Davey
Johnson
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 180
 
Born: January 30, 1943 in Orlando, FL, USA
 
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 34 PHI NL 134 471 86 137 30 3 20 77 3 0 67 44 .291 .384 .495 .879 85.5 17.1
1978 35 PHI NL 160 553 61 145 20 3 18 74 4 2 51 61 .262 .335 .407 .742 75.3 10.9
1979 36 PHI NL 124 237 42 71 10 0 8 41 1 0 20 24 .300 .352 .443 .795 35.9 8.3
1980 37 CAL AL 94 199 21 49 9 0 2 24 0 0 23 25 .246 .327 .322 .649 20.8 3.8
1981 38 BOS AL 73 222 22 58 9 2 8 34 2 0 19 17 .261 .324 .428 .752 30.3 5.9
5 Years Sim 585 1682 232 460 78 8 56 250 10 2 180 171 .273 .349 .429 .778 247.7 46.1
162 Game Average 465 64 127 21 2 15 69 2 0 49 47 .273 .349 .429 .778 68.6  
Career Highs 160 553 86 145 30 3 20 77 4 2 67 61 .300 .384 .495 .879 85.5  
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 34 PHI NL 1B 134 132 1159.7 1404 97 5 102 .997 11.65 0 0 .000 0 2.0
1978 35 PHI NL 1B 159 159 1379.3 1701 120 5 133 .997 11.88 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 36 PHI NL 1B 54 19 253.3 277 30 1 28 .997 10.91 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 44 20 235.0 50 88 4 15 .972 5.29 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    C 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 1 0 .000 2 0.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 37 CAL AL 3B 30 28 243.0 21 55 2 5 .974 2.81 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    1B 18 8 89.0 114 12 0 15 1.000 12.74 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 30 4 87.7 17 46 0 10 1.000 6.47 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1981 38 BOS AL 2B 51 47 425.7 106 192 2 48 .993 6.30 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    3B 9 7 64.0 5 16 0 1 1.000 2.95 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 4 0 7.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 11.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 369 318 2888.3 3505 259 11 279 .997 11.73 0 0 .000 0 6.6
  2B 126 71 749.3 174 326 6 73 .988 6.01 0 0 .000 0 6.3
  3B 41 35 311.0 26 72 2 6 .980 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  C 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 1 0 .000 2 0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   539 424 3955.6 3708 657 19 358 .996 9.93 1 0 .000 2 13.6
Career Highs   160 159 1380.3 1702 208 5 133 .997 11.88 1 0 .000 2  
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
1977 34 PHI NL 6 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 .105 .261 .105 .366
1978 35 PHI NL 12 40 3 6 2 1 0 7 0 0 4 2 .150 .286 .250 .536
Career Post-Season Batting 18 59 3 8 2 1 0 7 0 1 8 3 .136 .278 .203 .481
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.
Slugging Pct
1977-10-.495
OPS
1977-8-.879
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Lamar Johnson (950)
  2. Doug Mientkiewicz (948)
  3. Jorge Posada (938)
  4. Lee May (934)
  5. Deivi Cruz (930)
  6. Eric Karros (929)
  7. Tony Solaita (923)
  8. Mark Sweeney (921)
  9. Tony Perez (921)
  10. Calvin Pickering (920)
History
Injured on 5/30/1977 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 9/22/1979 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Traded from Philadelphia to California on 3/2/1980 (Going to CAL: LF B. Carbo, 2B D. Johnson. Going to PHI: LF T. Bosley)
Traded from California to Baltimore on 4/15/1981 (Going to BAL: 1B D. Johnson. Going to CAL: 2B R. Dauer)
Released by Baltimore on 6/24/1981
Signed as a free agent by Boston on 7/22/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $227,400 per year