992 -3 -3 -5 -4 10.05 9.38 .993 85.66 9.21
2009 FLA NL 30 1B 33 32 20 260.2 221 192 24 5 22 .977 -5 -3 -23 -14 7.46 6.55 .993 85.67 9.21
2010 NYY AL 31 1B 2 18 18 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -1 9.00 .994 9.25
2010 NYY AL 31 DH 20 19
9 Seasons 1B 668 124 110 1067.0 5735 5267 420 48 480 .992 1 3 1 3 9.41 8.51 .993 85.66 9.36
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
1 Season OF 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .985 2.30
9 Seasons TOT 670 124 110 1067.0 5737 5269 420 48 480 .992 1 3 1 3 9.41 8.49 .993 85.66 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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
2005 NL  .408 (6th)
2006 NL  .428 (4th)
2009 NL  .426 (2nd)
Active  .401 (9th)
Career  .401 (55th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2006 NL  .948 (10th)
Active  .844 (37th)
Career  .844 (191st)

Doubles s c a p y
2006 NL  46 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 NL  110 (3rd)
2009 NL  99 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2006 NL  149 (6th)
Active  124 (32nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2006 NL  45 (5th)
Active  121 (45th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2006 NL  4.2 (5th)
Active  11.4 (45th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2006 NL  268 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2006 NL  .718 (6th)
Active  .622 (32nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2002 AL  12 (7th)
2005 NL  12 (10th)
2006 NL  13 (10th)
2009 NL  12 (7th)
Active  70 (39th)
Career  70 (212th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 NL  15 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
Active  13.9 (42nd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
2006 NL  147 (4th)
Active  668 (18th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
Active  5,267 (18th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
2005 NL  96 (4th)
2006 NL  93 (4th)
Active  420 (19th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
2006 NL  15 (1st)
2009 NL  12 (3rd)
Active  48 (11th)

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  9.41 (9th)
Career  9.41 (33rd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
Active  8.51 (18th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
Active  .992 (21st)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1409), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (994), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Willie Aikens (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Earl Torgeson (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. J.T. Snow (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rico Brogna (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rico Brogna (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200021New York Yankees$200,000
200223New York Yankees$220,6504/3/02 AP
200324New York Yankees$364,1004/3/03 AP
200425Montreal Expos$1,250,0004/7/04 AP
200526Washington Nationals$1,450,000
200627Washington Nationals$3,200,000
200728Washington Nationals$5,500,000
200829Washington Nationals$5,500,000
200930Washington Nationals$5,500,000
201031New York Yankees$5,500,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$28,684,750
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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