Rob Johnson

Robert James Johnson

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: July 22, 1983 in Anaconda, MT
High School: Central HS (Butte, MT)
School: University of Houston (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 4th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 2007
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Padres/Mets 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.007, Arb Eligible: 2012, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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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
2004	20	SEA-min	A-,Rk	28	115	104	21	24	4	1	1	8	7	3	7	17	.231	.296	.317	.613		33	2	3	0	1	0		EVR,MRE · NORW,ARIZ
2005	21	SEA-min	A,A+	96	421	375	56	105	22	1	11	63	12	3	30	45	.280	.332	.432	.764		162	9	3	5	8	0		APP,SBR · MIDW,CALL
2006	22	SEA-min	AAA	97	359	337	28	78	9	4	4	33	14	7	13	74	.231	.261	.318	.578		107	9	1	6	2	1		TAC · PCL
2007	23	SEA-min	AAA	112	465	422	57	113	26	0	6	40	7	7	39	62	.268	.331	.372	.703		157	11	1	3	0	2		TAC · PCL
2007	23	SEA	AL	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2008	24	SEA-min	AAA	112	463	417	55	127	30	0	9	49	7	6	37	61	.305	.363	.441	.804		184	13	3	3	3	1		TAC · PCL
2008	24	SEA	AL	14	32	31	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	6	.129	.129	.226	.355	-6	7	1	0	1	0	0	2/D
2009	25	SEA	AL	80	290	258	21	55	19	2	2	27	1	1	26	60	.213	.289	.326	.615	66	84	11	2	3	1	1	2
2010	26	SEA-min	AAA	19	77	64	9	19	7	0	1	8	0	0	10	12	.297	.403	.453	.856		29	4	2	0	1	0		TAC · PCL
2010	26	SEA	AL	61	209	178	24	34	10	0	2	13	1	1	25	46	.191	.293	.281	.574	63	50	5	2	1	3	2	2
2011	27	SDP	NL	67	199	179	9	34	6	1	3	16	3	0	14	58	.190	.259	.285	.544	55	51	3	3	2	1	1	2
2012	28	NYM-min	AAA	15	60	55	13	16	3	1	2	7	1	1	2	6	.291	.317	.491	.808		27	3	1	0	2	0		BFL · IL
2012	28	NYM	NL	11	35	32	2	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.313	.371	.344	.715	102	11	1	0	0	0	1	2/1
6 Yrs				239	768	681	59	138	36	3	8	59	6	2	68	177	.203	.280	.300	.579	61	204	21	7	7	5	5
162 Game Avg.				162	521	462	40	94	24	2	5	40	4	1	46	120	.203	.280	.300	.579	61	138	14	5	5	3	3

SEA (4 yrs)				161	534	470	48	94	29	2	5	42	3	2	51	112	.200	.282	.302	.584	61	142	17	4	5	4	3
NYM (1 yr)				11	35	32	2	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.313	.371	.344	.715	102	11	1	0	0	0	1
SDP (1 yr)				67	199	179	9	34	6	1	3	16	3	0	14	58	.190	.259	.285	.544	55	51	3	3	2	1	1

AL (4 yrs)				161	534	470	48	94	29	2	5	42	3	2	51	112	.200	.282	.302	.584	61	142	17	4	5	4	3
NL (2 yrs)				78	234	211	11	44	7	1	3	17	3	0	17	65	.209	.276	.294	.570	62	62	4	3	2	1	2

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
2007	23	SEA	AL	6	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.503	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
2008	24	SEA	AL	14	32	-5	0	-0	-1	0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.457	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	2/D
2009	25	SEA	AL	80	290	-13	-2	-2	4	5	-7	-0.6	10	2	0.2	.491	.495	-0.2	0.9	-2	$400,000	2
2010	26	SEA	AL	61	209	-10	-1	0	-3	3	-10	-1.0	7	-3	-0.3	.483	.493	0.0	0.1	0	$412,500	2
2011	27	SDP	NL	67	199	-12	-0	-0	3	3	-6	-0.6	6	-0	-0.1	.490	.496	-0.4	0.7	-3	$421,700	2
2012	28	NYM	NL	11	35	-0	-0	0	-1	1	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.2	-0.0	2	$	2/1
6 Seasons				239	768	-39	-3	-2	2	13	-29	-2.8	25	-4	-0.6	.487	.497	-0.8	1.7	-6	$1,234,200

SEA (4 yrs)				161	534	-27	-2	-2	0	8	-23	-2.2	18	-5	-0.6	.485	.496	-0.6	1.0	-5	$812,500
NYM (1 yr)				11	35	-0	-0	0	-1	1	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.2	-0.0	2	$
SDP (1 yr)				67	199	-12	-0	-0	3	3	-6	-0.6	6	-0	-0.1	.490	.496	-0.4	0.7	-3	$421,700

