Cliff
Johnson
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 235
 
Born: July 22, 1947 in San Antonio, TX, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1978    1979    1980    1983   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 29 HOU NL 150 489 96 133 21 1 33 100 6 2 81 65 .272 .399 .521 .921 104.2 22.1
1978 30 HOU NL 161 555 103 166 41 0 34 93 6 1 81 62 .299 .403 .557 .960 117.7 24.6
1979 31 HOU NL 159 535 90 141 30 0 22 81 3 1 91 62 .264 .389 .443 .832 94.8 22.6
1980 32 HOU NL 161 572 92 149 39 0 25 103 3 0 75 91 .260 .372 .460 .832 98.4 26.2
1981 33 HOU NL 160 556 94 151 33 3 27 90 1 1 73 101 .272 .371 .487 .858 94.6 20.3
1982 34 HOU NL 159 531 79 138 23 2 30 96 3 0 64 102 .260 .354 .480 .834 88.9 22.6
1983 35 HOU NL 158 562 86 147 33 0 25 85 0 0 65 120 .262 .360 .454 .814 91.9 18.4
1984 36 HOU NL 144 488 60 132 27 3 13 62 0 0 51 121 .270 .356 .418 .774 74.1 16.3
1985 37 HOU NL 150 564 76 117 37 0 17 73 0 0 54 139 .207 .297 .363 .661 59.9 8.4
9 Years Sim 1402 4852 776 1274 284 9 226 783 22 5 635 863 .263 .367 .465 .832 824.4 181.5
162 Game Average 560 89 147 32 1 26 90 2 0 73 99 .263 .367 .465 .832 95.3  
Career Highs 161 572 103 166 41 3 34 103 6 2 91 139 .299 .403 .557 .960 117.7  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 29 HOU NL CF 148 133 1211.3 271 12 15 2 .950 2.10 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 30 HOU NL CF 159 150 1363.7 345 19 38 3 .905 2.40 0 0 .000 0 4.1
1979 31 HOU NL CF 154 152 1360.7 313 10 21 3 .939 2.14 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 32 HOU NL CF 154 153 1384.7 331 14 23 1 .938 2.24 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    C 5 5 45.0 40 4 0 0 1.000 8.80 5 1 .200 0 0.3
1981 33 HOU NL CF 88 81 729.3 175 5 19 1 .905 2.22 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    C 67 67 602.0 403 20 3 3 .993 6.32 56 8 .143 0 2.3
1982 34 HOU NL C 119 104 973.3 680 41 4 6 .994 6.67 84 12 .143 0 3.4
    CF 32 28 256.0 60 1 11 0 .847 2.14 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 3 0 6.0 7 2 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 35 HOU NL CF 151 148 1342.0 336 8 25 2 .932 2.31 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    1B 2 0 11.0 12 1 0 2 1.000 10.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 36 HOU NL CF 136 131 1159.3 281 9 24 0 .924 2.25 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    C 2 2 18.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 4.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 37 HOU NL 1B 150 150 1318.7 1481 114 14 173 .991 10.89 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  CF 1022 976 8807.0 2112 78 176 12 .926 2.24 0 0 .000 0 25.3
  C 195 178 1641.3 1127 66 7 9 .994 6.54 146 21 .144 0 6.1
  1B 159 150 1342.7 1508 117 14 175 .991 10.89 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1377 1304 11793.0 4748 261 197 196 .962 3.82 146 21 .144 0 32.2
Career Highs   159 158 1429.7 1481 114 38 173 .991 10.89 84 12 .200 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 31 HOU NL 3 11 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .455 .500 .545 1.045
1980 32 HOU NL 8 25 4 8 3 0 1 3 1 0 5 6 .320 .485 .560 1.045
Career Post-Season Batting 11 36 4 13 4 0 1 5 1 0 5 7 .361 .489 .556 1.044
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1978-10-.299
On-Base Pct
1977-5-.399
1978-2-.403
1979-4-.389
Slugging Pct
1977-5-.521
1978-3-.557
1981-8-.487
1982-5-.480
OPS
1977-5-.921
1978-2-.960
1979-6-.832
1980-8-.832
1981-6-.858
1982-6-.834
XR
1977-8-104.2
1978-3-117.7
1980-8-98.4
1981-10-94.6
Games
1982-8-159
Runs
1978-6-103
1981-8-94
Total Bases
1978-4-309
Doubles
1978-3-41
1980-9-39
Homeruns
1977-4-33
1978-4-34
1979-5-22
1980-5-25
1981-6-27
1982-1-30
1983-4-25
RBIs
1977-8-100
1978-10-93
1980-5-103
1982-4-96
Walks
1979-5-91
Strikeouts
1981-10-101
1983-8-120
1984-10-121
1985-4-139
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 73    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Kelly Stinnett (914)
  2. Richie Hebner (910)
  3. Andres Galarraga (909)
  4. Robin Ventura (908)
  5. Alvin Davis (904)
  6. Otto Velez (901)
  7. Oreste Marrero (895)
  8. Reggie Jackson (893)
  9. Geronimo Berroa (891)
  10. Eric Anthony (888)
History
Injured on 6/12/1977 with a Stiff Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 7/23/1977
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1978, hitting .356 with 13 HR, 18 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against San Diego on 8/11/1978
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (N) on 4/15/1980
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1982, hitting .323 with 9 HR, 28 RBI
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1983, hitting .455 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 5/13/1984 with a Bruised Cheekbone, out for 2-3 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1984, hitting .429 with 2 HR, 7 RBI