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Davey
Johnson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: January 30, 1943 in Usa, FL, ORLANDO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1971    1973   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 22 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1966 23 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1967 24 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1968 25 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8
1969 26 MON NL $ 1,764,286   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1970 27 MON NL $ 2,800,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8
1971 28 MON NL $ 2,800,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1972 29 MON NL $ 2,800,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1973 30 MON NL $ 2,800,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1974 31 MON NL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1975 32 MON NL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8
1976 33 MON NL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
1977 34 MON NL $ 4,000,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
1978 35 CLE AL $ 2,750,088   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1979 36 CLE AL $ 2,750,088   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1965 22 MON NL 26 67 7 18 3 0 0 6 0 0 10 6 .269 .364 .313 .677 8.2 1.7
    AAA   105 416 65 117 19 1 15 46 1 1 64 49 .281 .377 .440 .817 70.2  
1966 23 MON NL 147 465 55 100 22 3 14 55 0 0 46 66 .215 .283 .366 .649 51.3 7.5
1967 24 MON NL 155 534 51 123 29 2 10 42 1 3 55 88 .230 .301 .348 .650 52.7 6.1
1968 25 MON NL 136 467 46 117 31 2 6 34 1 1 51 68 .251 .326 .364 .690 58.7 10.1
1969 26 MON NL 152 524 57 120 27 2 12 57 0 2 66 56 .229 .318 .357 .675 58.2 7.2
1970 27 MON NL 148 496 48 119 30 2 11 60 0 0 41 64 .240 .299 .375 .674 49.1 5.8
1971 28 MON NL 145 494 61 126 21 0 18 76 1 0 44 55 .255 .320 .407 .727 62.9 10.1
1972 29 MON NL 139 468 75 135 28 3 24 104 0 1 50 49 .288 .356 .515 .871 79.4 17.0
1973 30 MON NL 149 490 67 129 31 4 16 86 0 0 55 47 .263 .334 .441 .775 72.3 14.9
1974 31 MON NL 97 323 49 88 26 1 11 63 0 0 45 31 .272 .365 .461 .826 52.6 10.6
1975 32 MON NL 151 498 62 112 37 1 13 81 1 1 52 68 .225 .301 .382 .683 51.8 4.1
1976 33 MON NL 151 488 57 96 20 0 14 53 1 1 47 67 .197 .267 .324 .590 40.6 0.4
1977 34 MON NL 149 515 68 127 38 3 11 93 0 1 54 66 .247 .321 .396 .717 61.1 10.4
1978 35 NYG NL 81 255 34 59 13 0 7 33 0 1 32 35 .231 .318 .365 .683 29.4 4.4
  CLE AL 45 116 18 27 4 0 3 15 0 1 18 18 .233 .338 .345 .683 14.5 2.0
  TOT   126 371 52 86 17 0 10 48 0 2 50 53 .232 .325 .358 .683 43.9 6.4
1979 36 CLE AL 59 130 10 24 9 0 0 13 0 0 9 23 .185 .237 .254 .491 6.3 0.0
    AAA   19 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.6  
15 Years Sim 1930 6330 765 1520 369 23 170 871 5 12 675 807 .240 .314 .386 .700 749.2 112.5
2 Years AAA 124 428 68 118 19 1 15 46 1 1 64 50 .276 .372 .430 .802 69.7  
162 Game Average 531 64 127 30 1 14 73 0 1 56 67 .240 .314 .386 .700 62.9  
Career Highs 155 534 75 135 38 4 24 104 1 3 66 88 .288 .365 .515 .871 79.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4270 513 1037 263 12 123 607 2 7 446 538 .243 .315 .396 .712 537.9
vs LH   2060 252 483 106 11 47 264 3 5 229 269 .234 .312 .365 .677 240.3
Home 965 3150 383 767 187 12 91 448 1 8 303 419 .243 .311 .397 .708 388.5
Away 965 3180 382 753 182 11 79 423 4 4 372 388 .237 .317 .375 .692 389.7
RISP   1572 0 415 111 5 47 654 0 0 183 179 .264 .335 .431 .765 229.9
Pinch Hitting   85 9 20 3 0 1 18 0 0 7 17 .235 .287 .306 .593 7.7
Close/Late   664 54 160 36 2 18 95 0 0 104 84 .241 .341 .383 .724 92.9
Mar/Apr 324 1100 127 267 64 3 29 158 1 0 116 128 .243 .316 .385 .701 136.1
May 357 1181 133 281 70 5 29 147 0 4 118 148 .238 .308 .379 .688 138.3
June 331 1043 129 232 52 8 25 147 3 1 137 147 .222 .315 .360 .674 124.2
July 297 971 139 249 53 2 39 157 0 1 96 133 .256 .322 .436 .758 136.9
August 321 1074 100 244 66 2 20 135 0 2 98 132 .227 .292 .348 .640 109.4
Sep/Oct 300 961 137 247 64 3 28 127 1 4 110 119 .257 .335 .417 .752 133.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1965 22 MON NL 2B 18 18 145.0 31 64 3 11 .969 5.90 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 4 4 35.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.54 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 23 MON NL 2B 142 141 1200.7 240 477 20 93 .973 5.37 0 0 .000 0 7.2
    3B 2 0 7.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 3 0 3.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 7.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 24 MON NL SS 114 108 925.0 126 381 6 62 .988 4.93 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    3B 32 32 278.0 18 86 0 8 1.000 3.37 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    2B 12 0 25.3 4 8 0 2 1.000 4.26 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1968 25 MON NL 2B 127 111 1008.0 220 418 19 92 .971 5.70 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    SS 3 0 6.0 2 3 1 1 .833 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 26 MON NL 2B 147 141 1221.3 258 516 11 123 .986 5.70 0 0 .000 0 8.4
