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Bob Johnson
Robert Dale Johnson

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 220 lb.
School Bradley University

Debut September 19, 1969
  vs. PIT 0.7 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game June 5, 1977
Born April 25, 1943 in Aurora, IL

Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1969 26 NYM NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  1    1.7    1    0    0   0    1    1   0   0     7   0   0  0.00  3.63  inf 1.200
 1970 27 KCR AL   8  13  40  26  10   1   7  4  214.0  178   82   73  18   82  206  11   6   894   4   1  3.07  3.72  121 1.215
 1971 28 PIT NL   9  10  31  27   7   1   0  0  174.7  170   73   67  19   55  101   7   4   732   8   0  3.45  3.47  101 1.288
 1972 29 PIT NL   4   4  31  11   1   0   6  3  115.7   98   40   38  14   46   79   4   3   483   8   0  2.96  3.35  113 1.245
 1973 30 PIT NL   4   2  50   2   0   0  11  4   92.0   98   41   37  12   34   68   5   2   402   7   0  3.62  3.52   97 1.435
 1974 31 CLE AL   3   4  14  10   0   0   0  0   72.0   75   42   35  12   37   36   3   2   324   5   1  4.38  3.62   83 1.556
 1977 34 ATL NL   0   1  15   0   0   0   5  0   22.3   24   18   18   7   14   16   2   1   106   1   0  7.25  4.46   62 1.701
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .452  28  34 183  76  18   2  31 12  692.3  644  296  268  82  269  507  32  18  2948  33   2  3.48  3.58  103 1.319
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   8  48  19   4   0   8  3  181.7  169   77   70  21   70  133   8   4   773   8   0  3.48  3.58  103 1.319
 Career High      9  13  50  27  10   1  11  4  214.0  178   82   73  19   82  206  11   6   894   8   1  2.96  3.72  121 1.215

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 27 KCR AL  40   57    2    6   1  0   0    3   0  0   6  34  .105  .190  .123  -11    7   8   0   0   0   0
 1971 28 PIT NL  31   48    3    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   8  33  .063  .196  .063  -24    3   4   0   0   0   2
 1972 29 PIT NL  31   35    2    5   1  0   0    2   0  0   1  16  .143  .167  .171   -3    6   1   0   0   0   1
 1973 30 PIT NL  50   14    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   9  .000  .067  .000  -80    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1977 34 ATL NL  15    3    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   72    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      169  157    8   15   2  0   0    8   0  0  16  93  .096  .179  .108  -17   17  14   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        150    8   14   2  0   0    8   0  0  15  89  .096  .179  .108  -17   16  13   0   0   0   3
 Career High     50   57    3    6   1  0   0    3   0  0   8  34                           7   8   0   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1970 27 KCR AL   71   59    2   0.9    97| .105  .257| .190  .331| .123  .392| .313  .723| -11  .055  -8.7  -0.9   0%
 1971 28 PIT NL   60   51    1   0.5    94| .063  .262| .196  .328| .063  .384| .259  .712| -24  .023  -8.0  -0.8   0%
 1972 29 PIT NL   37   32    1   0.8    91| .143  .255| .167  .323| .171  .377| .338  .701|  -3  .054  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1973 30 PIT NL   16   15    0   0.0    95| .000  .260| .067  .329| .000  .387| .067  .716| -80  .000  -3.4  -0.4   0%
 1977 34 ATL NL    3    2    0   0.0   113| .333  .283| .333  .352| .333  .431| .666  .783|  72  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       187  159    4   0.7    95| .096  .259| .179  .329| .108  .386| .287  .715| -17  .035 -25.0  -2.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1969 26 NYM NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.12 0 1.7 1970 27 KCR AL P 40 13 20 0 0 1.000 .951 0.82 0.67 1.39 1.86 26 214.0 1971 28 PIT NL P 31 14 20 3 2 .919 .955 1.10 0.78 1.75 1.90 27 174.7 1972 29 PIT NL P 31 6 7 1 1 .929 .949 0.42 0.73 1.01 1.78 11 115.7 1973 30 PIT NL P 50 2 4 1 1 .857 .952 0.12 0.73 0.59 1.88 2 92.0 1974 31 CLE AL P 14 2 11 0 0 1.000 .949 0.93 0.83 1.62 1.81 10 72.0 1977 34 ATL NL P 15 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.07 0.67 0.40 1.86 0 22.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1969 26 NYM NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.12 0 1.7 1970 27 KCR AL P 40 13 20 0 0 1.000 .951 0.82 0.67 1.39 1.86 26 214.0 1971 28 PIT NL P 31 14 20 3 2 .919 .955 1.10 0.78 1.75 1.90 27 174.7 1972 29 PIT NL P 31 6 7 1 1 .929 .949 0.42 0.73 1.01 1.78 11 115.7 1973 30 PIT NL P 50 2 4 1 1 .857 .952 0.12 0.73 0.59 1.88 2 92.0 1974 31 CLE AL P 14 2 11 0 0 1.000 .949 0.93 0.83 1.62 1.81 10 72.0 1977 34 ATL NL P 15 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.07 0.67 0.40 1.86 0 22.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 183 37 63 5 4 .952 .951 0.55 0.73 1.30 1.86 76 692.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 183 37 63 5 4 .952 .951 0.55 0.73 1.30 1.86 76 692
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1971   NLCS  PIT SFG     W   1   1   0.00  1  0  0  0   8     5   0   3   7 
        WS    PIT BAL     W   2   1   9.00  0  1  0  0   5     5   5   3   3 
 1972   NLCS  PIT CIN     L   2   0   3.00  0  0  0  0   6     4   2   2   7 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   3   1   1.29  1  0  0  0  14     9   2   5  14 
  3 Postseason Ser      2-1   5   2   3.32  1  1  0  0  19    14   7   8  17 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1971   NLCS  PIT SFG     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    PIT BAL     W   2   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1972   NLCS  PIT CIN     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   2-1   5   6   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   4  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1970 AL-3.07-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1970 AL-7.49-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1970 AL-8.66-2

Strikeouts
1970 AL-206-3

SO to Walk
1970 AL-2.51-5

Hit Batsmen
1970 AL-11-1
1971 NL-7-5

Adjusted ERA+
1970 AL-121-8

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 10 (1439) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (981) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1138) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1964 Season: Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.

December 3, 1969: Traded by the New York Mets with Amos Otis to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Foy.

December 2, 1970: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with Jim Campanis and Jackie Hernandez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Freddie Patek, Bruce Dal Canton, and Jerry May.

December 7, 1973: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Burnel Flowers (minors).

July 1, 1974: Selected off waivers by the Texas Rangers from the Cleveland Indians.

March 26, 1975: Released by the Texas Rangers.

April 7, 1975: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

August 6, 1975: Released by the New York Yankees.

June 22, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

September 14, 1976: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

March 28, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

June 7, 1977: Released by the Atlanta Braves.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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