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Dave Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: October 24, 1959 in Baltimore, MD us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 1981 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Baltimore City Community College (Baltimore, MD).

School: Baltimore City Community College (Baltimore, MD)

Debut: May 29, 1987 (Age 27-217d, 15,346th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 19, 1993 (Age 33-330d)
vs. CLE 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Full Name: David Wayne Johnson

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Relatives: Father of Steve Johnson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

W

L

ERA

5.11

G

GS

SV

IP

368.0

SO

143

WHIP

1.470

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1982	22	PIT-min	A	4	4	.500	3.86	16	6	7	1	1	0	58.1	50	32	25	2	41	1	41	0	1	7				1.560	7.7	0.3	6.3	6.3	1.00	GRW SALL
1983	23	PIT-min	A	7	5	.583	3.01	46	2	18	1	0	8	113.2	100	52	38	6	42	3	95	3	0	6				1.249	7.9	0.5	3.3	7.5	2.26	AXN CARL
1984	24	PIT-min	A,AA	8	13	.381	3.03	25	25	0	7	1	0	172.0	155	74	58	4	66	1	95	4	1	10				1.285	8.1	0.2	3.5	5.0	1.44	PRW,NAS CARL,EL
1985	25	PIT-min	AA	6	9	.400	3.12	34	18	9	4	1	2	153.0	129	66	53	9	45	1	84	2	0	6				1.137	7.6	0.5	2.6	4.9	1.87	NAS EL
1986	26	PIT-min	AAA	8	7	.533	3.17	22	22	0	6	1	0	150.1	150	68	53	6	35	0	71	3	0	0				1.231	9.0	0.4	2.1	4.3	2.03	HAW PCL
1987	27	PIT-min	AAA	8	10	.444	3.51	23	22	1	9	2	0	153.2	133	74	60	9	68	0	76	10	3	8				1.308	7.8	0.5	4.0	4.5	1.12	VAN PCL
1987	27	PIT	NL	0	0		9.95	5	0	3	0	0	0	6.1	13	7	7	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	31	44	4.61	2.368	18.5	1.4	2.8	5.7	2.00

1988	28	PIT-min	AAA	15	12	.556	3.51	29	29	0	9	2	0	192.1	213	93	75	6	55	2	90	2	7	5				1.393	10.0	0.3	2.6	4.2	1.64	BFL AA
1989	29	BAL-min	AAA	7	6	.538	3.26	18	14	2	2	0	1	105.0	104	45	38	4	31	2	60	4	1	4				1.286	8.9	0.3	2.7	5.1	1.94	ROC IL
1989	29	BAL	AL	4	7	.364	4.23	14	14	0	4	0	0	89.1	90	44	42	11	28	1	26	4	2	0	378	90	4.86	1.321	9.1	1.1	2.8	2.6	0.93
1990	30	BAL	AL	13	9	.591	4.10	30	29	0	3	0	0	180.0	196	83	82	30	43	2	68	3	2	1	758	93	4.99	1.328	9.8	1.5	2.2	3.4	1.58
1991	31	BAL-min	AA,AAA	3	1	.750	2.32	5	5	0	1	0	0	31.0	31	10	8	1	8	0	17	0	0	1	124			1.258	9.0	0.3	2.3	4.9	2.13	HGR,ROC EL,IL
1991	31	BAL	AL	4	8	.333	7.07	22	14	4	0	0	0	84.0	127	68	66	18	24	3	38	4	0	0	393	57	5.74	1.798	13.6	1.9	2.6	4.1	1.58

1992	32	DET-CAL-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.94	26	6	11	1	0	3	54.2	68	33	30	4	18	1	30	2	0	2	239			1.573	11.2	0.7	3.0	4.9	1.67	TOL,EDM IL,PCL
1993	33	DET-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	9	0	1	0	0	0	17.1	6	0	0	0	5	1	8	0	0	0	60			0.635	3.1	0.0	2.6	4.2	1.60	TOL IL
1993	33	DET	AL	1	1	.500	12.96	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	13	13	12	3	5	1	7	2	0	1	46	35	8.51	2.160	14.0	3.2	5.4	7.6	1.40
5 Yrs				22	25	.468	5.11	77	57	9	7	0	0	368.0	439	215	209	63	102	7	143	13	4	2	1606	76	5.20	1.470	10.7	1.5	2.5	3.5	1.40
162 Game Avg.				11	13	.468	5.11	39	29	5	4	0	0	187	223	109	106	32	52	4	73	7	2	1	815	76	5.20	1.470	10.7	1.5	2.5	3.5	1.40

BAL (3 yrs)				21	24	.467	4.84	66	57	4	7	0	0	353.1	413	195	190	59	95	6	132	11	4	1	1529	80	5.13	1.438	10.5	1.5	2.4	3.4	1.39
PIT (1 yr)				0	0		9.95	5	0	3	0	0	0	6.1	13	7	7	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	31	44	4.61	2.368	18.5	1.4	2.8	5.7	2.00
DET (1 yr)				1	1	.500	12.96	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	13	13	12	3	5	1	7	2	0	1	46	35	8.51	2.160	14.0	3.2	5.4	7.6	1.40

AL (4 yrs)				22	25	.468	5.03	72	57	6	7	0	0	361.2	426	208	202	62	100	7	139	13	4	2	1575	77	5.21	1.454	10.6	1.5	2.5	3.5	1.39
NL (1 yr)				0	0		9.95	5	0	3	0	0	0	6.1	13	7	7	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	31	44	4.61	2.368	18.5	1.4	2.8	5.7	2.00