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Russ
Johnson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: February 22, 1973 in Usa, LA, BATON ROUGE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2004    2005   
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
1998 25 PIT NL 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 0.9 0.2
1999 26 PIT NL 97 212 25 54 18 3 3 31 0 0 21 50 .255 .325 .410 .735 26.0 2.4
2000 27 PIT NL 126 358 33 80 31 0 10 36 0 0 35 94 .223 .292 .394 .686 38.3 1.8
2001 28 PIT NL 153 477 62 123 37 0 14 62 1 0 56 121 .258 .336 .423 .760 63.3 5.7
2002 29 PIT NL 153 474 53 118 33 2 11 73 0 0 81 124 .249 .359 .397 .755 67.6 6.5
2003 30 PIT NL 75 259 33 55 21 0 6 35 0 0 47 69 .212 .334 .363 .697 33.3 3.3
  TEX AL 36 107 21 28 8 1 2 14 0 0 17 30 .262 .363 .411 .774 15.9 2.0
  TOT   111 366 54 83 29 1 8 49 0 0 64 99 .227 .343 .377 .720 49.2 5.3
2004 31 TEX AL 94 303 46 80 22 2 5 43 0 0 48 93 .264 .363 .399 .762 43.8 5.7
  NOR AL 34 77 10 26 10 1 0 5 0 0 11 19 .338 .420 .494 .914 14.1 2.6
  TOT   128 380 56 106 32 3 5 48 0 0 59 112 .279 .374 .418 .793 57.9 8.3
2005 32 NOR AL 124 380 53 95 24 0 5 46 0 0 62 102 .250 .354 .353 .707 49.0 5.4
8 Years Sim 896 2651 338 660 204 9 56 346 1 0 379 703 .249 .343 .396 .739 352.2 35.6
162 Game Average 479 61 119 36 1 10 62 0 0 68 127 .249 .343 .396 .739 63.7  
Career Highs 153 477 62 123 37 3 14 73 1 0 81 124 .279 .374 .423 .793 67.6  
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
1998 25 PIT NL 2B 3 1 13.0 1 4 0 2 1.000 3.46   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1999 26 PIT NL 3B 57 48 416.7 20 92 4 10 .966 2.42   1.6
    2B 6 2 25.3 6 8 0 1 1.000 4.97   0.1
    SS 2 0 9.3 1 2 1 0 .750 2.89   0.0
2000 27 PIT NL 3B 102 94 801.7 38 157 10 11 .951 2.19   2.8
    2B 8 4 44.0 12 10 1 3 .957 4.50   0.1
    SS 2 0 10.3 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.61   0.0
2001 28 PIT NL 3B 135 134 1141.0 61 240 17 30 .947 2.37   3.6
    2B 8 1 21.0 3 7 0 0 1.000 4.29   0.1
2002 29 PIT NL 3B 147 143 1219.3 62 250 12 25 .963 2.30   4.7
    2B 3 1 11.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.0
2003 30 PIT NL 3B 64 64 586.1 27 115 6 7 .959 2.18   2.3
    2B 10 7 69.9 12 25 1 7 .974 4.76   0.4
  TEX AL 3B 31 30 235.9 11 46 3 3 .950 2.17   0.8
    2B 5 3 28.1 5 10 1 3 .938 4.80   0.1
  TOT   3B 95 94 822.0 38 161 9 10 .957 2.18   3.1
      2B 15 10 98.0 17 35 2 10 .963 4.78   0.5
2004 31 TEX AL 3B 87 77 723.1 41 135 10 13 .946 2.19   2.2
    2B 6 5 49.6 5 13 1 1 .947 3.27   0.1
  NOR AL 3B 31 28 181.3 10 34 2 3 .957 2.18   0.9
    2B 2 2 12.4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.90   0.0
  TOT   3B 118 105 904.4 51 169 12 16 .948 2.19   3.1
      2B 8 7 62.0 6 16 1 1 .957 3.19   0.2
2005 32 NOR AL 3B 116 115 962.7 46 202 11 13 .958 2.32   3.7
    2B 6 4 38.0 8 9 0 1 1.000 4.03   0.1
  3B 771 733 6269.7 316 1272 75 115 .955 2.28   22.6
  2B 57 30 312.3 54 92 4 18 .973 4.21   1.2
  SS 4 0 19.7 2 4 1 1 .857 2.75   0.0
Career Totals   832 763 6601.7 372 1368 80 134 .956 2.37   23.9
Career Highs   150 144 1230.3 64 253 17 30 1.000 3.60    
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
1998 25 PIT NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2004 31 NOR AL 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533
2005 32 NOR AL 7 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .077 .250 .077 .327
Career Post-Season Batting 15 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 .100 .250 .100 .350
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  1. Joe McEwing (977)
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  3. Terry Shumpert (932)
  4. Jack Brohamer (931)
  5. Ron Belliard (929)
  6. Juan Samuel (928)
  7. Jorge Orta (922)
  8. Jeff Branson (917)
  9. Darrell Evans (914)
  10. Tony Graffanino (912)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 55th overall pick, by Boston in 1997
Traded from Boston to Chicago (A) on 3/2/1997 (Going to CHW: 3B Russ Johnson. Going to BOS: LF Chuck Carr)
Traded from Chicago (A) to Pittsburgh on 7/1/1997 (Going to PIT: P Rich Monteleone, 3B Russ Johnson. Going to CHW: P Keith Foulke)
Had first career hit on 9/18/1998, off Mark Gubicza (LAD)
Hit first career homerun on 8/8/1999, off Trever Miller (CHC)
Injured on 6/2/2000 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
1/31/2002: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
1/31/2003: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to Texas on 7/1/2003 (Going to TEX: 3B Russ Johnson. Going to PIT: P Enrique Burgos)
1/31/2004: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
7/1/2004: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $1,200,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Texas to New Orleans on 7/31/2004 (Going to NOR: 3B Russ Johnson, 3B Rico Brogna, C J.d. Closser. Going to TEX: P Jose Paniagua)
Won World Championship with New Orleans in 2004
Injured on 8/28/2005 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with New Orleans in 2005
 
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