Russ Johnson
William Russell Johnson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 22, 1973 in Baton Rouge, LA
High School: Denham Springs (Denham Springs, LA)
School: Louisiana State University
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (30th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed August 30, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1997
Final Game: July 15, 2005
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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
1997 24 HOU NL 21 67 60 7 18 1 0 2 9 1 1 6 14 .300 .364 .417 .780 108 25 2 0 1 0 0 5/4
1998 25 HOU NL 8 15 13 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .231 .333 .308 .641 72 4 1 1 0 0 0 /54
1999 26 HOU NL 83 183 156 24 44 10 0 5 23 2 3 20 31 .282 .358 .442 .800 101 69 3 0 4 3 0 54/6
2000 27 TOT MLB 100 263 230 32 55 8 0 2 20 5 2 27 40 .239 .320 .300 .620 59 69 7 1 4 1 0 546
2000 27 HOU NL 26 48 45 4 8 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 10 .178 .213 .178 .391 -2 8 3 0 1 0 0 /654
2000 27 TBD AL 74 215 185 28 47 8 0 2 17 4 1 25 30 .254 .344 .330 .674 73 61 4 1 3 1 0 546
2001 28 TBD AL 85 288 248 32 73 19 2 4 33 2 2 34 57 .294 .380 .435 .816 117 108 2 1 4 1 0 54/6D
2002 29 TBD AL 45 130 111 15 24 5 0 1 12 5 2 16 22 .216 .320 .288 .609 66 32 2 1 2 0 1 5/D64
2005 32 NYY AL 22 20 18 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .222 .300 .333 .633 70 6 0 1 0 0 0 /539D4
7 Seasons 364 966 836 117 221 46 2 14 97 16 10 105 173 .264 .348 .374 .722 89 313 17 5 15 5 1
162 Game Avg. 162 430 372 52 98 20 1 6 43 7 4 47 77 .264 .348 .374 .722 89 139 8 2 7 2 0
HOU (4 yrs) 138 313 274 37 73 12 0 7 35 5 5 29 60 .266 .336 .387 .722 84 106 9 1 6 3 0
TBD (3 yrs) 204 633 544 75 144 32 2 7 62 11 5 75 109 .265 .356 .369 .725 92 201 8 3 9 2 1
NYY (1 yr) 22 20 18 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .222 .300 .333 .633 70 6 0 1 0 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 226 653 562 80 148 34 2 7 62 11 5 76 113 .263 .354 .368 .722 91 207 8 4 9 2 1
NL (4 yrs) 138 313 274 37 73 12 0 7 35 5 5 29 60 .266 .336 .387 .722 84 106 9 1 6 3 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1997 24 HOU NL 67 46 9 5.2 105 .364 .300 .266 .364 .337 .417 .417 .780 .754 108 .533 0.6 0.1 .689 .217 .117 1.3
1998 25 HOU NL 15 11 1 2.4 106 .375 .231 .266 .333 .337 .308 .420 .641 .757 72 .221 -0.4 0.0 .636 .231 .077 .0
1999 26 HOU NL 183 125 25 5.4 116 .317 .282 .276 .358 .351 .442 .444 .800 .795 101 .504 1.0 0.1 .746 .282 .160 2.9
2000 27 TOT MLB 263 189 24 3.4 116 .280 .239 .276 .320 .350 .300 .446 .620 .796 59 .293 -14.4 -1.3 .543 .191 .061 2.9
2000 27 HOU NL 48 42 1 0.6 122 .229 .178 .281 .213 .360 .178 .460 .391 .820 -2 .020 -7.6 -0.7 .244 .044 .000 .0
2000 27 TBD AL 215 147 23 4.2 114 .292 .254 .275 .344 .348 .330 .442 .674 .790 73 .374 -6.8 -0.6 .629 .227 .076 2.7
2001 28 TBD AL 288 184 44 6.4 105 .367 .294 .265 .380 .332 .435 .425 .816 .757 117 .606 7.6 0.7 .799 .278 .141 2.7
2002 29 TBD AL 130 93 11 3.2 103 .261 .216 .261 .320 .328 .288 .419 .609 .747 66 .306 -4.9 -0.5 .571 .243 .072 1.7
2005 32 NYY AL 20 14 2 3.8 103 .286 .222 .266 .300 .328 .333 .422 .633 .750 70 .387 -0.7 -0.1 .571 .167 .111
7 Seasons 966 662 116 4.7 110 .317 .264 .270 .348 .340 .374 .433 .722 .773 89 .454 -11.2 -1.0 .668 .243 .110 14.9
162 Game Avg. 430 295 52 4.7 110 .317 .264 .270 .348 .340 .374 .433 .722 .773 89 .454 -11.2 -1.0 .668 .243 .110 7
