Wallace Johnson

Wallace Darnell Johnson

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 173 lb.

Born: December 25, 1956 in Gary, IN
School: Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN)
Drafted
by the Montreal Expos in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1981
Teams (by GP): Expos/Giants 1981-1990

Final Game: August 3, 1990
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Standard Batting

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 Awards
1981 24 MON NL 11 10 9 1 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 .222 .300 .444 .744 109 4 1 0 0 0 1 /4
1982 25 MON NL 36 62 57 5 11 0 2 0 2 4 1 5 5 .193 .258 .263 .521 45 15 0 0 0 0 0 4
1983 26 TOT NL 10 11 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .200 .273 .200 .473 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1983 26 MON NL 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 231 1 0 0 0 0 0
1983 26 SFG NL 7 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -29 1 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1984 27 MON NL 17 29 24 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 4 .208 .345 .208 .553 62 5 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1986 29 MON NL 61 134 127 13 36 3 1 1 10 6 3 7 9 .283 .321 .346 .667 85 44 2 0 0 0 0 3
1987 30 MON NL 75 94 85 7 21 5 0 1 14 5 0 7 6 .247 .298 .341 .639 67 29 0 0 0 2 0 /3
1988 31 MON NL 86 107 94 7 29 5 1 0 3 0 2 12 15 .309 .387 .383 .770 119 36 2 0 1 0 1 3/4
1989 32 MON NL 85 125 114 9 31 3 1 2 17 1 0 7 12 .272 .309 .368 .677 93 42 2 0 2 2 0 3
1990 33 MON NL 47 57 49 6 8 1 0 1 5 1 0 7 6 .163 .281 .245 .526 49 12 1 1 0 0 2 /3
9 Yrs 428 629 569 52 145 17 6 5 59 19 7 52 58 .255 .316 .332 .648 81 189 8 1 3 4 4
162 Game Avg. 162 238 215 20 55 6 2 2 22 7 3 20 22 .255 .316 .332 .648 81 72 3 0 1 2 2
MON (9 yrs) 421 621 561 52 144 17 6 5 58 19 7 52 58 .257 .319 .335 .654 82 188 8 1 3 4 4
SFG (1 yr) 7 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -29 1 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1981 24 MON NL 11 10 -0 0 -0 -0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .493 .499 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ /4
1982 25 MON NL 36 62 -4 1 0 -2 0 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.4 .484 .497 -0.2 -0.1 -1 $ 4
1983 26 MON NL 3 3 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .504 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
1983 26 SFG NL 7 8 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .471 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ /4
