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Lance
Johnson		  
Nickname: One dog
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: July 6, 1963 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1992   
Gold Glove Award 1994   
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
1990 26 CHW AL 127 343 57 97 14 6 5 36 44 10 20 26 .283 .321 .402 .723 48.0 9.8
1991 27 CHW AL 109 392 60 121 17 9 2 51 53 13 17 23 .309 .337 .413 .751 54.1 12.5
1992 28 CHW AL 156 640 101 187 41 15 6 57 67 15 51 38 .292 .342 .431 .774 96.7 20.3
1993 29 CHW AL 157 664 90 186 38 14 5 67 71 30 43 57 .280 .322 .402 .724 82.8 14.0
1994 30 CHW AL 159 656 112 199 47 17 7 65 74 28 55 48 .303 .356 .459 .815 103.9 20.4
1995 31 CHW AL 158 628 98 154 34 7 12 57 66 21 46 37 .245 .296 .379 .675 73.3 8.5
1996 32 CHW AL 152 569 102 172 50 8 13 63 39 15 47 32 .302 .350 .487 .837 95.1 16.8
1997 33 CHW AL 154 591 74 144 30 13 5 76 58 17 54 38 .244 .304 .364 .668 68.9 9.3
1998 34 CHW AL 154 634 96 159 37 16 3 42 50 14 36 38 .251 .290 .374 .664 69.5 6.3
1999 35 CAR NL 126 237 42 62 12 5 4 29 22 6 26 16 .262 .335 .405 .740 32.9 4.1
2000 36 CAR NL 72 276 50 73 25 6 3 30 25 5 26 12 .264 .326 .431 .757 40.2 4.9
  TEX AL 79 275 36 65 17 6 1 29 25 4 19 16 .236 .284 .353 .637 29.8 1.5
  TOT   151 551 86 138 42 12 4 59 50 9 45 28 .250 .305 .392 .697 69.9 6.4
2001 37 TEX AL 140 518 105 145 32 11 14 73 35 18 33 23 .280 .320 .465 .785 72.2 6.9
2002 38 BOS AL 143 568 103 167 53 8 7 62 29 12 30 46 .294 .327 .452 .780 75.8 8.8
2003 39 BOS AL 145 516 87 142 41 8 6 60 26 17 29 35 .275 .311 .421 .732 61.3 5.1
14 Years Sim 2031 7507 1213 2073 488 149 93 797 684 225 532 485 .276 .322 .418 .740 1004.4 149.1
162 Game Average 598 96 165 38 11 7 63 54 17 42 38 .276 .322 .418 .740 80.1  
Career Highs 159 664 112 199 53 17 14 76 74 30 55 57 .309 .356 .487 .837 103.9  
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
1990 26 CHW AL LF 68 63 533.7 99 1 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    RF 13 8 77.0 23 0 1 0 .958 2.69 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 10 7 63.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1991 27 CHW AL CF 76 75 688.7 168 2 0 2 1.000 2.22 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    LF 27 23 212.3 44 0 0 0 1.000 1.87 0 0 .000 0  
1992 28 CHW AL CF 151 151 1358.7 398 3 1 2 .998 2.66 0 0 .000 0 8.7
    LF 4 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
1993 29 CHW AL CF 154 150 1360.3 358 4 2 3 .995 2.40 0 0 .000 0 6.2
1994 30 CHW AL LF 147 144 1317.7 268 8 0 2 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    CF 8 6 58.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.64 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1995 31 CHW AL LF 113 107 953.0 191 2 1 1 .995 1.82 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    CF 35 34 305.0 71 1 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 8 8 67.0 13 0 1 0 .929 1.75 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 4.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1996 32 CHW AL RF 93 90 789.3 138 3 9 2 .940 1.61 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    CF 47 41 374.0 90 3 1 0 .989 2.24 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 12 9 90.3 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.49 0 0 .000 0  
1997 33 CHW AL CF 124 122 1096.0 279 3 2 1 .993 2.32 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    RF 30 27 231.0 53 0 4 0 .930 2.06 0 0 .000 0  
1998 34 CHW AL CF 151 150 1300.3 346 5 1 3 .997 2.43 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1999 35 CAR NL RF 51 38 364.7 72 2 3 0 .961 1.83 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    LF 28 3 61.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 5 2 26.0 6 1 0 1 1.000 2.42 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2000 36 CAR NL CF 35 35 327.1 66 0 1 0 .985 1.82 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    RF 31 30 286.3 44 1 5 1 .900 1.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 2 27.7 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 0.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 36.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TEX AL CF 39 38 317.6 64 0 1 0 .985 1.81 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    RF 33 33 278.0 42 0 4 0 .913 1.36 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 3 26.9 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 0.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 74 73 644.7 130 0 2 0 .985 1.81   2.5
      RF 64 63 564.3 86 1 9 1 .906 1.39   0.0