HOU (4 yrs) 313 224 36 4.3 114 .314 .266 .274 .336 .349 .387 .439 .722 .788 84 .415 -6.4 -0.5 .633 .226 .120 5.8
TBD (3 yrs) 633 424 78 4.9 108 .319 .265 .268 .356 .336 .369 .430 .725 .766 92 .475 -4.1 -0.4 .690 .254 .105 8.6
NYY (1 yr) 20 14 2 3.8 103 .286 .222 .266 .300 .328 .333 .422 .633 .750 70 .387 -0.7 -0.1 .571 .167 .111
AL (4 yrs) 653 438 80 4.9 108 .318 .263 .267 .354 .336 .368 .430 .722 .766 91 .473 -4.8 -0.5 .686 .251 .105 8.6
NL (4 yrs) 313 224 36 4.3 114 .314 .266 .274 .336 .349 .387 .439 .722 .788 84 .415 -6.4 -0.5 .633 .226 .120 5.8

Postseason Batting

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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
1997 24 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 26 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1997 24 HOU NL 67 3.0% 20.9% 9.0% 4.5% 17% 2.33 4.3 30.0 6.7 0.76 0.88 66% 28% 10.0% 20%
1998 25 HOU NL 15 0.0% 33.3% 6.7% 6.7% 33% 5.00 2.6 0.33 0.50 53% 38% 0.0% 17%
1999 26 HOU NL 183 2.7% 16.9% 10.9% 8.2% 34% 1.55 5.0 31.2 6.8 0.80 1.14 67% 17% 8.6% 18%
2000 27 TOT MLB 263 0.8% 15.2% 10.3% 3.8% 18% 1.48 5.8 115.0 11.5 0.61 0.80 72% 25% 2.0% 15%
2000 27 HOU NL 48 0.0% 20.8% 4.2% 0.0% 0% 5.00 4.5 15.0 0.52 0.88 73% 31% 0.0% 30%
2000 27 TBD AL 215 0.9% 14.0% 11.6% 4.7% 21% 1.20 6.2 92.5 10.9 0.63 0.78 72% 23% 2.4% 12%
2001 28 TBD AL 288 1.4% 19.8% 11.8% 8.7% 34% 1.68 4.4 62.0 7.5 0.63 0.97 65% 28% 3.8% 10%
2002 29 TBD AL 130 0.8% 16.9% 12.3% 4.6% 25% 1.38 5.0 111.0 9.3 0.66 0.86 68% 16% 2.3% 17%
2005 32 NYY AL 20 0.0% 20.0% 5.0% 10.0% 50% 4.00 4.5 0.40 0.25 70% 29% 0.0% 10%
7 Seasons 966 1.5% 17.9% 10.9% 6.4% 28% 1.65 4.8 59.7 8.6 0.65 0.89 68% 23% 4.1% 15%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1997 24 HOU NL 0 0 23% 17 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 40% 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0
1998 25 HOU NL 0 0 40% 6 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1999 26 HOU NL 1 0 32% 90 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 33% 8 8 0 3 1 2 4 1 3
2000 27 TOT MLB 3 0 37% 115 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 57% 12 7 5 4 2 2 12 3 9
2000 27 HOU NL 0 0 40% 17 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43% 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 3
2000 27 TBD AL 3 0 37% 98 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 62% 9 4 5 4 2 2 8 2 6
2001 28 TBD AL 2 0 27% 121 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 49% 15 8 7 9 6 2 9 2 7
2002 29 TBD AL 0 0 35% 37 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 60% 7 2 5 2 1 1 6 3 3
2005 32 NYY AL 0 0 83% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
7 Seasons 6 0 33% 398 16 10 62% 14 9 2 1 0 0 4 1 11 19 49% 47 28 18 21 11 9 34 11 23
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1997 24 HOU NL 67 34% 18 3 0 6 1 0 0 1.83 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 50% 15 2 13% 10 4 40% 46 7 15% 4 2 50% 3 1 33% 0
1998 25 HOU NL 15 33% 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1999 26 HOU NL 183 42% 44 4 0 35 12 1 4 1.55 5 0 8 3 2 2 3 0 4 4 100% 44 3 7% 28 11 39% 125 19 15% 14 7 50% 14 9 64% 0
2000 27 TOT MLB 263 37% 55 4 0 25 6 0 3 1.20 2 0 7 1 1 2 0 0 4 4 100% 42 7 17% 22 5 23% 160 20 13% 13 6 46% 15 6 40% 0
2000 27 HOU NL 48 27% 8 0 0 13 1 0 1 1.24 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 3 30% 10 1 10% 34 3 9% 6 2 33% 3 1 33% 0
2000 27 TBD AL 215 39% 47 4 0 12 5 0 2 1.15 2 0 6 1 1 2 0 0 3 3 100% 32 4 13% 12 4 33% 126 17 13% 7 4 57% 12 5 42% 0
