Johnny Lewis

Johnny Joe Lewis

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 189 lb.

Born: August 10, 1939 in Greenville, AL
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1964
Teams (by GP): Mets/Cardinals 1964-1967

Final Game: June 11, 1967
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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
1959	19	STL-min	D-,D	70	241	241		69	16	4	7						.286	.286	.473	.759		114							WYV,HOB,KEK · APPY,SOPH,MIDW
1960	20	STL-min	C	124	435	435		130	24	12	23						.299	.299	.568	.867		247							WPG · NORL
1961	21	STL-min	AA	128	516	413	83	121	19	7	22	85	12	3	96	113	.293	.428	.533	.961		220		4	0	3			TUL · TL
1962	22	STL-min	AA,AAA	126	509	423	77	109	21	4	22	74	5	0	81	127	.258	.377	.482	.860		204		1	3	1	4		TUL,ATA · TL,IL
1963	23	STL-min	AAA	136	488	425	75	119	17	7	13	42	20	10	63	109	.280	.373	.445	.818		189							ATA · IL
1964	24	STL-min	AAA	72	252	221	32	58	9	1	5	21	2	0	25	53	.262	.339	.380	.719		84		1	4	1			JCK · IL
1964	24	STL	NL	40	108	94	10	22	2	2	2	7	2	2	13	23	.234	.324	.362	.686	87	34	1	0	0	1	1	9/7
1965	25	NYM	NL	148	544	477	64	117	15	3	15	45	4	7	59	117	.245	.331	.384	.715	106	183	8	3	4	1	4	*98
1966	26	NYM-min	AAA	71	271	232	32	66	11	0	13	26	6	2	39	45	.284	.387	.500	.887		116		0	0	0			JCK · IL
1966	26	NYM	NL	65	188	166	21	32	6	1	5	20	2	0	21	43	.193	.282	.331	.613	72	55	1	0	0	1	0	97/8
1967	27	NYM-min	AAA	103	409	354	48	77	16	7	11	41	10	0	46	85	.218	.307	.395	.703		140		2	2	5			JCK · IL
1967	27	NYM	NL	13	36	34	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.118	.167	.147	.314	-8	5	0	0	0	0	0	/97
1968	28	PHI-min	AAA	123	494	423	61	114	17	9	16	57	2	2	67	97	.270	.371	.466	.837		197		2	1	1			SDG · PCL
4 Yrs				266	876	771	97	175	24	6	22	74	8	9	95	194	.227	.313	.359	.672	91	277	10	3	4	3	5
162 Game Avg.				162	534	470	59	107	15	4	13	45	5	5	58	118	.227	.313	.359	.672	91	169	6	2	2	2	3

NYM (3 yrs)				226	768	677	87	153	22	4	20	67	6	7	82	171	.226	.312	.359	.670	92	243	9	3	4	2	4
STL (1 yr)				40	108	94	10	22	2	2	2	7	2	2	13	23	.234	.324	.362	.686	87	34	1	0	0	1	1

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
1964	24	STL	NL	40	108	-2	-0	1	4	-1	1	0.1	4	4	0.5	.502	.500	0.0	0.3	1	$	9/7
1965	25	NYM	NL	148	544	5	-2	2	3	-5	3	0.3	18	22	2.1	.502	.502	1.8	-0.2	18	$	*98
1966	26	NYM	NL	65	188	-6	1	-0	1	-2	-7	-0.7	6	-0	-0.1	.488	.495	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	97/8
1967	27	NYM	NL	13	36	-5	0	0	2	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.466	.497	-0.5	0.1	-4	$	/97
4 Seasons				266	876	-7	-2	2	9	-9	-7	-0.7	30	23	2.2	.497	.499	1.1	0.1	14	$

NYM (3 yrs)				226	768	-5	-1	2	6	-8	-7	-0.8	26	19	1.7	.496	.498	1.1	-0.2	13	$
STL (1 yr)				40	108	-2	-0	1	4	-1	1	0.1	4	4	0.5	.502	.500	0.0	0.3	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
1964	24	STL	NL	108	76	11	3.9	101	.286	.234	.274	.324	.332	.362	.406	.686	.738	87	.476	-1.7	-0.2	.627	.266	.128	2.0
1965	25	NYM	NL	544	380	61	4.3	89	.295	.245	.252	.331	.315	.384	.382	.715	.697	106	.522	4.5	0.5	.645	.256	.138	6.3
1966	26	NYM	NL	188	136	17	3.4	94	.227	.193	.261	.282	.320	.331	.394	.613	.713	72	.398	-6.0	-0.6	.578	.277	.139	2.9
1967	27	NYM	NL	36	30	1	0.9	89	.174	.118	.256	.167	.318	.147	.376	.314	.693	-8	.062	-4.8	-0.5	.233	.088	.029
4 Yrs				876	622	90	3.9	92	.274	.227	.257	.313	.318	.359	.387	.672	.705	91	.473	-7.9	-0.8	.608	.254	.132	11.7
162 Game Avg.				534	379	55	3.9	92	.274	.227	.257	.313	.318	.359	.387	.672	.705	91	.473	-7.9	-0.8	.608	.254	.132	7

