John Henry Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: August 21, 1956 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 15th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sonoma HS (Sonoma, CA).

High School: Sonoma HS (Sonoma, CA)

Debut: April 10, 1978 (Age 21-232d, 14,014th in major league history)
vs. SEA 6.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: June 29, 1987 (Age 30-312d)
vs. DET 3.2 IP, 9 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: John Henry Johnson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.5

ERA

3.90

214

602.2

407

WHIP

1.386

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-23 / in Starts: 6-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 3

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	34	4	Apr 9	OAK	@	SEA	L,2-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	7	4	4	6	3	0	0	7.20	5.13	27	6	6	1	2	6	34			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.202	1.12	-0.12%	-1.33	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
2	35	8	Apr 13	OAK		CAL	L,1-10	GS-5	L(0-2)	3	4.2	7	8	6	2	6	2	0	9.31	6.04	23	4	4	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	1	.57	-0.310	.46	-0.15%	-5.64	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d8
3	36	12	Apr 17	OAK		SEA	W,6-5	GS-6		3	6.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	0	7.47	4.46	26	9	5	0	1	7	49			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.01	0.109	.58	0.04%	-0.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
4	37	17	Apr 24	OAK		NYY	L,1-3	GS-9	L(0-3)	6	8.0	9	2	1	4	4	0	0	5.32	4.04	36	9	11	0	4	8	58			1	1	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.50	0.247	.79	0.08%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out tie
5	38	21	Apr 29	OAK		BAL	L,1-13	GS-7	L(0-4)	4	6.1	8	5	5	3	4	3	0	5.70	5.10	30	3	12	0	2	8	38			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.140	.46	-0.04%	-1.07	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	39	26	May 5	OAK	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-7		5	6.2	4	2	2	6	3	0	0	5.15	5.00	29	6	10	0	0	4	55			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.154	.75	0.05%	1.16	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
7	40	31	May 10	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-6	L(0-5)	4	5.1	6	3	3	3	4	1	0	5.14	5.04	25	4	8	0	0	6	45			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.128	.39	-0.04%	-0.87	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d2
8	41	35	May 15	OAK		CHW	L,1-2	GS-9	L(0-6)	4	8.2	6	2	1	1	7	0	0	4.44	4.43	34	9	11	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.44	0.070	.38	0.01%	2.01	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out d1
9	42	39	May 19	OAK		MIL	W,12-4	GS-7	W(1-6)	3	7.0	6	4	4	1	8	3	0	4.53	4.67	28	6	7	2	0	6	56			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.108	.04	0.01%	-0.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
10	43	43	May 23	OAK	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-5	L(1-7)	3	4.1	9	4	4	3	1	1	0	4.79	4.86	22	3	7	1	0	8	27			1	1	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.241	.23	-0.03%	-1.92	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d3
11	44	48	May 28	OAK	@	MIN	L,7-10	GS-3		4	2.1	5	4	4	2	2	1	0	5.18	5.02	14	1	4	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.281	.08	-0.02%	-3.08	1b start tie	3b -2- 1 out d3
12	45	49	May 30	OAK	@	MIN	W,5-4	5-9	W(2-7)	1	3.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.03	4.91	13	4	6	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.211	.10	0.01%	1.69	5b 12- 2 out tie	9b 12- 1 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	46	53	Jun 3	OAK		DET	L,0-2	CG	L(2-8)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.68	4.78	34	8	16	2	0	6	69			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	1	1	.87	0.132	.05	0.01%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
14	47	57	Jun 8	OAK		TOR	L,1-2	GS-8		4	7.2	8	1	1	2	0	1	1	4.36	4.86	31	8	12	1	0	8	57			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	0.390	.04	0.01%	2.72	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out tie
				Player went from Oakland Athletics to Texas Rangers