1984 27 MON NL 17 29 -1 -0 0 -1 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .488 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ /3
1986 29 MON NL 61 134 -2 -1 -0 -0 -1 -5 -0.6 4 -1 -0.1 .491 .496 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $65,000 3
1987 30 MON NL 75 94 -4 1 0 -1 -0 -3 -0.3 3 -0 0.0 .495 .498 0.0 -0.1 0 $62,500 /3
1988 31 MON NL 86 107 3 -1 -0 1 -0 2 0.3 3 6 0.6 .503 .502 0.5 0.1 5 $100,000 3/4
1989 32 MON NL 85 125 -1 -0 0 2 -1 -1 -0.1 4 3 0.3 .499 .500 0.1 0.1 2 $177,000 3
1990 33 MON NL 47 57 -1 -0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 2 0 0.1 .497 .499 0.0 0.0 0 $295,000 /3
9 Seasons 428 629 -12 -1 1 -2 -3 -17 -1.8 19 2 0.2 .496 .499 0.2 -0.4 4 $699,500
MON (9 yrs) 421 621 -11 -1 1 -1 -3 -16 -1.6 19 3 0.4 .496 .499 0.3 -0.3 5 $699,500
SFG (1 yr) 7 8 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .471 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1981 24 MON NL 10 9 0 0.0 93 .250 .222 .264 .300 .329 .444 .378 .744 .707 109 .000 -0.0 0.0 .556 .333 .222 .0
1982 25 MON NL 62 47 4 2.3 96 .212 .193 .268 .258 .331 .263 .389 .521 .721 45 .247 -4.6 -0.5 .489 .211 .070 .0
1983 26 TOT NL 11 8 1 3.4 94 .200 .200 .260 .273 .328 .200 .386 .473 .714 35 .395 -0.9 -0.1 .500 .200 .000 .0
1983 26 MON NL 3 1 1 26.9 96 .500 .500 .262 .667 .330 .500 .388 1.167 .719 231 .967 0.5 0.0 3.000 1.000 .000 .0
1983 26 SFG NL 8 7 0 0.0 94 .125 .125 .260 .125 .328 .125 .385 .250 .712 -29 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .143 .000 .000
1984 27 MON NL 29 19 2 2.8 90 .250 .208 .259 .345 .323 .208 .376 .553 .699 62 .329 -0.9 -0.1 .526 .208 .000
1986 29 MON NL 134 96 14 3.9 97 .299 .283 .261 .321 .332 .346 .394 .667 .726 85 .458 -3.1 -0.3 .563 .142 .063 1.7
1987 30 MON NL 94 66 10 4.1 108 .250 .247 .273 .298 .343 .341 .425 .639 .767 67 .430 -3.9 -0.4 .641 .235 .094 1.7
1988 31 MON NL 107 70 14 5.4 93 .367 .309 .261 .387 .325 .383 .383 .770 .708 119 .635 2.8 0.3 .667 .181 .074
1989 32 MON NL 125 89 13 4.0 91 .284 .272 .255 .309 .323 .368 .380 .677 .703 93 .487 -1.4 -0.1 .588 .167 .096 1.3
1990 33 MON NL 57 42 4 2.6 95 .167 .163 .260 .281 .325 .245 .390 .526 .715 49 .269 -3.3 -0.3 .500 .245 .082 1.0
9 Yrs 629 446 62 3.8 96 .275 .255 .262 .316 .329 .332 .392 .648 .721 81 .441 -15.4 -1.6 .579 .190 .077 7.9
162 Game Avg. 238 169 23 3.8 96 .275 .255 .262 .316 .329 .332 .392 .648 .721 81 .441 -15.4 -1.6 .579 .190 .077 3
MON (9 yrs) 621 439 62 3.8 96 .277 .257 .262 .319 .329 .335 .392 .654 .721 82 .449 -13.9 -1.4 .586 .193 .078 7.9
