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Lamar Johnson

Positions: First Baseman and Designated Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: September 2, 1950 in Bessemer, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wenonah HS (Birmingham, AL).

High School: Wenonah HS (Birmingham, AL)

Debut: May 18, 1974 (Age 23-258d, 13,489th in major league history)
vs. OAK 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1982 (Age 32-030d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Agents: George Andrews

Full Name: Lamar Johnson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.9

2631

755

.287

294

RBI

381

OBP

.338

SLG

.415

OPS

.754

OPS+

109

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
2	2	Apr 8	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
3	3	Apr 9	CHW		BOS	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
4	4	Apr 11	CHW		TOR	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
5	5	Apr 12	CHW		TOR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
6	6	Apr 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
7	7	Apr 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
8	8	Apr 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
9	9	Apr 17	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	47	8.0	7	3	1	11	1	1B
10	10	Apr 21	CHW	@	TOR	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
11	11	Apr 22	CHW	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
12	12	Apr 23	CHW	@	TOR	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
13	13	Apr 24	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	11	3	0	14	2	1B
14	14	Apr 25	CHW		DET	L,4-8	CG	40	10.0	15	2	0	17	1	1B
15	15	Apr 26	CHW		DET	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
16	16	Apr 28	CHW		BAL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
17	17	Apr 29	CHW		BAL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
18	18	Apr 30	CHW		BAL	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 2	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
20	20	May 3	CHW	@	MIL	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
21	21	May 6 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	42	9.1	8	1	0	9	1	1B
22	22	May 6 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
23	23	May 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
24	24	May 10	CHW		MIN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	4	1B
25	25	May 12	CHW		MIL	W,4-3	CG	23	5.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
26	26	May 13	CHW		MIL	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
27	27	May 14	CHW		MIL	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
28	28	May 15	CHW		NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
29	29	May 16	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
30	30	May 17	CHW		CAL	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
31	31	May 18	CHW		CAL	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
32	32	May 19	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
33	33	May 20	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
34	34	May 21 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
35	35	May 21 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
36	36	May 23	CHW	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
37	37	May 24	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
38	38	May 25	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
39	39	May 26	CHW		OAK	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	1	10	3	1B
40	40	May 27	CHW		OAK	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
41	41	May 28 (1)	CHW		OAK	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
42	42	May 28 (2)	CHW		OAK	W,4-0	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
43	43	May 29	CHW		CAL	W,7-0	GF	7	2.0	3	1	0	4	1	PH 1B
44	44	May 30	CHW		CAL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
45	45	May 31	CHW		CAL	W,17-2	GF	17	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	46	Jun 2	CHW	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
47	47	Jun 3	CHW	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
48	48	Jun 4	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-13	CG	45	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
49	49	Jun 5	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
50	50	Jun 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
51	52 (1)	Jun 8	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
52	53	Jun 9	CHW	@	TEX	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
53	55 (1)	Jun 11	CHW	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
54	56	Jun 12	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
55	57	Jun 13	CHW		CLE	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	16	1	0	17	1	1B
56	58	Jun 14	CHW		TEX	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
57	59	Jun 15	CHW		TEX	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
58	60	Jun 16	CHW		KCR	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	13	1	1	15	0	1B
59	61	Jun 17	CHW		KCR	W,6-1	GF	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
60	62	Jun 18 (1)	CHW		KCR	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	11	2	1	14	1	1B
61	63	Jun 18 (2)	CHW		KCR	W,11-0	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
62	66 (2)	Jun 22	CHW		SEA	L,6-8	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
63	68 (1)	Jun 24	CHW		MIN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
64	69	Jun 25 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	12	1	1	14	0	1B
65	72 (2)	Jun 27	CHW	@	SEA	W,10-6	GF	17	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH 1B
66	73	Jun 28	CHW	@	SEA	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
67	74	Jun 29	CHW	@	SEA	L,7-9	GF	24	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH 1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	75	Jul 1	CHW	@	MIN	L,0-10	CG	49	8.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
69	76	Jul 2 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
70	77	Jul 2 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
71	78	Jul 3	CHW		TEX	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
72	79	Jul 4	CHW		TEX	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
73	80	Jul 5	CHW		BOS	L,2-9	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
74	81	Jul 6	CHW		BOS	L,6-7	CG	44	10.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
75	82	Jul 7	CHW		TOR	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
76	83	Jul 8	CHW		TOR	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
77	84	Jul 9	CHW		TOR	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
78	85	Jul 13	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
79	86	Jul 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	43	10.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
80	87	Jul 15	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
81	88	Jul 16	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
82	89	Jul 17	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
83	90	Jul 18	CHW	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
84	91	Jul 19	CHW		BAL	L,3-10	GS	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
85	93 (1)	Jul 22	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	GF	17	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
86	97 (3)	Jul 26	CHW		OAK	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
87	99 (1)	Jul 28	CHW		TEX	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
88	100	Jul 29	CHW		TEX	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
89	101	Jul 30 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
90	102	Jul 30 (2)	CHW		TEX	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
91	103	Jul 31	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	104	Aug 1	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
93	105	Aug 3	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	46	9.2	5	2	0	7	0	1B
94	106	Aug 4	CHW	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
95	107	Aug 5	CHW	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
96	108	Aug 6	CHW	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
97	109	Aug 7	CHW	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
98	110	Aug 8	CHW	@	KCR	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
99	111	Aug 9	CHW	@	TOR	L,0-8	GS	21	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	137 (25)	Sep 4	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS	27	6.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
101	142 (4)	Sep 9	CHW		SEA	L,6-9	GS	32	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
102	144 (1)	Sep 11	CHW		MIN	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
103	146 (1)	Sep 14	CHW	@	SEA	W,6-5	GS	25	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
104	150 (3)	Sep 18	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
105	153 (2)	Sep 22	CHW		CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
106	158 (4)	Sep 28	CHW	@	CAL	L,7-11	GF	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
107	159	Sep 29	CHW	@	CAL	W,9-6	GS	18	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
108	160	Sep 30	CHW	@	CAL	W,6-5	GF	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	PH 1B
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