15	48	66	Jun 19	TEX	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS-5	W(3-8)	10	5.0	4	1	1	0	10	1	0	4.22	4.66	18	3	1	0	0	4	65			1	0	0	18	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.167	1.98	0.20%	1.52	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
16	49	71	Jun 24(1)	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-1	GS-8	W(4-8)	4	7.0	6	1	1	4	1	0	0	4.00	4.63	29	5	13	0	0	6	58			1	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.241	1.52	0.26%	2.07	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a4
17	50	77	Jun 30	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	GS-7		5	6.1	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.02	4.51	28	10	7	0	0	6	50			0	0	0	24	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.27	0.001	3.18	0.00%	0.65	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	51	82	Jul 6	TEX		TOR	L,1-5	GS-8	L(4-9)	5	8.0	5	5	3	2	5	1	1	3.97	4.49	32	9	10	1	1	5	59			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	1	2	.65	-0.157	1.74	-0.25%	-0.88	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
19	52	86	Jul 10	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS-7		3	6.0	3	3	2	5	3	0	0	3.92	4.48	26	7	8	0	0	3	54			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.112	3.38	0.19%	1.14	1b start a 2	7b 12- 0 out a2
20	53	91	Jul 15	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-10)	4	5.1	7	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.05	4.39	24	3	12	0	2	6	39			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.266	3.09	-0.47%	-1.74	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d2
21	54	94	Jul 20	TEX		CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(4-11)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.91	4.37	33	8	11	0	0	6	69			0	2	0	28	0	0	0	1	1	0	.93	0.202	2.27	0.30%	2.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
22	55	98	Jul 25	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-8	GS-7	L(4-12)	4	6.1	6	5	5	2	3	2	0	4.05	4.48	27	5	11	0	0	6	42			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	.56	-0.231	1.27	-0.32%	-1.87	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out d3
23	56	103	Jul 30	TEX		DET	L,4-6	GS-4		4	3.1	8	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.21	4.51	19	4	4	0	0	7	30			2	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.230	1.62	-0.24%	-2.48	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	57	107	Aug 4	TEX	@	CLE	L,8-12	GS-3	L(4-13)	4	2.0	5	7	7	3	1	2	0	4.59	4.72	13	1	3	0	0	5	16			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.356	2.32	-0.54%	-4.96	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out d4
25	58	113	Aug 8(2)	TEX	@	DET	L,4-10	GS-3	L(4-14)	3	2.2	4	6	6	2	2	3	0	4.88	4.96	14	3	3	0	0	4	26			1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.288	1.52	-0.35%	-4.49	1b start tie	3b --- 2 out d6
26	59	117	Aug 12	TEX		CLE	L,3-6	3-7		3	4.2	4	1	1	4	1	0	0	4.79	4.96	22	2	11	0	0	4		3	2	0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	2	1	.45	0.008	.58	0.01%	0.63	3t 123 0 out d3	7t 123 2 out d3
27	60	120	Aug 15	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-4	5-GF(8)		2	4.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.67	4.89	14	1	10	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.103	.33	0.06%	2.06	5b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
28	61	132	Aug 28	TEX		NYY	W,10-2	GS-6		12	5.1	6	2	2	4	4	0	0	4.62	4.84	26	3	9	0	0	6	48			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.39	-0.057	.10	0.00%	-0.11	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	62	136	Sep 1	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-4	3-4		3	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	4.71	4.93	6	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.119	.10	-0.01%	-1.08	3b --- 0 out tie	4b -2- 0 out d1
30	63	150	Sep 16	TEX		MIN	L,2-6	2-8		14	6.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.53	4.82	20	4	12	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.048	.01	0.00%	3.42	2t -2- 2 out d6	8t 3 out d5
31	64	162	Sep 30	TEX		CAL	L,5-11	7-7		13	0.0	3	4	2	2	0	0	0	4.63	4.86	6	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.20	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-4.84	7t --- 0 out d4	7t 123 0 out d7
							8-23		W-L:4-14	3.7	167.0	168	95	86	72	96	25	2	4.63	4.86	729	0.61		3%	3%	163	47	6	33%	10	7	0	641	24	2	3	10	7	12	.96	-0.759	1.03	-1.36%	-10.25

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