    SS 3 0 13.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 27 MON NL 2B 146 138 1205.0 234 478 20 94 .973 5.32 0 0 .000 0 5.7
1971 28 MON NL 2B 143 138 1206.0 222 410 18 73 .972 4.72 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 29 MON NL 2B 138 131 1149.3 245 422 11 99 .984 5.22 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 30 MON NL 2B 139 139 1211.7 267 449 9 117 .988 5.32 0 0 .000 0 6.9
    SS 3 2 20.0 2 11 0 1 1.000 5.85 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 1 0 7.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.52 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 3 1 0 .750 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 31 MON NL 2B 96 95 822.7 191 309 12 64 .977 5.47 0 0 .000 0 4.3
1975 32 MON NL 2B 150 149 1294.3 258 467 11 107 .985 5.04 0 0 .000 0 5.2
    SS 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 33 MON NL 2B 148 145 1234.0 271 458 19 101 .975 5.32 0 0 .000 0 4.9
    SS 2 0 1.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 10.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 34 MON NL 2B 146 142 1226.0 298 528 13 133 .985 6.06 0 0 .000 0 6.8
    3B 2 1 12.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 7.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 6.43 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1978 35 NYG NL 3B 66 62 567.8 37 150 8 11 .959 2.96 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    SS 10 3 42.8 10 13 1 5 .958 4.84 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 4 3 30.6 7 15 0 3 1.000 6.47 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CLE AL 3B 36 35 268.2 18 71 4 5 .957 2.99 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    SS 5 2 20.2 5 6 0 3 1.000 4.90 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 2 2 14.4 4 7 0 2 1.000 6.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   3B 102 97 836.0 55 221 12 16 .958 2.97   2.9
      SS 15 5 63.0 15 19 1 8 .971 4.86   0.3
      2B 6 5 45.0 11 22 0 5 1.000 6.60   0.2
1979 36 CLE AL 2B 16 13 123.3 34 60 2 16 .979 6.86 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 23 9 110.7 15 54 2 8 .972 5.61 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 21 7 87.0 6 19 0 1 1.000 2.59 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  2B 1574 1506 13117.6 2784 5086 168 1130 .979 5.40 0 0 .000 0 63.4
  3B 166 141 1260.0 81 339 13 25 .970 3.00 0 0 .000 0 4.1
  SS 172 124 1157.3 165 479 10 81 .985 5.01 0 0 .000 0 5.6
  C 1 0 7.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.52 1 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1915 1771 15545.6 3033 5904 191 1236 .979 5.17 1 0 .000 0 73.0
Career Highs   158 149 1294.7 300 535 20 133 .990 6.04 1 0 .000 0  
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
1965 22 MON NL 10 28 2 9 3 0 1 5 0 0 2 2 .321 .387 .536 .923
1966 23 MON NL 6 21 4 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 4 .143 .182 .381 .563
1970 27 MON NL 7 30 6 9 3 0 4 9 0 0 0 9 .300 .300 .800 1.100
1971 28 MON NL 16 55 11 15 5 1 2 10 0 0 7 7 .273 .355 .509 .864
1972 29 MON NL 11 42 5 14 2 0 2 7 0 0 3 4 .333 .378 .524 .902
1973 30 MON NL 16 65 13 27 5 1 4 13 0 0 5 11 .415 .457 .708 1.165
1974 31 MON NL 13 45 6 9 2 0 2 7 0 0 9 7 .200 .333 .378 .711
1975 32 MON NL 17 55 6 7 0 0 3 9 0 0 5 12 .127 .197 .291 .488
1976 33 MON NL 6 19 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 .263 .333 .421 .754
1977 34 MON NL 13 38 6 12 4 0 3 9 0 0 9 5 .316 .438 .658 1.095
Career Post-Season Batting 115 398 62 110 25 4 22 72 0 0 43 65 .276 .347 .525 .872
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.
Slugging Pct
1972-6-.515
 OPS
1972-8-.871
 Doubles
1968-10-31
1973-10-31
1975-9-37
1977-2-38
 RBIs
1972-7-104
1977-10-93
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 19    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Otto Velez (886)
  4. Eric Soderholm (883)
  5. Bob Watson (879)
  6. Adolfo Phillips (875)
  7. Dan Driessen (865)
  8. Jim Lefebvre (859)
  9. George Hendrick (859)
  10. Pete Rose (858)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Montreal in 1965
Had first career hit on 8/6/1965, off Jim Kaat (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/1966, off Eddie Watt (LAD)
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,764,286 through salary arbitration
9/22/1969: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $2,800,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1971
Drove in 7 runs against Los Angeles on 8/3/1972
9/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Washington on 10/7/1973
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1973
Injured on 7/26/1974 with a Fractured Hand, out for 7 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1975, hitting .450 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/17/1978 to a 2-year deal worth $2,750,088 per year
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (A) on 7/31/1978 (Going to NYG: 1B Bob Spence. Going to CLE: 2B Davey Johnson, P Joe Niekro)
Injured on 6/9/1979 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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