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Howard
Johnson		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 208
 
Born: November 29, 1960 in Usa, FL, CLEARWATER
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1998   
Ted Williams Batting Title 1990    1992   
Rookie Of The Year 1982   
All-Star Selections 1986    1987    1989    1990    1992    1993    1994    1996    1997    1998   
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
1982 21 TOR AL 157 590 73 176 19 1 18 72 27 13 64 81 .298 .372 .425 .797 91.9 22.3
1983 22 TOR AL 157 604 76 173 27 10 11 89 37 10 53 92 .286 .348 .419 .767 88.3 23.1
1984 23 TOR AL 156 570 71 150 17 11 16 64 25 16 60 87 .263 .338 .416 .753 78.3 14.3
1985 24 TOR AL 158 610 90 173 35 9 16 85 23 9 67 66 .284 .353 .449 .802 94.9 23.1
1986 25 TOR AL 157 579 100 150 21 8 26 96 33 11 70 79 .259 .339 .458 .797 91.8 23.7
1987 26 TOR AL 157 613 117 194 41 18 33 113 37 15 66 67 .316 .384 .604 .988 128.8 35.5
1988 27 TOR AL 156 587 88 148 28 5 32 96 19 14 67 119 .252 .327 .480 .808 91.6 16.5
1989 28 TOR AL 160 602 104 164 28 2 41 118 28 11 61 110 .272 .340 .530 .870 109.0 25.0
1990 29 TOR AL 156 605 114 199 36 9 37 133 22 12 68 88 .329 .395 .602 .996 130.4 37.6
1991 30 TOR AL 150 555 84 145 30 4 31 92 32 20 69 85 .261 .345 .497 .842 92.8 20.4
1992 31 TOR AL 146 552 116 173 27 3 48 150 38 20 71 76 .313 .391 .634 1.026 126.1 32.1
1993 32 PHI NL 152 572 109 161 33 5 41 128 18 15 67 103 .281 .358 .572 .929 109.7 23.4
1994 33 OAK AL 160 619 102 176 35 7 36 106 15 6 78 92 .284 .369 .538 .907 116.9 25.7
1995 34 OAK AL 160 612 104 176 16 5 39 96 22 21 70 89 .288 .362 .521 .884 106.2 20.6
1996 35 OAK AL 161 600 112 177 22 10 38 100 16 15 92 95 .295 .393 .555 .948 121.5 22.1
1997 36 OAK AL 161 603 115 160 25 2 38 109 15 5 106 148 .265 .378 .502 .880 111.8 20.5
1998 37 OAK AL 160 601 121 162 24 5 43 131 8 8 82 133 .270 .360 .541 .901 116.3 17.4
1999 38 OAK AL 160 633 97 147 19 6 39 106 3 2 58 163 .232 .304 .466 .770 88.6 7.8
2000 39 OAK AL 130 442 58 103 17 2 23 73 3 5 41 114 .233 .300 .437 .737 55.5 4.7
19 Years Sim 2954 11149 1851 3107 500 122 606 1957 421 228 1310 1887 .279 .357 .508 .865 1950.4 415.7
162 Game Average 611 101 170 27 6 33 107 23 12 71 103 .279 .357 .508 .865 107.0  
Career Highs 161 633 121 199 41 18 48 150 38 21 106 163 .329 .395 .634 1.026 130.4  
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   DWS
1982 21 TOR AL LF 153 150 1364.0 253 3 1 0 .996 1.69   3.1
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1983 22 TOR AL LF 152 151 1341.3 286 5 0 0 1.000 1.95   4.6
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1984 23 TOR AL LF 113 112 997.3 191 10 0 2 1.000 1.81   4.9
    RF 35 34 301.0 81 2 0 0 1.000 2.48    
    3B 3 0 12.7 1 4 1 0 .833 3.55   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1985 24 TOR AL RF 86 83 750.7 129 9 1 1 .993 1.65   4.1
    LF 69 68 622.7 134 2 0 0 1.000 1.97    
    3B 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1986 25 TOR AL LF 141 141 1269.0 221 4 0 0 1.000 1.60   4.2
    CF 8 4 49.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.92    
    RF 5 5 44.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.48    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1987 26 TOR AL RF 123 122 1114.0 211 2 2 1 .991 1.72   3.3
    LF 32 32 300.3 57 1 0 1 1.000 1.74    
    CF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1988 27 TOR AL LF 114 113 1010.3 171 5 1 0 .994 1.57   3.5
    RF 39 38 346.0 69 2 1 0 .986 1.85    
    CF 1 0 7.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14    
1989 28 TOR AL LF 150 149 1337.7 225 5 1 1 .996 1.55   2.4
    CF 7 0 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69    
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1990 29 TOR AL LF 146 145 1305.0 232 6 3 1 .988 1.64   2.2
    RF 6 6 51.0 8 2 0 2 1.000 1.76    
    CF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1991 30 TOR AL LF 145 145 1283.3 234 6 0 0 1.000 1.68   2.3