SFG (1 yr) 8 7 0 0.0 94 .125 .125 .260 .125 .328 .125 .385 .250 .712 -29 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .143 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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
1981 24 MON NL NLDS PHI W 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1981 24 MON NL 10 0.0% 10.0% 10.0% 10.0% 50% 1.00 9.0 3.0 1.33 80%
1982 25 MON NL 62 0.0% 8.1% 8.1% 3.2% 18% 1.00 11.4 28.5 1.05 84%
1983 26 TOT NL 11 0.0% 0.0% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 0.00 10.0 0.60 91%
1983 26 MON NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0% 0.00 67%
1983 26 SFG NL 8 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 8.0 0.40 100%
1984 27 MON NL 29 0.0% 13.8% 17.2% 0.0% 0% 0.80 6.0 6.0 0.88 69%
1986 29 MON NL 134 0.8% 6.7% 5.2% 3.7% 14% 1.29 14.1 127.0 12.7 1.00 87%
1987 30 MON NL 94 1.1% 6.4% 7.5% 6.4% 29% 0.86 14.2 85.0 6.1 1.76 85%
1988 31 MON NL 107 0.0% 14.0% 11.2% 5.6% 21% 1.25 6.3 31.3 1.23 1.22 74% 18% 0.0% 43%
1989 32 MON NL 125 1.6% 9.6% 5.6% 4.8% 19% 1.71 9.5 57.0 6.7 0.93 0.95 82% 22% 4.5% 19%
1990 33 MON NL 57 1.8% 10.5% 12.3% 3.5% 25% 0.86 8.2 49.0 9.8 1.53 2.56 74% 19% 7.7% 24%
9 Yrs 629 0.8% 9.2% 8.3% 4.5% 19% 1.12 9.8 113.8 9.6 1.12 1.19 81% 20% 3.9% 27%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.3% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.68 6.2 41.7 8.5 0.80 1.07 74% 20% 6.6% 26%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1981 24 MON NL -0.0 0.0 12 0.3 0.6 -0.4 2.27 -0.1 0.2 0.9 0.1 1.19 -0.3 2.04 7
1982 25 MON NL -4.6 -0.5 69 -0.8 1.0 -1.7 1.32 -0.3 -0.3 -5.6 -0.6 0.94 -3.6 1.69 21
1983 26 TOT NL -0.9 -0.1 12 0.1 0.2 -0.2 1.16 -0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.90 -0.3 0.96 7
1983 26 MON NL 0.5 0.0 4 0.1 0.1 -0.1 1.90 0.1 -0.0 0.8 0.1 1.01 0.7 1.58 2
1983 26 SFG NL -1.4 -0.2 8 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .79 -0.1 0.1 -0.3 -0.0 0.85 -1.1 0.71 5
1984 27 MON NL -0.9 -0.1 29 0.2 0.7 -0.5 1.17 -0.1 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.99 -0.4 1.57 10
1986 29 MON NL -3.1 -0.3 144 0.9 3.5 -2.6 1.21 -0.1 0.8 0.6 0.1 0.94 -1.9 1.89 37
1987 30 MON NL -3.9 -0.4 100 0.4 2.5 -2.0 1.23 -0.1 0.5 2.5 0.2 0.93 -0.6 1.29 61
1988 31 MON NL 2.8 0.3 111 -0.1 2.8 -2.9 1.61 0.1 -0.1 -2.4 -0.2 0.97 0.8 1.93 64
1989 32 MON NL -1.5 -0.2 128 -0.2 2.6 -2.9 1.37 0.0 -0.2 -1.0 -0.1 1.06 0.9 1.86 59
1990 33 MON NL -3.3 -0.3 58 -0.0 1.6 -1.7 1.59 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 1.01 -0.2 2.04 34
9 Yrs -15.5 -1.6 663 0.8 15.6 -14.8 1.37 -0.6 1.2 -3.9 -0.4 0.98 -5.6 1.74 300

