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Spud Johnson

James Ralph Johnson

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December, 1856 in CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1889
Teams (by GP): Solons/Spiders 1889-1891

Final Game: August 8, 1891
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos
1888	31	-min	A	102	415	415	88	142	14	12	5		73			.342	.342	.470	.812		195		KCY · WA
1889	32	COL	AA	116	510	459	91	130	14	10	2	79	34	39	47	.283	.355	.370	.725	111	170	12	O5/36
1890	33	COL	AA	135	596	538	106	186	23	18	1	113	43	48		.346	.409	.461	.870	164	248	10	*O
1891	34	CLV	NL	80	357	327	49	84	8	3	1	46	16	22	23	.257	.319	.309	.628	80	101	8	O/3
3 Seasons				331	1463	1324	246	400	45	31	4	238	93	109	70	.302	.368	.392	.760	124	519	30
162 Game Avg.				162	716	648	120	196	22	15	2	116	46	53		.302	.368	.392	.760	124	254	15

COL (2 yrs)				251	1106	997	197	316	37	28	3	192	77	87	47	.317	.384	.419	.804	139	418	22
CLV (1 yr)				80	357	327	49	84	8	3	1	46	16	22	23	.257	.319	.309	.628	80	101	8

AA (2 yrs)				251	1106	997	197	316	37	28	3	192	77	87	47	.317	.384	.419	.804	139	418	22
NL (1 yr)				80	357	327	49	84	8	3	1	46	16	22	23	.257	.319	.309	.628	80	101	8

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
1889	32	COL	AA	510	5	1	0	0	-8	-3	8	3	0.2	11	0.9	-0.7	$	O5/36
1890	33	COL	AA	596	57	0	0	0	-2	-9	10	56	4.9	58	5.4	-0.5	$	*O
1891	34	CLV	NL	357	-5	0	0	0	-6	-5	10	-6	-0.5	0	0.0	-0.5	$	O/3
3 Seasons				1463	57	1	0	0	-16	-17	28	53	4.6	69	6.3	-1.7	$

COL (2 yrs)				1106	62	1	0	0	-10	-12	18	59	5.1	69	6.3	-1.2	$
CLV (1 yr)				357	-5	0	0	0	-6	-5	10	-6	-0.5	0	0.0	-0.5	$

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G
1889	COL	AA	32	OF	69	99	75	12	12	2	.879	1.26	.903	2.00	0-0-69
1889	COL	AA	32	3B	44	164	62	75	27	8	.835	3.11	.857	3.56
1889	COL	AA	32	1B	2	18	16	0	2	0	.889	8.00	.972	10.10
1889	COL	AA	32	SS	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	.873	5.10
1890	COL	AA	33	OF	135	190	164	12	14	1	.926	1.30	.916	1.82	96-0-39
1891	CLV	NL	34	OF	79	125	99	10	16	1	.872	1.38	.912	1.92	0-0-79
1891	CLV	NL	34	1B	1	12	11	0	1	0	.917	11.00	.978	10.70
	3 Seasons			OF	283	414	338	34	42	4	.899	1.31	.912	1.89	96-0-187
	1 Season			3B	44	164	62	75	27	8	.835	3.11	.857	3.56
	2 Seasons			1B	3	30	27	0	3	0	.900	9.00	.975	10.30
	1 Season			SS	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	.873	5.10
	3 Seasons			TOT	331	611	430	109	72	12	.882	1.63	.900	2.20	96-0-187

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1890 AA 4.9 (9th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1890 AA 4.9 (3rd)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1890 AA 5.4 (2nd)	Batting Average s c a p y 1890 AA .346 (4th)
On-Base% s c a p y 1890 AA .409 (8th)	Slugging % s c a p y 1890 AA .461 (6th)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1890 AA .870 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 1890 AA 135 (5th)
At Bats s c a p y 1890 AA 538 (6th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1890 AA 596 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 1890 AA 186 (3rd)	Total Bases s c a p y 1890 AA 248 (3rd)
Triples s c a p y 1890 AA 18 (2nd)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1890 AA 113 (1st)	Singles s c a p y 1890 AA 144 (4th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1890 AA 164 (4th)
Runs Created s c a p y 1890 AA 99 (4th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1890 AA 41 (4th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1890 AA 4.3 (4th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1890 AA 42 (5th)
Times On Base s c a p y 1890 AA 244 (5th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1890 AA .768 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1889 AA 12 (8th) 1890 AA 10 (10th) 1891 NL 8 (9th)	Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1890 AA 135 (1st)
Oldest s c a p y 1889 AA born 1856-12-00 (7th) 1890 AA born 1856-12-00 (10th) 1891 NL born 1856-12-00 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Batting - 4 (421), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 17 (1105), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 20 (794), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 18 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

February, 1891: Jumped from the Columbus Solons to the Cleveland Spiders.
August 13, 1891: Released by the Cleveland Spiders. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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