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Russ Johnson

William Russell Johnson

Positions: Third Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Second Baseman
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
Teams (by GP): DevilRays/Astros/Yankees 1997-2005

Final Game: July 15, 2005
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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
1995	22	HOU-min	AA	132	540	475	65	118	16	2	9	53	10	5	50	60	.248	.327	.347	.675		165	11	8	2	5	1	JAC · TL
1996	23	HOU-min	AA	132	563	496	86	154	24	5	15	74	9	4	56	50	.310	.382	.470	.851		233	16	3	5	3	1	JAC · TL
1997	24	HOU-min	AAA	122	516	445	72	123	16	6	4	49	7	4	66	78	.276	.370	.366	.736		163	10	1	2	2	1	NOR · AA
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-min	AAA	122	558	453	95	140	28	2	7	52	11	11	90	64	.309	.424	.426	.850		193	10	5	4	6	2	NOR · PCL
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-min	AAA	22	94	77	17	27	6	0	1	12	1	3	16	13	.351	.468	.468	.936		36	2	1	0	0	0	NOR · PCL
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-min	AA	1	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417		2	1	0	0	0	0	ORL · SOUL
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-min	AA,AAA	22	88	76	19	21	5	1	2	8	2	0	12	12	.276	.375	.447	.822		34	4	0	0	0	0	ORL,DHM · SOUL,IL
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-min	AAA	73	325	281	43	82	26	0	9	40	5	5	39	50	.292	.377	.480	.857		135	8	1	1	3	0	CLB · IL
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	/5394
2006	33	NYY-min	AAA	106	449	375	58	103	18	2	14	40	2	3	65	53	.275	.380	.445	.826		167	11	2	2	5	2	CLB · IL
2007	34	PIT-min	AAA,AA	106	414	360	44	94	20	2	9	50	5	4	46	37	.261	.345	.403	.747		145	10	2	2	4	1	INA,ATO · IL,EL
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

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
1997	24	HOU	NL	67	1	-1	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$	5/4
1998	25	HOU	NL	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.2	0	0.0	0.2	$	/54
1999	26	HOU	NL	183	1	-1	-1	1	2	0	5	7	0.7	5	0.5	0.2	$205,000	54/6
2000	27	HOU	NL	48	-7	0	0	-1	-2	0	1	-9	-0.8	-7	-0.7	-0.1	$260,000	/654
2000	27	TBD	AL	215	-6	0	0	0	10	1	7	12	1.3	2	0.2	1.1	$	546
2001	28	TBD	AL	288	8	0	0	0	-3	1	10	16	1.6	19	1.9	-0.3	$270,000	54/6D
2002	29	TBD	AL	130	-6	0	-1	0	-4	0	5	-6	-0.6	-2	-0.2	-0.4	$575,000	5/D64

2005	32	NYY	AL	20	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	/5394
7 Seasons				966	-10	-2	-2	0	3	2	31	21	2.3	19	1.9	0.4	$1,310,000

HOU (4 yrs)				313	-5	-2	-1	0	0	0	8	0	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$465,000
TBD (3 yrs)				633	-4	0	-1	0	3	2	22	22	2.3	19	1.9	0.4	$845,000
NYY (1 yr)				20	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$

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
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