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	PwrSpd
2007	23	SEA	AL	3	2	1	13.4	103	.333	.333	.266	.333	.333	.333	.416	.667	.749	80	.856	-0.1	-0.0	1.000	.333	.000	.0
2008	24	SEA	AL	32	29	1	0.9	102	.125	.129	.263	.129	.331	.226	.413	.355	.744	-6	.044	-4.8	-0.5	.250	.097	.097	.0
2009	25	SEA	AL	290	219	23	2.8	102	.269	.213	.260	.289	.328	.326	.418	.615	.746	66	.253	-11.9	-1.1	.521	.213	.112	1.3
2010	26	SEA	AL	209	154	16	2.8	94	.241	.191	.252	.293	.319	.281	.395	.574	.713	63	.278	-7.6	-0.8	.513	.230	.090	1.3
2011	27	SDP	NL	199	151	14	2.5	92	.261	.190	.251	.259	.317	.285	.391	.544	.708	55	.259	-10.9	-1.1	.480	.190	.095	3.0
2012	28	NYM	NL	35	23	4	4.6	96	.400	.313	.253	.371	.321	.344	.400	.715	.721	102	.512	0.2	0.0	.609	.125	.031
6 Yrs				768	578	59	2.7	97	.259	.203	.255	.280	.322	.300	.403	.579	.726	61	.265	-35.2	-3.4	.500	.203	.097	6.9
162 Game Avg.				521	392	40	2.7	97	.259	.203	.255	.280	.322	.300	.403	.579	.726	61	.265	-35.2	-3.4	.500	.203	.097	5

SEA (4 yrs)				534	404	41	2.7	99	.249	.200	.257	.282	.324	.302	.409	.584	.733	61	.252	-24.4	-2.4	.501	.213	.102	3.8
NYM (1 yr)				35	23	4	4.7	96	.400	.313	.253	.371	.321	.344	.400	.715	.721	102	.512	0.2	0.0	.609	.125	.031
SDP (1 yr)				199	151	14	2.5	92	.261	.190	.251	.259	.317	.285	.391	.544	.708	55	.258	-10.9	-1.1	.480	.190	.095	3.0

AL (4 yrs)				534	404	41	2.7	99	.249	.200	.257	.282	.324	.302	.409	.584	.733	61	.252	-24.4	-2.4	.501	.213	.102	3.8
NL (2 yrs)				234	174	18	2.8	93	.285	.209	.251	.276	.318	.294	.392	.570	.710	62	.297	-10.7	-1.1	.497	.180	.085	3.0

Ratio Batting*

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
2007	23	SEA	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					0.00	0.00	100%	33%	0.0%	0%
2008	24	SEA	AL	32	3.1%	18.8%	0.0%	3.1%	25%		5.2	31.0	15.5	1.00	1.30	75%	8%	11.1%	25%
2009	25	SEA	AL	290	0.7%	20.7%	9.0%	7.9%	42%	2.31	4.3	129.0	9.6	0.86	1.27	68%	20%	2.5%	24%
2010	26	SEA	AL	209	1.0%	22.0%	12.0%	5.7%	35%	1.84	3.9	89.0	13.7	1.06	1.36	64%	14%	3.8%	17%
2011	27	SDP	NL	199	1.5%	29.2%	7.0%	5.0%	29%	4.14	3.1	59.7	11.2	0.76	0.96	60%	17%	5.2%	15%
2012	28	NYM	NL	35	0.0%	20.0%	8.6%	2.9%	10%	2.33	4.6		32.0	1.18	1.67	71%	20%	0.0%	0%
6 Yrs				768	1.0%	23.1%	8.9%	6.1%	34%	2.60	3.8	85.1	11.5	0.89	1.21	65%	17%	3.7%	19%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.0%	8.5%	7.8%	33%	2.11	4.9	34.6	7.9	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2007	23	SEA	AL	-0.1	-0.0	4	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.56	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.06	-0.0		0
2008	24	SEA	AL	-4.9	-0.5	32	-0.4	0.2	-0.7	.94	-0.4	-0.1	-3.7	-0.4	0.81	-4.5		0
2009	25	SEA	AL	-11.9	-1.1	297	-1.1	4.6	-5.6	.99	-1.6	0.6	-11.4	-1.1	0.97	-16.8		0
2010	26	SEA	AL	-7.6	-0.8	212	-1.2	2.8	-4.0	1.04	-0.9	-0.3	-11.1	-1.1	0.94	-10.0		0
2011	27	SDP	NL	-10.9	-1.1	201	-1.3	2.4	-3.7	.96	-1.3	-0.1	-12.3	-1.3	1.03	-12.4	0.87	5
2012	28	NYM	NL	0.2	0.0	35	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.76	-0.1	-0.0	-2.5	-0.3	0.95	-0.9	0.80	1
6 Yrs				-35.2	-3.4	781	-4.0	10.3	-14.3	.98	-4.3	0.2	-40.9	-4.2	0.97	-44.6	0.86	6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2007	23	SEA	AL	0	100%	3	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	24	SEA	AL	0	33%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	25	SEA	AL	2	24%	104	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	3	5	25%	9	7	2	5	3	2	10	7	2
2010	26	SEA	AL	1	37%	75	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	1	4	33%	8	6	1	3	2	1	7	3	4
2011	27	SDP	NL	0	13%	49	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	1	1	25%	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	1	2
2012	28	NYM	NL	0	15%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	1	33%	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0
6 Yrs				3	25%	252	6	2	75%	5	1	1	1	6	11	27%	23	19	3	9	5	4	23	13	8