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1981 24 MON NL 0 0 33% 5 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1982 25 MON NL 0 0 31% 19 4 1 80% 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 67% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 26 TOT NL 0 0 33% 3 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1983 26 MON NL 0 0 50% 2 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1983 26 SFG NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 27 MON NL 0 0 30% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1986 29 MON NL 1 0 29% 71 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 36% 7 6 1 2 0 2 5 3 2
1987 30 MON NL 1 0 22% 36 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 4 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
1988 31 MON NL 2 0 17% 40 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 25% 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1989 32 MON NL 1 0 19% 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 30% 6 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 1
1990 33 MON NL 4 0 33% 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17% 3 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 9 0 24% 243 19 7 73% 18 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 18 34% 30 23 7 9 5 4 14 6 7

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1981 24 MON NL 10 100% 2 7 2 0 2 2.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 8 3 38% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1982 25 MON NL 62 100% 11 21 4 0 0 1.69 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 9 3 33% 29 2 7% 2 1 50% 6 2 33% 0
1983 26 TOT NL 11 100% 2 7 1 0 0 0.96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 4 1 25% 0 0 0 0 0
1983 26 MON NL 3 100% 1 2 1 0 0 1.58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1983 26 SFG NL 8 100% 1 5 0 0 0 0.71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 1 33% 0 0 0 0 0
1984 27 MON NL 29 100% 5 10 3 0 1 1.57 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 1 1 100% 20 4 20% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1986 29 MON NL 134 100% 36 37 11 1 5 1.89 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 2 10% 7 0 0% 65 10 15% 4 2 50% 0 0 0
1987 30 MON NL 94 100% 21 61 17 1 10 1.29 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 0 0% 7 4 57% 54 13 24% 7 4 57% 0 0 0
1988 31 MON NL 107 100% 29 4 1 64 22 0 2 1.93 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 18 2 11% 9 2 22% 64 4 6% 9 1 11% 2 2 100% 0
1989 32 MON NL 125 100% 31 3 0 59 14 0 8 1.86 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 100% 26 2 8% 17 7 41% 90 15 17% 12 8 67% 6 3 50% 0
1990 33 MON NL 57 100% 8 0 0 34 4 1 4 2.04 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 1 8% 5 2 40% 40 5 13% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
9 Yrs 629 100% 145 7 1 300 78 3 32 1.74 5 0 16 3 2 1 4 0 4 3 75% 106 8 8% 56 19 34% 374 57 15% 39 18 46% 15 8 53% 0
MLB Averages 59% 78% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 31 MON NL 100 365 3.65 212 58% 22% 15% 28% 35% 78% 1% 45% 81% 33% 7% 7 0 20% 20 11 13% 13 7 29% 7 1 0
1989 32 MON NL 124 427 3.44 265 62% 25% 11% 25% 40% 75% 0% 46% 85% 26% 6% 7 0 17% 21 9 9% 11 9 33% 1 0 2
1990 33 MON NL 43 140 3.26 79 56% 23% 9% 28% 41% 77% 7% 44% 89% 35% 9% 4 0 23% 10 3 19% 8 4 20% 14 0 0
3 Yrs 267 932 3.49 556 60% 23% 12% 26% 38% 76% 2% 46% 84% 30% 7% 18 0 19% 51 23 12% 32 20 29% 22 1 2
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 16% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 24 11 10 9 1 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 .222 .300 .444 .744 109 4 1 0 0 0 1
1982 25 47 72 66 6 13 0 3 0 5 5 2 6 6 .197 .264 .288 .552 54 19 1 0 0 0 1
1983 26 57 83 76 7 15 0 3 0 6 6 2 7 6 .197 .265 .276 .541 51 21 1 0 0 0 1
1984 27 74 112 100 10 20 0 3 0 10 6 2 12 10 .200 .286 .260 .546 55 26 1 0 0 0 1
1985 28 74 112 100 10 20 0 3 0 10 6 2 12 10 .200 .286 .260 .546 55 26 1 0 0 0 1
1986 29 135 246 227 23 56 3 4 1 20 12 5 19 19 .247 .305 .308 .613 71 70 3 0 0 0 1
1987 30 210 340 312 30 77 8 4 2 34 17 5 26 25 .247 .303 .317 .620 70 99 3 0 0 2 1
1988 31 296 447 406 37 106 13 5 2 37 17 7 38 40 .261 .323 .333 .655 81 135 5 0 1 2 2
1989 32 381 572 520 46 137 16 6 4 54 18 7 45 52 .263 .320 .340 .660 84 177 7 0 3 4 2
1990 33 428 629 569 52 145 17 6 5 59 19 7 52 58 .255 .316 .332 .648 81 189 8 1 3 4 4

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1981 24 17 16 14 1 3 0 2 0 4 2 2 2 .214 .313 .500 .813 2 11
1982 25 36 62 57 5 11 0 2 0 2 4 5 5 .193 .258 .263 .521 4 36
1983 26 10 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 .273 .385 .273 .657 1 10
1984 27 17 29 24 3 5 0 0 0 5 0 5 4 .208 .345 .208 .553 2 17
1986 29 61 135 128 14 37 3 1 1 11 6 7 9 .289 .326 .352 .677 15 61
1987 30 75 93 84 6 20 5 0 1 13 5 7 6 .238 .290 .333 .624 8 75
1988 31 86 108 95 8 30 5 1 0 3 0 12 15 .316 .393 .389 .782 15 86
1989 32 85 127 116 10 33 3 1 2 19 1 7 12 .284 .320 .379 .699 15 85
1990 33 47 59 50 7 9 1 0 1 6 1 8 6 .180 .305 .260 .565 4 47
9 Yrs 434 642 579 55 151 17 7 5 64 21 55 59 .261 .324 .340 .664 66 428
162 Game Avg. 162 240 216 21 56 6 3 2 24 8 21 22 .261 .324 .340 .664 25 428

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