Tom Johnson
Thomas Raymond Johnson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 2, 1951 in St. Paul, MN
High School: Murray (St. Paul, MN)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1974
Final Game: September 27, 1978
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1974 23 MIN AL 2 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 4 0 0 1 7.0 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 24 0.571 5.1 0.0 0.0 5.1
1975 24 MIN AL 1 2 .333 4.19 18 0 7 0 0 3 38.2 40 23 18 4 21 4 17 2 0 1 179 92 1.578 9.3 0.9 4.9 4.0 0.81
1976 25 MIN AL 3 1 .750 2.61 18 1 5 0 0 0 48.1 44 14 14 2 8 1 37 0 0 2 191 138 1.076 8.2 0.4 1.5 6.9 4.63
1977 26 MIN AL 16 7 .696 3.13 71 0 54 0 0 15 146.2 152 57 51 11 47 8 87 5 0 10 629 129 1.357 9.3 0.7 2.9 5.3 1.85 MVP-27
1978 27 MIN AL 1 4 .200 5.51 18 0 14 0 0 3 32.2 42 22 20 2 17 4 21 2 1 2 155 70 1.806 11.6 0.6 4.7 5.8 1.24
5 Seasons 23 14 .622 3.39 129 1 84 0 0 22 273.1 282 117 103 19 93 17 166 9 1 15 1178 115 1.372 9.3 0.6 3.1 5.5 1.78
162 Game Avg. 12 7 .622 3.39 67 1 44 0 0 12 143 148 61 54 10 49 9 87 5 1 8 616 115 1.372 9.3 0.6 3.1 5.5 1.78

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 23 MIN AL 4 24 24 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 .200 4 1 0 0 0 0
1975 24 MIN AL 18 179 152 23 40 5 1 4 1 1 21 17 .263 .356 .388 .744 .271 59 2 2 2 2 4
1976 25 MIN AL 18 190 180 14 44 5 2 2 7 3 8 37 .244 .277 .328 .604 .298 59 5 0 2 0 1
1977 26 MIN AL 71 630 560 57 152 25 7 11 20 5 47 87 .271 .328 .400 .728 .299 224 15 5 8 10 8
1978 27 MIN AL 18 155 131 22 42 9 1 2 3 2 17 21 .321 .401 .450 .852 .364 59 1 2 3 2 4
5 Seasons 129 1178 1047 117 282 44 11 19 31 11 93 166 .269 .330 .387 .717 .300 405 24 9 15 14 17
162 Game Avg. 67 616 548 61 148 23 6 10 16 6 49 87 .269 .330 .387 .717 .300 212 13 5 8 7 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1976 25 MIN AL 18 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25 25 25 14 3 1 0 3.0 0.0 5.3
1 Season 18 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25 25 25 14 3 1 0 3.0 0.0 5.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1974 23 MIN AL 4 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 1 50% 8 1.393 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 3 0 3 2 5.3
1975 24 MIN AL 18 18 7 1 2 5 3 2 60% 6 0 31 19 61% 6 1.350 6 5 7 9 1 8 16 2 9 7 12 3 6.4
1976 25 MIN AL 18 17 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 3 16% 1 0.677 7 4 6 1 5 11 11 6 9 7 11 3 7.6
1977 26 MIN AL 71 71 54 16 7 22 15 7 68% 24 1 55 17 31% 7 1.466 31 21 19 30 13 28 35 36 43 16 43 21 6.2
1978 27 MIN AL 18 18 14 1 4 4 3 1 75% 4 0 10 7 70% 7 1.695 5 7 6 5 4 9 7 11 10 4 10 1 5.4
5 Seasons 129 128 84 23 13 32 22 10 69% 35 1 117 47 40% 1.350 52 37 38 46 25 57 70 58 74 34 79 30 6.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1974 23 MIN AL 24 33% 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.43 83% 1 1 100%
1975 24 MIN AL 179 36% 2.2% 9.5% 11.7% 5.6% 25% 1.26 74% 43 2 5%
1976 25 MIN AL 190 34% 1.1% 19.5% 4.2% 4.7% 21% 1.28 74% 30 5 17%
1977 26 MIN AL 630 41% 1.8% 13.8% 7.5% 6.8% 28% 1.00 75% 96 15 16%
1978 27 MIN AL 155 47% 1.3% 13.6% 11.0% 7.7% 29% 0.95 71% 36 1 3%
5 Seasons 1178 40% 1.6% 14.1% 7.9% 6.3% 26% 1.08 74% 206 24 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1974 23 MIN AL 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1975 24 MIN AL 179 40 4 0 12 2 2 1 3 19 11 2 58% 4 1 1 81 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1976 25 MIN AL 190 44 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 2 40% 1 2 1 69 7 3 70% 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1977 26 MIN AL 630 152 11 0 19 6 5 6 5 43 27 4 63% 7 10 3 245 20 5 80% 16 4 4 0 0 1 1 1 26 0
1978 27 MIN AL 155 42 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 9 7 0 78% 2 2 0 75 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
5 Seasons 1178 282 19 0 37 10 9 8 11 77 48 8 62% 14 15 5 475 31 11 74% 25 9 6 0 0 2 3 1 43 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1974 23 2 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 4 0 0 1 7.0 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 24 0.571 5.1 0.0 0.0 5.1
1975 24 3 2 .600 3.55 22 0 11 0 0 4 45.2 44 24 18 4 21 4 21 2 0 1 203 109 1.423 8.7 0.8 4.1 4.1 1.00 109
1976 25 6 3 .667 3.06 40 1 16 0 0 4 94.0 88 38 32 6 29 5 58 2 0 3 394 121 1.245 8.4 0.6 2.8 5.6 2.00 121
1977 26 22 10 .688 3.10 111 1 70 0 0 19 240.2 240 95 83 17 76 13 145 7 0 13 1023 126 1.313 9.0 0.6 2.8 5.4 1.91 126
1978 27 23 14 .622 3.39 129 1 84 0 0 22 273.1 282 117 103 19 93 17 166 9 1 15 1178 115 1.372 9.3 0.6 3.1 5.5 1.78 115

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1974 23 0 0 0.00 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 5.6 0.0 4
1975 24 2 2 .500 4.50 38.0 42 21 19 4 22 17 2 1.684 9.9 5.2 4.0 0.77 0.9 18
1976 25 3 2 .600 3.40 45.0 48 19 17 2 9 34 0 1.267 9.6 1.8 6.8 3.78 0.4 18
1977 26 9 6 .600 3.47 140.0 156 60 54 11 48 83 5 1.457 10.0 3.1 5.3 1.73 0.7 71
1978 27 1 2 .333 6.60 30.0 44 24 22 2 18 19 2 2.067 13.2 5.4 5.7 1.06 0.6 18
5 Seasons 15 12 .556 3.86 261.0 290 124 112 19 97 158 9 1.483 10.0 5.4 1.63 0.7 129

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1977-AL-27-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Wins s c a p y
1977 AL--16--9th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1977 AL--.696--4th

Games Played s c a p y
1977 AL--71--2nd

Saves s c a p y
1977 AL--15--7th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1977 AL--10--9th

Games Finished s c a p y
1977 AL--54--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 8 (1321), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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