2001 28 TBD AL 288 29% 73 6 0 15 5 0 4 1.73 4 0 6 3 1 1 3 0 4 4 100% 46 2 4% 21 10 48% 150 29 19% 14 8 57% 18 10 56% 0
2002 29 TBD AL 130 22% 24 1 0 10 1 0 0 1.49 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 100% 25 2 8% 11 4 36% 83 13 16% 11 5 45% 7 2 29% 0
2005 32 NYY AL 20 60% 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.85 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
7 Seasons 966 34% 221 19 0 97 25 1 11 1.45 14 0 27 9 5 7 7 0 16 15 94% 177 17 10% 95 34 36% 577 88 15% 57 28 49% 60 29 48% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
1997 24 HOU NL 64 267 4.17 161 60% 27% 13% 33% 27% 73% 0% 44% 82% 22% 3% 2 1 16% 10 7 6% 4 3 71% 3 0 0
1998 25 HOU NL 15 71 4.73 42 59% 33% 10% 38% 19% 67% 0% 39% 86% 27% 0% 0 0 13% 2 2 13% 2 1 80% 0 0 0
1999 26 HOU NL 183 683 3.73 391 57% 29% 10% 26% 34% 71% 0% 40% 85% 27% 10% 19 0 22% 41 16 14% 25 14 42% 0 0 0
2000 27 TOT MLB 263 1048 3.98 615 59% 33% 9% 26% 32% 67% 0% 39% 86% 24% 5% 12 0 15% 40 14 11% 30 21 53% 0 0 0
2000 27 HOU NL 48 199 4.15 121 61% 27% 12% 31% 30% 73% 0% 44% 84% 27% 4% 2 0 15% 7 4 10% 5 5 60% 0 0 0
2000 27 TBD AL 215 849 3.95 494 58% 35% 9% 25% 32% 65% 0% 38% 87% 23% 5% 10 0 15% 33 10 12% 25 16 50% 0 0 0
2001 28 TBD AL 288 1208 4.19 721 60% 36% 10% 27% 27% 64% 0% 38% 84% 23% 2% 7 1 13% 38 12 9% 27 19 56% 0 0 0
2002 29 TBD AL 130 513 3.95 326 64% 30% 9% 33% 28% 70% 2% 45% 87% 23% 5% 7 1 12% 16 8 10% 13 9 50% 0 0 0
2005 32 NYY AL 20 67 3.35 47 70% 28% 19% 23% 30% 72% 0% 51% 74% 25% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 25% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 963 3857 4.01 2303 60% 32% 10% 28% 30% 68% 0% 40% 85% 24% 5% 47 3 15% 147 59 10% 101 67 53% 3 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1997 24 21 67 60 7 18 1 0 2 9 1 1 6 14 .300 .364 .417 .780 108 25 2 0 1 0 0
1998 25 29 82 73 9 21 2 0 2 9 2 1 7 19 .288 .358 .397 .755 101 29 3 1 1 0 0
1999 26 112 265 229 33 65 12 0 7 32 4 4 27 50 .284 .358 .428 .786 101 98 6 1 5 3 0
2000 27 212 528 459 65 120 20 0 9 52 9 6 54 90 .261 .339 .364 .703 80 167 13 2 9 4 0
2001 28 297 816 707 97 193 39 2 13 85 11 8 88 147 .273 .354 .389 .743 93 275 15 3 13 5 0
2002 29 342 946 818 112 217 44 2 14 97 16 10 104 169 .265 .349 .375 .724 89 307 17 4 15 5 1
2003 30 342 946 818 112 217 44 2 14 97 16 10 104 169 .265 .349 .375 .724 89 307 17 4 15 5 1
2004 31 342 946 818 112 217 44 2 14 97 16 10 104 169 .265 .349 .375 .724 89 307 17 4 15 5 1
2005 32 364 966 836 117 221 46 2 14 97 16 10 105 173 .264 .348 .374 .722 89 313 17 5 15 5 1

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1997 24 21 66 60 7 18 1 0 2 9 1 6 14 .300 .364 .417 .780 9 21
1998 25 8 15 13 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 .231 .333 .308 .641 1 8
1999 26 83 175 153 21 41 9 0 5 20 2 19 31 .268 .343 .425 .768 22 83
2000 27 100 256 228 28 53 8 0 2 18 5 26 40 .232 .313 .294 .606 21 100
2001 28 85 287 250 32 75 20 2 4 33 2 35 57 .300 .387 .444 .831 43 85
2002 29 45 130 112 15 25 5 0 1 12 5 17 22 .223 .331 .295 .625 11 45
2005 32 22 21 19 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 .263 .333 .368 .702 2 22
7 Seasons 364 950 835 109 220 46 2 14 92 16 105 173 .263 .347 .374 .721 109 364
162 Game Avg. 162 423 372 49 98 20 1 6 41 7 47 77 .263 .347 .374 .721 49 364

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2348), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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