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Johnny Damon

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: November 5, 1973 in Fort Riley, KS us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (35th) of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from Dr. Phillips HS (Orlando, FL).

High School: Dr. Phillips HS (Orlando, FL)

Debut: August 12, 1995 (Age 21-280d, 16,745th in major league history)
vs. SEA 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 1, 2012 (Age 38-270d)
vs. KCR 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

National Team: us USA (WBC)

Full Name: Johnny David Damon

Nicknames: Caveman

Twitter: @JohnnyDamon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

56.3

9736

2769

235

.284

1668

RBI

1139

408

OBP

.352

SLG

.433

OPS

.785

OPS+

104

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	NYY		TOR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	2	Apr 2	NYY		TOR	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	4 (1)	Apr 4	NYY		TBR	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
4	5	Apr 5	NYY		TBR	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
5	6	Apr 6	NYY		TBR	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	7	Apr 7	NYY		TBR	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	8	Apr 8	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	10 (1)	Apr 10	NYY	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
9	12 (1)	Apr 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	13	Apr 13	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	14	Apr 14	NYY	@	TBR	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
12	15	Apr 15	NYY	@	TBR	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	16	Apr 16	NYY		BOS	W,15-9	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
14	17	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	18	Apr 18	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
16	19	Apr 19	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	20	Apr 20	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	21	Apr 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	22	Apr 23	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	24 (1)	Apr 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
21	25	Apr 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	26	Apr 27	NYY	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	28 (1)	Apr 29	NYY		DET	L,4-6	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
24	29	Apr 30	NYY		DET	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	30	May 1	NYY		DET	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
26	32 (1)	May 3	NYY		SEA	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
27	33	May 4	NYY		SEA	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	34	May 6	NYY		CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	35	May 7	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	36	May 8	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
31	38 (1)	May 10	NYY	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	39	May 12	NYY	@	TBR	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	41 (1)	May 14	NYY	@	TBR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	42	May 15	NYY	@	TBR	L,2-5	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
35	43	May 17	NYY		NYM	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	44	May 18	NYY		NYM	L,2-11	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	45	May 20	NYY		BAL	L,2-12	CG	46	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
38	46	May 21	NYY		BAL	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
39	47	May 22	NYY		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
40	49 (1)	May 24	NYY		SEA	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
41	50	May 25	NYY		SEA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	51	May 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	52	May 27	NYY	@	BAL	L,9-10	GS	52	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
44	53	May 28	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	54	May 30	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	55	May 31	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-6	CG	54	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	56	Jun 1	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	57	Jun 2	NYY	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	58	Jun 3	NYY		TOR	L,3-9	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
50	59	Jun 4	NYY		TOR	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
51	61 (1)	Jun 6	NYY		KCR	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	62	Jun 7	NYY		KCR	W,12-11	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	64 (1)	Jun 9	NYY		KCR	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
54	65	Jun 10	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
55	66	Jun 11	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
56	67	Jun 12	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
57	69 (1)	Jun 14	NYY	@	HOU	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	70	Jun 15	NYY	@	HOU	W,13-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
59	71	Jun 17	NYY		SDP	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	72	Jun 18	NYY		SDP	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
61	73	Jun 19	NYY		SDP	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	74	Jun 20	NYY		CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	75	Jun 21	NYY		CIN	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
64	76	Jun 22	NYY		CIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	79 (2)	Jun 27 (1)	NYY		NYM	L,6-15	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
66	80	Jun 27 (2)	NYY	@	NYM	W,9-0	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	81	Jun 28	NYY	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	82	Jun 29	NYY	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
69	83	Jun 30	NYY		TEX	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	85 (1)	Jul 2	NYY		TEX	W,18-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	86	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	87	Jul 4	NYY		BOS	L,4-6	GS	15	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	106 (18)	Jul 29	NYY		BAL	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
74	107	Jul 30	NYY		BAL	W,13-3	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	109 (1)	Aug 1	NYY		LAA	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	113 (3)	Aug 5	NYY	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	114	Aug 6	NYY	@	TEX	W,5-3	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
78	115	Aug 7	NYY	@	TEX	W,3-0	GS	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
79	116	Aug 8	NYY	@	LAA	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	120 (3)	Aug 12	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-6	CG	48	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
81	121	Aug 13	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-4	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF CF
82	124 (2)	Aug 17	NYY		KCR	W,15-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	DH LF
83	125	Aug 19	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
84	126	Aug 20	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
85	127	Aug 21	NYY	@	TOR	L,3-14	GS	48	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
86	128	Aug 22	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
87	129	Aug 23	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
88	130	Aug 24	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-7	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
89	131	Aug 26	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
90	132	Aug 27	NYY		BOS	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
91	133	Aug 28	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
92	134	Aug 29	NYY		TOR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
93	135	Aug 30	NYY		TOR	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
94	136	Aug 31	NYY		TOR	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	137	Sep 1	NYY	@	DET	W,13-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
96	138	Sep 2	NYY	@	TBR	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
97	139	Sep 3	NYY	@	TBR	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
98	140	Sep 4	NYY	@	TBR	L,5-7	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
99	141	Sep 5	NYY	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
100	142	Sep 6	NYY	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
101	143	Sep 7	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
102	144	Sep 8	NYY	@	LAA	L,1-12	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
103	145	Sep 9	NYY	@	LAA	W,7-1	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
104	146	Sep 10	NYY	@	LAA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
105	147	Sep 13 (1)	NYY		TBR	L,1-7	GS	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
106	149 (1)	Sep 14	NYY		TBR	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
107	150	Sep 15	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
108	152 (1)	Sep 17	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
109	155 (2)	Sep 20	NYY		BAL	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
110	156	Sep 21	NYY		BAL	W,7-3	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
111	157	Sep 23	NYY	@	TOR	W,3-1	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
112	160 (2)	Sep 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,19-8	GS	24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
113	161	Sep 28 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
							122gm		945.1	233	3	2	238	0