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Howard
Johnson		  
Nickname: HoJo
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 188
 
Born: November 29, 1960 in Usa, FL, CLEARWATER
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1982 21 BAL AL     4 4 4 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 5 4 5
1983 22 BAL AL     4 4 4 7 6 7 7 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5
1984 23 BAL AL     4 4 4 7 6 7 7 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5
1985 24 BAL AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5
1986 25 BAL AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5
1987 26 BAL AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 7 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5
1988 27 BAL AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 6 7 7 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5
1989 28 BAL AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 6 5 5
1990 29 BAL AL $ 1,621,429   4 4 4 7 6 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,621,429   4 4 4 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 5 6
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
1982 21 AAA   131 492 93 125 23 3 38 98 9 3 60 102 .254 .335 .545 .880 90.7  
1983 22 AAA   137 490 89 126 27 4 30 83 24 7 93 90 .257 .376 .512 .888 98.1  
1984 23 AAA   135 498 77 109 26 1 19 67 16 3 89 94 .219 .337 .390 .727 73.5  
1985 24 BAL AL 8 26 4 6 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 7 .231 .286 .308 .593 2.4 0.5
    AAA   136 526 100 132 31 5 31 80 11 5 84 104 .251 .354 .506 .860 95.8  
1986 25 BAL AL 102 302 52 75 11 3 11 41 16 4 39 58 .248 .333 .414 .747 43.4 8.2
    AAA   52 187 35 42 4 0 14 38 7 5 38 30 .225 .356 .471 .826 33.7  
1987 26 BAL AL 126 350 52 60 13 3 10 44 16 5 36 89 .171 .246 .311 .557 30.6 0.2
1988 27 BAL AL 74 135 25 30 9 1 8 19 10 2 9 27 .222 .269 .481 .750 18.5 3.0
1989 28 BAL AL 147 452 61 95 28 5 15 54 23 5 37 91 .210 .269 .394 .663 50.3 7.2
1990 29 BAL AL 148 439 69 107 27 4 17 78 16 6 50 92 .244 .323 .440 .762 61.9 10.7
6 Years Sim 605 1704 263 373 90 16 61 239 82 22 173 364 .219 .290 .398 .688 207.2 29.8
5 Years AAA 591 2193 394 534 111 13 132 366 67 23 364 420 .244 .352 .487 .838 391.7  
162 Game Average 456 70 99 24 4 16 63 21 5 46 97 .219 .290 .398 .688 55.5  
Career Highs 148 452 69 107 28 5 17 78 23 6 50 92 .248 .333 .481 .762 61.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1183 177 245 55 9 43 144 56 17 96 260 .207 .266 .378 .644 127.1
vs LH   521 86 128 35 7 18 95 26 5 77 104 .246 .341 .443 .784 83.9
Home 296 809 127 180 40 7 28 113 39 7 83 160 .222 .295 .393 .688 101.5
Away 309 895 136 193 50 9 33 126 43 15 90 204 .216 .286 .402 .688 109.5
RISP   440 0 104 26 4 18 167 0 0 44 106 .236 .301 .436 .737 59.5
Pinch Hitting   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
Close/Late   133 32 38 5 1 8 15 0 0 19 29 .286 .379 .519 .898 25.5
Mar/Apr 79 229 29 42 9 2 10 35 4 4 21 47 .183 .250 .371 .621 22.1
May 92 263 47 64 18 2 13 35 11 4 15 64 .243 .287 .475 .762 36.0
June 118 339 47 76 16 5 10 44 13 5 36 67 .224 .296 .389 .686 41.4
July 108 311 47 69 19 1 9 48 21 3 35 65 .222 .299 .376 .675 39.2
August 105 264 55 68 13 4 10 39 21 3 44 56 .258 .365 .451 .816 47.4
Sep/Oct 103 298 38 54 15 2 9 38 12 3 22 65 .181 .235 .336 .570 25.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1985 24 BAL AL SS 8 8 68.0 8 35 1 3 .977 5.69   0.5
1986 25 BAL AL SS 101 100 839.0 101 331 25 58 .945 4.63   3.5
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 0.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 27.27   0.0
1987 26 BAL AL SS 109 103 874.7 147 369 18 80 .966 5.31   6.9
    2B 12 5 63.0 15 20 0 4 1.000 5.00   0.3
    3B 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1988 27 BAL AL 2B 45 24 231.0 52 88 0 17 1.000 5.45   1.4
    SS 13 11 95.0 11 37 2 6 .960 4.55   0.6
    3B 7 5 43.0 2 14 1 1 .941 3.35   0.3
1989 28 BAL AL SS 144 143 1186.0 192 506 27 107 .963 5.30   9.2
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1990 29 BAL AL SS 146 143 1217.0 188 483 30 105 .957 4.96   8.1
    2B 2 0 6.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 7.50   0.1
  SS 521 508 4279.7 647 1761 103 359 .959 5.06   28.8
  2B 62 29 304.3 71 110 0 22 1.000 5.35   1.7
  3B 9 6 53.7 3 14 1 1 .944 2.85   0.3
Career Totals   592 543 4637.7 721 1885 104 382 .962 5.06   30.8
Career Highs   148 143 1223.0 192 506 30 107 .986 5.69    
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
1986 25 BAL AL 6 20 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 .200 .273 .250 .523
1987 26 BAL AL 9 15 4 3 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 5 .200 .200 .600 .800
1989 28 BAL AL 5 15 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 .267 .353 .533 .886
1990 29 BAL AL 9 35 4 6 0 0 2 8 1 0 3 9 .171 .237 .343 .580
Career Post-Season Batting 29 85 16 17 2 0 5 12 5 0 6 23 .200 .261 .400 .661
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  1. Ken Hunt (954)
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  3. Ken McMullen (911)
  4. Dick Schofield (910)
  5. Frank Malzone (908)
  6. Rocky Krsnich (904)
  7. Tom Foley (901)
  8. Kevin Elster (900)
  9. Bill Almon (896)
  10. Tim Flannery (895)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Baltimore in 1982
Injured on 5/9/1982 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 6/23/1985 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
Had first career hit (double) on 9/22/1985, off Steve Comer (KCR)
Hit first career homerun on 6/11/1986, off Bryn Smith (WAS)
Injured on 8/30/1989 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,621,429 through salary arbitration
 
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