      LF 6 5 54.6 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.0
      C 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2001 37 TEX AL CF 129 122 1073.3 264 2 0 1 1.000 2.23 0 0 .000 0 5.2
    RF 5 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
2002 38 BOS AL RF 126 119 1044.3 202 8 15 1 .933 1.81 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    LF 10 4 50.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 3 29.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.48 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 1 9.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2003 39 BOS AL RF 86 81 704.7 125 4 10 1 .928 1.65 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    LF 41 29 278.0 42 1 0 0 1.000 1.39 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 11 5 55.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 979 941 8432.7 2162 24 9 13 .996 2.33 0 0 .000 0 33.1
  RF 478 435 3862.3 715 18 52 5 .934 1.71 0 0 .000 0 4.7
  LF 458 387 3572.2 695 14 1 3 .999 1.79 0 0 .000 0 11.1
  1B 2 1 13.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 5.54 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 2 0 5.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 14.40 0 0 .000 1 0.0
  3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1921 1764 15889.2 3588 56 62 21 .983 2.06 0 0 .000 1 48.9
Career Highs   157 152 1377.7 402 8 15 3 1.000 2.65 0 0 .000 1  
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
1990 26 CHW AL 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
1992 28 CHW AL 16 68 9 16 3 1 1 7 2 1 1 5 .235 .246 .353 .599
1993 29 CHW AL 14 59 9 12 5 1 0 5 3 1 6 3 .203 .277 .322 .599
2000 36 TEX AL 9 28 1 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 .179 .172 .321 .494
2001 37 TEX AL 4 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 45 169 20 38 8 4 1 14 7 2 7 10 .225 .254 .337 .592
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.
XR
1994-8-103.9
 Games
1995-10-158
 At-Bats
1992-3-640
1993-2-664
1994-2-656
1998-7-634
 Runs
1992-7-101
1994-3-112
CAR-45-1213
 Hits
1992-9-187
1993-7-186
1994-4-199
 Total Bases
1994-10-301
Doubles
1994-3-47
1996-5-50
2002-10-53
CAR-33-488
 Triples
1991-7-9
1992-1-15
1993-1-14
1994-1-17
1997-3-13
1998-2-16
2001-8-11
CAR-3-149
 Stolen Bases
1990-10-44
1991-4-53
1992-1-67
1993-1-71
1994-2-74
1995-3-66
1996-10-39
1997-2-58
1998-3-50
1999-9-22
2000-9-25
2000-8-25
2001-8-35
2002-8-29
2003-8-26
CAR-11-684
 Caught Stealing
1992-10-15
1993-1-30
1994-3-28
1995-5-21
1996-7-15
1997-3-17
1998-6-14
1999-10-6
2001-2-18
2002-8-12
2003-4-17
CAR-17-225
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 63    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ken Griffey (896)
  2. Gerald Young (889)
  3. Willie McGee (882)
  4. Mitch Webster (868)
  5. Willie Upshaw (861)
  6. Darryl Hamilton (851)
  7. Al Woods (850)
  8. Rickey Henderson (848)
  9. Claudell Washington (842)
  10. Bip Roberts (838)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 52nd overall pick, by Detroit in 1987
Injured on 5/5/1987 with a Bruised Hand, out for 4 days
Traded from Detroit to Chicago (A) on 2/21/1990 (Going to CHW: LF Lance Johnson. Going to DET: P Paul Kilgus)
Had first career hit on 4/1/1990, off Orel Hershiser (KCR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/1990, off Bob Stanley (MIN)
Injured on 4/11/1991 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Won World Championship with Chicago (A) in 1992
1/31/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against California on 7/23/1993
1/31/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 10/3/1994
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1994
1/31/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,078,571 through salary arbitration
11/10/1995: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $3,200,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1996, hitting .565 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 9/15/1996 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Carolina on 2/12/1999 to a 2-year deal worth $2,750,000 per year
Injured on 7/17/1999 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Carolina to Texas on 7/1/2000 (Going to CAR: P Jeremy Powell. Going to TEX: RF Lance Johnson)
11/11/2000: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $3,500,000 per year, for 1 years
Signed as a free agent by Boston on 2/2/2002 to a 2-year deal worth $1,420,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Minnesota on 5/24/2002
Had 2000th career hit on 6/10/2003, off John Smoltz (NYY)
 
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