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Tom
Johnson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: April 2, 1951 in Usa, MN, ST. PAUL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1979   
All-Star Selections 1981   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 23 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1975 24 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1976 25 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1977 26 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1978 27 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1979 28 SEM AL $ 928,571 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1980 29 SEM AL $ 3,245,714 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
1981 30 SEM AL $ 4,292,857 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1982 31 BAL AL $ 5,000,065 6 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1983 32 BAL AL $ 5,000,065 6 5 6 5 6 7 6 6 6 6
1984 33 BSN NL $ 5,000,065 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1985 34 BSN NL $ 5,000,065 6 4 5 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1986 35 BSN NL $ 1,010,000 5 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 5 5
1987 36 BSN NL $ 1,010,000 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 5
1988 37 CLE AL $ 300,000 5 1 2 1 4 4 4 3 3 3
1989 38 CLE AL $ 500,000 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,065 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1974 23 SEM AL 2 0 1.000 3 2 1 0 0 20.0 11 3 1 1 7 1.35 .162 .174 .235 .409 3.1
    AAA   10 9 .526 25 25 4 2 0 181.7 173 72 11 51 122 3.57 .251 .302 .352 .654  
1975 24 SEM AL 2 3 .400 9 6 1 0 1 44.7 53 23 4 21 18 4.64 .296 .374 .430 .805 1.9
    AAA   8 2 .800 10 10 4 2 0 81.0 59 17 4 13 59 1.89 .199 .233 .304 .537  
1976 25 SEM AL 5 4 .556 36 0 0 0 7 58.7 61 30 5 25 29 4.60 .269 .346 .432 .778 4.4
1977 26 SEM AL 9 5 .643 26 26 2 0 0 175.7 186 85 14 65 102 4.36 .272 .336 .391 .727 9.6
1978 27 SEM AL 10 8 .556 30 30 2 0 0 202.0 220 114 15 70 91 5.08 .277 .334 .403 .737 5.8
1979 28 SEM AL 14 7 .667 30 30 5 1 0 215.7 213 83 11 65 88 3.46 .261 .314 .346 .660 15.1
1980 29 SEM AL 16 7 .696 35 35 4 0 0 242.0 240 91 18 63 135 3.38 .257 .304 .358 .662 16.3
1981 30 SEM AL 16 10 .615 34 34 1 0 0 229.3 206 85 13 73 115 3.34 .240 .298 .323 .621 15.1
1982 31 BAL AL 7 10 .412 23 23 1 0 0 155.3 142 50 6 48 93 2.90 .243 .305 .330 .636 11.6
1983 32 BAL AL 9 13 .409 33 33 0 0 0 222.3 237 112 18 85 137 4.53 .271 .336 .402 .738 6.7
1984 33 BSN NL 12 13 .480 33 33 2 2 0 219.0 224 102 14 76 118 4.19 .263 .323 .362 .685 11.6
1985 34 BSN NL 10 15 .400 31 31 1 0 0 205.3 212 93 20 76 122 4.08 .266 .332 .391 .723 8.2
1986 35 BSN NL 4 5 .444 13 13 0 0 0 83.3 83 34 9 31 42 3.67 .255 .319 .393 .711 5.4
    AAA   3 2 .600 30 0 0 0 2 17.7 19 7 3 6 19 3.57 .268 .325 .451 .775  
1987 36 BSN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 2 1 4 4 3.00 .292 .393 .417 .810 0.1
    AAA   2 4 .333 38 0 0 0 3 62.7 54 20 3 21 45 2.87 .239 .304 .310 .613  
1988 37 CLE AL 2 2 .500 25 0 0 0 0 59.3 61 36 5 32 25 5.46 .265 .353 .413 .766 1.6
    AAA   1 1 .500 24 0 0 0 1 21.7 29 13 3 9 16 5.40 .330 .392 .489 .880  
1989 38 AAA   3 6 .333 90 0 0 0 6 75.7 73 37 7 31 54 4.40 .260 .333 .384 .718  
15 Years Sim 118 102 .536 363 296 20 3 8 2138.6 2156 943 154 735 1126 3.97 .261 .322 .372 .694 116.6
6 Years AAA 27 24 .529 217 35 8 4 12 440.3 407 166 31 131 315 3.39 .246 .302 .355 .656  
Season Average 7 6 .538 24 19 1 0 0 142.6 143 62 10 49 75 3.97 .261 .322 .372 .694  
Career Highs 16 15 1.000 36 35 5 2 7 242.0 240 114 20 85 137 5.46 .296 .393 .432 .810  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1014 455 82 307 657   .245 .298 .354 .652
vs LH   1142 488 72 428 469   .277 .345 .390 .735
Home 57 57 .500 187 154 7 0 2 1079.9 1134 485 64 386 559 4.04 .270 .331 .371 .702
Away 61 45 .575 176 142 13 3 10 1058.7 1022 458 90 349 567 3.89 .252 .312 .373 .685
Mar/Apr 16 19 .457 62 44 4 0 2 313.0 320 156 27 107 175 4.49 .262 .322 .393 .714
May 26 13 .667 67 53 3 1 1 398.0 381 169 25 138 212 3.82 .251 .314 .362 .676
June 24 13 .649 64 51 2 0 1 384.0 386 156 30 122 220 3.66 .260 .316 .368 .684
