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Tom Johnson

Thomas Raymond Johnson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

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

Final Game: September 27, 1978
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Standard Pitching

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
1970	19	MIN-min	A-	1	3	.250	4.50	15	3					34.0	49	25	17	5	14								1.853	13.0	1.3	3.7			AUB · NYPL
1971	20	MIN-min	A,Rk	8	12	.400	3.21	33	16				0	129.0	142	62	46	4	39		71						1.403	9.9	0.3	2.7	5.0	1.82	ORL,TWN · FLOR,GULF
1972	21	MIN-min	A	10	12	.455	3.61	24	24					172.0	175	88	69	14	53								1.326	9.2	0.7	2.8			WRA · MIDW
1973	22	WLS	A	8	9	.471	2.64	46	7					116.0	104	50	34	3	37								1.216	8.1	0.2	2.9			WLS · CARL
1974	23	MIN-min	AA	9	7	.563	1.86	42	0		0	0	12	87.0	73	21	18	1	30	9	45	1	0	6			1.184	7.6	0.1	3.1	4.7	1.50	ORL · SOUL
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-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.91	33	0		0	0	13	68.0	66	23	22	3	20	6	50	3	0	7			1.265	8.7	0.4	2.6	6.6	2.50	TAC · PCL
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	93	1.578	9.3	0.9	4.9	4.0	0.81
1976	25	MIN-min	AAA	7	6	.538	1.82	45	0		0	0	13	89.0	75	21	18	4	20	7	65	7	0	1			1.067	7.6	0.4	2.0	6.6	3.25	TAC · PCL
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	139	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	128	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	71	1.806	11.6	0.6	4.7	5.8	1.24
1980	29	CHW-min	AA	2	5	.286	6.65	15	15		1	0	0	65.0	86	58	48	9	22	1	28	2	1	4			1.662	11.9	1.2	3.0	3.9	1.27	GLF · EL
5 Yrs				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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1974	23	MIN	AL	7.0	4	0	1	1.29	3.93	-0.11	-0.33	108.0	4.01	2	0.2	1.9	0.1	0.4	3	.562	.502	$
1975	24	MIN	AL	38.2	18	0	23	5.35	4.41	0.01	-0.37	103.5	4.18	-5	-0.5	1.5	-0.2	-0.4	-1	.471	.497	$
1976	25	MIN	AL	48.1	18	1	14	2.61	4.03	0.09	-0.28	103.7	3.79	6	0.8	1.2	-0.0	1.2	11	.542	.505	$
1977	26	MIN	AL	146.2	71	0	57	3.50	4.57	-0.03	-0.37	97.1	4.11	10	1.0	1.5	0.0	2.3	26	.514	.506	$92,000	MVP-27
1978	27	MIN	AL	32.2	18	0	22	6.06	4.10	0.07	-0.34	99.5	3.68	-9	-0.9	1.2	-0.1	-0.7	-5	.451	.495	$
5 Seasons				273.1	129	1	117	3.85	4.38	0.00	-0.35	99.7	4.01	5	0.6	1.4	-0.2	2.8	34	.505	.501	$92,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	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	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	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	7
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	2
5 Yrs				129	1178	1047	117	282	44	11	19	31	11	93	166	.269	.330	.387	.717	.300	405	24	9	15	14	17	14
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	7
MLB Averages																.258	.325	.377	.702	.282

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1974	23	MIN	AL	2.6	0.3	25	0.2	0.7	-0.5	1.33	0.2	-0.1	2.7	0.3	1.33	3.6	3	0	0
1975	24	MIN	AL	-2.3	-0.2	182	-0.1	3.7	-3.8	1.31	-0.4	0.3	-9.7	-1.0	1.31	-5.1	6	5	6
1976	25	MIN	AL	6.2	0.7	201	0.5	2.2	-1.6	.62	0.8	0.0	7.4	0.8	0.62	9.1	6	2	8
1977	26	MIN	AL	15.1	1.5	666	2.5	16.1	-13.6	1.43	0.5	1.2	11.7	1.2	1.43	4.9	29	22	20
1978	27	MIN	AL	-5.5	-0.6	163	-0.7	3.9	-4.6	1.61	-0.7	0.3	-9.5	-0.9	1.61	-7.0	5	5	7
5 Yrs				16.0	1.7	1237	2.5	26.6	-24.2	1.30	0.4	1.4	2.5	0.4	1.30	5.5	49	34	41

Starting Pitching*

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
1976	25	MIN	AL	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	25.0	25	25	14	3	1	0	3.0	0.0	5.3
1 Yr				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													.500						54%	51	106	-13					4.2	4.2	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1974	23	MIN	AL	4	4	4	2	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	2	1	50%	8	1.330	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	1.311	6	5	6	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	.624	6	2	8	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	1.431	29	22	20	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	1.606	5	5	7	5	4	9	7	11	10	4	10	1	5.4
5 Yrs				129	128	84	23	13	32	22	10	69%	35	1	117	47	40%		1.304	49	34	41	46	25	57	70	58	74	34	79	30	6.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1974	23	MIN	AL	24	67%	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%	1.43	83%	1	1	100%
1975	24	MIN	AL	179	64%	2.2%	9.5%	11.7%	5.6%	25%	1.26	74%	43	2	5%
1976	25	MIN	AL	190	66%	1.1%	19.5%	4.2%	4.7%	21%	1.28	74%	30	5	17%
1977	26	MIN	AL	630	59%	1.8%	13.8%	7.5%	6.8%	28%	1.00	75%	96	15	16%
1978	27	MIN	AL	155	53%	1.3%	13.6%	11.0%	7.7%	29%	0.95	71%	36	1	3%
5 Yrs				1178	60%	1.6%	14.1%	7.9%	6.3%	26%	1.08	74%	206	24	12%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	13.0%	8.6%	6.2%	27%	1.09	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	0	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 Yrs				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	2	1	43	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	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	4	45.2	44	24	18	4	21	4	21	2	0	1	203	110	1.423	8.7	0.8	4.1	4.1	1.00	110
1976	25	6	3	.667	3.06	40	1	16	4	94.0	88	38	32	6	29	5	58	2	0	3	394	123	1.245	8.4	0.6	2.8	5.6	2.00	123
1977	26	22	10	.688	3.10	111	1	70	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	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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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	3.20	45.0	48	18	16	2	9	34	0	1.267	9.6	1.8	6.8	3.78	0.4	18
1977	26	8	7	.533	3.50	139.0	157	60	54	11	49	83	5	1.482	10.2	3.2	5.4	1.69	0.7	71
1978	27	1	2	.333	6.60	30.0	44	24	22	2	18	20	2	2.067	13.2	5.4	6.0	1.11	0.6	18
5 Yrs		14	13	.519	3.84	260.0	291	123	111	19	98	159	9	1.496	10.1		5.5	1.62	0.7	129

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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 (1497th)	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

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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