NYM (3 yrs)				768	546	79	3.9	90	.273	.226	.255	.312	.316	.359	.384	.670	.701	92	.472	-6.2	-0.7	.606	.253	.133	9.2
STL (1 yr)				108	76	11	3.9	101	.286	.234	.274	.324	.332	.362	.406	.686	.738	87	.476	-1.7	-0.2	.627	.266	.128	2.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1964	24	STL	NL	108	1.9%	21.3%	12.0%	5.6%	27%	1.77	4.1	47.0	13.4	1.36	65%
1965	25	NYM	NL	544	2.8%	21.5%	10.9%	6.1%	28%	1.98	4.1	31.8	10.6	1.39	64%
1966	26	NYM	NL	188	2.7%	22.9%	11.2%	6.4%	38%	2.05	3.9	33.2	8.3	1.02	63%
1967	27	NYM	NL	36	0.0%	30.6%	5.6%	2.8%	25%	5.50	3.1		17.0	0.90	64%
4 Yrs				876	2.5%	22.2%	10.8%	5.9%	30%	2.04	4.0	35.0	10.4	1.27	64%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.7%	7.9%	6.2%	28%	1.98	5.7	41.8	9.2	1.11	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1964	24	STL	NL	-1.7	-0.2	114	-0.7	1.5	-2.1	1.05	-0.3	-0.3	-4.6	-0.5	0.95	-3.1	1.95	3
1965	25	NYM	NL	3.8	0.4	565	1.1	10.0	-8.8	.97	0.5	0.6	10.6	1.1	0.92	9.3	1.76	13
1966	26	NYM	NL	-6.0	-0.6	192	-0.3	3.3	-3.6	1.07	-0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.0	0.95	-1.7	1.14	16
1967	27	NYM	NL	-4.8	-0.5	36	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	1.03	-0.5	0.4	-3.0	-0.3	0.86	-4.5	0.98	5
4 Yrs				-8.6	-0.9	907	0.0	15.3	-15.2	1.00	-0.4	0.4	2.6	0.3	0.93	-0.0	1.40	37

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1964	24	STL	NL	1	24%	57	2	2	50%	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	33%	10	7	3	0	0	0	5	2	2
1965	25	NYM	NL	7	30%	198	4	7	36%	4	7	0	2	1	11	15	42%	33	20	12	9	7	2	10	2	8
1966	26	NYM	NL	1	33%	81	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	57%	12	8	4	5	1	4	4	0	4
1967	27	NYM	NL	0	33%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				9	30%	341	8	9	47%	8	8	1	2	1	16	21	44%	55	35	19	14	8	6	19	4	14

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
1964	24	STL	NL	108	95%	22			3	0	0	0	1.95	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		22	1	5%	11	1	9%	66	5	8%	9	2	22%	2	0	0%	0
1965	25	NYM	NL	544	89%	117			13	3	1	2	1.76	15	0	6	12	3	5	10	0	8	4	50%	98	8	8%	40	8	20%	274	33	12%	18	7	39%	14	5	36%	0
1966	26	NYM	NL	188	93%	32			16	2	0	1	1.14	5	0	4	3	2	3	2	0	0	0		29	1	3%	15	3	20%	104	16	15%	7	3	43%	7	4	57%	0
1967	27	NYM	NL	36	92%	4			5	1	0	1	0.98	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		17	2	12%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				876	91%	175			37	6	1	4	1.40	22	0	14	17	5	9	13	0	8	4	50%	150	10	7%	66	12	18%	461	56	12%	34	12	35%	23	9	39%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			79%			11%			30%			14%			47%			52%

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
1964	24	40	108	94	10	22	2	2	2	7	2	2	13	23	.234	.324	.362	.686	87	34	1	0	0	1	1
1965	25	188	652	571	74	139	17	5	17	52	6	9	72	140	.243	.330	.380	.710	102	217	9	3	4	2	5
1966	26	253	840	737	95	171	23	6	22	72	8	9	93	183	.232	.319	.369	.688	96	272	10	3	4	3	5
1967	27	266	876	771	97	175	24	6	22	74	8	9	95	194	.227	.313	.359	.672	91	277	10	3	4	3	5

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1964	24	40	108	94	10	22	2	2	2	7	2	13	23	.234	.324	.362	.686	11	40
1965	25	147	556	484	73	126	16	3	16	51	4	64	116	.260	.350	.405	.755	69	148
1966	26	65	191	168	23	34	6	1	5	22	2	22	43	.202	.293	.339	.632	17	65
1967	27	13	36	34	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	11	.118	.167	.147	.314	1	13
4 Yrs		265	891	780	108	186	25	6	23	82	8	101	193	.238	.327	.374	.701	98	266
162 Game Avg.		162	545	477	66	114	15	4	14	50	5	62	118	.238	.327	.374	.701	60	266

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y 1965 NL 117 (10th)

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1965 NL 117 (10th)

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