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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1997 HOU NL 24 3B 14 11 107.2 27 4 22 1 2 .963 -1.2 -13.4 -1.2 -1.5 0.3 0 2.17 1.86 .944 2.66 2.19
1997 HOU NL 24 2B 3 2 19.0 11 9 2 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -44.2 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 5.21 3.67 .982 5.07 4.30
1998 HOU NL 25 3B 5 1 17.0 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.4 98.8 1.4 0.6 0.8 0 4.24 1.60 .950 2.75 2.38
1998 HOU NL 25 2B 1 1 8.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 75.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 4.50 4.00 .975 5.06 4.40
1999 HOU NL 26 3B 36 23 220.2 72 16 52 4 8 .944 2.0 10.9 1.0 -0.3 1.3 1 2.77 1.89 .953 2.68 2.30
1999 HOU NL 26 2B 15 7 67.1 50 16 32 2 6 .960 0.5 8.9 0.5 -1.4 1.9 0 6.42 3.20 .982 5.05 4.19
1999 HOU NL 26 SS 2 1 10.0 6 1 4 1 1 .833 -0.5 -60.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 4.50 2.50 .967 4.41 3.80
2000 TOT MLB 27 3B 53 27 284.4 96 15 78 3 6 .969 7.5 31.7 7.5 3.6 3.8 0 2.94 1.75 .946 2.67 2.30
2000 TOT MLB 27 2B 21 16 149.1 92 32 57 3 9 .967 -0.3 -2.4 0.7 0.4 0.2 -1 5.36 4.24 .980 5.02 4.32
2000 TOT MLB 27 SS 16 7 74.1 31 9 22 0 3 1.000 0.7 11.3 0.7 0.4 0.3 0 3.75 1.94 .971 4.60 4.08
2000 HOU NL 27 SS 5 4 38.1 13 5 8 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 3.05 2.60 .969 4.51 3.88
2000 HOU NL 27 3B 4 2 14.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -8.2 -0.1 -0.8 0.7 0 3.07 1.25 .940 2.64 2.17
2000 HOU NL 27 2B 3 1 19.0 8 5 2 1 0 .875 -1.6 -101.1 -1.6 -1.2 -0.4 0 3.32 2.33 .988 4.97 4.33
2000 TBD AL 27 3B 49 25 269.2 91 14 74 3 6 .967 7.6 33.8 7.6 4.4 3.1 0 2.94 1.80 .946 2.67 2.31
2000 TBD AL 27 2B 18 15 130.1 84 27 55 2 9 .976 1.3 12.0 2.3 1.6 0.6 -1 5.66 4.56 .980 5.03 4.32
2000 TBD AL 27 SS 11 3 36.0 18 4 14 0 1 1.000 0.7 23.3 0.7 0.5 0.2 0 4.50 1.64 .972 4.70 4.17
2001 TBD AL 28 3B 36 28 254.2 77 21 50 6 6 .922 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0 2.51 1.97 .948 2.73 2.41
2001 TBD AL 28 2B 33 31 265.0 143 60 83 0 21 1.000 -2.2 -10.0 -2.2 -0.1 -2.1 0 4.86 4.33 .980 4.87 4.44
2001 TBD AL 28 SS 6 2 23.0 7 3 3 1 0 .857 -0.9 -47.0 -0.9 -0.8 -0.1 0 2.35 1.00 .971 4.50 4.03
2001 TBD AL 28 DH 2
2002 TBD AL 29 3B 27 27 239.0 62 23 38 1 5 .984 -3.6 -18.1 -3.6 -2.0 -1.6 0 2.30 2.26 .950 2.68 2.40
2002 TBD AL 29 DH 5
2002 TBD AL 29 SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.15
2002 TBD AL 29 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.40
2005 NYY AL 32 3B 8 0 18.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -60.0 -0.9 -1.1 0.2 0 1.50 0.38 .967 2.75 2.49
2005 NYY AL 32 1B 7 2 29.0 30 30 0 0 5 1.000 0.4 16.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 9.31 4.29 .993 9.59 8.11
2005 NYY AL 32 OF 3 0 6.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -18.9 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0 1.42 0.33 1.000 2.27 2.03
2005 NYY AL 32 RF 3 0 6.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -18.9 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0 1.42 0.33 1.000 2.13 1.83
2005 NYY AL 32 DH 2
2005 NYY AL 32 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.50
7 Seasons 3B 179 117 1141.1 345 81 249 15 27 .957 5.2 5.5 4.2 -0.1 4.2 1 2.60 1.84 .949 2.69 2.34
7 Seasons 2B 75 57 510.2 300 119 176 5 37 .983 -2.2 -5.2 -1.2 -0.6 -0.7 -1 5.20 3.93 .981 4.95 4.35
4 Seasons SS 26 10 109.1 44 13 29 2 4 .955 -0.7 -7.7 -0.7 -0.9 0.2 0 3.46 1.62 .970 4.56 4.05
3 Seasons DH 9
1 Season 1B 7 2 29.0 30 30 0 0 5 1.000 0.4 16.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 9.31 4.29 .993 9.59 8.11
1 Season OF 3 0 6.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -18.9 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0 1.42 0.33 1.000 2.27 2.03
1 Season RF 3 0 6.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -18.9 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0 1.42 0.33 1.000 2.13 1.83