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
2007	23	SEA	AL	3	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2008	24	SEA	AL	32	34%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	50%	4	1	25%	4	2	50%	15	1	7%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
2009	25	SEA	AL	290	32%	55	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	7	2	0	2	0	0	4	3	75%	57	11	19%	24	5	21%	188	26	14%	19	8	42%	12	4	33%	0
2010	26	SEA	AL	209	23%	34	7	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	8	2	0	0	2	0	3	1	33%	33	5	15%	17	6	35%	125	13	10%	11	6	55%	7	2	29%	0
2011	27	SDP	NL	199	41%	34	4	1	5	1	0	1	0.87	3	0	5	1	2	1	2	0	3	2	67%	28	3	11%	16	5	31%	127	13	10%	11	5	45%	5	2	40%	0
2012	28	NYM	NL	35	43%	10	2	1	1	0	0	0	0.80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	6	3	50%	20	1	5%	4	1	25%	2	1	50%	0
6 Yrs				768	32%	138	17	4	6	1	0	1	0.86	8	0	20	5	3	4	4	0	12	7	58%	130	21	16%	67	21	31%	478	54	11%	46	20	43%	27	10	37%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2007	23	SEA	AL	3	9	3.00	6	67%	17%	0%	33%	50%	83%	0%	56%	100%	33%	33%	1	1	33%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2008	24	SEA	AL	32	114	3.56	78	68%	23%	17%	27%	33%	77%	0%	53%	78%	34%	3%	1	0	16%	5	3	6%	2	2	17%	0	0	0
2009	25	SEA	AL	290	1100	3.79	691	63%	27%	16%	27%	29%	73%	1%	46%	78%	32%	4%	11	1	16%	45	25	9%	27	15	27%	0	0	0
2010	26	SEA	AL	209	857	4.10	519	61%	35%	14%	24%	26%	65%	1%	39%	78%	22%	7%	14	0	17%	36	13	11%	23	8	26%	0	0	0
2011	27	SDP	NL	199	802	4.03	508	63%	29%	19%	28%	24%	71%	1%	45%	74%	27%	6%	11	0	13%	26	9	11%	22	17	22%	0	0	0
2012	28	NYM	NL	35	135	3.86	82	61%	30%	15%	24%	30%	70%	8%	42%	79%	9%	11%	4	0	26%	9	4	9%	3	2	0%	0	0	0
6 Yrs				768	3017	3.93	1884	62%	30%	16%	27%	27%	70%	2%	44%	77%	27%	5%	42	2	16%	122	54	10%	77	44	24%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

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
2007	23	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	0	0	0	0	0
2008	24	20	35	34	3	5	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	6	.147	.147	.235	.382	1	8	1	0	1	0	0
2009	25	100	325	292	24	60	19	2	3	29	2	1	26	66	.205	.274	.315	.589	59	92	12	2	4	1	1
2010	26	161	534	470	48	94	29	2	5	42	3	2	51	112	.200	.282	.302	.584	61	142	17	4	5	4	3
2011	27	228	733	649	57	128	35	3	8	58	6	2	65	170	.197	.275	.297	.573	59	193	20	7	7	5	4
2012	28	239	768	681	59	138	36	3	8	59	6	2	68	177	.203	.280	.300	.579	61	204	21	7	7	5	5

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2007	23	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
2008	24	14	32	31	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	6	.129	.129	.226	.355	1	14
2009	25	80	291	259	22	56	19	2	2	28	1	26	60	.216	.292	.328	.620	25	80
2010	26	61	214	181	28	37	11	0	2	15	1	27	46	.204	.310	.298	.608	17	61
2011	27	67	203	182	11	37	7	1	3	19	3	15	58	.203	.274	.302	.576	15	67
2012	28	11	36	33	2	11	1	0	0	1	0	3	7	.333	.389	.364	.753	5	11
6 Yrs		239	779	689	65	145	38	3	8	65	6	71	177	.210	.289	.309	.598	63	239
162 Game Avg.		162	528	467	44	98	26	2	5	44	4	48	120	.210	.289	.309	.598	43	239

* 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.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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