Brian Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 250lb (190cm, 113kg)

Born: December 7, 1990 in Lakeland, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 27th round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Cocoa Beach HS (Cocoa Beach, FL) and the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (31st) of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Florida (Gainesville, FL).

High School: Cocoa Beach HS (Cocoa Beach, FL)

School: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)

Debut: July 21, 2015 (Age 24-226d, 20,951st in major league history)
vs. HOU 4.1 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: September 26, 2019 (Age 28-293d)
vs. TEX 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

Agents: Jet Sports Management

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Christopher Brian Johnson

Nicknames: BJ

Twitter: @Brian_Johnson35

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

ERA

4.74

171.0

142

WHIP

1.550

Summary of 27 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 10 go ahead

1 Tm
BOS	27

Platoon
vs RHB	23
vs LHB	4

Home/Road
Home	14
Away	13

Outs
0	10
2	9
1	8

14 Opps
TOR	6
NYY	5
ARI	2
LAA	2
DET	2
MIA	2
KCR	1
NYM	1
TBR	1
PHI	1
SDP	1
CLE	1
SEA	1
CHW	1

25 Batters
Didi Gregorius	2
Teoscar Hernández	2
Brian Anderson	1
Ketel Marte	1
Albert Pujols	1
Johnny Field	1
Justin Smoak	1
Jay Bruce	1
Gleyber Torres	1
Jeff McNeil	1
Aaron Altherr	1
Tim Anderson	1
Mikie Mahtook	1
Andrelton Simmons	1
Jorge Soler	1
Luke Maile	1
Randal Grichuk	1
Isaac Galloway	1
Edwin Encarnación	1
Ildemaro Vargas	1
Manny Machado	1
Russell Martin	1
Gary Sánchez	1
Nick Castellanos	1
Aaron Hicks	1

9 Parks
Fenway Pk (BOS)	14
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	5
Chase Field (PHO)	2
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
loanDepot pk (MIA)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	10
78	9
89	5
9	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	10
2	6
1	5
4	3
5	2
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	16
2·HR gms	4
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	14
12-	5
1--	4
-2-	2
123	1
--3	1

47 Runs
RISP	9
0 on	14
1 on	7
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	13

Inning
1	6
2	2
3	6
4	4
5	2
6	3
7	1
9	1
Extra	2

1-3	14
4-6	9
7-end	4

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	2
+2	1
+1	1
Tied	10
-1	2
-2	2
-3	1
-4..	4

Ahead	8
Tied	10
Behind	9

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	5
2-0	5
1-1	4
1-2	3
1-0	3
0-1	3
2-2	2
0-2	1
2-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
SS	5
1B	4
CF	4
C	3
3B	3
2B	2
RF	2
LF	2
PH	1
DH	1

OrderPos
3rd	6
4th	4
2nd	4
5th	3
8th	3
1st	2
9th	2
6th	2
7th	1

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	13

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2017-04-18	Justin Smoak	TOR		BOS	behind 2-3	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	12%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	2	2017-04-18	Russell Martin	TOR		BOS	behind 3-6	b 5	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	2	9%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
3	3	3	1	2017-06-09	Nick Castellanos	DET	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	5	9%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
4	4	4	2	2017-06-09	Mikie Mahtook	DET	@	BOS	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	5,(1-2) CFFBX	1	7	8	8%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
5	5	5	1	2017-06-14	Aaron Altherr	PHI		BOS	behind 1-5	b 3	2	1--	4,(1-2) 1CBSX	2	3	9	14%	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); H. Kendrick Scores
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	2018-04-02	Brian Anderson	MIA		BOS	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	5	11%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
7	7	2	1	2018-04-28	Johnny Field	TBR	@	BOS	ahead 9-5	t 9	0	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	9	8	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Hechavarría Scores; B. Miller Scores
8	8	3	1	2018-05-01	Jorge Soler	KCR	@	BOS	tied 4-4	t 13	1	12-	2,(1-0) *BX	3	2	DH	38%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Gordon Scores; W. Merrifield Scores
9	9	4	1	2018-05-11	Luke Maile	TOR		BOS	tied 3-3	b 12	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	29%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Granderson Scores
10	10	5	1	2018-06-28	Andrelton Simmons	LAA	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	6	12%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
11	11	6	1	2018-07-15	Teoscar Hernández	TOR	@	BOS	behind 0-2	t 3	1	-2-	2,(0-1) C2X	2	3	7	17%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Grichuk Scores
12	12	7	1	2018-08-02	Didi Gregorius	NYY	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 1	0	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	3	6	17%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Hicks Scores/unER; G. Stanton Scores
13	13	8	2	2018-08-02	Aaron Hicks	NYY	@	BOS	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	1	8	7%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
14	14	9	3	2018-08-02	Didi Gregorius	NYY	@	BOS	behind 4-10	t 5	0	---	6,(2-2) BFBFFX	1	3	6	3%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
15	15	10	1	2018-08-08	Teoscar Hernández	TOR		BOS	behind 0-7	b 6	2	1--	2,(0-1) TX	2	4	7	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Smoak Scores
16	16	11	2	2018-08-08	Randal Grichuk	TOR		BOS	behind 2-8	b 7	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	1	9	6%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Martin Scores; K. Pillar Scores
17	17	12	1	2018-08-22	Edwin Encarnación	CLE	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	4	3	17%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); F. Lindor Scores
18	18	13	1	2018-08-28	Isaac Galloway	MIA	@	BOS	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	8	11%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
19	19	14	1	2018-09-02	Tim Anderson	CHW		BOS	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
20	20	15	1	2018-09-14	Jeff McNeil	NYM	@	BOS	ahead 4-0	t 4	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	2	4	5%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
21	21	16	1	2018-09-28	Gary Sánchez	NYY	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2019-03-31	Jay Bruce	SEA		BOS	ahead 9-6	b 4	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	4	3	5%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	2	1	2019-04-05	Ketel Marte	ARI		BOS	ahead 8-1	b 6	1	123	3,(0-2) CFX	4	6	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); E. Escobar Scores; A. Jones Scores; C. Walker Scores
24	24	3	2	2019-04-05	Ildemaro Vargas	ARI		BOS	ahead 12-1	b 6	2	--3	5,(2-2) .BBCCX	2	9	PH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); N. Ahmed Scores
25	25	4	1	2019-08-03 (2)	Gleyber Torres	NYY		BOS	behind 0-2	b 3	1	---	3,(1-1) BTX	1	3	6	11%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	5	1	2019-08-09	Albert Pujols	LAA	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	4,(1-2) CF*BX	3	5	3	23%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Trout Scores; J. Upton Scores
27	27	6	1	2019-08-25	Manny Machado	SDP		BOS	ahead 1-0	b 1	0	1--	4,(2-1) CB*BX	2	3	5	13%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); F. Mejía Scores