July 15 19 .441 51 45 1 0 1 312.6 324 150 21 120 150 4.32 .272 .339 .375 .714
August 16 18 .471 52 47 3 0 1 332.6 334 145 26 112 168 3.92 .258 .317 .374 .691
Sep/Oct 21 20 .512 67 56 7 2 6 398.3 411 167 25 136 201 3.77 .266 .325 .365 .690
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1974 23 SEM AL P 3 2 20.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1975 24 SEM AL P 9 6 44.7 4 2 0 0 1.000 1.21    
1976 25 SEM AL P 36 0 58.7 6 14 0 2 1.000 3.07    
1977 26 SEM AL P 26 26 175.7 10 23 0 2 1.000 1.69    
1978 27 SEM AL P 30 30 202.0 4 27 0 0 1.000 1.38    
1979 28 SEM AL P 30 30 215.7 11 22 4 3 .892 1.38    
1980 29 SEM AL P 35 35 242.0 8 32 1 0 .976 1.49    
1981 30 SEM AL P 34 34 229.3 15 26 0 2 1.000 1.61    
1982 31 BAL AL P 23 23 155.3 8 24 0 4 1.000 1.85    
1983 32 BAL AL P 33 33 222.3 11 26 0 2 1.000 1.50    
1984 33 BSN NL P 33 33 219.0 12 30 2 2 .955 1.73    
1985 34 BSN NL P 31 31 205.3 16 29 1 4 .978 1.97    
1986 35 BSN NL P 13 13 83.3 4 11 0 0 1.000 1.62    
1987 36 BSN NL P 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1988 37 CLE AL P 25 0 59.3 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.21    
Career Totals   363 296 2138.6 114 275 8 21 .980 1.64    
Career Highs   36 35 242.0 16 32 4 4 1.000 3.07    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1977 26 SEM AL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 1 9.3 6 0 0 3 5 0.00 .194 .265 .194 .458
1978 27 SEM AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 2 3 0 0 0 81.82 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
1979 28 SEM AL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 3 7.3 6 3 0 0 2 3.68 .214 .214 .250 .464
1980 29 SEM AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 5.0 14 14 0 6 1 25.20 .500 .588 .607 1.195
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 12 2 0 0 4 22.0 28 20 0 9 8 8.19 .311 .374 .367 .740
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1980-8-3.38
 Wins
1979-8-14
1980-10-16
1981-9-16
 Winning Pct
1979-5-.667
1980-8-.696
 Games Started
1980-6-35
 Shutouts
1984-10-2
 Walks Allowed
1983-10-85
Hits per 9IP
1981-10-8.1
 OAVG
1981-9-.240
 OSLG
1980-9-.358
1981-4-.323
 OOPS
1980-8-.662
1981-6-.621
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 26    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  6. Scott Sanderson (956)
  7. Jack Billingham (953)
  8. Dave Goltz (950)
  9. Garland Braxton (949)
  10. Bill Gogolewski (948)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 20th overall pick, by Seattle in 1974
Injured on 5/1/1974 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 2-3 weeks
Earned first career win on 9/22/1974
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $928,571 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1979
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,245,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,292,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/1981, winning 2 games with a 1.69 ERA
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1981, winning 2 games with a 1.32 ERA
Injured on 8/31/1981 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/12/1982 to a 4-year deal worth $5,000,065 per year
Injured on 7/22/1982 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Baltimore to Boston (N) on 2/2/1984 (Going to BAL: RF Dwight Evans, CF Dan Briggs, P Dick Baney, P John Montefusco, CF Don Hahn. Going to BSN: 3B Mike Schmidt, P Tom Johnson, P Francisco Barrios, LF Jim Wilhelm, 1B Sheldon Mallory)
Injured on 4/11/1984 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/9/1986 to a 2-year deal worth $1,010,000 per year
Injured on 7/8/1986 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1986, going 3-0, 1.26
Injured on 4/25/1987 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/12/1988 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Injured on 7/20/1988 with a Strained Back, out for one week
9/22/1988: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $500,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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