Ron Johnson

Ronald David Johnson

Positions: First Baseman, Catcher and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 23, 1956 in Long Beach, CA
School: California State University Fresno (Fresno, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 24th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1982
Teams (by GP): Royals/Expos 1982-1984

Final Game: June 22, 1984
Relatives: Father of Chris Johnson
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Standard Batting

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
1978	22	KCR-min	A,Rk	43	142	127	9	34	3	1	1	10	0	0	12	11	.268	.333	.331	.664		42		1	1	1			FTM,ROY · FLOR,GULF
1979	23	KCR-min	A,AA	133	450	442	8	132	25	2	10	10	2	1	6	9	.299	.309	.432	.741		191		1	0	1			FTM,JCK · FLOR,SOUL
1980	24	KCR-min	AA	142	601	514	81	139	40	0	23	104	1	1	79	53	.270	.365	.482	.847		248		1	1	6			JCK · SOUL
1981	25	KCR-min	AAA	88	346	297	36	73	20	1	7	41	0	2	40	50	.246	.342	.391	.733		116		5	1	3	1		OMA · AA
1982	26	KCR-min	AAA	137	553	494	65	166	27	3	11	73	1	2	55	46	.336	.405	.470	.875		232		3	0	1	3		OMA · AA
1982	26	KCR	AL	8	18	14	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	.286	.444	.429	.873	142	6	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1983	27	KCR-min	AAA	104	409	356	47	113	21	1	10	49	0	1	49	48	.317	.399	.466	.865		166		1	0	3	1		OMA · AA
1983	27	KCR	AL	9	30	27	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.259	.333	.259	.593	66	7	0	0	0	0	0	/32
1984	28	WSN-min	AAA	109	424	376	50	114	24	0	10	53	1	2	44	56	.303	.377	.447	.824		168		2	0	2	3		INA · AA
1984	28	MON	NL	5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	/39
1985	29	DET-CHW-min	AAA	74	239	218	19	46	8	1	2	18	0	0	21	35	.211	.280	.284	.565		62		0	0	0	1		NVL,BFL · AA
3 Yrs				22	53	46	4	12	2	0	0	2	0	0	7	6	.261	.358	.304	.663	86	14	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	390	339	29	88	15	0	0	15	0	0	52	44	.261	.358	.304	.663	86	103	0	0	0	0	0

KCR (2 yrs)				17	48	41	4	11	2	0	0	1	0	0	7	4	.268	.375	.317	.692	93	13	0	0	0	0	0
MON (1 yr)				5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	15	1	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				17	48	41	4	11	2	0	0	1	0	0	7	4	.268	.375	.317	.692	93	13	0	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	15	1	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1982	26	KCR	AL	8	18	1	-1	0	-1	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/3
1983	27	KCR	AL	9	30	-1	-0	0	-2	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.462	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/32
1984	28	MON	NL	5	5	-1	0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.480	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	/39
3 Seasons				22	53	-1	-1	0	-3	-1	-5	-0.6	2	-4	-0.5	.474	.499	-0.2	-0.3	-1	$

KCR (2 yrs)				17	48	-0	-1	0	-3	-1	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.473	.499	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$
MON (1 yr)				5	5	-1	0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.480	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1982	26	KCR	AL	18	10	3	8.1	99	.364	.286	.264	.444	.328	.429	.402	.873	.730	142	.737	1.2	0.1	1.000	.429	.143
1983	27	KCR	AL	30	20	3	4.0	98	.269	.259	.266	.333	.328	.259	.401	.593	.728	66	.444	-1.2	-0.1	.500	.111	.000
1984	28	MON	NL	5	4	0	0.0	90	.333	.200	.259	.200	.323	.200	.376	.400	.699	15	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
3 Yrs				53	34	6	4.7	97	.300	.261	.264	.358	.327	.304	.399	.663	.726	86	.521	-0.6	-0.1	.618	.196	.043
162 Game Avg.				390	250	44	4.7	97	.300	.261	.264	.358	.327	.304	.399	.663	.726	86	.521	-0.6	-0.1	.618	.196	.043

KCR (2 yrs)				48	30	6	5.4	98	.297	.268	.265	.375	.328	.317	.401	.692	.729	93	.573	0.0	0.0	.667	.220	.049
MON (1 yr)				5	4	0	0.0	90	.333	.200	.259	.200	.323	.200	.376	.400	.699	15	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.000	.000

AL (2 yrs)				48	30	6	5.4	98	.297	.268	.265	.375	.328	.317	.401	.692	.729	93	.573	0.0	0.0	.667	.220	.049
NL (1 yr)				5	4	0	0.0	90	.333	.200	.259	.200	.323	.200	.376	.400	.699	15	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1982	26	KCR	AL	18	0.0%	16.7%	22.2%	11.1%	50%	0.75	4.7			1.33	61%
1983	27	KCR	AL	30	0.0%	3.3%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	0.33	27.0		27.0	2.17	87%
1984	28	MON	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5		5.0	0.00	60%
3 Yrs				53	0.0%	11.3%	13.2%	3.8%	17%	0.86	7.7		23.0	1.55	75%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.6%	8.3%	6.6%	28%	1.63	6.6	43.4	8.5	1.07	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1982	26	KCR	AL	1.2	0.1	18	0.1	0.3	-0.2	.79	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.77	1.0	3.47	0
1983	27	KCR	AL	-1.2	-0.1	30	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.15	-0.1	-0.2	-1.0	-0.1	0.83	-1.3		0
1984	28	MON	NL	-0.6	-0.1	5	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.71	-0.0	0.1	0.7	0.1	0.84	-0.3	0.44	2
3 Yrs				-0.6	-0.1	53	-0.2	0.7	-0.9	.98	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.81	-0.6	0.44	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS
1982	26	KCR	AL	25%	18	1	0%	2	2	1
1983	27	KCR	AL	20%	12	0	0%	2	2	0
1984	28	MON	NL	0%	0	0		0	0	0
3 Yrs				21%	30	1	0%	4	4	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1982	26	KCR	AL	18	50%	4			0	0	0	0	3.47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1983	27	KCR	AL	30	83%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		12	1	8%	0	0		0	0		0
1984	28	MON	NL	5	0%	1			2	0	0	0	0.44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	1	33%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				53	64%	12			2	0	0	0	0.44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		17	2	12%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					58%																			87%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1982	26	8	18	14	2	4	2	0	4	3	.286	.444	.429	.873	142	6
1983	27	17	48	41	4	11	2	1	7	4	.268	.375	.317	.692	93	13
1984	28	22	53	46	4	12	2	2	7	6	.261	.358	.304	.663	86	14

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1982	26	8	18	14	2	4	2	0	4	3	.286	.444	.429	.873	3	8
1983	27	9	29	26	2	6	0	1	3	1	.231	.310	.231	.541	2	9
1984	28	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
3 Yrs		22	52	45	4	10	2	1	7	6	.222	.327	.267	.594	5	22
162 Game Avg.		162	383	331	29	74	15	7	52	44	.222	.327	.267	.594	37	22

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