    CF 3 0 6.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.84    
1992 31 TOR AL LF 141 139 1253.3 185 7 1 2 .995 1.38   3.0
    RF 3 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1993 32 PHI NL 3B 146 145 1303.0 75 298 36 19 .912 2.58   3.6
    RF 2 1 16.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1994 33 OAK AL 3B 132 131 1173.3 77 250 23 18 .934 2.51   2.9
    LF 2 0 6.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1995 34 OAK AL LF 85 84 758.7 112 4 2 0 .983 1.38   1.7
    3B 73 71 650.7 42 139 8 12 .958 2.50   1.9
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1996 35 OAK AL 3B 11 8 77.0 2 18 1 1 .952 2.34   0.2
    LF 3 2 21.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.86   0.0
1998 37 OAK AL RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1999 38 OAK AL 3B 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2000 39 OAK AL 3B 12 3 44.3 1 10 1 2 .917 2.23   0.2
    LF 2 2 15.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.2
    CF 3 1 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
    RF 4 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 1451 1433 12892.3 2309 58 9 7 .996 1.65   32.1
  3B 383 358 3272.3 198 722 70 52 .929 2.53   8.8
  RF 309 290 2658.7 522 17 4 4 .993 1.82   7.4
  CF 30 5 102.3 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.76    
Career Totals   2173 2086 18925.6 3048 798 83 63 .979 1.83   48.3
Career Highs   160 155 1417.3 286 298 36 19 1.000 3.00    
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
1987 26 TOR AL 18 68 11 20 5 0 2 10 3 0 10 10 .294 .388 .456 .843
1988 27 TOR AL 5 17 1 8 2 0 1 3 0 1 4 5 .471 .571 .765 1.336
1989 28 TOR AL 11 47 4 17 6 0 2 7 1 1 5 5 .362 .423 .617 1.040
1992 31 TOR AL 3 11 2 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 .364 .417 .909 1.326
1993 32 PHI NL 3 10 4 4 0 0 2 3 1 0 3 0 .400 .538 1.000 1.538
1998 37 OAK AL 13 53 13 13 0 1 5 15 2 0 6 18 .245 .317 .566 .883
Career Post-Season Batting 53 206 35 66 13 1 14 41 7 2 29 39 .320 .403 .597 1.000
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
1987-4-.316
1990-4-.329
1992-10-.313
 On-Base Pct
1987-4-.384
1990-5-.395
1992-7-.391
 Slugging Pct
1986-10-.458
1987-1-.604
1989-4-.530
1990-2-.602
1991-4-.497
1992-1-.634
1993-3-.572
1994-5-.538
1995-10-.521
 OPS
1987-1-.988
1989-8-.870
1990-2-.996
1991-7-.842
1992-1-1.026
1993-4-.929
1994-5-.907
1996-10-.948
 XR
1985-4-94.9
1986-8-91.8
1987-1-128.8
1989-5-109.0
1990-2-130.4
1992-2-126.1
1993-7-109.7
1994-4-116.9
1996-7-121.5
CAR-2-1950.4
 Games
1989-4-160
1994-5-160
1995-2-160
1996-3-161
1997-3-161
1998-5-160
1999-6-160
CAR-2-2954
At-Bats
1999-7-633
CAR-2-11149
 Runs
1986-5-100
1987-2-117
1989-8-104
1990-2-114
1992-3-116
1993-4-109
1997-8-115
1998-9-121
CAR-3-1851
 Hits
1982-10-176
1987-2-194
1990-3-199
CAR-3-3107
 Total Bases
1985-9-274
1986-9-265
1987-1-370
1989-4-319
1990-1-364
1992-2-350
1993-6-327
1994-3-333
1995-10-319
CAR-2-5669
 Singles
1982-4-138
CAR-9-1879
 Doubles
CAR-28-500
Triples
1987-2-18
1990-7-9
1996-8-10
CAR-15-122
 Homeruns
1986-5-26
1987-1-33
1988-5-32
1989-2-41
1990-2-37
1991-3-31
1992-1-48
1993-3-41
1994-2-36
1995-8-39
1996-9-38
1997-7-38
1998-6-43
CAR-4-606
 RBIs
1985-10-85
1986-9-96
1987-4-113
1989-5-118
1990-1-133
1992-1-150
1993-2-128
1994-8-106
1998-6-131
CAR-1-1957
 Stolen Bases
1983-8-37
CAR-39-421
 Caught Stealing
1982-8-13
1984-6-16
1987-10-15
1991-5-20
1992-6-20
1995-5-21
1996-7-15
CAR-15-228
 Walks
1996-8-92
1997-3-106
CAR-6-1310
Strikeouts
CAR-22-1887
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 177    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 63    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Will Clark (758)
  2. Eddie Murray (745)
  3. Eric Davis (728)
  4. Jeff Bagwell (701)
  5. Kevin Mitchell (699)
  6. Ken Griffey Jr. (686)
  7. Leon Durham (674)
  8. Ellis Burks (618)
  9. Kal Daniels (604)
  10. Sammy Sosa (602)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 1982
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 1982