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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
1997	HOU	NL	24	3B	14	11	9	107.2	27	4	22	1	2	.963	-1		-13		2.17	1.86	.946	2.66	2.64
1997	HOU	NL	24	2B	3	2	0	19.0	11	9	2	0	1	1.000	-1		-44		5.21	3.67	.980	5.07	5.03
1998	HOU	NL	25	3B	5	1	1	17.0	8	1	7	0	0	1.000	1		99		4.24	1.60	.958	2.75	2.72
1998	HOU	NL	25	2B	1	1	1	8.0	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	0		75		4.50	4.00	.982	5.06	5.10
1999	HOU	NL	26	3B	36	23	17	220.2	72	16	52	4	8	.944	2		11		2.77	1.89	.953	2.69	2.66
1999	HOU	NL	26	2B	15	7	5	67.1	50	16	32	2	6	.960	0		9		6.42	3.20	.981	5.05	5.01
1999	HOU	NL	26	SS	2	1	1	10.0	6	1	4	1	1	.833	-0		-60		4.50	2.50	.967	4.41	4.40
2000	TOT	MLB	27	3B	53	27	21	284.4	96	15	78	3	6	.969	8		32		2.94	1.75	.947	2.67	2.64
2000	TOT	MLB	27	2B	21	16	10	149.1	92	32	57	3	9	.967	-0		-2		5.36	4.24	.980	5.02	4.96
2000	TOT	MLB	27	SS	16	7	5	74.1	31	9	22	0	3	1.000	1		11		3.75	1.94	.970	4.60	4.60
2000	HOU	NL	27	SS	5	4	2	38.1	13	5	8	0	2	1.000	0		0		3.05	2.60	.967	4.51	4.46
2000	HOU	NL	27	3B	4	2	0	14.2	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	-0		-8		3.07	1.25	.950	2.64	2.60
2000	HOU	NL	27	2B	3	1	1	19.0	8	5	2	1	0	.875	-2		-101		3.32	2.33	.982	4.97	4.90
2000	TBD	AL	27	3B	49	25	21	269.2	91	14	74	3	6	.967	8		34		2.94	1.80	.947	2.67	2.64
2000	TBD	AL	27	2B	18	15	9	130.1	84	27	55	2	9	.976	1		12		5.66	4.56	.980	5.03	4.97
2000	TBD	AL	27	SS	11	3	3	36.0	18	4	14	0	1	1.000	1		23		4.50	1.64	.973	4.70	4.66
2001	TBD	AL	28	3B	36	28	27	254.2	77	21	50	6	6	.922	0		0		2.51	1.97	.947	2.73	2.71
2001	TBD	AL	28	2B	33	31	28	265.0	143	60	83	0	21	1.000	-2		-10		4.86	4.33	.981	4.86	4.82
2001	TBD	AL	28	SS	6	2	2	23.0	7	3	3	1	0	.857	-1		-47		2.35	1.00	.973	4.50	4.45
2001	TBD	AL	28	DH	2	2
2002	TBD	AL	29	3B	27	27	26	239.0	62	23	38	1	5	.984	-4		-18		2.30	2.26	.951	2.68	2.65
2002	TBD	AL	29	DH	3	3
2002	TBD	AL	29	SS	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		4.50	4.50
2002	TBD	AL	29	2B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		4.50	4.80
2005	NYY	AL	32	3B	8	0	0	18.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	-1	-2	-60	-133	1.50	0.38	.957	2.75	2.72
2005	NYY	AL	32	1B	7	2	2	29.0	30	30	0	0	5	1.000	0	1	17	41	9.31	4.29	.994	9.59	9.49
2005	NYY	AL	32	OF	3	0	0	6.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	0	-19	0	1.42	0.33	.990	2.27	2.27
2005	NYY	AL	32	RF	3	0	0	6.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	0	-19	0	1.42	0.33	.980	2.13	2.10
2005	NYY	AL	32	2B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		5.40	4.90
	7 Seasons			3B	179	117	101	1141.1	345	81	249	15	27	.957	5	-2	5	-133	2.60	1.84	.949	2.69	2.67
	7 Seasons			2B	75	57	44	510.2	300	119	176	5	37	.983	-2	0	-5	0	5.20	3.93	.981	4.94	4.91
	4 Seasons			SS	26	10	8	109.1	44	13	29	2	4	.955	-1		-8		3.46	1.62	.970	4.56	4.54
	1 Season			1B	7	2	2	29.0	30	30	0	0	5	1.000	0	1	17	41	9.31	4.29	.994	9.59	9.49
	1 Season			OF	3	0	0	6.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	0	-19	0	1.42	0.33	.990	2.27	2.27
	1 Season			RF	3	0	0	6.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	0	-19	0	1.42	0.33	.980	2.13	2.10
	7 Seasons			TOT	290	186	155	1796.2	720	244	454	22	73	.969	3	-1	2	-22	3.50	2.41	.966	3.56	3.58
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

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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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y 2000 AL 8 (3rd)

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Transactions

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (30th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed August 30, 1994.
May 27, 2000: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Marc Valdes.
December 16, 2002: the Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Josh Pressley (minors) and Russ Johnson to the New York Mets to complete an earlier deal made on December 15, 2002. December 15, 2002: The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent players to be named later to the New York Mets for Rey Ordonez.
November 13, 2003: Released by the New York Mets.
February 19, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
November 17, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
November 15, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
February 12, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
March 28, 2007: Sent to the Pittsburgh Pirates by the Colorado Rockies as part of a conditional deal.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

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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
1999	26	Houston Astros	$205,000	11/19/99 USA Today
2000	27	Houston Astros	$260,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	28	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	$270,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	29	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	$575,000	4/3/02 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,310,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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