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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Lou Gehrig… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Willie Mays… #6. Hank Aaron… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Lou Gehrig… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Willie Mays… #6. Hank Aaron… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

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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	Awards
1979	22	WSN-min	A-	70	284	284		96	11	6	6						.338	.338	.482	.820		137							JAM · NYPL
1980	23	WSN-min	A,AA	130	570	501	87	164	18	5	3	49	58	22	61	24	.327	.398	.401	.799		201		0	5	3			WPB,MEM · FLOR,SOUL
1981	24	WSN-min	AAA,AA	87	359	317	54	101	22	4	1	34	23	6	36	25	.319	.390	.423	.813		134		2	3	1	1		DEN,MEM · AA,SOUL
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	WSN-min	AAA	76	346	298	62	105	12	4	6	36	16	2	42	16	.352	.427	.480	.907		143		0	2	4	4		WCH · AA
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	SFG-WSN-min	AAA	79	323	282	49	80	11	3	2	32	19	13	38	15	.284	.368	.365	.733		103		0	2	1	0		PHX,WCH · PCL,AA
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	WSN-min	AAA,AA	128	532	474	68	136	17	2	4	50	30	12	43	23	.287	.346	.357	.703		169		2	9	4	6		INA,JCK · AA,SOUL
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

1985	28	WSN-min	AAA	127	483	431	68	133	13	3	3	36	34	9	45	28	.309	.374	.374	.747		161		1	4	2	4		INA · AA
1986	29	WSN-min	AAA	61	252	225	27	58	15	4	0	26	7	1	22	16	.258	.323	.360	.683		81		0	4	1	3		INA · AA
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	WSN-OAK-min	AAA	17	66	58	11	18	2	1	1	13	0	0	7	4	.310	.379	.431	.810		25		0	0	1	0		INA,TAC · AA,PCL
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
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	$

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
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

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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	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1981	MON	NL	24	2B	1	0	0	4.0	3	1	2	0	1	1.000	-0	-60	6.75	3.00	.983	5.62	5.50
1982	MON	NL	25	2B	13	10	1	69.0	42	22	18	2	4	.952	-2	-30	5.22	3.08	.978	5.43	5.43
1983	SFG	NL	26	2B	1	1	1	8.0	5	3	2	0	1	1.000	-1	-105	5.62	5.00	.978	5.29	5.30
1984	MON	NL	27	1B	4	3	3	28.0	31	27	3	1	3	.968	-1	-34	9.64	7.50	.992	9.87	9.82
1986	MON	NL	29	1B	27	21	17	194.0	223	204	17	2	15	.991	-0	-1	10.25	8.19	.992	9.94	9.95
1987	MON	NL	30	1B	9	7	1	52.0	72	68	2	2	4	.972	-1	-18	12.12	7.78	.991	9.88	9.83
1988	MON	NL	31	1B	13	8	5	80.0	89	80	8	1	3	.989	0	8	9.90	6.77	.991	9.96	9.98
1988	MON	NL	31	2B	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	240	9.00	1.00	.980	5.40	5.20
1989	MON	NL	32	1B	18	13	8	112.2	141	130	7	4	8	.972	2	17	10.94	7.61	.992	9.75	9.76
1990	MON	NL	33	1B	7	3	2	33.1	39	39	0	0	7	1.000	0	0	10.53	5.57	.992	9.59	9.53
	6 Seasons			1B	78	55	36	500.0	595	548	37	10	40	.983	0	1	10.53	7.50	.992	9.87	9.85
	4 Seasons			2B	16	11	2	82.0	51	26	23	2	6	.961	-2	-35	5.38	3.06	.978	5.42	5.41
	9 Seasons			TOT	94	66	38	582.0	646	574	60	12	46	.981	-2	-4	9.80	6.74	.991	9.24	9.10

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
May 25, 1983: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the San Francisco Giants for Mike Vail.
March 27, 1984: Released by the San Francisco Giants.
April 1, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
October 15, 1985: Granted Free Agency.
January 22, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
August 11, 1990: Released by the Montreal Expos.
August 28, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
October 15, 1990: 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	Notes
1986	29	Montreal Expos	$65,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	30	Montreal Expos	$62,500*
1988	31	Montreal Expos	$100,000	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	32	Montreal Expos	$177,000	1991 TSN Guide 28; T. Timmerman database
1990	33	Montreal Expos	$295,000	USA Today	Arbitration win; $215,000 offer

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$699,500

Disputed Salaries
*1987 - $72,500 - 1987 USA Today survey -

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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