Traded from Chicago (A) to Toronto on 3/2/1982 (Going to CHW: C T. Player. Going to TOR: 3B H. Johnson)
Had first career hit on 4/3/1982, off Mark Lemongello (CAL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1982, off Fred Breining (SEA)
Won Rookie Of The Year in 1982, hitting .298 with 18 HR, 72 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1983, hitting .556 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1983, hitting .372 with 2 HR, 18 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1984, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 8/2/1986
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 5/11/1987
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1987, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1987, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1987, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 4 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1987, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 8/20/1988
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 4/22/1990
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 6/23/1990
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1990, hitting .409 with 4 HR, 15 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1990, hitting .337 with 7 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1990 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1990, hitting .476 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1990, hitting .409 with 10 HR, 25 RBI
Won Ted Williams Batting Title in 1990, hitting .329 with 37 HR, 133 RBI
Injured on 6/26/1991 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1992, hitting .385 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/31/1992, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1992 Allstar game
Sets a new season AL-Record for HR with 45 on 9/30/1992
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1992, hitting .357 with 12 HR, 34 RBI
Sets a new season AL-Record for RBI with 143 on 10/1/1992
Won Player of the Week award on 10/7/1992, hitting .440 with 5 HR, 13 RBI
Won Ted Williams Batting Title in 1992, hitting .313 with 48 HR, 150 RBI
Traded from Toronto to Philadelphia on 2/7/1993 (Going to PHI: 2B Nelson Liriano, LF Howard Johnson. Going to TOR: P Mike Mussina, P Paul Quantrill, 2B Jeff Kent, SS Rafael Ramirez)
Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 4/24/1993
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/1993, hitting .375 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Pittsburgh on 5/12/1993
Won Player of the Week award on 5/13/1993, hitting .680 with 5 HR, 22 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against San Francisco on 6/12/1993
Injured on 6/27/1993 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1993 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Carolina on 7/28/1993
Had 2000th career hit on 10/5/1993, off John Poloni (PIT)
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/8/1994 to a 4-year deal worth $13,525,000 per year
Was selected to the 1994 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Cleveland on 9/26/1994
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against California on 9/28/1995
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Baltimore on 7/8/1996
Was selected to the 1996 Allstar game
7/1/1997: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $7,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1997 Allstar game
Had 500th career homerun on 10/10/1997, off John Dopson (SEA)
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against California on 7/4/1998
Was selected to the 1998 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Oakland in 1998
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1999, hitting .444 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
Had 3000th career hit on 10/5/1999, off Bill Wilkinson (MIN)
 
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