7 Seasons TOT 290 186 1796.2 720 244 454 22 73 .969 2.6 1.7 2.6 -1.8 4.2 0 0 3.50 2.41 .935 3.55 3.15
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1997 HOU NL 24 21 13 21 15 0 0 0 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1998 HOU NL 25 8 2 8 6 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1999 HOU NL 26 83 31 83 51 0 0 0 15 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 42 0
2000 TBD AL 27 74 43 74 70 0 0 0 18 49 11 0 0 0 0 0 12 4
2000 HOU NL 27 26 7 26 12 0 0 0 3 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
2001 TBD AL 28 85 63 85 72 0 0 0 33 36 6 0 0 0 0 2 21 1
2002 TBD AL 29 45 30 45 30 0 0 0 1 27 2 0 0 0 0 3 15 0
2005 NYY AL 32 22 2 22 18 0 0 7 1 8 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 5
7 Seasons 364 191 364 274 0 0 7 75 179 26 0 0 3 3 5 117 12
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1997 HOU NL 24 463 50% 71% 34% 29 83% 0 4 3 0 1 22 17 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1998 HOU NL 25 78 74% 67% 32% 10 80% 0 1 1 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1999 HOU NL 26 902 54% 75% 33% 75 85% 0 17 14 2 1 52 40 9 0 1 4 0 4 0 4 8 5 1 6 2 2 0 4 75%
2000 TBD AL 27 1179 49% 76% 31% 90 93% 2 14 10 1 3 74 56 15 2 2 3 0 3 0 3 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 6 50%
2000 HOU NL 27 81 57% 69% 14% 5 100% 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 TBD AL 28 1113 60% 75% 28% 72 92% 1 21 15 1 5 50 42 7 0 1 6 0 5 1 6 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 2 100%
2002 TBD AL 29 1059 57% 76% 26% 60 97% 0 23 20 0 3 38 32 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 5 4 0 4 1 0 1 3 67%
2005 NYY AL 32 87 51% 78% 30% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 4962 55% 75% 30% 344 91% 3 82 65 4 13 249 199 42 2 6 15 0 14 1 15 27 22 1 23 3 2 1 18 72%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 88% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1997 HOU NL 24 78 65% 62% 26% 3 67% 0 9 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1998 HOU NL 25 35 69% 60% 31% 2 100% 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 HOU NL 26 311 53% 77% 38% 33 94% 0 16 5 8 3 32 28 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 6 3 2 0 0 5 0 5 1 1 0
2000 TBD AL 27 604 51% 75% 34% 62 97% 0 28 12 15 2 54 45 8 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 9 3 1 4 0 8 4 4 1 1 0
2000 HOU NL 27 88 53% 78% 20% 5 80% 0 5 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 TBD AL 28 1236 50% 75% 25% 87 100% 0 60 22 32 6 83 77 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 12 4 4 0 20 4 16 1 1 0
2002 TBD AL 29 5 40% 80% 60% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 NYY AL 32 3 33% 33% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2360 51% 75% 29% 192 97% 0 120 42 63 16 175 156 16 0 1 5 0 4 1 3 37 19 7 8 0 34 8 26 3 3 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1999 HOU NL 26 46 87% 83% 35% 3 67% 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2000 TBD AL 27 185 58% 75% 28% 14 100% 0 4 1 3 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2000 HOU NL 27 167 57% 76% 23% 11 100% 0 5 4 1 0 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
2001 TBD AL 28 109 48% 71% 28% 4 100% 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 TBD AL 29 6 83% 67% 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 513 59% 75% 27% 32 97% 1 13 6 6 1 29 23 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 4 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
2005 NYY AL 32 120 54% 73% 37% 3 100% 0 30 0 30 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 120 54% 73% 37% 3 100% 0 30 0 30 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
2005 NYY AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 50% 82% 32% 3 33%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 50% 82% 32% 3 33%
MLB Averages 46.9% 2.4% 56% 74% 38% 51%

* 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.

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